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The last time I was in the US we stopped by a Sony store to have a look at the gadgets that were on sale there. While browsing the various gadgets on sale it occurred to me that while some of the gadgets looked tempting, I didn't particularly want to buy any of them. The reason is mainly that Sony has such a lousy track record when it comes to how they treat their consumers.
First there was the silliness of their music players. It took a long time before Sony actually understood that the market didn't want to buy DRM-infested players that wouldn't play regular mp3s. While I seem to remember Sony apologizing for their insistence on making DRM-limited players that nobody really wanted, I haven't done the proper research on what limitations these devices still have, so when faced with one, I can't say I am tempted to buy one. Simply because I don't know if it'll work for me.
Then, of course, there was the debacle of Sony infecting their users with rootkits and then not owning up to it until public outcry forced them to admit they had messed up. Again.
These things lead to consumer distrust, which brings us back to their eBook reader. I like the device. The form factor is nice, the screen is very crisp and clear and I don't really mind that it is only suitable for reading text or b/w illustrations. This thing represents what I've been looking for in terms of physical characteristics.
The problem is that it was made by Sony. I have no reason to trust sony.
Standing there in the shop, looking at the gadget, there was no way I was going to buy the gadget simply because I had no way of knowing if it would be of any use to me. Would I be able to read arbitrary books I'd purchased on it? How about the PDF books I have from various publishers? How about my own documents in text or PDF? Would it be simple to move content to it, or would I have to fiddle about, jump through hoops and perhaps have to pay for moving MY content onto it?
I decided I would have to research it before even considering buying one. Perhaps borrow one and try it out for a week or so.
So Sony, the problem isn't the technology of your gadgets. The problem is that I, the consumer, have no reason to trust you. My impression of you is that you're a company that just doesn't get it. You need to get to know your users more intimately. You need to develop a better understanding of what it takes to earn the trust of your users, because the old fossils hanging around your boardroom or the marketroids that are far removed from the user, simply have no idea what it takes.
My colleague pointed out to me that there is a reader on the market that runs Linux and is far more open. It costs a great deal more, but even at a significantly higher price, this device sounded more like something worth spending money on. Just because the chance of it being usable, and not limited arbitrarily by user-hostile mechanisms put in place by clueless designers. That should give you pause: the fact that I'd be willing to pay almost double the price for essentially the same gadget for the added bonus of it not being crippled by "features" that remove flexibility and usability.
Update: turns out all eBook readers I've read about so far run Linux, which should mean that it might be doable to replace the software on them for something more flexible. I'll try to keep an eye on eBook readers in the future to see what pops up from the enthusiasts.


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Defensemen Nicklas Lidstrom and Kyle Quincey both won't play tonight against the Columbus Blue Jacket.
The Wings recalled Doug Janik from Grand Rapids to replace Lidstrom in the lineup. On Monday, Brendan Smith was recalled also.
Lidstrom took a puck off his ankle on Saturday and it swelled up. X-rays showed no break.
"The puck came hard around and kind of skipped and hit me right in the ankle," Lidstrom said Monday. "I hope the swelling goes down so I can put my skate on, that's been the problem getting the skate on and tying my skate, so we have to wait and see how it is in the morning."
The injury occurred in the second period and didn't allow him to untie his skates in the locker room before the third.
This is only the second game Lidstrom has missed this season. He missed the Wings' last game before the All-Star break on Jan. 25 with the flu and watched as they got destroyed by Montreal 7-2.
Quincey tweaked his groin in the first period Saturday against his former team.
"I actually played with a broken skate blade on my left skate, I was almost skating on one leg, which didn't help the groin any," Quincey said Monday. "Then it gradually got worse. I felt pretty good in the third."
At the morning skate in Columbus, Wings coach Mike Babcock had Niklas Kronwall paired with Smith, Ian White with Janik and Jakub Kindl going with Brad Stuart.
Joey MacDonald, who is 6-1-1 this season, will also start against the Blue Jackets.
MacDonald, who has backed up Jimmy Howard the last three games, takes a six-game winning streak of his own into the contest. He has a 1.66 goals-against average and .934 save percentage.
MacDonald is 4-1-1 lifetime against Columbus and has recorded his only shutout as a member of the Wings against the Blue Jackets last season.
Janik, 31, has appeared in each of Grand Rapids' 53 games this season, ranking second among the team's defensemen with 25 points (7-18—25) and leading the Griffins with a plus-16 rating that places fourth among all AHL blueliners.


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John's eating habits broke me out of my picky shell and freed more than just my palate.
We've all heard the expression "The quickest way to a man's heart is through his stomach." But for John and me, food was the quickest way to our first argument. He said I didn't eat enough of it, and he didn't mean portion size.
"How can you live in New York City and not try new foods?" John asked on our fourth date, when we'd gone out for pizza. I told him the city was more than a collection of restaurants to me. "I eat to live," I said frostily. This had always been a good way to shut people up when they said I was too picky. John sighed, "You're really missing out."
Having different palates—mine mostly limited to foods children like, John's overrun with ever-evolving flavors and cuisines—wasn't a dealbreaker. But I know other couples might not agree. People with strict diets often find it hard to date outside of their food preferences. Even with the growing number of vegan and vegetarian options available in restaurants, eating out just isn't as fun when your date doesn't want a bite of your entree or can't share dessert. Our eating habits also come with intellectual and ethical implications. I once went out with a vegan who called my meat and dairy consumption "irresponsible" and "nauseating." I knew that if we continued dating, I'd sneak cheese in to his food out of spite.
Jeff Nimoy, an Emmy Award-winning writer and TV producer, created the dating site SamePlate.com after committing to the strict paleo diet. By eating only food that wouldn've been available to primitive hunters and gatherers, he lost 40 pounds—and a lot of dating prospects.
"I'd tell women about this diet that changed my life, and I'd see their eyes glaze over," Jeff says. "One woman said, 'You know, you sound like a crazy person right now.' I created SamePate.com, because I'm not going to spend the rest of my life cooking two versions of every meal. I want to find a partner who can eat this way with me six days a week."
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Theorum says that you would start with a small operation launched from Earth. The mining equipment of the operation would be remote controlled from the safety of either a space craft or a land base on a separate asteroid or the Moon. Starting slow, the resource would be returned to Earth to sell and reinvest back into the mining operation. This would grow the operation to whatever size needed to satisfy the owner, setting up operation in a hollowed out asteroid or on the Moon, where climate controlled production facilities would process the resources that can be used to build more craft. Just like any other business you wouldn't start off with a huge and grand operation. This would all happen over years of time.How do you make things in space?
All of the technology exists to make this happen.
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Hit the grape lethally.
A lot of that money would go into the launch.
Hit the grape lethally.
There were several articles that I read about this a year or two ago published by the leading science journals. What makes space mining so attractive is the possibility of resources thousands of times as abundant as that of mines on earth. This would make companies tens of trillions.
But with a possibility of a hostile warlike human prescence that could make space mining impossible for private corporations, the hostile environment could force corporations to become their own sovereign nations in order to create their own impenetrable defenses.
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Make sure you visit the links provided in the article - I found the psychology of vampire and other creepy costume choices interesting. Thanks Anthony!
Truth be told, there's very little connection between vampires and Halloween. At least, from a folkloric perspective.
The closest thing they have to their own "special" time of the year, is described in Agnes Murgoci's "The Vampire in Romania" article for Folk-Lore (Dec. 1926), along with some attributes and characteristics:
It is more especially on St. George's Eve that these vampires go to the boundaries to take rain and the "power" of animals, so as to have enough for the whole year. If they do not take "power" for themselves, they take it for those who pay them. They bring "power" and beauty to women who pay; also they cause men to hate the rivals of those who hire them. They can take "power" from women, and thus take milk away from nursing mothers. They can turn themselves into horses, dogs, or cats, so as to frighten people. The female vampires are dry in the body and are red in the face both before and after death. They go out on St. Andrew's Eve to the boundaries even if they have just borne children. They go out by the chimney, and come back worn out and in rags. The male vampires are bald, and after death grow a tail and hooves. (332)
Rosemary Ellen Guiley mentions two separate, modern-day events baring the name "Vampire Day" in The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Monsters (New York: Checkmark, 2005), p. 293.
The first occurred on November 4, 1988 in Los Banos, California, to publicise the publication of Vincent Hillyer's Vampires (Los Banos: Loose Change, 1988).
The second was held in Saõ Paulo, Brazil, on August 13, 2002, to promote a city-wide blood drive.
However, in keeping with the horror theme of Halloween, vampires still get sizable representation.
For instance, the National Retail Federation in Washington, D.C. predicts that the second most popular costume on Halloween, among adults, will be the vampire.
Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen gives some coverage on why people even choose such costumes at all.
There's also a whole range of vampire-themed merchandise for the occasion, like capes, severed heads and baby pacifiers.
You can get some helpful suggestions on throwing your own "Vampires Ball" from Halloween Costume Party.
Or, you could go to Transylvania itself, and take part in a "Dracula Tour". One of the things you'll see is "an actual "vampire" wedding ceremony as conducted by a local monk and his chanting nuns."
As a side note, I'll also mention that I dressed up as a vampire hunter for Halloween back in 2006 and walked about the streets of Melbourne. (Sorry, don't have any pictures!)
So, even though historic - and folkloric - vampires have no real connection to Halloween, thanks to their pervasiveness in Western pop culture, they certainly come alive on the Spookiest Night of the Year.


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Plan calls for pumping water from the Missouri River and bringing it to Southwest Kansas
Thirst for water in drought-plagued western Kansashas resurrected a 31-year-old federal study that proposes pumping Missouri River water some 400 miles to the southwest partof the state.
Mark Rude, executive director of Southwest Kansas GroundwaterManagement District No. 3 in Garden City, is pushing a project that could easesome water woes for the state.�
The time might be ripe, he said, to revisit part of the 1982 HighPlains Ogallala Aquifer Regional Resources Study by the federal Department ofCommerce. The study was done to satisfy a 1976 congressional mandate to examinedeclining water supplies in the High Plains.�
An economy that's important to the entire state has flourishedsince irrigation developed in western Kansasduring the middle 20th century. But the crucial natural resource that drivescommerce in that region - groundwater pumped from the massive aquifer - isdrying up.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers portion of the study mapped waysto take excess flows from the Missouri River near White Cloud in extremenortheast Kansas and pump the water 1,800 feet upstream, in an aqueduct throughcentral Kansas into the southwestern region.�
Lawmakers, it seems, are interested in updating the informationfrom 1982. At a meeting in November, Kansaswater officials said they were moving forward with new plans to determine thefeasibility of building a 360-mile aqueduct.
Tracy Streeter, director of the Kansas Water Office, toldlegislators at the meeting that the study would begin next year and take about18 months to complete, according to an Associated Press story.
Officials envision diverting as much as 4 million acre feet ofwater and sending it west to help support irrigated farming of corn and othercrops.
Along the way, some of the water could benefit cities such as Salina and Wichita.�
"We've got a tremendous amount of water in the east and only asmall fraction of it is usable to Kansasat this point," Rude said.�
12 vital Kansas counties�
The project, which could cost $12 billion or more to build and beexpensive to maintain, might sound far-fetched, he admits, but a look at thelong-term ramifications of the drying aquifer might change some minds.�
Kansas'12 southwestern counties account for roughly two-thirds of the agricultureoutput value in the state, he said, making the region vital to all 105counties.�
"People are slowly becoming serious about it," Rude said. Thisyear alone, he has pitched the project to the Kansas Water Authority and twoKansas Senate committees.�
"The Legislature is slowly engaging it," Rude said.�
His strategy is to influence a forward-looking mindset and decidewhether the revenue-producing system that's been built in irrigation-ladenwestern Kansascan continue to help sustain the entire state's economy.�
"It's a conversation that Kansasmust have," Rude said.�
The class of 2026�
Rude asks folks to consider what youngsters in kindergarten willface when they graduate high school in 2026.�
"That's a huge question for them and their parents. We've goteverything we need to be successful into 2026, except sustainable water," Rudesaid.�
The Kansas Water Office has endorsed updating the old study andis splitting the $300,000 cost with the Corps. Rude said Groundwater ManagementDistrict No. 3 is paying half of the water office's portion.�
"We're hoping other local folks will chip in," he said.�
Such a project has merit when one part of Kansas needs water and another part has toomuch, said Streeter.�
"When you go back to 2011, when the entire state was in a prettysignificant drought, we saw record-breaking flood flows in the Missouri (River),causing economic devastation downstream," he said. "That's what's resonatingwith me."�
Streeter said during the November meeting in Topekathat the goal would to do little or no harm to states downstream that rely onthe Missouri River for navigation, including those along the Mississippi.
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Pumping it uphill�
The 1982 study took water from White Cloud, at 883 feet above sealevel, to a proposed reservoir near the Lane/Ness county line near Utica, which is 2,625 feetabove sea level.
Rude told The Hutchinson News Monday that he has had a few callsfrom Ness County residents after taking the study offthe shelf.
But a new study would look at all options, he said, noting waterwoes are now statewide.
"The sky is the limit, it could take it someplace else," he said."Anything is a possibility."
The Kansas project would take 4 million acre feet out of theMissouri River a year; 29.5 million acre feet passes White Cloud each year,Rude said. An acre foot is 325,851 gallons, or the amount of water needed tocover an acre of land a foot deep.�
Water would be available only when the flow is above the base of40,000 cubic feet a second during the navigation season in the spring andsummer, he said, or flows above 15,000 cfs during the non-navigation season.One cubic foot is 7.48 gallons.�
Exactly how water would come from the river hasn't been proposed.Rude said Kansasprefers drilling bank storage wells that would pump water from lateral linesunder the river and dump it into either a reservoir or straight into aconcrete-lined aqueduct, or ditch. Using a series of 16 lift-pump stations,Rude said, the water could be pushed uphill.�
Pipe is moreexpensive�
Assuming the proposed southern route from the 1982 Corps studywould be used, the project would create "nearly 80 miles of lazy river acrossthe northern Flint Hills between two of those lift stations," he said.�
Given that evaporation would result in losses of 1.5 to 3percent, Rude said that percentage of loss is relatively low.�
"A pipeline would save water and land, but the added cost wouldbe tremendous," he said.�
The Corps estimated in 1982 that an aqueduct would cost up to $5billion to build and $475 million a year to maintain, Streeter said. Adjustedfor inflation, those amounts would be $12.1 billion and $1.15 billion,respectively, according to a federal Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator.�
It's a long shot�
The water office's Streeter is for exploring opportunities.�
"I think it's a long shot, but until we update the numbers, it'sa little difficult to have an intelligent conversation about it," he said. "Istill think there will be interstate challenges and opposition to taking waterout (of the river) for any purposes."�
Based on the "first in time, first in right" doctrine under Kansas law, Rude said, "Kansas cannot afford not to file anappropriation right away with the Kansas Department of Agriculture as an earlystep in the project conversation."�
Irrigating crops is just one solution for the project, Rude said,and in fact, other customers would be essential to justify an aqueduct.�
"Agriculture cannot bear this cost on its own," Rude said. "Thelive-or-die of this project is how many different aspects of the Kansas economy wouldthis aqueduct serve, from wildlife to tap water."�
Cities could be huge customers.�
"We do think it has a potential benefit for Wichita,"said Joe Pajor, deputy director of the city of Wichita's public works and utilitiesdepartment.�
"At this point, it's long-range. It would be a huge project witha number of obstacles to overcome," he said. "But the Romans could say the samething."�
Wichitaneeds more detail, Pajor said, such as what the water might cost.�
"It's a big long-term project that's just getting started," hesaid.�
Knocking on doors�
It's clear that people in southwest Kansasknow where water is available, said Jason Gage, Salina city manager.�
"They're trying to bring that water to where it's needed most inthe state," he said. "Typically, aqueducts and piping projects that cover asignificant distance are very expensive. In order to pay for the project, they'dhave to knock on the door of every potential user along the way."
Salinahas been involved in long-term water planning for five to seven years, Gagesaid.�
"Any source we have to look at is a good option," he said.�
But is Salinainterested?�
"Until there is a cost associated with the water, it's difficultfor us to tell," Gage said.�
Father of theproject�
At this point, Rude "is the unofficial spokesman for anonexistent project, but if it happens someday, they'll call him the father ofit," Pajor said. "He's the voice trying to drum up interest in further study. Ican't imagine anyone being against further study."�
Rude insists this is a project that "must be considered" by allof Kansas.�
Cost and other factors do offer barriers, he said, and some maycriticize western Kansas for how water hasbeen managed in the past, "But you can't ignore the economy that it creates forKansas farms,families and communities."�
What matters now is the situation today, he said.�Rudeestimates that every acre ofirrigated land taken out of production cost the state economy $3,911.
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While shopping at Walgreens today, I felt an intense sense of happiness over all of the Easter candy. Actually, any holiday-themed candy gets me giddy. I love Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, but I always love the tree, heart, and egg shape more. I guess it is my inner child.
Right when I laid eyes on the Prada Raso Pietre Clutch in Turchese my mind immediately thought candy (the jelly bean or Cadbury Mini Eggs variety). Do you see that too?
Clearly my mind is on candy, I have a major sweet tooth. But if I focus on this bag and try not to think about candy, I can see a very interesting stone and crystal embellishment all over the outside of this turquoise satin bag.
The embellishments are interesting to say the least. I do like a clutch that will garner much attention and this Prada bag does so without being overly obnoxious. Dimensions are not that spacious, only 3″H x 7″W x 1″D. Buy via Neiman Marcus for $2,100.
What do you think of this clutch?


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Outlets, Jewelry, Antiques And Boutiques
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Remember to Allow Time for Refreshment and Purge the Toxins
As you enter this new year in fast forward, anxious to take steps in the right direction to achieve goals, remember to allow time for refreshment and purge the toxins from your life!
Sometimes we get so caught up in doing everything that needs to be done, we don't ask for help when we truly could use some! We need to learn to take time to refresh ourselves and meet our own needs so we don't burn out and become physically or emotionally fatigued.
Other times, we might need to remove toxins — not just obvious physical toxins from our bodies and our environment–but those toxic influences that are not good for our overall health and well-being.
Onto the inspiration especially suitable as we forge ahead into this new year of 2017!
"Many people burn out because they don't take time to refresh themselves. We feel such a need to give and do for others that we ignore our own needs or, worse, we feel guilty for even thinking about ourselves.
We need to be ministered to spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically. Each one of these areas is important to God; He made them, and He is interested in the well-being of all of them, including our physical and emotional needs.
You are worth being cared for and don't ever forget it. You have value, and you should make an investment in yourself.
Pray: 'Lord, I believe that every aspect of my life is important to You, including how I care for myself. Help me to not think of myself too highly OR too lowly. Help me to be balanced. Amen.'"
–Joyce Meyer in "The Confident Woman Devotional"
My reflection:
This one speaks to me, because I know I tend to be the caregiver to others, and ignore my own needs. I think that's why I often end up sick and/or exhausted. It's all about balance!
Ironically, this ties into criticism and correction you might encounter from those who question how you dare to think about doing something just for yourself–but you don't need that negativity in your life when you're merely trying to take care of yourself. Sometimes it's healthier to walk away and remove those negative people, and their toxic input, from your life.
Others might try to offer correction (like my husband does to me!) about not trying to do everything for everyone, and instead getting enough rest and letting some things go.
So what are YOUR thoughts?
What do you think about meeting your OWN needs?
Do you think that's selfish or is it necessary, as long as it's done in a balanced way?


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Halloween GirlsThursday, July 14, 2011
Easy Crochet Pattern for a Little Witch, Devil and Pumpkin Girl
I was asked to create a small and cute Jazzy the Witch. Here it is together with a little devil and pumpkin girl. The pattern can be bought on Etsy.
6 comments
- Anonymous said...
These are adorable
- July 14, 2011 at 1:58 PM
- Mel said...
Que Chiquitines por favor estan hermosos!!!♥Mel
- July 14, 2011 at 8:38 PM
- Ames and Tash said...
These are so very CUTE!
- July 14, 2011 at 11:58 PM
- Ana Sastre said...
Me encantan. estas muñe quitas
Felicidades son muy hermosas
- July 15, 2011 at 1:39 AM
- Skata19 said...
I was curious about their tops. I bought the pattern, and I've made the witch and the pumpkin girl, but the witch hat and pumpkin top were much to big and I've had to alter....is their an updated pattern? :) I love them though they're adorable!
- September 18, 2011 at 6:11 AM
- Sayjai said...
The pattern is correct. The witch hat is 3 sts bigger than the head and I stuff head tightly. The pumpkin cap has 6chs more than the head but in the last rnd is go down to 36 sts same as head. If the cap is to big, you can make the last 2-3 rnds down to 36 sts.
- September 20, 2011 at 12:38 PM
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1.1 What legislation governs the establishment and operation of Alternative Investment Funds?
The Mutual Funds Law (2013 Revision) (the "MF Law") provides for the regulation of open-ended investment funds and mutual fund administrators. Responsibility for regulation under the MF Law rests with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority ("CIMA").
In addition, the Retail Mutual Funds (Japan) Regulations (2007 Revision) as amended by the Retail Mutual Funds (Japan) (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 (together, the "Japan Regulations"), provide a regulatory regime for retail mutual funds that are marketed to the public in Japan.
Although not Cayman Islands law, the broad scope and extraterritorial effect of the EU Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers ("AIFMD") will capture most types of Cayman Alternative Investment Funds, regardless of whether they are open-ended or closed-ended and regardless of their legal structure and investment strategy, with very few exceptions, to the extent that they are being marketed or managed in Europe (as such terms are defined for the purposes of the AIFMD).
1.2 Are managers or advisers to Alternative Investment Funds required to be licensed, authorised or regulated by a regulatory body?
A manager or adviser which is established in or, in the case of a foreign company registered in, the Cayman Islands and which conducts "securities investment business", whether or not that securities investment business is carried on in the Cayman Islands, will fall within the scope of the Securities Investment Business Law (2011 Revision) ("SIBL").
"Securities investment business" is defined as being engaged in the course of business in any one or more of the activities set out in Schedule 2 to SIBL. Those activities include managing securities belonging to another person on a discretionary basis and advising in relation to securities, but only if the advice is given to someone in their capacity as investor or potential investor or in their capacity as agent for an investor or a potential investor and the advice is on the merits of that person (whether acting as principal or agent) buying, selling, subscribing for or underwriting a particular security or exercising any right conferred by a security to buy, sell, subscribe for or underwrite a security. "Securities" are defined to include most forms of shares and stock, debt instruments, options, futures, contracts for differences, and derivatives.
Schedule 3 to SIBL specifically excludes certain activities from the definition of securities investment business, although those exclusions are unlikely to apply to a person conducting discretionary investment management or investment advisory activities.
Any person within the scope of SIBL conducting securities investment business must be licensed by CIMA, unless that person is exempt from holding a licence. A licence may be restricted (meaning that securities investment business may only be transacted with particular clients) or unrestricted. A licence may also be issued subject to conditions or may be unconditional.
A person carrying on securities investment business may be exempt from the requirement to obtain a licence but will still be subject to certain provisions of SIBL. In the case of the exemptions referred to below, which are the exemptions likely to apply to fund managers or advisers, an "Excluded Person" is required to register with CIMA by filing a declaration and paying a fee of CI$5,000 (approximately US$6,097.56), prior to carrying on securities investment business and annually thereafter, confirming that they are entitled to rely on the relevant exemption.
An "Excluded Person" includes:
- a company carrying on securities investment business exclusively for one or more companies within the same group;
- a person, whose registered office in the Cayman Islands is
provided by a licensee under SIBL, carrying on securities
investment business exclusively for one or more of the following
classes of person:
- a sophisticated person (a person regulated by CIMA or a recognised overseas regulatory authority or whose securities are listed on a recognised securities exchange or who by virtue of knowledge and experience in financial and business matters is reasonably to be regarded as capable of evaluating the merits of a proposed transaction and participates in a transaction with a value or in amounts of at least US$100,000 in each single transaction);
- a high net worth person (an individual whose net worth is at least US$1,000,000 or any person that has any assets of not less than US$5,000,000); or
- a company, partnership or trust of which the shareholders, limited partners or unit holders are all sophisticated persons or high net worth persons; or
- a person who is regulated by a recognised overseas regulatory authority in the country or territory (other than the Cayman Islands) in which the securities investment business is being conducted.
1.3 Are Alternative Investment Funds themselves required to be licensed, authorised or regulated by a regulatory body?
Subject to the section 4(4) fund exception described below, an investment fund qualifies as a "mutual fund" and is required to be regulated under the MF Law if:
- it is a Cayman Islands company, partnership or unit trust;
- it issues "equity interests" to investors (i.e. shares, partnership interests or trust units that carry an entitlement to participate in profits or gains and which may be redeemed or repurchased at the option of those investors prior to winding up); and
- its purpose or effect is the pooling of investor funds with the aim of spreading investment risks and enabling investors to receive profits or gains from investments.
There are three categories of mutual funds:
- a licensed fund under section 4(1)(a) of the MF Law;
- an administered fund under section 4(1)(b) of the MF Law; and
- a registered fund under section 4(3) of the MF Law.
1. A mutual fund licence will be granted if CIMA considers that the promoter is of sound reputation, there exist persons of sufficient expertise to administer the fund, who are of sound reputation, and that the business of the fund and any offer of equity interests will be carried out in a proper way. Detailed information is required concerning the directors, trustee or GP of the mutual fund (as the case may be) and the service providers. However, few investment funds are fully licensed under the MF Law, as this is generally only necessary for retail funds. From the statistics published on CIMA's website, at the end of 2013 there were only 111 licensed funds.
2. Registration as an administered fund requires the designation of a Cayman Islands licensed mutual fund administrator as the fund's principal office. The administrator must satisfy itself that the fund's promoters are of sound reputation, that the fund's administration will be undertaken by persons with sufficient expertise who are also of sound reputation and that the fund's business and its offering of equity interests will be carried out in a proper way. The administrator is obliged to report to CIMA if it has reason to believe that a mutual fund for which it provides the principal office (or any promoter, director, trustee or GP thereof) is acting in breach of the MF Law or may be insolvent or is otherwise acting in a manner prejudicial to its creditors or investors. This imposes a quasi-regulatory role and an obligation to monitor compliance on the administrators themselves, and the higher fees charged by administrators in relation to this category of investment fund may not be considered to outweigh the increased obligations, as administered funds have declined in popularity over recent years, from 510 in 2008 to 398 in 2013.
3. Mutual funds registered under section 4(3) of the MF Law are divided into three sub-categories:
- where the minimum investment per investor is US$100,000;
- where the equity interests are listed on a recognised stock exchange; or
- where the mutual fund is a "master fund" (as defined
in the MF Law) and either:
- the minimum investment per investor is US$100,000; or
- the equity interests are listed on a recognised stock exchange.
A master fund is a Cayman Islands entity that has at least one feeder fund (either directly or through an intermediate entity established to invest in the master fund) that is itself regulated by CIMA under the MF Law that holds investments and conducts trading activities for the principal purpose of implementing the overall investment strategy of the regulated feeder. Based on CIMA's statistics, at the end of 2013, 2,635 of the 10,870 regulated section 4(3) funds were registered as master funds.
There is also an exception to the need to register with CIMA for funds (other than master funds), known as "section 4(4) funds", that are open-ended "mutual funds" for the purposes of the MF Law but which have 15 or fewer investors, a majority in number of whom have the power to appoint and remove the fund's directors, GP or trustee, as applicable.
1.4 Does the regulatory regime distinguish between open-ended and closed-ended Alternative Investment Funds (or otherwise differentiate between different types of funds) and if so how?
Yes; closed-ended funds are not subject to regulation under the MF Law. The key distinction between open-ended and closed-ended funds is the ability of investors to voluntarily redeem or repurchase some or all of their investment prior to winding up. Cayman Islands practitioners and CIMA generally consider that a lock-up period must be at least five years for an investment fund to be regarded as closed-ended at the outset.
1.5 What does the authorisation process involve?
CIMA has established an online e-business portal, CIMAConnect, which enables the online submission of mutual fund applications and documentation. An application for a section 4(3) fund involves the submission of:
- the fund's offering document, other than in the case of a master fund, which will often not have an offering document separate from that of its feeder fund(s);
- the relevant statutory application form;
- consent letters from the fund's auditor and administrator;
- the relevant fee (currently US$4,628, initially and annually);
- an affidavit relating to the authorisation of submission of the online application; and
- certain information regarding the fund's operator (the directors, GP or trustee, as the case may be).
CIMA's practice with section 4(3) funds is to make the effective date of the application the date on which all application requirements have been submitted and applications must be completed prior to a fund launching in order to be compliant with the MF Law.
The authorisation process is more involved for licensed and administered fund applications.
1.6 Are there local residence or other local qualification requirements?
The sole local requirement for Cayman Islands regulated funds is to appoint a local auditor approved by CIMA.
1.7 What service providers are required?
Every regulated mutual fund must have an approved local auditor and will generally have an investment manager/adviser and an administrator (which, for an administered mutual fund, must be a licensed mutual fund administrator).
Although not required, it is becoming market practice for corporate regulated investment funds to appoint independent directors. Such independent directors are not required to be based in the Cayman Islands but often are, due to the depth of the Cayman fiduciary services industry. Based on statistical analysis conducted by Maples and Calder, 75 per cent of funds launched in 2013 by managers based in North America had at least one independent director. The trend is the same for Asia-based managers where 75 per cent also had at least one independent director; the trend is higher for funds with Europe-based managers, with approximately 85 per cent of the funds launched in 2013 having at least one independent director.
The statistics compiled by Maples and Calder reflect a snapshot of the regulated funds established during the relevant period for which Maples and Calder acted as Cayman Islands legal counsel. Although this represents a significant sample size (approximately 35 per cent of new registered funds in 2013), it is inevitable that these statistics would vary if they were based on all funds established during the relevant period.
1.8 What co-operation or information sharing agreements have been entered into with other governments or regulators?
The Cayman Islands has Tax Information Exchange Agreements and similar bilateral arrangements with 32 countries as at 21 March 2014 and is on the OECD "white list" with respect to the exchange of tax information. In addition, CIMA has entered into bilateral regulatory cooperation agreements pursuant to the AIFMD with the competent authorities of 27 of the EU and EEA Member States.
2.1 What are the principal legal structures used for Alternative Investment Funds?
Three types of vehicle are most commonly utilised by Cayman Islands investment funds: exempted companies, exempted limited partnerships ("ELPs") and exempted unit trusts. The term "exempted" in this context means that the vehicle is eligible to apply to the Cayman Islands government for an undertaking (lasting 20 or 50 years depending on the type of vehicle) that if any taxation is introduced in the Cayman Islands during the period to which the undertaking applies, such taxation will not apply to the vehicle in question. In return, exempted vehicles are not generally permitted to carry on business within the Cayman Islands.
Exempted companies are by far the most common vehicle for open-ended funds (including master funds). Based on statistics published by CIMA, 80 per cent of reporting funds were exempted companies (including segregated portfolio companies) in 2011. Based on Maples and Calder's statistical analysis, the exempted company was used as the principal fund vehicle in 86 per cent of North American managed funds, 93 per cent of European managed funds and 73 per cent of Asian managed funds in 2012.
However, it is not common to see closed-ended funds established in the Cayman Islands as exempted companies. The ELP is usually the vehicle of choice for closed-ended or private equity funds.
The Cayman ELP concept is similar to that which applies in the United States and indeed the Exempted Limited Partnership Law, 2014 (the "ELP Law") is based substantially on the Delaware equivalent (although a Cayman Islands partnership is not a separate legal person). Whilst exempted companies are extremely flexible in the extent to which voting and economic rights can be mixed and matched across separate classes of shares, companies have certain limitations that do not apply to ELPs. Fewer statutory rules govern the approvals processes within an ELP, which makes them generally more flexible and suitable for closed-ended vehicle purposes.
Unit trusts are the vehicle primarily used for investors in Japan, where the demand is driven by familiarity with the unit trust structure and historical local tax benefits relating to trust units as opposed to other forms of equity interest. Such investment funds can elect to comply with the Japan Regulations when applying for a licence under the MF Law that, under current guidelines set by the Japan Securities Dealers Association, permit them to be marketed to the public in Japan.
2.2 Please describe the limited liability of investors.
The limited liability of investors in a Cayman Islands investment fund depends upon the nature of the vehicle used and whether the investor has agreed to contribute additional funds to that vehicle pursuant to the terms of the governing documentation.
With exempted companies limited by shares, the liability of the investors is limited to the amount unpaid on their shares pursuant to the constitutional documents of the company and in accordance with the Companies Law (2013 Revision), as amended.
Limited partners ("LPs") of an ELP shall not be liable for the debts or obligations of the ELP under the ELP Law, (a) save as provided by the terms of the applicable partnership agreement, and (b) subject to the provisions of the ELP Law (i) providing that an LP who takes part in the conduct of the business of the ELP may lose its limited liability with respect to a third party who deals with that ELP and who reasonably believes such LP to be a GP of such ELP, and (ii) providing for clawback of capital distributions (together with interest) made to LPs within six months of the ELP becoming insolvent.
Investors who are unitholders of an exempted trust must look to the wording of the relevant declaration of trust to provide them with limited liability status and protection.
Despite the limited liability nature of an equity interest purchased by an investor, it is common practice for the subscription and certain transaction documents of Cayman Islands investment funds to impose payment obligations on investors over and above the obligation to pay for their investment. Such additional obligations regularly include indemnification for misrepresentations and the requirement to repay excess redemption or withdrawal proceeds which were calculated and paid on the basis of unaudited data.
2.3 What are the principal legal structures used for managers and advisers of Alternative Investment Funds?
The principal structures are exempted companies and exempted limited partnerships.
2.4 Are there any limits on the manager's ability to restrict redemptions in open-ended funds or transfers in open-ended or closed-ended funds?
Not as a general matter of Cayman Islands law; the ability to redeem or transfer equity interests in a fund and any restrictions thereon will be governed by the governing documents.
2.5 Are there any legislative restrictions on transfers of investors' interests in Alternative Investment Funds?
No, subject to restrictions on the assignment of certain liabilities by LPs pursuant to the ELP Law.
3.1 What legislation governs the production and offering of marketing materials?
The MF Law requires that every regulated mutual fund issue an offering document which must describe the equity interests in all material respects and contain such other information as is necessary to enable a prospective investor to make an informed decision whether or not to invest.
To supplement this requirement, CIMA has issued a rule in relation to the content of offering documents for licensed funds, which is generally applied to the offering documents of all regulated funds. The Japan Regulations also set out additional disclosure requirements for the prospectus of a retail mutual fund, which are more onerous.
3.2 What are the key content requirements for marketing materials, whether due to legal requirements or customary practice?
The minimum disclosure requirements include the following:
- details of the date of establishment of the fund, its registered office, fiscal year and its operator together with biographies;
- a description of the fund's investment objectives, policy, and restrictions;
- a description of the fund's investment manager or adviser, together with biographies of the portfolio managers and information regarding remuneration;
- the names and addresses of the fund's other service providers, together with details of the services to be performed and remuneration;
- the classes of interests available for investment or issue, together with descriptions of any minimum investment, eligibility requirements and subscription procedures;
- details of the principal rights and restrictions attaching to the fund's equity interests, including with respect to currency, voting, circumstances of winding-up or dissolution and the procedures and conditions for repurchases, redemptions or withdrawals of such equity interests, including suspensions;
- the NAV calculation policy; and
- details of the fund's material risks and potential conflicts of interest.
3.3 Do the marketing or legal documents need to be registered with or approved by the local regulator?
The offering document of a regulated mutual fund must be filed with CIMA as part of the initial application, however it is not technically subject to approval by CIMA prior to its circulation to prospective investors. An amended offering document or supplement must be filed with CIMA within 21 days in the event of material changes, e.g. changes in directors, trustee, GP, administrator, auditors, etc., where there is a continuing offering.
3.4 What restrictions are there on marketing Alternative Investment Funds?
No offer or invitation to subscribe for equity interests in a Cayman Islands investment fund may be made to the "public in the Cayman Islands". Persons excluded from the "public in the Cayman Islands" include sophisticated persons and high net worth persons (each as defined under SIBL, as described above), Cayman Islands exempted companies and foreign companies registered in the Cayman Islands.
3.5 Can Alternative Investment Funds be marketed to retail investors?
Yes, subject to the US$100,000 minimum investment for section 4(3) funds noted above.
3.6 What qualification requirements must be carried out in relation to prospective investors?
None, although potential investors will generally be subject to screening in accordance with the Cayman Islands' anti-money laundering regime.
3.7 Are there additional restrictions on marketing to public bodies such as government pension funds?
No, there are no such restrictions.
3.8 Are there any restrictions on the use of intermediaries to assist in the fundraising process?
No, there are no such restrictions.
3.9 Are there any restrictions on the participation by financial institutions in Alternative Investment Funds (whether as sponsors or investors) arising from the 2008 financial crisis?
No, there are no such restrictions.
4.1 Are there any restrictions on the types of activities that can be performed by Alternative Investment Funds?
No, there are no such restrictions.
4.2 Are there any limitations on the types of investments that can be included in an Alternative Investment Fund's portfolio whether for diversification reasons or otherwise?
No, there are no such limitations.
4.3 Are there any restrictions on borrowing by the Alternative Investment Fund?
No, there are no such restrictions.
5.1 What public disclosure must the Alternative Investment Fund make?
There are no public disclosure requirements for exempted companies or trusts. Although such vehicles are required to maintain statutory registers and make certain filings with the Cayman Islands Registrar, those registers and filings are not available to inspection by the general public.
The register of limited partnership interests of an ELP is required by the ELP Law to be open to inspection during all business hours by all partners, subject to any express or implied term to the contrary of the limited partnership agreement or by any other person with the consent of the GP.
5.2 What are the reporting requirements in relation to Alternative Investment Funds?
Regulated mutual funds are required to file, in electronic format, audited financial statements, an annual Key Data Elements Form (containing a summary of the basic information about the fund) and a Fund Annual Return ("FAR"), in each case within six months of the financial year end. The FAR provides general, operating and financial information relating to such regulated funds.
5.3 Is the use of side letters restricted?
No. Side letters are commonly used by Cayman Islands investment funds although certain legal considerations should be borne in mind in order to ensure that such letter agreements are compliant with Cayman Islands law.
6.1 What is the tax treatment of the principal forms of Alternative Investment Funds?
The Cayman Islands imposes no taxation on the income or capital gains of investment funds or their investors and no transfer taxes on the transfer of interests in investment funds. As discussed above, "exempted" companies, limited partnerships and unit trusts can obtain undertakings from the Cayman Islands government that if any taxation is introduced during the period of the undertaking, such taxation will not apply to the entity to which the undertaking is given.
6.2 What is the tax treatment of the principal forms of investment manager/adviser?
See above.
6.3 Are there any establishment or transfer taxes levied in connection with an investor's participation in an Alternative Investment Fund or the transfer of the investor's interest?
No, there are no such taxes levied.
6.4 What is the tax treatment of (a) resident and (b) non-resident investors in Alternative Investment Funds?
This is not applicable.
6.5 Is it necessary or advisable to obtain a tax ruling from the tax or regulatory authorities prior to establishing an Alternative Investment Fund?
No, it is not.
6.6 What steps are being taken to implement the US Foreign Account and Tax Compliance Act 2010 (FATCA)?
On 29 November 2013, the Cayman Islands government signed a Model 1B (i.e. non-reciprocal) intergovernmental agreement with the United States (the "IGA"). The IGA provides a framework for the implementation of FATCA in the Cayman Islands. It is anticipated that the relevant Cayman enabling legislation and regulations will be enacted in mid-2014.
Under the IGA, a Cayman Islands Investment Entity which is a Reporting Financial Institution ("Reporting FI") is required to register with the US Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") either through the IRS registration portal or through manual submission of Form 8957. If successfully registered, a Reporting FI will be issued a Global Intermediary Identification Number ("GIIN"). Obtaining a GIIN is the method by which Reporting FIs demonstrate FATCA compliance as US withholding agents are required to verify the GIIN against lists that will be published by the IRS.
Non-Reporting FIs (under Annex II of the IGA) and non-financial foreign entities are not required to register and may self-certify their status to withholding agents in order to avoid the imposition of any withholding tax. Investment Entities that submit applications lodged before 25 April 2014 will, if approved, appear on a list published in June 2014, i.e. prior to the deadline for the imposition of withholding tax on 1 July 2014.
However, withholding agents are not required to verify GIINs on payments made prior to 1 January 2015 where the payee is a Reporting FI in a Model 1 IGA jurisdiction such as the Cayman Islands. Accordingly, Cayman Reporting FIs can effect registration through to the end of 2014 and, if necessary, may self-certify their status to withholding agents after 1 July 2014 to avoid withholding.
6.7 Are there any other material tax issues?
No, there are not.
7.1 What reforms (if any) are proposed?
New Licensing Regime for Directors of Mutual Funds
It is proposed that a new registration and licensing regime will be introduced for professional and corporate directors of mutual funds (both resident and non-resident). If adopted, anyone who is not licensed would be prohibited from being a Cayman director. It is expected that individual and corporate directors will be required to be registered and pay a licence fee. CIMA will be able to refuse to register an applicant unless it deems them fit and proper and will also be given powers to deal with directors that contravene the law.
This article appeared in the 2014 edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Alternative Investment Funds; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.


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Conceived by 25-year-old Atlanta-based designer Jenny Drinkard as a super-hip and super-versatile update on the humble dorm room staple known as the milk crate, the Quirky Crate modular storage system is the first Quirky-borne product to be made entirely American made (it's tooled in New Jersey and assembled in Vermont, to be exact).
Quirky, a community-driven online design platform that allows hopeful young inventors/designers to elevate their creations from the conceptual stage to production, has always turned to China on the manufacturing front. But with Drinkard's crate concept, Quirky switched things up, primarily to cut back on shipping time so that they could be ready for back-to-school season. Explains Quirky founder Ben Kaufman: "When Jenny came to Quirky, she had a really good definition of what the problem she wanted to solve was. For over two years we've been doing business overseas. Now, we're bringing the business back here."
The stackable Quirky Crates are sold a la carte for $20 a pop. A total of ten accessories ranging in price from $5 to $30 — metal casters, drawers, shelves, cord clips, hooks, wooden legs, connecting links, cork board and dry erase panels, and, last but not least, a cushion top — allow space-starved users to customize the crates to their liking for a variety of organizational needs. Because what young dorm-dweller doesn't need a wheeled stool that doubles as a laundry hamper with a dry erase board on the side? Or how about a side table with a drawer to stash your undies and a hook to hang your headphones? A tower in which to stash a collection of vinyl LPs that's much more secure/stylish than a wobbling stack of milk crates?
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When I set out to write my very first ebook, I had no idea how to do so. I'd never written a book. I'd never published an ebook on Amazon. I was coming in from square one. So after launching my book successfully with the little knowledge I had, and making the Amazon Best Sellers list in multiple categories, I hardly could believe it. That's why I want to share exactly how to do it yourself in easy steps. First, let's look at the categories that I was number one in.
Realize that I launched the book as a free ebook using Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing service. This is a great way to get more eyes on your book, get reviews, and help build momentum so that when you do try to sell your book, you can actually make some decent money doing it. Since the end of my 5-day free period I've sold almost $200 in just about two weeks. This is $200 of completely passive income that I didn't have to work for. What I mean by that is I'm currently not promoting my book at all. I promoted it during the free period, but since then I've just left it up to Amazon's marketplace to do the selling. And it's worked!
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#1 Book in Business & Money
#1 Book in Entrepreneurship & Small Business
#1 Book in Home-Based Business
As you can probably tell from the above 3 screenshots, by having the number one downloaded ebook in the Business & Money section, I automatically made the #1 spot for Entrepreneurship & Small Business as well as the Home-Based categories. This is because the latter two are subcategories of the overall Business & Money section. This is great because if anyone was looking at any of these three categories, they saw my book at the number one spot.
#1 Book in Education & Teaching
#1 Book in Teacher Resources
Again, you'll see that the book made the #1 spot in Education & Training and Teacher Resources. When you publish your book on Amazon, you can choose two categories to put your book. I consciously chose two separate categories – Teacher Resources and Home-Based Business. Obviously these are under two different major categories – Business & Money and Education & Teaching. The reason I chose two drastically different categories was to increase the possible eyeballs seeing my book. I could have picked two similar categories like Home-Based Business and Starting a Business. But if I did this, I only would have had the chance to be seen in the Business & Money category. Does that make sense? So the number one rule for choosing the subcategories for your book is to choose two that are in different overall categories.
#94 Book in Overall Free Books
Not only did my book make the #1 best seller list in multiple categories, it also made the Top 100 list. This is crucial to having major success as a writer because even more people check out this list. When you go on Amazon and look on the Kindle page, the Best Seller list screams for attention. If you click to see the best sellers, it only shows the top 100 books downloaded at that moment. So even if your book is #1 in your category or subcategory, it doesn't necessarily mean it will break the top 100 list. The highest my book went was #94. But since this ranking fluctuated every half-hour or so, it might have been even higher!
Now I don't know how many people downloaded the book because they saw it on the top 100 list. But the opportunity for someone to download it was higher because of it. How did I make all of these top lists? More on that below!
Over 4,000 Downloads
Within one week, I had over 4,000 downloads. Now I know a lot of people whom I look up to, who have had better book launches. Scott Britton of life-longlearner.com, someone who I followed closely when launching my book, launched with tens of thousands of downloads. But to me, my 4,000 downloads is huge. I've had a huge increase in subscribers to my blog. I made a few course sales through this book. And I am starting to earn some decent passive income from book sales as you can see below.
#5 in Paid Distance & Online Learning Books
Once my book changed from free to paid, it dropped off of the free best-sellers list. But even after a couple weeks it is still staying strong in the paid best sellers. Above, you can see that it is #5 in the Distance & Online Learning category. It's sandwiched between a bunch of books by Living Language – a major creator of language-learning software. To be sandwiched in between a major publisher like that is pretty cool!
How did I do it? And how can you replicate this success?
While there isn't a complete secret recipe to success – it's very hard to know exactly what you need to make the best seller's list. But there are two things that are key to making the top list when you launch:
1. Total downloads
2. Positive reviews
These two things combined determine if you make the best sellers list, and where you make it on that list.
Top Action Items for Winning at Amazon Publishing
Use Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing
- I would've never had so much success without using Amazon KDP. I totally suggest publishing through this service, and taking part in the 5-day free program that allows so many people access to your book who would have never been interested. There are so many people who are freebie-hoarders, people who will take anything you have if it is free. So the possibility of ranking high & getting more leads through a book are so much greater by launching a book for free. The benefits completely outweigh the cons of not getting a couple bucks per sale at the start.
Day 1 is your most important day
- Whether you are launching your book paid or free doesn't matter, to make it to the top list you need downloads – fast! So be prepared when you launch. It helps to have some sort of audience to promote your book to once it is live. This can be an email list, a YouTube channel, friends & family, co-workers, blog followers, or all five. Why is Day 1 so important? Because you want to get on the top of the list as early as possible. This is especially true if you are launching using the free Kindle Direct Publishing service – which I highly recommend. If you make it to the #1 spot on the fifth day, then no one is going to be able to download it the following day. But if you make the #1 spot on the first day, there are possibly 4 more days of being on top of that category. That means hundreds or even thousands of eyeballs seeing your ebook thumbnail and possibly downloading it.
Use your family & friends
- Getting downloads & reviews is important – as I mentioned above. So you need to start getting downloads and reviews as quickly as you can. What better way than to ask those closest to you to download your new book and leave an honest review. I'm not going to tell you to have them lie and write a glowing 5-star review without reading the book. But I will tell you that you should have no problem asking people to download and review your book. I only ended up with 4 reviews after the first few days. But all 4 were five-star reviews, and this undoubtedly led to more sales. It's common knowledge now that if someone sees a book with bad reviews, they will be less likely to download it. So getting those reviews is important.
Hit up the social media
- I am not a huge fan of social media. And that is a problem nowadays when you are trying to launch an online product. I was never good at gaining a huge following on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, LinkedIn, etc. But when it comes down to making the Amazon Best Seller list, you've got to pay attention to these sites. Post status updates from your own accounts. Search for groups related to ebooks (there are a ton of Facebook & Google Plus groups that are great for sharing free ebook links), and post links to your book. Search for groups related to your book topic (for example, I found a bunch of groups related to online teaching & online business) and post links to them too. Post a link on Reddit . Use forums like Warrior Forum & Best Black Hat Forum. Find communities around your topic that have a website & forum to post links to your book. I know this stuff isn't fun. But it's important. Here are some places that I posted to
Post a YouTube video
- I posted a quick video on my YouTube channel to announce the free book below. Notice that I messed up and said the book was free for 6 days from October 20-25. That was my bad. I am now dumb at math – even though I finished Calculus BC (yah that's the second calculus class) as a senior in high school. With over 3,000 subscribers on YouTube, I was able to get some additional downloads from this community.
Have a following
- Right now, you may be thinking that it's impossible to get to #1 on Amazon because you don't have a following. And it is true that it will be more difficult to succeed without a pre-built following like I had when I launched this book. This is the hardest action item I have, because it takes time. To be completely honest, I have an email list of over 2,000, over 3,000 subscribers on YouTube, and almost 7,000 students in an online class that teaches the same topic as the book. So that is already 10,000 people who I directly contacted when I launched this book. Having this audience helped, but it wasn't where most of my downloads came. Most came from posting on Facebook & Google Plus groups. That being said, having this huge list was a leg up. So if you're thinking about writing an ebook, it may be a good idea to build an audience first. Build it with a blog, a YouTube channel, and other things like teaching online courses. I started with 0 people in October 2012. Now I have over 40,000 students, and all of the email & YouTube subscribers. For me, this was the perfect time to launch my first book. So maybe you should wait a while to launch yours. Just something to think about.
Wrapping up, one could say that making it to #1 on the Amazon Best Sellers list is a combination of some hard work, a large-enough audience, and a little luck. I'm not going to promise that if you follow all of my tips, you'll make it to #1. But I can promise that you're now more prepared to try than before. I wish you luck in your journey. If there is something I didn't cover, please leave a comment below. And let me know in the comments how this strategy worked for you!


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Welcome! Mesa Monument Striders is the paramount running group in the Grand Valley on the Western Slope of Colorado. The mission of the club is to promote the health and welfare of the community through running and associated exercise. Mesa Monument Striders has been a nonprofit corporation since 3/8/1978 and has been staging races and fun events since that time. The club is an affiliate of the Road Runners Club of America and is insured through the national organization. Because of our extraordinary locale, we get to run it all--atop the 11,000 foot Grand Mesa, along the streets and river trails of our beautiful city, through the red rock canyons in our backyard, and across a whole lot of desert terrain. Our members range from young to old, super speedy to perfectly happy bringing up the rear, competitive to casual. Running related activities hosted include--but are not limited to--road races, trail races, weekly group runs, trail building, weekend long runs, post-race socializing, and silly events just for fun. The Striders supports local events through promotion, coordination, and scheduling. We provide chip timing services and other race support. One thing we all have in common--enjoying the physical, mental, and social benefits of an active lifestyle and appreciating the abundance of trails in the Grand Valley. Come run with us!
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Introduction: K'nex Instructables Prize Pack Stickers and Patch Display
Recently I won a prize in the toys and connectors contest (K'nex contest). After receiving my prize I wanted to display my stickers and patch somehow and it only seemed fitting to display them in a K"nex frame. It is slightly warped to connect the frames but it all works in the end. The frame only holds three stickers and one patch because that's what I got in my prize pack. I know not a lot of people use K'nex and have instructables stickers and patches they want to display but I decided to post instructables anyway. I hope you guys like it!
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Step 1: The Front
This is pretty simple just make what you see in the first two pictures and connect them together like in the second. Like I mentioned in the beginning the frame is a little warped so you will have to bend it a little bit but in the end it outs flat.
Step 2: The Back
Again make the first two pictures and connect them like in the second. And of course the warping is normal it will flatten out later.
Step 3: The Stand
You guys know the drill...Make one and two, connect like three.
Step 4: Putting It All Together
Collect the pieces in the first picture, the blue clips can be exchanged with the purple connectors and the purple with the blue, just make sure you have 10 clips. Also grab 4 blue spacers. Connect the white rods like you see in the picture I put notes on them so they are easier to find. Place the stickers and patch in and close the connecters. I put the middle sticker in backwards so you can read it. Next add any clips like shown. Finally add the final white rods where shown with blue or purple connecters on them. flip over the unit and put blue spacers where necessary. Lastly connect the stand where shown. Now you have a display for your instructables stickers and patch!
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Creative and congrats on winning a prize!
Very nice. I won something too and lost those paper pieces because I couldn't figure out what to do with them and they are so small and flimsy.
Hey, could you check out my forum and post a few pics? It would be really helpful!
Link to forum: https://www.instructables.com/community/Community-Contest-Toy-Rods-and-Connectors-2014-Pri/
Awesome display, and congratulation on winning!


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Harold Bloom, at 81 probably the English-speaking world's most celebrated living literary critic, is the subject of a two-page interview in El País for 4 September 2011 (international edition, pp. 36-37; www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Seguire/leyendo/mientras/quede/soplo/vida/elpepicul/20110904elpepicul_1/Tes): 'Seguiré leyendo mientras me quede un soplo de vida' ('I'll go on reading till my last breath'), interview with Eduardo Lago. The interview was no doubt conducted in English (Lago teaches at Sarah Lawrence College, New York), but I will necessarily have to retrotranslate the quotations in the brief summary that follows.
Bloom has recently published the book which he considers his last and crowning major statement, The Anatomy of Influence. It is described as both a revisiting and development of the "influence anxiety"theory that dominated his earlier career, and a reiteration of the defence of canonic literature that has been Bloom's hallmark in more recent years. Bloom declares that while he lives he will never stop teaching (he remains the occupant of Yale's Sterling Chair in literature), and concludes: 'No puedo poner punto final a este libro, porque tengo intención de seguir leyendo mientras me quede un soplo de vida' ('I can't put a full stop to this book, because I intend to go on reading till my last breath') (p. 37).
Bloom states: "La anatomía de la influencia es mi summa literaria, mi legado como crítico. El testimonio final de una vida dedicada a los libros. El verdadero asunto es la pasión por la literatura. Para mí, leer es la única manera de dar sentido a la vida" ('The Anatomy of Influence is my literary summa, my legacy as a critic – the final testimony of a life dedicated to books. The true subject is the passion for literature. For me, reading is the only means of making sense of life') (p. 36).
Eduardo Lago, meanwhile, affirms of Bloom: 'Es el crítico literario más importante de nuestro tiempo, por ser el único que ha sabido hacer llegar su portentosa sabiduría al lector normal' ('He is the most important literary critic of our time, as the only one who has known how to communiucate his wealth of knowledge to the common reader' (p. 36).
The Anatomy of Influence will no doubt prove controversial, as always with Bloom. It will certainly not be a book to be ignored. The world of books may consider itself fortunate that one of its most eloquent champions has been able, while he is still with us, to offer us, Prospero-like, his closing words, before, as sooner or later will have to happen, he drowns his book.


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North West Aid Workers providing relief for 15/10 Earthquake in Bohol asked by local NGO to join Rapid Assessment Team for Leyte. Daily reports available from local NGO.
Gareth Dixon, Fitness Coach at David Lloyd Nottingham, Mary Fickling, Director at PhysioPod UK Limited and Marie Todd, Lymphoedema Nurse Specialist have completed their current challenges to raise funds.
We often think of social media as a way to connect with family, friends and colleagues, but fresh investigations show that social media can also facilitate us in helping others. A new study suggest that social media might be an effective tool for tackling a variety of problems related to public health in which communication and education are essential.
Just Announced! The National Steinbeck Center in Salinas has added Marcos Cabrera to its staff!
We often think of social media as a way to connect with family, friends and colleagues, but fresh investigations show that social media can also facilitate us in helping others.
The Religion Communicators Council will hold its 85th annual convention in 2014 in Nashville, TN and has just announced that the opening address will be delivered by Remziya Suleyman of the American Center for Outreach.
The Way to Happiness Foundation is based in Los Angeles, California and has local chapters around the world. The team in Nashville has plans to broadly spread its message to those in need in coming months.
For the sixth consecutive year, staff from Atria Senior Living will play host to more than 1,500 walkers who will participate in the 10th Annual WALK For Alzheimer's that takes place on Saturday, September 7th, 2013 at Old Bethpage Village Restoration.
Strategic Vision, LLC announces a comprehensive public relations and political operations program for trade associations.
Faced with a national deficit of $16 trillion, nonprofit programs at all levels will likely continue to face severe cuts over the next four years. Ohio-based Measurement Resources Company is hosting the "Achieving Impact and Excellence Two-Day Intensive" to help nonprofits learn how to use performance measurements as a tool for securing the funding they need to succeed.
Drug-Free South, a chapter of the Foundation for a Drug-Free World, is educating young people on the harmful effects of drugs throughout Tennessee.
Foundation of Health care Technologies Society organizes frequent health camps to raise awareness about blood pressure, blood sugar, obesity among individuals and emphasizes on lifestyle modification for prevention and management of individual health.
Children from around the world will travel to Dubai during the holy month of Ramadan to raise their awareness of social issues and experience cultural diversity.
Money Raised Will Benefit Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center, Inc.
Roslyn Savings Bank will make a donation in the amount of $15,000 to Alzheimer Disease Resource Center's WALK for Alzheimer's.


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Using with nolock in SQL Queries
Hello everyone,
I will talk about NOLOCK keywork in T-Sql.
NOLOCK prevents locking of tables in SQL Server. In ordinary create/update/delete operations the table is locked until we get response from the sql query. For example; If you update a table without using nolock keyword you cannot query that table meanwhile(deadlock).
In small or medium-sized project this situation may be negligible, but in big projects this can be a big trouble.
You can use nolock like below(just use WITH (NOLOCK) at the end of your table name):
select * from Contact WITH (NOLOCK)
The usage of NOLOCK is very critical. If instant results are highly important for your query then you should'nt use NOLOCK (i.e: in banking applications).
Hope that helps!


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The discursive construction and performance of gender identity
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- Lama Altoaimy, PhD Student, Carleton University
Twitter is currently considered one of the most popular social media websites, providing a powerful way of communicating with people everywhere. Among the different users around the world, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is ranked highest worldwide in the number of active Twitter users. In a society where traditional media is closely monitored, social media websites such as Twitter serve as an alternative for Saudis to communicate and raise their concerns to the public, especially for Saudi women who have been very active online demanding the right to drive, which still banned in the country. This study seeks to analyze how Saudis use Twitter to discursively construct and perform their gender identities when discussing the ban on driving. By using Appraisal Theory, I have analyzed the tweets generated using the hashtag قيادةالمرأة (women_driving) from the period of April 5, 2014 to April 8, 2014. Overall, the results show that opponents of the ban on women's driving appeared to be aggressive and judgmental of religious people, projecting a female identity that is strong, independent, and open-minded. On the other hand, supporters of the ban appeared to be influenced by religious affiliation, equating driving cars with disgrace and temptation. The study provides insights into the way Saudis negotiate and construct their gender identities virtually in relation to current social values, beliefs and gender norms, and the role of evaluation as a resource for constructing and performing gender identity.
Butler, J. (1990) Gender trouble. New York: Routledge.
Fairclough, N. (1992). Discourse and social change. Cambridge, England: Polity Press.
Martin, J. R., & White, P. R. R. (2005). The language of evaluation: Appraisal in English. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Zappavigna, M. (2012). Discourse of Twitter and social media: How we use language to create affiliation on the web. London: Continuum.
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