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Arizona State University wants to develop a network of lower-priced colleges where students could earn bachelor's degrees in just three years.
The Undergraduate Colleges @ ASU would offer only a handful of majors to let students fast-track their degrees through a combination of traditional and online courses, ASU President Michael Crow said.
The plan, which could cut the cost of a degree by about 40 percent, or $11,150, goes before the Arizona Board of Regents on Thursday for discussion, although the board won't vote until later this year.
ASU, like the two other state universities, is under increasing pressure from Arizona lawmakers to create more affordable options for higher education.
In-state tuition and fees at the state universities rose by up to 54 percent from 2004 to 2008, and rates are increasing sharply again this fall for new students at all three schools. At ASU's Tempe campus, for example, new students will pay $6,840 this fall, up from $5,659 last fall.
The Undergraduate Colleges @ ASU is one route the regents likely will consider. Other possibilities include allowing students to transfer more credits from community colleges and offering more online courses. At Thursday's regents meeting in Tempe, ASU's Crow, along with University of Arizona President Robert Shelton and Northern Arizona University President John Haeger, will present proposals for lower-cost degrees.
"What we're trying to offer are multiple options, multiple pathways," Crow said. "Families can pick the one that's best for them."
ASU officials want to open the first undergraduate college in fall 2010 in Maricopa County. Crow is looking at the West Valley, Phoenix and other locations, he said, but doesn't have a site yet. He confirmed that ASU is considering downtown Phoenix.
Eventually, ASU may have five to 15 undergraduate, commuter-style colleges spread throughout the state. Each college could serve 1,000 to 3,000 students. Faculty would focus on teaching, instead of a combination of teaching and research as they do on the main campuses.
ASU hopes to partner with cities to pick up the tab for construction costs, similar to what ASU did when developing the downtown Phoenix campus using a voter-approved sales tax.
Majors haven't been determined but likely would include only a handful of high-demand fields such as communication, elementary education, interdisciplinary studies, psychology, political science and criminology.
Students could fast-track their degrees by going to school year-round or by taking special assessment tests to move to the next level once they mastered the material. They still would need to complete the traditional 120 credit hours required for a degree. Crow said the quality of the education would be comparable to ASU's other campuses.
"This is not a knock-off product," he said.
The undergraduate campuses would be geared toward three-year degrees, but students could opt for the four-year route, which would cost more.
Tuition and fees at the Undergraduate Colleges @ ASU would be set at the maximum level of the federal Pell Grant, which is $5,350 a year, or about $1,500 less than what new students will pay at ASU's Tempe campus this fall.
Startup costs for the first campus are estimated at $4.5 million to $6 million. University officials admit the price tag could be a challenge given the state's budget crisis. One possible source of money is federal stimulus dollars.
Although three-year degrees are common in Europe, few U.S. students graduate in that time frame, primarily because the universities here follow the traditional two-semester schedule. Nationally, only 2.3 percent of students graduate in three years, according to the U.S. Department of Education. The figure is about half that at Arizona's three state universities.
Even so, three-year degrees are a growing trend. At least three private schools are introducing three-year degree options this fall: Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y., Lipscomb University in Nashville and Chatham University in Pittsburgh.
Ultimately, student interest will drive demand for three-year degrees, said Tony Pals, spokesman for the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.
"I think those schools offering it will be watched closely," he said.
To address concerns by the Board of Regents that higher education in Arizona is too expensive, the state's three universities are considering ways to help reduce the cost. All three are proposing more partnership agreements with lower-priced community colleges that allow students to earn more credits before transferring to the universities. Each school has additional plans.
Arizona State A network of undergraduate colleges that offer lower-priced bachelor's degrees in three or four majors. Programs would be fast-tracked so students could earn degrees in three years. Faculty would be full time, non-tenured.
University of Arizona Expand enrollment by 37 percent to 52,000 through partnerships with community colleges. A dozen high-demand majors would be offered. Courses would be taught by faculty made up of 50 percent tenured and tenure-track professors and 50 percent non-tenured. Non-tenured faculty generally have lower salaries than tenured.
Northern Arizona University The NAU Yavapai branch campus in Prescott Valley would offer bachelor's degrees in a small number of high-demand majors targeted to recent high-school graduates and adults returning to school. Plans are to eventually serve 3,200 students, with 50 percent of the courses delivered online. Instruction would be provided by non-tenure track and part-time faculty. The campus could one day become an independent, regional university.
Arizona State University is proposing a network of lower-priced colleges, the first of which would open in Maricopa County in fall 2010. Here's how they would differ from the main campus:
Tuition fees:
ASU-Tempe, $6,840; colleges at ASU, $5,350
Years to degree:
ASU-Tempe, 4.6 on average; colleges at ASU, 3
ASU-Tempe, conduct research and teach; colleges at ASU, mainly teach
ASU-Tempe, more than 250 programs; colleges at ASU, 3 or 4 programs
Student body:
ASU-Tempe, more than 50,000; colleges at ASU, 1,000 to 3,000 per college
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These are strange times at Twickenham, full of bile, spite and disorder. The mood is obviously contagious. For long stretches, this was not vintage Barbarian fare. Three yellow cards, the first dropped goal in 63 years of this fixture, a few off-the-ball spats, some crass handling and little of substance to warm the cockles of a decent crowd.
They had come to be entertained by great deeds of the Barbarians not witness a rout, the Baa-Baas' worst against these opponents. To salute fair dinkum Wallabies, who scored eight tries, six in the second half, was not what they had paid their money for, the only bright moment an added-time Barbarian try for union rookie, nay, virgin, Sam Tomkins.
Australia had too much cohesion as well as conviction for the invitation side, hamstrung as ever by their own lack of time together. There were sporadic glimpses of traditional Barbarian dash and dazzle, but not enough.
If the spectators were looking for much-needed cheer and uplift, then they left only a little less forlorn than they arrived. The Barbarians usually grow through the match, but the seven changes at half-time served only to spread more disarray into the ranks. They were easily brushed aside, looking flat and demoralised. It was not their finest hour.
These games have to fight for credibility in a packed calendar and this sort of display did nothing to further the cause.
Four Wallaby tries in 13 minutes in and around the third quarter, two from replacement lock James Horwill, made the outcome an inevitability and served as an ideal warm-up for Australia ahead of next Saturday's Test against Wales at the Millennium Stadium. That game is a blatant money-spinner and well as Australia played yesterday, there is little point getting excited about their prospects when the real business of the year has already been and gone.
There were interesting cameos from Danny Cipriani, back at Twickenham in an international setting for the first time in three years, and a gutsy showing from Tomkins, the 22-year-old Wigan Warriors rugby league man and the rawest player on the field.
Barbarian sides are always thrown in at the deep end but even by their traditions of players living off their wits, Tomkins's immersion was something else.
"He's got a good future no matter what sport he wants to play," the Barbarians coach, Graham Henry, said. "He's obviously a talented footballer with good feet and a good head."
Tomkins enjoyed the experience, even if it was his second defeat by Australia within seven days.
"Not great, that, eh?" said Tomkins, who admitted that he had thought long and hard about joining older brother, Joel, in switching codes to join Saracens before deciding to continue in league for the time being.
"People in Wigan don't even know what union is. It certainly takes some getting used to. It was a bit of a challenge and I didn't even know what the numbers on the shirts were when we met up. That was a nice way to finish – getting a try. For the time being, I'm certainly a rugby league player."
Cipriani was eager to turn in a show. The crowd was keen for some action, too, as wistful as the player himself for the glory days of youth when everything seemed possible, and, by and large, it was. It did not really happen here, as much as Cipriani put in to it. The former Wasp was bright and inventive in the early stages but grew increasingly ragged as his pack got minced. Not surprisingly mistakes crept into his game, notably the reckless pass near his own line in the 54th minute that gave Wallaby centre Rob Horne an easy run-in to the try-line. Nonetheless, it was a reasonable performance, given that this is his close-season.
"He'll be disappointed with that [the interception] although you can't really judge Danny on today's outing," said Henry. "He's in charge of the ship at No 10, and when the ship is struggling, and starting to leak, it can go down."
Cipriani, now 24, has admitted that he felt pangs of frustration watching the World Cup take place without him. Mind you, judging by this week's poisonous fallout, it might have been a good one to miss.
"It was great to run out at Twickenham," said Cipriani. "I loved it. I've got massive ambitions to be back here one day with England."
There were some warriors of the game to salute, none more so than Victor Matfield. The 34-year-old Springbok lock was playing his final match, 110 caps to the good for his country. Matfield was determined to enjoy his last gallop, showing well all over the field. He was given the dubious honour of attempting the conversion of Tomkins's try. That ended as you might imagine, with a hooked kick that barely got a few inches off the turf.
Australia were bristling with intent, evidenced by first-half yellow cards for interference for Adam Ashley-Cooper and James Slipper. The second half was a procession, with significant input from the Wallaby bench, hooker Stephen Moore crashing about and Horwill scoring two early tries. Wings Lachie Turner and Digby Ioane each got a second, with Radike Samo touching down Australia's eighth.
Tomkins's try was hardly much consolation.
Mixed return for Cipriani
Danny Cipriani, the enfant terrible of English rugby, may even have been eclipsed in those stakes given the recent off-field antics of the World Cup squad in New Zealand. Of real interest was how he performed out where it mattered. He did well enough, although he did fade as the Barbarians were put on the rack, a rash pass on his line letting in Rob Horne for a try.
Tomkins makes a late impression
Might we be seeing Sam Tomkins at Twickenham in England colours in four years time at the 2015 Rugby World Cup? That is the hope in some quarters. Although the 22 year-old rugby league player is locked into a deal with Wigan for three years, it is rumoured that after that he may join older brother Joel at Saracens. Tomkins, a valuable asset as the top try-scorer in Super League, had plenty of touches at Twickenham, looked willing and eventually got his break with a try in time added on.
Match details
Scores: 0-3 O'Connor pen, 3-3 Cipriani pen, 3-6 O'Connor dropped goal, 3-11 Ioane try, 3-13 O'Connor con, 3-18 Turner try; 6-18 Cipriani pen, 6-23 Horwill try, 6-25 O'Connor con, 6-30 Horne try, 6-32 O'Connor con, 6-37 Horwill try, 6-39 O'Connor con, 6-44 Turner try, 6-46 O'Connor con, 6-51 Ioane try, 6-53 O'Connor con, 6-58 Samo try, 6-60 O'Connor con, 11-60 Tomkins try.
Barbarians: I Toeava; S Tomkins, R Fruean, S Mortlock, B Habana (S Rabeni 41); D Cipriani, P Stringer (N Kenatale 41); E Guinazu (S Perugini 41), K Mealamu (A Strauss 41), S Marconnet, S Shaw (M Bortolami 41), V Matfield, J Kaino (J White 41), M Bergamasco, A Thomson.
Replacement: R Kahui.
Yellow card: Perugini.
Australia: A Ashley-Cooper; L Turner, R Horne, B Barnes (B Tapaui 37), D Ioane; J O'Connor, W Genia (N Phipps 53); J Slipper, T Polota-Nau (S Moore, 50), S Ma'afu (B Alexander 50), R Simmons, N Sharpe (S Horwill 50), S Higginbotham, D Pocock (M Hodgson 51), D Dennis (R Samo 50).
Yellow card: Ashley-Cooper, Slipper.
Referee: Romain Poite (France).

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Narration: With Green Acre Radio this is Martha Baskin. Michelle Montague with Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation is convinced the clean energy economy is a magnet for women's leadership. "We believe there may be a model out there for businesses to say look at our industry. We have more women in management roles. We have a lot of empowerment going on. Why is that happening? Let's talk about it and perhaps it can be a model for other traditional businesses to follow." A lot has to do with values, says Montague. Clean energy draws women because of the sustainable opportunities for families and children. She attended a recent panel discussion on the ways women business leaders are influencing a clean energy future.
One of the panelists was AP Hurd,VP of Development for Touchstone, a commercial real estate developer. I caught up with her at her office. The biggest challenge facing environmentally conscious businesses, says Hurd, is how to justify the cost of adopting clean technologies when the price of fossil fuels and water is kept artificially low. "It's almost like we're giving away something at very low cost and then wondering well why does our society use it so intensively." Hurd refers to federal and state subsidies for fossil fuels and water. Water subsidies, especially for hydropower and corporate agriculture, are so complex they could take up an entire program. Fossil fuels were awarded $72.5 billion between 2002 and 2008 according to the Department of Energy. During the same time period renewables received $29 billion. But the numbers, say Climate Solutions, the regional non-profit who co-hosted the panel, don't include the billions received by oil and coal when they're able to externalize the cost of carbon emissions. Nor the huge percentage of the military budget that goes to defend strategic oil reserves. Energy pricing, says AP Hurd, should reflect the cost to the environment and the scarcity of a resource. "Then what happens is the cost of dirty energy rises. That's probably the most effective economic incentive that we can create toward the development of new cleaner technology both in terms of energy efficient technologies as well as new generation technologies." To be effective, says Hurd, energy pricing needs to be enacted at the federal level. Local or regional pricing would create a quote "first mover disadvantage". Say Seattle decided to price fossil fuels and water based on their true costs. "It tends to create a perverse incentive that might push businesses out of Seattle and into the surrounding cities."
The public has been made aware of the clean energy potential of buildings from the US Green Building Council's LEED ratings. What's equally important, says Hurd, is where a building is sited. "In Washington State somewhere between forty and fifty percent of the emissions attributable to commercial buildings are actually the emissions of people in vehicles going to and from the building." If existing buildings can be redesigned to attract employers and retail for people living within a ten mile radius, especially in suburbs where commutes are required for both, then the clean energy potential is magnified.
Take the redesign of Park Place in Kirkland. Touchstone has been working with the City of Kirkland to make the mall both pedestrian friendly and a draw for high tech employers. "So we're excited to do a project like this that brings a lot of office use so all these kinds of IT and Gaming can continue to find space to grow and expand closer to where their employees are." What's also exciting, says Hurd, is Park Place's proximity to the new Kirkland Transit Center. "That's another part of this idea of strategic transit oriented development."
Haeryung Shin Chairs the Clean Technology Group of Davis Wright Tremaine. The law firm hosted the panel discussion. Are women business leaders unique when it comes to clean energy solutions? "In my professional travels I meet as many men as women working for the same purposes. I think ultimately climate change is about our survival." One clean energy solution that particularly appeals to Shin is Smart Grid or the movement to upgrade the aging electric grid with two-way communication technologies. Heating, lighting and appliances can be programmed to run at lower levels when demand for electricity is high and at fuller power at night when demand is low. Shin says her Smart Grid clients, Distributed Energy Management and Vita Green hope to democratize the grid. "What that means is people tend to agree that you need to be able to price savings in order to get people interested in our society."
The Independence and Security Act of 2007, says Shin, made Smart Grid a national priority. "Then the Recovery Act in 2009 basically fast tracked the standards development for that. $4.5 billion was in the Recovery Act to fund demonstration projects and that has been happening." People fault utilities for moving slowly, says Shin. "I am actually quite bullish about the whole thing."
Still, the recurring theme at the panel discussion was the absence of comprehensive federal clean energy legislation. The House passed a comprehensive clean energy bill in 2009, the Waxman-Markey bill. Similar legislation remains stalled in the Senate. Again Michelle Montague, wind energy executive. "If we can start to talk about it in a meaningful way and get some traction on it I think it would have a huge impact in many parts of our society and our jobs."
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Spanish III journeyed into the wide world of movie making and editing. Mrs. Jill Rogers taught us about using the digital video camara, copyright concerns and editing the footage in Movie Maker.
We're interested in burning to DVDs immediately after editing, so she talked to us briefly about iMovie on her new Mac in the media center. Mrs. Rogers also introduced us to Garage Band and iPhoto on the Mac.
While we're still waiting for the distorted and wild photos from the Mac, here are some shots from my camara as well as some video footage of playing with Movie Maker in the media center.
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text: Careers Career Watch: Creative Excuses for tardiness Jamie Eckle @itworldca Published: July 29th, 2010Bosses were hearing excuses for being late to work less often last year than they did the previous year, according to an online survey conducted by CareerBuilder.com.According to the poll of 5,231 U.S. employees, conducted in November 2009, 16 per cent of respondents said they arrive late to work at least once a week. That's a drop from 20 per cent a year earlier. Common reasons for workplace tardiness included traffic (cited by 32 per cent of respondents), lack of sleep (24 per cent), bad weather (seven per cent) and preparing kids for school or day care (seven per cent).In addition, CareerBuilder asked hiring managers and human resources professionals to give examples of outrageous excuses for being late. Among the more unusual ones were these:• I got mugged and was tied to the steering wheel of my car.• My deodorant was frozen to the window sill.• My car door fell off.• It was too windy.• I dreamt I was already at work.• A roach crawled in my ear.• I had to go to the hospital because I drank antifreeze.• I had an early-morning gig as a clown.• I saw an elderly lady at a bus stop and decided to pick her up.• My dog swallowed my cell phone. Careers cell phone


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If going to the put up office is a chore you'll like to take off your listing, the time has come to look into the flexibility to print postage on-line. However as with Social Approval, tech firms now manipulate how usually we expertise it. Most assistive technologies for individuals with motor disabilities both work by way of the keyboard or emulate the performance of the keyboard. As an example, the introduction of blue tooth and wi-fi know-how permits most individuals to abandon the usage of wires. Awareness of the scope and high quality of research evaluating new and present diagnostic know-how is central to modern crucial care follow.
Confiscating, time-limiting or allowing further access to expertise has change into a popular parenting strategy. Individuals throughout the trade discuss quite a bit about public versus non-public blockchains. The fluidity of the advertising and marketing technology area is making it harder than ever for entrepreneurs to choose between standalone best-of-breed tech suppliers and multisolution suites.
Boring also stressed the importance of retaining blockchain expertise and policy on the identical page. Two-thirds of Britons use them to entry the web ( Ofcom Expertise Tracker 2015 ), and few would regard these gadgets as 'new', yet the smartphone's potential is yet to be realised in health and care. At the Consensus blockchain know-how summit this previous year, Delaware Governor Jack Markell gave a keynote speech announcing the initiative and laying out a blockchain roadmap for the subsequent five years, including a new joint effort with Symbiont to digitize and retailer the whole Delaware Public Archives on a blockchain ledger in 2017.
The usage of fundamental know-how can be a function of different animal species aside from humans. Imagine if tech companies recognized that, and helped us proactively tune our relationships with friends and businesses in terms of what we outline as time nicely spent " for our lives, instead of in terms of what we'd miss. If the government expanded the new $73 million Scholar Work-Integrated Learning program to all college students it might assist deal with Canada's most intractable social problems — comparable to homelessness, reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, affordable housing, social cohesion and intercultural understanding.
With the use of technological improvements, business house owners and entrepreneur perceive their money stream better, methods to manage their storage costs nicely and lets you save money and time. With new applied sciences like these come new opportunities for our health and care system: enhancing the accuracy and usefulness of data we will collect on our well being as residents and patients; altering how and where care is delivered; and offering new methods to forestall, predict, detect and treat illness.


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It's perfectly reasonable to be suspicious of a musician with as mighty a moniker as Kurt Vile. If that was a stage name (it's not*) the intimation would be of the most confrontational, petulant punk, but the Philadelphia-based Vile's defiantly primitive, accident-prone songs are lazier and hazier than that, rarely straying from the long and droning road but hinting at melodic paths untaken. Imperfection is his ideology.
At the Black Cat Backstage last night, Vile ambled through the final date of a month of shows with his three-piece band, The Violators, for what he said was the largest crowd he'd played. Double digits, still — right-sized. He opened the 70-minute set with a solo take of "Peeping Tomboy," which, like so much of the spectral folk side of his songbook, seemed to waft in from some phantom radio. Even when the combo joined him for the stouter stuff — like "Freak Train," the self-explanatory centerpiece of his just-released Childish Prodigy album — the cacophony was more ethereal than kinetic.
Performances like "Monkey" and "Inside Lookin' Out" conjured their own slow-burning, hypnotic arc. The set as a whole could have used more urgency, or maybe just a few less show-interrupting broken guitar strings, but that wouldn't be Vile's style.
After innumerable self-releases, his songs still sound like their paint's still wet, which is part of their appeal. It remains to be seen whether they can, or should, expand beyond the cult of sober head-nodders who paid their respects last night. The only person dancing was a British girl whose accent was pitched just-so to be perfectly audible through the din.
"They're really quite good," she chirped. Cheers.
*His parents told the New York Times they hadn't heard of that German guy who wrote "Mack the Knife" with Bertolt Brecht.


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Hello Ancient Lighters!!
Our first post of the year! We should have done it a few weeks ago, but there were some things we need it to take care first!
So, the tittle of our post for today says it all. We continue in our quest to reach Ellen Degeneres. We think that now that we're getting close to complete post-production (over the next 2 – 3 months) and we start submitting to Film Festivals, we have more chances of actually achieve one of out biggest goals: be invited to talk about the movie with Ellen!
But why is so important for us that Ellen takes interest in our project? Well, first of all, she was a big inspiration to our Director and Producer Sandra when she decided to pursue a career in the Entertainment Industry. Secondly, our project has a strong message about accepting and loving yourself and being kind to one another, things that Ellen encourages. Plus, we're an anti-bullying and pro LGBT project. We know that if….scratch that, we know that WHEN we're featured in her show, we'll have more chances to reach people and spread our message!!
The story is very close to Sandra (having struggled with some of the topics featured in the movie) and the whole cast and crew did an amazing job to complete and bring the project to live.
We want to let people (specially teens) who're struggling with bullying and/or self-harm, that they're not alone and that things eventually improve…. and get better!
During the past months, some of our actors and crew got together to record a message for her, message that you can watch here:
And if you want to show us some love and support, help us by watching, sharing and spreading word about our message to Ellen and our project.
Thank you so much fro reading our little blog, for supporting our project and for being with us during our journey!!


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5 Ways You Can Make Money BloggingYou've heard it's possible to make money blogging, but you can't seem to figure out how it works. Creating a blog and writing posts is doable, you can work out that part well enough. But how do you turn that into income? The first thing you should understand is that it's competitive. There are a lot of blogs and making money blogging isn't easy. And even before you get to the point of monetizing your blogging, just keeping up with producing regular content is hard – no matter how much you love what you're writing about. But if you're still with us now that the warnings are out of the way, making money blogging is possible. You should expect it to take some time and a lot of work, but here's how other people do it.
1. Be an affiliate marketer.
Affiliate marketing is when someone who produces popular content (often on a blog, but it can also be on YouTube or another social media platform) includes references and links in their content to products from relevant companies. When those links lead to purchases, the content creator gets a portion of the profits. A few things have to fall into place for affiliate marketing to work: You have to have a following – if no one's reading your stuff, then there's no one to click on your affiliate links.Your readers have to trust you – if they think you're just making recommendations for the money, they're unlikely to follow the links and make a purchase.You have to find relevant companies with affiliate marketing programs – If you write about movies and try to shoehorn links for fitness products into your blog posts, you're unlikely to find much success.
The products you promote have to be a good fit for your audience. Building a following isn't easy. You'll need to create great content consistently, promote your blog to people in your target audience to get on their radar, and engage with your audience enough to build trust. And even if you do all that, a certain amount of success falls to luck. But if you can get to that point, affiliate marketing can start to net you some extra income.
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Another option you have is to make money the way major online media properties do: with ads. You've probably noticed a lot of the blogs you visit show ads show alongside the content. blog with ads Those ads make the blog owners money based on the number of impressions and/or clicks they get. You can pretty easily get started making money on your own blog by setting up an account with Google AdSense.
Fill out their application, tell them the type of ads you're interested in, and add the HTML code they provide to your website. The amount you can make with ads depends on how many visitors you get and how many of them click on the ads. You shouldn't expect the payoff to be big – you need a lot of traffic and clicks for it to add up to much and Google won't cut you a check until your account reaches $100, which will take a while.
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Another option you have once you've started to build up a following is to make it easy for your readers to provide donations. You can include a subtle (but noticeable) donation link at the top of your page and a virtual tip jar at the bottom of each post.
As with the other options we've mentioned, this isn't a sure way to a solid income, but if your readers really appreciate your content, you may get a few extra bucks here and there this way. You could also consider setting up a Patreon account that provides rewards or exclusive content to readers that commit to donating a set amount (even if just $1) each month.
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4. Create information products.
One way bloggers make money is by using the blog as a marketing tool to sell products. The type of product that often feels like the most natural extension of what you do as a blogger is information products like ebooks, courses, or tutorials.
If you have enough knowledge on the topic you write about and know learning more about it can be valuable enough to your audience to pay for that knowledge, then consider becoming an infopreneur.
For this to work, you have to put the work in to create really strong information products that are worth charging for. Like any business, starting an infopreneur business takes a lot of time and work. But if you choose to go this route, your blog can become a valuable tool to attract people to the knowledge products you have to sell.
5. Become a freelance blogger.
Content marketing has become big business in recent years and lots of companies need a constant stream of fresh blog content. The downside to becoming a freelance blogger is that you can't be too picky about what you write about – you probably can't get businesses to pay you for blog posts about your passion for romance novels or video games.
But the good news is that it's one of the best ways on this list for blogging to actually make you a living, rather than just a few bucks here and there. Working as a freelancer isn't for everyone, but if you want to make a living as a blogger for hire, it may be a good fit for you.
Start reading up on content marketing and get to work building a website and looking for your first clients. Like the other options on this list, this isn't an easy way to make money, but it's one more likely to lead to bigger returns than depending on the pennies you generate from ads or the dollar here and there from donations.
If writing is your dream and you're prepared to put in the work, you can make money blogging. But you'll have an easier time building to the point where you're earning an income if you have realistic expectations going in.
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17 Aug Tulsa World: T-Town Tacos Wins Tulsa StartUp Series Social Enterprise Category
StartUp winner T-Town Tacos gives young people in transition a hand up
T-Town Tacos focuses on employment of homeless and transitional young adults
By Rhett Morgan Tulsa World
This story originally appeared in the Tulsa World on July 25, 2017. You can read the original story, here.
Kelly Blanke greets passers-by warmly as he hawks breakfast tacos at Fifth and Main streets in Tulsa.
It is the 20-year-old's first day on the job, and his boss likes what he sees.
"I don't imagine he'll be in the program too terribly long," said Wes Rose, who heads T-Town Tacos, an outreach of Youth Services of Tulsa. "He's very high-functioning, very confident. His customer service skills are awesome."
T-Town Tacos, which last week captured the recently added Social Enterprise segment of the Tulsa StartUp Series, focuses on improving the employment of homeless and transitional individuals ages 18-24.
"The commonality between all the people we employ is that they are receiving services in some way from Youth Services of Tulsa," Rose said. "The most common way is housing assistance."
Transitional "just means that there is not a permanent residence," he said. "It may be that they were staying on people's couches. It doesn't necessarily mean that they were sleeping under the stars. It just means that their housing was at risk — housing wasn't stable."
Blanke has worked previously at a metal finishing business and a couple of food companies. His immediate goal with T-Town Tacos, he said, is to begin prioritizing becoming a young adult.
"I need money, and I like to make people smile," he said.
T-Town Tacos was launched a few months after YST, a United Way partner agency, received a $100,000 social innovation grant from the Tulsa Area United Way in early 2016, Rose said. T-Town also is assisted by another partner, the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, which offers its facilities to the startup free of charge.
The food bank's resident chef, Jeff Marlow, developed the taco stand's recipes, and the pantry's Rachel Pool is T-Town's kitchen manager, Rose said. He and T-Town helpers serve breakfast tacos four days a week at various street corners downtown, using a bicycle-powered food cart to cater to smaller businesses every Tuesday.
For winning the StartUp Series segment, Rose received a number of perks, including $2,500 for product advancement and a three-month membership to 36 Degrees North.
"The most flattering thing that I see is that we have regulars," said Rose. "The taco stand is very new for Tulsa. … It takes a little while to get that customer's first experience.
"But they come back. It's grown slowly, but it's grown steadily."


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By Allen Moff | Staff writer
History was made Saturday as the Kent State women's indoor track & field team scored a record 175 points to take first place at the Mid-American Conference Championships, hosted by Eastern Michigan. The KSU men's team finished in third place, while the host Eagles took first.
The Golden Flashes women's squad repeated as MAC champions for the first time in school history and earned its fourth overall indoor crown while shattering the previous record of 145 points by Ball State set in 1996 and 2001. Runner-up Eastern Michigan totaled just 94 points, giving the Flashes a conference record 81-point margin of victory.
Kent State coach Bill Lawson was named MAC Women's Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season. He has guided the Flashes to three of the last four indoor titles and six of the last seven track & field titles overall.
Freshman Dior Delophont was named Women's Most Valuable Performer after sweeping the jumps in her first conference meet. After winning the long jump on Friday (19-8.75), Delophont began the second day of competition by clearing 5-11.25 to win the high jump. She then won the triple jump by more than a foot with a leap of 42-6.25.
For the second consecutive year, junior Shanequa Williams was named Women's Most Outstanding Track Performer. Williams clocked a Kent State-record 23.89 to successfully defend her conference crown in the 200-meter dash. She also ran a 54.44 to win the 400-meter dash and anchored the 4x400-meter relay team that ran a 3:44.35 to take first place.
The women clocked program records in a pair of sprints as well. Junior Katie Reiser won the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.46 to break her own school record, which she set a week ago. Junior Ann Marie Duffus finished second in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.38, tying her own school record.
The team of Taylor Farquhar, Erica Hutson, Lynnese Beyan and Williams won a competitive 4x400 relay with the fourth-best time in school history (3:44.35) to round out the first-place finishes on the women's side.
Sophomore Roseanne Erickson scored 18 points for the Flashes, which was tied for third-most on the women's side. Erickson took third place in the 200-meter dash (24.56) and fifth place in the 60-meter dash (7.61), and was runner-up in the long jump (19-8.25) on the first day of competition.
Kent State's men's team won two individual titles. Sophomore Matthias Tayala captured the top spot in the weight throw with a toss of 66-9.25, and senior Brandon Bailey clocked a 48.17 to win the 400-meter dash.
Senior Michael Heller (Stow) collected his second runner-up finish of the meet by clocking an 8:25.36 in the 3,000-meter run on Saturday. Heller took second in the 5,000-meter run on Friday. Also finishing in second place was freshman Wayne Gordon, who ran a 21.70 in the 200-meter dash.
Kent State's nightmare start to the 2013 campaign continued with a heartbreaking 2-1 loss at San Diego Friday night, followed by a lopsided 18-11 setback to the Toreros in game one of Saturday's doubleheader. Game two was not completed at press time.
In Friday's game, the Flashes (0-6) led 1-0 heading into the ninth inning after junior ace Tyler Skulina pitched eight shutout innings, allowing just two hits and two walks while striking out six.
However, the Kent State bullpen could not hold the lead, giving San Diego (2-3) its first win of the season in two-out, bottom of the ninth, walk-off fashion.
"Tyler Skulina was outstanding, he deserved to win," KSU head coach Scott Stricklin said. "We couldn't hold on in the ninth, but it was really encouraging to see Tyler pitch like that. That's what we expect to see out of him."
The Flashes put runners on base throughout the contest, but could not score until Evan Campbell ripped a solo home run in the seventh. They left 10 men on base and went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position.
Eric Dorsch (0-2) came on to start the ninth and walked the leadoff hitter. After striking out the next batter, Dorsch surrendered an RBI double that tied the game before striking out the next batter. Sophomore lefty Brian Clark (Stow) was then brought on to face San Diego left-handed hitter AJ Robinson, who served a hit to left field to plate the game-winning run.
Campbell finished the night 2-for-5, while Alex Miklos also picked up two hits in four at-bats with a triple.
In Saturday's opener, San Diego scored five runs in the first two innings off senior reliever-turned-starter Casey Wilson, then broke the game wide open with an eight-run fifth that increased the Toreros' lead to 14-3.
Wilson (0-2) took the loss, allowing six runs (5 earned) on six hits in four innings with five walks and four strikeouts. Sophomore Spencer Bryant was victimized in the fifth, coughing up six runs (5 earned) without recording an out.
Junior shortstop Derek Toadvine ripped a grand slam home run and finished with five RBI for the Flashes, while freshman third baseman Justin Wagler had a triple and two singles and scored twice.
Star senior first baseman George Roberts did not play in either game. He suffered a hand injury during the first game of the season and has not played since.
Kent State (8-2, 4-0 MAC) took down another Mid-American Conference opponent Saturday in DeKalb, Ill., posting a 195.800-194.350 victory over host Northern Illinois (3-4, 1-3) to run its winning streak to six straight meets.
Senior Rachel Guida took first in the bars with a 9.900 and the vault with a career-best 9.875. Sophomore Whitnee Johnson took second on bars with a 9.825, and tallied a career-high 39.150 in the all-around.
Junior Marie Case lead the Flashes in a crucial final rotation on the balance beam. While she is used to dominating the all-around competition, she took a night off to focus on the individual event and the move paid off. Case scored a 9.900, her second-highest score of the season.
Kent State will return home to compete Friday against Ball State.
Kent State suffered its second eight-inning loss in as many days at the Cardinal Classic, falling 1-0 to Eastern Illinois at Louisville's Ulmer Stadium.
The loss marks the second straight game in which the Golden Flashes failed to score a run.
"We just need to get our offense on track, and that will come with more live hitting," said KSU coach Karen Linder, whose squad has been shutout over its past 17 innings.
Sophomore pitcher Emma Johnson provided a bright spot for the Flashes. Johnson (1-3) went the distance, scattering five hits over eight innings and recording seven strikeouts while walking one batter. The winning run was unearned as the runner was placed on second base to begin extra innings.
"Emma pitched very well today," Linder said. "She did a great job for us and allowed us to be in a position to win the game despite our lineup's struggles."
The Flashes managed just three hits and left a season-high nine runners stranded on base.
Kent State will battle No. 18 Louisville today at 12:30.


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You will be driving through areas scarcely traversed by tourists: endless plains and with the possibility to do some hiking around Torres del Paine and the Fitz Roy. You can bunk down for the night with your campervan almost everywhere.
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Starting your trip from Santiago, you will be driving through the famous Panamericana Ruta 5 and pass by amazing places you shouldn't miss!! Have a stop in the Colchagua Valley to taste ones of the best wines in Chile, go surfing in Pichilemu or Buchupureo to ride excellent waves or go hiking in the beautiful National Park Siete Tazas.
After those stops, go camping at Pucón overlooking the active Villarica Volcano… which you might even want to try climbing. From Pucón, drive to Argentina crossing a unique piece of nature. The forests along both countries are full of very old Araucaria trees. You continue your trip by the lake area between San Martin de Los Andes and Bariloche. Driving and camping on CARRETERA AUSTRAL is also pretty neat.
Near Esquel, go back to the Chilean border where the epic Carretera Austral begins. This southern Chilean highway passes through a very diverse landscape. The first part is characterized by narrow valleys, fast flowing rivers and waterfalls. Because the micro-climate, tropical forests with ferns, bamboo and giant trees prevail here. This is an enormous contrast to the Argentine side which is very desert-like.
The last part of the Carretera Austral is curvy and offers truly spectacular views over the Lake General Carrera. You will be back in Argentina side on the VAST Ruta 40. This road is a legend in Argentina and similar to Route 66 in North America! It runs from south to north; large parts still unpaved. Drive past colorful mountain ranges, the Cave of the Hands, and, you will see in nice weather, the Fitz Roy, massive even at a great distance. Travel from the cozy town of "El Chalten" while eating delicious pizza and continue south on Ruta 40 to El Calafate. There you can see the famous Perito Moreno glacier.
If fate is telling you to continue your journey, you can go to the Torres del Paine. This world-famous mountain rises steeply from the surrounding landscape. Here is where the real trekking is. While driving and camping at Torres del Paine National park, you will find Guanacos, and Condors. Next, you have only a short drive ahead to Punta Arenas, and if you are motivated you can make it to Tierra de Fuego and Ushuaia before coming back to Punta Arenas.
Where to cross the border between Chile and Argentina??
Starting the Carretera Austral… 3 Options:
- From Chiloe: Take a ferry from Castro or Quellón until Chaiten (only once a week)
- Drive through Puerto Montt until getting to Hornopirén (take a little ferry from Caleta la Arena to Caleta Puelche – no need to book this ferry). There, in Hornopirén, take a ferry until Caleta Gonzalo (recommended to book 3 days in advance in high season: www.taustral.cl)
- Cross to Argentina in Osorno and get back to Chile in Esquel/Futaleufu
Then to get further south than Coihaique, you will need to cross the border to Argentina in Chile Chico and get down to the south in Ruta 40 in Argentina. Later you will be able to get back to Chile in Cerro Castillo (to visit Torres del Paine).
To get to Ushuaia, you need to take a ferry in Porvenir or Punta Delgada.


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American singer Chris Brown has been charged with assaulting a man outside a five-star hotel in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The 24-year-old was charged after the alleged attack in Washington DC, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
If found guilty, he could face a four-year jail term as he is still on parole for assaulting ex-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009.
According to TMZ, the R'n'B star got into an altercation with the man outside the W hotel at about 4.30am and punched him.
Christopher Hollosy, reported to be Brown's bodyguard, was arrested with Brown and faces the same charges.
Earlier, he had hosted a party at the city's Park at Fourteenth club.
The victim was taken to hospital with a broken nose that may require surgery, according to TMZ.
The website claims Brown was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Brown's parole was revoked in the summer when he was involved in a hit-and-run traffic accident in Los Angeles, but reinstated in September when he agreed to do another 1,000 hours community service.
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Market-Based Loss Mitigation Practices for Troubled Mortgages Following the Financial Crisis
Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2010-19
Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2010-03-019
46 Pages Posted: 13 Oct 2010 Last revised: 16 Mar 2011
Date Written: October 11, 2010
The meltdown in residential real-estate prices that commenced in 2006 resulted in unprecedented mortgage delinquency rates. Until mid-2009, lenders and servicers pursued their own individual loss mitigation practices without being significantly influenced by government intervention. Using a unique dataset that precisely identifies loss mitigation actions, we study these methods-liquidation, repayment plans, loan modification, and refinancing — and analyze their effectiveness. We show that the majority of delinquent mortgages do not enter any loss mitigation program or become a part of foreclosure proceedings within 6 months of becoming distressed. We also find that it takes longer to complete foreclosures over time, potentially due to congestion. We further document large heterogeneity in practices across servicers, which is not accounted for by differences in borrower population. Consistent with the idea that securitization induces agency conflicts, we confirm that the likelihood of modification of securitized loans is up to 70% lower relative to portfolio loans. Finally, we find evidence that affordability (as opposed to strategic default due to negative equity) is the prime reason for redefault following modifications. While modification terms are more favorable for weaker borrowers, greater reductions in mortgage payments and/or interest rates are associated with lower redefault rates. Our regression estimates suggest that a 1 percentage point decline in mortgage interest rate is associated with a nearly 4 percentage point decline in default probability. This finding is consistent with the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) focus on improving mortgage affordability.
Keywords: Financial Crisis, Loss Mitigation, Mortgage Crisis, Lenders, Servicers, Liquidation, Modification, Repayment, Refinance, Default, Delinquency, Borrower, Interest Rates, Household Finance, Credit, Housing, FICO Score, Leverage, LTV, Loan Modification, Mortgage, GSE, HAMP, Loan Term, Loan Balance
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Last week the 12th Annual StarChefs International Chefs Congress, a three-day, industry-only symposium and trade show landed in Brooklyn, hosting more than 170 of the hospitality industry's top professionals, including Houston native and chef Danielle Soto Innes, Jose Andres and more huge names. Chefs gave presentations on trends, techniques, and products to around 1,500 attendees, according to a press release.
One presentation, given by Antoinette Bruno, CEO and Editor-In-Chief of StarChefs, addressed the biggest trends of the hospitality industry in 2017. These are what she believes will be known as the biggest trends of the year:
- Fun foods
- Soft serve
- Doughnuts
- Sophisticated, tech integrated, and brand savvy concepts
- Bowls
- Granny chic
- The end of plastic straws
- Vegetables gone glam
- Margaritas
- Fun wine programs
- All day service
- Food halls
- Korean
Bruno actually told the crowd that in terms of fun foods, in "no place was this more evident than in Texas." It makes us think of Nobie's Old Fashioned chicken liver mousse, Xochi's Cacao dessert, and The Hay Merchant's TV dinners. And margaritas? In Houston, that's not a trend. It's a way of life.
A few of these seem to speak closely to the year in Houston dining.
Poke, for one, has been the biggest trend Houston has seen this year. When Ono Poke opened in early 2017, there were no other standalone brick and mortar poke operations in Houston. Now there are well over a dozen, including local favorites such as Seaside Poke, Moku Bar, Pokeology, and Laki Fish.
Meanwhile, the new wave of ice cream shops, are actually combining the soft serve and doughnut trends together. Red Circle Ice Cream offers soft serve with a heart shaped fried-to-order hot churro placed in the cup, or you can also order a doughnut ice cream sandwich, which is also the name of the game at Milk & Cream and Stacked. Or take it next level with The Doughcone, which swirls soft serve into a doughnut cone.
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While Houston already has its first food hall, the Conservatory, two more downtown food halls are coming in 2018 — Finn Hall, previously known as Food Hall at Main and Rusk, and Bravery Food Hall, marketed as the world's first "chef hall" — and a developer has plans to turn longstanding Caninos Market into a "destination retail experience" with the potential additions of a brewery, a bakery and a butcher shop.
Houston, which is one of the most exciting wine markets in the country, has numerous sommeliers taking risks with fun wine programs, with Justin Vann's lists at Theodore Rex and Better Luck Tomorrow pretty much being as cool as you can get.
A few of StarChefs' trends don't seem to have come to fruition in Houston, though. Granny chic, for instance, meaning restaurants named after grandmas or using granny-type flatware or decorated like Grandma's house, is not really trending here. The demise of plastic straws might be happening as part of a sustainability movement among the craft cocktail industry, but we haven't heard much about it in town. And koji, a mold that can quicken the aging process for charcuterie or add funky flavors to dishes, has hit Austin but doesn't really seem to be taking off in Houston.
What are some other trends you've noticed this year in Houston? 'Tis the season for trend lists after all. Share your thoughts with us in the comments or send them to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Punnetts Town C. P. School is a special place. We are a small, friendly village school, within the Woodlands Federation, where our children and families are at the centre of all that we do. We believe that childhood is a precious time, and this underpins our aim to nurture our children's creativity, encourage their social development and create a love of learning within a culture of high expectations.
We enjoy positive partnerships with our parents and wider community, and have especially close links with Little Punnetts Pre–school which allows us to offer education from 2 – 11 years on the same site. Click here to visit the Little Punnetts Pre-school website.
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BOSTON—"Do you think this idea is brilliant or shocking?" asked Harvard Business School Professor Dennis Campbell, as he taught a case study he had co-authored on Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union, which focuses on empowering employees to put customers' best interests ahead of either the organization's interests or their own. As a result of this focus, the credit union must determine what to do with its profitable indirect auto lending business, which some see as inconsistent with the strategic direction set by the management team.
Professor Campbell, an expert in financial reporting and control, was asking the question before an enthusiastic group of 81 rising college seniors who were recently on the HBS campus for the School's Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP), a one-week management training program designed to increase diversity and opportunity in business education.
A flurry of hands shot up in one of the u-shaped classrooms in Aldrich Hall. The student Professor Campbell chose to answer said he was not in favor of the decision to empower employees to make final decisions about auto loans for Affinity Plus members. Since not all employees would use the same levels of judgment, he reasoned, it would be impossible to maintain any approval standard across the company.
The rest of the 80-minute class consisted of students taking sides on this decision by the company, which had notified all employees of their approval power via an email.
An annual offering at the School for 31 years, SVMP helps a select group of college students develop a broader understanding of the numerous career options offered by the MBA degree, the challenges business leaders face, the many dimensions of the business world, and the impact they can have on their community and the world through business leadership.
All students live in a dormitory on the School's 40-acre campus, analyze and discuss HBS cases that present them with real management situations and decisions, work together in study groups, and attend classes taught by HBS faculty members.
This year's curriculum also included cases on LeBron James, Benihana of Tokyo, Jay-Z, Airbus A3XX, Threadless, and the Greek financial crisis. In addition, a full schedule of activities took place on-campus including social events and panel discussions with current HBS students and SVMP alumni.
Admission to SVMP is competitive and based on academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, and personal characteristics.
Participants are selected based on academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, and personal characteristics, and they are expected to take part in the entire program. Previous courses in the field of business are not necessary for selection.
In keeping with SVMP's objective of promoting educational diversity and opportunity in business leadership, additional criteria to be considered, among others, are whether the applicant is:
In addition, SVMP participants must be employed in a summer internship and be nominated by and have sponsorship from their company or organization. Sponsoring organizations can include public or private companies, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations.
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[HONG KONG] The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) stepped into the currency market and sold HK$12.478 billion (US$1.61 billion) in Hong Kong dollars on Wednesday as the local currency hit the strong end of its trading range.
According to the HKMA, the latest intervention will lift the aggregate balance - the sum of balances on clearing accounts maintained by banks with the authority - to HK$318.625 billion on Sept 15, when the injected funds will be settled.
The Hong Kong dollar is pegged at 7.8 to the US dollar, but can trade between 7.75 and 7.85. Under the currency peg, the HKMA is obliged to intervene when the Hong Kong dollar hits 7.75 or 7.85 to keep the band intact.
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Old Orchard Beach 2014 Kids Programs
Are you coming to Old Orchard Beach Camp meetings this month? Are you between the ages of 0-14 or have a child between those ages? Then join us as we discover all kinds of Weird Animals! Check out the video below for all of the information!


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Responding To Negative Online Reviews
Maintaining an active online and social-networking presence is beneficial to your business in many ways, helping to promote your brand and build positive relationships with customers. However, it also has the potential to open you up to negative reviews or online criticism. Responding to these negative comments in crucial in an online forum, where they become visible to many more people and are often published in perpetuity. How you respond to them is very important to managing your brand.
When to Respond
Not every negative comment warrants a response. But many do. Here are a few cases when you should respond to negative reviews:
To Correct Mistakes.
Sometimes, you genuinely make a mistake. Maybe you sent out a defective
product, or maybe you failed to live up to guarantees you made in your service. If that is the case,
respond quickly and sincerely. Work with the customer to correct the situation. Don't make excuses for your mistake. Apologize and make the situation better.
To Correct Factual Errors.
Misunderstandings happen. Someone may have bought a bad computer at Joe's PC World down the street, but confuses your store for his and starts trashing you online. When this happens, gently point out the mistake and show empathy.
To Stop the Situation from Gaining Traction.
Even if the complaint seems small at first, it has the
potential to pick up traction if it gets the right notice or if enough other people chime in to say that
they've had the same problem. Don't let a small issue snowball. Address concerns early and quickly.
When Not to Respond
Usually, responding to negative reviews is always recommended. However, there are a few occasions when you'd be better not to do so:
When You Can't Help.
Sometimes, angry people are just angry. It may have nothing to do with you or your company. Some people just wake up angry, and they look for reasons to stir the pot. Just be sure that you are right if you think this is the case. Don't ignore genuine problems by passing it off as the rants of "some angry guy."
When You'll Only Add to the Problem.
If a complaint is especially emotionally charged, sometimes
responding to it will only add fuel to the fire.
How to Respond
When you do respond to negative reviews or comments, here are a few tips to keep in mind:
Listen carefully.
When customers are angry, it may not be clear at first what the real source of their
frustration is. Be sure to listen (or read) carefully to get an accurate understanding of the problem.
Stay calm.
Never respond in anger or frustration. Always think carefully about your message before you
hit the send button.
Be honest.
Customers will only grow frustrated or more angry if they suspect that you are being
insincere or are trying to spin the situation. Be honest, and you will win your customers' trust and
Promise to do better.
And then do better. Criticism is often an opportunity. It allows you to prove to
your clients that you really care about their business and want to provide a superior product or service.
If you haven't done so, take the time to learn how you can do better, and then improve from there.
Online branding has just as much to do with how you promote your business as with how you handle customer dissatisfaction. Take these opportunities to improve your online reputation by responding in a professional and sincere manner.
Maria Rainier is a freelance writer and blogger for First in Education where she's recently written about web design degree programs along with a piece looking at online microbiology programs. In her spare time, she enjoys yoga, playing piano, and working with origami.
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Kari Jobe
Kari Jobe released her self-titled debut album back in February 2009 and captivated people immediately with her heart for worship. Her rendition of "Revelation Song" made her an instant favorite worldwide and helped her earn 2 Dove Awards. Being the daughter of a minister, Kari was surrounded by worship music for as long as she can remember, "I grew up in a Christian home, my family ministered a lot at local Churches," she says. "I grew up in a ministry culture where people connected to God through music and through the Word."
Besides being a powerful vocalist and songwriter, Kari Jobe is also a commanding worship leader at Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas. She started leading worship at the young age of 13, and hasn't stopped ever since. "My heart for worship is my life, my passion, it's what I love more than anything in the world," says Kari. "And to me it's not about music and it's not about just writing songs, but it's about connecting people to the heart of God and to the presence of God."
Kari's latest song "Steady My Heart" is an encouragement for anyone going through struggles in life, and a reminder that God is a refuge through the storms of life. It was a follow up to her single "We Are;" an organic and extremely heartfelt song about letting your light shine for Christ.
"I'm called to impact other people and shine a light, just by living life," Kari mentioned in an interview with Scott and Kelli about "We Are." "You don't have to do anything extra special, you just be filled with the Spirit of God." Both songs are part of her album Where I Find You (released in January 2012) which paired Jobe with accomplished producer Ed Cash- who has worked with the likes of Chris Tomlin, Steven Curtis Chapman and Dave Barnes. The album received raved reviews and debuted at No. 1 and No. 10 on Billboard's National Christian and Gospel and Top 200 charts.
Kari Jobe's latest EP release Acoustic Sessions, features raw, acoustic versions of her most popular songs, as well as two live performance videos. This fall, the singer will be headlining the Where I Find You Tour, with special guests All Sons & Daughters.


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using "winX DVD ripper platinum v8.5.0" on win7
i have some instructional DVDs that i'm ripping to put on my media server. but the menu selection of chapters, etc is never ripped. no matter if i rip to multiple title files or merge into one, or use "main title content copy" or "mp4 video", or "avc video".
also, when ripping to multiple files the DVD_Name_title_xx.mpg files are out of sequence. like title_01.mpg is actually title_11.mpg and title_02.mpg is actually title_01.mpg i.e., when comparing from DVD and picking from chapters menu.
I also tried DVDFab_10 trial, Acrok converter doesn't do any better than WinX DVD for this issue either, though Acrok's .mp4 file was ~half as small as WinX's, and makeMKV.
if "WinX DVD ripper" is capable of ripping DVD to one file so the DVD menu gets ripped too and is functional, what's the options i'm failing to make use of? DVD rippers are capable of this, yes?
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i'll try the other poster's reply about full disc rip as a VIDEO_TO folder or ISO image. that might create a one file with menu and chapter selections via menu.
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Perfect for summery days, the Innocent Coconut Water, best served chilled, is so versatile it makes the perfect base for a cocktail or a mocktail too! It is a really delicious coconut water and so lovely and refreshing ice cold.
Here is my recipe for a Coconut, Kiwi, Mint and Lime Mojito
- 1 Kiwi sliced into chunks
- 1 lime, halved
- Handle mint leaves
- 1 carton Innocent Coconut Water
- 1 shot rum of your choice if you are making the cocktail
- Lots of ice cubes
- Fill a tall glass with ice.
- Clap the mint leaves in your hands to release the flavours and place in the glass .
- Fill the glass with the shot of rum, if using, and then with the coconut water.
- Mix well, and then add the slices of kiwi and lime.
- Squirt some lime juice in as well for some extra zest.
- Serve chilled!
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Lehman, Steve Octet
Mise En Abime
NY saxophonist Steve Lehman builds on his work with spectral harmony, expanding the harmonic palette with live electronics & a custom-built vibraphone, in an octet with Jonathan Finlayson, Mark Shim, Tim Albright, Chris Dingman, Jose Davila, Drew Gress & Tyshawn Sorey.
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Recorded at Systems Two Studio, in Brooklyn, NY, on Janurary 20th and 21st, 2014, by Mike Marciano.
Steve Lehman-alro saxophone, live electronics
Jonathan Finlayson-trumpet
Mark Shim-tenor saxophone
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"Described as "a state-of-the-art musical thinker" and a "dazzling saxophonist," by The New York Times, Steve Lehman (b. New York City, 1978) is a composer, performer, educator, and scholar who works across a broad spectrum of experimental musical idioms. Lehman's pieces for large orchestra and chamber ensembles have been performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), So Percussion, Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, the JACK Quartet, the PRISM Saxophone Quartet, and the Talea Ensemble. His recent recording, Mise en Abîme (Pi, 2014) was called the #1 Jazz Album of the year by NPR Music and The Los Angeles Times. And his previous recording, Travail, Transformation & Flow (Pi, 2009), was chosen as the #1 Jazz Album of the year by The New York Times.
The recipient of a 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2014 Doris Duke Artist Award, Lehman is an alto saxophonist who has performed and recorded nationally and internationally with his own ensembles and with those led by Anthony Braxton, Vijay Iyer, Jason Moran, Meshell Ndegeocello, and High Priest of Anti-Pop Consortium, among many others. His recent electro-acoustic music has focused on the development of computer-driven models for improvisation, based in the Max/MSP programming environment. Lehman's work has been favorably reviewed in Artforum, Downbeat Magazine, The New York Times, Newsweek, and The Wire, and on National Public Radio, the BBC, and SWR.
As a Fulbright scholar in France during the 2002-2003 academic year, Lehman began researching the reception of African-American experimental composers working in France during the 1970s. His article in the journal Critical Studies in Improvisation, "I Love You with an Asterisk: African-American Experimental Composers and the French Jazz Press, 1970-1980," is based on his Fulbright research. More recently, Lehman has published writings and presented lectures on a wide range of topics, including jazz pedagogy, rhythm cognition, and European notions of American experimentalism. His current scholarship, including a forthcoming contribution to the Oxford Handbook of Spectral Music, examines the overlapping histories of spectral composition and jazz improvisation.
Lehman received his B.A. (2000) and M.A. in Composition (2002) from Wesleyan University where he studied under Anthony Braxton, Jay Hoggard, and Alvin Lucier, while concurrently working with Jackie McLean at the Hartt School of Music. He received his doctorate with distinction in Music Composition from Columbia University (2012), where his principal teachers included Tristan Murail and George Lewis.
Lehman has taught undergraduate courses at Wesleyan University, the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, New School University, and Columbia University, and has presented lectures at Amherst College, UC Berkeley, The Berklee School of Music, The Banff Centre, The Royal Academy of Music in London, and IRCAM in Paris, where he was a 2011 research fellow.
Beginning in September 2016, Lehman will join the music faculty at The California Institute of the Arts."-Steve Lehman Website (http://www.stevelehman.com/bio)
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"Jonathan Finlayson has been recognized by the New York Times as "...an incisive and often surprising trumpeter," who is "...fascinated with composition." Born in 1982 in Berkeley, CA, Finlayson began playing the trumpet at the age of ten in the Oakland public school system. He came under the tutelage of Bay Area legend Robert Porter, a veteran trumpeter from the bebop era who took Finlayson under his wing; he was often seen accompanying Porter on his gigs about town and sitting in on the popular Sunday nights jam session at the Bird Cage. He subsequently attended the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music where he studied with Eddie Henderson, Jimmy Owens and Cecil Bridgewater.
Finlayson is a disciple of the saxophonist/composer/conceptualist Steve Coleman, having joined his band Five Elements in 2000 at the age of 18. He is widely admired for his ability to tackle cutting-edge musical concepts with aplomb. Finlayson has performed and recorded in groups led by Steve Lehman, Mary Halvorson, Craig Taborn, Henry Threadgill and played alongside notables such as Von Freeman, Jason Moran, Dafnis Prieto and Vijay Iyer."-Jonathan Finlayson Website (http://jonathanfinlayson.com/biography.html)
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"Tuba player and trombonist Jose Davila is a versatile New York-based musician whose work spans across a broad spectrum of musical genres; everything from traditional to cutting-edge jazz, to salsa and classical music. He is currently a member of Henry Threadgill's Zooid and bands led by guitarist Liberty Ellman and alto saxophonist Steve Lehman. His work with both Threadgill and Ellman extends the tuba from its traditional role as part of the rhythm section to a front-line solo voice. His playing can also be heard on the Grammy-nominated salsa recording "Un Gran Dia en el Barrio from the Spanish Harlem Orchestra and "Remembranzas and "Siguendo la Tradicion from Soneros del Barrio.
Davila has also worked in the bands of Ray Charles, Andrew Hill, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Marc Anthony, Eddie Palmieri, Ray Anderson, Butch Morris, Ted Nash, along with the Lincoln Center Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra and the American Symphony and New York City Opera Orchestras.
A native of Puerto Rico who was raised on the East Coast, Jose received his formal musical training from the University of Connecticut and Mannes College of Music."-Pi Recordings (https://pirecordings.com/artist/Jose_Davila)
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"Drew Gress (born November 20, 1959) is an American jazz double-bassist and composer born in Trenton, New Jersey, raised in the Philadelphia area, and currently based in New York City.
Gress became interested in jazz and the double bass while a teenager, joining the Pennsbury Concert Jazz Band, a nationally-prominent high school jazz ensemble, in 1975, spending two years as bassist and arranger for the group. His interest in composing original material for large ensembles, such as those of Johnny Richards, Billy May, and Pat Williams, led him to Baltimore's Towson State University in 1977, where he studied composition and counterpoint with Hank Levy, known for his work with Don Ellis and Stan Kenton. While at Towson, Gress established a playing relationship with saxophonist Ellery Eskelin, with whom he cofounded Joint Venture with Paul Smoker and Phil Haynes. They released three albums on Enja Records between 1987 and 1994.
During the 1980s in the Baltimore/Washington DC area, he played with Sonny Stitt, Clifford Jordan, Albert Dailey, Mose Allison, Zoot Sims, Cab Calloway, Buddy Hackett, Phyllis Diller, and pianist Marc Copland, with whom he still plays today. He also served on the faculties of the Peabody Conservatory, Towson State University, and the Baltimore School for the Arts. He formed a quartet, Tekke, in 1989 with David Kane, Glenn Cashman, and Michael Smith.
In 1997, he cofounded the cooperative improvising trio Paraphrase with saxophonist/composer Tim Berne and drummer Tom Rainey. Together, they pursued a compositional approach to free improvisational practice. They recorded three live albums together and toured extensively.
In 1998, he released his first album as leader, Heyday, with his band Jagged Sky (featuring David Binney, Ben Monder, and Kenny Wollesen). 2001 saw the release of Spin & Drift with Uri Caine, Berne, and Rainey, in which he played pedal steel guitar for the first time.
Earlier in the 1990s, he served tenures as artist in residence at University of Colorado-Boulder and at Russia's St. Petersburg Conservatory.
Since 1992, Gress has maintained an extensive touring schedule, traveling to Europe, Asia, and South America. Those with whom he has and continues to work include Tim Berne, Ravi Coltrane, Uri Caine, John Hollenbeck, Fred Hersch, Marc Copland, Don Byron, Steve Coleman, Dave Douglas, Jack DeJohnette, John Surman, Ray Anderson, Erik Friedlander, Kenny Werner, Bill Carrothers, Ralph Alessi, Tony Malaby, Steve Lehman, and Edsel Gomez. To date, he has appeared on over 140 recordings, 4 of which have received Grammy nominations.
Gress' own ensembles have toured Europe four times since 2002, in addition to isolated festival appearances in Italy and Portugal. In 2004, the UK's BBC Radio and London's Guardian selected his quartet's live radio broadcast as Jazz Concert of the Year.
Composition awards include an NEA grant (1990), funding from Meet the Composer (2003), a Chamber Music America New Works Grant (2005), a CMA French-American Exchange Grant (2007), and an Encore Grant from that same organization (2008). He continues to compose for larger groups and has begun experimenting with virtual synthesizers."-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Gress)
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"Tyshawn Sorey (born July 8, 1980 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American musician and composer who plays drum set, percussion, trombone and piano.
Since graduating from William Paterson University, Sorey has been a sought-after musician in many different musical idioms. He is both a performer and composer, and has had works reviewed in The Wire, The New York Times, The Village Voice, Modern Drummer and Down Beat. In August 2009, Sorey was given the opportunity to curate a month of performances at the Stone, a New York performance space owned by John Zorn. He was selected as an Other Minds 17 (2012).
Sorey recently completed a Master of Arts in composition at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. In the fall of 2011, he began pursuing doctoral work in composition at Columbia University.
To date, Sorey has released four albums as a leader: That/Not (2007, Firehouse 12 Records), Koan (2009, 482 Music), Oblique (2011, Pi Recordings) and Alloy (2014, Pi Recordings). He has recorded or performed with musicians including Wadada Leo Smith, Steve Coleman, Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Steve Lehman, Joey Baron, Muhal Richard Abrams, Pete Robbins, Vijay Iyer, Dave Douglas, Butch Morris and Sylvie Courvoisier, among many others."-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyshawn_Sorey)
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2. 13 Colors 4:05
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5. Autumn Interlude 4:23
6. Beyond All Limits 4:47
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"Mise en Abîme is the highly-anticipated follow-up to 2009's Travail, Transformation and Flow, by the Steve Lehman Octet. Described as a "breathtaking accomplishment" by The New York Times, Travail was widely hailed as a groundbreaking synthesis of spectral harmony and jazz improvisation. On Mise en Abîme, Lehman continues to build on his work with spectral harmony - expanding the harmonic palette by incorporating live electronics and a custom-built vibraphone - while at the same time reinforcing his connection to the jazz tradition with three radically re-imagined Bud Powell compositions. The result is an album that solidifies Lehman's status as a visionary composer with powerful new ideas about the future of harmony, rhythm, compositional form, and electro-acoustic improvisation in jazz.
The hallmark of spectral music is the shimmering, otherworldly sonorities that are created through the precise juxtaposition of individual instrumental voices. The most prominent overtones of a given sound source provide the framework for microtonal harmonies that are organized according to frequency relationships, rather than the intervals of a musical scale. Lehman studied under Tristan Murail - the foremost proponent of the spectral aesthetic - while earning his doctorate in music composition at Columbia University. Using spectral techniques, Lehman conjures novel and unexpected sounds that often evoke the iridescent sheen of electronic music. Most improvised music that employs microtonal harmonies is static and anchored by an unchanging drone or scale. But Lehman is unique in that he composes microtonal music with a great deal of harmonic movement, where a chord based on a harmonic spectrum can easily modulate to another tonal center. When used as a platform for improvisation, the result can be thought of as a kind of "spectral chord changes" for the soloist to negotiate and transform. "Steve's use of spectral techniques in jazz-inspired music is quite unprecedented," says Tristan Murail. Such fusion "can sound clumsy or strained, but Steve's music sounds very natural, very special, very personal."
Lehman has continued to grow as a composer/performer since the release of Travail in 2009. He is a recipient of the prestigious 2014 Doris Duke Artist Award - an unrestricted $275,000 fellowship - and has undertaken extensive research on rhythm cognition at Columbia and worked on interactive electronics as a research fellow at IRCAM, the world renowned electro-acoustic research center in Paris, France. Looking to expand the harmonic possibilities of his music for Mise en Abîme, Lehman had a vibraphone custom-built with alternate tunings: "I knew it would force me into some new areas compositionally. And since this music involves so much microtonal harmony, you gain a great deal of fluidity when the main chordal instrument can actually execute those sonorities." According to pianist/composer Vijay Iyer, a frequent Lehman collaborator, "Steve occupies a pivotal position at the intersection of a few different music communities: those bearing the labels 'jazz,' 'new music' and 'electronic music.' He approaches this significant responsibility with care, humility and generosity. His music is simultaneously engaging and challenging, offering listeners abundant joy and unsettling mystery. His octet is one of the most innovative, virtuosic and thrilling working bands around today. This music is the future!"
The octet is the same powerhouse ensemble featured on Travail: Mark Shim on tenor saxophone, Drew Gress on bass, Tyshawn Sorey on drums, Jonathan Finlayson on trumpet, Jose Davila on tuba, Tim Albright on trombone, and Chris Dingman on vibraphone. It, too, has made a giant leap forward in the last five years: extensive touring has honed the band into a streamlined machine, one that is uniquely equipped to tackle this complex music and connect with audiences around the world. Lehman had the luxury of performing this music throughout the East Coast, including a five-night run at The Stone in New York City, just prior to entering the recording studio. As a result, the band buzzes with a visceral energy throughout Mise en Abîme, negotiating the album's unique challenges with aplomb.
Lehman's compositions combine his theoretical leanings with physical excitement. In "Segregated and Sequential," microtonal harmonies splinter apart with stroboscopic effect, while the music speeds up, slows down, and stands still, all at once. "13 Colors" presents two sets of spectral chord changes for Lehman's razor-sharp alto solo, before culminating in a cascading ensemble harmony. On "Chimera/Luchini" Lehman combines instrumental timbres with shadowy electronic underpinnings, creating a one-of-a-kind soundscape for Chris Dingman's vibraphone solo before morphing into "Luchini" by the hip-hop duo Camp Lo. "Codes" is a futurist tribute to the great Cameroonian drummer, Brice Wassy. And "Beyond All Limits" is a rough and tumble ensemble showcase that's thrown into relief by electronic textures that expand in real-time to conform to the rhythmic and harmonic structure of the piece.
The album is also an homage to Bud Powell and his legacy as a cutting-edge composer and conceptualist. Lehman reconstructs three Powell compositions, taking their basic harmonic framework and recasting them into a spectral domain. "Jackie McLean was one of my most significant mentors, and Bud was one of Jackie's mentors. And like me, Bud was someone who grew up in New York, spent a lot of time in France, and felt a connection to the French classical tradition. For him it was Frédéric Chopin. For me it's Tristan Murail and Gérard Grisey. It's a thread of continuity that I felt was important to explore."
Balancing cutting-edge compositional techniques with a deeply-rooted understanding of jazz's historical lineage, Lehman takes another major step forward with Mise en Abîme: "The title is really about being committed to the challenge of discovery and surprise in music, while also embracing your core identity as an artist and kind of accepting that you're really just rediscovering yourself over and over again. It's a kind of creative vortex that helps to keep everything in balance." "-Pi Recordings
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