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Call back people who make inquiries at your website within 30 minutes. Yes, using the phone. Yes, within 30 minutes (or less). If they don't answer, leave a voice-mail and follow-up with an email. If you do this and do not increase your sales 25% this year, tell me and I'll buy you lunch. Actually, you will tell me it worked and want to by ME lunch!
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Create a post-inquiry landing page at your website. A post-inquiry-landing page is a page someone is redirected to after making an inquiry at your website. It has 11 elements – all that will help you more effectively turn website inquiries into sales (i.e. conversion). If you want to see one in action, start to finish, visit this link: http://trypilp.com
Improve the marketing message at your website, also referred to as Marketing Communications or MARCOM. You'll get more inquiries from your website with a stronger marketing message. The number one reason brides leave websites is slow loading pages. The second reason brides leave a website is because of a poorly written marketing message. Hire a professional to help you with this if you are not a marketing copywriter – it's THAT important. Poorly written marketing copy hurts your sales. Properly written marketing copy leads to more conversion, more inquiries, and more sales.
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Use more testimonials, reviews and credentials throughout your website – and in your email signature. Using this type of "social proof" is the #1 way to get more inquiries from your website.
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Even if you're a seasoned PRO, create and use a follow-up sales script template when you follow-up on inquiries. It should include a ready-to-use response to any objection, including the ever frustrating "we just want a price…" Answering tough questions by the "seat-of-your-pants" is never the most effective strategy.
Remove the Prices from Your Website
If you want more inquiries from your website remove your prices. If you think not having prices on your website makes brides angry, then your website doesn't do a good enough job of making a bride WANT TO TALK WITH YOU – on the phone. If you're thinking you have to put something at your website (and I disagree), you can put: "Pricing starting at $0.00."
Social Media
Optimize your social media marketing strategy and start using BEST PRACTICES that actually deliver results. Pick two channels and use them VERY well. Probably Facebook and Instagram first. Then Pinterest. Forget about Google+ and Twitter unless you have an intern who has extra time on their hands. Post regularly and post consistently. Post high-quality information that is interesting and will engage your audience. Link back to your website. Use your phone number in some of your posts. Getting good results from social media requires more than throwing words and photos up on Facebook or Instagram. Poor social media management actually will hurt your company/brand.
If you're not blogging, start blogging. There's an old saying that the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the next best time is now. That's blogging! If you are blogging, use BEST PRACTICES and create blog posts that (a) brides and grooms will find helpful, (2) clearly promote you as an expert at what you do, (3) are properly written as part of your overall search engine optimization strategy, (4) link to your contact form in 95% of your posts, and (5) use lots of social proof (testimonials, reviews, awards, badges, etc.).
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Learn basic SEO so you can optimize your overall online visibility with Google. If you don't have the time or want to learn basic SEO, hire someone to do it for you. You should understand the basics and the basics can get you top ranked; solid keyword/keyword phrase selection, page title tag optimization, page description optimization, and use of keywords/phrases in your page copy to create page relevancy. Building inbound links is another critical component of a long-term successful SEO strategy.
Mobile-Friendly Website
Make sure your website passes the Google mobile-friendly test. Google recently published a blog post that clearly indicated they are going to give more visibility and better rankings to mobile-friendly websites, and are likely to push non-mobile-friendly websites further down in the search engine results. Test your website at this link: https://search.google.com/search-console/mobile-friendly
Backup & Disaster Recovery
Even if your website hosting company says they backup your website, do your own backups and keep a copy of them locally on your PC. I've heard too many horror stories about businesses losing their entire websites as a result of malware infected hosting. For example, if you host with BlueHost and they find your website is infected with malware, they just take it offline.
If you are using WordPress keep your core WordPress software up-to-date at all times. Also, make sure any plugins you are using are always up-to-date. Your website WILL get hacked if you don't do these two things – I guarantee it. This year WordPress hacks and attacks will increase exponentially, it's already happening (I got three calls last week!). One way to stay on top of things is to use the WordFence plug-in for WordPress. https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/
Optimize Your "About Us" Page
One of the most powerful marketing pages at your website, one that turns visitors into inquiries, is your About Us page. It should be very upbeat, tell your story, use testimonials from recent/happy couples who have hired you, and clearly communicate that you (a) love what you do and (b) are REALLY good at it. It should also link to your contact page as well as other pages at your website.


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I had the great pleasure of meeting Congressman Bobby Scott at St.Paul Baptist Church meeting along with (C2PP) Cradle to Prison Pipeline Small Group.Speaking on mass incarceration.
I was honor to go and pay respects to Dr. Martin Luther King in Atlanta as well as pass out information about the foundation. This was a very humbling experience.
Charles Johnson and I at his community giving back to the community.
Petersburg Police Chief Dixon and Richmond Police Chief Durham had some wonderful information to share at the Criminal Justice Reform.
Levar Stoney Secretary of the Commonwealth spoke at Criminal Justice Reform.
Michael Herring of the Richmond Commonwealth Attorney Office gave an overview of how they are looking at prosecuting cases. That may impact someone's life in the future.
Lamont Bagby gave a wonderful speech at Criminal Justice of Reform. Mr.Bagby is with the Henrico School District.
Great meeting with these gentlemen.
Myself and Richmond Public School Security Chief Timothy Mallory at a fundraiser at Virginia War Memorial.
This guy right here Henry Simmons does a lot behind the scenes. I really appreciate him we were making moves in New York City passing out information about the foundation.
When I need that Fatherly advise this the man my Uncle Leroy. Proud supporter of the organization.
It was wonderful to have these young men on my television show Brokenmenfoundation from Virginia State University.
I had the honor of being the commencement speaker at the first graduation of the Petersburg Fatherhood Initiative Program. I also received a plaque from Petersburg Department of Social Service for Brokenmenfoundation as being a community partner.
Levar Stoney Secretary of the Commonwealth on behalf of the Governor Terry McAuliffe presenting these person with their restoration rights certificate.
We have a blast out our men group sessions especially when you realize you're not alone. What a great feeling to be able to share your thoughts and concern.
One of the men groups that I was invited to speak at it was an awesome experience.
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Sunday June 23rd 9.30am
I'm reading Travels With Fortune by Christina Dodwell, which serves to remind me that independent travelling is about meeting and inter-acting with people, about new experiences and stretching oneself.
Travelling is intensely personal. It magnifies incidents, large events and smaller happenings, so that threy become of major significance. This is particularly so with a language barrier to contend with when coupled the systems and traditions of a simple transaction such as posting a letter. A sense of humour, tact and determination, if not stamina, is vital.
I am being seduced by Leh because life here is becoming easy. My innate puritanism is giving me a guilt complex because I 'do' very little, although a little voice is telling me to relax because I've 'earned' this holiday cum rest..
I've written and sent off several missives to various loved ones, which could serve as pages of this diary if I can ever retrieve them. I'd like to because I'm beginning to forget what it is I'm experiencing.


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With Marvel modernizing Spider-Man as much as they did in Homecoming, I wonder what J. Jonah Jameson and the Daily Bugle will look like. *fantasy cross fading to dream sequence* [Matt pretending to be J.J.]
We have LITERAL aliens attacking us from the skies, blonde guys claiming to be gods, and the Jolly Green Giant running amuck. And you wanna expect me to start trusting Spider-Man? We have footage of him fighting members from the Avengers. Speaking of the Avengers by the way, YOU TOO can have the strength of an Avenger with "J. Jonah's Joint Juice". Organic, all-natural, and most importantly, all American. (Except for all that stuff we imported from China) Only $19.99 a case, buy it now! (Game Theory intro) (Now back to your regularly scheduled MatPat) Hello Internet! Welcome to Game Theory! Where, let's be honest, in the world of Marvel, conspiracy theory shows like ours would be HUGE! Between superhero billionaires, alien threats, and masked vigilantes, can you IMAGINE the questions that would be running through everyone's heads? "Who ARE these people?" "What are their goals?"
"Am I myself in danger?" And there we'd be. Conspiracy Theory! Every week picking apart the evidence, revising our guesses, and ultimately trying to expose who these people are! It'd be like the Purple Guy mystery all over again, except in real life! And without all that messy serial killer nonsense. Sadly, I can't bring my dead memes and half-baked theories to the Marvel masses, but they get something even better: J. J. Jonah J. Jonah Jameson You see, a few weeks ago, I started looking into Spider-Man's iconic newspaper, The Daily Bugle, for a script. But, then the new Spider-Man game came out. And now I just can't un-hear J. Jonah screaming, "He's a menace to the entire city!" "I WANT SPIDER-MAAAAAAN!!" And what started out as a Film Theory on journalistic ethics, became this: A script all about how J. Jonah is UNDOUBTEDLY, the single biggest hero of this PS4 exclusive game. You heard me right. Biggest hero, in a game, featuring Spider-Man. Now sure, JJJ may not seem like the most ethical guy at first, seemingly driven only by the desire to sell more issues. Or I suppose in this new game, get more people to download his podcast? [J.J.]
Welcome to Just the Facts with J Jonah Jameson. [MatPat]
And the way he goes about this might seem at first a bit under-handed. By bad-mouthing the good deeds of our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. [J.J.]
I know all I need to about Spider-Man. He runs around causing chaos. Wearing a mask so he doesn't have to answer for his shenanigans, in a flashy costume so he gets attention, to feed his gigantic, insatiable ego. [MatPat]
But when you stop, and actually look at what's happening in the story, J Jonah not only proves himself to be ethical, he might just be the ONLY person with a solid head on his shoulders in this universe. Even if that does mean slandering good old Spidey. [J.J.]
I resent that. Slander is spoken. In print, it's libel. [MatPat]
Yeah, I know it is JJ. In the new game, you have a conspiracy radio show. "Slander" here, is the accurate term. So get ready! Because today we're covering all the news that's fit to print for this new game. So if you haven't finished webbing up every last baddie in town, this is your last chance to escape before you get tangled up in a web o' spoilers. Now, first and foremost, if you haven't played the game yet, I HIGHLY recommend it. Even if you don't have a PS4, I bet you got some friends who go to sleep early and have lackluster security systems. *sped up*
Game Theory does not condone breaking into a friend's house to play a game. *sped up*
At no point should you learn your friend's brand of security system, *sped up*
Google its reset security protocol, invite yourself over for a casual play sesh *sped up*
to only disappear off to the bathroom under the guise of "squeezing one off", *still sped up*
to İnstead use said default code to reset the system and program in your own code, thereby *still sped up*
gaining control over the house, only to subsequently return later in the evening to play the game. *finally back to regular speed*
Here's what you need to know: At the beginning of the game, Peter Parker's been Spider-Manning it up for about eight years and, he's seen his fair share of supervillains. Electro, The Scorpion, Rhino, and Vulture are all sitting behind bars. Peter no longer works for the Daily Bugle, but instead has himself a job working for Dr. Otto Octavius. A brilliant scientist whose fate is immediately obvious from the first second you see him in the game. [Otto]
It's fine Parker. I invented this equipment, I think I can handle it. One poor equipment check later and there's a power malfunction, which in turn results in Mayor Norman Osborn cutting funding for Doc Ock's project. Hmmmm, that couldn't lead to the creation of a new supervillain, could it???
(Spoiler: It does exactly that, but we all knew that.) (Narrator kind of voice)
MEANWHILE…ACROSS TOWN! Aunt May is working for a man named Martin Lee, a philanthropist who's working on a charity project who, surprise surprise, also happens to be a supervillain waiting to happen. When Spider-Man arrests the crime baron Wilson Fisk, aka Kingpin, it creates a power vacuum in the city that's too large to ignore. Lee, now the supervillain Mr. Negative, unleashes an army of demons upon the city. And Spider-Man goes out there to clean them up. And just when you think he's done it, Doc Ock reappears, now thoroughly insane, and releases all the other supervillains that Spider-Man had captured. Oh yeah, and he also unleashes a super virus known as Devil's Breath. So, I'd say there's a lot going on in New York during the course of this game. But through it all, one voice cuts through: J Jonah Jameson. [J.J.]
Keep a close eye on that barista with the man bun making your skinny latte! [MatPat]
Alright, so Jameson is easy to paint as a minor villain in the Spider-Man universe. Since we see the world from Peter Parker's point of view, Jameson appears to be a rage-fueled fear mongerer who's lookin' to sell more papers and get more listeners, by spreading lies through his clickbait-y stories and tinfoil hat Anti-Spider-Man conspiracies. He CLEARLY has a vendetta against the webslinger! [J.J.]
Just imagine what sort of DEVIENT personality would dress up like that in the first place. A WEBBED PERVERT WALKS AMONG US!! [MatPat]
Meanwhile, in Spider-Man's stories and, particularly in this game, we know that Spider-Man is good. We see his struggles and his tough moral choices. So Jameson taking pictures of him just to slander his good name is disgusting, and exploitative, and disingenuous. Especially for someone who supposedly claims that he's a journalist with integrity. And tells his audience that he reports the news. [Jared, J.J.'s assistant/intern]
This is "Just The Facts With J. Jonah. Jameson", where listeners like you discuss the issues affecting our city, with Pulitzer Prize winning- [J.J]
-Two time! [Jared]
-Two time Pulitzer Prize winning former publisher of The Daily Bugle- [J.J]
Hey! Plug the book! [MatPat]
But, if we stop looking at the world from Spider-Man's point of view, and instead from an outsider looking in, Jameson isn't actually all that bad. Let's start by addressing Jameson's main claim: that Spider-Man is a villain. From our near omniscient worldview in these stories, Spider-man does seem like an obvious hero. Saving people from fires, punching out bad guys, getting all romantic with the lady folk. We also know that he's just a young nerdy kid with the best of intentions, but then look at this. (Clips of finishers from the game and other ways Spider-Man takes out some of the guys you fight in-game.) OOF! Did you see that kick to the guy's lower back? And how is body just FOLDS OVER in response? Being slammed FORCEFULLY into the pavement and landing on your head and neck? Pretty sure that's gonna be fatal or, at the VERY least paralyze him. Swinging around a riot shield like that?! That is a ballistic riot shield that weighs in at around 16 to 20 pounds, and Spider-Man is just CLUBBING people with it! Even if these are criminals, think about the injuries they must have when they're being arrested. Debilitating injuries! Lifelong Injuries! Does that really instill heroic confidence in the guy who captured them? [J.J.]
It is not HELPING, when a vigilante leaps into the middle of a crime scene or emergency situation, WITH NO TRAINING, EXPERTISE, OR PUBLIC IDENTITY!! What if he INJURES someone? Who holds HIM accountable?! [MatPat]
That's really the problem with masked vigilantes, isn't it? That's the whole reason the MCU tackled the Sokovia Accords back in Civil War. To ask the question of "What happens when you hold heroes accountable for their actions?". I mean, think about this way. Remember how the public in Batman V. Superman got all up in arms about Batman literally branding criminals?
(Marvel: 1, DC: 0) Well, here's Spider-Man actively breaking faces, necks, and limbs. What else could J. Jonah think? While everyone is looking at Spider-Man like he's a hero, J. Jonah is right to question the mental stability of someone who puts themselves in harms way to fight crime, and then the criminals he captures come back on the verge of death! And when Spider-Man openly says stuff like this: [Spider-Man]
Morning guys! Who's ready for their hot fresh cup of bodily harm? [MatPat]
It doesn't inspire much confidence. Especially in a universe where a regular guy dressed as Spider-Man is able to cause injuries like this: [Spider-Man]
My doppelganger's got some skills. This one'll need painkillers for a few days, but should be fine. Jameson is even trying to make Spider-Man a better hero. He suggests numerous times throughout the game that Spider-Man get proper police training and a badge, so he can play by the same rules as other law enforcement. [J.J.]
If you caused the kind of damage he does, what would happen? [Caller]
I'd be doing paperwork until the day I retire… and probably riding a desk too. [J.J.]
And why my dear friend should YOU have to follow these rules, and not him? [MatPat]
Because…let's be honest here. It doesn't seem like the police in this game appreciate the help that Spider-Man's delivering. Saying repeatedly throughout various missions: (What're you doing down here? Read the screen!) Speaking of not being a help to police, Spider-Man seems to be creating more problems than he's solving. In the mission "Internet Famous", the social media icon "Screwball" LITERALLY kidnaps someone just to get footage of ol' webhead to be a part of the livestream! [Screwball]
The final matrix barcode will give you the location of a -wait for it- (Elongated gasp) kidnapping victim! [MatPat]
To help her in her quest against Spider-Man, her fans actively plant bombs across the city's rooftops. [Screwball]
Some of my fans decided to bring you a little care package! You might wanna grab those fast, people could get hurt! [MatPat]
Then you have the TaskMaster who's leaving all kinds of bombs and challenges around the city to test Peter. [TaskMaster]
Can you stop the bombs I've planted? [MatPat]
And even when Spider-Man IS trying to solve the city's issues, he's creating more problems than he's solving! For example, in the mission "Under Pressure," one building's water pressure is too high. And it's up to Spider-Man to pull a "Bob the Builder" and fix it. He tries by releasing a particular valve, but instead of solving the issue, it causes other water tanks around the city to burst! [Spider-Man]
That.. shouldn't have happened. I better seal these fast before Jameson pins it on me. [MatPat]
(chuckling) Uum..excuse me? Why WOULDN'T Jameson pin it in you? You LITERLLY just caused it to happen!! And what, pray tell, was the underlying cause this entire time? Oh. A clogged. Sewer. That's it. So what started as a simple issue in one building became a citywide problem thanks to Spider-Man. Which means that Jameson is entirely right when he claims on his radio show, [Jameson]
He was seen earlier messing with a valve, that only qualified workers are supposed to use! [MatPat]
And that's without me even mentioning the fact that canonically Spiderman's webbing only lasts for an hour. A fact which means that all those water tank patches he made with his webbing will be leaking in a matter of hours! Something that even HE admits in the game! [Spidey]
Last one. But those won't hold long. While many of the papers are quick to report on Spider-Man's successes, they often miss what Jameson is so quick to point out: That many of the issues that Spiderman solves, are CAUSED by Spiderman in the first place. [Jameson]
But look at the big picture… do you have these kind of crimes in Edina? [Caller]
Oh, certainly not. [Jameson]
And do you have SPIDERMAN in Edina? [Caller]
Uh….n-no. [Jameson]
And THAT, is NOT a coincidence! [MatPat]
No, it is certainly NOT a coincidence, JJ. Because for as ridiculous as the game tries to make J. Jonah's anti-Spiderman rants, LITERALLY everything that happens in this game, is a direct result of Spiderman's actions. Spiderman taking down crime lord Wilson Fisk at the top of the game, is EXACTLY what Martin Li was waiting for to enact his plan against the city. As Li writes in his own journal, quote, "Wilson Fisk has been arrested. I can barely believe it. The day I've planned for- dreamed of- is finally here…" And what began as a bunch of common mob thugs working for the Kingpin, suddenly gets replaced by Mr. Negative's legion of super powered demon people! And honestly, it shouldn't be all that surprising. (Slap)
And honestly, it shouldn't be all that surprising. History has shown time and again that an upheaval of organized crime can result in periods of extreme and deadly violence. For example, following the death of Pablo Escobar, the richest criminal in history, a Columbian drug lord who's cartel supplied nearly 80% of the cocaine smuggled into the United States, giving him a net worth of 50 billion dollars, Columbia descended into a period of chaos. Attorney Peter Vincent described the situation. Quote, "Every time a major leader, or any sort of transnational criminal organization, gets taken out of the game, there's a vacuum that's created, and nature abhors a vacuum. There were literally hundreds of dead bodies as individuals tried through sheer force of power and murder, to establish their bonafides as the next generation of leaders." Endquote. It's something that Fisk knows, [Fisk]
"Idiot! I'M the one who kept ORDER in this city!" [MatPat]
It's something that J. Jonah knows, [J. Jonah]
We're gonna have a gang war in the streets, but does that webheaded moron give a damn? Of course not! [MatPat]
It's something that anyone who's interested in taking a part in law enforcement in a major city should know, but Spider-Man? but Spider-Man? Nahhh. He's out there to solve the crimes. Not deal with the messy political ramifications that come as a result of it. J. Jonah might not realize it, but Spider-Man is ALSO at fault for unleashing Doctor Octopus. Peter Parker helps Doctor Octavius invent this incredibly dangerous prosthetic, then doesn't show up to work on time. [Peter]
I'm sorry I'm late. [MatPat]
Resulting in it's catastrophic failure, and Otto's loss of funding. [Osborn]
The grand agreement you signed has strict safety provisions. This isn't your first violation. [MatPat]
And why was Peter late? Oh yeah. Because he was too busy Spider-Man-ing it up. Which creates both Mr. Negative, Doc Ock, and the rest of the city's supervillains set free. Now even if Jameson might have a point about Spider-Man being a threat, you could argue that Jameson is still biased. And, you wouldn't be wrong there. But interestingly enough, the Society of Professional Journalists' code of ethics, doesn't strictly abhor bias. So long as it's properly disclosed. A secret agenda would be misleading the public. Like say if Jameson were actually being payed by Oscorp to dehumanize Spider-Man. But he's clearly not. [Jameson]
I realize Norman Osborn claimed he was stepping back from running Oscorp when he was elected. But has he? Or is he using his office, his public trust, to enrich himself beyond imagining? Has his greed endangered us all? [MatPat]
He even goes through great lengths to distance himself from Osborn when Osborn comes on Just the Facts. [Jameson]
Well that's my JOB, Mr. Mayor. All I have is my integrity. And I won't compromise it for anyone. [MatPat]
Jameson even goes through great lengths to disclose other biases he might have. Such as reporting about Scorpion. [Jameson]
I want to address the matter… of the Scorpion. I paid for the procedure that empowered him. It's not my fault the treatments drove him crazy. It's that Ivory Tower elite scientist- He didn't take proper precaution! [MatPat]
And true to his journalistic integrity, Jameson will even admit when Spider-Man does something right. [Jameson]
I'm not saying he never does ANYTHING good. I'm saying he CAUSES more problems than he SOLVES. [Matpat]
Which means that Jameson is doing his journalistic diligence. In fact, he's the ONLY one standing up for the common people of New York. When Mr. Osborn calls in Sable, a private security firm that jails innocent civilians and takes militaristic control over the city, [Spider-Man]
Come on! Demons and escaped prisoners on the loose and you're arresting protesters? [Matpat]
J. Jonah is there to call them out. He's the one giving the voice to the voiceless by making the public aware of these issues. [Caller]
They pointed their guns at me. Ran me off like a criminal! [J. Jonah]
Caller, this is deeply disturbing to me. I promise you, I'll bring it to the attention of the proper authorities. Emergencies do not permit the suspension of human rights. [MatPat]
The game makes triple J here seem like a conspiracy theory crackpot. (You do too sometimes Matt.) But if you stop and look at his actions, he's an incredibly stabilizing figure for New York. A calming voice in times of actual crisis. Even if that calming voice is shouting at the top of his lungs. [Jameson]
I know times are hard and we're all struggling, but if you see someone who needs help, do what you can. We must pull together, or fall apart. Jared, write that down! That was a good one! (Indeed) [MatPat]
When a massive virus outbreak causes Manhattan to come under quarantine, Jameson doesn't toss around blame and throw a tantrum because he can't escape the city, he rather contacts the National Disease Center and tries to reassure the frightened citizens. [Jameson]
The NDC is doing what they can. If they're busy dealing with outbreaks all over the country, or the world, That's less time they have to work on the anti-serum. I know it's hard to trust anyone these days, but you've always been able to trust me to tell it like it is, and I am telling you now: Do not violate the quarantine. Stay in your homes. Take care of your families. I'll be right here, facing it with ya. We're New Yorkers. We can handle anything. [MatPat]
Not exactly what you'd expect from the guy who's usually screaming about "THE LOOMING THREAT", when everyone else seems peaceful. But that's who Jameson is. He's the voice that gives the people what they need. Whether that'd be comfort, or an icy cold wakeup call. [Jameson]
Your elected officials may not be willing to fight for you, but J. Jonah Jameson IS! [MatPat]
Spider-Man is generally seen to be the hero of the stories, and J. Jonah is, at best, a comedic blowhard. [Jameson]
Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. Mega crap. I'll give you 200 bucks for all of them. [MatPat]
And at worst, a greedy sleaze ball. But in Spider-Man for the PS4, it's clear that he's the hero that New York needs. His voice loudly protesting against the breakdown of the fabric of society. Reminding people to stay vigilant in these trying times. You may not agree with him because you see things that he couldn't possibly know, But when it comes down to it, Jameson is a vital part of Spider-Man's world. Pushing this hero to be better, do better, and THAT, is perhaps the most heroic thing that any normal civilian could do. BUT HEY!! That's just a theory! A Game Theory!! Thanks for watching! (And enjoying my subtitles!) While we're on the subject of journalistic integrity and superheroes, go over to Film Theory to see what I have to say about the Daily Planet and their "star reporters". The so-called defenders of truth, justice and the American way. And while you're at it, make sure that you're subscribed to both Game Theory and Film Theory. I mean this was a LONG episode and you made it to the very end, which means that you must like the content that we're producing, so please. Take the time. Subscribe. (It's well worth it!) I'll really appreciate it, it really does make a difference here. And heck! It's gonna make a difference in what you watch, because guess what. We have a great Spider-Man Film Theory comin' up in a few weeks. I really like it, it's about Spider-Man 2.
(Why Peter lost his powers out of nowhere.) It is…a winner. And of course, more on Game Theory, because, you like games, you like nerding out, you low-key like it when the hero is secretly the villain, so make sure you subscribe. Thank you guys so much for watching, and I will see you all, next week.


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In Career Mode, upgrade your ports and you'll have a nice jump in your reputation, which affects how much people will pay to be on your ship.
If you're unsure what to add next, go to Stats, then Guest Stats, and click the "Suggest" tab. Add what the #1 request is. Doing this will increase guest satisfaction and your reputation.
When you need to do a lot of building, do it in a port so that you don't max out your maintenance guys, who can then spend their time keeping all your other buildings in excellent condition. When you're in port your buildings are instantly created. At sea, you have to wait for a maintenance person to build it.
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Jimmy Fallon injures his right hand in fall at Harvard
"The Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon is out of the hospital and back on his feet, showing fans he wasn't injured very badly after taking a tumble on a Cambridge, Massachusetts, street while holding a glass bottle.
"Nothing that a few band aids couldn't fix," he wrote on Instagram Sunday, posting a photo of his hand with a bandage on two of his fingers. Hours earlier, a fan had posted an Instagram image showing the comedian with his hand heavily wrapped in what appeared to be gauze covering.
Fallon, 41, was in Cambridge to receive the student-run Harvard Lampoon magazine's Elmer Award for Excellence in Humor and be crowned "Emperor of Comedy," a ritual in which the recipient is paraded around Harvard Square in a Roman chariot. Past recipients have included John Cleese, Billy Crystal, Jay Leno, Tracey Ullman and Robin Williams.
At some point, as a fan's Instagram video shows, a tuxedoed Fallon is shaking hands with a large crowd of well-wishers, then turns with a bottle of Jägermeister in one hand and suddenly falls forward. A crash is heard and as onlookers help him up, Fallon looks at his outstretched hand.
People magazine said Sunday that Fallon was taken by limousine to Massachusetts General Hospital in nearby Boston. After being treated, he returned to the Harvard event, with a fan's Instagram photo showing the comedian with another celebrant.
The injury was of particular concern since the comedian nearly severed a finger on his left hand in June, requiring what his representative called minor surgery.
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I then hope that I can come back finish the training program in a week or so with a view of maybe squeezing a test in before the end of the month, but that depends on examiner availability and of course my progress.


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Virginia Maksymowicz: Architectural Overlays
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Architectural Overlays explores the link between the human body and architecture through a variety of media: photography, drawing, printmaking and sculpture.
Over the past two decades, Maksymowicz has created pieces for very particular architectural spaces such as gallery corners, small rooms with overhead ductwork, and parlors with fireplaces. Along the way, the artist has read the architectural theories of Vitruvius, Jacques-François Blondel and Joseph Rykwert, attempting to connect them visually in metaphorical and narrative contexts.
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Toot, Toot ¦ Whose Shoe?
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On the cover of this issue we feature a selection of illustrations from the Walker Books List. Can you identify the artists? (Answers below). We are grateful for the help from Walker Books in using this material.
1. Helen Oxenbury (First Picture Books).
2. Shirley Hughes (Nursery Collection).
3. John Burningham (First Words).
4. Patrick Benson (William Mayne's Hob Stories).
5. Kenneth Lilly (Large as Life).
6. Nicola Bayley (Copycats).
7. Philippe Dupasquier (Little Robert).
8. E. J. Taylor (Biscuits, Buttons and Pickles).
9. Jan Ormerod (Baby Books).
10. Colin McNaughton (Allan Ahlberg's Red Nose Readers).
11. Helen Craig (Susie and Alfred).
12. Peter Cross (David Lloyd's Dinosaur Days).
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Toot, Toot
Whose Shoe?
Two more titles in a useful series for pre-reading and early readers. The same combination of visual jokes and simple concepts as before in Wildsmith's beautifully coloured, decorative pictures. Whose Shoes? has no words but offers plenty to talk about and play with. Toot, Toot has a very simple text in which words and counting are ingeniously combined.


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Here is what I have found in English. The most information is concentrated in a Wikipedia article on Fan Zhen.
On Food for Thought, a web site of heretical quotations, this one can be found:
The spirit is to the body what the sharpness is to the knife. We have never heard that after the knife has been destroyed the sharpness can persist.
Fan Chen (c.450-c.515)Fan Zhen gets singled out in John C. Plott's Global History of Philosophy: The Patristic-Sutra Period, Volume 3. He gets two sentences in Rom Harré's One Thousand Years of Philosophy: From Rāmānuja to Wittgenstein.
Thung Chien Kang Mu, Chapter 28
Translated by Leon Wieger (1856-1933)
Textes Historiques, 1905
Fan Zhen is best known for his opposition to Buddhism and his denial of the immortality of the soul, in effect a materialism denying the separate existence of the soul. According to the Wikipedia article, he got in big trouble for this.
I first learned of Fan Zhen via Esperanto: Ateisto Fan Ĝen, a chapter in Antikvaj Filozofoj de Ĉinio [Ancient Philosophers of China] by Hoŭ Ĝjŭeljang, translated from the Chinese. Fan Zhen is labeled an atheist. He also opposed the putative law of karma and its justification for the existence of rich and poor. There is some detail in this short chapter of the Fan Zhen's ideas of the material basis of the "soul". Perhaps one day, in lieu of further sources in English, I will translate this chapter.
In the meantime, we can thank Esperanto as a bridge language from Chinese culture, and we can enroll Fan Zhen as a hero in the annals of freethought.


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Dec 29th Aberdeen at Brookings
Aberdeen 6-3
Brookings entered the weekend two points out of first place behind Aberdeen and Austin. Aberdeen took a 1-0 lead seven minutes in, but Brookings came back to tie the game minutes later when Vince Marino knocked in a centering pass from Connor Koviak. Aberdeen scored late in the first and jumped out to 4-1 lead in the second before Dylan Schuett pulled the Blizzard to within two with his first goal in his first game with the Blizzard. Aberdeen went back up by three in the third, but Derek Hammer scored his 7th of the season to make it 5-3 late 3rd period. Aberdeen added an empty netter to seal the victory.


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- About
- Reef Futures Conference (December 2018) in Key Largo, Florida, USA.
- Great Barrier Reef Restoration Symposium, Cairns, Australia (July 2018).
- Chief Investigator –Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program (RRAP) in Stakeholder Engagement and Regulation, for the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (administered by Australian Institute of Marine Science)
- Chief Investigator- Regulatory and Permitting Planning for RRAP Program for the Great Barrier Reef Foundation - Reef Trust Partnership (administered by University of Queensland).
- Advisor The Social and Economic Long Term Monitoring Program (SELTMP) 2014: drivers of change in the Great Barrier Reef. Report. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia.
- Principal Investigator/ Project Manager – Townsville Turns 150: the Old and the News Exhibition (Curator/ Principle Investigator) in collaboration with the Museum of Tropical Queensland administer by the Townsville City Council
- Principal Investigator Creative Ecologies project. (Blue Humanities)
- Principal investigator -Australian Citizen Science Association (QLD) at the World Science Festival, Townsville (March 2019)
- Principal Investigator/co-editor (Queensland) for UniPollWatch (2016 federal election) adminstered by Swinbourne University.
- Principal Investigator – Social media and best practice for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (2015)
- Reefs, governance, and policy.
- Great Barrier Reef and communication practices.
- The role of advocacy and the media in environmental governance and policy.
- Coral Reef Restoration
- Social media analysis
- Political communication
- Environmental communication
- Discourse and Critical Discourse Analysis
- Australian Financial Review [19/03/19] Push to regulate social giants like traditional media after Christchurch
- Townsville Bulletin [11/01/19] The legal truth behind Clive Palmer's texts to you
- Townsville Bulletin [24/08/18] Canberra confusion will prompt protest vote in North Queensland
- ABC The World Today [23/08/18] Turnbull "shifting the argument" to sow uncertainty: Maxine Newlands
- Daily Telegraph [27/11/17] Photo finish In Townsville Election Race
- Townsville Bulletin [27/11/17] Townsville Election Race
- The Guardian [29/11/17] Where the 2017 Queensland Election will be Won and Lost
- ABC the World Today [23/11/17]: North Queensland is once again a major battleground in the State election, with energy and water security, crime, and unemployment key issues.
- The Conversation [15/11/17] Adani aside, North Queensland Voters Care about Crime and the cost of Living
- Rural Queensland Today [01/11/2017] Qld Election podcast
- Australian Geographic [26/06/17] The Great Barrier Reef has been valued at $56 billion. So what does this mean for its conservation?
- The Morning Bulletin [12/01/17] Explained: Why CQ's youth are voting for Hanson
- BBC World News [28/07/16] Has Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull's gamble paid off.
- ABC RN - Bush Telegraph [ 04/09/14] Understanding Uranium Exports
- Maxine is the convenor of the Australian Citizen Science Association at World Science Festival, Townsville (March 2019); the Ecofeminism, Educators and Climate Change network and symposium, and the Young Diplomats Program (YDP). YDP is a program that works with year ten students from local school culminating in a Day of Diplomacy, and the Townsville Protocol. (2016). Funded by JCU.
- Teaching
- Interests
- Professional
- Maxine was the Project Manager and lead investigator for the Townsville 150 Old and the News exhibition (Feb 2016 - Jan 2017) at the Museum of Tropical Queensland.
- Research
- Maxine is interested in social media analysis, social netwrok analysis and discourse analysis. She has conducted consultation work for the Bureau of Meteorology on best practice for social media strategies. Please contact Maxine to discuss consultation works.
- Maxine's research focuses -Political Ecology -Political Communciation -Environmental journalism -environmental politics and governance - radical politics and protest movements ; and Media discourse and the Great Barrier Reef. - Gender disparity in the developing world. Maxine's methodological approaches centers on critical discourse analysis, discourse analysis, focus groups, content analysis and empirical research. Maxine's monograph 'Environmental Activism and the Media: the Politics of Protest' (Peter Lang Publishers, forthcoming)
- Experience
- 2015 to 2022 - Research Fellow, Cairns Institute (Cairns, Qld.)
- 2016 to 2018 - Editor (Reviews), Journal of Environmental Education (Aus.)
- 2015 - Visiting Academic, National University of Samoa (Apia, Samoa)
- 2010 to 2014 - Fellow, London East Research Institue (London, UK)
- Research Disciplines
- Political Science (1606)
- Cultural Studies (2002)
- Socio-Economic Objectives
- Government and Politics (9402)
- Communication (9502)
- Environmental Policy, Legislation and Standards (9607)
Latest Book: Environmental Activism and the Media: the Politics of Protest (Peter Lang Academic, NY)
Profile: Dr Maxine Newlands (BA (Hons), MA, PhD, FHEA) is political scientist with expertise in governance, policy, regulation, communication, and regional Queensland politics. Maxine is a multidisciplinary social science scholar working within the Great Barrier Reef and international marine environments on governance, politics, and communication/media. Maxine also works with colleagues in Papua New Guinea on gender politics and climate change in the Pacific region.
Dr Maxine Newlands provides advice to government ; and a core member of the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program.
Maxine's most recent plenary presentations can be viewed at:
Before entering academia, Maxine was a broadcast journalist with the BBC and commercial radio in the UK. She continues to write for the Ecologist magazine and The Conversation. Maxine is regular political commentator for ABC News, BBC, SBS, CNN, WIN TV, Ch7, ABC RN, ABC News Radio, local and national newspapers including the Townsville Bulletin, Australian Financial Times, Australian Geographic and other media outlets.
Current research projects include
Previous research roles includes
Maxine is a Research Associate at the University of Queensland's Centre for Policy Futures, a JCU/TropWater member, and Research Fellow at the Cairns Institute.
Postgraduate (PhD, MA) or Honours inquiries: Maxine currently supervises five fulltime postgraduate candidates. If you are interested in studying for a Master or PhD with Maxine, she specialises in the following areas:
Environmental governance and climate change
Social Network Analysis
Maxine is also interested in supervising studies on the politics of gender representation in the developing world with a focus on the Pacific region.
Please contact Maxine or the JCU Graduate Research School for further information. Honours studies can start in either February or August.
Interviews and commentary in the media (most recent)
See google news for more media commentary with Maxine.
Community Engagement
- Honours
- Awards
- 2017 - 3 Minute Thesis: Early Career Researcher. JCU/ DTES Runner up
- 2016 - TropEco Leadership & Governance - Highly Commended for EfECC Symposium.
- 2014 - TROPECO - Research Award Highly Commended for outstanding research activities that contributes to a more sustainable society and environment.
- 2014 - Overall Winner - TROPECO Excellence award for Outstanding contribution to sustainability at JCU and in the wider community
- 2016 to 2017 - Scholarship- Australian Higher Education Sector Leadership Colloquium; Australian School of Applied Management.
- 2016 - New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant ($110,000) over two years, working with colleagues in Samoa.
- 2014 - Winner: Division of Tropical Environment & Societies Three Minute Thesis Competition ECR category
- Fellowships
- 2010 - Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK.
- 2018 to 2023 - Research Associate at the University of Queensland's Centre for Policy Futures
- 2015 to 2018 - Visiting Fellow, Media and Journalism, National University of Samoa
- 2010 to 2014 - London East Research Institute (LERI)
- Memberships
- 2018 - International Political Science Association (IPSA)
- 2018 - Australian Coral Reef Society
- 2018 - Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) and APSA Environmental Politics and Policy Standing Research Group.
- 2018 - Australian Citizen Science Association (ACSA)
- Publications
These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.
- Journal Articles
- Fidelman P, McGrath C, Newlands M, Jago B, Dodds K and Hussey K (2019) Regulatory implications of coral reef restoration and adaptation under a changing climate. Environmental Science & Policy, 100. pp. 221-229
- Larri L and Newlands M (2017) Knitting Nannas and Frackman: a gender analysis of Australian anti-coal seam gas documentaries and implications for environmental adult education. Journal of Environmental Education, 48 (1). pp. 35-45
- Lloyd R, Newlands M and Petray T (2017) Coral Battleground? Re-examining the 'Save the Reef' campaign in 1960s Australia. Environmental Sociology, 3 (1). pp. 54-63
- M'Balla-Ndi M and Newlands M (2016) Talanoa and Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action: journalistic practices in the tropical Pacific. Etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 15 (2). pp. 68-81
- Lankester A, Bohensky E and Newlands M (2015) Media representations of risk: the reporting of dredge spoil disposal in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park at Abbot Point. Marine Policy, 60. pp. 149-161
- Newlands M (2013) From hyperlink to ink: media tactics and protest strategies of the UK radical environmental activism movement. Crossing Conceptual Boundaries, V. pp. 45-51
- Newlands M (2012) Green Britannia: deconstructing 'Team Green Britain' and the London 2012 Olympic Games. International Journal of Sport and Society, 1 (3). pp. 185-194
- Books
- Newlands M (2018) Environmental Activism and the Media: The Politics of Protest. Peter Lang
- Book Chapters
- Newlands M (in press) Environmental journalism in the Asia and Pacific region. In: Routledge Handbook of Environmental Journalism. Routledge, New York, USA
- Newlands M (in press) Environmental journalism in Australia and New Zealand. In: Routledge Handbook of Environmental Journalism. Routledge, New York
- Newlands M (2013) Reclaiming the media: technology, tactics and subversion. In: Technology, Society and Inequality: new horizons and contested futures. Digital Formations, 87. Peter Lang Publishing, New York, USA, pp. 155-166
- Newlands M (2012) Carbon trading in the city of undoing. In: London After Recession: a fictitious capital?. Design and the Built Environment. Ashgate Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 199-212
- More
ResearchOnline@JCU stores 53+ research outputs authored by Dr Maxine Newlands from 2008 onwards.
- Current Funding
Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority - Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program (RIMReP) - Contract Research
Great Barrier Reef stewardship classification review
- Indicative Funding
- $4,299
- Summary
- This project aims to conduct a systematic review that will led to a classification system for understanding ?stewardship? and how to evaluate outcomes of ?stewardship activities? in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
- Investigators
- Maxine Newlands (College of Arts and Society & Education)
- Keywords
- Stewardship; Management; Governance; Marine Parks; Human; Etymology
Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia - Research Grant
How has journalistic practice shaped public knowledge of the Great Barrier Reef: A discourse analysis of the media clippings 2003-2018
- Indicative Funding
- $6,000
- Summary
- The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is a national and global icon, yet only in the past five years have journalism scholars (c.f Lester and Foxwell-Norton (2018), Lankaster, Newlands, Bohenski, (2015 & 2020); Lloyd, Newlands, Petray, (2014;) begun to study the media reporting of GBR related issues. The decline of the GBR?s health in 2016/17 from back-to-back bleaching means there is a growing sense of urgency to better understand the journalistic practices of how such events and wider issues (such as mining and port expansions) frames Australia?s cultural understanding of this endangered ecosystem. This project with the digitalising of newspapers archives will benefit current and future journalism scholars and educators, add to an emerging field, and contribute towards better public understanding of what drives our understand of the GBR especially during and after catastrophic events such as bleaching.
- Investigators
- Maxine Newlands (College of Arts and Society & Education)
- Keywords
- Journalism; Barrier Reef; Governance; Marine Parks; Central Queensland; Discourse
Great Barrier Reef Foundation - Reef Trust Partnership
Regulatory and Permitting Planning for RRAP Program
- Indicative Funding
- $27,000 (administered by University of Queensland)
- Summary
- The Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program brings together Australia?s leading experts to help preserve and restore the Great Barrier Reef. RRAP is a long-term research project to investigate the best science and technology options to help the Great Barrier Reef resist, repair and recover. This project focuses on research with RRAP scientists and regulators; in regulator and policy research space.
- Investigators
- Maxine Newlands (College of Arts and Society & Education)
- Keywords
- Barrier Reef; Restoration; Governance; Regulation; Adaptation
Department of Industry - Contract Research
Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program Design Phase
- Indicative Funding
- $286,500 over 2 years (administered by AIMS)
- Summary
- The RRAP Design Phase seeks to deliver a business case for government, industry and private investment, the primary objective of which is to develop reef restoration and adaptation technologies that can be applied at scale, within affordability and practicality limits, to retain key functional attributes of the Great Barrier Reef. This project will contribute JCU expertise to evaluating coral restoration methods, undertaking regulatory and institutional environment mapping required for restoration to occur and an analysis of the viewpoints and engagement of stakeholders in reef restoration.
- Investigators
- Ian McLeod, Maxine Newlands and Stewart Lockie (TropWATER, College of Arts, Society & Education and Cairns Institute)
- Keywords
- Great Barrier Reef; Reef Restoration
- Supervision
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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.
- Current
- Defining Nannagogy: Investigating Older Women's Environmental Citizenship Learning through the Experiences of the Knitting Nannas Against Gas (PhD , Primary Advisor)
- Investigating corruption in Papua New Guinea through the patron-client structure: The citizens' perception (Masters , Primary Advisor)
- When do Scientists become Advocates? The Blurred line between Science and Advocacy and the Role of Social Media (Masters , Secondary Advisor)
- Living Nature: Western Thinking and the Experience of Nature in the United States and in Australia in the 21st Century (PhD , Primary Advisor)
- Data
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- Newlands, M. (2017) T150 Old and the News Data on Regional Media Habits in North Queensland. James Cook University
- Collaboration
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, NY- October 19, 2010
Contact: Kian Frederick:
American 99ers Union: 202-579-9377
AMERICAN 99ERs UNION URGES ALL UNEMPLOYED TO VOTE DEMOCRATIC ON NOV 2
"All unemployed are 99ers on November 2. Vote for job creation, Tier 5 and extended unemployment insurance by voting for Democrats" is the message being sent out to all unemployed workers by the American 99ers Union. In a show of growing political strength, the American 99ers Union a fast growing coalition of activist groups representing unemployed workers – is moving forward with a unified political strategy. A major piece of that strategy is encouraging the estimated 4 to 5 million 99ers, 10 to 11 million unemployed that are still receiving unemployment insurance (UI), and the 15 million underemployed to vote as one voice in the upcoming mid-term elections on November 2.
The American 99ers Union was formed to advocate for job creation, extended unemployment insurance, and Tier 5 legislation, which includes the passage of S.3706 – The Americans Want to Work Act. S.3706 would add 20 weeks of UI, also known as Tier 5, in states that have an unemployment rate of 7.5% or greater. Currently, however, the American 99ers Union warns that all UI beyond the original 26 weeks will begin expiring at the end of November unless legislation extending UI is passed before November 30.
Under current Federal legislation, after receiving 26 weeks of regular State UI, unemployed workers progress through a series of UI "Tiers". There are currently four UI Tiers, which are all federally funded plus Extended Benefits (EB), currently funded equally by the federal government and the states. Each Tier and EB provides additional weeks of benefits; a maximum of 99 weeks of UI can be collected in states with high unemployment rates, depending on the original filing date.
The name "99ers," refers to all unemployed who have exhausted all UI Tiers and Extended Benefits (EB). Not all 99ers collect UI for 99 weeks. In many states, even those hardest hit by the jobs crisis, UI maximums are much less than 99 weeks. "We all take the name '99ers' as a show of solidarity," the American 99ers Union says on its website, "because we are all in the same boat unless law-makers take action soon".
"The bottom line is this: After November 30th, all UI beyond the first 26 weeks will be cut-off, either immediately or as soon as you finish your current Tier of UI. For those on EB, you will be cut-off on December 5th. And, if you are newly laid-off, you will receive nothing beyond 26 weeks unless Congress passes new legislation." These looming deadlines, the American 99ers Union believes, gives added urgency to their cause.
"Whether or not you are receiving UI, all unemployed, underemployed, those who fear they may be laid-off soon, and their families, must not simply wait and hope for job creation and extended UI. Millions of unemployed will be 99ers after November 30. If Republicans take control of the House of Representatives and/or Senate they can expect to remain a 99er for a very long time". As a result, the American 99ers Union encourages all unemployed and underemployed to vote Democratic on November 2. "We sincerely believe that Republicans will not propose legislation that supports job creation, UI extensions and Tier 5. We must be pro-active if we want to survive".
The American 99ers Union ends this statement with a rousing call to action in support of Democratic candidates at all levels of government: "The Democratic Party has supported the unemployed and fought for job creation, UI extensions and Tier 5. Democrats must remain the majority in Congress". The American 99ers Union believes that the GOP is not a party of the people. "At every turn, Republicans have chosen to support banks, the wealthy and corporations instead of supporting the needs of struggling Americans. We need the support of ALL Americans; the unemployed, underemployed, full-time workers and their families to fight with us. VOTE DEMOCRATIC ON NOVEMBER 2!"
End Press Release
WILL YOU BECOME A 99er BEFORE CHRISTMAS?
Vote for Jobs * Vote for Tier V * Vote Democratic * Protect Yourself
Anyone collecting unemployment insurance will become a 99er after November 30th unless Congress votes for an extension. This will be a huge fight, just like last July. Currently, however, there is a stand alone bill, S.3706 that would create a Tier V, 20 additional weeks, for ALL who have exhausted their unemployment insurance (UI), both the "old" 99ers, and the "new" 99ers who will begin to lose UI after Nov. 30th. The bill is supported by the Democrats, not the Republicans. The Democratic Party has supported job creation, the unemployed and fought for extensions of Tiers and dates. This is the party that needs to remain the majority in Congress if any of us are to receive any help. We already know that the GOP is not a party for the people. At every turn, Republicans have chosen to support banks, the wealthy and corporations instead of supporting the needs of struggling Americans. Current 99ers cannot wait any longer for financial assistance. We have fought long and hard for over 8 months now, and we need the support of ALL future 99ers to join the fight. Whether or not you are receiving UI, all unemployed, underemployed, those who fear they may be laid-off soon, and their families, must not simply wait and hope for job creation and extended UI. Millions of unemployed will be 99ers after November 30. If Republicans take control of the House of Representatives and/or the Senate, many can expect to remain a 99er for a very long time.
If you are not a 99er, how will the upcoming expiration date of November 30th affect your UI?
The bottom line is this:
1) If you are currently collecting your first 26 weeks, after Nov. 30th, you WILL NOT be allowed to move into a Tier. All you will receive in TOTAL UI is 26 weeks. When you finish your 26 weeks, you will become a 99er. Example: You first filed for UI in August, 2010. Your 26 weeks is finished in January. You will become a 99er in January, 2011.
2) If the state you are collecting from qualifies for the Tier, and you begin a new Tier before November 30th, you will be able to complete the weeks for that Tier. You WILL NOT be allowed to move the next Tier and, when your current Tier ends, you will become a 99er. Example: Assuming the state you are collecting from qualifies, you began Tier 1 (20 weeks) in August, 2010. You will become a 99er in January, 2011.
3) If you began collecting your 20 weeks of Extended Benefits (EB), before the Nov. 30th deadline, you WILL NOT collect EB after December 5th. No EB will be paid out, regardless of how many weeks you have left. On Dec, 5th, you will become a 99er. Example: You began collecting EB in August, 2010 and you think you have until Jan, 2011. You will be cut-off and become a 99er on Dec.5, 2010.
Usually, a laid-off person receives 26 weeks of unemployment insurance (UI). In a normal economy, 26 weeks is often enough time to find a job. Money for the first 26 weeks comes from your State. Because of the economic crisis, some states also have Extended Benefits (EB), and the Federal government pays for extra weeks through a series of steps, called Tiers.
Currently, there are four Tiers of Federally funded benefits (in addition to the original 26 weeks of state benefits and 20 weeks of EB, which is jointly funded). With each new Tier, new individual and state eligibility rules and expiration dates are added. For example, new money for ALL Tiers expires on November 30th of this year. It is extremely important that you understand what Tier you are in and how the expiration dates and rules apply to you. The two most important things are: the original date you filed for UI, and the state you live in or are collecting from.
The original 26 weeks, plus the current Tiers and EB, add up to 99 weeks. The term "99er", originally adopted by those who have exhausted all 99 weeks, now refers to anyone who has exhausted all of their unemployment benefits. This does not mean that everyone has, or will, receive 99 weeks of UI. Some think they will automatically move from Tier to Tier and collect all 99 weeks. NO!! The start date when you file your original claim determines which Tiers you are eligible for. In addition, not all states are entitled to 99 weeks; it depends on your states' individual unemployment rate (or that of the state you are collecting from).
Each state is different; please be sure to check with the State Department of Labor to determine which Tier you are in, which Tiers you are eligible for and how many weeks your state might be eligible for. DO NOT assume you know; check for yourself. You can find your state/collecting state office here: http://www.servicelocator.org/OWSLinks.asp
- All unemployed are 99ers.
- We take the name '99ers' as a show of solidarity because we are all in the same boat unless law makers take action soon.
- We ask all unemployed to vote as 99ers on November 2.
- VOTE for job creation, VOTE for Tier 5, VOTE for extended UI, VOTE for Democrats!!
For more information: http://flashmobs4jobs.blogspot.com/2010/10/will-you-become-99er-before-christmas.html


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One photograph showing De Boissiere's stone house before it was remodeled and the second photograph showing family and workers during harvest at Silkville, Kansas.
Date: Between 1870 and 1890
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One hour away from our hotel on the Amalfi Coast, a stirring cultural event brightens the heart of Salerno during the Christmas holidays: the "Luci d'Artista" light show.More
Among the 4 star hotels in Praiano overlooking the sea, Hotel Margherita is located less than five kilometers from Fiordo di Furore, one of the most romantic places on the whole Amalfi Coast.More
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The Amalfi Coast. An experience that remains in the mind and heart, made of sensations that you will love to remember and places you will not want to leave. Read our blog to discover all the secrets and wonders of your stay.


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Product satisfaction: It's all about the upgrades
There was a time when you had to invest in pricey new hardware if you wanted to have anything to look forward to in gadgets you'd bought. But these days everything from the smallest mobile app to film services like Netflix and console OSes continue to add value and innovate after their release.
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Vine is Twitter's route to selling visual ads in your stream
Imagine you have a stream of info with riveted users but all you can put in there is text. Want to expand the options? What better way than to introduce something for your users first and foremost that can be monetised in more powerful ways later on. Sponsored tweets are about to get more serious.
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Opposition Stages Protest for Election Corrections
By Mina Muradova and Rufat Abbasov: 11/09/05
With cries of "Freedom!" and "Free elections!," hundreds of opposition protesters in orange headbands and scarves held a protest November 9 in Baku to demand the rejection of the November 6 parliamentary election results. Meanwhile, steps are apparently being taken by the government to address election irregularities. President Ilham Aliyev dismissed the governors of two regions today for their alleged role in fabricating election results.
"Are you ready to fight for democracy?" Democratic Party of Azerbaijan First Deputy Chairman Sardar Jalaloglu cried through a megaphone to participants. "Yes!" protesters responded. Jalaloglu described the rally, held in Baku's Galaba Square, outside the city center, as "the beginning of a long and difficult battle against the government" to overturn the election results.
On Wednesday, the first punishments were handed out for interference in the vote process. On November 9, President Ilham Aliyev dismissed the governors of Surakhani and Sabirabad regions, Natiq Mehdiyev and Ashtraf Mammadov, for allegedly interfering in the vote count. Investigations into the actions of several election commissions have also begun. The results in Baku's #9 and #31 constituencies have already been discarded, while a recount in Surakhani has resulted in Azadlig leader Ali Kerimli, chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, being named the winner. [For background see the EurasiaNet Insight archive.]
To date, Kerimli is the only one of Azadlig's leaders to have won a seat in parliament. New elections have been scheduled in #9 Second Binagadi, where the Democratic Party's Jalaloglu is a candidate. Liberal Party of Azerbaijan leader Lala Shovket has also secured a seat, defeating exiled ex-President Ayaz Mutallibov.
The Azadlig (Freedom) bloc, made up of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan, Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan and the Musavat Party, has announced plans to hold another demonstration on Saturday, November 12. A request to hold another protest in Baku on November 10 has been rejected by city authorities. Instead, a rally and concert by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP-New Azerbaijan Party) will be held in Galaba Square to celebrate its victory at the polls, according to party officials.
Turnout, while higher than that for unsanctioned opposition protests held before the parliamentary vote, was far from the tens of thousands predicted by bloc leaders. One Azadlig supporter, an unemployed accountant, pointed to the scores of riot police present in the square to explain the moderate, overwhelmingly male showing. "People are tired, " he said. "And they know what the police can do. Families should stay at home."
Police, however, took no action against protestors. Standing above the crowd on an orange podium, an echo of protestors' trademark color in Ukraine's December 2004 revolution, leaders of Azerbaijan's main opposition parties held hands and waved red carnations. Along with supporters of Azadlig, representatives of the Liberal Party of Azerbaijan, Yeni Siyaset (YeS – New Policy ) bloc, Milli Birlik (National Unity) movement, and the youth groups Yeni Fikir (New Idea) and Megam (Movement) also made a showing, with flags in hand.
In an interview with ATV, YAP Executive Secretary Ali Ahmedov called the opposition rally a "celebration of the opposition's defeat."
"Each party got its mandate thanks to the trust of the people. [The candidates] who justify people's hopes are the ones entering the Milli Majlis [parliament]," Ahmedov said. "But the opposition is looking for the reason of its defeat in others."
Sunday's election -- criticized by observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe -- handed a huge parliamentary majority to Aliyev's supporters, while the Azadlyg opposition block gained a mere handful of seats.
Sensitive to that criticism, rally speakers called on the United States, among other members of the international community, to defend voters' right to a free and fair election. "Mr. Bush, you have assured people that you support national democratic movements and we hope that you will do the same in our country, too," said Musavat Party Chairman Isa Gambar in apparent reference to a May 10 speech by the American president in Tbilisi.
In a November 7 statement, US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Adam Ereli warned that a failure to correct election irregularities would "harm the improvements" made in terms of diversity of candidates and access to media. Washington has urged protestors to address their complaints "through legal and peaceful channels and to refrain from
At the Wednesday rally, Kerimli reaffirmed that the opposition will use "our constitutional rights to change the results of the parliamentary elections and have new elections held" if complaints about election violations are not addressed.
The interior ministry, however, has already defined the limits of any future protests. Protestors must have the agreement of the Baku city government for any demonstration, Deputy Interior Minister Asker Alekperov told the Russian news agency Interfax. Sit-down actions and pitched tents – as were used in Ukraine during protests at that country's December 2004 presidential vote – will not be allowed, he said.
Editor's Note: Mina Muradova and Rufat Abbasov are freelance journalists based in Baku.
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Need to buy a car, but only got a small budget to work with? Here are a few tips for saving money when purchasing a vehicle.
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Look into finance options
Financing can allow you to stretch your budget by not having to pay the full amount up front. In most cases, you are charged interest – which means you'll pay more in the long run – however there are some interest free finance options out there such as this 8 Plate Vauxhall with 5 Years 0% APR. To be eligible for most finance schemes, you'll need a good credit score and the ability to leave a decent deposit.
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Buy at the right time
You can sometimes save money by timing your purchase carefully. Certain vehicles are likely to be cheaper at certain times of the year. For instance, convertibles tends to be cheaper in the winter when there's less demand for them, whilst SUVs are cheaper in the summer. If you're buying from a dealership, you may also be able to nab a better deal during the week than at the weekend when dealerships are less busy. Some dealerships may also lower prices at the end of the week on a Friday or at the end of the month as they attempt to meet targets.
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Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call is headed to North America and Europe this September, and the game has a new trailer that highlights some of its features and songs. You can watch it above.
Curtain Call will contain 221 songs and over 60 characters from the Final Fantasy series, encompassing both the mainline games as well as spin-offs like Final Fantasy Type-0 and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call will reach North America on September 16th and Europe on September 19th. Details on the game's limited edition can be found here.


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The Art Walk in Johnson City Texas is a celebration of Art the last weekend of each month. The art venues are: Kirchman Gallery, Texcetera, Texas Art House, Echo, Lee Casbeer Fine Art, JL Haynes Studio Gallery, Studio Massaro and A Smith Gallery. Visit for great art, and refreshments from 4 p.m. til 8 p.m. on the last Saturday of every month.


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