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Will U.S. Move on Guns After Connecticut?
President Barack Obama has tapped Joe Biden to lead a gun reform effort in the wake of the tragedy in Newtown but doubt remains whether the political will exists to do anything.
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... I the the ... the the ... no we went through an election year and I don't think the words guns or can control run by the presidential candidates more than a dozen times least not in my ear knew were on the trail where the mindless but it just wasn't on the radar screen ... then ... Sandy hook happens and all the sudden it's a serious subject again ... the question is in my mind is whether this is different it feels different than it was after Aurora ... or after Virginia Tech were times in the past isn't ... this a few different you ... it doesn't MFA primarily because ... when you see the lists of the victims a new CEO of the six and seven year olds ... that's ... bad and ... totally different place not to take anything for Francis from Columbine which was appointed high school kids ... no Virginia Tech which was weakening of college kids ... but when you start saying ... you know first graders they own kindergarten age kids ... in much of this country ... where parents get a new look and then going okay ... there's got to be someplace at some point where my kid is safe and stare I can protect them any more from you know in high school then driving all these other things ... but ... for scoring ... yet so so it's the circumstances more than the act that made it different ... yep its that that it's absolutely the circumstances I think it's the ages it's also the feeling that ... we all his own when we drop our kids off to elementary school ... you're going to come home ... yet it that's different so but this is so loved ... the country where the through the gun culture it is is still firmly entrenched and it makes the ... the range of options ... more limited than they might be in some people's minds ... in in in the abstract a month ago will blissfully this into a huge gun control measures that are really very likely isn't ... no actually I don't think so and I think you know one of the first things we rushed to is um you know we talk about this all weapons ban ... well the assault weapons ban and in nineteen ninety four ... and also via magazine band which is today and the number of shots that each magazine that you put into the fire on can actually hold ... we did that much in any form felt good about it but ... what we didn't talk about was ... everything that was actually manufactured before nineteen ninety four for instance and magazines ... was grandfathered in so they were ... possibly millions of these core noncore oversized clothes that were actually out there are magazines there were any ... market bidding allowed the certificates still be sold ... and ... to me when we talk about drunk orchard we have no oh no real idea of how many firearms we actually have in the United States the unit to begin with ... don't fall grata circulation and there among hundreds of millions ... in other magazines will go out of circulation whatever lor new passion he he sure can make a retroactive so ... exactly what is usually don't you know that's of course to start with present a bomb I think when you do when he seemed very pain this week by the assertion which was actually thrown pretty much straight into his face the press conference this week that well you said you can do something after the Aurora shootings and nothing happened so why should we believe you now ... um that's ... that that that seem to hit home with them but maybe it's just maybe it is more the same it looked ... I looked and felt a friend and you know that Obama has voiced support for some investors that he's now ... the Supreme baking never really put the power of his office high rent ... and I mean he maintained ... a little bit about the future as a kid in two thousand ate and then you would likely style and he's getting his first term ... and he mentioned it when the debates this fall break and he certainly had its stock is now that he had advocated for anything and now he says I will advocate for this ... I would have Joe Biden premium proposals this is that when Santa self-appointed take action ... and ... into the play that you're thinking about ... ever having anti speculation and and you know that you can't ... fix everything ... his point this week was ... ok you can fix everything you know when a lot will be the cure all day he said in a let's not let her could be the enemy of God that can be ... a little bit of progress which we should do that we should try him stages when kids lacking in that and that man magazines to be the specifics on that in the White House party were snow limit the size of magazines of limit the availability of of of cancer ... Prof paraphernalia as opposed to guns and maybe read is that the assault weapons ban ... what's interesting about this issue it's almost like abortion in that soul Kami so polarizing unit to ... a fundamental issue can really believe in on both sides and ... I think it might be hard for people to realize the different window ... shades of ... passionate for gun control you know there's ... some folks that I was you know use guns for ... self defense are hunting the deferred payment is always ... a new technology with the potential weapons ... and how does that is just one big tent ... that you know it's ordinary ... controls ores are so many different factions remains well I know what struck me in and Gary and I have around this long enough now to have the same feeling I suspect which is that all the terms of this debate now some very familiar with Rove's ninety nine using an assault assault aware of the assault ... gun ban ... of of gun shot gun show loophole magazine size I mean ... there's nothing really new here in this conversation it's a recycled Congress should get it it's very much recycled t mean even going back to assault weapon well how did you find that because what what did find it in many ways ... in nineteen ninety four was that were cosmetic changes on the firearms there was simply semiautomatic said look we can ... so it was all about cosmetic so ... Discover feel like we've actually been here before in the last time the government actually tried to actually step beyond that ... you know they tried to implement a program where they would use the contracting authority to try to get to know God manufacturers' to start ... you know putting in of the safety features of those kinds of things ... you know that could be one thing that the administration would actually think about is ... you know it it was four cents buying of forty percent of overall firearms sold in the United States ... you know maybe you are for new manufacturers' incentives taxi star provided some kind of technologies and things ... so there can be may be a backdoor way to wear maybe you're not taken as many of these things off ... enroll in a result the streets but you're actually limiting people's ability to use the last time the government reducing big industry was not two thousand for when the trend to extend the assault weapons ban that fail ... given that was actually just an extension of the wall what I'm talking about was back in late nineteen ninety nine or early two thousand ... our ... dance but Secretary Andrew Cuomo ... 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Clothing retailer Ralph Lauren Corp will pay more than $1.6 million to settle a criminal and civil investigation of allegations that one of its subsidiaries bribed government officials in Argentina.
U.S. authorities agreed not to prosecute the company after allegations surfaced that it bribed Argentinian customs officials in order to clear merchandise, some of it prohibited, the U.S. Justice Department said.
The company received the lenient treatment because of its "extensive" cooperation in the inquiry and new anti-bribery training for its employees, a world-wide risk assessment it conducted and other remedial measures.
The company will pay an $882,000 penalty to the DOJ and disgorge more than $730,000 in illicit profits and interest to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the two agencies said.
Ralph Lauren did not have an anti-corruption program or provide training to employees at its subsidiary in Argentina in the five-year period over which the bribes occurred, prosecutors said.
A lawyer for the company, Thomas Hanusik, said Ralph Lauren investigated the allegations, reported them to authorities and cooperated in the government probes.
The agreement with the SEC is the first non-prosecution agreement the agency has entered in the foreign bribery context.
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Day 1 of regular exposures
This morning I dropped him off around 8:45am. And he was one of the drippy-nosed children. For the last 3 days he has been a sneezing, coughing fussy fuss-face. Top it off with a set of 12 month old immunizations and both parents with sore throats and sneezing and you have entered our purgatory. I have flushed and aspirated his nose so many times that he anticipates what is coming and gets his wail ready. He has woken up so many times in the past few nights that I haven't been able to lay down for more than 5 minutes without hearing his coughing and whimpering. I can't wait for this cold to be over so that we can officially begin sleep training him. Add a hectic Ward month with long nights and early mornings and all I can say is that I am so tired. I am so very tired.
As I walked out, painted smile on my face, holding back the tears welling up in my eyes, a cute cherubic girl smiled at me and motioned for me to hold her hand. The Director hurriedly waved to one of the teachers so that she could wipe away the thick yellow-green goo running from her nose, sliding down her face. The teacher laughed nervously, I shrugged knowingly. I have been around enough children to know clear, yellow, and green ooze is somewhat of a rite of passage. Thus began Day 1 of our son exposing others to his germs and his classmates exposing him to theirs. Here's to a robust immune system! Here's to my growing Little Man!
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Ah, the petri dish that is daycare! The way I see it, they will build up their immune systems and not get sick as much as other kids when they start school. Hopefully... Hope the first day goes well!ReplyDelete
We had Stubble in a private home when I went back to work after his birth...then he hit pre-school the year before kindergarten. NONE of us was well for an entire YEAR - or at least that is how it seemed. Their immune system will be 'stimulated' sometime or another...better sooner.ReplyDelete
Ah yes. I used to think having a cold was a big deal. Something that I hopefully only had to contend with 1-2 times per year. Post daycare, it's a way of life. I hear it gets better after a year or so. Until then, hang in there!ReplyDelete
The first year of daycare we had 8 URIs, 1 RSV bronchiolitis, 1 coxsackie, 1 AGE. Second year 6 URIs and 1 adenovirus. By kindergarten, we only had one or two mild URIs (no fever) a year.ReplyDelete
Hahah...we used to call it "kennel cough." It gets SO much better, but it's just not fun while you are in the middle of it.ReplyDelete
Thanks everyone :-) Round 2 of his first day care cold. Improving cough but persistently runny nose and now Mom and Dad have Round 2 of runny noses. Ugghh.ReplyDelete


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Actress and director Jodie Foster will be honored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association with the Cecil B. DeMille Award.
Foster, 49, is a two-time Golden Globe and Academy Award winner for her leading actress turns in 1988's "The Accused," and 1991's "Silence of the Lambs."
"Jodie is a multi-talented woman that has achieved immeasurable amounts of success and will continue to do so in her career," HFPA President Aida Takla-O'Reilly said in a statement. "Her ambition, exuberance and grace have helped pave the way for budding artists in this business. She's truly one of a kind."
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Foster has acted in more than 40 films, beginning her career at the tender age of 3 when she appeared in a Coppertone commercial. Her other acting credits include "Taxi Driver," "Nell," "Little Man Tate" and "Carnage." She will next be seen onscreen in 2013 in the futuristic thriller "Elysium" with Matt Damon.
Her directing credits also include "Little Man Tate," "The Beaver" and "Home for the Holidays."
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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced today that historian Adele Alexander is joining the National Council on the Humanities. The council is NEH's 26-member advisory body. Alexander was nominated by President Barack Obama on Sept. 29, 2009 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Dec. 24, 2009.
"Dr. Alexander's background in 19th- and 20th-century American history will provide an important depth of perspective to the National Council," noted NEH Chairman Jim Leach.
The National Council on the Humanities meets four times a year to review grant applications and to advise NEH's chairman. Alexander is replacing Marguerite Sullivan on the council. Alexander will be sworn in at the February 2010 meeting; her term will run until Jan. 26, 2014.
Alexander is Adjunct Professor of History at George Washington University, where she has taught since 1983. She teaches classes on the history of slavery, the civil rights movement, and African-American women. Alexander has also taught at Howard University, University of Maryland-College Park, and Trinity College.
Her research focuses on the black Atlantic world, African-American history, and family history. In Ambiguous Lives: Free Women of Color in Rural Georgia, 1789-1879 (1991), Alexander examined the lives of free mixed-race women and their families, using the experiences of her ancestors as a springboard. For Homelands and Waterways: The American Journey of the Bond Family, 1846-1926 (1999), Alexander traced the paths taken and challenges faced by three generations of an African-American family, beginning with the marriage of John Robert Bond and Emma Thomas in 1865. Bond, the son of a white Englishwoman and a black laborer, became a sailor in the American Union Navy and married Thomas, a Virginia woman born into slavery. Alexander is their great-granddaughter. The book won the non-fiction prize of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.
Alexander's scholarship also appears in: Sandra Fitzpatrick and Maria Goodwin, The Guide to Black Washington (1990, revised 1998); Darlene Clark Hine, et al, eds., Black Women in America: An Historic Encyclopedia (1993); Anita F. Hill and Emma Coleman Jordan, eds., Race, Gender and Power in America (1995); James O. Horton and Lois Horton, History of the African-American People (1995); Christie Anne Farnham, ed., Women of the American South (1997); and Roslyn Terborg-Penn and Janice Sumler Edmond, eds., Black Women's History at the Intersection of Knowledge and Power (2000). Additionally she has written for the Washington Post, MS., Sage, Crisis, Washingtonian, American Visions, Women's Review of Books, Radcliffe Quarterly, and Savoy.
Alexander received a B.A. from Radcliffe College in 1959 and an M.A. (1987) and Ph.D. (1994) in history from Howard University.


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ROCKFORD — Sixty-some years ago, Ira Allen Eichner discovered that surplus equipment from World War II and the Korean War was cheap and plentiful. He started selling military radios from the trunk of his car to an emerging commercial airline industry.
He got good at it, too. He incorporated in 1955 and in the 1960s lent his middle name to his growing business. It became known as Allen Aircraft Radio.
The name eventually was shortened to AAR Corp., a corporate acronym that's soon to become synonymous with hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in payroll at Chicago Rockford International Airport.
AAR and airport officials are to announce a deal Monday to bring a long-sought jet maintenance, repair and overhaul operation — known in the industry as an MRO — to the airport. It is expected to open during the first quarter of 2016 and employ 500 people within two years.
AAR will occupy a $40 million facility to be built near Falcon Road on the airport's east side.
The airport, city of Rockford and Winnebago County will share half of the cost. The state and federal governments will pay for the other half in a deal that will bring the Wood Dale-based company to the airport on a seven-year lease with options to renew.
AAR is the nation's largest MRO operator. Rockford will become its seventh MRO.
The MRO business is a growing part of a company with 2013 revenues of $2.14 billion and 6,300 employees in 17 countries.
Not bad for a company launched with a couple of hundred bucks by a college kid who found a lucrative niche and ran with it.
His successor and son-in-law, David Storch, found and exploited a lucrative niche, too.
Storch was 27 and recently married when he proposed to Eichner that AAR go after the market for refurbishing aircraft engine parts and selling them to commercial airlines. AAR seeded the venture with $100,000, according to a profile published last year by the Chicago Tribune. By the end of the 1980s, the division had sales of $100 million to airlines that wanted quality parts that cost less than those sold by major manufacturers.
Storch, 61, leads a major company. But entrepreneurship and risk taking remain a part of AAR corporate culture.
"I tell my people: 'Don't wait for me.' If you wait for me, we limit our ability to grow this company," Storch told the Tribune. "If you're right 100 percent of the time, it means you're not taking enough risks. Calculate the odds and make a decision, and I'll stand by you."
The company, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol AIR, is taking a risk on Rockford. But the corporate odds of success improved considerably when Rock Valley College decided to expand its aviation maintenance program. The college expects to send 150 certified aviation mechanics into the workforce annually, feeding AAR and other companies that need qualified workers.
A member survey in 2012 by the Aeronautical Repair Station Association found worker shortages tie for second with high fuel prices as the most serious threat to the aviation maintenance industry.
"Everybody in blue-collar industry is struggling for those workers," said Sarah MacLeod, executive director of the repair association. "It's not just aviation."
Retirements and the loss of graduates to the energy, power and automotive industries were cited as issues affecting MROs. Having a school with a built-in pipeline to an MRO is expected to be an advantage.
"This is why that RVC component is so important, said Mike Dunn, executive director of Chicago Rockford International Airport, who said he had worked on the AAR deal every day since he was hired to run the airport in January 2012.
Rockford is the third MRO expansion announcement by AAR in three years,
Last year, AAR acquired assets of Aeroframe Services at Chennault International Airport in Lake Charles, Louisiana. AAR said it would retain 250 Aeroframe employees and add 500 more people to its payroll. The airport is building a $21 million, 112,000-square-foot hangar at the airport to service wide-body jets such as Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s. AAR will lease the hangar.
In 2012, AAR established an MRO in Duluth, Minnesota. It moved into hangar space vacated after Northwest Airlines stopped servicing its own jets and shut down the 152,000-square-foot facility in 2005. In May, AAR announced a deal with Air Canada to service the company's 89 Airbus A320 narrow-body jets. With the contract, AAR expected to employ 375 employees in Duluth, its northernmost facility.
AAR operates MROs in Indianapolis, Miami, Oklahoma City and Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Dunn said he wouldn't be surprised if AAR continues growing its MRO business.
"They want to be the biggest in the world," he said.
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By now you may have heard that an epic winter storm is bearing down on New England and preparing to drop anywhere from 1-265 inches (give or take) of powder in the Northeast, and possibly anything from a few flurries to a catastrophic blizzard of biblical proportions around the region, including New York, New Jersey, DC, Miami, Atlanta, Albuquerque, the US Virgin Islands, Belize, Hawaii (the island of Oahu only), New South Wales, King's Landing and The Shire.
Always concerned for the wellbeing of our readers, we've compiled a list of the following snow preparedness tips so you can be ready for The Wrath of the Rhode Island Blizzard:
1. Stock up on milk and bread. Obviously.
2. While you're at the market, might as well pick up other food that you might need to eat an actual meal instead of subsisting off milk and bread like a Dickensian street urchin.
3. Hold up the entire line like there's no one else waiting while you look for that expired coupon for milk and/or bread.
4. Act like it has never snowed before. Ever.
5. Call a parent, grandparent or older relative so they can remind you how this is nothing compared to the Blizzard of '78.
6. Start live-tweeting the storm now so that your hashtag wins. #SnowedIn #StatingTheObvious #DidIMentionItsSnowing? #CatchingUpOnGOT
7. Post a Facebook update encouraging everyone to stay safe and warm. Seriously. Do it now. Do you want your friends to die a horrible, freezing, snowbound death? You've got to warn them!
8. Gather the supplies you'll need if there's an extended power outage: candles, flashlights, warm blankets, non-perishable food, booze, satellite phone, animal pelts, whale blubber, a trashcan to throw through the front window of whatever store you're planning to loot.
9. In the event of both a parking ban and a power outage, set your car on fire to stay warm and avoid costly parking tickets.
10. Repent and pray.
11. If you are indoors, stay there. Quickly move to a safe location in the room such as under a strong desk, a strong table or along an interior wall. (Oops. On second thought that one might be an earthquake safety tip. Still, it helps to be prepared for anything.)
12. Make plans for Friday or Saturday to have dinner with that friend or relative who you really don't want to see, but keeps bugging you to hang out. Cancel them due to weather.
13. Above all, please stay safe and warm.
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MLB WORLD SERIES: RANGERS v GIANTS
November 1, 2010
Bruce Bochy
Edgar Renteria
ARLINGTON, TEXAS: Game Five
San Francisco Giants 3
Texas Rangers 1
Q. You apparently told Andrés before your at-bat you were going to hit it out. What gave you that sense, that that was your moment?
EDGAR RENTERIA: I got confidence in me, but I was joking like I'm going to get it out. But it went out. But I got confident, looking for one pitch, and if he throws I'm going to hit it back to the middle. So he tried to throw the cutter, and the cutter stay in the middle and that's why it go out.
Q. You won the '97 series with a walk-off single and now this one. Is one bigger than the other?
EDGAR RENTERIA: No, both is the same feeling, same emotions, same feeling. It's unbelievable. It's unbelievable being in that situation, and I enjoyed both World Series.
Q. Can you talk about what it felt like when you realized you had put your team on top 3-0, what it felt like when you hit the ball?
EDGAR RENTERIA: Yeah, that's a great feeling, but I no forget we play against a great offensive team like Texas. That's why I told my teammates, keep playing, keep playing, keep being concentration because we know they can tie the game right away. So teammates did a great job, and that's why we win.
Q. Did it feel any sweeter because you were hurt so much this year, and a lot of people didn't even think you were going to make the playoff roster, and here you end up MVP?
EDGAR RENTERIA: It's unbelievable. It's unbelievable. That's life. I've been hurt all year, but I keep myself in shape, keep myself working hard, and I keep telling myself, let's be patient, let it come over, and thank God everything worked out. I thank the organization. They had a lot of patience with me this year because I went three times to the DL.
Q. Through the Division Series and then the first game against Philadelphia, did you wonder if you'd ever get your chance to start in this? And Bruce, what was it that made you after Game 1 against the Phillies insert him into the starting lineup?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, Edgar has been through it, and I wanted a leader out there. You know, he's a guy all the players look up to. I know it's been a tough year with the DL and missing playing time. But what a pro he's been through all this and waiting his turn. But once we got to that point, I knew I wanted to turn it over to him and put Juan at third base. You know, that was our best club. I couldn't have two better guys on the left side of the infield, the way they play, their experience, their composure. It's all about winning with them, and there's no fear in these guys.
I know how bad Edgar wanted it. It wasn't too long ago we had a little talk, and he said, I just want to go out and win another World Series, and I couldn't be prouder for him. I mean, it's pretty incredible what he's done in his career.
Q. Any part of you through the World Series thinking that this might be my last season of baseball? Any part of that go through your mind?
EDGAR RENTERIA: Yeah, yeah, all the time. But when we made it to the World Series I just took it out of my mind and just concentration to play the game and concentration on what I had to do to help this team win. I think that's why everything worked out good.
Q. Bruce, can you just talk about a bit what this means to you and what this means in a historic sense. This is a franchise that has been wanting to win something like this since probably everybody in this room was born, '54.
BRUCE BOCHY: Yeah, that last out, I've been fortunate to be in this game and manage for quite a while and have never been to this point. It's what you dream about, and the last Series didn't go well. I was just hoping to get one more chance at this. You know, it's a euphoric feeling that's so hard to describe.
For us to win for our fans, it's never been done there, and with all those great teams. And what was neat through all this is Willie McCovey and Willie Mays, Will Clark, J.T. Snow, Shawon Dunston, all those guys that played on World Series teams, they were in the clubhouse, they were pulling for these guys. They wanted them to win, and the players felt that along with the fans.
Q. What can you say to the fans right now in San Francisco that have suffered all these years?
BRUCE BOCHY: Oh, I couldn't be happier for them. They helped us get here. As Edgar could tell you, their energy, enthusiasm down the stretch, in the playoffs, it's been crazy, in the ballpark, around the city. I know how bad they wanted it. The players, they wanted it as bad for the fans as themselves because they know how long it's been.
Q. Edgar, when the count went to 2-0, did you think they might just go ahead and pitch around you there?
EDGAR RENTERIA: The first two pitches I think. I said, I think they're going to pitch me around, but I know Cliff Lee is a great pitcher. I have a lot of respect for him.
When he threw me the two balls, I said, I'm looking for one pitch. If he throws it, I'm going to swing. After that I'm working the count to see if he can walk me. But I got lucky, he throw cutter inside, the ball no cut. So the ball stayed in the middle.
Q. Bruce, everybody talks about your pitching and your defense, and going into Philadelphia everybody said well, hitting is kind of light, your offense. It seemed like throughout this series you came up with a key hit, a lot of hitting when you needed it. Can you talk a little bit about your hitting.
BRUCE BOCHY: It amazes me. When you look back at the pitching we had to beat, going back even to the clincher facing Latos, in Atlanta of course Hudson, Lowe in Atlanta, the Phillies' pitching with Halladay and Hamels and Oswalt, they found a way to get a big hit. And the key was we got contribution from everybody. Seemed like it was somebody different in the series. Edgar, he saved us. And that's what it takes to win.
You know, it's those timely hits, but it seemed like it was somebody different every day. We'd have one guy to carry us. You look at the pitching, we had to beat Lee twice. I'm sure a lot of people didn't think that was going to happen. But you know, because of our pitching, that gave us a chance.
Q. It looked like Burrell said something to you as he was walking by. Did he say something as you were walking up to the plate?
EDGAR RENTERIA: I know what he said, but he took a great at-bat in that at-bat, so I see a lot of pitches. I feel more comfortable when I see a lot of pitches when he hit foul balls. And I know he's going to come with the best pitch they had. I think the best pitch that he had tonight was a cutter, so that's what I was looking for. That's lucky.
Q. Bruce, how does it feel to be a genius? I mean, a lot of people didn't notice you until the Mattingly thing, coming to the mound twice, every move you made has been wonderful, praise is being heaped on you. How are you dealing with this?
BRUCE BOCHY: No, it's not me, believe me. It's these guys. Edgar, what he did in this series, all these guys. You know, and I can't say enough about how they accepted some roles. I'm sure they weren't happy with me, playing time, guys were used to going out there every day. But they stayed ready, and they had one thing on their mind, and that was to do this. And that's what it took because we did change some things. But it's not going to work unless they buy into it, and they did.
Q. Everything you did worked.
BRUCE BOCHY: They make it work, and that's how it works. Sure, you say, well, good move, whatever. That looks good if they get the hit or the bullpen comes in or does the job. So I thank them.
Q. Bruce, this afternoon you were talking about thoughts that were on your mind, being on the verge, that sort of thing. Now that you've reached the mountain top, what kinds of thoughts are you thinking? Are you reminiscing? Are you just celebrating? What's the mood?
BRUCE BOCHY: Yeah, you know, like I said, I was numb at first because you understand how hard this is to do. As long as I've been fortunate to be in this game, you know, you dream about this. And last night I didn't sleep, to be honest. I was thinking about it, you're on the verge and you know how close you are, and you put this on such a pinnacle that you get butterflies, as you mentioned earlier. I'm sure the players were thinking about it.
But it makes everything worthwhile, whatever you do when you get to this point. It's a lot of hard work.
Q. Edgar, can you compare the home run tonight with the game-winning hit in Game 7 in '97, only because the single was the game-winning hit was the last hit of the game. This you still had some innings to play.
EDGAR RENTERIA: Yeah, it's the same feeling, same feeling that I have right now. I think in '97 the thing played so hard all seven games, so we knew we had a chance to win, and we played against Cleveland. They had a great team, too. And this year, I think nobody believed what we can do, and that's so amazing. That's so amazing. That's a different feeling because they build the team to win, and this year we got the guys to win, that's a different way. And that's why I feel so great, so happy. And what's unbelievable, I just say thanks to the skipper to give me the chance to be in this situation right now, and so happy right now.
Q. Your hitting coach said before the game that all year you kept telling him, even when you were hurt, you were going to end up helping out the team. How were you able to be that confident even though you were on the DL three times?
EDGAR RENTERIA: Yeah, we had the confidence. I just know by myself, tried to tell my teammates to have the confidence and whatever can help the team do something, just do it. I just watched every at-bat that they take. If they do something wrong, I just tell them because we want to win.
I think 25 guys did a great job to get this.
Q. Edgar, you've had a great career in the regular seasons, as well, but in the World Series you have one of the highest batting averages ever. Why do you think you've been such a great player particularly in the World Series?
EDGAR RENTERIA: I don't know. Maybe I am more in focus. I know it's a different game because if you make a mistake you're going to pay. That's why my focus is different, my level is different, and just want to be the guy to do something. But maybe -- I don't know. I can't explain that. I was ready to play.
Q. We've heard a lot about dreams obviously in the last few days. Aubrey said he dreamed of being a pitcher, Tim Lincecum dreamed of being a hitter. How close is this to your dream?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, this is your dream. It starts out when you're a kid playing wiffle ball in the backyard when you sign a professional contract. Players talk about winning awards sometimes, whether Cy Youngs or MVPs, but they always deflect that to, I want to win the World Series. That's what the game is about, being in this moment right now. So I'm living a dream.
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The information pillar covers both the 'passive' or reactive aspect of access to information, i.e. the obligation on public authorities to respond to public requests for information, and the 'active' aspect dealing with other obligations relating to providing environmental information, such as collection, updating, public dissemination and so on.
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Presumption in favour of access: Any environmental information held by a public authority must be provided when requested by a member of the public, unless it can be shown to fall within a finite list of exempt categories.
'Any person' right: the right of access extends to any person, without his or her having to prove or state an interest or a reason for requesting the information.
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Form of information: The definition of environmental information covers information in any material form (written, visual, aural, electronic etc). There is a qualified requirement on public authorities to provide it in the form specified by the requester.
Charges: Public authorities may impose a charge for supplying information provided the charge does not exceed a 'reasonable' amount.
Exemptions: Public authorities may withhold information where disclosure would adversely affect various interests, e.g. national defence, international relations, public security, the course of justice, commercial confidentiality, intellectual property rights, personal privacy, the confidentiality of the proceedings of public authorities; or where the information requested has been supplied voluntarily or consists of internal communications or material in the course of completion.
There are however some restrictions on these exemptions, e.g. the commercial confidentiality exemption may not be invoked to withhold information on emissions which is relevant for the protection of the environment.
Public interest test: To prevent abuse of the exemptions by over-secretive public authorities, the Convention stipulates that the aforementioned exemptions are to be interpreted in a restrictive way, and in all cases may only be applied when the public interest served by disclosure has been taken into account.
Refusals: Refusals, and the reasons for them, are to be issued in writing where requested. A similar time limit applies as for the supply of information: one month from the date of the request, with provision for extending this by a further month where the complexity of the information justifies this.
Onward referral of requests: Where a public authority does not hold the information requested, it should either direct the requester to another public authority which it believes might have the information, or transfer the request to that public authority and notify the requester of this.
The Convention also imposes active information duties on Parties. These include quite general obligations on public authorities to be in possession of up to date environmental information which is relevant to their functions, and to make information 'efffectively accessible' to the public by providing information on the type and scope of information held and the process by which it can be obtained.
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Internet access: Parties are required to 'progressively' make environmental information publicly available in electronic databases which can easily be accessed through public telecommunications networks.
The Convention specifies certain categories of information (e.g. state of the environment reports, texts of legislation related to the environment) which should be made available in this form.
The Parties adopted non-binding Recommendations on the More Effective Use of Electronic Information Tools to Provide Public Access to Environmental Information at their second ordinary meeting (Almaty, Kazakhstan, 25-27 May 2005) to provide guidance on implementation of the above provisions.
State-of-the-environment reporting: Parties are required to produce national reports on the state of the environment at regular intervals not exceeding four years.
Pollutant release and transfer registers (PRTRs): PRTRs have proven to be a highly effective and relatively low cost means of gathering environmental information from the private sector and putting it into the public domain, thereby exerting a downward pressure on levels of pollution.
However, very few countries in the region have established PRTRs. The Convention requires Parties to take steps to progressively establish such registers.
Emergency situations: Public authorities are required to immediately provide the public with all information in their possession which could enable the public to take measures to prevent or mitigate harm arising from an imminent threat to human health or the environment.
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The LG Optimus 4X HD was the Korean's companies high-end Android offering for a short while during the middle of last year. The Optimus 4X HD was a fine device by all means, but it had some terrible issues that led to it failing miserably.
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Finding a legitimate every-down pass rusher is on Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie's lengthy to-do list this offseason.
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The sheriff says his jailers did nothing wrong, but WXII 12 News has learned that Guilford County gave nearly $500,000 to the family of an inmate who died while in custody.
County leaders also entered into a confidentiality agreement with the family to keep the settlement out of the public eye, WXII's Bill O'Neil reported Wednesday evening.
Twenty-one year-old Christopher Mason Armstrong died while an inmate of the Guilford County Jail in Greensboro two days after Christmas in 2010.
The official cause of death was blood clot to the lungs. A spokesman for the coroner's office said it was likely caused when he was restrained in jail.
County leaders also entered into a confidentiality agreement with the family to keep the settlement out of the public eye, WXII's Bill O'Neil reported Wednesday evening.
Sheriff BJ Barnes confirms that Armstrong was restrained but said the inmate assaulted jailers and other inmates.
A public information request made by WXII found that in November, two years after the death, county commissioners agreed to settle the case with the inmate's family for $475,000.
The decision was made in a closed session, O'Neil reported. A spokesman for the county said the family asked that the settlement not be made public. And it wasn't until Wednesday.
O'Neil asked Barnes: "When you settle something like that, people are going to say you did something wrong, they're afraid."
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Can You Make Money on Instagram?
Yes, you can definitely make money on Instagram. As long as the business can be expressed visually and creatively for marketing purposes, you can tap into Instagram's millions of users. Now you might be thinking: right, I get that it's possible, but how exactly can I be making money on Instagram?
To start off, here are a few ways that you can make money on Instagram:
- You could be focusing on sponsored posts for brands that want to reach to your audience, making you the perfect medium to do that.
- You could become an affiliate, and earn money by selling products that belong to other brands.
- You could also be selling your own products, which could be physical or digital products, or even a service. Basically, you can sell services and products, just like in any ecommerce business environment.
- You can sell your photography.
The enthusiasts of this social media platform are always looking out for new ways on how to earn money from Instagram.
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How to Make Money on Instagram?
Instagram is ideal for selling products that photograph well. In other words, if your products are photogenic, most likely you can sell them with Instagram. Also, if you're photogenic yourself or can take awesome photos, most likely you can have a huge following that can be capitalized to sell.
In general, there are at least 5 business models to make money on Instagram:
1. Become an influencer and make money from sponsored posts.
With your influencer status, you can propose to brands to help to promote them in your posts. An influencer is someone who has built a reputation by doing and sharing things online. They have a good following and they are able to convince their audiences about trends because of the level of trust they have built with their online presence.
Brands tend to partner with influencers to do sponsored posts that help spread the word about their products. Influencers have to manage many things at once such as the size and reach of their Instagram accounts as well as the trust and engagement that they build based on their content.
Top influencers make thousands of dollars per sponsored post. Imagine doing one sponsored post per day, you can make tens of thousands of dollars per month easily.
A typical influencer post includes the creation of content such as an Instagram post or an Instagram story, that will include the promotion of the brand or their products. As an influencer, that's why it's extremely important for you to know your audience. You need to understand who your audience mainly consists of, so you know which brands would best fit your audience. If you've switched to an Instagram business account, you can research your numbers a bit more through your Instagram Analytics report.
Now, you might be thinking, how do I find brands to work with that will be willing to pay me all this money for a sponsored post? Well, if you've created a noteworthy online presence, chances are big brands will reach out to you. But, you can also find brands yourself that you think match your personality and values the best. You can reach out to brands yourself directly (through Instagram or through their websites) to try to negotiate a deal, but you can also list yourself on an influencer marketplace to increase your chances of being found by a big brand.
As an extra tip, be careful not to lose the trust of your existing audience in the process of making money from sponsored posts. That's why it's always a good idea to indicate with an Instagram hashtag that it's a sponsored post (for instance, by adding #sponsored).
2. Become an affiliate and make money selling other people's products.
You can sell other people's products and receive a cut. Many brands sell their products through affiliate programs. There are many people that make money from Instagram this way.
The difference between an influencer and an affiliate is that an affiliate is working towards making sales for the partnering brand in exchange for a commission. On the other hand, the influencer is mainly aiming to create awareness.
Affiliates make money on Instagram through a trackable link or a promo code to make sure that any clicks are converted to sales.
Create engaging posts, so you can promote the products without being pushy. The thing is, since you can only have one link on your Instagram bio, you might want to include a landing page to your affiliate link. In each post, include a caption that the product can be purchased via the link on the Instagram bio.
At first it may sound like a challenging game, but affiliate marketing has a variety of expansion possibilities if you plan on growing. You can expand your presence by including a website and/or other marketing or social media channels.
Our team has compiled a list of eye-catching Instagram post ideas from successful brands for you to take inspiration from.
3. Sell poster photos and other virtual products.
Instagram is all about visual content. Photogenic products would sell well on Instagram. You can sell poster photos, paintings, drawings, animations, videos, and other image or video-based virtual products. On each post, refer readers to visit the link in your bio. This is another popular way that people make money from Instagram.
If you think you take high-quality pictures, there's a chance that you can get paid for it. But don't limit yourself with just your photography skills, explore other possibilities that enhance your pictures such as editing and composition. Use the best photo editing apps for phones to get the most out of the photos that you take. Try to be original when you're taking pictures.
You can use Instagram to promote your photography portfolio using relevant Instagram hashtags.
4. Sell your own physical products.
You can sell any physical product that you produce yourself or purchase from suppliers. This conventional ecommerce retailing usually requires stocking some inventory, meaning you'd need to spend some startup capital to stock some products.
And it requires a place where you can keep the products, such a spare room at home or a rented storage place. For instance, if you purchase some inventory from a China-based supplier, you'd need a space to keep them before they're ordered by and delivered to customers.
As of February 2018, you can sell products directly on Instagram through Instagram Posts and Stories. By simply tagging products in your Instagram images, you can lead your Instagram followers to your product pages where they can purchase products quickly. Here's a complete guide to Instagram Shopping and how you can sell on Instagram.
Or, if you're looking for tips that will help you to sell on Instagram, check out these Instagram tips that will actually work.
5. Sell dropshipped products.
Dropshipping is a business model which you can use to run your store without ever holding any inventory. Once you've made a sale your supplier will ship your products from their warehouse, straight to your customer's doorstep. You'll never need to worry about storing, packaging, or shipping your products.
This works in a similar way to the previous point of selling products on Instagram to earn money. Just that you won't need to store any inventory. You can easily set up a dropshipping store with Shopify's ecommerce platform, which is free for 14 days, and Oberlo's forever free plan dropshipping app. With dropshipping, you can experiment to find the niche products that would sell well, without wasting startup capital.
Should I Make Money on Instagram?
For those wondering why they should make money on Instagram, we've compiled the top Instagram stats for you. The numbers behind Instagram are staggering, and the platform is catching up with Facebook's growth. While Facebook has 2.07 billion monthly active users, Instagram's growth has reached 1 billion users over 9 years in 2019 since its launch in 2010. With Instagram gaining nonstop popularity, it's no surprise that Instagrammers are becoming an unstoppable force. They've figured out ways to make money on Instagram, and cash in on the pictures that they take.
For business purposes, the following figures are worthy of consideration for people who want to make money with Instagram:
1) 1 billion users are active every month. That's almost three times the US population.
2) 500 million users are active every day. That's almost double the US population.
3) In 2017, 70.7 percent of US businesses use Instagram. With 30 million businesses (both large and small) in the USA, this number translates to 21 million US businesses using Instagram.
4) 80 percent of Instagram users follow at least one business account. This translates to 640 million users following at least one business account.
5) There are 2 million Instagram advertisers every month.
6) Time spent on Instagram increases by 80 percent every year.
7) In 2016, 48 percent of US brands used Instagram to promote their businesses. In 2017, that number reached 71 percent. In 2018, it's expected to reach 82 percent.
8) 300 million Instagram accounts use Instagram Stories every day.
- 18 to 29 years old: 59 percent
- 30 to 49 years old: 33 percent
- 50 to 64 years old: 18 percent
- 64+ years old: 8 percent
10) Instagram users by gender:
- Female: 38 percent
- Male: 26 percent
- Other: 36 percent
11) Instagram posts with location tags get 79 percent more engagement.
12) Photos with faces get 38 percent more likes.
13) User-generated content has a 4.5 percent higher conversion rate.
Instagram Success Stories
You can learn from others' experiences in how to earn from Instagram from case studies and success stories like those below.
Foster a specific niche lifestyle and start selling products that you're passionate about. It can be any passion, hobby, or anything that you want to share with others. Just focus on what you do best.
With apps that connect social media platforms with your ecommerce site, the seamlessness is even better. Shopify comes with Instagram Business Account integration, which makes the whole process of using Instagram for business even simpler.
The following entrepreneurs integrate Instagram marketing seamlessly with their ecommerce store. Let's learn from their experiences of how to get paid on Instagram so that you can emulate their success.
BeardBrand was first featured in a New York Times article. Their store was started with only $30 and a committed vendor. How they earn money from Instagram is unique and inspiring.
They sell products that bearded men would need to maintain their lifestyle. BeardBrand.com has a strong Instagram presence with more than 124,000 followers.
Instagram can be well integrated with the overall shopping experience, as followers can relate themselves to those depicted in the posts. With the right approach, those posts can capture the customers' curiosity and trust.
With over one million followers, stock usually sells out in 24 hours. The videos are crisp and clear. Viewers can hear the colorful popping slime being molded. The photogenic videos undoubtedly have amazing marketing power.
This Minty Rainbow Chip slime, for instance, generated more than 179K views. With that massive number of views, it's understandable why the product sold out within 24 hours and how they made money on Instagram.
RadSlimeShop.com uses Shopify's ecommerce platform that's flexible and adaptable. Making money from Instagram can be relatively easy with impressive videos and live images.
Justin Wong, the founder of SoAestheticShop, is passionate about cute Harajuku-style fashion. His massive Instagram account is his main marketing channel. Note that each Instagram post is meticulously edited to create a very attractive image. Wong makes $12K per month on Instagram selling various products with the dropshipping business model.
SoAestheticShop.com doesn't carry products because it uses the dropshipping business model. While there are several vendors, the products aren't purchased by the store owner until they are purchased by customers. Dropshipping is considered one of the most lucrative business models today, and it can be easily integrated with Instagram marketing and ecommerce.
For instance, they partner up with social media influencers, which will be receiving free products in exchange of their posts wearing them and discount code for their followers. Another way to boost their sales is through an affiliate program, so anyone with a website and social media accounts can participate and receive a commission when someone orders through their link. This is another way to earn money on Instagram.
What Are the Requirements for Making Money on Instagram?
Using apps, following do's and don'ts list, utilizing the most optimal filters, and applying promotional tactics are key to business success. But, you still need to be aware of new trends and rules, which are necessary to make money on Instagram.
1) Master Instagram for Business
There are 2 types of Instagram accounts: personal and business. The business account was launched in July 2016. You can study using this step-by-step instructional video. Shopify also provides an in-depth tutorial for selling on Instagram.
2) Launch an Instagram Shop
An Instagram Shop lets you integrate your product catalog with your Instagram profile. In turn, this allows you to promote your products directly to Instagram users through posts, Stories, in the Explore tab, and in a special Shop tab on your profile. Our team has prepared the ultimate guide to setting up an Instagram Shop, which will help you understand how you can make money from an Instagram Shop.
3) Master Instagram Ecommerce Shopping Apps Integration
Instagram comes with limited shoppability, which requires some ingenuity to make it work for business. However, the ecommerce shopping feature can be seamlessly integrated with apps specifically designed for a Shopify store.
Try out some apps, so you'll be able to see for yourself which ones would allow you to publish products, along with their pricing and specifications on separate pages. This way, shoppers would feel they're still on your Instagram pages while they're actually already on the ecommerce-ready shopping app pages.
We'd recommend using Shopify because Shopify has numerous apps that can be integrated with Instagram. Many of those apps can be tried for free, so there is no risk involved if you don't find success with them.
3) Master Instagram Do's and Don'ts
Instagram has detailed rules on how you should post, the types of images or videos to post, and how many times per day you can post. Following these rules could improve your chance to earn money from Instagram It also limits the number of hashtags to include, so you can't just spam your Instagram account with more than 30 hashtags that aren't related to the content of the post.
According to CoSchedule, it's recommended to post 1 to 2 times per day, so your followers wouldn't feel overwhelmed. And you'll also have sufficient time to create unique and out-of-this-world posts.
According to Sprout Social, the ideal length of Instagram captions is between 138 to 150 characters. For ad captions, stick with 125 characters. The optimal number of hashtags is between 5 to 10, even though 20+ is possible but not recommended. Instagram may "shadow ban" your posts if they contain more than 20 hashtags. "Shadow banning" means your posts stop showing up in searches for specific hashtags. That will consequently decrease your chances to make money from Instagram.
4) Master Instagram Filters and Photography
The difference between using the optimal and suboptimal filters can be anywhere from one to two digits of likes. Canva did a study on America's favorite Instagram filters. They are (based on rank): Clarendon, Gingham, Juno, and Lark. And the world's favorite filters are: Clarendon, Juno, Valencia, Gingham, and Lark.
Most popular filters for fashion:
- Valencia
- Normal
- Brooklyn
Most popular filters for fashion:
- Kelvin
- Valencia
- Nashville
Most popular filters for food:
- Skyline
- Normal
- Helena
Most popular filters for selfies:
- Normal
- Slumber
- Skyline
Use tools like Picodash to explore which photos work well. You want to emulate successful accounts, but still create your own unique content. Motivate yourself to learn more each day so you can earn money from Instagram.
5) Create Posts Inspired by Viral Stories. Include them in between your product photos and videos on your Instagram account. You can easily design and publish inspirational images with tools like Stencil, PromoRepublic, and Be Funky.
How to Build a Strong Following on Instagram
Should you build an Instagram following before or after you start selling?
The answer is simple: before and after.
Ideally, you already have at least a couple hundred of followers before you start selling. This way, you wouldn't be posting images of products to an empty account. With a couple of hundred followers, some interaction can be expected, which is a good start.
Now, how can you build a strong following on Instagram? Apply these 14 tips right away, so you can start seeing a strong following. A strong following is key to making money from Instagram.
1) Optimize your Instagram profile.
Make sure to choose a username that's less than 30 characters. Ideally, the name is searchable through a keyword. It should also be consistent with the username you use on other social media platforms.
Your bio should include up to 150 characters. It's a great idea to include a clickable link to your website in your bio. This is the only place where you can include a clickable link in your Instagram account, so it's an important aspect of optimizing your account.
2) Create and promote a dedicated hashtag.
If your account name is Jennie's Candies, consider creating the #jenscandies hashtag. Thus, whenever you want to check conversations related to your brand, you can simply check the hashtag. You can also promote this hashtag everywhere you go and on other platforms, both online and offline.
3) Get creative with hashhags related to your niche.
While Instagram allows 30 hashtags per post, it might backfire. It's recommended to use 5 to 10 popular hashtags for your niche and related to your products.
4) Participate in conversations related to your niche.
Check out other accounts using the same hashtags. Follow them and get involved in the conversations. You'll earn new followers this way.
5) Use compelling Instagram captions.
An Instagram caption is a written description or explanation about the Instagram photo to provide more context. The best Instagram captions will help your followers to feel invited to join the conversation and like your posts.
6) Run and promote contests.
Create a contest with a photo that invites contestants and shows the prizes. Also, include a special hashtag for this contest. Decide how the winners will be chosen and post the rules clearly.
For instance, you can create specific photos for the contest. And every photo using the special hashtag is included in the competition. Make sure that you comply with Instagram's contest rules. Be creative with the contest, so contestants have an opportunity to earn some money from Instagram as well, if possible, like inviting them to join an affiliate program that comes with a prize.
7) Create and promote Instagram Stories and Live Videos.
Instagram Stories have become a huge part of Instagram, and they continue to grow. You can use Instagram Stories like a pro to build your audience. There are many ways how you can play around with the content by adding geotags, selfie stickers, moving texts, add color overlays, texts, and face filters (just like Snapchat) to your Instagram Stories. Be creative when delivering your message. Make it fun.
8) Post regularly.
The key is being consistent and to ensure that posts are styled in the same way, such as using the same filter or types of post, like photos or quotes. To make the most out of it, it would help to know the best time to post on Instagram. This way, the followers would recognize your posts and correlate them with your brand. You can also use third-party social media software applications like Hootsuite, SocialFlow, and Sprout Social to schedule your Instagram posts.
9) Collaborate with influencers and like-minded accounts.
Reach out to influencers and like-minded accounts for exchanged and paid posts. For instance, if you have a huge following, you can do posting exchanges. If you collaborate with an influencer, you can choose to create an affiliate program that pays commission or pay per post depending on the size of the following.
10) Use the location feature. Post videos and stories to your account. Use appropriate hashtags and geotags so that your posts can be easily found.
11) Develop a unique visual style.
Choose the same filter and style for your Instagram account. If you have several accounts, each account must have its unique personality. For instance, one account is about brand activities and the other one is for selling products.
12) Ask others to engage with your content.
If you ask, people might help you out. As long as the caption on the posts bring value to them and somehow evokes positive feelings, you can ask people politely to get engaged.
13) Use Instagram Ads to Reach More People.
Paid ads can help you to reach more people who otherwise wouldn't have been looking for your posts. On average, an Instagram ad would cost $0.70 to $1.00.
Promoting Your Business on Instagram
Regardless of your business model, you'll need to promote it. Self-promoting requires more than just having thick skin. Above all, you'd need to be strategic and use proven tactics in order to earn money from Instagram.
When you're selling on Instagram, the purchases are mostly impulse-based. For this, the promotional avenues chosen must be based on this philosophy. The key is creating a "wow" factor with the photos, videos, captions, and a seamless experience when customers are shopping for your products.
- Use compelling photos and videos produced professionally and using favorite filters and tools.
- Integrate your Instagram account with your ecommerce store to ensure a positive and consistent experience.
- Collaborate with as many influencers as possible. Select influencers whose philosophy and followers are in alignment with yours.
- Strategize well. Stay afloat and post content on a daily basis.
- Design all your social media accounts, web pages, and blogs to reflect a uniform and consistent theme.
Learnings: Make Money on Instagram
By being creative with your account you too, can earn money from Instagram. You can sell physical products by posting photos, live stories, and videos. Also, you can sell services, like influencer marketing. If you sell tangible products, consider using the dropshipping model, which is convenient and cost-efficient.
How much money can people make on Instagram?
It depends on what you sell, business strategies, and marketing tactics you use. If you've just started, you might only make a little. However, as your Instagram following grows and you're more familiar with marketing, the sky is the limit.
How can I make the most money from Instagram?
Learn from successful Instagrammers. Combine what you've learned from them with your own strengths in marketing, photography, storytelling, and photo styling. Grow your following as much as possible, create contests, and be active by posting new photos once or twice per day. At last, have a strong product and serve your customers well.
It may take a few weeks or months to start earning a handsome amount of profit from Instagram, before you quit your 9-to-5 job. Considering so many successful ecommerce retailers earning a 6 or 7-digit income annually, selling dropshipped products via Instagram is a business model too good to pass. You owe it to yourself to start it.
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Final Thoughts about 9/11–Lessons we've learnedSunday, September 11th, 2011
Part 4 of a 4-part series
In honor of the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, we have devoted three of our past four blog posts to discuss the 10 lessons the world has learned from that fateful day. We have tried to use our voice as experts in safety and disaster training to recommend emergency precautions that you should take now to give you and your family, friends, employees and colleagues the best chance of surviving another terrorist attack. In this, our fourth and final installment, we'll cover the final lessons we've learned since that fateful day.
Remembering 9/11:
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger planes. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and thousands of people working in the buildings.
Both towers collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. A third airliner was crashed into the Pentagon. Hijackers redirected the fourth plane toward Washington, D.C., targeting either the Capitol Building or the White House, but were diverted when passengers tried to retake control. The airliner crashed in a field in rural Pennsylvania, leaving no survivors.
Nearly 3,000 victims and 19 hijackers died in the attacks. Among the 2,753 victims who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center, there were 343 firefighters, 60 police officers from New York City and the Port Authority, and 8 private EMTs and paramedics. Another 184 people were killed in the attack on the Pentagon. The overwhelming majority of casualties were civilians, including nationals of more than 70 countries.
Lessons about terrorism we've learned from 9/11:
- Clean-up could take many months and cost millions. Counting the value of lives lost as well as property damage and lost production of goods and services, losses associated with the events of September 11, 2001 exceed $100 billion. According to the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, "The loss in stock market wealth—the market's own estimate arising from expectations of lower corporate profits and higher discount rates for economic volatility—the price tag approaches $2 trillion." The best way to prepare for this type of hit is to try to prevent attacks. As a nation, over the past 10 years, we have improved security on many levels. As a building owner or property manager, make sure you take precautions to beef up security.
- Public fear, fed by extensive media coverage, may continue for a prolonged period of time. As a result, workplaces, government offices and schools might be closed. According to the Huffington Post, television stations broadcasted more than 3,000 hours of 9/11 coverage. And while much of that coverage was desirable and understandable, portions might have been unnecessary and contributed to anxiety…especially among children. If another large-scale terrorist attack occurs, monitor the amount of associated television programming you allow your children to view. Likewise, try not to watch every televised minute of disaster coverage, yourself. While you will benefit from information about things like restrictions on transportation, make sure you take breaks from the madness to eat and rest and talk to people in the real world.
- Terrorism has many faces. Racial profiling is not only unfair but insufficient because terrorists come in all shapes and sizes. Consider terrorists like the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Timothy McVeigh, Clayton Lee Waagner, Irv Rubin or the two females who have been blamed for the Twin Metro Blasts in Moscow. Terrorists don't always wear turbans and speak Arabic. So pay attention to anything out of the ordinary and report it to local authorities.
- The world was forever changed by the events of 9/11. Time Magazine writer Nancy Gibbs wrote that we, as Americans, now share: "a sharp resolve to just be better, bigger, to shed the nonsense, rise to the occasion."
As you honor the innocent and brave folks who died on that fateful day in September 10 years ago, give note to portraits of courage, self-sacrifice and hope instead of focusing on images of the jets and the flames. Paying homage to the brave will encourage us all.
When a disaster strikes, prior planning and clear decisive action can help save lives. For the latest emergency management training for facility/building managers, contact Allied Universal, Inc. Our new Version 2.0 e-based training system offers the best emergency training system with automated and integrated features. Visit rjwestmore.com for more information and remember to BE SAFE.


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Hot stuff: the making of BepiColombo
For BepiColombo, ESA has had to extend the limits of existing design standards and develop altogether new design concepts as well. How to begin building a spacecraft that needs to endure sunlight 10 times more intense than in Earth orbit, with surfaces hotter than a kitchen hot plate – high enough, in fact, to melt lead?
Back in late 2000, when the mission was first selected, no-one knew for sure.
1. Achieving a close-up view of Mercury
BepiColombo will be the third mission to visit the innermost planet after NASA's Mariner 10 in the 1970s and the current Messenger.
It is three spacecraft in one: ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), Japan's Mercury Magnetosphere Orbiter (MMO) plus ESA's additional Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) to convey the other two across interplanetary space.
But BepiColombo will be taking a much closer look than its predecessors: Mariner 10 only flew past while Messenger has entered a highly-elliptical Mercury orbit. While MMO will also follow an elliptical orbit, the planet-mapping MPO will orbit much more tightly, coming as close as 400 x 1500 km from Mercury's heat-radiating surface.
In certain orbital positions, when the orbiter comes between the Sun on one side and Mercury on the other, it will have to endure temperatures as high as 450°C.
2. Technology making the mission possible
"A considerable team of researchers was involved in making the mission feasible," comments Jan van Casteren, BepiColombo Project Manager. "An exceptional amount of technology development and demonstrations has been needed across a variety of fields."
Just reaching Mercury presents a major challenge: a new generation of highly efficient electric propulsion was required, capable of achieving the tens of thousands of hours of thrust needed to enter orbit.
3. How the spacecraft keeps its cool
Then comes the problem of thermal management, which drives the spacecraft design. Slice through MPO and you would see a complex labyrinth of heat pipes. Previously used on a variety of missions, these sealed pipes work like a closed-loop version of human sweat glands, containing liquid whose evaporation carries excess heat from MPO's sunward-side to radiating plates facing deep space. The liquid then condenses, allowing the process to begin anew.
The heat pipe concept helps keep MPO's interior within room temperature. What was new was the 2 x 3.6 m size of the radiator, and the operational constraints it faced: "Its radiating plates must remain cold and shaded for it to work," explains Ulrich Reininghaus, BepiColombo Spacecraft Development Manager.
"If they ever come into sustained contact with sunlight, or the infrared radiation emitted from Mercury's surface then they would stop working."
The mission had to develop a unique set of coated louvres that prevent the radiator 'seeing' the hot planet below while not preventing its own radiation escaping to cold deep space.
4. Searching for material solutions
Expelling internal heat only goes so far, however; much better if it never makes it inside the spacecraft at all.
The real technical challenge has been finding new materials for everything on the outside of the spacecraft in particular – including antennas, the solar array and its associated Sun-tracking sensors and mechanisms and again the radiator and protective multi-layer insulation (MLI) – which would be able to withstand the Sun's tenfold increase in brightness and associated temperature extremes.
"We began a critical materials technology programme for BepiColombo at the start of 2001," comments Christopher Semprimoschnig, head of the Materials Space Evaluation and Radiation Effects Section of ESA's Materials and Components Technology Division.
"We've kept busy for approaching a decade, gradually qualifying materials. It's been a huge challenge because we had no previous experience of such a harsh environment. The closest we ever came was with Venus Express, though that meant handling two solar constants rather than 10."
5. Testing, testing…
ESA's Materials and Processes engineers were involved because they had a good understanding of what materials could be candidates, as well as of related fields that might offer useful 'spin-in' technologies, such as protective coatings on jet engine turbines.
It took years to develop the laboratory facilities required for testing, however, adapting existing facilities wherever possible. "When you increase the light and heat intensities you are operating with 10 or 20 times compared to before, then failures can happen," Christopher says.
"We had to deal with melted lamp holders, melted reflectors, but we gradually managed to build some representative simulation chambers like our Synergistic Temperature Accelerated Radiation (STAR) facility."
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Jay Leno largely laid off the GOP jokes Thursday night with Rick Perry as a guest on his show — but Jon Stewart laid into Mitt Romney on "The Daily Show."
On "The Tonight Show," Leno gently ribbed Perry for the gaffes that have contributed to his waning presence in the polls. One of those gaffes had killed two bird with one stone when, speaking in New Hampshire, he misstated both the legal U.S. voting age and the date of Election Day.
But maybe, Leno observed, it didn't matter.
"Thanks to Herman Cain, you are in the clear," he told the Texas governor.
Earlier in the night, Jon Stewart wondered why Mitt Romney hasn't been making the rounds of news shows like his Republican rivals.
"Why no one-on-ones for Romney? Because he's running a classic political gambit called the Marilyn Munster strategy. It's a simple grift: Romney appears only in debates surrounded by Munsters — aka the other Republican candidates — and instantly the voters think, 'Hey, that pretty one seems normal.'"
Until, that is, Romney was interviewed on Fox News on Monday night, inexplicably in what appeared to be a supermarket stockroom stacked with jars of jam.
According to Stewart, though, Romney didn't exactly help to humanize himself with his Fox interview. When asked the last book he'd read, Romney said, "I'm reading sort of a fun one right now, so I'll skip that." Stewart cracked, "Good call on keeping the fun one that might humanize you under your hat!"
And when asked about his past shifts in political positions, Romney answered his Fox interviewer curtly. Which led Jon Stewart to a little revelation...
"Just like Herman Cain, Mitt Romney has an embarrassing person in his past who he's desperately trying to hide! For Herman Cain, it's a woman named Ginger White. For Mitt Romney, it's Mitt Romney," he said. (Romney has dodged regular attacks from conservatives over his Massachusetts health care law and his former support for abortion rights.)
"Mitt Romney is his own mistress!" Stewart continued. "And by the way — it makes sense, because they say opposites attract."