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The stock market plays a crucial role in the economy of a country and effects the growth of its commerce and industry. The industry, government and central banks will work together to keep an eye on the goings-on of the stock market. Investing on the stock market poses a greater risk than other investments. The question that arises is what happens if there is an attempt to interfere with the operation of the stock market?
Stock markets operate on the principle of a free market, according to which supply and demand regulate the price of securities so that the price of a security reflects its true value. Any interference with this operation of price determination amounts to market manipulation. Investors are misled into purchasing worthless shares or selling their otherwise valuable investments below their true market value. Market manipulation can harm the integrity of and undermine public confidence in stock markets.
Market manipulation is prohibited by both common and statutory law. The statutory law governing the prohibitions consists of the Stock Exchanges Control Act, 1985; the Financial Markets Control Act,1989; and the Securities Services Act, 2004 ("the Securities Act"). The object of the Securities Act is to:
i. increase confidence in the South African financial markets by –
ii. requiring that securities services be provided in a fair, efficient and transparent manner;
iii. contributing to the maintenance of a stable financial market environment;
iv. promote the protection of regulated persons and clients;
v. reduce systemic risk; and
vi. promote the international competitiveness of securities services in the Republic.
There are three types of market manipulative practices that are prohibited. A prohibited trading practice such as a trade-based market manipulation is the first prohibition. It involves methods intended to distort and interfere with the normal market mechanisms of supply and demand for securities. Section 75(1) of the Securities Act states that no person may:
- either for such person's own account or on behalf of another person, directly or indirectly use or knowingly participate in the use of any manipulative, improper, false or deceptive practice of trading in a security listed on a regulated market, which practice creates or might create a false or deceptive appearance of the trading activity in connection with; or an artificial price for, that security;
- place an order to buy or sell listed securities which, to his or her knowledge will, if executed, have the effect contemplated in paragraph.
A deemed prohibited trading practice is governed by section 75(3) of the Securities Act. It states that certain trading practices are deemed to be manipulative, improper, false or deceptive and will be deemed to have contravened section 75(1) of the Securities Act. There are a number of deemed prohibited trading practices and only a few will be mentioned.
'Wash sales' involves approving or entering an order to buy or sell a security listed on that market which involves no change in the beneficial ownership of that security. This practice involves a person either directly or indirectly being both the seller and the purchaser of securities in the same transaction. It is clear that this practice creates a false and deceptive appearance of trading activity with a security.
The common law states that a manipulator involved in a 'wash sale' transaction trades in the security hoping that investors will be attracted to the increased turnover of the security. The law further states that the object of this practice is to gain financially by creating a lesser price gap between the buy and sell rates of the security in question.
A 'matched order' involves approving or entering on a regulated market an order to buy or sell a security listed on that market with the knowledge that an opposite order or orders of substantially the same size at substantially the same time and at substantially the same price, have been or will be entered by or for the same or different persons with the intention of creating a false or deceptive appearance of active public trading in connection with or an artificial market price for that security.
Courts have stated that the main objective of this practice is to create an appearance of renewed interest in the security in question in order to persuade others to purchase the security. The manipulator creates this impression hoping that a sufficient number of interested investors will cause the price of the security to rise.
Lastly section 76(1) prohibits disclosure-based market manipulation that entails a person (directly/indirectly) spreading incorrect, false, misleading, deceptive rumours relating to the demand, supply, price or value of a security. The 'hype and dump' or 'pump and dump' scheme is a common scheme involving disclosure-based market manipulation.
This abovementioned prohibition entails the advertising of a company's shares through misleading statements with the object of deceiving unsuspecting investors to purchase shares in the company with the aim of increasing its price. Once the price has been 'pumped up' by all the hype and the demand for the shares increases, this causes the share price to increase.
Once the share price has increased, the manipulators then 'dump' their shares on the market and make a profit for themselves. The 'pumping' of the shares will then be stopped and the price will decrease causing the investors to lose their money.
Penalties for market manipulation are provided for in the Securities Act and include a fine, imprisonment and administrative penalties. A person can be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding R50 million or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
In recent news the Financial Services Board ("FSB") has given strict warnings to market manipulators that it will continue to penalise offenders as it has been doing over the past few years. The FSB further mentioned that it will not only continue penalising manipulators but that such manipulators will lose any or all of their movable, non-movable and incorporeal assets, if these assets are attached and sold in execution.


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The so-called "love hormone" can make people more dishonest when it serves the interests of their group.
By Ed Yong
The Scientist
Originally published March 31, 2014
The hormone oxytocin is usually associated with positive traits like trust, cooperation, and empathy, but scientists have now found that it can make people more dishonest when their lies serve the interests of their group.
"This is the best evidence yet that oxytocin is not the 'moral molecule,'" said Carsten de Dreu from the University of Amsterdam, who co-led the study, which was published today (March 31) in PNAS. "It doesn't make people more moral or immoral. It shifts people's focus from themselves to their group or tribe."
The entire story is here.

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100 Years of Grand: The Grand Canyon Centennial Project
A digital archive celebrating the Centennial of the Grand Canyon National Park. A collaborative project of the Arizona State University Library, Cline Library, Northern Arizona University and the Grand Canyon National Park. Additional materials are available via the project website.
- 7 English
- 7 Public
- Boundaries
- Grazing
- 5 Hayden, Carl Trumbull, 1877-1972
- 4 Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)
- 3 Cattle
- 3 Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
- 3 Legislation
- more
- 2 Babbitt, Herbert G., 1893-1970
- 2 Eakin, John Ross, 1879-1946
- 2 Ringland, Arthur Cuming, 1882-1981
- 1 Agriculture
- 1 Babbitt, Herbert George, 1893-1970
- 1 Bass, William Wallace, 1849-1933
- 1 Havasupai Tribe of the Havasupai Reservation, Arizona
- 1 Mining claims
- 1 Moran, Patrick Joseph, 1864-1936
- 1 Railroad
- 1 United States. Congress
- 1 Water
- Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District with Atlas
- History of the Grand Canyon National Park
- Stage Coach Trip to the Grand Canyon, 1895, by Josephine Frankenberg of Tempe
- Letter from A. E. Demaray, National Park Service to Carl Hayden
- Letter from Carl Hayden to J. R. Eakin, Grand Canyon National Park
Letter from C. D. Dawson to Carl Hayden urging him to consider the rights of miners and farmers when drawing up the boundaries for the proposed park.
- Contributors
- Dawson, C. D., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1916-04-18
Letter from Carl Hayden to W. W. Bass concerning the passing of the national park bill. Hayden states that he will try to make the bill as advantageous to Arizona miners and farmers as possible, but the land will either remain as a national monument or become a national park. A postscript is added concerning the land allocated for the Havasupai Tribe.
- Contributors
- Hayden, Carl T., Bass, W. W.
- Created Date
- 1917-06-28
Letter from Herbert Babbitt to Carl T. Hayden about grazing cattle in the park boundaries.
- Contributors
- Babbitt, Herbert, Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1925-12-02
Letter (copy) from J. R. Eakin to Arthur C. Ringland about the alignment of 40 acres near the Buggeln ranch.
- Contributors
- Eakin, J. R., Ringland, Arthur C.
- Created Date
- 1925-09-11
Letter from J. R. Eakin to Arthur C. Ringland about the alignment of 40 acres near the Buggeln ranch.
- Contributors
- Eakin, J. R., Ringland, Arthur C.
- Created Date
- 1925-09-11
Letter from Joseph J. Cotter to Carl Hayden providing a rebuttal to W. W. Bass' objections to the Grand Canyon National Park Bill.
- Contributors
- Cotter, Joseph J., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1917-03-19
Letter from P. J. Moran to Carl T. Hayden inquiring when construction will begin on the approach road to Bright Angel Trail.
- Contributors
- Moran, P. J., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1925-04-08


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Births for October, 2017
Monday, October 02
- Patrick and Danyeal Pasco, Tonganoxie, a boy.
- Dumooa Torki and Mohanad Al-Ibadi, Lawrence, a girl.
- Cody and Mechell Wentling, Lawrence, a girl.
Tuesday, October 03
- Rebecca and Patrick Koester, Lawrence, a boy.
- Jeff and Meghan Scott, Lawrence, a boy.
Saturday, October 07
- Tawni and Daniel Schraad, , a girl.
Sunday, October 08
- Abdullah Wahbi and Lena Kamal, Lawrence, a girl.
Tuesday, October 10
- Natasha Hernandez and Mickey Matthews, Lawrence, a boy.
- Emily Edmonds, Lawrence, a boy.
- Brian and Christy Imel, Lawrence, a boy.
- Chelsea Mae Cooley and Adam Michael Lynn, Berryton, a girl.
- Colin and Juli Kastrup, Lawrence, a girl.
Wednesday, October 11
- Kim and Joey Berger, Olathe, a boy.
- Steve and Susan Harvey, Lawrence, a girl.
- Sarah and Michael Sharp, Lawrence, a girl.
Thursday, October 12
- Noah and Sarah Barclay, Lecompton, a boy.
- Jason and Adrienne Landry Dunavin, Lawrence, a girl.
Friday, October 13
- Aaron and Pamela Nunez-Hughes, Lawrence, a girl.
- Eileen Horn and Rick Martin, Lawrence, a boy.
- Eric and Nikki Dayton, Lawrence, a girl.
Sunday, October 15
- Matthew and Susan Robinson, Lawrence, a girl.
Monday, October 16
- Zachary J. Smith and Krystena M. McCrudden, Basehor, a boy.
- Preston and Mallory Rutter, Lawrence, a girl.
- Brendon Neal and Mickayla Goger, Lecompton, a boy.
Tuesday, October 17
- Jasmine Harader-Ellett and James Harkin, Lawrence, a girl.
- Katie Frazier, Lawrence, a boy.
Wednesday, October 18
- Rachel and Kevin Callahan, Baldwin, a boy.
Thursday, October 19
- Nakisha West, Lawrence, a boy.
- Bruce and Chelsea Carter, Kansas City, KS, a boy.
- Samantha Phelan-Yellow-Wolf, Lawrence, a boy.
- Kara and Shane McDowell, Lawrence, a boy.
- Callie and Ryan Borszich, Lawrence, a boy.
Friday, October 20
- Marissa and Cody Emerson, Lawrence, a boy.
Saturday, October 21
- Nick Freeman and Jessie Roger, Quenemo, a girl.
- Sarah Rexroad and Michael Lucas, Lawrence, a boy.
- Jade and Cody Rhyne, Nortonville, a girl.
- Paul and Nicole Jones, Lawrence, a boy.
Sunday, October 22
- Nikki-Lee Aguilar, Lecompton, a girl.
Tuesday, October 24
- Nicholas and Jessica Cesare, Tonganoxie, a girl.
- Reece and Tesia Hollingsworth, Tonganoxie, a girl.
Friday, October 27
- Aaron and Ally Rayne, Lawrence, a boy.
- Aaron and Ally Rayne, Lawrence, a girl.
- Gage and Riley Noll, Lawrence, a girl.
- Rashaun Framer and Kelanna Perry, Lawrence, a boy.
- Matthew Fennel and Danielle Downing, McLouth, a girl.
Saturday, October 28
- Kayla Marie Owens, Lawrence, a boy.
- Ali Campbell and Skyler McCawley, Lawrence, a boy.
- Amelia Mosso Garcia, Lawrence, a girl.
Sunday, October 29
- Mariah Young and Cadence Nunez-Ruckman, Perry, a girl.
Monday, October 30
- Jason and Corey Quattlebaum, Topeka, a boy.
- James and Kristine Druen, Lawrence, a girl.
Tuesday, October 31
- Raelei N. Gillespie and Rylan J. Thornton, Lawrence, a boy.
- Celina Ramirez-Lowe and Brian Lowe, Lawrence, a girl.
- Clint and Ashley Hornberger, Baldwin City, a boy.
- Jonathan Hastings and Whitney Dorsey, Ottawa, a girl.


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Backcountry Fall/Winter 2017
By Mark Spencer
As the 2017 summer gives way to cooler fall and winter weather, we have a lot to look forward to in the Arizona backcountry. At Grapevine, now a formally fully opened airstrip, 88AZ, we will resume hosting our monthly weekend fly in camp outs and our donation based lunch every third Saturday! These are incredible events as nearly anyone, and any type of aircraft, can land on Grapevine's 3800' x 40' wide asphalt airstrip. Weekends will be September 15th -17th, October 20th-22nd, November 17th-19th, and we'll announce December soon. We are thankful for the folks that have volunteered to help us in putting on the Saturday lunches for these weekends. If you'd like to be added to volunteer the list for spring, please let us know!
By the time this newsletter publishes, we'll have completed our second annual Labor Day weekend fly in at Young, Pleasant Valley (24AZ), but put this on your calendar for next Labor Day weekend as the town of Young really comes alive on this holiday weekend!
Come October 13th-15th we'll be headed up to the pines again to the incredible Payson Airport, KPAN camping facilities. Warm showers, picnic tables, a Ramada and grills make this one of the finest facilities in Arizona's backcountry inventory. The onsite restaurant is among the best, and the loaner car is available for those wishing to stay in a nearby hotel. We'll have our annual Dutch oven and chili cook off on Saturday the 14th!
Take a step back in time and into the old west by joining us at the old Double Circle Ranch the weekend of September 29th-31st. One of Arizona's largest and earliest ranch empires, the Double Circle is ripe for hiking and exploring. APA's work on saving the lodge has helped make this incredible log structure a comfortable place to hang out with fellow aviators. Please bring your favorite side dish for the potluck BBQ on Saturday. Oh, and for the ladies, the lodge bathroom will be working for the weekend.
On November 10th-12th we'll be back in Young, at the Pleasant Valley, 24AZ airstrip. If you have a big tire plane, we're working on a special fly over to our newest backcountry airstrip, Buzzard's Roost, that Saturday morning where the local Rancher has offered to provide a donation based ranch style breakfast for us! Buzzard's Roost is basically an open hill top suited only for the skilled backcountry pilot with appropriate aircraft. Landing is up hill from either the north or south side of the hill, depending on winds, and density altitude, wildlife, rocks, and other debris are all possible. That being said, you can see from the photo below that it is a beautiful place! This view is from the southeast looking northwest towards Payson. The old wind sock pole has been tied to this tree for about 50 years and your APA donated the new wind sock to the USFS who installed it for us last year.
Looking forward to seeing you all in the AZ backcountry soon!
As always, for the most up to date information on backcountry events, unexpected changes and such, visit the APA Facebook site. You do not need to be a Facebook user to benefit from this site. Also always read and understand our pilot briefs before visiting these airstrips. Lastly, you are responsible as pilot in command, under 91.3(a) for yours and the safety of your occupants.


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Kerobokan restaurant Waroeng d'Carik
Kerobokan restaurant Waroeng d'Carik
Kerobokan restaurant Waroeng d'Carik is a lovely Bali warung in the Kerobokan ricefields serving good cheap food in a lovely environment.
Have you been to Kerobokan restaurant Waroeng d'Carik and like to share your thoughts about your experience there? Leave your comment and rate Waroeng d'Carik in Kerobokan at the bottom of this page.
Opened in mid 2016, Bali warung Waroeng d'Carik is a long narrow Kerobokan restaurant that stretches from the front parking area through a more formal dining area out into the colourfully lit garden area with lots of low tables and cushions.
Open from 10am to 10pm the menu is a mix of Indonesian and general Asian with some Western dishes like burgers, fish and chips, schnitzels and pasta.
Scroll to the bottom of this page for more photos of Kerobokan restaurant Waroeng d'Carik
There is a wide range of Asian foods, including chicken teriyaki, chicken and beef satays, Pad Thai, pork ribs, and of course Indonesian favourites like soups, gado gado and nasi goreng.
While Kerobokan restaurant Waroeng d'Carik is open for late breakfast, bear in mind it is Indonesian style breakfasts on offer.
With average meal prices under 45k this is a really good value Bali ricefields restaurant. The ambience is lovely, with low level lighting and background pop music on the stereo.
Visit their Facebook page for more info, or call 0857 3829 6212 for deliveries.
By Mark O'Brien, September 2016
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Real talk, Universe? Sometimes Ben and Chad wish they could invent a suspended animation machine, that would freeze all MMA news from breaking between the time the Co-Main Event Podcast is recorded and when it comes out. That would've been handy to a small portion of episode 106, with the UFC now claiming that Jon Jones doesn't even want to fight Alexander Gustafsson, but would rather test his skills next against Daniel Cormier. That pretty much renders moot a discussion from this week's listener mail, but whatevs. They're used to it by now.
In addition to that talk, the boys discuss the current bizarre status of the Chael Sonnen-Wanderlei Silva-Vitor Belfort love triangle, Stipe Miocic closing out 10 and a half hours of fights with a 35 second KO of Fabio Maldonado and this weekend's UFC card in the ABQ.
Most of it is still relevant, they promise.
All that, plus the return of MasterTweet Theatre, AYFKM and Just Sayin' Stuff.
Sounds: This week's music submission comes from DJ John Douglas out of Edmonton Alberta, Canada. He describes his work as "downtempo, hip hopish electro sort of music" and if you like it and want to hear more, you can find it at http://www.mrjohndouglas.com/music.html or at soundcloud.com/djjohndouglas.
Direct downloaders can shirk their duties and watch cartoons, right here.


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Brief History of the LNHFF
In the summer of 2008, horror film aficionado and mass communications student Tony Lucero had a vision. Inspired by some of the country's biggest film festivals, he wanted to bring together a community of local horror filmmakers and showcase their talents. With the help of some of his closest college friends, an old basement art studio in the heart of the vintage Uptown Whittier was transformed into an independent theatre for a week, and The Late Night Horror Film Festival was born.
That cold week in January 2009 attracted a few hundred local film enthusiasts, artists, and horror film enthusiasts who were eager to screen 9 unreleased horror films including 2 features and 7 shorts. Those in attendance, including some of the film selection's Directors, Producers, and Actors, had a chance to network and discuss each other's work. 2 years later, the LNHFF was held online where "audiences" screened, commented on, and voted for their favorite short and feature-length films.
The LNHFF continues to grow. In the summer of 2012, Tony Lucero and the LNHFF presented "Friday Night Fright Flicks", a monthly series screening 2011's selections. This limited engagement was held at The Epic Lounge in Downey, CA. On October 6th, the 2012 Short Film Selections were screened at the LNHFF HorrorCon at the Moose Lodge in Whitter, CA.
Founder's Note
"Tony Lucero Productions supports the art and genre of Horror. The Late Night
Horror Film Festival features independent horror films created by talented
filmmakers from across the United States and across the globe. We aim to
inspire a new age of independent filmmaking. Our campaign begins with you,the
ones who crave the macabre."


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UF Clinical and Health Research Studies
Shands Hospital at the University of Florida
UF Physicians offer Pediatric services at multiple inpatient and outpatient locations. There are two main teaching hospitals located on the HSC complex, Shands at the University of Florida, Gainesville and Shands Jacksonville. Shands at UF is a 618-bed tertiary care center with 144 intensive care beds that includes a 155-bed Children's Hospital which was created in 1996. In addition, multiple UF outpatient facilities are located within 10 miles of the campus, including a number of outpatient rehabilitation facilities. Shands Cancer Hospital at UF opened in November 2009. The 500,000-square-foot facility includes 192 private rooms for a variety of inpatients, including those receiving diagnostic and therapeutic oncology services. Shands Cancer Hospital also includes the state-of-the-art Shands Critical Care Center, which houses emergency and trauma services including north central Florida's only Level I Trauma Center.
Shands at UF is consistently ranked as a U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital annual report in several specialties. Included among the nation's 50 top academic medical centers, Shands at UF is recognized in 7 clinical specialty areas in the 2011-2012 comprehensive report for excellence. At Shands Children's Hospital, University of Florida physicians provide the full spectrum of pediatric specialty services and treat patients from throughout Florida and the United States. With fully equipped pediatric and neonatal intensive care units, UF physicians at Shands Children's Hospital offer some of the most specialized pediatric programs for the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of complex conditions.
The UF Health Shands Children's Hospital was recognized in six medical specialties in the 2018-19 U.S. News Best Children's Hospitals rankings: diabetes & endocrinology, nephrology, gastroenterology, pulmonology, neurology & neurosurgery, and cardiology & heart surgery. The diabetes & endocrinology and gastroenterology programs were ranked highest in the state.
Together, the facilities and physician network under UF's Health System have created the Southeast's largest and most comprehensive academic medical center.


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There's been a fierce debate over Al McWilliams' appointment to the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority, and it might not be over yet.
John Hieftje
nominated the 33-year-old advertising executive for an open spot on the board earlier this month and quickly received pushback from other council members.
The fact that McWilliams' ad agency does work for the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority, which receives funding for its getDowntown program from the DDA, has been raised as a potential conflict of interest.
Certain council members also have questioned McWilliams' level of maturity based on some of his blog posts and tweets filled with sarcastic humor.
Others have made an issue of the fact that McWilliams wrote in Admiral Ackbar, a fictional "Star Wars" character, on his election ballot when Sumi Kailasapathy was running unopposed for City Council last November.
After a debate that spanned two meetings, the City Council remained divided on McWilliams last Monday, but ultimately voted 6-5 to appoint him to the DDA.
Council Member Stephen Kunselman, D-3rd Ward, is continuing to challenge that appointment, saying it should have required eight votes.
City Clerk Jackie Beaudry said she was still checking with the city attorney's office on that this past week. City Attorney Stephen Postema couldn't be reached for comment.
McWilliams has remained relatively quiet throughout the process, so the Ann Arbor News asked him to explain why he wants to serve on the DDA.
Here's what he had to say:
The easy choice was Chicago. The industry was in Los Angeles. The cycling was in Arizona, but the best life was here in Ann Arbor.
In 2003, I started Quack!Media here because the quality of life is the best I've found in the world (I've not been to every town on the planet; let's call it a representative sample). Specifically, the downtown area and how it supports and is supported by the neighborhoods and surrounding farmland (surrounding farmland!) has been a major contributor to the success of the business and my not-crying-myself-to-sleep.
I'm serving on the DDA board because it's time to give back, and in doing so, help ensure those reasons I chose Ann Arbor 10 years ago remain valid for years to come.
The Ann Arbor DDA has a simple mission: "to undertake public improvements that have the greatest impact in strengthening the downtown area and attracting new private investment." I didn't know it at the time, but I was a (grateful) victim of that mission.
A strong core of commerce downtown afforded me a walkable day full of culture and people which, not coincidentally, was an environment where Quack! could attract great talent for less money (cheap is important when much of your revenue is derived from fart jokes).
The state created Downtown Development Authorities in part to "correct and prevent deterioration in business districts," which speaks to the fact that this walkable, urban lifestyle is just a few miles from open cornfields. This is great for, among other things, cycling, which I'm into (a whole bunch).
I can walk to work. I can walk to the Michigan Theater. I can ride my bike on an open road without braving 20 miles of Walmart.
Let's be clear: this is a unique Ann Arbor combo. It doesn't happen elsewhere in the U.S. and it makes us special/awesome but not lucky. This is by design.
It's diligent stewardship and a system of public and private and public/private bodies working together. This is the work of the DDA, City Council, AAATA, Michigan Theater, the Huron River, Arbor Brewing Company, possibly an institution of higher learning, many, many others – and you, and me.
Good point. So what does an advertising and fart-joke dude know about "strengthening the downtown area and encouraging private investment"? My job on the DDA board is to guide the "what" and the "who" but never, ever the "how."
My job is to gather the desire of the public, evaluate it against the DDA's mission and state statute, and then select the experts who will tell us how to achieve that desire. It is not my place (and isn't the place of any official) to be the expert (or worse yet, ignore the experts).
When I go to the doctor with a broken leg, I tell her I'd like to walk again and possibly learn cricket. When she tells me we're going to put a cast on it, and shows me an X-ray of my broken leg, it is not wise to insist that a vitamin regimen will work better than her silly cast. I could always decide that I'm happier with the busted twig, but to suggest that I know how better to fix it would be delusional, not to mention arrogant.
Ann Arbor is not a metropolis. Ann Arbor is not a small Midwestern college town. There is no model for Ann Arbor because it is truly unique in our country.
We have a singular opportunity to guide what the population center of the future will look like. I look forward to working with the DDA, city government, organizations, scientists and all of you to create it (spoilers: it's mostly jet-packs).
Ryan Stanton covers Ann Arbor city hall for The Ann Arbor News. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com or 734-623-2529 or follow him on Twitter.


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FRAGONARD IN LOVE. SUITOR AND LIBERTINE @ Musée du LuxembourgPosted: September 6, 2016 Filed under: other people's art | Tags: contour, cross-contour, drawing, fragonard, gesture, ink wash drawing, pen and ink, rococo Leave a comment
Below are a selection of the drawings a Fragonard exhibit from a 2016 show. Had a ball with all the fabulous and fashionable older Parisian set at this quaint little museum right inside the Luxembourg Garden.
Ipad Drawings by James LipovacPosted: August 11, 2016 Filed under: lipovac artwork, other people's art | Tags: 2016, drawing, ipad, james, lipovac Leave a comment
Adrian Piper in All the World's Futures, La Biennale di Venezia, 2015Posted: May 19, 2015 Filed under: other people's art | Tags: 2015, adrian, art, Biennale, conceptual, enwezor, everything will be taken away, golden, lion, piper, venice Leave a comment
I was recently bowled over by the powerful work of Adrian Piper currently on display in Venice. A conceptual artist with a PhD in philosophy from Harvard, Piper was born in New York City and works out of Berlin. Her art opens eyes and seeks to build bridges between people. Last week at the Biennale, she received the Golden Lion for best artist for her efforts.
Among the group of pieces is an interactive installation titled "Rules of the Game" which called on viewers to sign life-long contracts at three separate desks, with one of the three rules:
I will always be too expensive to buy
I will always mean what I say
I will always do what I say I am going to do
In another room, objects were covered with the words "everything will be taken away" and hung next to a giant photo of the Nazis at their Degenerate Art Show. I was taken, as is often the case, by the way the work effected the audience, or didn't. You can see in the photo at the top of the post, viewers standing around blankly, while the man on the right talked loudly on his cellphone for the entire time I was viewing at the work. Her ominous prediction sees so much more probable in this setting. After a week of contemplating the theme of All the World's Futures, I found Piper's directness on the topic hard to describe as anything less than courageous and superb.
Adrian Ghenie @ the Romania Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia, 2015Posted: May 15, 2015 Filed under: other people's art | Tags: 2015, adrian, art, figurative, ghenie, la biennale, New York, nude, pace, painting, romania, venezia Leave a comment
by James Lipovac
This image of a giant Venus Fly trap dwarfing a man in a trench coat standing underneath a menacingly heavy sky was a stand-out at Ghenie's speculator painting performance at the 56th La Biennale di Venezia in the Romanian Pavilion.
I first came across Adrian Ghenie's work at Pace in New York in March of 2013. A painter friend of mine encourage me to check out the show. The strength of the work is Ghenie's ability to harmonize elements of abstract figuration and more realistic interpretations all in the same canvas.
I was excited to see what a fellow painter would do given the chance to represent their own nation, in this case, Romania. In his show "Darwin's Room" Ghenie uses Darwin, evolution, and survival as themes for his grand brushwork and sheets of oil. He switches between and harmonizes intimate slow moments of finessed detail, larges areas of squeegeed paint, and thick sections of impasto.
Chiharu Shiota "The Key in the Hand" @ the Japan Pavilion, La Biennale da Venezia 2015Posted: May 13, 2015 Filed under: other people's art | Tags: 2015, art, chiharu, Hitoshi, installation, japan, keys, Nakano, Shiota, venice Leave a comment
Chiharu Shiota's "The Key in the Hand" installation is a bold vision of the the dark beauty of the human life lived. This Berlin-based artist was born in Osaka Prefecture in 1972.
Curator, Hitoshi Nakano- "After being confronted with the deaths of several intimate friends and family in recent years, Shiota has converted these experiences into the lingua franca of pure and sublime art without averting her eyes from the reality that all human beings must face "life" and "death" but that each of us must do so individually. "
José Antonio Suárez Londoño @ the 2013 Venice Biennale's Encyclopedic PalacePosted: February 21, 2015 Filed under: other people's art | Tags: diaries, diary, drawing, encyclopedic, kafka, nude, Suárez Londoño Leave a comment
The Labs happened upon José Antonio Suárez Londoño in Venice. Born in Medellín, Colombia in 1955, he is a persistent draftsman and documentarian of the imagined.
His practice is to create a drawing a day. Originally this charge came from writer friend, Héctor Abad. Abad proposed a collaboration where Suárez Londoño would make work to inspire the author's writing. At the end of each month, Suárez Londoño was to share his drawings with Abad, who would then create a work from these 30 or so drawings. In the end, at least in the story we were told, the output coming in proved too overwhelming for old Héctor, who backed out of his end, even though it seems to us that our guy was doing all the heavy lifting. Still the Labs sends many thanks to Abad for inspiring Suárez Londoño to make these intimate, outstanding, imaginative, tedious, whimsical, and mysterious gems.
Suárez Londoño remained engaged in the rigor of this encyclopedic way of working, and decided to continue making daily work tied to his daily readings, starting with Brian Eno's A Year with Swollen Appendices. The images pictured here are from his collection "Franz Kafka, Diaries II, 1914-1923". Our understanding is that there are 365 of these bad boys, all done in 2000, all mixed media, all 13 x 20 cm, and all better than anything you made all year!
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Sol Lewitt @ Mass MoCA: A Wall Drawing RetrospectivePosted: February 19, 2015 Filed under: other people's art | Tags: lewitt, mass moca, sol, wall Leave a comment
From the Mass MoCa website:
Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective comprises 105 of LeWitt's large-scale wall drawings, spanning the artist's career from 1969 to 2007. These occupy nearly an acre of specially built interior walls that have been installed—per LeWitt's own specifications—over three stories of a historic mill building situated at the heart of MASS MoCA's campus. The 27,000-square-foot structure, known as Building #7, has been fully restored for the exhibition by Bruner/Cott & Associates architects, which has closely integrated the building into the museum's main circulation plan through a series of elevated walkways, a dramatic new vertical lightwell, and new stairways.
The works in the exhibition are on loan from numerous private and public collections worldwide, including the Yale University Art Gallery, to which LeWitt designated the gift of a major representation of his wall drawings, as well as his wall-drawing archive.
Jock Reynolds, the Henry J. Heinz II Director of the Yale University Art Gallery, states, "Watching this grand installation of Sol LeWitt's wall drawings progress over the past six months has been nothing short of thrilling. In addition to providing an enduring exhibition of great beauty, this retrospective will enable visitors to behold for the first time the full trajectory of a major aspect of Sol's artistic career. Until today, the only way to view multiple LeWitt wall drawings has been to travel far and wide, pursuing them individually in situ or in temporary museum exhibitions. Now, visitors will be able to return to MASS MoCA again and again to experience this visual feast of Sol's wall drawings in a single location, doing so at their leisure over the next twenty-five years."
LeWitt—who stressed the idea behind his work over its execution—is widely regarded as one of the leading exponents of Minimalism and Conceptual art, and is known primarily for his deceptively simple geometric structures and architecturally scaled wall drawings. His experiments with the latter commenced in 1968 and were considered radical, in part because this new form of drawing was purposely temporal and often executed not just by LeWitt but also by other artists and students whom he invited to assist him in the installation of his artworks.
Each wall drawing begins as a set of instructions or simple diagram to be followed in executing the work. As the exhibition makes clear, these straightforward instructions yield an astonishing—and stunningly beautiful—variety of work that is at once simple and highly complex, rigorous and sensual. The drawings in the exhibition range from layers of straight lines meticulously drawn in black graphite pencil lead, to rows of delicately rendered wavy lines in colored pencil; from bold black-and-white geometric forms, to bright planes in acrylic paint arranged like the panels of a folding screen; from sensuous drawings created by dozens of layers of transparent washes, to a tangle of vibratory orange lines on a green wall, and much more. Forms may appear to be flat, to recede in space, or to project into the viewer's space, while others meld to the structure of the wall itself.


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We woke up to rain and blowing winds on test day, and thought that surely Regal would cancel the test as well as the shoot. A glance at the offshore data buoys showed seas well over 5' with a close fetch running against a fair tide. Not a time to show a boat's best to be sure. To our surprise, however, when we showed up, Frank, Regal's test captain was singling up the lines in preparation for our departure. Does Regal intend for me to report on rattling deck joints and a pounding hull? We sure can't run at speeds to get any test numbers but I'll sure be able to report on her rough weather handing.
Key Features
- Split forward head
- Convertible hardtop
- Custom fit program
- Windshield walkthrough
- Aft Euro sun lounge
- Solid cockpit enclosure
- Single level cockpit sole
- Fusion marine stereo
Test Results
|Length Overall
|42' 4'' / 12.9 m
13' 0''
4 m
|Dry Weight
20,500 lbs.
9,298 kg
1.04 m
|18 deg.
|Max Headroom
|Bridge Clearance
12' 4''
3.8 m
|Fuel Capacity
276 gal.
|Water Capacity
70 gal.
Acceleration Times & Conditions
|Time to Plane
|6.5 sec.
|0 to 30
|13.0 sec.
|2 person, 1/2 fuel, fullwater, minimal gear
|55 deg.; 60% humid.; wind: 20-25 MPH; seas; 1-2 chop
Engine Options
|Tested Engine
2 x 300-hp Volvo Penta IPS400
|Std. Power
Not Available
|Opt. Power
2 x 300-hp Volvo Penta IPS400
2 x 370-hp Volvo Penta D6 IPS500 diesel
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For starters, I've tested Regal boats before and found them to be pretty good handling boats. Of course wake jumping in a sportboat is one thing, but crashing through green square ones in a cruiser is quite another. This will be quite another. But if the intention is to buy a cruising boat, then one will have to face the fact that not every day is sunshine and rainbows. Sometimes it blows and the boater will still want to get moving. Even though it may not be overtly dangerous out, no boat stays still when the water underneath is boiling and confused.
Where Others Fear To Tread
The first indication confirming that this would be a rough ride was seeing other boats coming back in. We tested the Regal 42 Sport Coupe in Long Island Sound on the blustery Monday after the Norwalk Boat Show in September. That meant everyone was on a schedule of getting out of Dodge and on to the next show. One after another, boats would leave only to come back in. And we were still heading out. Once we rounded the end of the no-wake zone, I added power and we were off.
How's Your Attitude?
The first thing I noticed is that the Regal 42 Sport Coupe appears to ride bow high. She's an IPS powered boat and that means her engine weight is aft. All her cabin materials are solid cherry that is cored for lighter weight, so having weight aft will bring the bow up. But to be clear, it was only 4-degrees with tabs engaged. It just seems like more because the bow is so far forward of the helm. To give a comparison, the typical bowrider rides at 5 to 7-degrees bow up but it is not noticeable because the boater is right behind the bow.
Head Seas
Then the seas started to build. I was at about half throttle, low 20's for speed, and figured that once it really started to pound I'd back off and find a speed that matched the timing of the seas. But I kept going, and going… and the pounding never came.
Know that feeling when the water drops out from under the boat and then the next wave is rising to meet the descending bow? We got to that point and I announced to the crowd in the cockpit to hang on… and then… nothing.
We met the oncoming wave, plunged through throwing a ton of water off to the sides, blowing back into the windshield, and then continued on to the next. It was like this over and over again. No pounding, just up and down, hang on and continue. I saw no reason that safety would dictate turning around and heading back to shelter. The Regal 42 is not a bad riding boat when the going gets tough.
Beam Seas
Coming around to the beam, it was a more pleasant ride. Out to windward it looked like trouble was coming, but the ride said differently. I almost wished that we were operating in the dark so I couldn't see what was coming. The boat didn't respond badly, as my instincts said it should. A glance back at the passengers who were relying on me to keep them safe showed them joking and laughing and generally enjoying the ride. OK then.
Following Seas
Bringing the 5' seas to the stern showed no tendency to push the stern off track. Here's where the high riding bow comes in handy. I did slow to keep from stuffing the bow, and while I'm not sure if keeping the speed up would have driven us into the forward wave, I had no desire to find out. We were still going faster than the waves so coming down one wave had us throwing water as we penetrated into and over the next. Again, I saw nothing that set off alarms causing me to run to safety.
Through all of this, the 42 Sport Coupe was definitely getting tossed. I mean, it's still a boat and the seas weren't calm. The worst part was trying to videotape all of this. The cameraman was having a hard time getting a steady shot so after a while he abandoned his attempts. With no chance at getting test numbers, I turned towards the inlet to go back and get shots of the interior. Safety was not a factor, only the practicality of getting video for the boater to see.
Through all of this I listened carefully for creaking decks, dishes falling out of cabinets, hatches popping open, doors slamming unexpectedly… I got nothing. No one was running to secure anything; nothing was falling out of place. The bulkheads weren't groaning.
For close quarters handling, it's an IPS powered boat. Anyone can do it. If there were worries about whether one can handle this boat at the dock or not, rest assured, they can. But feel free to ask for a test ride and prove it oneself. (Hint, let the mate dock it, too.)
Test Numbers
A week later our test crew flew to Northeast Maryland and got test numbers as well as video footage that was a lot steadier.
Our Regal 42 Sport Coupe was powered by twin IPS400 300-hp diesels that gave us a top speed at 3500 rpm of 37.2 mph with a 30.3 gph fuel burn. At 3000 rpm we were running at 29.7 mph while burning 21.2 gph, getting 1.4 mpg. That gave us a range of 352 miles with a 10 percent reserve.
The Layout
This is truly a boat built with people in mind. At every turn there is another example that Regal actually gets onboard their boats and touches and feels their products with a mindset towards continual change to maximize practicality.
The Cockpit
Regal is big on allowing access to their cockpits from both the port and starboard sides of the swim platform. This is a welcome change from a single cockpit entry. If more seating is desired, then the starboard side can be filled in with seating easily enough; all the filler cushions have dedicated storage. I prefer the cushions stowed but for a large crowd coming aboard, it's a welcome solution.
Moving forward, there is the requisite seating opposite the helm, but since this is a Sport Coupe, the area is enclosed and everyone is in earshot. The glass enclosure is welcome and provides ample visibility. I would like to see the side windows open for no other reason than to stick my head out when docking.
OK, I can't walk away from any boat without at least one gripe, and on the 42 Sport Coupe, I can come up with only one. While this is one of the best laid out helms I've seen, I take issue with the placement of the switches. At the right hand are the engine controls. Behind them are the trim switches, then the IPS joystick, and then abaft that are the electrical rocker switches which included the horn switch. I would much rather see these switches forward, and there's room to the right of the wheel. It would take a different switch panel, but it can be done. Some of these switches are important enough to be in one's face rather than out of sight (horn, nav lights, electrical master…).
Some of the more notable standouts in this area are the electrically operated side vents that open forward to scoop air into the cockpit, and the massive opening sunroof. This is a boat that can convert from warm weather operations to closed cool weather ops with the flip of a few switches and no fumbling with canvas.
Entry below is via a flying stairway that conceals the subwoofer to the salon surround sound. To port is the galley with the usual appliances, and a surprisingly large work area. Most often builders are quick to sacrifice galley space, but even with this large counter, the head on the other side of the bulkhead has an average depth of 32" (80 cm). All cabinetry is cherry, cored for light weight. The sole on our test boat was a contrasting maple. Options include maple and holly, and cherry.
To starboard is a salon featuring a comfortable settee with double stitched upholstery. The aft seat has a flip-up footrest, and converting the settee to a berth couldn't be easier. Lift the sofa cushion, flip out the base underneath, and replace the cushion. Done. Three portlights allow natural light in, and there are not only LED lights under the valance, but indirect mood lighting above.
The forward cabin is accessed via a pocket door that slides effortlessly and latches in both the open and closed positions. Inside is an offset berth that adds a touch more room while still allowing access to either side. The head is split, to starboard the shower, to port the toilet and sink.
The mid cabin also features a pocket door and separate twin berths that accommodate a filler for making a queen. To my mind, this aft space would serve as the master as it lacks the claustrophobic atmosphere of most mid cabins and has the split head arrangement I prefer. There is even standing room for getting dressed easily. As is typical on this size of express cruiser, one can't stand up between the beds.
I'm looking forward to getting back onboard the 42 Sport Coupe. It seemed that everywhere I turned there was something new to discover, and I was only able to scratch the surface of what this yacht has to offer on my first run. Frankly, I was more focused on the handling, but it's hard not to notice the fine job Regal has done on the interior.
With an introductory price of $715,000 with the IPS400 the Regal 42 Sport Coupe is a compelling option. Regal tells us that this is "introductory pricing." We can think of boats this length and longer which don't have this much room below and cost a lot more. When comparing boats be sure to check their displacement as the Regal 42 at 20,500 lbs. (9,298 kg) will probably be on the lighter side. Nevertheless, the ability to handle the nasty stuff we encountered speaks well of her seakeeping abilities. And light weight means better fuel economy.


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Often I hear people — whether they have cheated or not — say something like "I don't feel the spark in my marriage any more. It's not like it used to be." Sometimes this is said as the "reason" for having an affair — they no longer feel attracted to their spouse, and they don't feel desired by their spouse who seems indifferent, if not downright hostile, to sex. What was once a horny GF or BF who cared about their appearance and couldn't take their hands off you, has become an uninteresting, interested spouse who no longer cares much about their appearance and treats sex with you as if it was a chore. And this will leave any relationship vulnerable to an affair, a divorce, or both. Good article on the concept below. Continue reading
Affair Prevention
For those of you who deny the possibility that the extent to which you meet your partner's needs has a direct effect on their desire to stay faithful to you, I provide you this article which summarizes a study which basically concludes that the more that men go down on their wives, the less likely their wives are to stray. And yes, the cause/effect goes for men too. Those who are happy eating at home rarely eat out!! 🙂 Even if the study has its flaws, I think the point is very valid. Yes, the extent to which a person's critical emotional needs (and yes, sex is primarily an emotional need, even for men) are met — the extent to which people are happy and content in their relationships — has a direct correlation to their fidelity. Period. Continue reading
Before you cheat… 14 things you need to know.
I think this man's article is largely accurate and worth reading. I could quibble here and there, but it's blunt, to the point, and should serve as a warning to anyone considering an affair.<
It seems that every 3 months or so we learn of another celebrity caught cheating on his or her spouse. To say adultery is an epidemic in our current culture is an understatement. And it doesn't seem to be a respecter of position. Regardless of what we do for a living, (Politicians, Pastors, teachers, athletes, actors, musicians, etc) cheaters are in our midst. It seems to be so prevalent today that the question isn't who is cheating but rather – who isn't?
Too many treat their most important relationships casually and their commitments to them…
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Causes of an affair..and prevention
It's so frequently debated. What causes an affair? There are many books, articles, opinions about what causes an affair. All over the web. Too many people just want to say that anyone that cheats is merely a "jerk," or a "slut", a horrible person, through and through, selfish and uncaring without a shred of character and integrity. But that's too simple and does not fit most people that have affairs. GOOD people. MORAL people still find themselves caught up in an affair. So isn't it smart to find out why, except for the truly mentally ill, that normal, average people who never envisioned themselves in an affair do so? Continue reading
Preventing an Affair: Sex is the "glue" in a marriage
Sex IS the "glue" in a marriage!! It is fundamental. A leg of the chair that is your relationship. Sex is certainly not everything, and in the greater scheme of a marriage, it's actually a pretty small part of the overall interaction between two people, but, truly, sex is what holds all the rest together. Continue reading
Recovering From An Affair: How to Become His "Girlfriend" Again
First off, this article is NOT meant to let men off the hook. Or that it's only men who have grievances against their spouses. Or that only men are susceptible to affairs. Not true. I hope some Former Cheating Female writes something similar from the female POV. Truly. I just wouldn't be qualified to do so. That being said….this is a topic I've thought long about, based on what I've seen on blogs, read in books, and heard in a roundabout way from a variety of on-line therapists and psychologists. What is the common thread for why most men cheat? Continue reading
The Four Horseman of Marital Doom – Predictors of Divorce
I'm reprinting an article on a concept that is an incredibly accurate predictor of marriage/relationship doom.
The concept in short? Relationships that aren't given the right amount of positive energy are doomed to what the author, Dr. John Gottman, calls "The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse" in a relationship. Eg, how we handle that conflict helps decide whether or not the relationship remains healthy or moves towards its end. The "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" are criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling. Get them out of your relationship. Continue reading


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Here at Dalston Superstore we recently played host to a special daytime edition of Naked Boy Reading! Brunch was had and things were read by hot men in their underwear. It was amazing. And to show you just how amazing it was, we've managed to get our mitts on the salacious photos shot by VANEK LONDON!
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No. I have not kicked the bucket yet, but I feel like I'm close after the past two weeks. Some of you may have noticed that your newspaper was a little narrower last week. That's because our good friends over at The Press-Sentinel in Jesup were kind enough to print The Baxley News-Banner and Charlton County Herald for us last week. They use a 23" web to print their newspaper on compared to our 25" web. Our old printing press was officially removed after the May 31 issues and the installation
of a newer press started just a day later on Wednesday, June 1, hence the reason we printed in Jesup
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Email marketing can be an incredibly powerful tool for radio stations when executed correctly. Unfortunately, we see many radio stations making these mistakes with their email databases. Does yours?
1. Radio Stations Don't Set and Meet Expectations
When you ask your listeners to subscribe to your email list, be sure to tell them what you're going to send them and how often they should expect to receive it. Too many radio stations ask people to "Join our email list" without explaining what will happen when listeners do. Instead, use specific calls to action:
- "Get our weekly concert calendar"
- "Subscribe for daily morning show recaps"
- "Sign up to receive the weekly playlist"
Once you set those expectations, make sure you deliver on your promise. Some radio stations seem to forget that they're collecting email addresses. They don't send anything out for months, only send out a blast when they are selling tickets to a station event. This is like your annoying friend who only calls when he needs something.
Be consistent with your email marketing. When you go long periods of time without emailing your database and then send an email seemingly out of nowhere, it confuses and annoys listeners.
2. Radio Stations Overload Them With Ads
The primary purpose of email marketing is to serve the recipients of the email. When you prioritize clients above listeners by crowding out compelling content with ads in your email blasts, you aren't doing anybody any favors: It annoys your listeners and it doesn't help your clients. When you email listeners, make sure you're doing it because you have something to say that they want to hear. That goes for the advertisers in the email as well; make sure that the ads are relevant to the recipients so your emails don't feel spammy.
3. Radio Stations Spend Time Writing Emails Instead of Web Content
Every radio station staff has too much to do and not enough time to do it. It's important to allocate your staff's time well. If your staff has to make hard choices about how much time they can spend writing, make sure they are writing content that lives on the station's website, not email copy. Website content will attract more visitors to your site; it is indexed by search engines and it's easier to share on social media than emails, so it should be the higher priority.
Instead, automate your email campaigns by using RSS-to-Email and Drip campaigns. This webinar will show you how. Doing this can save your staff a lot of time.
4. Radio Stations Don't Send Emails to Targeted Segments
Only send people emails that are relevant to them. If a listeners lives in the South Bay don't send them an email about a weekend street team appearance in the North Bay. They're not going to come, and you're clogging up their inbox. Collect data in your email database that allows you to send people only relevant information. For example, you may want to collect data about:
- Residence Location
- Age
- Gender
- Interests
- Times They Listen
Use this data to tailor your email marketing campaigns.
Also, don't assume that every listener wants to receive every email that you send. Some may want concert announcements, while others may wants the local music show playlist, and others will want daily morning show recaps. Set up multiple email campaigns and allow listeners to opt into the ones that they want.
5. The Emails Are Too Long
Many radio stations produce email newsletters that contain a huge laundry list of content. The avalanche of information often buries the main call to action…if there even is one. Just as we tell our disc jockeys that there should be one idea per break, we should strive for emails that focus on a single concept. Each email should contain a single, obvious call to action: an obvious link that you want the recipient to click.
If you are automating your email marketing using RSS-to-Email campaigns, don't include the text of your entire post in your email campaigns. Instead, include only an excerpt. Require people to click a link back to your website if they want to read the entire post. This will give you better data — email clicks are a better gauge of engagement than email opens — and increase your website traffic.
6. Radio Stations Don't Review Their Metrics on a Regular Basis
Having an email service provider but never reviewing the data reports that it can provide is like having a radio station and never looking at the ratings to see if what you're doing is working. Don't allow the review of email metrics to relegated to hallway conversations. Carve out time on a regular basis to review your email metrics. (I recommend that you set up a weekly web meeting.)
7. Radio Stations Focus Too Much on Making the Email Look Pretty
These days, email service providers make it easier than ever to make your email look good. The problem? It may not look that way in the recipient's email client. Email programs are notorious for displaying the same HTML email differently. What looks good on Outlook may not look good in Gmail, Yahoo!, or Apple's Mail. Instead of spending time putting every colorful pixel in its proper place, create an email template that's simple and elegant, and hard for an email client to screw up.
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When I look at a piece of nicely refinished furniture, I am always amazed when I learn that it was brushed on instead of sprayed. Of course, investing in a spray gun, compressor, and all those fun toys is a step beyond what most DIY'ers want to spend. I, myself, have done some refinishing in my life, and believe you me, it's more work than I think the pieces were worth. Not to mention, I could never completely get rid of those darn brush strokes. So imagine my delight when I read on Centsational Girl today about paint conditioners.
Here's the blurb:
"...paint conditioners are key for me for refinishing cabinets and furniture. Penetrol is for oil based (alkyd) primers and paints. I used it to refinish my kitchen island and the finish is so smooth, you simply cannot tell it was painted with a brush. Trust CG on this one. Floetrol is for latex paints and I used it on the gray blue dresser in my foyer.image source
These two favorites are not paint thinners, they are conditioning additives available at larger home improvement stores in the paint department. They practically eliminate brush strokes and drag in your paint, plus they lengthen your drying time just long enough to get a smooth finish. I love these conditioners, and won't paint furniture with a brush without them anymore." (source)Have any of you worked with this additive? Does it do as promised? I might be more inclined to slap a fresh coat of color on more items if I had a secret weapon in my back pocket that really worked!


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Made of 100% polyester mesh, this bucket hat has a contrast trim edge. A stiffened brim helps the hat to maintain its form and remain durable, and there are embroidered team and sponsor logos adorning the top of the hat.
It might look like it's the most casual of headwear, but Canterbury's bucket hat has been manufactured with all the precision and robustness that the brand is known for, meaning that you'll be wearing this one at many matches in the future. Embroidered team and sponsor logos help you to stand out as a fan of your respective team, while the stiffened brim helps the hat to maintain its form over time. Bright and colourful, there's a stylish contrast trim edge, and really, wearing one of these hats to a sporting event is a vital part of Aussie sporting culture.
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Jens Weidmann, a policymaker at the European Central Bank and head of Germany's Bundesbank, said that Spain should look upon its rising bond yields as a signal that it needs to fix its own problems and not look to the European Central Bank (ECB) for help via bond purchases.
Reuters reported Wednesday that Weidmann has been spearheading a drive by some ECB officials to halt the central bank's crisis policies. He said that no ECB policymakers were in favor of using the bank's bond-buying plan to attack specific interest rates on sovereign bonds, and added that Benoit Coeure, a member of the ECB's board, was only stating a fact when he said last week that the program was still in existence.
Weidmann said he couldn't see any reason to consider a third round of its long-term refinancing operation (LTRO). Previous rounds were quickly gobbled up by banks taking advantage of the three-year term and record low interest rates.
"We shouldn't always proclaim the end of the world if a country's long-term interest rates temporarily go above 6%," Weidmann said, referring to Spain, and added, "That is also a spur for policymakers in the countries concerned to do their homework and to win back [market] confidence through the pursuit of the reform path."
Spanish bond yields have been climbing amid mounting concern that Madrid will have to seek a bailout a la Greece; Spanish officials have said that the ECB should buy Spanish bonds to defuse the crisis. Weidmann said, "It is not our job to provide financial aid in order to extend necessary adjustments over time. That is exactly what the bailout fund is for."
Weidmann also rebuffed a demand by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France earlier in the week that the ECB play a bigger role in stimulating growth, saying that the best contribution the central bank could provide along those lines was the delivery of stable prices, which fits with the bank's existing mandate.
"It fills me with concern that a softening of the mandate is being discussed," Weidmann said. "A fundamental discussion about changing the mandate can definitely have effects on inflation expectations."


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This comfortable 2-bedrooms apartment is situated in the suburbs of Dubrovnik, but still within easy reach to the Dubrovnik town center. It is close to the Ombla river, along which you can enjoy a nice evening walk, a scenic bike ride or a morning jog. This apartment is perfect for a relaxing getaway, away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
The apartment is located on the second floor of a residential building and has private parking for 2 cars. The apartment consists of 2 double bedrooms (one bed can be set up as two singles on request), a bathroom with shower, an additional toilet and a living room with a pull-out sofa bed that can accommodate 2 additional guests. The apartment has an open concept which connects the living room, dining area and kitchen for a spacious feel. There is a well-equipped kitchen with oven, fridge, kettle, toaster, coffee machine and dish washer. The living room opens up to a small balcony.
Amenities include air-conditioning, SAT TV, free WI-FI, hairdryer, iron, ironing board, safety box and private parking for 2 cars.
The apartment is situated in Stara Mokosica, approximately 12 km from the Dubrovnik Old Town. The city center can be easily reached by a local bus that runs frequently, every 15 to 20 minutes. The bus stop and a grocery store are only 50 meters away from the apartment. The nearest beach is in the nearby village Stikovica, some 6 km away from the apartment and is easily accessible by car.
Apartment Eloi sleeps 4 (+2*).
*Possibility to accommodate 2 additional guests on the sofa-bed in the living room.
Extra person costs 10 Euro per person, per night.


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English for your career in the business world
The Business English program equips students with English language skills specific to the corporate environment. English is an essential skill both for companies seeking to trade overseas and for employees wishing to develop careers in global industries. The course develops students` confidence and ability to communicate effectively in English in a business context, by providing them with the necessary linguistic and cultural knowledge. It builds awareness and experience in relation to realistic challenges or situations encountered in the world of business, and develops essential skills for presentations, meetings, negotiating, networking, formal letter, e-mail and report writing, telephone conversations and cross-cultural interactions. This course incorporates stimulating ideas from the business world with a strong task-based and hands-on approach, where role plays, case studies and projects are regular features.
The Business English program is offered at an Upper Intermediate level. Students undertake mini assessments in relation to the course material on a weekly basis.
Minimum entry level requirement for Business English is IELTS Band 5.0 or PTE Academic Score 36.
1 to 10 weeks
Business English is recognised by German Bildungsurlaub
Every Monday
The monthly activities calendar offers an exciting array of activities 7 days a week including: Salsa dancing, winery tours, weekend camping trips and sporting or cultural events.
Progress assessment is ongoing and includes weekly progress tests, regular review tests and a range of assignments, presentations and homework exercises.
Five hours a week of free extra classes are available to all students. Extra classes include: Pronunciation, TOEIC, Academic English, Vocabulary and Conversation.
Watch documentaries, listen to interviews and follow the latest business and financial news to gain exposure to the language you'll need in your future.
A teacher is in the library in supervised self-access periods to assist students with homework, resumes and questions from class.
Teachers provide students with weekly feedback on their progress in one-to-one meetings and advise on how to improve in areas of weakness and build on current strengths.
*Timetable effective from 06/01/2020
After graduating from university, I worked as a Sales & Marketing officer at a trading company in Japan for about 4 years. I travelled overseas on business trips 3-4 times a year. I like talking with people and using my English through my work in Japan. I decided to take the Business English course at Discover English as it will help me a lot in communication with business partners. English used in business is based on what I can learn from a General English course, but unlike everyday conversation, it requires special and more formal phrases and format as well. We make presentations about business regularly in class. As part of that, we explained how we approach when we start a business in our own country. It was interesting that the methods are sometimes similar to Japan and sometimes completely different from Japan. I could see business opportunities by learning those differences throughout the presentation. Instead of learning grammar from the textbook like General English course, the Business English course has more discussions and debates which I believe is practical for real business. It also helped me a lot to understand new words and grammar easily. What is more, I enjoyed learning cultural differences, global way of thinking and different business method/approach.