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[Editorial] Harsh Truth in 'Junteconomics'
The harsh rhetoric by the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management & Economic Stability Act's Junta last week, seeking the insertion of extreme measures in what they categorized as a deficient fiscal plan, was the preamble for consensus drafted during a marathon weekend of meetings between counsel—both legal and financial. One thing is certain: the billable hours for the financial and legal advisers for both sides will not suffer cuts. No, instead, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló bought some time to prove that his fiscal plan's assumptions can help erase a $200 million gap that would lead to a government shutdown at the end of fiscal year 2017.
Elias Sánchez, who is Rosselló's nonvoting representative on the oversight board, vows to chart a course to austerity. He is no longer singing Bob Marley—the "get up, stand up, stand up for your rights" chorus—as he is well-aware that the Rosselló administration is bound by law to follow the roadmap charted by the board. The fire and brimstone coming with the measures should not please anyone. During the New York conclave, the board stressed that the pain will be shared; everyone will have hell to pay. Call it "Junteconomics."
In the spirit of clemency, the board certified the fiscal plan submitted by the Rosselló administration because the scorched-earth alternative—to torch the financial assumptions—would likely have secured a death spiral of Puerto Rico's economy, as the administration claimed. So, the board tailored its exigencies to grant the Rosselló administration a chance to prove that it can avoid a furlough if revenue-generating measures can raise the $200 million that will prevent the government's collapse.
The Rosselló administration must prove, "through its budget by April 30 and through implementation of its right-sizing measures that it will generate an additional $200 million," to avert the furlough July 1. The junta could postpone or downsize the furlough in direct correlation to the success of the Rosselló's liquidity measures. We commend the Rosselló administration for buying time and the Junta for the patience and space to seek alternatives in a process that is as complex as cell mitosis.
What this newspaper cannot condone is the self-deception underpinning the certification of a plan that presents an economic contraction negotiated from the Junta's original 17% estimate down to 2.8% in 2018 with the caveat in the financials: includes revenues before measures. Yes, before measures—because the truth is hidden somewhere in the Appendix.
If the oversight board approved the estimates with revenues prior to measures as the condition to certify, it should have presented that disclaimer front and center. Explain that consensus on a plan, however flawed, was essential; that the board wanted to give the Rosselló administration a shot at proving their numbers wrong—as if to say 'if only the board's apocalyptic projections were wrong.' But devastating facts should not be ignored.
The board's request for a 20% cut to public payroll through furloughs of government employees—alone—will lead to severe economic contraction. According to economist Vicente "Chenti" Feliciano's estimates, which were published in this newspaper months ago, a 20% cut in hours in the workweek for public employees would lead the economy to contract by some 2%. Throw in the other measures and you could have a meltdown of apocalyptic proportion.
The governor's press conference—broadcast live in Technicolor from La Fortaleza's garden—stressed that there was much work to be done in the very little extra time bought by his administration. If Gov. Rosselló's restructuring brigades fail to close the $200 million gap being demanded by the junteconomistas—foreclosures, job losses and shuttered storefronts could come down like dominoes with thunderous force.
Fiscal Agency & Financial Advisory Authority Director Gerardo Portela put it best when he said that the most serious challenges will be in generating economic development. He is right; the next crusade should be job creation.
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This is the newest little pattern ~Basket of Flowers Pinkeep~
It's a fun and easy little project.
I had so many requests for a pattern when I listed the finished piece so I've been working on it over the last couple days to get it finished before the weekend.
We have a wedding and 2 Christmas parties to attend this weekend.
Ugh...I'd rather stay home and stitch : )
And this is the project from this years Boxwood & Berries.
A homespun covered sewing box with a hinged lid.
Inside are kits for a schoolgirl sampler that can be sewn to the top or attached to the inside lid, a sweet little pinkeep and 2 woolen ornaments.
The kits include linen, floss, reproduction cotton fabric and wool to complete each project.
And each box is tied up with ribbon and a little sprig of boxwood.
I was organizing my work space and ran across a few of these sweet little sewing boxes so I listed them on eBay along with the new pattern and a few finished pieces.
And hopefully I'll be able to do a little stitching this weekend between Christmas parties and weddings. I'm working on a black linen purse right now that I can't wait to finish.
If it turns out well I'll offer it as a pattern too.
I want to thank everyone for the sweet comments about my house pics.
It's so fun to decorate for the Holidays.....but I think I like to stitch even more : )
Have a wonderful weekend my friend....
Until next time....

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| 19.7°C Dublin
THE number of homeowners who are three months or more behind on their mortgage repayments has jumped to 60,000.
Ratings agency Moody's released statistics yesterday showing 7.62pc of the home loans that have been sold off to investors are now 90 days or more in arrears.
If this figure is applied across the entire 782,427 mortgages in the market, it means just short of 60,000 homeowners are now three or more months behind on their repayments.
Figures from the Central Bank last month put the number of homeowners in arrears in the three months to March at just shy of 50,000, or 6.3pc of all mortgages.
Now Moody's has produced figures for April showing the percentage in arrears has gone up from 6.65pc in February.
This means an additional 8,000 mortgage holders fell behind on their payments between February and April.
However, the Central Bank pointed out that the number of repossessions remained low at just 140 in the first three months of this year, while the majority of people were managing to repay their mortgages.
Moody's said the numbers in arrears for a year or more had also jumped.
There are 18,621 homeowners who are a year or more behind on their repayments. People who are a year or more behind on their repayments are at risk of losing their homes.
The Central Bank has told lenders to wait a year before taking legal action to repossess a house when a homeowner falls into arrears and fails to engage with the lender.
A research note from Moody's said it regarded mortgage accounts that were 360 days in arrears as a proxy for defaults.
And it said the outlook for residential mortgages was negative. This was due to rising unemployment, which was pushing borrowers into arrears.
"Irish unemployment rates will increase to 14.4pc in 2011 from 13.5pc in 2010," Moody's said.
"Falling house prices will increase the size of losses on defaulted mortgages. House prices have already fallen by 40pc between September 2007 and March 2011."
However, the agency took heart from the fact that an auction of distressed residential properties in April saw prices that were 60pc below the peak of the housing market.
"Although the sale underlines the severity of the housing market correction, we also see this as an indication of genuine demand from buyers for the first time in over four years and a potential floor in house prices," Moody's said.
Lenders were told last week by the Central Bank to have new rules in place for dealing with people in arrears by the end of this month.
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The night before school is exciting and fun.
There are always so many things to be done.
Your clothes are ready, your backpack is too.
Your classroom is full of fun things you will do.
There are so many questions that go through your mind.
All types of thoughts of every kind.
But sometimes we all get the jitters down deep
And that makes it hard to fall fast asleep.
So, I've made you magic confetti, it really is cool.
It will help you be rested and ready for school.
Just place the confetti next to your bed.
On the night before school starts where you lay down your head.
The confetti will help you sleep through the night
And you will wake up in the morning fresh and bright.
Sweet dreams First Graders!
-Mrs. Stewart
So much magic is these words. While the transition from summer to school is no doubt filled with whimsy, it also has its fair share of challenges. If you're a teacher or a parent, you'll undoubtedly have a slew of paper forms to fill out, organize, or dispatch — such as permission slips, field trip forms, surveys, and more. While that's a lot to handle at once — living in the digital age means you don't have to be bogged down by paper.
A digital age tip for kick-starting a successful school year:
Whether you're a teacher looking to send out a survey on how to improve the learning experience for your students, or a parent looking to efficiently fill out, sign, and return said survey, using DocuSign means the process can be completed in minutes, from any device.
Lost permission slips, papers rumpled in the bottoms of backpacks, not to mention printing and scanning costs all become a thing of the past.
But the best part? The efficiency of digital. Which may not be magic itself — but certainly gives you more spare time to devote to magic moments.
Here's to the 2017-2018 school year!
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A fellow camper pointed out how expensive everything is inside the festival. Having attended for several years, I may have become immune. After all, I spent $7 for a root beer float today without batting an eye.
It's $218 for the three-day festival, $30 if you want early access on Thursday. The late-night shows cost extra, and parking is $10.
The food is all pretty pricey – I also paid $6 for four crab rangoons (although that's not too bad). They really gouge you on beer prices, though. My friends paid $29 for a 12-pack. And festivalgoers themselves are selling everything from decorative pins to massages and, well, you know, other stuff.


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Introducing Lessons!
HT Mobile Apps is excited to announce the inclusion of Lessons for Banker Jr., a financial education app for children.
Teaching through gamification is a lot of fun, and we have had many kids learn their coins, and other important money lessons, through Banker Jr's game section. However, we want to make sure that the money concepts we are teaching are coming through, in addition to adding others. Therefore we will be launching a "Lessons" section.
In the Lessons section of the application, kids will be able to watch short, kid friendly videos teaching a variety of important money concepts. They will be encouraged to take a brief quiz to certify their knowledge, and to earn badges and other fun prizes.
Down the road, we will also add the Lessons section to the parent/teacher portal with resources and ideas of how they can support financial education.


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Another arm of this revolution is the Sanders Institute. So far, it's an informal association of organizations dedicated to educating and electing people based on the issues rather than the personalities and big money. Here is an interesting summary of the organizing efforts in the aftermath of the coronation of Hillary Clinton:
The Sanders Institute will be an educational organization to raise awareness of the real problems Sanders thinks America faces. Another organization, Our Revolution, will, according to USA Today, recruit progressive candidates who want to run for office and help to fund their campaigns. (As of this writing, the organization's website is sparse, and the only option offered on the site is to donate.) Sanders told USA Today that he might also get involved with a third organization responsible for campaign advertising.Now let's get back to that list. Here is a screenshot so you can get an idea of what it looks like:
It's very detailed and current. We see the state, the candidate name, the level of office sought or held, and the primary date. Candidates endorsed by Bernie are noted. Upcoming primaries are in yellow. We can even see that those in green have won their primaries already. We're already winning primaries for Berniecrats! We already have people in office who support the revolution!
When establishment Democrats see Berniecrats winning, they know that a change is a comin'. These people will be able to uphold progressive and populist ideals and work to implement progressive policies where they serve. This is how it gets started.
That there are already so many Berniecrats in office or winning primaries looks somewhat similar to another part of our history. I refer to the story of what happened in North Dakota, where the Non Partisan League openly infiltrated the Republican Party early in the last century. In that story, they took over the party and implemented populist and progressive policies that benefited most people rather than a select few.
That Berniecrat list is evidence that we can do the same thing, too. I like the Green Party, I really do. But as one comment in my social media circles pointed out, to paraphrase, "I'd have more respect for them if they didn't just pop up every four years to tell us that both major parties are bad." While I share that concern, I also see a lot of good that the Green Party can do.
According to their Wikipedia page, as of July, 2016, there are over 100 elected Green Party candidates scattered across 23 states, mostly at the local level. They seem to do well in non partisan elections, too.
The point here is that we cannot depend on just one party to make America progressive again. I like the idea of getting Berniecrats into office as Democrats for one really good reason: it can push out the money grubbers and forces them to acknowledge that there is more to life than collecting money for re-election. More to the point, if the Democratic Party can be overwhelmed by Berniecrats, and I think by 2018, we can do that, then the media is going to have a tougher time ignoring issues that progressives feel are the most important.
The low hanging fruit of change is at the state and local levels. I note with interest that most of the claims concerning election rigging were pointed at state and local officials. If Berniecrats and Green Party members were manning those same posts, election rigging would be much, much harder to pull off. There would actually be adult supervision in and around the polling places, with the ballots and with the machines. This is why real change starts from the bottom. That's where the votes are collected.
Bernie was right. Change never comes from the top. It always comes from the bottom up. Now we are in a position to cultivate it and watch it grow.


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Yahoo's email service was down for many users this week. The outage started on Monday, but wasn't fully fixed until Friday afternoon.
In a post on her Tumblr page, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer apologized for the outage, but said it only affected about 1% of Yahoo Mail users. She also explained exactly what caused the problem.
"This has been a very frustrating week for our users and we are very sorry," Mayer wrote.
Mayer said the problem started Monday night with a hardware outage with one of Yahoo Mail's servers. That server powered email for about 1% of Yahoo Mail users. But it took Yahoo several days to fix the problem because the outage affected users differently.
Here's how Mayer explained it:
Some of the affected users were unable to access their accounts, instead seeing an outdated "scheduled maintenance" page which was a confusing and incorrect message (this has since been corrected and updated). Further, messages sent to those accounts during this time were not delivered, but held in a queue.
Mayer said most Yahoo Mail users should have access to their accounts now. However, it may take some more time for mail folders to sync again.
Her apology caps a week of bad PR for Yahoo. For example, AllThingsD's Kara Swisher blasted Yahoo on Wednesday for not providing users with enough information on why Yahoo Mail was down and when it was going to be fixed. There were also numerous complaints on social media sites like Twitter from Yahoo Mail users. Several frustrated users reached out to media, including Business Insider, to complain.
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Water usage on Sunday breaks record by 40 million gallons
July 03, 2013
"Generally demand goes up, obviously," Cerull said. "Usually the big change is people watering their yard more for fear of plants dying and things like that. A lot of the time the indoor usage doesn't change much at all."
Cerull also says residents with swimming pools use more water during a heat wave because of increased evaporation.


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Will NYC Get Its Fair Share of Representation in the State Senate?
There's Spanglish graffiti festoons on almost every corner. Cars with windows down blare Latin beats as they roll past a lone grocery cart full of trash, chained protectively to a street sign. This is Bushwick: more than two-thirds Latino, home to growing ranks of artists, and a neighborhood in which 32 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. This is also where votes for the State Senate count for nearly 9 percent less than the average vote upstate, thanks to an arcane twist of the process in which New York draws legislative district lines.
"It's unfair to the city," said New York State Sen. Martin Dilan, a Democrat who represents Bushwick and serves on a redistricting commission that will draw new boundaries for State Senate seats in the coming months. "The way we avoid that is to make all the Senate districts equal to follow 'one person, one vote.'"
For nearly half a century, the principle of "one person, one vote" has been a cornerstone of American election law. Each person's ballot must count equally toward electing his or her representatives from the local to federal levels. But for most New York City residents going to the polls in State Senate races, one vote of theirs is not equal to one from Buffalo or Niagara Falls. Previous redistricting task forces have drawn Senate districts upstate systematically smaller in population, or "light," while packing downstate districts with larger populations. This has shifted voting power toward whiter districts upstate that have consistently elected Republicans for State Senate.
The redistricting commission Dilan serves on could undo this. But he's the only one of six commission members from New York City, even though the city has 40 percent of the state's population. His district in northern Brooklyn is the second most highly populated in the state, and he has been the commission's loudest advocate for ending the practice of drawing district lines in a way that leaves New York City voters shortchanged.
The last redistricting process ended in 2002. The result was a plan in which a senator from New York City represented an average of 250,443 eligible voters, while the average senator from upstate had just 223,403 constituents. Added up across dozens of districts, the imbalance left upstate with one additional Senate seat it would not otherwise have had – a seat that has likely enabled the Republican party to maintain its majority in the Senate this year. Republicans currently hold 32 seats; the Democrats, 30.
As the state legislative task force on redistricting, or LATFOR, develops a new map for 2012, regional inequity in voting strength promises to be one of the main flashpoints. The New York World has calculated, based on the adult population of Senate districts across the state in 2010, that the average State Senate vote in New York City now weighs 5.7 percent less than a vote cast elsewhere in the state.
"This has been a longstanding problem in New York, and demographic shifts have exacerbated this problem," said Susan Lerner, executive director of the nonpartisan advocacy group Common Cause New York. "It dilutes votes, it overweighs votes upstate, it underweighs votes downstate."
The shortchanging of New York City has not occurred by accident. Internal memos from the redistricting process completed in 2002 show that Republicans in the State Senate deliberately drew districts of different sizes in different regions of the state in order to increase their representation. The result: an additional Republican seat upstate that preserved the party's fragile control of the Senate.
"Our proposed redistricting areas upstate are already configured in such a manner as to draw districts light, to avoid migration downstate," wrote Republican staffer Mark Burgeson in a July 2001 memo to Sen. Dean Skelos, then the head of the legislative task force on redistricting, and currently the Senate Majority Leader. ("Migration" here refers to the possibility that a new district would be created downstate, in areas that are more likely to vote Democratic in State Senate elections, if downstate districts were drawn with fewer voters in each of them.)
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so the family would truly appreciate your prayers during this time.
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
URGENT Prayers Needed for 4 Month Old, Brody!!!
so the family would truly appreciate your prayers during this time.
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I most certainly am praying for Baby Brody and believing with you prayer warriors for God's divine healing. I received your Christmas card and book today and was so touched by your words. Thank you so much. Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
Cheryl, I will definitely join you in praying for baby Brody. I am lifting him before THE LORD as we speak, sweet friend.ReplyDelete
Praying for Brody. May God lift him up and make him strong for His service. Love the generational gifts that have been passed down to you and your son. It just doesn't get any better than that in this life. What a blessing for you to be able to see it and live it. Merry Christmas, Cheryl. May God bless you and yours as well.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, praise God for the Godly heritage He has given. I feel so unworthy of that, but ever so grateful. Merry Christmas to you, too, Floyd. Thank you for your faithful support and encouragement on this blogging journey and for sharing your talents with us. Your presence here is a gift.Delete
Cheryl, I just pleaded with the Lord for Brody's surgery tomorrow and for ultimate, miraculous healing. Indeed, our Great God is still in the business of miracles. I have also prayed for the family that they would feel the Lord's presence and profound peace.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing your own testimonies of how God has worked miracles in bringing forth the life of your son and for healing your mother.
Thank you so much for your tender heart, calling all prayer warriors to storm the gates of Heaven in prayer for the healing of precious baby Brody who is most precious in God's sight.
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Oh, dear Karen! Thank you ever so much for praying and lifting this precious baby to the Father! Surely He is still in the business of miracles! What a blessed consolation and thought! Your precious words just touched me so deeply, and I can't thank you enough for the consistent encouragement you are to me. Sending you much love and hopes for a Merry Christmas! Enjoy that grandbaby!! :)Delete
This is so sad. I started praying as soon as I read it. Miracles happen every day!ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh, it was so good to see that you had stopped by, my friend. Your visits are always a blessing! Thank you for praying for dear, little Brody. Surely our unified prayers are rising as a sweet incense before the Father. Sending you much love and wishes for a Merry Christmas!Delete
Praying for Brody and his family. Also praying for you and yours.ReplyDelete
God bless.
Praying with you for sweet baby Brody. I believe that God can heal him with his hand. Thank you for letting us know if this dear babies needs.ReplyDelete
Yes, dear Besty! I believe He can heal Him, too. There is nothing too hard for our God, and we can't ask too much of Him! Thank you for sharing in this burden and for the dear blessing you are to me and to so many others! Merry Christmas, dear friend! :)Delete
I prayed this morning.ReplyDelete
I'm praying with all my hert for him, poor little ... let's hope in the Lord's blessing !ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 24, 2015 at 9:21 AM
Debbie is a co worker and Brody's grandma please keep her and the family in your prayer's .ReplyDelete
She has been such a strong foundation for her daughter and for her grandson. God is truly in her heart.
Truly continuing to believe in a mighty miracle from the Lord for this precious baby!!!! I believe the Lord is able to do far above what we ask and seek, and believe this for this precious little boy!ReplyDelete
Reading this a few days late but praying for baby Brody's family. Thank you so much for sharing this story with us and inviting us into this story and opportunity to pray for this family.ReplyDelete
I don't have words, just tears, but I will pray...ReplyDelete


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It was quite hectic the last few weeks. With Shravana Masa, and Gowri-Ganesha Festival, it was a great few weeks as well. My India trip has been finalized. I will be leaving to Bangalore on September 11th and returning on October 6th 2009.
I will try to post from India as well, but not sure about how much time I will get to spend in front of the computer.I am going to get recipes and songs for the entire list I already have. It will be really exciting. I am also hoping to get some answers to my foot problem, which I have been suffering from years now. And of course, I am going to visit Mantralaya, and offer my prayers to Rayaru.
I will not be posting any new posts in the next 10 days. Thanks so much for all the help and support so many of you have showed.
See you all soon.
P.S: Feel free to contact me if you need any specific song, recipe for any food made in Madhwa houses. 🙂


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Jewish World Review Feb. 15, 2013/ 5 Adar 5773
Operation Hubris
By Jonah Goldberg
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | One of the great things about American politics is its capacity for punishing hubris.
For the ancient Greeks, hubris didn't merely describe god-like arrogance. It was a crime, usually defined as taking too much pleasure in the humiliation of your foes. In its modern usage it usually means the pride that comes before the fall.
In the wake of
Since the election, a slew of political reporters and analysts -- never mind the self-declared Obama boosters -- have argued that Obama will, must or should crush his enemies (and by enemies, I mean the Republicans). Slate's
"Obama's only remaining option," Dickerson continued, "is to pulverize. Whether he succeeds in passing legislation or not, given his ambitions, his goal should be to delegitimize his opponents."
Many conservative observers agreed.
That strategy worked for Obama, so, he figures, why quit now? His second inaugural address was a frilly campaign stump speech, dividing fools and devils (Republicans) from the wise and the sainted (Democrats).
His State of the Union address, already fading from the mind's eye like the afterglow of a flashbulb, showed that Obama remains committed to his hammer-and-tongs style. His ludicrous claims that massive new expansions of government won't add a "single dime" to the deficit -- technically true, since they would add trillions of dimes to the deficit -- alone made it clear that he's still in campaign mode.
Obama and many in his chorus remain convinced that, after that momentary hiccup known as the 2010 midterm elections, America is finally on a glide path to the new progressive era they'd long been promised.
This is where the two meanings of hubris come together. Liberals panting after the transformative Obama presidency are only seeing what they want to see. The
Look closely at Obama's State of the Union address, and you see not a progressive colossus poised to conquer all in his path, but a mostly spent force, desperately trying to figure out how to get anything done at all. His main policy ambition was to keep from getting the blame for his own idea: the sequester.
But the emotional heart of the State of the Union comprised three issues: immigration reform, climate change and gun control. Well, as Senate Democrats have made clear, the only way immigration reform passes is if Obama stays out of the process entirely.
On gun control, all Obama is asking for is a vote. He's not even asking for passage of a largely ludicrous assault weapons ban. Why? Because gun control is a wedge dividing Democrats, not Republicans.
So is climate change. Liberal donors want Obama to kill the Keystone pipeline (which Obama failed to mention) and push a green agenda. The union and blue-collar base want good jobs and cheap gas. Indeed, while climate change and gun control may be imperatives for the editors of the
The remainder of Obama's agenda was fairly pathetic boilerplate. Hike the minimum wage! Redesign America's schools! Manufacturing hubs! Make-work programs!
This is supposed to be liberalism reborn? Lame ideas cribbed from a playbook with 60 years of dust on it? Slogans hatched by pols who needed a few more nouns to round out Obama's sentences? Legislative initiatives that will cost Democrats seats in 2014 and beyond?
Obama's State of the Union had the lowest ratings in 13 years for a reason -- and it's not that America is excited for a new golden age of liberalism. The momentum Obama feels is the pull of gravity, as he starts his fall.
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When the mercury is rising outside, nothing is more refreshing than something cool and icy to enjoy on the back patio with family and friends. Granitas are the perfect treat.
What is a Granita?
It's a semi-frozen, coarse icy dessert, a cross between a slushie and a snow cone, made from practically any fruit, sugar, and water. Originally from Sicily, granitas can be found almost everywhere in Italy where gelato is sold and they're gaining in popularity in specialty coffee houses and restaurants as the ultimate palate cleanser. But you don't have to travel across the ocean or shell out big bucks to indulge in this frozen delight. Because not only are granitas delicious, they are fairly simple to make and require no special equipment.
Watermelon Granitas
1/3 cup sugar
2 limes, juiced
8 cups seeded watermelon chunks
Directions: Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor and pulse on low until blended and smooth. Pour mixture into a 9″ x 13″ glass dish, cover with plastic wrap, and place in freezer for 3 hours. Remove from freezer and using a fork, scrape the top layer of the mixture, and around the sides, working toward the center, to loosen it from the pan. The mixture will not be completely frozen. Return to the freezer for another 2 hours (set a timer if you have to). Repeat the scraping process again, repeating the freeze-scrape process until all parts of the mixture are frozen. Once the entire batch is scraped into flaky crystals, you can serve, or store in the freezer in a tightly-sealed container for up to 1 day.
Spoon into ice cream dishes, martini glasses or other stemware, with a garnish of your choice, and eat with a spoon like Italian ice. (Serves 8)
With lots of ripe summer fruits available, you can enjoy different flavors at any time. (Note: If you choose to make a berry or other fruit granita, you will need to add 1 cup of water. Watermelon has a high water content so the water is omitted in this recipe). Experiment and have fun!
Coffee Granitas
1/3 cup strong brewed coffee or espresso
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup water
Whipped cream for garnish
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This is a great addition to the series with a mildly interesting plot and fantastic world-building. The characters are well-developed, the writing is terrific, and I almost entirely love the cover.
In The Scrivener's Bones, Alcatraz finds out that his grandfather has followed his son's trail to the great Library of Alexandria, so naturally Alcatraz and his new friends must follow. Will Alcatraz discover that his father is really alive or will they be too late?
"Not all librarians are evil cultists. Some librarians are instead vengeful undead who want to suck your soul."
I thought the plot of this one was interesting but needed something a bit more. It was the setting that blew this story away. Walking through The Library of Alexandria was just incredible, especially because it isn't what you believe it would be like. I thought it was paced well, the descriptions were detailed, but not overly so, and it wasn't quite as predictable as I thought. I had an idea, but never thought the book would end the way it did! *Spoiler* I actually thought Alcatraz's dad was alive the entire time, but couldn't believe he had actually given up his soul in the Library of Alexandria. Since he did that, I never thought there was a way for him to get out of his predicament, but he managed it, and it was so clever! *Spoiler*
World Building
Even though we spend almost the entirety of the book in the Library of Alexandria, by no means was this book boring. The world building of the library was just incredible! I loved the layout and everything about the creepy Curators, not to mention how you are not even able to touch a book (let alone read it) unless you agree to give them your soul and forever become a curator of the library, never to leave again. The Curators are rather tricky and annoying, they do anything they can to try to get your soul. The Library is rather foreboding.
"Personally, I say, Out of the frying pan and into the deadly pit filled with sharks who are wielding chainsaws with killer kittens stapled to them. However, that one's having a rough time catching on."
Not only to we get to explore a new location, but we get to know more about some of the characters, as well as the history of the world. Everyone wants to know more about the Smedrys and their abilities, but little is known. In this book, we discover a tad more information from Alcatraz Smedry the First. Alcatraz's ability may be much more of a curse than it is a gift. It was so exciting!
The character development, though slow going, was well-done. We learn more about Alcatraz's history and his gift, as well as more about Bastille by meeting her mother! We are also introduced to Alcatraz's uncle, who has a personality all his own. I just love how even though there are several characters, it is rather easy to distinguish between them because they have such distinct personalities, not to mention unique Talents.
The "villain" in this book was entertaining because of what he is, but he didn't have much of a multi-dimensional personality that I look for in good antagonist. However, I did like that he seemed to be fairly smart and the children had a hard time during their confrontation with him.
I'm getting used to the writing and it doesn't bother me at all. I am enjoying this style and can easily see how it may appeal to younger readers. It is also quite humorous.
I love the cover, but do have a problem with it. I don't like that the characters are featured on the front again, especially because this is called the Scrivener's Bones. I feel like the Scrivener should have been the centerpiece. I much prefer the back cover illustration and if this would have been the front I would have been fine with it. The Curators play a large part in this novel, so it would make sense that they would be on the cover. Besides, they are very cool!
"Laugh when good things happen. Laugh when bad things happen. Laugh when life is so plain boring that you can't find anything amusing about it beyond the fact that it's so utterly unamusing."
Again, I love the map on the inside of the dust jacket, it was a nice touch! The lack of blurbs on the cover is also awesome and I thought it was great that it clearly states this is book number two in the series.
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Junior Seau's reach extended far beyond the locker room.
Former teammates, sportswriters and fans spoke out in honor of Seau on Tuesday after news surfaced that he died of a gunshot wound. Everyone remembered a career full of high points and good times.
Patriots owner Robert Kraft joined in the memories Tuesday.
"Every day, Junior Seau greeted his teammates and coaches with an energetic 'Hey, Buddy!'" Kraft said in a statement released by the team. "It was genuine, enthusiastic and backed by his radiant smile."
Kraft said Seau found him after every game in each of the four seasons the linebacker spent in New England. Seau would give Kraft "a big hug and squeeze tighter than anyone I remember."
"He was passionate about football and always spoke with great conviction," Kraft said. "He may have been one of the most charismatic Patriots players in franchise history."
Kraft said Seau was beloved by fans in both New England and San Diego, where he played for 13 years. Seau was also with the Dolphins for three years.
"Today, the fans of the teams for which Junior played — San Diego, Miami and New England — lost more than a legendary football player," Kraft said. "We lost our 'Buddy.' My thoughts and prayers are with his family, and I extend my sincere condolences to his many friends and former teammates."


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Bangkok, May 22, 2014--Thailand's military-led National Peace and Order Maintaining Council today seized administrative power in a coup and ordered local broadcast media to halt regular programming and local satellite and cable service providers to block international news channels, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the military-imposed censorship and calls for an immediate and unconditional restoration of press freedom in the country.
Army Commander General Prayuth Chan-ocha announced the council's seizure of power from Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan's caretaker administration at around 4 p.m. after a meeting of opposing political groups failed to reach an agreement on the creation of a new interim government, according to reports. The takeover followed the army leader's invocation of martial law on Tuesday.
Local broadcasters were forced today to stop their regular programming and instead run still images of the new ruling junta's banner against the backdrop of military songs, according to social media posts and CPJ research. At around 8 p.m., several international broadcasters, including the BBC, CNN, and Al-Jazeera, were also blocked inside the country. Military-run Channel 5 was the only local station allowed to continue broadcasting as usual, according to CPJ research.
Later today, military officers detained Wanchai Tantiwitthayapithak, deputy director of Thailand Public Broadcasting Service, from the newsroom after the journalist aired news on YouTube despite the military order, according to news reports.
"Today's military takeover represents a clear and present danger to Thailand's long-held tradition of press freedom," said Shawn Crispin, CPJ's Southeast Asia representative. "While the new ruling junta may believe that media censorship is necessary to restore stability and security, suppression of news is likely to have the opposite effect. Broadcasters and journalists should be free to report during this pivotal political moment in Thailand."
On Tuesday, Prayuth ordered the closure of at least 11 satellite and cable TV stations and more than 3,000 radio stations across the country in the name of restoring stability amid rising tension between pro- and anti-government protest groups, according to news reports. Troops were positioned inside the newsrooms of several local TV stations, according to reports.
Local reports said that military authorities, in cooperation with the state-run National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, had ordered more than 50 local Internet service providers to filter within one hour any news or commentary carried on their platforms that "distort facts, instigate disorder, or create fear and misunderstanding." The local True Corporation shuttered six unnamed websites in line with the martial law announcements, the reports said.


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Glossary for iTunes on Mac
Advanced Audio Coding (also called MPEG-4); a standard way of compressing and encoding digital audio. AAC files can be played using iPod, iPhone, iPad, and apps that support QuickTime.
AAC-encoded files rival the quality of audio CDs, and sound as good as or better than MP3 files encoded at the same or even higher bit rate. For example, a 128 kbps AAC file should sound as good as or better than a 160 kbps MP3 file. Because the bit rate is lower, the AAC file will also be smaller than the MP3 file.
AAC files enable you to store the most music on your hard disk or device. At the High Quality setting, AAC files use approximately 1 MB of disk space per minute.
Audio Interchange File Format; an uncompressed and lossless format for digital audio. Use AIFF files to burn high-quality audio CDs from imported songs. AIFF files use approximately 10 MB of disk space per minute.
A feature that lets you play music from an iTunes library on multiple speakers, Apple TV, or other AirPlay-enabled devices that are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
AirPods are the wireless headphones you use with all your devices.
App Store
A part of the iTunes Store, where you can download apps for iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad.
See the Apple Support article Redownload apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books from the App Store, iTunes Store, and Apple Books.
Apple ID
An account you need to download items from the iTunes Store, use Genius, or subscribe to Apple Music. If you've purchased items from the Apple website or used iCloud Photos in the Photos app, or if you have an iCloud account, then you have an Apple ID. If you don't have one, you can set one up using iTunes.
Apple Lossless
An Apple-developed method for creating digital music files. Apple Lossless files can be played using apps that support QuickTime, iPhone, iPad, and some iPod models. Use Apple Lossless to listen to songs on audiophile-quality sound systems with no loss of quality, and to burn high-quality audio CDs from imported songs.
Apple Lossless files use approximately 5 MB of disk space per minute.
Apple TV
A device for playing content downloaded from the iTunes Store or from your iTunes library on your home theater system.
Audible website
A website (audible.com) that sells audiobooks and other spoken programs. Items purchased from the Audible website can be downloaded to iTunes, and can be played on your computer, iPod, iPhone, or iPad.
A recorded spoken program, such as a book being read aloud. You can purchase and download audiobooks from the iTunes Store and the Audible website.
To enable a computer to play iTunes Store purchases. You can authorize up to five computers at a time.
Note: A computer can play iTunes Plus songs without authorization.
You can also authorize your computer to play your Audible website purchases.
To record songs onto a CD or DVD.
A label issued by the Recording Industry Association of America to identify an edited version of an explicit recording.
To start playing the next song while the previous song is still playing.
To prevent an authorized computer from playing iTunes Store purchases. You should do this before you give away or sell your computer.
To transfer files from one computer or system to another; for example, you can download music from the iTunes Store to your computer.
To remove a disc (CD or DVD) from a disc drive, or to remove an iPod, iPhone, or iPad from the list of devices in the iTunes window. To eject a disc or device, click the Eject button next to the item.
encoding format
The type of format used to create a digital file. Audio encoding formats include AAC, Apple Lossless, MP3, and others. Video formats include MPEG-4, H.124, and others.
A set of controls for changing sound frequencies (for example, boosting the bass on a rock song) to accommodate speakers, personal taste, and other factors.
A label—issued by media producers—that alerts consumers to content that might be inappropriate for children. See "Clean."
Family Sharing
A feature that enables up to six family members to download each other's iTunes Store purchases to their own computers and devices.
A feature that enables you to find new music—in your library and in the iTunes Store—related to music already in your library.
Genius Mix
An ongoing playlist in a particular genre—like a commercial-free radio station playing your favorite songs—that iTunes creates from music in your library. iTunes can create up to 12 Genius Mixes.
Genius Playlist
A playlist iTunes creates of songs that go well with a song you specify.
Gracenote media database
A music recognition technology that contains information about audio CDs. iTunes uses Gracenote data to display a CD's name, song titles, and so on.
Home Sharing
A way to share and import items from up to five iTunes libraries on other computers in your home network. To use Home Sharing, you must have an Apple ID, and all computers in the Home Sharing network must be authorized to play purchases made using that Apple ID.
HomePod is the speaker for your home that you control with Siri to play music from the Apple Music catalog.
iCloud stores your music, photos, apps, contacts, calendars, and more, and wirelessly pushes them to all your iOS devices and computers. iCloud integrates seamlessly with your apps, so everything happens automatically. To get a free iCloud account, go to iCloud.com.
iCloud Music Library
If you subscribe to Apple Music or iTunes Match, your music is stored in your iCloud Music Library. You can access your music at any time, wherever you're connected to the Internet. Items in your iCloud Music Library appear in iTunes, together with the rest of your music collection.
To add music, video, and other media to your iTunes library.
iOS software
The mobile operating system software used by iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
iTunes Extras
A unique experience that features exclusive interviews, videos, photos, and more. Available with select movie purchases in the iTunes Store.
iTunes library
The collection of music, videos, and other media you have imported into iTunes. To view the contents of your iTunes library, choose a media type from the pop-up menu at the top left.
iTunes Library file
A database of your library's contents. If you move or delete this file, iTunes creates a new one the next time you open iTunes, but it doesn't contain playlists, song ratings, comments, and other information you created.
iTunes Match
An annual subscription that safely stores all your music in iCloud—even songs imported from other sources and not purchased in the iTunes Store—and makes it available on up to 10 of your devices and computers.
To use iTunes Match, be sure you turn on iCloud Music Library on all the computers and devices where you want to use it. If you subscribe to Apple Music, you don't need to subscribe to iTunes Match unless you still need to access your music on an Apple TV (2nd or 3rd generation).
iTunes Plus
Songs and music videos, available from the iTunes Store, that are encoded in high-quality, 256 kbps AAC format. There are no burn limits on iTunes Plus items, and they're free of DRM (Digital Rights Management) limitations. iTunes Plus content can be played on iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, HomePod, all Mac and Windows computers, and many other digital music players.
iTunes Store
An online store, accessible through iTunes, where you can purchase music and videos, rent movies, download free podcasts, and more.
An audio format commonly used for digital audio players. MP3 can be played using computers and most digital music players, including iPod, iPhone, and iPad.
MP3 files use approximately 1 MB of disk space per minute.
An option for buying TV shows from the iTunes Store. Designed for shows that don't have traditional "seasons" (news shows, for example), the Multi-Pass purchases a set number of episodes.
parental controls
Options that enable a computer administrator to limit access to features. In the Restrictions preferences of iTunes, for example, you can prevent someone from accessing the iTunes Store.
A collection of songs or other media (videos and podcasts) arranged in a custom order.
A radio- or TV-style show you can download from the Internet for free from the iTunes Store, as well as from various websites. Some podcasts are individual episodes; some are series.
Multimedia software from Apple that handles video, sound, text, animation, music, and several types of images available for Mac computers and PCs.
The sound a mobile phone makes when someone calls.
See the Apple Support article Use tones and ringtones with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
To transfer songs from a CD to a hard disk.
Season Pass
An option for buying TV shows from the iTunes Store. With a Season Pass, all currently available episodes are downloaded to iTunes on your computer. When a new episode is available, you are notified and the show is downloaded. If you're not connected to the Internet, the episode is put into your iTunes Store download queue, and you can download it the next time you're online.
shared library
An iTunes library (or a part of one) that's set up so that others on the local network can play the library's media files on their own computers.
To play music or video in random order.
Smart Playlist
A playlist to which you assign rules (for example, songs by certain artists); when you add a song to your library that matches your rules, iTunes automatically adds the song to the Smart Playlist.
Sound Check
A setting in iTunes preferences that automatically adjusts songs to play at the same volume level.
To play media on one device while the media files are stored on another device. For example, some websites stream movies you can watch on your computer, even though the actual movie files are never stored on your computer. You can stream items from your iTunes library to your TV using Apple TV.
To update an iPod, iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV so that it contains some or all of the music, video, and other files in your iTunes library. Short for synchronize.
In iTunes, to move a rented movie from one location to another, such as from your iTunes library on a computer to an iPod, iPhone, or iPad.
A program that displays visual effects in the iTunes window.
Waveform; a digital audio format commonly used with Microsoft Windows and computers without MP3 software.
WAV files use approximately 10 MB of disk space per minute.
Wish List
An online list of iTunes Store items you plan to buy. You can preview and buy items directly from your wish list. To see your wish list, choose Account > Wish List. If you don't see Wish List, click Sign In.


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Chapter I of Under the Hood, Hollis Mason's autobiography, was released alongside Chapter II and published with Watchmen first chapter.
A typo under a photograph gives Hollis's age as 21 while he was 12 at that time.
Mason starts his book by mentioning Denise, who works at the grocery store at the corner of his block, claiming she is one of America's great unpublished novelists. She had written forty-two romantic novels that were never published, and he claims to have read the 1st twenty-seven of these that she retells every time he buys groceries. Due to his lack of knowledge for literature, he turned to Denise for advice after deciding to write a book, saying he doesn't know where to begin. She told him to start with the saddest thing he could think of to get sympathy, "after that, believe me, it's a walk." Then he dedicated his book to her because he doesn't know how to choose between all the other people.
He explains that while twelve years old his father just upped and left his grandfather's farm in Montana to bring the family to New York. He worked in Vernon's Auto Repairs off of Seventh Avenue in 1928, and made just enough to provide food and clothing for his son, wife, and daughter Liantha. Hollis recalls thinking that his father was enthusiastic about his work solely because he had a thing about cars, but in hindsight he realizes how much it must have meant to his father just to have a job and support his family. His father had many arguments with his father about leaving instead of taking care of the farm, and he must have been proud that he kept his family above the poverty line despite his father's warnings.
Moe VernonEdit
During the occasional trips to the auto repair shop with his father, he met his employer, Moe Vernon, a man around fifty-five or so who was an opera buff with an old New York face; three chins, a wiseacre cynical curl to his lower lip, a hollowness around the eyes, hair retreating. His office had glass sides to watch his employees and a new gramophone in the corner that would play old seventy-eight recordings as loud as it could manage. He noted that what made Moe peculiar was his sense of humor, as represented by the objects in the top right side drawer of his desk. Besides rubber bands, paper clips and receipts, he had one of the largest collections of tasteless novelty items he had picked up from gag shops or on visits to Coney Island Hollis recalls ever seeing; cheap blue gimmicks, ballpoint pens with girls on the side whose swimsuits vanished when turned upside down, salt and pepper crewet sets shaped like women's breasts, plastic dog messes, et cetera. When someone tried to enter his office he'd always try to startle them with his newest play thing.
The Ride of the ValkyriesEdit
One day in 1933, after Hollis' seventeenth birthday, he had gone to the auto repair shop with his dad to fix a busted-up Ford. Moe Vernon had been in his office listening to Wagner, waiting for the mailman with an artificial foam rubber set of realistically painted lady's bosoms. In the mail Moe found a letter from his wife Beatrice that informed him that for the past two years she had been sleeping with Fred Motz, the senior and most trusted mechanic employed, who hadn't shown up that day since Beatrice had taken all of the money from their joint account and with Fred Motz departed for Tijuana. Moe burst open the door to his office with tears while everyone looked his way. He was still wearing the artificial breasts, and Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" could be heard booming from his room. In an almost inaudible cry he exclaimed, "Fred Motz has had carnal knowledge of my wife Beatrice for the past two years." With this everyone started laughing.
Half an hour later someone finally went to apologize and Moe said he was fine, apparently now without music or the breasts and doing routine paperwork as if nothing had happened. That night he sent everyone home early, ran a tube from the exhaust of one of the cars in through the window, started the engine and died from the carbon monoxide fumes. His brother took over the business and eventually reemployed Fred Motz as chief mechanic. Hollis then explains that that's why "The Ride of the Valkyries" is the saddest thing he could think of.
He finishes his chapter hoping that he has the reader's sympathy, and thinks maybe it's safe to explain that he is crazier than Moe Vernon ever was, and although he never wore a pair of false bosoms in his life, he has stood there dressed in something just as strange with tears in his eyes while people died laughing.
|Under the Hood
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David P. Philip releases debut novel, which promises to be a thriller like no other.
Exploring obsession, addiction and the abuse of power, Philip's debut novel, A Game for the Young, expertly toys with the idea of knowledge being a drug.
After being accepted into Oxford University, Conor Martin finds himself thrust into an interviewing process like no other—with a chance to join an enigmatic team. This group of individuals have sacrificed the last two years of their lives to a project so important, it has the potential to change lives across the globe.
Now, they need Conor's help.
As the true potential of the project is revealed, the impact of their creation is suddenly shaken, concluding in a chilling discovery that will change things forever.
A contemporary thriller dripping with realism; the tone of this story is strikingly gothic, and invites further questions on human behaviour and thought with every turn of the page.
David P. Philip lives on the South Coast of England with his wife and daughter.
Fascinated by stories that explore the brain and challenge human behaviour, David's first novel, A Game for the Young, tells the story of a team of Oxford students, inventing something that is set to change the course of history.
This novel is the end result of over three years of writing, proof reading and editing — including the months of research David has done in the field of cognitive neuroscience.
Book Specifications
Paperback: 978-1-909902-99-2
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Publication Date: March 2015
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There is a lot of advice out there about Facebook marketing. The stories may sound appealing, but they may not be the whole picture in terms of true marketing success. This article will define the basic steps you need to be successful.
If you are using Facebook to get your services or products to your customers, you need to make your page unique. Use many colors and images relating to your product. These pages are more enticing.
Facebook is primarily a means of sharing content. Facebook is useful for more than chatting with your friends. Create your content with this in mind. Create informational posts and videos to post on your Facebook page. You'll soon see that you can get tons of web traffic from Facebook.
Use Facebook Offers to share coupon codes or organize contests for your subscribers. You only need to set up the specific offer and then promote it on your page. If the offer is extra special, you can promote it to people that aren't fans as well.
Always answer to the comments and questions people send you on Facebook. Try to answer their question with a helpful answer, and thank that person for contacting you. Never hesitate to share links to the site if there is an article that is on point in answering their question.
Companies that only deal with customers occasionally, such as real estate agents or car dealers, do not need to have a Facebook page. Customers are only going to be there sporadically, and are unlikely to be interested in daily posts. Instead, turn to Facebook targeted ads to reach new customers.
Your main goal is to gain more customers and sell more product, so that's why you set up a Facebook page in the first place. You should set monthly goals to reach in sales. Likes don't mean anything unless those people are also buying from you. Your strategy may need adjusted if you do not see the results you hoped for.
Hiding content from non-fans is a great way to turn visitors into followers. If there are parts of your page that are hidden, you are more likely to entice someone to subscribe to your page. Take care just to hide a small bit of content, so that you do not undermine SEO opportunities.
Do not share updates that are not directly related to your content. You may want to discuss current evens or share a person update, but remember these topics may not be of interest to your subscribers. Personal projects and updates should be shared using your personal account.
Ask followers for insights on how to improve your business. People like to feel that their opinions are important and valued. You can tap into this by having your community help you with some decisions. For example, if you post in blogs, find out what kind of posts they prefer to read.
Keep your audience as informed as possible regarding your products and services offered. No, you don't need to post five times every day, but you should post consistently and often. Your posts should contain valuable information that is targeted to your customer base.
If someone comments on your page, reply to it. Do not neglect the messages directly on your page or your inbox. It is not always easy to do so, but it could pay off for you in the end.
Design your Facebook page to be similar in theme to your website. For example, if royal blue is the dominant color on your site, use that color on your Facebook page as well. Visual cues make branding easy. If you make it too different then people may start to get confused about it.
Interact with people on your page. Your aim is to get your followers to "talk" to each other. Either begin talking to them or ask them questions. Once your audience is communicating, don't be a bystander. Get more involved too. When you get this involved, your fans will see you more as a human being and not some faceless brand. That's important to build their trust and loyalty.
Don't forget about event sharing on Facebook as a part of your marketing strategies for your company. Share information about trade shows with your Facebook fans. This is an excellent tool for reminding your customers of the event.
If you own a store, take a look at the "check-in" feature on Facebook. This way when somebody visits your premises, they can post on Facebook that they have "checked-in" to your business. It's a nice thing to offer, and your customers' friends will be able to see your store too.
Just like any other type of marketing, you have to know what kinds of people to target when you're marketing on Facebook. If you are posting content that is not relevant to the demographic that your products were intended for, how do you expect to increase your number of sales.
Be on the lookout for those that want your marketing attempts to fail on Facebook. Just a few simple keystrokes from a dissatisfied customer can cast a negative light on your business to all the folks on Facebook. In order to protect yourself, monitor what is posted on your Facebook page and take off negative remarks as immediately as you can.
A Facebook plugin is something you should add to your site. This is something that is easy to include and a huge benefit for your business. The plug-in gives your Facebook link and a list of updates and subscribers.
Facebook Audience
Learn to use your Facebook audience for times when you need inspiration! Their opinions can help you determine your next marketing venture. Once you ask for comments, you can be sure that your Facebook audience will give you the advice you need in short order.
Many people tend to follow "trends" they read or hear about in regards to Facebook marketing because they are lazy. This article doesn't concern just what is trending but sound advice for your marketing strategies. You'll have a successful Facebook marketing campaign by applying what you've learned here.


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Why Ahval?
I had stopped writing after the 2016 failed coup in Turkey.
The last op-ed I wrote, before starting writing for Ahval, had been on demographic engineering of Syrians living in Turkey, a subject I also covered a few days ago.
It is impossible to have access to the first one, as the news site that published it, Haberdar, was shut down. But I am sure it is somewhere in the hidden corners of the Turkish state.
Like Taraf, it is impossible to have access to the archive of this newspaper, for which I wrote for years.
Like Today's Zaman, its archive is also lost.
Like Vatan newspaper, which was recently shut down, despite becoming in its last days obedient to the Turkish government. They also removed my columns.
In summary, all of the things I have written since 2005 in English or Turkish are lost, meaning I am lost.
My books have not been burnt yet, but of course everything is possible.
All columnists and reporters who used to work for those newspapers are in a similar situation. This is something beyond censorship, it is wiping out history. In reference to authoritarian regimes known for destroying books, the heat is at "Fahrenheit 451", the degree set in Ray Bradbury's 1953 novel.
Naturally, in a country where no trace of press freedom has been left, there are many press outlets that have gone through things much worse than my story, particularly the Kurdish press.
Since the Doğan Media Group this year changed hands and became a supporter of the government, now there are only a few mediums left to provide Turkish people news.
Ahval is one of them.
Though it may be ineffective for getting rid of fascism, let's keep on writing to resist by raising a different voice, by leaving footnotes to history, and since we know nothing else other than to write.
As author Ishiguro said:
"If one has failed only where others have not had the courage or will to try, there is consolation - indeed, deep satisfaction - to be gained from his observation when looking back over one's life."


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For a Consolidation Loan to take place certain personal details are required such as your South African ID, email address, how much you earn monthly or weekly, how many debt do you want to consolidate and you have to read and accept the terms and conditions very carefully.
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Ever heard the joke "hard work and dedication pay off with time, but procrastination pays off right now"? It implies there is some kind of reward for putting things off. In reality, putting things off can be a source of anxiety and depression. We find ourselves in a cycle of feeling overwhelmed by what needs doing, then feeling guilty for not doing it.
Unfortunately, our procrastination is frequently interpreted as laziness or rebellion. We end up on the receiving end of accusations such as, "You never get anything done", "Why can't you ever finish what you start?", and "If it really mattered to you" — or worse – "If I really mattered, you would have done it." We accept the labels of lazy, uncaring, and selfish and our already struggling self-worth plummets.
The truth is, most of the time procrastination has nothing to do with laziness or motivation. Years ago, my sister turned me on to a website where I found helpful tips on cleaning and organization, but the concept which really got my attention was that procrastination is actually perfectionism in disguise. How could that be?
The writer (Marla Cilly) went on to explain it is fear of failure which often prevents us from beginning a task, as well as the reason we get started and quickly become overwhelmed and give up. Our brain tells us "if you can't do it right the first time it isn't worth doing", or "you don't have time to complete it". We consider the task at hand and rationalize "I don't have time to finish this right now, but am off on Saturday, so will do this Saturday". We feel a flash of satisfaction at having made a plan. Saturday comes and we rationalize, "I've worked hard all week and I'm exhausted. I need and deserve a break. This task isn't critical, so today I will rest and I can take this task on tomorrow or even next Saturday when I feel more rested". Unfortunately, "feeling good" Saturday never comes, and as our list of the undone grows, so do our feelings of self-defeat. We begin to believe the labels of lazy, unproductive, and irresponsible really do apply…and we accept them.
Some tasks can be delayed with little consequence, but if we are already prone to self-criticism, even these small acts of procrastination can lead to big emotional assaults as we tell ourselves, "I'm so useless – I can't even do this one little thing." We become frustrated and confused, particularly if we are well-organized in other life areas, such as work. We wonder, "Why can't I be this 'on top of things' at home?"
The simplest answer is perhaps you feel mentally and emotionally rewarded at work in a way you do not feel rewarded at home. Much of the time, our efforts to clean or repair things around the house go unnoticed, unappreciated, or are criticized. This reinforces a why should I care if nobody else does mentality, which can quickly morph into why should I care about myself if nobody else does? When this negative thinking combines with our fear-of-failure-based procrastination, it can be emotionally crippling, and it is super-fuel for depression.
Try the following steps to avoid the perfectionism-procrastination monster.
- Make a list of tasks. Include anything you feel needs to be done, from pick up the dirty sock to repaint the bedroom. Use different colors (or whatever works for you) to sort tasks into two categories – those which take less than 15 minutes to complete (-15), and those which take more (+15)
- Select one of the (-15) tasks and do it now, then mark it 'complete' — use stickers, smileys, whatever – the point is to feel good about the accomplishment, no matter how trivial it may seem, and to consistently reinforce that good feeling each time you add a new sticker or checkmark
- Identify those (+15) tasks which are actually projects, such as those which would take a half day or more to complete
- Identify the steps required to complete each project. In most cases you will find many of the steps are actually (-15) tasks, which can be tackled one at a time. Sure, it may take a while to complete a project, but every step completed is not only another accomplishment, it is progress towards your bigger goals
For some of us, the temptation will be to continue tweaking our list to perfection. The Flylady website has lots of ready-to-use lists, so if you find yourself getting bogged down in your own list-making, consider using one of theirs. As you approach tasks on your list, note those items which consistently get skipped or saved for later, then think about your reasons for the delay. Doing so will help you spot the perfectionism monsters hiding in your list, and allow you not only to conquer them, but to find empowerment in now.


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Mitchell Masters Margate Team ATV World Yamaha's John Mitchell displayed incredible strength and stamina to win all six of his Pro Quad races over two days at the QRA's Margate Big Sky Beachcross. He also took part in the six-race solo bike event, finishing fourth overall, despite not going out … Read More »
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Two class victories and four podiums at Ermelo Toyota 400
Honda Off-Road racers claimed two class victories and four podiums at Ermelo Toyota 400 Ermelo Toyota 400, 31 October – 1 November 2008 Final Round of the SA National Off-road Motorcycle and Quad Championships Off-road race information : Route : 420 kilometres (60km time-trail; 2x 120km loop + 2x … Read More »
Best In The Desert Henderson Desert Classic
Holy cow what a race!! For Desert Toyz Rhino Race Team this was the most important race of the season. Due to a computer malfunction we were stripped of our second place points position and moved to third. The first place points position was out of reach, but we still had a chance at second place. … Read More »
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Winning the overall ATV and Class 25 victory was the #8A team of Wayne Matlock, El Cajon, Calif./Harold Goodman, Brownstown, Mich./Marc Spaeth, Ramona, Calif./West Miller, Fallbrook, Calif., with a championship time of 14:47:25, averaging 42.69mph in a Honda TRX700XX. Matlock started and rode to RM … Read More »


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Billie Eilish will headline the 2019 UNICEF Masquerade Ball charity concert, held October 26 in Los Angeles.
The annual event — hosted by the UNICEF Next Generation division, made up of philanthropists in their 20s and 30s — will feature a "special acoustic performance" from Eilish, according to Billboard.
In a statement to Billboard, UNICEF Next Generation managing director and founder Casey Rotter says, "For Billie Eilish, the definition of influence in our culture, to lend her voice to our landmark fundraising event is a dream come true."
"We are so grateful to combine Billie's fierce and unforgettable style with UNICEF's mission of doing whatever it takes for children everywhere," the statement continues.
Ironically, the 17-year-old Eilish wouldn't be able to attend the Masquerade Ball if she wasn't performing, since the event is open only to those age 21 and over.
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Saudi officials say they were lied to by the Obama administration on the Iran nuclear deal.
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Despite initial positive statements by Saudi Arabia on the Iran nuclear deal reached Sunday in Geneva, a senior advisor to the Saudi royal family said that his country was deceived by its American ally in the agreements and will pursue an independent foreign policy in response.
The advisor, Nawaf Obaid, told a think tank meeting in London "we were lied to, things were hidden from us. The problem is not with the deal that was struck in Geneva but how it was done," reports The Telegraph.
On Sunday, just after the deal which gave Iran around $7 billion in sanctions relief in return for promises to enrich uranium at lower levels, among other things, revelations showed that US President Barack Obama's administration had been holding secret negotiations with Iran for the past 6 months.
The report detailing the secret negotiations added that the talks were kept hidden even from America's allies until recently.
Obaid said Saudi Arabia knew about the secret talks with Iran, which occurred through a channel in Oman, but was not directly briefed by the US.
The Saudi call for independent policy comes after an interview appeared last Friday in which Saudi Arabia's UK ambassador, Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz, said his country would not "sit idly by" if the West failed to stop Iran's nuclear program.
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Please join us for a Mail Art exhibition in northern Minnesota, at the Franklin Arts Center Resident Artists Gallery, in Brainerd, MN. The exhibition is titled, 'POSTAL', and will include Mail Art from artists all over the world. There is still two weeks left to send your mail art in before the deadline! Check out the link below for more information/ - Thanks, Martin.
Hi, Roxanne
The artist Jean-Francois Aillet invites you to collect your sample of sand from a moraine, from next to a waterfall or beside a river, along the shore of a lake or a stream, in a desert or on the border of an ocean. One should not, however, send him sand from a construction site. You are asked to document your collection of the material with a photo, taken as you are pouring the sand into a container. For an example, kindly visit his home page at www.aillet.com . English : http://www.aillet.com/traductions/anglais.htm
See you to take part in this international project.
Jean-François Aillet
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10, Allée des Tilleuls
14860 Amfréville
Normandie / France
Roxanne, this is the last but probably not the least welcome message to IUOMA you receive. I'm a celestial mail artist living in a heavenly corner of the faraway universe called Republik van Patland. When you joined IUOMA on June 11 I was unable to welcome you on board. At the time I was in a celestial journey far beyond the Milky Way. Now, back to planet Earth, I´d love to be the other end when you decide it's the right time to start trading snail mail art. If this is the case at the time your envelope should read as follows:
The Celestial Scribe
Terrene Embassy
The Celestial Republik van Patland
Caixa Postal 24827
II look forward to see a piece of yours in my terrene mailbox. I will do my homework after receiving yours. This is a celestial promise. I'm Patricio, Celestial Scribe & Republik van Patland official envelope provider.
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Welcome to IUOMA!
It's a great bunch of folks and I hope that you enjoy exchanging Mail Art with us. I'm your Mentor, and if I can help to ease you into IUOMA in any way, then please don't hesitate to ask and I'll try to explain what's going on and how IUOMA works.
If you haven't already done so, I suggest you take a look at the 'New to IOUMA' page (4th from the left at the top of the IUOMA home page) where you'll find a 10-point Introductory Guide that should give you an insight as to what is going on.
Would you like to exchange some Mail Art with me? If so, send me something to 1 Rue de la Vieille Fontaine, F-11130 Sigean, France, and I PROMISE to send you something back. BUT, you'll have to provide me, and others, with your snail mail Mail Art address, as I suspect that something addressed to 'South Dakota' won't reach you.
Hoping you enjoy your IUOMA days.
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I recently won a set of 3 amazing nail polishes from Tami, who are based in Scotland, UK.
The polishes are 10ml in size, not tested on animals and they don't sell to countries or shops that do and are 3-Free. The polishes are made in Scotland by the same factory as Nails Inc and Leighton Denny.
Tami Beauty is the creation of its founder Charles Rogers, who decided to create Tami with the input from his girlfriend and the ladies in his family and they look to add and grow into more beauty and fashion departments.
The first beauty I'm going to share with you is Lady of Lomond, crammed full of sparkly glitter. I can't quite make out the base colour, it could be grey, silver or pale blue, it's packed with blue/green/gold/holo glitter, there's a lot going on and it's fabulous! Two coats & top coat.
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Here's my prize, left to right, Skibo Sunset, Lady of Lomond & Gleneagles Glamour
The polishes are £9 each and FREE UK shipping