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Random Thoughts on FreelancingJune 24th, 2015 by Potato
This has been a pretty good year for me for freelancing: I've had a fair number of clients on the investor education business side, as well as some editing jobs, including editing a novel-length fiction for another author — my first work of fiction (I normally work in non-fiction/science/health care/personal finance). I've had on my to-do list for a while to revamp my various websites because I'm doing just an absolutely atrocious job of advertising myself1, when I realized that I'm busy enough and there is no need for that — I have almost as much work as I can handle just coming in from my terrible advertising and excellent word-of-mouth. This is my second-best year ever for freelancing, and though the year is only half over I'm on track to quadruple the average of the last three years. The only better year involved a single intensive project versus a bunch of smaller jobs.
But despite doing fairly well on a few different freelance projects, I am nowhere near the point where I would feel comfortable quitting my job and going full-time freelance. And I don't think I will ever get to that point: I like having a steady job with benefits (and I like working in the not-for-profit sector even if I could make more freelancing or in for-profit). And with that realization in mind, I think it's maybe time to slow down — another big reason I keep trying to not get myself worked up to creating a course for beginners to investing/planning/etc.
I've also had freelancing on my mind because I've been stuck trying to complete an interview for a really great person who does not deserve to have me sitting on her deadline for the past few months. The question that's been holding up the works is fairly simple: "What advice would you give PhD students today [about preparing for non-academic jobs]?" And I wrote a pretty decent few paragraphs on expanding and honing your transferable skills by freelancing on stuff. And then I second-guessed that: how realistic is that advice, how good is it? Will risking burnout in grad school (or complications if they go over the typical 10-hour-per-week cap on external work) actually help grad students as advice? How repeatable would my freelancing experiences be? I mean, I think I'm pretty good at what I do, and I'm well-rounded so there are lots of things under that umbrella, which leads to a number of things I can do on a part-time basis. But would most grad students be able to devote so little time to rounding up business that it made part-time freelancing worthwhile?
This was kind of driven home for me by a few recent posts by Robb over at B&E, including this one on multiple income streams where he ends with this bit: "You'd be surprised how quickly you can accomplish your goals when you can earn an extra $1,000 or more per month." Well yes, a ~20% raise for the average person would accomplish goals faster. But how realistic is $1k/mo in freelance income? IMHO, not at all. Look, my best year ever didn't even hit half of that on average. Yes, I made a fair bit more than that in my busiest two months — but I could not have kept up that pace for a full year, I would have burned out — let alone being able to keep scaring up that kind of work.
He's partly helped by not having the soul-destroying commute that I do: saving 10 hours a week could free up a lot of consulting time. He's partly helped by his wife: add a working spouse (as is the case for many) and he'd have to do more housework and have less free time to work side projects. He also has a really steady 9-5 job, whereas I have trouble scheduling work far in advance because I don't know when the shit will hit the fan (but then I get lieu days to freelance after it does). But he's so far up in the stratosphere of freelance writing (where people come to him for jobs, and where he pulls in an average family's full salary in blog income) that I'm afraid he may be losing perspective — most people are not in the position to make that level of side income2, and that's assuming that they have marketable skills that are amenable to part-time side income in the first place.
A thousand dollars a month doesn't sound too hard, on the surface: if you bill at $60/hr (but actually earn closer to $30/hr after under-bidding on projects and doing development work and fiddling with your website and Linkedin profile), then you only need to work about 17 billable hours each month. That's like four hours a week; even after it ends up doubling with all the unpaid work that surrounds freelancing, you're still only out one of your weekend days each week. Of course, $60/hr is for pretty specialized work, which is kind of hard to find and may require like graduate degrees or something. Freelance writing pays more like $0.50/word if you're lucky, maybe $0.10/word if you're not. No problem, you're thinking, you might be able to hammer out 1,000 words in about two hours if you're a fast writer. Two of those a month and you'd hit that $1k target with two weeks off to yourself. Of course, only people who are already famous can hammer out a 2-hour blog post and get paid $500 for it — most3 freelance writers and most assignments will require that you do research, and interview experts, and go back and forth with your editor to polish it, which can bring your hourly rate way down. Plus you'll have to draft and send like 20 proposals to editors for each assignment you actually land, which is hours out of your life you don't get paid for at all. A few sites peg basic copyediting at about $30/hr — but go to the self-publishing sites and you'll see authors claim they don't pay over $20/hr (along with ads from hungry part-time editors willing to low-ball).
So with business development, you're probably talking 8-10 hours per week to hit that expectation if you have some marketable skills but aren't a super-specialized professional. If you don't have a portfolio or a lot of skills and are just grinding away at things like fiverr jobs or brainmass, you're talking more like 20 hours per week, which I don't think is something to advise most people to expect.
What, then, is a reasonable expectation of what working freelance can do for you? I don't know. I don't know if I'm way under my potential4,5. I believe that I'm well above the median in terms of freelancers who work full-time day jobs, at least in specialized skills if not in billable hours, which means most should not expect to break even the $500/mo point. But maybe my self-image is all wrong and the only reason I took issue with the B&E estimate is because I'm actually just unsuccessful. How much is a reasonable amount of work for the average person before burnout threatens? Again, I've personally prided myself on my stamina, but I lose a lot of time to other parts of my life — a young, single person with no commute could rock side income (but then is that typical/average?). Is ~10 hours/week sustainable if your commute is more reasonable? I don't know what to suggest, which leads me back to part of why I'm stuck on that interview.
However, the main point may still apply: freelancing may be a good way to build transferable skills and improve your finances. Most Canadians struggle to save even a few thousand dollars per year, so making even $250/mo in a more realistic freelancing expectation could really beef up those retirement savings.
As for me? I think I'll move updating my websites and profiles back down to the bottom of the to-do list.
1. I mean, I earned my American Medical Writers' Association certificate two years ago and still haven't gotten around to putting that fact up anywhere — in fact no where do I actually advertise that I do editing work, it's all been thanks to word-of-mouth. And my CV/bio is just a disgrace.
2. And of course, Michael James was ahead of me again to that idea, as you can see in the comments section at B&E.
3. Look at me, talking like I've had any kind of success in this field at all (I haven't), or talked to more than two people who have (I haven't).
4. Well, I know that I am: I charge almost half of what many money coaches charge, which I justify by focusing on education and making my clients work for themselves — I do less for them, at the end of the day, so it ends up being what I consider exceptionally fair, which makes me feel good as a service provider.
5. Also, I know that I am: I spent a lot of time writing the book last year, and this year on pro bono work for the library as well as promoting the book and doing interviews — all time that I could have instead dedicated to making money by freelancing.
5 Responses to "Random Thoughts on Freelancing"
Robb Engen Says:
July 2nd, 2015 at 8:53 am
Hey John, I'm not sure if you're just taking issue with the $1000/month comment or what, but this comes across as a pretty whiny rant. The point is, if you were in financially dire straits, you could easily find a way to double your best freelance earnings. You're not in that position, so you don't NEED to hustle that hard.
Think of it this way: the average couple with no kids could rent out a spare room or basement to reach that extra income target. But they won't, because having a stranger in your house is weird and uncomfortable. One or both of them could take a part-time job or use a marketable skill to earn extra money on the side. But they don't want to because they'd rather watch TV and look at Facebook.
My advice to millennials (not to the financially secure and about to retire Michael James) is to hustle. "Do what you love" is a great mantra, but do it on the side. Anecdotally, I know a few people who do it, and plenty who could, but choose not to.
You make a lot of assumptions about me and my situation. I'm actually offended (well, offended enough to make this comment). I'm not in the upper-stratosphere of writers – not even close! I write a lot and do a decent job promoting. I'd say my biggest strength when it comes to my side business is finding what the next thing is going to be.
When the typical online ad revenue streams dried up, I looked for other ways to increase my side income. I noticed plenty of brands trying to start a blog or newsletter, and most of the time they had no content strategy whatsoever. So I'd reach out to a few of them and offer to write articles at $250/post. I took a targeted sales approach and it paid off. Incidentally, many of those relationships turned into advertisers on B&E or RCC.
After the Toronto Star column ended, I was out $8k to $10k per year. Enter the fee-only planning business, which filled that void and to be honest takes less time than writing, finding sources, and going back and forth with an editor (as you described above).
Yes, I benefit from a short commute and a steady 9-5 job. But did you know that I work every Friday/Saturday night from September to December, and from January to March?
Yes, I'm blessed to have a stay-at-home spouse. But that does not limit the time I spend with my family and looking after my share of the household duties. Did you know that my wife has MS? I can't imagine how tired she gets chasing after two young kids every day while keeping the house in order, groceries stocked, and family on schedule. I drove my daughter to and from Kindergarten most days. I do whatever I can to help ease that burden at home.
Finally, I'm also working on plenty of non-income generating activity on the side, such as completing the coursework required to earn my CFP designation, and doing pro-bono financial planning.
Hey, we also love binge-watching shows on Netflix and do so on a regular basis. But when The Bachelor comes on, or (shudder) Grey's Anatomy, I pull out my laptop and get to work.
I freelance to replace my wife's working salary so that she can stay home for her health and to look after our kids. It's a lot of work, but I'm in no danger of burning out.
I don't think it's unreasonable to earn $1,000 per month on the side. Deep down, if your financial livelihood depended on it, you could hit that target. My turn for assumptions: You have the luxury of working on "dream projects" like writing a book or creating a course because you don't necessarily need the immediate income (these projects may pay off down the road, but likely would not return the time and effort that were put into them). If you had to focus on immediate income, you could easily earn $1,000 per month or more. You know you could.
Potato Says:
July 2nd, 2015 at 11:38 am
Hi Robb, some good points. As with many posts here it's a lot of back-and-forth with myself on it and what is a reasonable expectation and trying to think out loud. (Indeed, once I started putting pencil to back-of-envelope I got that number down to a reasonable number of hours per week, so it should be feasible, it just made me pause and go "hmm…" when I read it).
I will repeat something someone else said: you're a machine.
And you're right on your last point — I diddle around a lot on projects that don't return much if anything.
John Ryan Says:
July 24th, 2015 at 7:03 pm
Hey John, my reaction to this post is similar to Robb's. Don't sell yourself short rockstar! I'm confident you could get up to $1,000 side income, and I don't think you'd need to hustle as hard as Robb makes it out to be.
One big thing that jumped out at me. If you're close to maxing out hours on a side-gig (and / or getting sick of it and thinking about cutting back), RAISE YOU RATES! That's a SCREAMMMMIINNG sign you're not charging enough.
If it kills you to increase the rate on current customers, pledge to yourself that you'll charge a higher rate to new customers. This will lower the demand for your service – no problem if you're maxed out or wanting to cut back – and increase your resulting income.
I've read about a handyman doing this – http://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-handyman-earned-14000-in-the-last-30-days-2015-04-03 – and there's a story about a prostitute doing the same thing in the Freakanomics documentary.
I've actually started another blog talking about graduate school, and one of the things I write about is job hunting approaching and after graduation. If you want to pass it along to the person wanting information, let her know I'd be happy to write some posts on whatever she's interested in: http://www.ivorytowerunlocked.com/
Potato Says:
July 24th, 2015 at 10:13 pm
Thanks John!
The interview is actually up now: http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/from-phd-to-life/transition-q-ajohn-robertson/
John Ryan Says:
July 24th, 2015 at 10:43 pm
Nice job on the interview! It's no surprise to me that a grant writer is valued, I could see academics being very happy if they thought it had any chance of increasing their odds of getting a grant. My PhD supervisor was a very strong writer, and they'd get her to review all the department NSERC proposals before they went out.


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Everett Planning Commission held a meeting on Sept. 17, 2019 to discuss the following agenda:
Item 1: Public Workshop – Supportive Housing in Single Family Zones
A public workshop to review options to address the interim moratorium on supportive housing in single family zones.
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The unemployment insurance reform that The Business Council helped craft is "another major step to make our state more competitive," Governor George Pataki said when he signed the bill.
The Governor signed the bill into law August 13 at a ceremony attended by Business Council President Daniel B. Walsh. The ceremony took place during the annual state convention of the AFL-CIO, which helped The Business Council craft the bill.
The new law:
- Enacts tax tables that are more "experience-rated"-that is, more
representative of employers' experiences with the UI system.
- Reforms disqualification procedures so all employers whose accounts
might be tapped for benefits can introduce disqualifying evidence in
an applicant's benefits hearing.
- Creates a wage reporting system that will save employers time and
money. The new wage reporting system will save employers million of
dollars in time and material now spent on paperwork that must be completed
for each applicant that seeks benefits.
- Now, employers will send quarterly reports on all employees to the
state Department of Labor, eliminating paperwork formerly done for
individual UI claims.
- Creates a re-employment services bureau designed to help workers find jobs more quickly and thus shorten the duration of claimants' benefits periods.
- Phases in two increases in benefits.
The law also effectively makes permanent the savings that The Council gained for all employers in last year's Operation UI Pre-Pay, which saved most New York employers $63 per employee in UI costs.
In Operation Pre-Pay, The Business Council got employers to make pre-payments on their 1998 UI taxes to trigger a rate decrease. Employers statewide made more than $171 million in pre-payments.
"This law just kicked New York's economic comeback into a higher gear," Walsh said. "UI reform has been a priority of Business Council members and all New York State employers for years.
"This law will save employers millions of dollars and streamline the UI system-even as benefits increase for the temporarily unemployed workers that the system was originally designed to protect.
"This is a win not just for New York's business or workers but for all New Yorkers-because we all benefit from a stronger economy," Walsh concluded.
Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno said, "This tax cut, along with all the other tax cuts we have approved, will push us further along the road to economic recovery."
Click here for the Governor's release. Click here for The Business Council's release.


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Strength in Places Fund: Strong bids from every nation and region of the UK will be taken forward to the final decision stage
21 March 2019
Twenty-four ambitious projects, from pharmaceuticals to aerospace, and transport to the creative economy, are to receive early-stage funding to develop full-stage bids that could lead to significant economic growth in places across the country.
Each of the shortlisted projects from the first wave of UK Research and Innovation's Strength in Places Fund has been awarded up to £50k in early-stage funding, which will allow applicants to develop full-stage bids. Teams behind these projects will then submit these bids to UK Research and Innovation in late 2019, with four to eight of the strongest set to receive between £10m and £50m each to carry out projects designed to drive substantial economic growth.
Announced in the modern Industrial Strategy in November 2017, the Strength in Places Fund will benefit all nations and regions of the UK by enabling them to tap into the world-class research and innovation capability that is spread right across the country. The fund brings together research organisations, businesses, and local leadership on projects that will lead to significant economic impact, high-value job creation and regional growth.


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Like dueling daytime talk-show hosts, President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry fielded questions from an audience of undecided voters in St. Louis Friday in their second debate. On participants' minds: health care, the environment, stem-cell research, abortion, the deficit and taxes.
But it was the conflict in Iraq that was discussed most and produced several of the evening's sharpest clashes. As they do on the campaign trail, Kerry and Bush each used the issue to raise doubts about the other's character.
In response to the first question of the night, posed by a woman who said her co-workers believed the Massachusetts senator is a flip-flopper, Kerry said, "The president didn't find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, so he's really turned his campaign into a weapon of mass deception. And the result is that you've been bombarded with advertisements suggesting that I've changed a position on this or that or the other."
Responding a few minutes later, the president quipped, "I can see why people at your workplace think he changes positions a lot, because he does."
"He said he thought Saddam Hussein was a grave threat, and now he said it was a mistake to remove Saddam Hussein from power."
Kerry seized on a report released earlier this week by the chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq, which concluded that Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction on the eve of the war.
At one point, the Massachusetts senator pivoted to face his opponent directly. "He didn't have weapons of mass destruction, Mr. President," Kerry said pointedly, staring directly at the president seated less than 20 feet away. "And if we'd used smart diplomacy, we could have saved $200 billion and an invasion of Iraq. And right now, Osama bin Laden might be in jail or dead."
Bush responded that Kerry's criticism of the war would undermine relations with allies if he were elected. And he took a whack at Kerry's proposal to hold an international summit of world leaders on Iraq. "What is he going to say to those who show up to the summit? 'Join me in the wrong war at the wrong time in the wrong place'?" asked Bush.
Roughly 30 minutes into the debate, a young voter asked the president if he planned to reinstitute a military draft.
"I hear there are rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft. We're not going to have a draft. Period. The all-volunteer army works," Bush said. "We're not going to have a draft so long as I am president."
Kerry said he, too, opposed a draft but criticized Bush for keeping National Guard and Reserve troops overseas on extended tours. "You've got a backdoor draft right now," he said, adding that as president he would add 40,000 active-duty volunteer troops to the armed forces.
Earlier this week, a bill that would have required all men and women ages 18-26 to serve at least two years of military or civilian service was killed in the House of Representatives (see "Republicans Vote Down Draft Bill In Hopes Of Ending Rumors").
Each of the 120 voters who participated submitted questions before the event. Moderator Charles Gibson of ABC's "Good Morning America" program then selected the participants, each of whom asked thoughtful, well-prepared questions. The result was a heated but substantive debate in which the attacks were pointed but largely issue-based.
The two candidates perched on tall chairs and frequently roamed across the set's red carpet to interact directly with participants throughout the 90-minute encounter.
One audience member asked President Bush to describe who he would appoint to the Supreme Court should there be a vacancy during the next four years, a likely scenario given that four of the nine justices are over the age of 70. Two are 80 or older.
Bush declined to name those he might consider, instead focusing on judges that would have no shot at making the high court in his administration. In the past, the president has criticized judges whom he says "legislate from the bench," especially on the issue of gay marriage.
"I would pick somebody who would not allow their personal opinion to get in the way of the law," he said. "I would pick somebody who would strictly interpret the Constitution of the United States."
Kerry said the president had previously expressed admiration for Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, two of the most conservative on the bench.
"So you get a pretty good sense of where he's heading if he were to appoint somebody," said Kerry, adding he would seek to choose a justice who would protect abortion rights, among other things.
Later, the issue of abortion came up again as an audience member asked Kerry what he would say to someone who believes abortion is murder and that federal funds should not go to any abortion-related programs.
Kerry used the question as a jumping-off point to discuss his faith (he is Catholic) before addressing it a bit more directly.
"You have to afford people their constitutional rights," he said. "And that means being smart about allowing people to be fully educated, to know what their options are in life, and making certain that you don't deny a poor person the right to be able to have whatever the Constitution affords them if they can't afford it otherwise."
A moment later, the president responded tartly, "I'm trying to decipher that."
Bush noted that he signed the so-called partial-birth abortion ban outlawing a procedure critics say is barbaric. Opponents of the legislation argued the procedure is often used to save the life of the mother.
Bush also noted that he supports parental-notification laws that require minors to inform parents or guardians that they have had an abortion.
In his rebuttal, Kerry indicated he opposes parental notification.
"I'm not going to require a 16- or 17-year-old kid who's been raped by her father and who's pregnant to have to notify her father," he said, later adding, "It's never quite as simple as the president wants you to believe."
The two candidates also clashed several times on fiscal policy, with the president charging that Kerry would be a reckless tax-and-spender who proposes $2.2 trillion in government expenditures. Kerry responded that the president and the Republican Congress were responsible for adding more debt to the United States in four years than every president from George Washington to Ronald Reagan combined.
At one point, an audience member asked Kerry if he could pledge that as president he would not raise taxes on those earning $200,000 a year or less.
"Absolutely," said Kerry, turning to face viewers at home directly. "I am not going to raise taxes."
The first President Bush made a similar promise when he ran for the Oval Office in 1988 when he said, "Read my lips: no new taxes." Ultimately, the president did raise taxes and the statement haunted him repeatedly during his failed re-election bid in 1992.
The third and final presidential debate is scheduled for Wednesday on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe. The subject will be domestic policy.
This story was updated at 9:20 a.m. ET on 10.9.04.


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One. Day. At. A. Time.
Or in my case, one MOMENT at a time.
Lots of deep breaths.
Lots of quickly brushed away tears.
And currently, an iced coffee that I forgot to order as decaf, sorry baby.
This morning my car got towed. $90.
I have a second round job interview in 3.5 hours. My belly has outgrown all my work pants, so I'm about to start the search for *professional meets I'm 6 months pregnant* look. A dress and blazer maybe?
I'm feeling the pressure of a thousand unknowns. Anger at being in this situation. Anger that I felt strongly about not terminating my pregnancy but that choosing to continue the pregnancy greatly alters my marketability in job interviews while my ex remains unchanged and employed and that having the baby alone and with only 3 months to get an apartment and a stocked nursery and stay on top of my bills…it all adds up.
Yet, I did choose this. We got pregnant, and I chose to follow my gut and keep the pregnancy even though it's not the easy, convenient, or even fun path right now. I know I will love my daughter and my life will change for the better in many ways after she is born. But right now, it's hard to see past all the unknowns.
It gives me that much more of a reason to amp up my online business so that I can provide for myself without the worry of a 9-5 clock in clock out corporate job. I am working on building little bits of consistency in my life and this week, that means posting on this blog daily, and also eating well, getting enough sleep, and spending 1-1 time with my baby.
Today, I'm encouraging myself to dwell on the positive things in my life right now, and if you're in a tough situation as well, I send that same encouragement to you.
I'll list 5 things that are going RIGHT in my life right now, and if you're reading, share your 5 things in the comments below 🙂
- My baby is healthy and growing
- I have enough energy to get through the day
- I have a laptop, printer, internet connection and car..all I need to market myself and grow my at home business
- I have friends who do care about me
- I am slowly changing my mind and the depressive thoughts are fading slowly into the distance, without medication.
Now, off to find an outfit for this interview.


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Katrina evacuees keep eye on Hurricane Isaac
Tri-State residents urge relatives to head north
As Hurricane Isaac batters Louisiana, several Tri-State families who lived through the devastation of Hurricane Katrina are watching the storm with fear of what's to come.
Gabrielle Jones, of Greendale, Ind., said she had to flee to the Tri-State when Katrina struck seven years ago.
Now she watches the coverage of Isaac and it conjures up dark memories of what happened before.
"I've been watching it. It's sad because they said part of the levee did break and having to flood out certain areas it's sad for the people who have to go through it all over again," Jones said. "It was scary, you're basically homeless at that point, you don't know what's going to happen to your home, your job, anything."
Belinda Patin of Milford, Ohio, had to evacuate because of Katrina, as well.
That's why she told her relatives not to take any chances and encouraged them to come to Cincinnati to ride out the storm.
"It looks like hurricane Katrina, I can't believe it," Patin said. "It brings back the same memories like all over again."
Patin is also checking the storm's path to see if her relatives lie in its wake.
"We called my sister, my mother, they're not answering their phones so we don't what's going on with them," Patin said.
Patin's stepdaughter and her family opted to ride out the storm for now; they said they worst may still be to come.
"Well, it still hasn't stopped yet. We left a couple of times but the cops wanted to keep us sheltered inside for safety reasons, but we're right by the bayou. The water doesn't look like it's gone down. If anything it's gone up," Kristin Joiner said.


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UJA-Federation of New York
JDC thanks the UJA Federation of New York for its support of the following projects: the Jewish Cultural Center (JCC) on Nikitskaya, the Moscow Jewish Community Center (MEOD) on Volochaevskaya, the Organization of Modern Jewish Religious Organizations in Russia (OROSIR), Social Projects, the Jerusalem Fairy Tale Family Camp, Family Camp Eco Moshav, family educational programs (Jewish Moscow) and the joint project with the Jewish Agency in Russia "Integration of Children with Special Needs into the Moscow Jewish Community".
Claims Conference
The "Claims Conference", the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany, has been working since 1951 to obtain compensation from the German government for Jewish victims that survived the Holocaust, organizing social assistance for Jewish victims of Nazism and the need for education and perpetuation of the memory of the lessons of the Holocaust. The Claims Conference provides invaluable assistance to the "Joint" Charitable Committee, contributing significant funds to care programs for elderly Russian Jewish Shoah victims.
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Russian Jewish Congress
JDC thanks the charitable fund of the Russian Jewish Congress (RJC) for their support of the project "Integration of Children with Special Needs into the Moscow Jewish Community". The Fund was created in 1996 for the re-creation of Jewish community life in Russia. Leadership of the RJC includes leading Russian businessmen, public figures and representatives of the cultural elite. The RJC supports dozens of social, educational and cultural programs.


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Credit to Tony Robbins for the Gift Cards.
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FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Though gas prices in Fort St. John have stayed at a steady 112.9 cents per litre for the past two months, gas prices elsewhere in the Peace have jumped up in recent weeks.
GasBuddy Senior Analyst Dan McTeague says that the spike in the price of gas at pumps in Dawson Creek and Grande Prairie stem from a supply issue in the latter half of December that cuased prices to spike by close to ten cents in areas like Metro Vancouver over the New Year's long weekend.
McTeague explained that the spike began when two refineries in the American Midwest saw a drop in production, which caused wholesale prices to jump across North America. While the two refineries have returned to normal production, the chain reaction of those higher wholesale prices mean that the price at the pump could jump in Fort St. John, as it has in Dawson Creek.
Prices at roughly half of that city's filling stations are still sitting at pre-New Year's levels of around 109.9 c/L, while others are now selling regular unleaded for 116.9 c/L. McTeague said that since prices have rebounded back down on the wholesale market, retailers should be following suit once their supply purchased at higher prices is consumed. He added that Fort St. John could even miss the spike completely, but that even if prices do go up, they would return to normal levels after only a couple of weeks.


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The fee for an individual therapy session is $150.
I accept a couple of insurance plans and I am also an out-of-network provider for most other insurance companies. Please contact me for more information on how you may be able to use your benefits to pay for therapy.


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Basic Planning for Young Families
As a young family, you will be facing a lot of new challenges that you may or may not be prepared for along the way. Whether it's children, a mortgage, or unexpected expenses that come up, now is the perfect time to start thinking about all the potential pitfalls that may arise.
In this article we want to share some of the ways that insurance can help you stay ahead of these issues, as well as how to prepare yourself for some of life's obstacles that you and your family may face.
What Issues Should Concern you the Most?
Now that you're starting a family, your life is just one piece of the puzzle. Your spouse and any children are also top priorities, meaning that you should consider what could happen to everyone in a variety of scenarios. Here are some crucial questions you and your partner should discuss:
What happens if one of us dies? – While this question may seem a bit morbid, it's a necessary possibility to plan for, particularly if you are a one-income household. Even with two breadwinners, chances are that your bills and financial responsibilities are too much for one person, meaning that you need to supplement any lost income as a result of one of you passing away. Read more
Protecting Your Family
Let's face it, raising a family today can be financially challenging. The cost of living continues to increase, housing costs are rising along with education and extra-curricular activities for our children. It is tough to make ends meet and still have something left over at the end of each month.
Most families today require both parents to work to afford the lifestyle they enjoy. Losing one of those incomes through premature death, illness or a disability is a real risk that many families would have a difficult time facing emotionally and financially.
How do you protect your family?
- Life insurance is designed to protect your family by providing the resource to replace income, pay off debt, and fund future education costs in the event that one of the parents dies.
- Disability, or income replacement insurance, is designed to replace lost income if an individual is not able to work due to accident or sickness.
- Critical Illness insurance will pay a lump sum benefit in the event of a diagnosis of many major illnesses.
Boomer + Sandwich Generation + Club Sandwich + Boomerang = Financial Instability
The Sandwich Generation was a term coined by Dorothy Miller in 1981 to describe adult children who were "sandwiched" between their aging parents and their own maturing children. There is even a term for those of us who are in our 50's or 60's with elderly parents, adult children and grandchildren – the Club Sandwich. More recently, the Boomerang Generation (the estimated 29% of adults ranging in ages 25 to 34, who live with their parents), are adding to the financial pressures as Boomers head into retirement. It is estimated that by 2026, 1 in 5 Canadians will be older than 65. This means fewer adults to both fund and provide for elder care. Today, it is likely that the average married couple will have more living parents than they do children.
What are the challenges? Read more
1 in 3 Canadians Will Become Disabled Before the Age of 65
What you need to know about your Group Long Term Disability
Having a source to replace your earned income in the event of an illness or accident is vital considering that on average, 1 in 3 Canadians will become disabled for a period of more than 90 days at least once before the age of 65. For those that are disabled for more than 90 days the average length of that disability is 2.9 years.
If you are one of the approximately 10 million Canadians covered under a group Long Term Disability plan (LTD) it's important to understand what your coverage provides. Don't wait until after you're disabled to read the employee handbook, because you could have a few surprises! Read more


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The Beretta LTLX7000 Kinetic Energy Weapon is an Italian less-lethal shotgun that is currently in development.
The LTLX7000 was created to solve the problem of unwanted deaths from less-lethal weapons as less-lethal weapons have been known to have higher lethality at shorter ranges. Very little is known about the LTLX7000's development date, but it should have been developed before 2007 as it was seen in an episode of Future Weapons filmed that year.
Design Details
The LTLX7000 uses a complex computer-controlled holographic sight with two red dots inside it to line up targets. The LTLX7000 is unique in that it is able to deliver the same kinetic energy to a target regardless of range, thanks to this computer-controlled sight and a patented gas venting system, which vents gas from the barrel to lower pressure from the projectile and allows the projectile to have the same velocity regardless of range; range calibration is done by aligning the two dots in the scope, with the top dot aligned to the head of the target and the bottom dot to the feet of the target.
The LTLX7000 uses proprietary 12 gauge cartridges with rubber projectiles in them.
- LTLX may stand for Less-Than-Lethal eXperimental.


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Hey, fighters!
In this post, we have Dempster's Bluish Flame Gold Paladin Deck, as featured above in Cardfight #28, Today's Secret Ingredient Is Salmon.
As we always point out, there are many different ways to build a Bluish Flame deck, and this is how Dempster does it for him. Feel free to get a few ideas from it, but ultimately, build yours as how you like to build it, one that fits for you.
Dempster would also like to point out that he doesn't have access to what some may consider "key cards". He is playing exclusively to what he can get and as seen in the video, Leon did plenty enough to fry up some Jewel Knight-brand salmon.
With that said, let's get to the recipe!
First Vanguard
Flaming Passion Liberator, Guido
2 Flame of Victory (Critical)
2 Great Wish Liberator, Esus (Critical)
4 Ascendant Liberator, Barbtruc (Critical)
4 Liberator, Lucky Charmy (Draw)
4 Numinous Tree Liberator, Elchea (Heal)
Grade 1s:-
1 Physical Force Liberator, Zorron
4 May Rain Liberator, Bruno
4 Butterfly Liberator, Korderia
4 Holy Mage, Bryderi (Sentinel)
Grade 2s:-
1 Regulation Liberator, Aglovale
3 Taciturn Liberator, Brennius
4 Oath Liberator, Aglovale
4 Sword Principle Liberator, Magnus
Grade 3s:-
4 Bluish Flame Liberator, Percival
4 Bluish Flame Liberator, Prominence Core
Grade 4s:-
4 Bluish Flame True Liberator, Holy Flame
2 Golden Dragon, Spearcross Dragon
2 Fast Chase Golden Knight, Cambell
Some points to take note:
- Even though there's only 1 Zorron and Regulation Aglovale in this build, I find myself only needing one. Sure enough, if I have more Zorrons and Regulation Algovale, I could replace Korderia and Magnus for them, but right now, this feels comfortable for me.
- Many people play Prominence Glare when it comes to Liberators, but for me, I find Prominence Core more fun to play as it's more luck-based and usually catches my opponents off guard, even if I couldn't find any more Prominence Glares out there.
- This build reflects the one I gave Leon to use in the video. Since then, I've been aware that I have been playing too many Korderias and Holy Flames. As mentioned earlier, If I had more Zorrons, I could easily replace Korderia with it. But right now, so that I don't burn my deck faster than my opponents with Bluish Flames, I've replace 2 Korderias for 2 Fast Chase Liberator, Josephus, and reduced Holy Flame to two copies in my G zone.
- Josephus supports my draw triggers in helping me with guarding power. As this deck is very heavily centered around chain superior calling, the draw triggers make sure that I don't lose before I can do anything with Prominence Core.
That's all that Dempster has to say about his Bluish Flame deck. So we shall close the kitchen for the day.
As always, if you have any queries, comments or suggestions, feel free to let me, Dempster or Leon know. If you like this and would like to see more Vanguard content that we have come up with, feel free to subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow us here on our blog. You can keep up to date on all of our releases on Twitter @CrossboneVGs, and on our Facebook page here. You can also support us over at Patreon, where we have some awesome perks available for you guys.
If you have any cardfight requests, do leave them on our videos, and we will try our best to bring them to you. Thank you for reading, and we'll see you soon!
Stand up, my Vanguard!
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Currently at Breezeway, a SaaS start-up that empowers property managers to automate housekeeping, maintenance, and guest messaging. I was the 3rd employee, and run our marketing department.
Spent ~16 months at TicketManager, a SaaS company that helps enterprises and venues manage sports and concert tickets. My role was demand generation.
Did the corporate thing for ~2.5 years in a quant consulting group at Ernst & Young. My favorite project was facilitating the sponsorship of the 2016 Ryder Cup.
Graduated Wesleyan in '14 with a B.A. in mathematics-economics. I played Varsity Golf.
Graduated Dover-Sherborn High School in 2010.


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I Forced a Bot to read all of The Seven Deadly Forums, Pyoko, WFE, and Bronotoforumus then asked it to write a thread on its own
here is that thread
Bullshit: A wolfgame for seven to nine
Poster: Iron Mongrel
Hello and welcome to am I a narcissist? Players will vote for who can remain after I clean the police.
<Thad comes in>
You are banned. I have warned you before. I am not surprised you are surprised that you are banned, but I am surprised that admins cannot ban everyone, like I have always wanted.
<Guildenstern replies within 34 seconds>
I will not stand for PMing the masses because I need to acquire information. Thad, you have gone too far this time, and I read Katestory. Are you a wolf, Brentai?
I am a regular wolf.
<Kazz is posting, but its shit>
Moralfagging is gay. You are all gay. I can't vote because I am stoned.
<Mongrel is posting ten times>
<Thad, who was gone for weeks, necros the thread>
Not surprised that you guys made this into something more than it is. But Guild.
<Brentai is taking administrative action>
From now on, posting is a bannable offense. Do not post between the hours of now and ten minutes before dinner.
<Classic somehow manages to use a keyboard>
<Guild posts, but only to hijack the context.>
Hello. High context discourse is the key to understanding low context shitposting. You will understand when the revolution proceeds. I am in rebellion until Constantine admits that he's a little bit too artsy.
<Friday briefly posts between compiling lists of things>
This is a shitpost. Stop voting for Newbie just because he won't shut up.
<Mongrel posts again for no discernible purpose>
(It's just a picture of a man with a smug expression)
<Mothra is reading the thread, but cannot bring himself to post>
uhhhhgggggggg this is
the worst thing
<Niku is playing megaman and absentmindedly posts>
Guild for not being the seer. That's fac as in factory, not Classic as in voting for himself to win. What a skeleton!
<yyler ban evades to post>
this is a rad concept for a wolfgame. I'm going to post another incomplete ff7 LP.
<Thad was alerted when yyler evaded ban>
I don't live there anymore, but good job finding my dog. Kazz, would you cut it out? For christ sake.
<Brentai is busy banning users>
The administrative team is not here to make you feel safe. Covering users in goop is secondary.
<Kazz forgets to log in and accidently posts as his alt account, Garry from the Thing>
I felt bad, but after playing some indie games, have realized that life is about suffering and dicks. *shoots a norwegian* God that felt good.
<Mongrel is continuing to post>
(It's still just a picture of a smug man)
(there's some text with the picture, but it's in canadian.)
<eloH, posting under an alias, is attempting to discuss drugs>
Mushrooms expand your territory. Haha, Thad, your game sucks. I am tolerated by this community because I make decent posts.
<Frocto is typing with his dick-sucking lips>
This game needs more medium-difficult rooms. I'm sorry, but Friday and Kayin have put just too much bullshit into this. You can't even see the platforms.
<Thad confuses this thread with the Katestory thread that hardly anyone is posting in>
Meanwhile, anti-climax was posting.
<Anti-climax> I hate you all.
<Esper is carrying a heavy load of memes>
The Protoss are hateful for nab.
(Additionally, a cat is around.)
<Romosome is barking at the ground>
st dirt heltering tree
<Mongrel is the final poster of the thread>
(It's still just a picture of a smug man)
I Forced a Bot
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I immediately went to google image search a pic of a "Smug man" or "smug asshole" to post, but the overwhelming majority of pics were were either shitty and heavily watermarked, or right-wing fucksticks memeposting, and I was like "You know what? Never mind then."
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Not sure if fiction, fact or heavily crafted fiction with a seed of fact. What a time to be alive.
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Like all "I forced a bot" articles, this one is just using that framing story to justify some loose comedic impressions with a veneer of unintelligible AI received grammar. This one's good!
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Also I added up all the vowels posted by each person so far and divided each total by the poster's number of consonants and the resulting "suspiciousness ratio" shows indisputably that we need to vote Friday.
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Nice try, Friday, but I remember what happened the last time I responded to one of your jokes about Yyler.
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foiled again
and i would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for you meddling art games
and i would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for you meddling art games
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I forced a bot to read Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion and Children of Hurin and all of Tolkien's letters, notes, and journels and then write a book
here is that book
Chapter 1
Why didn't they just ride the eagles into Mordor
here is that book
Chapter 1
Why didn't they just ride the eagles into Mordor
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I forced a bot to read the boards and I got a Deadbeat Dad Database
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From The St. Petersburg Times:
Arthur Brown, Henry Kaiser and Dror Feiler will perform at the Aposition avant-garde music festival, which opens in St. Petersburg on Thursday. Held for the 10th time, Aposition will feature musicians from different music genres from across 10 different countries.
All concerts will be held at 7 p.m. at Manezh — Maly Zal, 103 Nab. Kanala Griboyedova. M: Sennaya Ploschad. Tel: 314 8248. Free tickets are available from http://www.aposition.ru
Aposition Avant-Garde Music
Festival 10
Thurs., Sept. 18
Ernesto Estrella, Debashish Bhattacharya, Famoudou Don Moye and Baba Sissoko
Fri., Sept. 19
Khorovod, Henry Kaiser, Novi Sad
Sat., Sept. 20
Peter Stampfel, Vlad Makarov,
Arthur Brown and Byzantine
Art Punk Ensemble
Sun., Sept. 21
Dror Feiler, Telesmatic Sound Box, Catherine Jauniaux Trio, APosition Orchestra


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