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Ernie Reyes Jr. -- 'Ninja Turtles' Star Hospitalized ... My Kidneys Are Shot
Ernie Reyes Jr. 'Ninja Turtles' Star Hospitalized ... My Kidneys Are Shot
Former action star Ernie Reyes Jr. -- who famously played Keno in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II" -- is "fighting for his life" after suffering from kidney failure ... this according to his family.
Reyes Jr. was huge back in the day -- starring as Tai in "The Last Dragon," Prince Tarn in "Red Sonja" ... and he was the main character in "Surf Ninjas."
He later transitioned into MMA -- and went 3-0 in Strikeforce.
Now, 43-year-old Reyes Jr. is hoping for a kidney transplant after his own began to fail back in March. Since then, he's been in and out of the hospital in Texas ... and his eyesight is failing.
Ernie's sister tells TMZ Sports ... Reyes is in the process of getting on a transplant list -- but in the meantime, he's been receiving dialysis treatments 3 times per week.
We're told the family has set up a fundraising page to help with medical bills and several folks from his films and TV shows -- like stunt coordinator pals James Lew from "Rush Hour 2" and Andy Cheng from "The Rundown" -- have pitched in.
Get well soon, man.
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This is step 4 of Google My Business setup for auto dealers.
Fresh content keeps your potential shoppers engaged and promotes loyalty within your dealership. In addition, engaging content gives your dealership positive brand recognition.
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Inform your shoppers by publishing posts about your dealership's sales events, new or popular cars, and services. By creating posts, you can place your text, video, or photo content in front of shoppers when they view your dealership listing.
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Positive customer engagement builds your current and future shopper's trust in your dealership. This can lead to valuable feedback in customer reviews to steer foot traffic to you. When you reply to reviews, it allows you to build a public relationship with your shoppers. In doing so, we suggest keeping responses courteous, short, and sweet. If you believe a review on your dealership violates posting guidelines, you can report the review to us.
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Manta Resort
**Please note that the Manta Resort has a planned temporary closure until June 2021. Get in touch with us for more details.** In the far north-west of Pemba Island, The Manta Resort is a remote, laidback beach retreat with fantastic views, a powder-white beach and a range of accommodation that includes a unique underwater room.
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Our view of Manta Resort
Manta Resort is certainly one of the more remote lodges we feature – on a far corner of the undeveloped Pemba Island. It's not a 'resort' in the typical sense of the word, but it is laidback and unpretentious, and the views are certainly spectacular. It commands a fairly high price tag – and those looking for a smooth luxury resort may be disappointed, but for those who want somewhere a little different and off the beaten track, we think it's well worth the money. And we would definitely recommend shelling out for a night underwater!
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Each week, we bring you a Q&A with a Ravens player, coach or team executive to help you learn a little more about the team. Today's guest is center/left guard Andre Gurode.
You have made the switch from center to left guard while Ben Grubbs recovers from strained ligaments in his toe. How would you describe the process of making that transition?
It's pretty difficult. Playing offense is a challenge in and of itself, but it's difficult from the stance that your dominant hand as a right guard is your right hand, and your dominant hand as a left guard is your left hand. So, if you're used to getting down into a right-hand stance and then you have to switch to a left-hand stance, then it would be similar to being a right-hander and suddenly writing with your left hand.
You've also said that there's an adjustment in terms of becoming acclimated to the depth and angles associated with that position.
Oh yeah. Sitting at certain angles, getting off the ball, getting ready for pass rushers, it's completely different on both sides.
Was there any personal satisfaction from playing so well in your debut as a Raven?
For me, it was about me doing my job, the satisfaction of getting out there and doing what I was asked to do. You're trying to perform at a high level.
Who is the toughest pass rusher or run stopper you've faced in your career?
I can't give you one guy. There's like a number of guys, and I just can't list them all. I can't even think of anybody. But each year, it's somebody different.
You are a 10-year veteran. When you line up against a young newcomer, is it about strength vs. strength or are you using your experience to your advantage?
In all cases, it's about using your technique. Whether it's a younger guy or an older guy, you have to get out with your technique and then go from there.
You played for four different coaches during your time with the Dallas Cowboys: Dave Campo (2002), Bill Parcells (2003-06), Wade Phillips (2007-10) and Jason Garrett (2010)? What was it like playing for each of them?
Each one of them, very different. Each one of them, demanding in their own way. It was a good time, but I'm focused on being a Baltimore Raven now.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones enjoys a reputation as being a maverick owner who will spend whatever it takes to bring a Super Bowl championship to Dallas. Is that a fair portrayal of him?
No, he's a good owner. He loves to win. Likes to be involved in everything. He's a good guy.
Was there any one current or former teammate who was the most influential to you in your career?
Everybody was. From past to present, everybody has. I've had the great opportunity to be around a lot of guys to talk to them and pick their brains and learn the systems.
Have you always been an offensive linemen? Even in your youth football days in your hometown of Houston?
I played offensive line and defensive line. I played both.
What convinced you to make the offensive line your permanent position?
It was just one of those things where it was a good fit, learning the offense, learning different things. And it actually worked out for me in terms of becoming an NFL player.
More important to you: a Super Bowl ring or a Hall of Fame bust?
A Super Bowl ring. Because what most people don't know is that when you win a Super Bowl, you're automatically in the Hall of Fame. Your team picture is automatically in the Hall of Fame.


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Ok.. I need help!! I've been going through this for about ten years now. I am twenty three right now and this is destroying my life! Every morning I wake up w/serious dark circles around my eyes and very congested. I am also very irritable all the time. I have mood swings all the time. I have a hard time sitting still. Additionally, I am always tired.. I can never seem to get enough sleep. In the past few years these symptoms have all just gotten increasingly worse. I now have excessive phlem in the back of my throat. It has gotten so bad that I have to spit like every fifteen minutes. The phlem is very thick and sticky but its clear. Even worse is that I have terrible bad breath. It's extremely embarrassing. I brush, I floss, I use mouth wash.. I've been to the dentist several times and he says everything is fine. I've also been to the ENMT doctor and they told me this might be acid reflux. I was taking Prilosec for six months.. twice a day.. that didn't work... now I am on Nexium and this isn't working either.. I'm abt to give up completely... I still think these symptoms all have to do w/allergies... I've taken all those allergy pills Allegra, Allegra D, Clarinex, Claritin, Zantec, etc etc. Nothing works!! The most terrible part abt this whole thing is the bad breath... and excessive phlem. I am unable to maintain a job because I have to get up every fifteen minutes to spit out this mucus.. not to mention I can't speak to anyone because my bad breath just blows them away... Its awful... I just want to have a social life.. I want to be able to enjoy life... this is causing me a lot of depression... does anyone have any ideas on what I might have or what this might be?? I've tried eliminating all dairy and meats from my diet and that hasn't helped w/any of the phlem/mucus.. I've also given up coffee for a few weeks and that hasn't helped... Last week the doc put me on steriods... that also hasn't seemed to helped... I've tried all the nasal sprays, special diets, etc... all the doctors I go to seem to be playing a guessing game.. no one knows anything.... this problem is ruining my life... does anyone think its possible to have extremely bad breath w/phlem, post nasal drip, and dark circles.. and all of this could be related to just the allergies and not acid reflux or something worse?? I also have severe chest pain... its like i'm constantly gasping for air.. none of the docs can figure anything out. .they just keep giving me more meds.. .i cannot continue taking meds as i think these are all making the symptoms worse..this is year round.. these symptoms are just getting worse and worse as the years progress... i went to the allergist again today.. this time they gave me more zantec which i will not take because it does not help and they also gave me dipropionate hfa inhalation aerosol... she said something abt this could cause oral thrush.. anyone know anything abt this???Reply Follow This Thread Stop Following This Thread Flag this Discussion
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Walk on the Wild Side
Come on down to Earth and get active, get outdoors and Walk on the Wild Side!
Jul 01 2012
Sunday 1st July 2012, 10am-4pm
Earth Trust has joined forces with Age UK Oxfordshire to bring you Walk on the Wild Side; a fun family sponsored walk set against the beautiful Wittenham Clumps.
We want to encourage people across the generational spectrum to get active, get outdoors and have fun, all whilst supporting two local charities. Walk on the Wild Side is suitable for all ages and we welcome the whole family (including the dog) to take part.
There is a choice of two walks:
Shorter route (approx 5km) This is a mainly flat, non-challenging walk suitable for all-terrain buggies and those who want a gentler walk
Longer route (approx 8km) This walk is slightly more undulating, incorporating the magical Little Wittenham Wood.
Both routes start and finish at the Earth Trust Centre in Little Wittenham. There will be plenty going on at the Centre, including:
- Delicious refreshments at our Poem Tree Cafe
- Local craft stalls
- Childrens activities
There will be free parking for all at the Centre.
How to enter
Please download an entry form and return it to Walk on the Wild Side, St Edmund House, 39 West St Helen Street, Abingdon, OX14 5BT
Or email it to firstname.lastname@example.com
Or request an entry form by calling the team on 01235 849 410
Prices: £5 per adult, £2.50 per child in advance (£7 per adult, £5 per child on the day)
Please enclose your entry fee with your completed entry form, either by sending a cheque (made payable to Walk on the Wild Side) or by filling out the required fields on the entry form
All adult entrants are asked to raise a minimum sponsorship of £30
Visit http://www.earthtrust.org.uk/supportus/becomeasupporter/walkonthewildside.aspx
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Event Address
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March 29th
Dream word – WATCH
Exodus 7:11-13
"But Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers; so the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. For every man threw down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. And Pharaoh's heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, as the Lord had said." NKJV
Messing with the Marabouts
One of the dominant characteristics of Islam in Medieval North Africa and Algeria in particular, was the cult of holy men, or Maraboutism. The Marabouts were believed to possess "baraka," that is, divine grace, (sounds like a president) and this was reflected in their amazing ability to perform miracles! Recognised as being both just and spiritual men, these Marabouts often had extensive followings both locally and regionally and therefore great influence along with it! To that end, when Algeria was under the domination of French colonialism, it was these same Marabouts, who using their great influence and backing up their spiritual rhetoric and liberation theology with signs and wonders, almost stirred the region up into a bloody uprising. I say almost, because France averted the uprising with some other signs and wonders.
In 1856, the French response to such "revolution" was to not in terms of military might but in the sending in a simple person called Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, a well-known magician from the city of Blois. When Robert-Houdin met the Marabouts, his magical ability was simply that much more better than the "signs and wonders" of the Algerian "holy men," and with their magical might now put to open shame and in subjection to the more powerful French Magician and Magic, the Marabouts lost their influence and thus the bubbling Algerian uprising was quelled without a single shot. (Well actually it was quelled with one shot and with Robert-Houdin catching it in his teeth but that's another story for another night!)
The kingdoms of this world can be that much more easily overcome if the conquerors of those lands possess simply a better box of tricks. You might carry that box of tricks in a the back of a wagon, or carry them hid up your sleeve or even buried in the bowels of a Tomahawk missile but they are still tricks! Yes, nice or incredibly nasty, they remain still nothing but tricks to mock and to subjugate inferior and frightened folk.
We can be so impressed by the power that these boxes of tricks seem to offer us that we might even want to get some ourselves! Maybe even change our name in honour of the great trickster, say from Erik Weisz to Harry Houdini and then set up our own impressive travelling show and put the wind up a few other feeble and frightened folk impressed by tricksters.
Ungodly rulers always have counterfeit power and always have a better box of tricks to dupe the people into following their will. However, when the real and God appointed leaders turn up, all they have is a shepherds staff and that alone will swallow up all the snakes of the enemy and part all rivers, to make a way into the promised land. Don't be impressed by boxes of tricks.
Listen: "'Return, O backsliding children,' says the Lord, 'for I am married to you. I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion. And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.'" - Jeremiah 3:14-15 NKJV.
Pray: Lord, though they be so very impressive, help us discern the charlatan. Then Lord, send us leaders, gifts from on high, endued with power from high, to lead us into Beulah land. In Jesus name I pray, amen.
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In 1936, only five years after beginning production, SS Cars startled the motoring public with the Jaguar 2.5-liter saloon, the company's first car to feature overhead valves. The engine was the robust seven-bearing, six-cylinder unit built by Standard, but with a new cylinder head designed by Harry Weslake and Bill Heynes. With 104 bhp, smoothly delivered, flowing lines, a gearbox which made the best of the power, and a new chassis, it was the model which made the company's reputation. Jaguar was then only a model name, but it was adopted as the company's name after "SS" had acquired unfortunate connotations during the war.
If the Jaguar saloon epitomized excitement, it was as nothing compared to the Jaguar SS 100. No sports car better epitomizes the late 1930s, which is why it has been the model for so many modern "nostalgia" cars. It looked right from every angle and age has not withered its beauty.
Every aspect was in harmony. Stone guards over the large headlights, the long louvered bonnet and large wire wheels were aggressive, yet the flowing lines were silkily feline. It has the grace of a prowling cat. At Brooklands in 1936 a tuned and lightened version lapped at 104.1 mph, but normally owners tended not to race them. Instead they appeared in the rallies, trials and sprints which formed the bulk of British motorsport and they were successful because of their superb power-to-weight ratio, gearbox, brakes and handling. They were great all-rounders.
Chassis number 39030 was originally dispatched to Glovers, the early SS Jaguar dealers for Ripon on January 13, 1938. The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, who have issued a Heritage Certificate for the car, record that it was originally delivered finished in lavender with blue trim. Purchased from Coys of Kensington in 1975, this beautiful example subsequently spent twenty years with a French enthusiast, before returning to home shores in the late 1990s. During its spell in France it underwent a comprehensive restoration by specialists Le Coq, in which the chassis and fittings were meticulously overhauled. The car comes with its original 3.5-liter engine and gearbox, although it is currently fitted with a competition power unit and uprated gearbox. These items were assembled in the vendor's own workshops, specifically for competitive motoring and detail work included gas flowing of the cylinder head, the fitment of bronze liners to guides and conversion to use unleaded fuel. Further work was subsequently carried out to the suspension and shock absorbers as well as the gearbox by SS Jaguar specialists TRAC at a cost of over $6,400. Much attention was paid to detail, so that components such as the body tub and petrol tank were carefully and discreetly flexibly mounted to avoid damage on the arduous road rallies in which 39030 has become a competitor.
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The Hedgehog, Echo Park
2201 W Sunset Blvd · Los Angeles, CA 90026 · Neighborhood: Echo Park
Since quietly opening in early 2012, this sunny little coffee shop is where Silver Lake local's go to sip some tasty java and do some serious work on their screenplay writing. The homey café features a few small tables which are perfect for propping up your computer on and jamming out on their free wifi. Formerly known as "The Coffee Pot", new owner Erin West is down-to-earth and friendly – just the way you want your local coffee shop owner to be.
The cappuccino I had was perfectly foamy and made very well. They offer more than a few salads and pastries and although they don't call themselves a "vegan" café, there are quite a few gluten free, organic, veggie options on the menu.
If you're looking for quiet, this this definitely the place. I met someone for coffee here and although the place was moderately packed, we were the ONLY ones having a conversation. If you want a location with more boisterous activity and more of a "scene", there's always Intelligentsia just up Sunset at the Junction. However if you need a little more Zen in your life, Hedgehog is your place.
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Last night I got the Amazon delivery for Colten, our 2-year old's Halloween costume.
I wish I could say it was scary, but he's just going as a firefighter.
Fire Truck are his 2 favorite words right now. At his birthday party a few weeks ago he called for the fire truck to blow out the candles on his cake, for fear that the fire on the candle was going to burn the party down to the ground.
And thus, here we are. What you have below is epic-ally long. Proceed only if you want to improve your income, your happiness with the work you do and the live you think is waiting for you on the other side…
Today I wanted to talk to you about 4 scary truths about creating information products and being in the information business.
It is a scary world out there. There are a lot of scary people selling scary products with scary promises and getting ghost like results.
And there are great products I keep seeing that have more dust on them than in an ancient haunted house.
Scary Truth #1 – It's not about your product.
This is scary. And it's even more scary if you have been putting weeks, months or years into "perfecting" your product, never letting it see the light of day.
This business isn't about a perfect product. It's about framing a perfect transformation in the minds of your market.
It's about getting them to buy into you and your ability to help them make that transformation.
Think about the last few people you have bought products from…
I bet they are all personalities.
Brian Tracy, Frank Kern, Dan Kennedy, Brandon Burchard, Ryan Diess, Tony Robbins. I could go on and on and on.
We buy products from them, not because they are perfect products, but because we believe in them as the person that can help us get the result we want.
Shoot, Dan's products sell for thousands of dollars, including one that I made for him, and they are essentially unedited transcripts and photocopied, hand-written notes. I have products from Dan that were recorded at Live
Events and they never turned the mic off, nor edited out the bathroom breaks and there is 15 minutes of static before everyone gets back in their seats.
But the product is the best product on that given topic because I believe in Dan and what he is teaching me.
Scary Truth #2 – You Can't Grow A Real Business For Free
This one hurts. I know it does. The allure of free traffic, or just finding Joint Venture traffic or blog a bunch and they will come is incredibly appealing.
But it's just not true.
You do need to spend money to design your product cover, and I'm not talking about Fiverr.
And here is the biggie….
To make real money in this business you need to spend money on marketing.
You need to spend money on generating QUALIFIED leads, you need to spend money in marketing to them after they come into your funnel (maybe even send them a sales letter in the mail, GASP!) and then you need to spend money on your clients and customers once they come into the door (a newsletter is a good start).
I have just built, in the last month a brand new, from scratch 6-figure information business in the financial market.
I spent money on a full-page magazine ad, drove traffic to a free report and put them into a 3-video sequence selling a very high ticket done for you information system.
We then researched, by hand, everyone of the opt-ins, by hand and found most of their addresses and mailed them all a sales letter and the replay of the 3rd video (the sales video).
I then delivered the product by mail, in a big, colorful 3-ring binder.
I also send them a print newsletter that is about $10 in cost as well as a "surprise" package of goodies they weren't expecting.
And you can do this too.
Instead of buying another $2,000 course – BUY an ad. BUY some traffic.
I love hearing from folks on consulting calls that they have no money to buy even $10/day in Facebook ads but they will happily buy the next "cool kids" product for $2,000.
Invest money in acquiring customers and keeping customers and you will never have a scary encounter come rent check time.
Scary Truth #3 – You Need To Write (A Lot)
If you are afraid of putting in the work, of tying your boots and firing up Microsoft Word (or Evernote, where I write everything from emails to sales letters to video scripts), then you are in the wrong business.
This is the information business. It is your sole purpose to create and sell information.
And to build a real career in this business, you need to write to your market and write to them a lot.
You need to create deep, emotional relationships with your market.
They might buy once for a quick hit or they need something now, but they will only stay with you and buy from you over time if you have a true relationship with them. If they feel like they know you.
You can only get this done through writing. It's why a client/customer newsletter is key. Nothing builds a relationship better than a print newsletter.
Every month, for just 1 of my info businesses, I am writing or delivering:
This is not bragging. This is work. This is sustainability. This is what not only keeps the lights on, but gives me the most freeing lifestyle.
Start learning to write, or this business will eat you alive.
Scary Truth #4 – What You Are Really Selling Is You
This goes hand in hand with #1. But you are not selling products or services or whatever thing you think you are selling.
You are really selling yourself. You are in, what Gary Halbert calls, the self-agrandizement business.
You must be front and center in your business. Every great information publisher and marketer is a persona, a character.
Look at the list from above, nearly all of you know them, get emails from them and could recognize them in a crowd. They are celebrities in their world. Not to the whole world, just the world that they want to own.
You must do the same.
You cannot hide behind a character. It's too easy to slam you or give bad reviews with social media today. You must get in front of the camera and be the point person running your business and getting the results your customers want.
If you don't, you'll be out of business real fast.
These are 4 scary truths about this business.
It's not what you wanted to hear. You wanted to hear that it's all 4-hour workweeks and hitting send with a templated email and having money shoot out of your CD-ROM drive (do they still have those?).
If I haven't scared you away yet, I want to help you.
And I have 3 things for you today that you are going to want to stick around to learn more about and yes, invest in.
This year I have done some incredible things in the information world, even though I haven't really been front and center in the information guru land.
In the last 6 months alone…
This is not bragging. This is to show you that I know how to create info marketing superstars.
And today, for the first time in months, I want to take you behind the scenes with me.
The first piece is a 4-module training program on creating and launching Big Ticket Information Products.
It's called the Backstage Pass: Living Legends Edition.
In it, you will see exactly how we created a product for the Godfather of information marketing, Dan Kennedy, that we sold at $1,997 and made the cash registers ring in the tune of multiple 6-figures in revenue.
But you don't just see how to create a product. You get to see how we positioned it, how we screwed the whole thing up, how we rebounded, how we marketed it and how we sold it.
You get all the launch videos, all the email copy, the sequences, the landing pages and everything else that went into this monster 6-figure launch.
In module 1 you get to see behind the scenes on how we created the product and it directly relates to Scary Truth #1 above. You'll get a walk through on what's inside, how we pulled it off and how to position what seems like ordinary information into a Big Ticket price tag.
In module 2 you get to see the entire pre-launch marketing strategy. You get to see the funnel, the landing pages, the email copy that drove more than 2,200 leads and hear me explain how and why we did everything so you can copy it for your own success.
In module 3 you get to see how we sold it. From the sales video to the Live Streams, the cart open and the cart close emails – you will see how we sold a product for $1,997 and shipped them out in droves. You will also get access to the 4-hour Live Day With Dan, that we filmed in Cleveland, OH. The only other place you could have seen this is if you own the product or were there live. No replay has ever been shown. SOme have said this training was better than the product itself and it's yours today.
In module 4 you get something I have actually, never done before – teach copywriting. You'll get my secret formula for writing personality driven copy that my clients have paid up to $103,000 per year to get their hands on. You'll get headline checklists, email copywriting tips, direct mail copywriting tips and quick-cut shortcuts that have taken me years and thousands upon thousands of dollars of testing to figure out.
And this is just 1 of 3 things I want you to have this Halloween.
Thing #2 is my client and off the market newsletter, the Backstage Pass. I want to give you 6 back issues that I've only ever sold publicly once at $77/mo, have gotten.
Each issue is a look into how I think about marketing and also includes a backstage pass into copy that I have written for myself or clients that have produced huge windfalls of sales.
You'll get them to read, download, print, highlight and implement as part of my Halloween Candy Package for you today.
Finally, thing #3. You get me. For 30-minutes. On the phone. One-on-one.
This is a no frills call with me to give you a gut check and a strategy to build your information business.
Let me be clear, this is not a sales pitch in disguise. It is me helping you, building a plan like the one I put together for Dan, like the one I've shared with my NBA star client, like the plans my clients pay $24,000/year or more to get.
You can right now but a 1/2 day of my time for $3,000. Or you can get 30 minutes for nothing when you invest in this Halloween package today.
I want you to win. I want you to overcome the scary truths I have laid out for you today and put forth your best work. The work you care about. The work that can change lives.
And sell it. Make a great living by helping others.
So here is the deal.
It's Thursday, the day before Halloween.
I am going to keep the shopping cart open through Sunday. Probably Sunday afternoon. It won't be late Sunday because my 2 little guys make me go to sleep early these days.
Why close the cart at all?
It's simple. I want you to make a decision. I want you to really truly want this. To want what's possible by selling your information, your skills and knowledge to help others.
If you are serious, there is nothing to think about.
This material will help you to fast track your success in this industry. It will help you to quickly create and launch a high ticket product and not just keep thinking about it.
Hopping on the phone with me will motivate you to GET IT DONE.
And if you cannot make that decision in 3.5 days, you probably don't want it that bad.
So what's the investment?
It's $397.
One time.
You are reading the sales letter. There is no elaborate video or fancy graphics to entice you.
If you want to see how I do it, did and keep doing it, this is the program for you.
Enroll now and you will get near immediate access (I have to manually enter you into Kajabi, since I am doing this on the fly).
I know you are going to love the content and the training. More importantly, you are going to take the templates, the blueprint, the emails, the copy and JUST DO IT.
You can consider this a launch. Sure. And I am following the scary truths from above.
1. It's not about the product, it's about the transformation. I didn't even tell you how the course was delivered, I just want you to know that after going through it you'll have every ability to create and market a high ticket product.
2. It's about self-agrandizement. You are seeing what I did, what my team and partners did to make money and you are seeing a demonstration of my magic powers in this longer-than-anythingyou've-read-this-week email. But you are still reading, aren't you. Which is also #3
3. And I've spend good money to build this email list that you are on. You must have done something right to get on this list. And you must like something I have to say to still be on it.
So that's it. Join me. I think you'll love it.
If you want in, click here now.
You can see the 3 things you are investing in on that link. No fancy copy, in fact it's terrible and dull, just a list of 3 features.
I do hope that you join me and that I can be the one to help you launch your product, course, training or complete information business.
Have a very Happy Halloween and talk soon,
Greg Rollett
P.S. I always love Frank Kern's P.S. writing. So much better than everyone else.
A P.S. is very important as people tend to skip down to it and get the Cliff's Notes about what you want them to know. I'm going to break that rule. If you want to know the 4 Scary Truths and a solution to them, read the long email.
I'll take some P.S. time to say thanks. Thanks for being a subscriber. Thanks for reading. Thanks for wanting to change your life, the life of someone else and your financial situation.
I can't think of anything cooler to do than to create something that will impact the lives of others. Good for you for doing it. If you aren't doing that, you should. Beats the heck out of working in a cubicle, with a boss that stresses you out, where you make bad eating decisions and go home grumpy.
I prefer to write a bunch of words, pound the keys and inspire folks.
Anyhoo, go read this longer than it needs to be email and join me on a really cool journey. You'll love being a part of this from the inside.
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Everyone loves to know some life hacks to make sure you are never burned out while performing simple tasks or may make your life easy and comforting with the same things you already have.
Most of us feel like having no solution to some of our problems and to get the solution for our problems we are always ready to spend most o our earnings. The hard side is that you are never sure that after spending lots and lots of money you will have a guaranteed easy life on a daily basis.
So, despite spending lots of money to get your desired gadgets, why not try some simple tricks to make sure you are never in trouble due to some silly things that happen around you or with you for various reasons.
#1: Cannot touch your smartphone screen due to gloves in winter
You might have noticed that in cold season when you are wearing gloves, you will never be able to work with your touch screen functions on your mobile and you have to put off your gloves to make a call or check your messages.
There is a simple life hack for such a situation. You just need a 2A or 3A battery in your pocket and use it on the screen of your mobile to work on it. But be sure not to use it too often or don't put scratches on the screen.
#2: Finding the sticking tape lost end
Almost every one of us has to find the lost end of the tape that we want to use for some reason on a daily basis. In order to find it quickly, you can just use your tongue because the tongue is more sensitive as compared to the finger tips and you will find the end quickly.
#3: Sealing the plastic bag with your knife
You can use your kitchen knife as your sealer. Just heat the knife on a gas stove and use it to cut the open end of your plastic bag. It will seal the plastic bag and will make it water proof.
#4: Checking your remote control
If you are not sure why your TV remote is not working. Put the remote's anterior end right in front t of your mobile camera and it will help you see if the remote is showing a weak light or blinking light due to the weak batteries inside.
#5: Make unique writing fonts
If you need to create manual writing fonts, you can tape 2-3 pens together having different colors and types and write with it. You will get beautiful fonts without any computer tactic or design.
#6: Make your own tea cup or glass coaster
By using a hot glue gun you can make your own teacup coasters. Just put some glue in a certain pattern on a glass, leave it to dry and paint it with your desired color, your tea coaster is ready to use.
#7: Make your own hand warmers in winters
You can make your own hand warmers with a simple little trick. Just wrap a 2 A battery in an aluminum foil and your hand warmer is ready. You can test its working by using a multimeter that will show the current flow in the warmer.
#8: Sharpening your scissors
Scissors get blunt over time. If you want to sharpen your scissor and have no time to do so, just cut some aluminum foil or paper with it. The scissors will be sharpened within a few minutes.
#9: Remembering the exact positioning of your shower settings for correct water temperature for bathing
When you need to remember the exact positioning of your shower valve where you get the best temperature to bathe, just put two dots with the nail polish one at the moving part and the other on the stable one and you will always get the best temperature to take bath.
#10: Keeping your hands safe from paint without wearing gloves
If you don't have gloves and still have to paint, using a spray paint, you can put any ordinary hand cream on your hands and let your hands paint anything. After that, you can just wipe out the paint with a tissue or damp towel without leaving a drop behind.


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Why Your Business Should Decide on Executive Search Consultancy
The recruitment organization that specializes in searching for and selecting professional and exclusive people for senior profiles in any business is known as executive search firms. More popularly known as headhunting, these firms search for specialized and skilled personnel- who is tailor-made for the role with ample experience and exposure. Executive search firms are domestic and global. Many of them specialize in a specific business sector like IT, Finance, Health, Fashion or Human Resource. There are many executive search consultants based out of major metropolitan cities.
There are so many reasons why your business should decide on executive search consultancy. The executive search firms research well to match the required job profile with the candidature available in the market or pick suitable professionals from competition or similar business. The firms engaged in the initial search, preliminary screening, negotiations on remuneration and contract and terms.
Why your business should decide on executive search consultancy
The primary objective of topmost elite search firms is to offer businesses, their talent managers and their acquisition teams a precise illustration of the exclusive search of the business. Most of the top listed executive search firms highlight on restricted data inventory, which twists the consequences in support of big international corporates. The executive search consultants of these organizations are talented to end up in a qualified hunting and recruitment endeavour and overall enhance the business productivity and talent pool of the clients.
Exclusive hiring specialists are also engaged with the entire acquisition practice, steering elaborate and multi-level discussions and offering candidates to corporates exclusively, when they are satisfied with the candidature and precise job platform. Executive search firms classically have enduring connections with clients traversing years and, in such situation, the aptness of the skilled professional is of utmost significance. It is also vital that such multinationals function with an elevated level of expertise and concealment.
When business entities designate and hire a specialized consultant or outsource the hiring to an elite executive search firm, it is typically as they are deficient the through research assets, business network or evaluative talents to nicely hire for themselves. Using a headhunting firm also empowers the corporate unit the sovereignty of hiring from opponents without doing so unswervingly and the capacity to select among people that would not be accessible through the core or indirect sourcing approaches.
Executive Search is a very perplexing and stimulating job for employers with inadequate resources and time limit to look for relevant flair and aptitude. The aspirants available in the market are also very limited, specifically at the business hubs. The firms act as sole and exclusive HR partners and scrutinize and conduct such recruitment drives as per the need of the business.
Another reason why your business should decide on executive search consultancy is to have a flair of understanding of the particular business, in order to make the search optimum and best for the industry.


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I've worked in the pet industry over 40 years, and the reason I am a hobbyist/fancier is that for the most part, there is integrity in the sport of people showing dogs. The fact is that many breeders are proud that their dogs can do what they were originally bred to do, as well as being physically beautiful. They are proud that their dogs don't carry genetic structural defects…or if they do, want you to know what they are doing to eliminate them, and will ask you to participate.
However, not everyone breeding dogs is honest or ethical. Unfortunately, 'due to the economy',more and more breeders are breeding to sell a product, not to improve their line or for the betterment of the breed. Actually, dog breeders, as I've described them, are becoming pretty rare.
The reason is…in the USA, our economy is pretty much based on speculation on land. We like to convince ourselves that it's high wages that make everything expensive, but no, it's the cost we pay to live where we live. I know some people who live in less urban areas don't believe this, but people who live in high rise condos pay $100–400 extra a month for a parking space.
When I was growing up, in the 1950s and '60s, land was not yet wildly speculated on, and a good portion of the population (black and Latino people, as well as women) were bared from certain educational opportunities, jobs, and even owning a home in many locations. A certain per centage of people could keep five or six breeding bitches (and possibly a male) and afford to go to dog shows and pay for veterinary care, and have a litter every so often.
Real estate started to heat up in the early 1970s. In fact, I convinced my then husband that we should marry (easier for ME to get a mortgage that way) so we wouldn't be forced out of th neighborhood we lived in. This was at the end of the Nixon era, when inflation was starting to get out of control…and then OPEC decided the price of energy for us. Also, many white people might not remember this, but anti-discrimination laws were passed. Still, we had a vibrant middle class, and anyone not paying off student loans or medical bills was ok…but we were all starting to slide if we didn't have rich parents.
When it comes to purebred dogs, the American Kennel Club sure hasn't helped by talking out of both sides of its collective mouth. The old white male field trial guys who control th AKC want everyone to know that AKC guarantees 'purebred'…though they whisper to buy from a breeder as though all breeders are the same. On the AKC registration certificate you get, it says that a 'third party transfer' (that would be a pet shop or broker selling you a dog someone else bred) is illegal, but that is never enforced, and the AKC delegates—the inspectors that make sure dogs shows are fair, who also inspect puppy mills, tell us that the AKC doesn't do business with anyone purposely mixing breeds, but we know the same people breeding English Bulldogs are breeding LabraDoodles and Cavashons
So…now we have a group of people—'backyard breeders'— who may or may not know each other, taking advantage of this confusion. They are breeding dogs, and claiming they are not breeders. They own the mommy dogs, and whelp the litters, but they will try to convince you they are not breeders. It might be because the humane activists will try to convince you that all breeders are evil and adding to pet over population, and by these people declaring they are not breeders, they are not responsible for pet over population. Following me? Because it is these very people who are the exact people adding to the problem. They do not take any responsibility for the dogs they breed. Once the sale is made…you are on your own.
What else do they say? If you ask about genetic defects, they will tell you the parent dogs are healthy, and even give you a health certificate that states the health of the pup is guaranteed for 30 days. This begs the question, because many blind, deaf, and/or crippled dogs are otherwise 'healthy', and these types of handicaps often don't show up until the dog is at least a year old.
Another one: These dogs come from champion bloodlines. Unless you know pedigrees, and all the dogs for at least three generations on that pedigree have the same word in their names, there is no bloodline. Also, we now know that many people who established a bloodline in their breed had their hearts broken when the type of testing for genetic defects became available, and they found that many of their breeding dogs were afflicted. But more—you can't have it both ways and say you 'just want a pet' but be impressed by champion bloodlines. My first Afghan Hound had the most impressive pedigree anyone would want to see, but I don't think his parents were show quality, and he certainly wasn't. Even show dogs produce dogs that won't become champions due to structural issues. When it comes to designer dogs—dogs that don't breed true, all the champion bs means NOTHING. You want to see OFA (hips, knees, elbows), CERF (eyes), and BAER tests for both parent dogs.
Another one: You can't see either parent dog….often, the sire of the litter is off being shown. The dam (the mommy) is probably a wreck, but be very cautious . Often times, mommy is not friendly with strangers…which also means the pups may not be.
So, here's the deal. If the person who offers puppies doesn't start asking you a bunch of questions about how you were referred to her, where you live, if you own or rent, who all you live with, if you've had any experience with her breed, and how you plan to take car of and train this pup if you work outside your home all day…this means they are breeding and/or selling pets like livestock. They can't be trusted to say anything remotely truthful. And, yeah, it's harder and harder to find an ethical hobby breeder of any breed, but you can ask groomers and trainers for referrals, contact a (breed) club of America, and be a little skeptical using the internet. You want a companion who will be with you for 12 years or more. Don't fall for the marketing. use some sense.
Tags: AKC, American Kennel Club, backyard breeders, Craigslist, dangerous dogs, dog grooming, economy, humane activism, integrity, pet shops, professional breeders, purebred dogs, Robyn Michaels, scams


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Celebrating the art of travel since 1854, this fall Louis Vuitton adds five new titles to Fashion Eye, its collection of photography books.
Five photographers invite us to travel to new horizons: Monte Carlo by Helmut Newton, New York by Saul Leiter, Berlin by Peter Lindbergh, British Columbia by Sølve Sundsbø and Morocco by Vincent Van de Wijngaard. As in the first wave of publications by Guy Bourdin, Jeanloup Sieff, Wing Shya, Kourtney Roy and Henry Clarke, each album highlights a city, a region or a country through the gaze of a fashion photographer.
Discover the Fashion Eye books collection here.


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Title: The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus #2)
Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Published: October 4, 2011
Genre: Young Adult / Greek Myth
Source: Kindle store
Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,
To storm or fire the world must fall.
An oath to keep with a final breath,
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.
Percy is confused. When he awoke from his long sleep, he didn't know much more than his name. His brain fuzz is lingering, even after the wolf Lupa told him he is a demigod and trained him to fight with the pen/sword in his pocket. Somehow Percy manages to make it to a camp for half-bloods, despite the fact that he has to keep killing monsters along the way. But the camp doesn't ring any bells with him. The only thing he can recall from his past is another name: Annabeth
Oh wow, this book is something else. After reading and loving the Percy Jackson series, then the first book in the Heroes of Olympus series, my excitement for this book was just sky high. I'm happy to say that I wasn't disappointed!
The Son of Neptune starts off with the infamous Percy Jackson, who is believed to be missing by everyone back at Camp Half-Blood, his home. After escaping two gorgons, meeting Juno and arriving at Camp Jupiter, he meets and quickly befriends Hazel Lavesque and Frank Zhang, two demigods at the Roman demigod camp, Camp Jupiter.
First of all, can I just explain how much of a relief it was to finally read about Percy again. The Lost Hero was great, don't get me wrong, but we all love Percy, and after reading that he'd mysteriously disappeared, just when we finally got some Percabeth action, it was awesome to finally see things through his eyes.
Percy finds Camp Jupiter, and it gives a whole new twist to the stories we're used to reading. Up to now, we had only ever seen Camp Half-Blood, the camp for Greek Demigods, and as much as I disliked the new camp, I'll admit getting to know it was pretty cool. Predominantly, 'The Son of Neptune' is set in this new camp, so of course we're going to expect a fair bit of world-building, and fortunately, the author, Riordan doesn't let us down. To be honest, he never does! By now we're all geniuses when it comes to Greek myths, because of the Percy Jackson series, and 'The Lost Hero' book, but now we are offered more insight to the world of Roman myths. I loved learning about how the demigods were sorted into Cohorts, as opposed to by their Godly parent in Camp Half-Blood. Albeit that my heart will always be with the Greeks, I thoroughly enjoyed the flipside, the Romans, too.
Hera's/Juno's devious plan may not have been too good for our beloved character Percy and others back at Camp Half-Blood, but it certainly was for us, in terms of meeting a load of new characters and becoming invested in a whole new group of demigods. Though Percy still was the main character, and I found his development really entertaining, I just loved reading about Hazel and Frank. Riordan, I suppose, has now perfected the art of creating backstories, as seen in the previous book. It was the same for this book. Frank's story with the burning stick, and the legacy of his family, was so interesting, and enthralling to read, but it was Hazel who really did it for me. I just couldn't get over how creative her past was, how she was actually from the 40s, but was resurrected, how she's cursed with deadly precious stones. I absolutely ate it up!
As per usual, Riordan's writing is fantastic! It's really uncommon nowadays to come across a good read, where the author attempts to write light-heartedly yet still be serious at the same time, and actually succeeds. Riordan does all that, and then some! It's so refreshing, and makes reading the book so much easier, because the flow of the story is so easy and smooth.
There's so much more that I haven't covered, but I think I'll just leave it at that. Obviously, I loved the book, and thought it was a brilliant second book in the new Heroes of Olympus series! Highly recommend this series, and the Percy Jackson series, if you haven't already read them!
Thanks for reading guys!


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Residents stabs burglar after being shot
SAN DIEGO – A resident shot today while fighting with a robber in his Pacific Beach home stabbed the alleged thief, who then fled, police said.
The masked suspect entered the home in the 4100 block of Kendall Street about 12:35 this morning and confronted the resident, San Diego police Sgt. Rich Nemetz said.
The suspect asked the resident for medication, which the resident refused, and a fight ensued, Nemetz said.
Police said the victim, who was shot in the thigh, stabbed the suspect in the back.
The suspect then ran away, police said.
The victim was taken to a hospital, where a condition report was not immediately available.


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[Identity Deleted] wrote: > Sorry for the confusion - I dull wittedly did not make myself clear. > (But still do not want to contribute [openly to the AmSci Forum]...) > > I am proposing that individuals be allowed access for free from > anywhere, but that libraries, if they want to link to the journal in > any number of viable ways, should pay as institutions. > That seems to me to be quite different from the target you demolish in > your recent reply to the [Forum]. It is a form of market segmentation. What you have not explained is *why* libraries should want to keep paying access-tolls if all their individual users can access all articles online toll-free anyway (and why journal publishers should want to risk providing direct toll-free access to their content for all individual users on the assumption that libraries would nevertheless keep on paying for institutional toll-access!). It is a fact, however, that at the moment libraries are doing precisely that in the few areas where the journal articles have been made open-access -- but made open-access not by their journal publishers but by their *authors,* through self-archiving: "Parts of physics have been self-archiving since 1991. Some subfields of it, like HEP, have reached 100% open-access that way some time ago. Yet no physics journal has folded or even experienced cancellation pressure. Indeed one prominent "born-gold" journal, JHEP, which reached a whopping impact factor of 7 within a few years of its launching, has since reverted from the gold cost-recovery model (OA) to the green one (TA), yet 100% of its contents were, are, and remain OA via self-archiving! http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/1812.html http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Tp/resolution.htm#4.2 "Self-archiving is anarchic: It is never quite clear at what point 100% of a journal is openly accessible. That is no doubt one factor in the non-cancellation of green journals. Another factor is that although there are green journals in all price-ranges, the ones whose contents approach 100% self-archiving also happen to be the fairly-priced journals, like the APS journals, and libraries do not wish to penalise them for being fairly priced (and green!). In the case of supporting the reversion of JHEP from gold to green, I think the libraries were again trying to support a progressive journal, fairly priced, and needing to make ends meet. In some cases libraries still wish to keep ordering the print edition." THE AFFORDABLE-ACCESS (AA) PROBLEM AND THE OPEN-ACCESS (OA) PROBLEM ARE NOT THE SAME http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3483.html > Why would libraries pay? Any number of reasons, especially if the > charge, as it would have to be, is relatively small. But even though > small, would be enough to float journal publication. > If you want, try me out on any refutation or clarification. It is quite possible that the essential costs of journal publication will continue to be covered by institutional access tolls long after all the annual 2.5 million articles in the world's 24,000 peer-reviewed journals are openly accessible online to all their would-be users worldwide, independent of whether or not their own institutions can afford the tolls. But this is all speculation. What is needed is that open access, now! It is highly unlikely that it will be provided directly by the *publishers* of those articles, but it is both likely and feasible for it to be provided by the *authors* of those articles -- by self-archiving them in their institutional open-access eprint archives. http://www.nature.com/nature/debates/e-access/Articles/harnad.html#B1 This may or may not eventually lead, in turn, to a leveraged transition from a toll-access (user-institution) cost-recovery model to an open-access (author-institution) cost-recovery model. But there is definitely no reason to wait! http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Tp/resolution.htm#4.2 "The Green Road to Open Access: A Leveraged Transition" http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3378.html Stevan Harnad NOTE: A complete archive of the ongoing discussion of providing open access to the peer-reviewed research literature online (1998-2004) is available at the American Scientist Open Access Forum: To join the Forum: http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.html Post discussion to: american-scientist-open-access-forum at amsci.org Hypermail Archive: http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/index.html Unified Dual Open-Access-Provision Policy: BOAI-2 ("gold"): Publish your article in a suitable open-access journal whenever one exists. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/boaifaq.htm#journals BOAI-1 ("green"): Otherwise, publish your article in a suitable toll-access journal and also self-archive it. http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ http://www.soros.org/openaccess/read.shtml http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Temp/berlin.htm


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i have got 1 brother en 1 sister
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Hello, my name's judy.I live in Việt Nam. I'm a studen and I'm 11 years old. I have 1 baby sister and 1 brother. Good bye!
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I am Alex.
I have three brother.
I am from Brazil.
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my name is Gökçe.any b i have a Turkish family. we are very happy family. i have got two sisters. and i haven't any brother. my little sister is eight years old. my other sister is twelve years old. i love them. <3<3<3
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i have 1 sister who is 2 and two brothers a 6 month old and a 7 year old. i am the oldest of four. my 7 year old brother is annoying, my sister is weird, and my baby brother is adorable.
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I have Three brothers, and one sister.
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Bresnan Expands Starz Encore Deal
Bresnan Communications and Starz Encore Group LLC announced a new affiliation deal Monday.
As part of the agreement, the MSO will launch Starz! HD and Starz On Demand in markets where it offers advanced video services.
Bresnan will also carry the Encore Movie Pak -- which includes Encore, Action, Mystery, Westerns, Love Stories, True Stories and WAM! America's Kidz Network -- and use it as a driver for selling Bresnan Digital Cable.
Bresnan Digital Classic -- including the Encore Movie Pak, 39 digital-basic channels, a digital set-top and remote -- retails for $56.99 per month plus taxes and franchise fees.
"We look forward to working with Bresnan and helping them to grow digital cable with Starz! and Starz On Demand," Starz Encore division vice president Tom Gove said in a prepared statement.
Bresnan executive VP of operations Steve Brookstein added, "Movies have long been a dominant viewing genre on cable, and this deal will enable us to offer a great array of programming at a compelling price point -- a real plus in the competitive marketplace."


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hi, On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 01:33:45PM +0000, Joerg Sommer wrote: > can I use debconf to ask the admin what should be the default look and > feel for the editor jed? The developers-reference manual tells us to not > abuse debconf. Is this an abuse? not necessarily, depending on how you go about it. the most important point to remember is that debconf must not be the authoritative store for the configuration. that is, if the admin answers something, but later changes the file manually, it's your responsibility to make sure that your debconf implementation doesn't nuke their settings. that said, this sounds like a somewhat superficial configuration setting, and i would wonder if all the effort to do things the right way would provide would be worth it. sean --
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Craft'za is a juried market for handmade goods in Northeast Minneapolis. Join us Saturday, November 16 from 10 AM to 4 PM for a handpicked lineup of 60 artists.
As always, artists are hand-selected through a jury process for a wide range of products and price points. Enjoy shopping and meet with local makers indoors at the Grain Belt Bottling House.


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At the beginning of 2016 Nebula released a forecast of the top telecoms trends that would affect enterprise level telecoms ecosystems in 2016. These trends are based on Nebula's close observation of the telecoms market and what is affecting their current clients, and provide insight on how enterprises can prepare for digitalisation to enable high performance business.
Reflecting on the activity in the telecoms market during the last few months, it is possible to see how the various telecoms trends are coming to realization in the market.
These are the main Telecoms Trends that have been realized in the market thus far.
1. Enhanced Focus on Network Security
Nebula predicted that there would be an enhanced focus on network security in the market as wireless LANs and business mobility becomes more widespread. With network access control no longer solely tied to physical LAN cabling, and with increased numbers of mobile devices being used for various business functions, companies must consider who has access to their network and what information is available to them.
Businesses must therefore consider how to provide the required levels of connectivity for a mobile workforce, at an acceptable level of security. For example, employees may be able to work from anywhere, but sensitive company information should never be transferred over unsecured public networks.
This issue was starkly highlighted by the Norton Cybersecurity Insights Report, released earlier this year. In this report it was found that despite having fallen victim to cybercrime, many South Africans are lax when it comes to securing devices. Nearly 1 in 5 South Africans do not have a password on their smartphone or desktop computer and they continue to put themselves at risk when it comes to online activity.
A recent Aberdeen report also quantified the value of security awareness training in large enterprises, showing that there can be real financial benefits to companies that invest in security training and awareness.
2. Managing the use of OTT services
Another major trend that is unfolding in the telecoms space is the use of Over-The-Top (OTT) applications on mobile devices. OTT applications run on mobile data, unlike voice and SMS services, and are reshaping how mobile operators provide their services, as they have created a massive shift from voice to data usage.
This can lead to employees using large amounts of data as they run OTT applications that are both business-related and personal. Additionally, this can cause security concerns if the OTT services are accessing the company network.
OTT services can allow employees to exchange files, messages, data, video, and more from their mobile devices. This can improve communication, efficiency, and information-sharing in a business. It is important however for businesses to manage which applications are being used, and the associated data costs that this incurs.
The force of this trend can be seen most strongly in the way that many mobile operators are re-shaping their contracts and mobile packages to refocus on data over voice.
According to Connection Telecom MD Dave Meintjes, who spoke at the annual MyBroadband Cloud and Hosting Conference in June, OTT applications are rapidly cannibalising traditional voice services. While traditional circuit-switch voice volumes declined, VoIP traffic saw strong growth in recent years.
In addition, Telkom mobile has recently announced new mobile plans that put data bundles at the core of the package and allow free VoIP calls on WhatsApp, Viber and BBM, as well as free SMSs and free calls to Telkom numbers, both mobile and fixed-line. Meanwhile MTN has launched customisable contracts that enable customers to select their own ratio of voice to data services.
3. Next Generation Loyalty Programs
The rise of Virtual Mobile Network Operators (VMNOs) as a way for large companies to offer more advanced loyalty programs is another major tend that Nebula has predicted for 2016. By becoming a Virtual Mobile Network Operator (VMNO), a company can leverage the power of its existing customer base to provide a variety of value added services through telecoms services.
The growth of this trend can be seen in the recent announcement by Cell C that it's collaboration with local MVNOs like FNB Connect, Mr Price Mobile, and BokSel has brought in more than a million end-user customers.
Cell C is currently the only mobile operator in SA that enables other brands to launch mobile services using its network infrastructure. However, MTN has revealed its plans to also introduce this offering in coming months.
4. IT Self-Service
Nebula also sees the potential for growth in IT self-service channels as a major new telecoms trend. Enterprises are looking for ways to give staff more control of their own IT needs. Many companies have high IT overheads, and inefficient systems for dealing with problems.
Telecoms service providers are also constantly looking for ways to improve their support channels, reducing turnaround time and streamlining the support process.
For example, Telkom is introducing new self-help channels which will empower customers to solve their technical, billing, and other problems. This will remove the need for customers to phone a call centre or visit a store to solve their problems, and reduce the overall cost of customer support.
There have been some exciting developments in the telecoms market this year, and we are looking forward to seeing how more of the trends unfold during the rest of 2016 and what the effects will be on the enterprise's telecoms ecosystem.


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Warning: the info in this post was posted prior to patch 3.1, and as such, while there may be some relevant information in it, large parts of it may be outdated or irrelevant. You have been warned.
I have to admit, when I first heard about the 51/0/20 "Disease-free" death knight build, I was extremely skeptical. I'd been running largely with a decently stereotypical two-hander 17/0/54 build, and a few things bothered me about this setup.
I don't like doing pet management with the Death Knight. While it's unavoidable to an extent as a warlock, for some reason having to manage the ghoul just grated on my nerves. As a result, I had attempted to shortcut around it via macros and accidentally pulled early before with the ghoul. Never resulted in a wipe, but did result in a bit of chaos sometimes.
There's a lot of fiddling with this build to keep things up and running. Bone Shield has to stay up as often as possible. Unholy Blight has to stay up as often as possible. Frost Fever, Blood Plague, and Ebon Plague have to stay up as often as possible. Playing an Unholy-spec Death Knight sometimes feels an awful lot like playing an Affliction-spec warlock with heavy armor and a weapon you actually use. This means that on movement-heavy fights, like for example Grobbulus, I was doing about 1/4 of my normal DPS - diseases would fall off, the boss was out of range of unholy blight, and so on.
No matter what gear I attempted to get, I never got about 3.0k, maybe 3.1k DPS, except on fights where movement was non-existent - like Patchwerk. However, I couldn't crack that 4.0k ceiling.
The Search for
Spock A New Build
So for a while, I basically gave a lot of things the ol' college try, which meant a lot of experimenting with strange new experiences and waking up with no pants and no money. (Seriously, those respec costs hurt now, as does reglyphing every time.) I even tried dual-wielding, an experience I'm not particularly proud of (but which I would try again, provided I could get two Naxx-level one-handers - two reputation one-handers just can't stack up to my Cryptfiend's Bite).
The Build and Glyphs
And then, while dredging the depths of Elitist Jerks' forums, I ran across word of a 51/0/20 disease-free build. This was a unique beast: unlike most death knight builds, it didn't rely on any disease uptime at all, because it didn't apply diseases. You heard me: no diseases. And, on top of that, it's based on Blood, which was my first love and will always be my true favorite (I'm waiting for the day it's even remotely viable for tanking). So, I gave it a try. I put the points in, I applied the glyphs, and I came out disease-free and looking a bit like this.
(EDIT: sorry to replace this with a pic, but MMO Champion updated their talent calculator to match the 3.1 build and therefore the previous link was totally broken. The post-3.1 diseasefree build will probably look a bit more like this 51/1/19 build)
Glyphs for this build: Glyph of Blood Strike, Glyph of the Ghoul, Glyph of Obliterate.
Caveat Sanguinator
First, a few up-front notes about things that look initially weird:
Vampiric Blood instead of Rune Tap. The reason for this is simple: this build doesn't have enough points to move around to take 3/3 Improved Rune Tap, at which point the skill becomes valuable. As it is, Vampiric Blood is largely an "oh shit" button, and I've been known to pop it just before or just after Hysteria. (The fun part about raiding, though, is that the health loss from Hysteria is rarely ever a problem except in fights where there's massive raid damage, such as Loatheb.)
Glyph of Raise Dead. This glyph is a little buggy for some people. Most notably, despite having the Glyph, Raise Dead will complain that it needs Corpse Dust - and if you get Corpse Dust, it will continue to complain that it needs Corpse Dust. If this happens to you, feel free to remove it. I haven't had this issue yet. /knock wood
Glyph of Blood Strike. Two points about this one.
- First, it works on Heart Strike. I've tested it, lots of people have tested it, it's verifiable - apparently anything that applies to Blood Strike also applies to Heart Strike, and the Glyph is no exception. This means that on any target that's snared, my Heart Strikes do 20% more damage - and as you'll see when I talk about the rotation, I do a lot of Heart Strikes.
* Secondly, there are a _lot_ of things that count as a snare. While you're solo, you may not see the extra damage pop up, and that's fine - honestly, you should be blowing through mobs so fast that it won't matter. However, this is a raid build, and when you're raiding, there are a lot of things that count as snares that don't necessarily snare a boss. The [Frostfire Bolt](http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=47610) debuff jumps out at me as one obvious one; [Slow](http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=31589) is another. (I loves my mages.) I believe Thunderclap counts as another, if you're running with warriors. Basically, unless your raid has a really strange setup where no snare-like effects are on the boss at all (which could happen fairly often in 10 man situations, I suppose), you'll see a lot of benefit from this one. I do - as it happens, Heart Strike is my #2 source of damage, right behind melee.
- 3/3 Virulence. I don't really like it, but the other option in that level isn't even worth it. Basically this is 3% more chance for Death Coils to not miss.
There's also a few things you should know, if you want to optimize your DPS in this build.
Your gear has to be pretty good to pull this off. There, I said it. You need to be hit-capped for special abilities (8%), you need to have a lot of Strength attack power, you need a good helping of crit rating. You could try this in heroics, or in early raiding, but I don't know how much it'd help you. (That said, if one of my Blood-happy readers who's just getting into the heroics would like to try it out and get back to me, please do so.)
Sunder Armor is extremely beneficial to this build. All your damage, outside of Death Coil, is physical - you do it, your ghoul does it, your Dancing Rune Weapon does it. If you've got a warrior tank who's slacking on the Devastates in favor of Shield Slam (as a lot of them are nowadays), ask him nicely if he'd throw a couple more in his rotation for you. I did, and I immediately saw the benefits. If you've got Fury or Arms Warriors, they may already be applying Sunders, so do a little research. This's all about synergy.
Be sure and utilize the ghoul, and be sure and do so when your Strength buffs (especially from Rune of the Fallen Crusader) are up. The ghoul lasts for a decent length of time even without him being a standard Unholy ghoul, so use him on bosses or any other time you need to boost DPS.
Fire your Sudden Doom procs whenever you can. Remember, there's a lot of Heart Strikes in this build, so you'll see a lot of Sudden Dooms. Death Coil is almost always my #3 or #4 source of damage. And when you get them, your Dancing Rune Weapon gets them too, so be sure and use it then. Double RP-free auto-crit Death Coil? Yes, please!
For movement heavy fights where you need to switch to Unholy Presence in order to keep moving (Heigan and Grobbulus come to mind), you should not see a drop in DPS. Period. You may have a couple seconds of dead time in which you're not doing anything but auto-attacking, but even with the decrease in global cooldown, you shouldn't see a ton of them. This is important, because in a lot of builds, running in Unholy Presence is pretty much just a way to embarrass yourself, and Blood Presence is recommended at all times. 51/0/20 seems to cope just fine with both. That said, I'd still stay in Blood Presence when at all possible.
If given a choice between Haste and Armor Penetration on a piece of armor, go with Armor Penetration. All things being equal, this build will see a lot of benefit from Armor Penetration. It's still inferior to just having Sunders, but it's better than Haste in most cases; see point #1.
This is one of the builds that benefits most from having Hysteria cast on itself. Feel free to toss it on you instead of a Warrior or Rogue buddy and watch yourself start hitting like a truck. Well, a bigger truck.
Puff Puff Then Pass, Don't F@#$ Up Rotation
Alright, I've been talking for the entire post about the rotation. Are you ready for this? This is seriously the most forgiving rotation you'll see in a Death Knight build, simply because of the removal of diseases as a requirement for doing damage.
Key: OB = Obliterate, HS = Heart Strike, RP = Runic Power dump (usually Death Coil, but also Dancing Rune Weapon once you're at 100 RP)
That's it. Seriously. That's it. It's the "Burning Crusade-era BM hunter" of Death Knight specs (ha ha, I kid BM hunters… but only a little). Stop to throw Death Coils whenever you get a Sudden Death proc, be sure and utilize your ghoul and Dancing Rune Weapon when you can, but otherwise… yeah. That's it. Just thwack the enemy good.
It's forgiving, it's easy, and you'll do a lot of damage. What's not to love?
Holy shit.
I cannot state how dramatically my DPS jumped as a result of this build. Even in my gear, which still has a few weak points (like still being way overcapped on Hit and lacking in crit), I see some pretty dramatic DPS - like finally breaking that 4k DPS ceiling with ease, on pretty much every boss (unless something dumb happens like getting knocked down on Sartharion while trying to avoid a lava wave, eating the lava wave, getting turned around, and accidentally walking into the frontal cleave - not that that's ever happened to me cough).
My only regret is that I no longer provide the synergy back to the raid that I used to in some cases - Ebon Plague was a help to all our casters. But I guess if you want to look at it another way, I'm now providing a benefit to all our melee instead in the form of Abomination's Might.
And, in a less tangible benefit, this has gotten me talking to some of my raid-mates who I simply worked alongside before. My Death Knight hero (who I look up to for advice and gear and whatnot) and I switched specs at almost exactly the same time - both of us away from 17/0/54, him to a heavy-Frost burst-damage build, me to this build, and now we have a constant friendly rivalry for top DPS (and an ongoing dialogue too). I've had conversations with Mages I never really spoke to, got in touch with our Warriors - basically this build has made me feel like more of a component of a bigger machine, instead of just someone who deals damage. That's a good feeling, ya know?
And, oh yeah - I hit like a truck. Can't forget that. A heavily armed truck. A heavily armored and armed truck with spears on the front, that shoots sharks and lasers and yells "WELCOME TO THUNDERDOME!"
I love it. If you're experiencing some build stagnation, or just want to try something new, go for it. Tell 'em Queklain sent you.


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8/30 8th Grade Volleyball A/B Teams against Mesa
September 10, 2018
On August 30, the 8th grade volleyball A and B teams played against Mesa. Both A and B teams played at home. The 8th grade volleyball team B final scores were 25-23, 15-25, and 15-13. The A team has the final scores of 12-25 and 15-25. In the end, both team ended up losing.
"B team, fought hard. Won in three sets. But, had too many missed serves. They need to work on footwork for passing and hitting. A team, did not have a good evening. Had way too many miss-hits. Mesa figured out our weak spots and used it to their advantage." Michelle Ahrens said.
"I feel like I played great, my serves were great and lasers. My team kinda feel apart and we were not communicating and people were forgetting what we practiced. It was a close game, we would have played better if we were to communicate. I think we did the best, almost all of our serves were killer. And the other team was worrying about were that had had to be instead of the ball when they were receiving," Soph Rodriguez from B team said.
"I feel that I played my best. It may not have been my best game. But I tried to focus and not to let the score get to me. I know that my team could've done much better. We had a rough start, and that affected us mentally. We are a better team than what we showed. It wasn't a huge challenge going against our rival. It didn't get to my head though. I don't really know who did the best. Nobody played their best, and I feel we all did about the same," Lea Holman from A team said.
The next game for A/B teams will be on September Thursday, 6 and will be away.


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Imagine that you're brushing your teeth or diving into a plateful of your favorite food and you suddenly feel a sharp pain in your mouth. Once you get in front of a mirror you get a closer look and you see a small, white sore. You've just found yourself a canker sore, and they're never fun. The good news is that your local Dublin oral health experts at Canal View Dental Surgery are here to help you with all the information about canker sores that you need to know for prevention and treatment.
A canker sore is simply a small, shallow ulcer or lesion that can develop on the soft tissues in your mouth, including the insides of your cheeks, the base of your gums, and even on your tongue. The sores typically have a white or yellow coloration with a red border and form in a circular or oval shape. The size of a lesion is about the size of a pea or a kernel of corn on average, but it is possible for the sore to be larger in certain cases.
Canker sores are often split into two main categories: simple and complex. Simple sores are the most common, especially among those 10 - 20 years old, with the average person developing a sore about 3 - 4 times each year. Complex sores are larger and more painful sores compared to simple sores. They are less common for the most part; however, people who have had canker sores in the past are at a higher risk of developing them.
Regardless of the type of sore, they are painful and can often make simple tasks like talking, eating, or brushing your teeth more difficult. Depending on the type of sore that you have, it can take anywhere from 1 - 6 weeks to completely heal.
Canker sores are often confused with cold sores, but they have some very distinct differences. While canker sores always appear on soft tissue inside of the mouth, cold sores appear outside of the mouth on the lips. As for their cause, canker sores can be the result of a wide range of factors, but cold sores are caused by a virus and are extremely contagious.
The exact cause of canker sores has yet to be perfectly pinpointed, but we do know the different factors that can increase the chances of developing them. The potential causes of canker sores are:
Since there is no immediate cure to canker sores, getting one means that you have to wait for the sore to heal and go away on its own. That makes prevention the best option for fighting against canker sores. Actions that you can take to prevent the development of canker sores include:
While most canker sores will go away on their own, there are some cases where it is recommended that you seek out help from a doctor or dentist. Most often, cases of canker sores that require medical attention involve larger, more painful sores that appear and either do not seem to completely heal or consistently reoccur. It is also recommended that you see a doctor if the pain from a canker sore is too extreme and cannot be managed with an at home solution (such as pain killers or numbing medicine like benzocaine), or if you develop a high fever along with the sore.
For cases of canker sores that cannot be treated with at home remedies and require medical attention, treatment can vary depending on the patients' needs and severity of the sore. One common treatment for canker sores uses a dental soft tissue laser, which helps close the wound, clear away any harmful bacteria, and jump start the healing process to provide immediate relief. Another effective treatment option for canker sores is the use of cleaning antiseptic medication, typically in the form of a mouth rinse. By rinsing with such medication 3 – 4 times each day, you can prevent infection and decrease the amount of time it takes for a canker sore to fully heal. For canker sores that are caused by vitamin deficiencies, simply taking a supplement to counteract the deficiency will often help speed up the healing process.
If you have any questions about canker sores, how they are caused, and how to treat them, or if you are in need of professional dental treatment, contact us at Canal View Dental Surgery! A member of our staff will be more than happy to answer your questions, and help set you up with a dental appointment in our local Dublin office. Our talented dentists and staff have been providing families with superior dental care for many years, and we look forward to providing you with the high quality dental experience that you deserve. We hope to see you in our Dublin office soon!


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The term 'Human Resource' (HR) development improves the productivity of organization by developing skills, capabilities and knowledge of employees. To attain the goals and objectives of the business entity, manpower is essentially required. Human Resource Management (HRM) framework mainly deals with the development and training of personnel who works in firm (Schmeck, 2013). In order to understand the concept of Human Resource Development (HRD), McDonald's restaurant Ltd. organization is considered. It is the largest chain of fast food restaurants in world. The present report will help in understanding the concept about different types of learning styles, theories, role of learning curve and importance of transferring learning at the workplace of this fast food chain.
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To enhance the information and skills of employee, McDonald prefer various types of learning styles such as Kolb model, VARK style and Myers Briggs type indicator etc. to train and develop their skills. The comparison of different types of learning styles is such as:
|VARK style
|Kolb model
|Myers Briggs Type Indicator
|This style describes the four types of learners such as visual, aural, reading and writing and kinesthetic (VARK Learning Styles, 2015). In this context, the learners prefer to gain the information through audio, video, graphics or reading and writing the content (Wilson, 2005). Kinesthetic learners gain information by touching and performing the things (Pritchard, 2013).
|This theory defines the learning style of four types of learners such as assimilating type who requires the clear logic and its explanation. The diverging type of learners is very sensitive and looks at things from various perspectives (David Kolb's model, 2016). Further, converging type learners mostly prefers technical tasks and accommodating type learners who prefer to take experiential and practical approach. By doing this, they feel attracted towards new experiences and challenges (Kolb, 2014).
|This learning style uses the "Type indicator tool" to measure and evaluates the psychological type of learners. This tool includes various types of questions (Holt, Ghormoz and Szarek, 2015). By using this questionnaire tool, learning style of McDonald's employees could be recognized. This theory defines sixteen types of personalities such as ESTJ (Extra-Version, Sensing, Thinking and Judging)(Bratton and Gold, 2012).
Learning curve defines the increment of experiencing and learning through graphical representation. In this, experience is represented on horizontal axis and learning on vertical axis. It is a type of continuous process of learning. In order to enhance the skills, performance and learning of employees, McDonald uses learning curve at their workplace. With the help of this learning curve, employees are tending to focus on their development and career path. This curve helps the employees by representing their increment and experience as a whole (Saga, Qamar and Trali, 2015). The cited firm can use this curve as a tool to evaluate the impact of training and development programs. McDonald Company puts their effort, money and time to train human resources and in return, firm expects that employees to transfer their learning to workplace. The importance of transferring learning to workplace is such as:
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To enhance the knowledge and skills, past cases related to practical challenging situations can be explained to employees. In this context, transferring of learning may help human resources to face critical situations and challenges (Argote, 2012).
In order to enhance the performance of employees, cited company pools their funds and efforts in training sessions. In return, learning is transferred to workplace for example; if their productivity does not increase then, money and efforts spent are not utilized in optimum manner (Dar-El, 2013).
To add value, cited firm conducts training and development programs. However, if learning is not transferred then, no values would be added to McDonalds.
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To meet the strategic objectives and goals of McDonald, learning styles are essentially required to train the employees in effective manner. At the time of designing and planning the learning event for cited firm, learning theories and styles are required to be considered because it would make the event more successful (De Rijdt, Stes and Dochy, 2013). By using the different types of learning styles and theories, the learning preferences and patterns of employee would be recognized. Each employee prefer to gain the information in different way such as by watching presentation or listening lectures etc. So, it is important for McDonalds to consider different types of learning styles (Takahashi, 2013). By focusing on objectives and motives of cited firm, it is important to analyze the impact of different types of styles. This step should be considered before planning and designing the learning event. For the success of learning event, various types of learning style should be considered because if only one style is selected then there are chances of problem occurrence.
With the help of present research report it is articulated that human resource development plays an important role in achieving the strategic objectives of organization. This research study defines the deep insight knowledge of various types of learning styles and theories which helps the employees to enhance their skills, abilities and performance. Further it is also evaluated that learning curve helps the human resources to analyze their level of experience and learnings.
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