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I don't really get the logic behind this, yes, the term has more than one meaning/use in different contexts, just like virtually all words, and logging services have little to nothing to do with cameras. Furthermore, "tracking" clearly emphasizes the "always looking directly at the target" aspect, less so by "chase", in my opinion. Could you explain your reasoning on this?
But, "tracking" is more closely related to "A service logging the actions the user has done." Such as, "I created a tracking app." It may bring up mixed results. "Chase" on the other hand seems plausible enough. I'm just not sure.
Otherwise, in addition to suggested names above, "centered camera" springs to mind.


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Since it's the beginning of a new calendar year, it's a great time to make sure your business has a baseline for measuring growth in 2013. If you can measure your activities and results properly, you can quantify your growth. Each of the following should be available to you for each month of last year as well as the total for last year: Reven... Continue reading
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1. Blogglebeans
Cute animated characters live in homes with interactive features that grandchildren can click and enjoy, but that's just a small part of Blogglebeans. It's especially designed for interaction between grandparents and grandchildren ages 6-12, with parents supervising the fun. There are gifts to send, games to play, a messaging function and a calendar that family members can use to keep up with family events. The site is free for one grandparent-grandchild duo, and additional grandchildren can be added for a small fee.
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Grandparents want grandkids to improve their minds, bodies and hearts, and that is a goal that is shared by Planet Fassa. This unique website has animated characters, stories and games like many websites for kids, but it adds reward points when members complete "nuggets." That's the Planet Fassa term for activities, both online and offline, that enrich the mind, body or heart, and Planet Fassa has a lot of them, along with a unique search engine for finding one that's appropriate for your circumstances on a particular day. And, in case you're wondering, Fassa stands for fun, activities, stories, service and awards. Is there anything in that mix that grandparents aren't gung ho about? I didn't think so.
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LMAO if you believe anything coming from a just-acquired company or their new owners.
Shut up and write Lua in Codea.
Apple will sell every iPad Mini they can build. Price is low enough not to reject out of hand but high enough to sting. It stirs desire.
@boroditsky @jdalrymple funny you should say that. Me right this second. http://t.co/0p4BJAzu
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One the one hand, ebooks are lightweight, updatable and portable. On the other hand, my book just crashed.
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Any help? Do I need to remove the whole headlamp? any pics appreciated
If you open the bonnet and look directly above where the indicator sits you should see a hole about 8mm. directly under that sit a plastic srew on the indicator to secure it to the headlight,
Turn the srew about quarter of a turn until it stops and the you should see a flap that moves anway from the rear of the headlight to release the indicator unit forward and should just push out.
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Swept: Yanks drop fifth straight, fall 6-3 to RaysBy
For the first time this season, the Yankees have lost five straight games. The Rays took Wednesday afternoon's series finale by the score of 6-3, completing the sweep. They had baseball's worst record coming into the series. The Yankees have now lost nine of their last eleven games are are 41-42 on the year. Stinky.
Two Taters
For the first time in what felt like an eternity, the Yankees actually jumped out to an early lead on Wednesday afternoon. Brett Gardner opened the day with a typically long at-bat (seven pitches) and a leadoff homer into the right field second deck off Jake Odorizzi. It was gone off the bat. No doubter. Gardner has now hit eight homers this season, tying his career-high (set last year). He's going to wind up hitting like 12-15 dingers this summer. Crazy.
Brian McCann chipped in a solo homer of his own two innings later, a cheap little New Yankee Stadium shot just inside the foul pole down the right field line. It was a high pop-up in almost every other ballpark. Like everyone else, I expected Gardner to be hitting the cheapies and McCann to be launching bombs into the second deck coming into the year. Also, believe it or not, the Yankees have hit multiple homers in four of their last eight games. Doesn't feel like it, right?
One inning after that, the wholly unproductive right field platoon of Alfonso Soriano (single) and Ichiro Suzuki (walk) reached base to start the inning. Soriano was in right and Ichiro was playing center. Brian Roberts lined out and Yangervis Solarte popped out, so it appeared any potential rally would go to waste. Been an awful lot of that this year. Thankfully Gardner was up next and thankfully he pulled a two-strike single through the right side of the infield to score Soriano. Brett has been the best player on the team this season and I don't think it's particularly close at this point.
No Lead Is Safe
The Yankees took the lead three times early in the game and Vidal Nuno gave it back almost immediately each time. The Rays scored their first run in the third inning on a leadoff walk (Ryan Hanigan), a double (Ben Zobrist), and a passed ball. They scored their second run in the fourth inning, right after McCann homered. A double by Logan Forsythe and a single by Sean Rodriguez did the trick. In the fifth — again, right after Gardner re-gave the Yankees the lead — Desmond Jennings, Zobrist, and Brandon Guyer strung together a single, a double, and a single to score another run. Guyer would have had a two-run single had Gardner not thrown Zobrist out at the plate.
All told, Nuno was charged with four runs (three earned) in five innings of work. Joe Girardi opted to send him back out to start the sixth only to yank him when the leadoff runner reached base. I hate that. If his leash is one base-runner, then just let the reliever start the inning clean. This isn't Masahiro Tanaka. It's Vidal Nuno and he was putting guys on base all day. Shawn Kelley took over and allowed a two-run homer to Sean freaking Rodriguez on his third pitch. Just like that, the Rays were up 5-3 and had all the runs they would need on the afternoon.
I mean, it's no surprise Nuno did not carry his success against the Red Sox over from his last start. Everyone has a great game now and then and it doesn't mean they've turned some kind of corner. Four runs (three earned) in five innings is perfectly fine from your seventh (or eighth? whatever) starter, though Nuno is third on the team in starts (14) and innings (78). That's not good. Kelley … good grief. He has been a mess since coming off the disabled list.
Not Hitting With Runners In Scoring Position Isn't The Problem …
… bad hitters are the problem. The Yankees went one-for-whatever (nine, actually) with runners in scoring position and stranded runners at the corners in the fifth, at first and second in the seventh, and at second in the eighth. There were some chances to tack-on runs or make the game closer, but they were unable to take advantage. Gardner's run-scoring single in the fourth was the lone hit with men in scoring position. He had three hits while McCann, Carlos Beltran, and Roberts had two apiece as well. McCann and Ichiro drew the only walks.
The Yankees have been unable to get hits with men on base all season but that in and of itself isn't the problem. It's just the symptom of the real problem. They aren't unclutch or anything silly like that. They just have too many bad hitters. That's the problem. Even if McCann and Beltran start hitting like everyone expected them to hit, the Yankees would still have Derek Jeter, Roberts, Ichiro, Soriano, Solarte, Kelly Johnson, etc. getting regular at-bats. It's pretty remarkable how many flat-out bad hitters are on the roster and have been all season.
The Rays made four outs on the bases. Gardner threw Zobrist out at home, Soriano threw Rodriguez out at second trying to stretch a single into a double (on the play that scored Tampa's second run), Jeter caught Zobrist wandering too far off second base on a ground ball in the seventh, and Kevin Kiermaier was picked off first in the eighth. The Gardner and Soriano throws were good plays, the other two were gifts.
Adam Warren allowed two singles (one infield) and a walk in 1.1 innings of work. He was helped out by Zobrist's second base-running blunder. David Huff allowed one run in 1.2 innings of mop-up duty. He was hurt by some shaky infield defense. Guyer hit a slow grounder to third that Solarte threw into right field attempting to turn the 5-4-3 double play. Somehow it was ruled it hit. What?
Michael Kay went on a pretty amusing rant about Jacoby Ellsbury's off-day in the first inning. He pointed out that it was Lou Gehrig bobblehead day and basically said that if Gehrig could play every single day, Ellsbury should be able to do it in the first year of his seven-year contract. It was a hoot.
According to the YES broadcast, the Yankees are now 1-32 when allowing five or more runs. This is the latest into the season the Yankees have been below .500 since they were 39-42 at the halfway point of the 2007 season. That team rallied to win the wildcard and make the postseason. That team also had good players.
Box Score, WPA Graph & Standings
You can find the box score and video highlights at MLB.com. There are some other stats at FanGraphs and the updated standings at ESPN. Edwin Encarnacion and the Blue Jays walked off against the Brewers on Wednesday afternoon, so the Yankees are now 4.5 games back of Toronto for first place in the AL East. The Mariners beat up on the Astros, so the Bombers are five games back of the second wildcard spot.
Source: FanGraphs
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The homestand is mercifully over and the Yankees are heading up to Minnesota for a four-game series with the Twins. Current Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka and one time projected Yankees ace Phil Hughes start things off on Friday night.
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This team needs a shake up…something has to be done…not sure what but something has to be done…cash can't wake much longer..
Sometimes it's better to do nothing than to give up good prospects. That's what the Red Sox are doing.
The Yankees are more than 1-2 players from contending. To get the outside resources would require a hefty price from the farm system.
At this point the team should forget about this season and 2015 and 2016, build up the farm, and allow the contracts of Tex, CC, and Beltran to expire.
By then, the team will have more good young players and plenty of money to spend.
Makes too much sense.
Just call a spade a spade- the Yanks are a laughing stock and an embarassment.
Besides gardy tanaka betances this team sucks. Nothing else more to say
Warren and Robertson have also done a nice job. That about wraps it up.
Ellsbury has been fine. Kuroda hasn't been terrible either, but still could improve.
And Tex.
Ellsbury pretty good to.
Out front, now.
Amazed the team has stayed this close for this long. We are marching towards the AL east cellar with the team we have. Seriously, comparing our bats, our starting pitching and our age I think I am not exaggerating in saying a last place finish is very realistic without several changes.
CC is not the answer.
I honestly hope that they continue to lose a bit, like Mike said before, so that we can have a clear picture of what needs to be done. If we continue at this pace, we have to sell
Do we not have any other guys at AAA who don't suck as bad as the guys who are on this team now, not hitting? The last cuts from S/T can't hit any worse than this collection of crap.
this team is terrible… the infield defense is almost little league level and boring to watch…the ninth inning was laughable and another run scores on a passed ball!! DFA some and let the kids play
I realize it's hard to look at the standings, see they're only 3 back in the loss column, and then not be buyers at the deadline. But, it's silly to mortgage the future just to put lipstick on this pig.
Where is Tex and Captain Intangibles and CC and Aroid coming to the rescue? What a disgraceful team.
Sniff. I miss Robinson.
Not to be lost in the Yankees stinking is that Zobrist really pooped the bed the whole series. Bad at-bats, made key outs on popups and strikeouts, throwing error, TOOTBLANs. He's 33 and perhaps hitting the back slope.
Not only would I not trade for him, I would hesitate to sign him to a multi-year deal if he were non-tendered.
The team would be a couple or so games better, so they'd still be pretty mediocre, but it would be nice to have someone in the middle of the order who could hit .300.
All I did was change my screenna…….oh.
They could continue this bad run, be 10 games out by the end of July and still not do what needs to be done. They should have sold last season but wouldn't because of Rivera, the won't sell this season because of Jeter. Worrying too much about the short term instead of planning for the long term. It would be a minor miracle to win a World Series with this rotation and infield.
Only 4 games out but it feels like more, like Mike said before they don't pass the eye test and if you look at it logically they have little chance of making the playoffs in their current situation, the East has been poor and yet are still 3rd and 4 out.
It's getting to the point where only Tanaka's starts are the ones worth watching because they might squeeze a low scoring win out.
Jeter's had enough post-seasons to give him a lifetime of memories–same was true for Rivera. The GM et al are putting mawkishness and attendance before the good of the team–and eventually the attendance will suffer.
The Rays should feel pretty damned good. They got to see who will take over in the cellar when they vacate it.
At least there are some non-zero options in the farm this season.
The last few years it's felt like there was literally nothing to even consider promoting.
Almonte and Pirela as parts of a platoon might help.
Refsnyder is obviously knocking at the door.
Hopefully Judge, Jags, Severino and Sanchez are only 2 or so years away.
Speaking of Jags, did he return today? Looks like the numbers on the tracker have changed, but I don't remember seeing anything about him be re-activated.
He got a couple of ABs in the GCL game today so he's probably about to rejoin
Your hatred towards Ichiro and Jeter are absolutely ridiculous. Ichiro has been very good in his role as a fourth outfield/platoon player. And though jeter isn't hitting for power he is still batting 273 or so. These two players aren't the problem… It's Beltran, McCann, Soriano, and johnson. As well as the lack of pitching
I agree with Anthony.
Ichiro has been slipping the past couple of weeks. He's still a terrific defender and an asset on the basepaths, but he's become a liability at the plate. I love the guy and I've been one of his biggest supporters at RAB, but there's no denying the downward trend with the bat. Hopefully Ichiro can regain his early season form – only time will tell.
The problem is Ichiro went from 4th OFer to everyday OFer again, and his stats have been trending down since.
nailed it. including your catalogue of his assets. but ichi is doing nothing for the team with his bat, and hasn't for over a month.
Ichiro has been good overall but is regressing back to his normal numbers. He was pretty bad offensively last year and if he gets consistent playing time he'll get closer and closer to that. He needs be hidden in a part time role where he can come in as a defensive replacement and pinch runner and get a start here and there. Jeter actually has decent offensive stats for a SS and is pretty good for a 40 year old (it's amazing a 40 year old is even playing SS) but the bad defense from his poor range on top of his lack of power and inability to hit RHP makes him a below average player. Defense is important at SS and Jeter just isn't good defensively. He does get a lot of undeserved shit, although he hits into a ton of dps which is infuriating. He'd make a good DH vs. LHP, but that's about it.
Another pitiful excuse of an effort. How is that hopey change working out for ya with McCan't, LLLLLsburied and Injurytran?
a regular dorothy parker, you.
How can you see that Jeter is helping the team? His average is respectable but he should not be hitting second. How many times have we seen him ground into a double play or strike out in a critical spot? And the hits that he does get are little squibblers or cheapies through the holes.
They should have Gardy, Ichiro and Ellsbury bat at top of lineup. All three have speed and can get on base. Jeter should be batting 8th or 9th.
Why Ichiro? Not much different than Jeter.
june/july, ichiro's been much, much worse than jeter.
Exactly. Why move him up in the order?
Mike, I believe the first game of the Twins series is tomorrow (Thursday) night, not Friday. Tanaka vs. Hughes as you stated. It's a four game series, Thursday thru Sunday.
mike was hoping for one of those reach-around week-ends.
we need a better GM than cashman
cashman is one of the few dudes doing his job today.
he could have drafted stanton, instead he chose brackman
he could have signed cespedes
and so forth
he is a so-so GM
i didn't fail to get your (tired) point.
Your mom could have just let her fingers do the talking that fateful night.
Wow, that caught me off-guard.
I may have been a tad harsh there.
I think people over blow the idea that throwing in rookie hitters into your lineup would not likely to produce of major league quality right away. By major league quality I don't mean great or a completely finished product, but adequate enough to be a major league quality player to get by. I can give you a whole laundry list of hitters in baseball currently that were of major league quality in their rookie year or are of major league quality in their rookie year this year. Names that come to mind:
George Springer
C.J. Cron
Jose Altuve
Nick Costellanos
J.D. Martinez
Xander Bogaerts
Kyle Seager
Yasiel Puig
Eric Hosmer
Mike Trout
Salvador Perez
Jose Abreu
Jason Heyward
Freddie Freeman
Bryce Harper
Anthony Rendon
Ian Desmond
Giancarlo Stanton
Christian Yelich
Lucas Duda
Khris Davis
Scooter Gennett
Matt Adams
Matt Carpenter
Andrew McCutchen
Neil Walker
Starlin Castro
Buster Posey
Charlie Blackmon
Corey Dickerson
Nolan Arenado
Chris Owings
Paul Goldschmidt
The Steinbrenners refuse to acknowledge this and be willing to take risks on a few players in their lineup. They need to get over the veterans, because the idea of young players take too long to produce is becoming more and more outdated with each passing year.
This young man took such time to come up with this list. I'd hate to be the one to point out to him that all not young played are created equal. Can someone else do that?
Some people forget that most of the players that fail to get through the minors are young. Not to mention overlooking the fact that the most important thing is talent not age. Don't get me wrong I'd rather have a 27 year old than a 35 year old, but if they both have the talent to hit .300, then it's not a huge difference between the two in the short term. One is just more likely to decline/retire earlier than the other.
The only thing that list illustrates is that the Yankees have done a shit job of developing young talent for many years now.
I think you can make that argument without that list, but I don't think the list itself means that at all. You have a list of young players from every other team in baseball combined with no context as to the level of prospect they were, etc. It's like my son pointing and yelling "look, goat!" at a goat.
you missed the OPers meaning
I got the OP's meaning.
Please don't try to point things out to me.
I'd hate to be the one to craft a "captain obvious" reply to this post. Can someone else do that?
I think his point is that young players DO have the ability the come to the big leagues and can produce at a level that is at least above replacement-level. The Yankees seem very resistant to this and opt instead to give veterans every possible chance while contributing replacement-level (or worse) production. Also, the majority of teams in baseball seem to be better at developing such players than the Yankees. I'm of the opinion that these points aren't even disputable at this juncture.
Then he should have used a different list.
You and the other chorus members are sounding like a bunch of professors desperate to assert their cleverness while entirely missing the obvious point.
Professors are smarter than the dumbasses they teach. Yes.
There was a point. It was accompanied by a dumb list.
And how the NYY will know which of their minor leaguers can make it in the majors if they do not promote them, or promote them when they are in their mid to late 20′s?
Sure, not everybody is created equal, but it is a dumb idea that just because of that a team shouldn't try their youngsters, considering that if they do not work they can send them to the minors, as opposed to journeymen who are not promoted for the fear they have to pass through waivers if they do not work and still need them at AA/AAA.
I agree. The Yanks need to give more young players a chance.
The reality is, with Steroids and other PEDs being used less in baseball, the aging curve has shifted towards young players(ages 21-27).
With few exceptions, Free agent players who sign contracts after age 30 aren't going to live up to the value of the contract.
Being able to sign the best free agents is no longer the advantage that it was 10 to 15 years ago. The teams that get the best draft picks and have the best Farm System now have the upperhand.
the yanks need to know which players are the right ones to draft/sign
they are sorely lacking in that ability
Soooo…….anyone hear any good new music lately?
The Heat losing made my month of June and NFL training camp starts in a few weeks so not all is lost!
Love ya too, man.
We may have only Norris Cole under contract, but we're just getting started…..
As a Knicks fan, the best I can do is take consolation in the downfall of my enemies. Sad, I know.
It's the penance you pay for being a Yankee fan all these years.
i like scott radinsky's new record.
This is really Radinsky? Definitely more jjyank's style than mine.
tis. he's been in a couple good bands.
the punk/sports junction is pretty narrow. i don't understand why we're not best friends. maybe it's all the shit i've talked about his brother-in-law*.
*ozzie guillen
No, but I heard some great old music.
New music is allowed to be produced?
Michael Kay is an idiot. I noted his long absence when the team went to the West Coast. Can he not make those long trips? Doesn't he have any pride in his job? If Ellsbury needs a day off to stay productive, then he should get it whether this part-time announcer likes it or not.
if you had what michael kay has at home, you wouldn't go on extended road trips either.
Maybe 5-10 years ago, now, she s just ok. But as Rex Ryan stated so eloquently, Big Goofy Mike "out kicked his coverage."
They have a child as well, you know.
that's right. but i was, in fact, referring to the lovely jody.
Below .500. This team is simply regressing toward what it's performance/run differential says it should be. I don't know how this team has overachieved with their record Maybe it's the coaches everyone bashes, maybe it's luck, maybe the pen locking down nailbiters, randomness, or a combo of all that. But this team has underachieved with their performance and it's annoying as shit. Just like getting swept by the team with the worst record in the league when the series started that's also a division rival and helping them get back into the race so they might decide not to trade their ace is.
I just wish everyone would play the way they're expected to. If that happened in the 1st half we probably wouldn't be in this mess or would at least have what it takes to gain ground in the 2nd half. This team obviously needs help to make the postseason. It's going to have to arrive soon. The lineup needs help ASAP and the pitching needs a boost as well.
"the Yankees are now 1-32 when allowing five or more runs."
Soooo we do not need hitting, but pitching, that way we can keep them at 4 or less runs and increase the chances of winning.
YEEEAAAH BABY!! I am a GENIOUS!!
/me acquires every DFA'd pitcher on earth.
What exactly would they lose by installing Ref and Almonte beginning this weekend?
Roberts and either Sori or Ichi can be released. Why on earth would the brilliant brain trust not do this? Even if Ref hits .230 and Almonte worse, they've gained valuable MLB experience. And if they're any better than that, they represent improvement for the team. And you've created some trade market value — something this team could use. You've also begun the inevitable process of figuring out what you have on the farm. There is no other realistic route to improvement. I'm not even going to get into Pirella or Wheeler. They might deserve a look too. But Ref and Almonte are guys who have a fair chance to be part of the future. As currently constituted, this team is dead in the water.
Ref is a legit prospect, and Almonte makes sense probably as a platoon MLB option, or at least getting a look to see if he can be a platoon MLB option. They should see what he has. I've been a Pirela fan for a few years, but realistic that he's not going to be an impact player. Might be a bench/role player. Need those, too. I don't think there's anything else there now. Wheeler, Garcia? No.
As for Refsnyder, since he is a legit prospect, I'm in no rush to see him rushed, yet I suspect he'll be up this year. He's going to force them.
Soriano,Johnson and Roberts need to be DFA. They need to bring up some of the kids to inject some life into this sorry bunch and they need to do it ASAP
That team also had good players
That line had me rolling. And is the reason why people need to stop with the nonsense of "x games out of first". Even with the record they have, they are still outperforming expectations (in terms of conventional run differential, first, 2nd, 3rd order wins, baserun differential – you name the leading indicator and the Yankees are likely over-performing). So even with some (positive) regression by guys like McCann or Beltran, all it may do is offset the eventual regression from the Yankees outperforming most leading indicators.
That said I expect the Yankees to pound Minnesota and inexplicably score a ton of runs in a pitcher's park – and for people to get irrationally high on this team again. The exception being the Tanaka/Hughes game tomorrow where 1 run might win it and the over/under on bullpen innings might be 1.5 (and I'd take the under)
What we really need is one of these moments to turn the season around…
Why hasn't Levine pulled the plug on Cashman and company.Girardi,Long and Cashman keep making excuses for the $200million dollar payroll.It is time to cut the chain on these guys.How long would "THE BOSS" PUT UP WITH THIS NONSENSE.THE STADIUM IS GETTING EMPTY!! WAKE UP TAMPA!!!


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I cover careers, leadership and women in business
I speak with people every day who offer great products, services, and programs that are a cut above, but they are failing to make any money. There are numerous critical factors behind a failure to generate sufficient revenue, but it's usually not what we think. Often, our subconscious blocks and mindsets are holding us back.
For example, I see service providers by the hundreds who stay stuck in a cycle of undercharging for their work. They won't budge out this trap, no matter how many people tell them that they're not charging enough (even their own paying clients).
I remember hearing Nell Merlino, Founder of Count Me In For Women's Economic Independence and the Make Mine a Million $ Business Program (through which I was honored to win, with several others, the "Micro to Millions" 2008 award in CT), speak at a More Magazine Reinvention Convention in NYC, and she rocked me with this message:
"If you're making $50,000 or less in your business, it's not a business, it's a job, and it's not a good job either."
I was making around that at the time, and I was truly offended and angered at those words. But I've come to see the validity in that message (and I realize that I was in denial about money at the time). If you were working for someone else, and had to toil for 18 hours a day to make ends meet and still generated less than $50,000, you'd say something would have to change, right?
Below are the top four excuses I hear people give for not charging what they deserve. I used all of these excuses myself, before I figured this out:
1. "I'm having so much trouble having people hire me as is. It would never work at a higher price/rate."
2. "I'm not really sure what my work is worth, and what it could command."
3. "I'm scared to do it – where will I find customers who can pay that?"
4. "Times are bad – I don't want to contribute to people's challenges by making it hard for them to pay me."
But underneath all this, I've observed deeper reasons for a reluctance to charge more. These reasons are:
A deep insecurity about the value you're bringing
Folks who chronically undercharge also tend to work very long hours each day (18+), and don't stop. That drive to keep working without stop often stems from a lack of confidence that what you deliver is really good enough. I've seen scores of coaches and therapists go over their one-hour session time habitually, giving more and more time for free. The reason? Deep down, they're afraid they're not good enough, or powerful enough to help the client in the time allotted.
A lack of understanding the key outcomes you deliver
Another reason why people don't charge what they deserve is that they haven't taken the time or effort to measure, quantify or identify clearly the key outcomes that they offer. They also don't know how they stand apart from their competition. What you offer IS different from your competitors, but do you know how, exactly? Do you know what you bring to the table that your top 30 competitors don't, and can't? If you know your competitive advantage, are you marketing and promoting it wherever you go?
This article scratches the surface but does not really address the core issue -
Society is becoming a band of thieves looking for a bailout. When you can vote for something you used to have to work for – the general expectation of getting something for nothing rises.
As a small business owner have faced many horrible "hobbiest" clients – who have ZERO revenue but want you to jump in and help them for free. Added to "lifestyle" clients – where the WHOLE business exists JUST to fund the owner's extravagant lifestyle – you can see how dangerous it is to consult.
My advise
1) Qlways get money up front. ALWAYS. No exceptions. ANYONE who will not do business this way is not worth working for. Call it a retainer, or block hours, or a research fee, a creative fee – whatever – just get it. You'll save yourself ALOT of headache later finding out HOW, HOW LONG and IF your client pays vendors.
2) Keep the communication flowing – if someone does not think you did anything – they will pay you as if you did nothing. Document EVERYTHING – whether your a consultant, construction firm or anything – keep ALL communication with the client and frequently update them.
3) Be BRUTALLY HONEST. Ask them "Do you value my services?" "Are you committed to this project?" "What is your budget?" "How will you be paying the retainer (Wire, Check?)?" DO NOT assume the client or customer is going to do the right thing – supervise them doing it – each step of the way.
You have not CLOSED ANY Sale – if its ONLY on the client's terms. Remember that.
FreshBooks has a good free ebook for freelancers on how to charge more. Basically recommends you stop thinking in terms of time and start thinking about value added. Found it personally helpful: http://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/pricing-is-it-time-to-break-the-time-barrier.html
After 17 years of flying solo, I couldn't agree more. Early on I allowed myself to be talked into 'charging less' and came to resent the clients and to be angry with myself. I've learned a lot along the way, but one important lesson is that problem clients (aka underpaying, over-demanding clients) keep you from finding and working with good clients–the ones that appreciate the value you bring. I am not the supplier for everyone–and I have turned down work or have referred it to people who are a better match for the prospect. Good karma! about two years ago, I had a company ask me to conduct a workshop for two days–they gave me about 72 hours notice. I put a proposal together and when they reviewed it, they asked if I could lower my price, which was fair market value for the type of service I was offering. This was a HUGE company that could afford me-and I flat out said no–and came close to telling the person asking for the price reduction how insulting she was. I felt wonderful when I walked away from that. Having been on both sides, I know that there are people who like to go to their bosses and say, "Ha! I saved us $1,000 on this project" and expect an attagirl. They will find someone to provide services for less, never fear, but I don't need people like that in my life. Great, great article!
It's interesting advice you offer, and normally I would agree, but I noticed something while shopping for someone to fix my fence recently. First, the company that everyone was using was based on the homeowner's association's recommendation and was charging everyone the same price even though fence sizes varied. My fence is the smallest, and therefore, should involve the least labor and amount of materials. And second, the competition got wind of the price increase and started charging that price only to residents of my community exclusively to match. So now the four area companies that stock my fence are now price gouging–specifically on labor–and the two that I could hire in the state over won't touch it with a *ahem* 10-foot pole. I've tried reasoning, logic, cash payment in full, even suggesting DYI (association forbids that the owner install fence–tell me they're not getting something), to no avail. In this case, the honest, affordable fencing company would get my business, but it's a shame none exist. FYI, I walked away from all of the companies and so far none are beating down my down for business. Why would they with so many willing suckers? Raising your prices only works if no monopoly exists, and your value really is worth what you've raised it to. There has to be a lower-cost option or your value-added is all in your brain.
For clarity: the posts already exists, the holes are already dug, and connectors are just waiting for their mate. They are installing one 18″ section and one 15″ section, replacing the old wooden fence with the plastic one. Price of fence: $899 Price of labor: $2000 for a three-hour job for 2 guys. No construction guy on earth is worth $333.33 per hour.
All good advice, but the problem is that as a freelance writer, I don't get to set my own rates. The (few) publications that pay, have a set rate. I don't have the power to go to the editor and tell him/her how much I want to make. I have to take what they'll give me. Any advice for freelance writers?
Ladies, there is an "undervalue epidemic" going on and we constantly leave money on the table. We give our services away for free, accept less money, and downplay, diminish, and dismiss our own value. We are fearless warriors when it comes to advocating for our children or a charitable cause, but not for ourselves. It's time to pull on those big-girl panties and Woman UP!


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One of the official anthem of bravery and patriotism during the People Power Revolution, Magkaisa was produced and composed by Tito Sotto and sung by then newcomer Virna Lisa
Performed by Virna Lisa
As featured in Rock The Faith Podcast Special Episode 8 – "The Voice of Democracy: A tribute to Cory Aquino
Ngayon ganap ang hirap sa mundo
Unawa ang kailangan ng tao
Ang pagmamahal sa kapwa'y ilaan
Isa lang ang ugat na ating pinagmulan
Tayong lahat ay magkakalahi
Sa unos at agos ay huwag padadala
Panahon na (may pag-asa kang matatanaw)
Ng pagkakaisa (bagong umaga, bagong araw)
Kahit ito (sa atin Siya'y nagmamahal)
Ay hirap at dusa
Magkaisa (may pag-asa kang matatanaw)
At magsama (bagong umaga, bagong araw)
Kapit-kamay (sa atin Siya'y nagmamahal)
Sa bagong pag-asa
Ngayon may pag-asang natatanaw
May bagong araw, bagong umaga
Pagmamahal ng Diyos, isipin mo tuwina
(Repeat Chorus)
Magkaisa (may pag-asa kang matatanaw)
At magsama (bagong umaga, bagong araw)
Kapit-kamay (sa atin Siya'y nagmamahal)
Sa bagong pag-asa
gustong gusto ko ang song na tuh…..
bilib ako kay cory at ninoy aquino………..
mabuhay ang pilipinas …
mabuhay ang pilipino…..
My Mom asked me to Google for the mp3 (after she read an article on her today in a Filipino-Canadian newspaper)… and I somehow landed here. Apparently, Virna Lisa is now a social worker in the U.S. and didn't get one cent for singing it (as she was a volunteer, no contract)… while Tito Sotto, Ernie dela Pena and Homer Flores continue to rake in millions of pesos from royalties. Kinda sad. They should give her like… a few bucks or something. You know, enough to buy at least a few Jollibee Chicken Joy meals… Umm, yeah.
Oh, hello by the way.
buti n lang mAy CORY….
InspirRAsyon Ng BAYAn…
LALONg TumaTatag ANg SMAhan
ang SAmbayanan NG PILIPINO…
NPakagAnda NG SONG n 2…
wow.. sobrang touch ako dito sa song na toh.. super..
I am proud to say that " I AM FILIPINO! "…I was there at EDSA when his eminence, the late Jaime Cardinal Sin announced thru radio a call for support to Fidel V. Ramos and Juan Ponce Enrile …I was only 18 years old then and now at 43 years old, hearing this song still brings me back memories of what I did together with thousands and thousands of Filipinos who occupied EDSA…I must say that after 4 Presidents (Cory Aquino,Fidel Ramos,Joseph Estrada and Gloria Arroyo) and 25 years of hope for a better Philippines, we haven't really made another step further for our country. I made a very big step when I was 18 at EDSA and this past 25 years have made our country difficult in every aspect I call life. Please, to all Filipinos who value what we have fought for at EDSA…"THE FILIPINO IS WORTH DYING FOR! HINDI KA NAG-IISA…"
dahil sa awit na ito nanalo ako sa singing contest sa school….at sumikat ako sa school na pinasukan ko…Thank you God.
i love the song…


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posted Jul 2 2013 3:14PM
Slacker received a one word text from one of his ex's. All it said was, "Hey." Now he doesn't know what to make of it.
Steve first guessed the word was 'pregnant.' When Steve found out what the word was, he said this is huge! He will do this to test the reactions of girls. If he gets a 'Hey!' back, he knows he is in. If she texts 'What?' back, he knows that he has no chance and the game is over. Steve totally thinks that Slacker's ex is trying to see if the window is till open.
What do you think it means? Why would she text him that?
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Funeral for Leonard "Keith" Johnson, 71-year-old Enid resident, will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home Chapel.
Pastor Jim Sutherlin will officiate.
Visitation with family is 12:30-1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Keith was born March 31, 1942, in Tulsa, Okla., to Leonard and Alice Joyce (Nicholson) Johnson and died Monday, April 15, 2013, at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center.
He attended Tulsa schools and graduated from Lindsay High School. He then attended and graduated from Phillips University with a business degree.
On July 25, 1964, he married Mary Cokeley in Enid, where the couple made their home.
He and Jim Sutherlin were partners in Phillips Window Cleaning and he later was partnered with Raymond Hendrie in Cleanco.
In 1980, he went to work fulltime with the National Guard, from which he retired in 2002, after over 35 years of service.
He was a long-time member of Central Christian Church.
While in College, he was a member of the Gridiron Club. He loved Humphrey Bogart movies, action adventure films, and old westerns.
He and Mary liked to go antiquing and to country and western concerts. He was also an avid OU football and basketball fan.
He is survived by his wife, Mary of the home; two brothers, Greg Johnson and wife Sally of Los Angeles, Calif., and Marlo Johnson and wife Carol of Allen, Texas. Also surviving are one uncle, Raymond Johnson and wife Joyce of Tulsa, and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
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The offensive letter can be found HERE. The truly offensive statements are the following:Under article III, section 2, Congress, with President Bush's signature, can almost wholly restrict the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court has never denied that power given to Congress and the president.
Will President Bush press the Senate and the House in restricting the court's jurisdiction over legalized abortion, euthanasia, gay marriage, the Pledge of Allegiance, and other social and moral issues that was never intended to be the sole decision of the courts. If not, he is not serious. And if the House and Senate will not follow such leadership, conservatives should stop wasting time and money on their campaigns.
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Nice. My fave is the Rock Band Link scene.
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This post has been edited by HeadshotPhantom: 08 May 2010 - 07:05 PM
Tips for Working Out Exercises, schedules, routines and overall tips and discussion.
Posted 08 May 2010 - 07:05 PM
Posted 08 May 2010 - 07:22 PM
Malu, on May 8 2010, 06:56 PM, said:
Sorry, I was a little jumpy there wasn't I? I just don't like hearing the words "Pathetic and weak" used to describe military folks, regardless of the branch.
T-6 A Texan II -- Vance AFB -- 71OTG Ghostriders -- 8FTS Ballers -- Cobra Flight
Posted 08 May 2010 - 07:51 PM
HeadshotPhantom, on May 8 2010, 09:05 PM, said:
Yea yea, but you guys call us medics all the same.
MurderDeathKill, on May 8 2010, 09:22 PM, said:
Malu, on May 8 2010, 06:56 PM, said:
Sorry, I was a little jumpy there wasn't I? I just don't like hearing the words "Pathetic and weak" used to describe military folks, regardless of the branch.
I'm sorry also, I was harsh in my judgements against my fellow seamen.
Posted 08 May 2010 - 08:50 PM
HeadshotPhantom, on May 3 2010, 01:26 PM, said:
35 pull-ups
120 push ups (2 mins)
180 sit ups (2 mins)
8 min 500m swim
16:30 min 3-mile run
Right now I'm at:
22 pull ups
105 push ups
115 sit ups
10:36 500m swim
19:09 3-mile run
Since I'm pretty sure I'll reach my goals, for now I want to build a lot of muscle mass so when I cut back and increase my endurance, I'll get more solid condensed muscle.
I find that using weights when doing crunches/sit-ups (The sit-ups with the arms crossing over the chest) helps immensely when trying to get a number of sit-ups going in two minutes. I use a 25lb. weight. I simply clutch it, press it to my chest, and do 100 untimed sit-ups. Later, I try to do as many weighted sit-ups I can do in 2 minutes. I average about 125-130 sit-ups every time I go and do a PFT.
I do think that 180 sit-ups in 2 minutes is a little extreme though. But that's not a bad thing. Go for that goal. The military isn't looking for people who settle; they look for people who have the feeling to exceed the standard. So I'd say you're on the right track already.
Running can be a very difficult challenge if you are just getting into it. When I first got into running, I got hurt - a lot. To run distance faster do a mixed routine of long distance running and sprinting. Sprinting will help you bunches. Find a track and sprint various lengths whenever you can.
(Also, it is late. I'm tired. Sorry if there are a million errors in this text that my tired eyes cannot see.)
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HeadshotPhantom, on May 9 2010, 02:11 AM, said:
Oh fun! I'm still waiting for track to finish, then I'll hit it hard.
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HeadshotPhantom, on May 13 2010, 01:07 PM, said:
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" is full of crap. Don't go out there and do crap that'll hurt your body, because hurting =/= helping.
That said.... ruck runs are like the manliest thing you can do without wearing protection. Git you some!
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COMMUNITY COMMENT: Damage to prize-winning artwork reflects badly on community
I heard how an unknown person(s) in broad daylight destroyed Saul Melman's prize-winning sculpture of a door entitled "Best of All Possible Worlds." Being a resident of the Arts District for the past few years, and knowing several people involved in the Sculpt EVV event, I have a few things to say regarding the incident.
To the artists and volunteers of Sculpt EVV: A big thank you. The time, effort, and dedication you have given to make this event happen have not gone unnoticed, or unappreciated. Thank you for loaning your work to the community for our enjoyment, and know that this vandalism does not represent the voice of the majority.
To the perpetrator(s) of the crime: I hope you realize the impact your actions will have on everyone. You have destroyed $20,000 of taxpayers' money and also the product of hundreds of hours of creative brainstorming and labor. You have also hurt Evansville's chances of attracting more artists to enter this competition in the future. I ask you to step forward and tell the community why you did this. Without knowing what motivated this behavior, how can we rectify the problem, if there even is one?
To the City of Evansville and USI: This competition is a great step toward a more unified Arts District. You have taken art out of the studios and galleries, and placed it in areas that encourage daily interaction and exposure. This helps art cut across all classes, ages, genders, and lifestyles by making it accessible. I encourage you to continue with the effort but try to keep in mind the people that live in these neighborhoods are experiencing a lot of changes they haven't necessarily asked for. They have watched as their neighbors' homes have been foreclosed on, sold, and torn down one after another. Many of the residents are renters, making them feel like voiceless observers of the rehabilitation of the neighborhoods they live in. They may feel the desire to lash out; particularly at sculptures the city paid $20,000 for, maybe enough money to have saved the home whose place it now takes.
Please remember what these neighborhoods have seen in the past few years and be sensitive to their current state of change. Saul Melman's piece was supposed to represent this transition and the opening of some doors after others have closed. I regret its vandalism, but how disturbingly appropriate the perpetrator(s) chose to destroy this particular sculpture out of all of them.
I hope the city learns from this sad event and tries to prevent similar occurrences in the future. Maybe the city's private purchasing branch, the Brownfields Corp., can post a list of homes awaiting demolition in the area to help redirect this destructive behavior into a more useful capacity. Let people kick in the doors of the future sculpture sites instead of the current ones.
Alexandria Kapteyn is a resident of Evansville.
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"Vanilla" birthday cake recommendations for 4 year old
My son turns four on Wednesday and has requested a "vanilla" cake. He's the kind of kid who likes only vanilla desserts - though he likes a little chocolate syrup on his ice cream, it's always vanilla.
I just reread the vanilla breakfast cake post, but I'm not sure if a cake without icing will go over very well. Perhaps if I let him have it for breakfast...
Any other suggestions for good white or yellow cake recipes with good vanilla flavor? I haven't consulted "Baking Illustrated," my go-to for birthday cake, but wondered if I could increase the vanilla in any given recipe.
Barefoot Contessa has a terrific vanilla sheet cake. It never fails...
2 1/4 sticks butter (softened)
3 cups sugar
6 extra large eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 1/2 t vanilla
3 cups flour
1/3 cup cornstarch
1 t salt
1 t baking soda
Preheat oven to 350. Butter and flour 12x18 sheet pan
Cream butter and sugar for 5 min. Add eggs, then sour cream and vanilla. Mix well. Sift flour, cornstarch, salt and soda. On low speed slowly add flour mixture to butter mixture and stir only until smooth. Pour into pan and bake 25-30 min.
**** The children (with help from mom or dad) can decorate their piece of cake with chocolate frosting, whipped cream, sprinkles and/or m&m's. It becomes both a fun activity and each child can decide if they want chocolate or not. So your son can have just vanilla if he wants!
Have fun with it!
What timing! I was pondering just this question late last night. My 13-year-old grandson has asked for exactly the same thing. I had hoped he'd have grown out of it by now, but he hasn't.
Last time he was with me on his birthday we had a small group of children over and I made cupcakes from Rose Levy Berenbaum's All-Occasion Yellow Butter Cake. I put them together in a circle and frosted them, as though it was a single cake, with cream cheese frosting sprinkled with (also at his request) nonpareils. The kids loved pulling them apart and the cake was sufficiently "vanilla" for the birthday boy.
He'll be with me again this birthday in a few weeks and I was searching for something similar, but different. I think I'll stick with the same cake recipe, since it really is a good one. And I was considering maybe a cajeta (dulce de leche) filling. (I don't think he'd hate it, and I'd sure like it.) But haven't come up with a frosting. Maybe just a well-stabilized, vanilla flavored, whipped cream even though that would probably be more appropriate with a lighter cake such as genoise.
Hope some more people jump in here and help us out. I'm blanking.
My kids always always always want vanilla cake, too. And, you know, they don't care what the vanilla cake tastes like, really. What they want is frosting and lots of it. Here's a sad birthday cake story that I'm a little embarrassed about: I came home very late the night before my daughter's fourth birthday party and whipped up a vanilla sheet cake (I probably just used a recipe from Joy of Cooking) and made a vanilla cream cheese frosting. I was up until four AM piping a mermaid design onto the cake. Next day, the kids LOVED the cake, LOVED the mermaid and had a great time. After the party my sister asked me if I had frosted sourdough bread. I tasted the cake. Turns out, I'd left the sugar out of the cake all together.Kids didn't care. They are in it for the frosting.
Moral: Kids like frosting and lots of it. They want it sweet and in high volume. And put lots of repetitive decorations on the cake. Every kid will want the mermaids head, the pirate flag or whatever spongebob's sidekick is named on their piece.
Outstanding advice, MollyGee. And a great story.
I'm not real sure about this, but I think I'm going to do it anyway. RLB's Yellow Butter Cake with a vanilla cream filling and vanilla fudge frosting, both from the Doubleday Cookbook. Now, to look up photos of a pirate flag.
I had just posted this recipe for someone who had gotten vanilla beans. Very good vanilla flavor and the frosting is very delicious.
Krissywats had posted a great vanilla frosting a while back, on this board. I haven't got time to find the link but it is really great and would go with vanilla or chocolate cake (I used it on chocolate cake).
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I've made Krissywats's frosting, and it is great. Here's the link: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/show/...
Food & Wine, April 1995 had a Vanilla-Sour Cream Bundt
Cake (paraphrased below), which my husband and son (4 yrs old) adore. F&W suggests serving it with fruit or with ice cream and hot fudge sauce. We like it with a raspberry or strawberry sauce, but I don't know why you couldn't use some
chocolate icing. Actual frosting might be a bit much, though.
3 c. cake flour
1 2/3 c. sugar
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. sour cream
1/3 c. milk
3 whole eggs
2 egg yolks
1 T vanilla extract (I use 2, just because. . .)
2 1/2 sticks butter, softened
Preheat oven to 350. Generously grease and flour 12 c. bundt or tube pan. Sift flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into bowl of electric mixer. In medium bowl, use a fork to beat together sour cream, milk, whole eggs, yolks and vanilla until very well blended and smooth. Add butter and half of sour cream mixture to the dry ingredients and beat on low
just until thoroughly incorporated. Increase speed to high and beat for 1 minute, but don't overmix. Add remaining sour cream mixture and beat at med-high until batter is smooth and fluffy, about 1 minute. Scrape batter into pan and bang on counter to remove air bubbles. Bake 50 - 60 minutes, until cake is well browned, pulls away from sides and toothpick inserted in thickest part comes out clean. Cool completely on rack before removing from pan. Can sift a little confectioners' sugar over it, if desired. The cake will keep up to 5 days at room temp or up to 2 weeks in the freezer, wrapped airtight.
My favorite yellow cake recipe, it's all I use now, it's from Carole Walter's Great Cakes book


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A predominantly Muslim cigarette smuggling racket…that funded? via Ramadan brother pleads guilty in 2013 cigarette smuggling case | Coastal Point. h/t UNDER THE BURKA
One of the West Ocean City, Md., brothers indicted last year in a multi-million-dollar cigarette smuggling ring that stored some of its contraband in a Dagsboro location pleaded guilty June 27 to enterprise corruption.
Samer Ramadan, 40, pleaded guilty to the charge, the most serious one against him, was scheduled to be sentenced to two to six years in a New York state prison on Monday, July 7.
As treasurer, Ramadan was second-in-charge in the smuggling operation that he told Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Foley was run by his brother, Basel, 43, who continues to be held without bond, according to the New York Attorney General's Office. Basel Ramadan's trial is expected to take place in October, but his next court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 12.
When Homeland Security officers and New York authorities raided Basel Ramadan's Oyster Harbor residence in May 2013, they found approximately $1.4 million in cash, some of which was in black trash bags. Many items, including three handguns, were removed from the house and vehicles and taken away. The vehicles were also taken away from the property.
The 303-page indictment gave details of the smuggling operation that involved purchasing cartons of cigarettes in Virginia, ostensibly to sell at Virginia businesses. That ruse permitted them to buy the cigarettes at a tax rate of 30 cents per pack. The cartons of cigarettes would be taken to storage facilities in Delaware. One of the storage facilities was in Dagsboro.
Several other people were allegedly involved in the lucrative cigarette smuggling enterprise. Adel Abuzahrieh, 43, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was the alleged transporter who drove several times weekly from Brooklyn to Dagsboro, where he exchanged tens of thousands of dollars in cash for cartons of cigarettes. Then he would take the cigarettes — approximately 20,000 cartons per week — north to New Jersey, where he would hand them over to distributors, who would take them to storage facilities in New York City.
Four additional men, called "resellers" by the New York Attorney General's Office, would deliver the cartons to Arab markets and grocery stores in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Staten Island and Queens, where they would sell them for huge profits. Some of the cartons were sold in Schenectady and Albany.
In addition to the Ramadan brothers, 14 other alleged participants in the cigarette smuggling enterprise were indicted. Ahmad Abdelaziz, also of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty June 25 to enterprise corruption and will be sentenced to one to three years in prison Aug. 12.
Yousef Odeh, one of the alleged distributors, 53, allegedly had ties with Omar Abdel-Rahman, the blind Muslim cleric now serving a life sentence for a conspiracy to blow up New York City landmarks.
One of the alleged resellers, Muaffaq Askar, was suspected of providing weapons to Rashid Baz, who was convicted of shooting at a van carrying Yeshiva students as it crossed the Brooklyn Bridge in 1994. One student was killed in that attack.
New York Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said last year that the association of some of the suspects in the cigarette smuggling ring with terrorists was cause for concern. Similar schemes had been used in the past to help fund terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
According to a 2013 press release from the Attorney General's Office, the Ramadans allegedly deposited "more than $55 million from their untaxed cigarette sales into small financial institutions in and around Ocean City." Then they would allegedly use that money to purchase more cigarettes to sell in their illegal enterprise. The press release stated that they generated more than $10 million in profits in the smuggling operation.
During the year-long investigation by the Attorney General's Organized Crime Task Force and the New York City Police Department, with assistance of Homeland Security Investigations, law enforcement seized 65,000 forged New York tax stamps that had not yet been affixed to packs of cigarettes, as well as nearly 20,000 cartons of untaxed cigarettes and more than $200,000, from suspects in New York City.
All of the suspects were charged with enterprise corruption, money laundering and related tax crimes.
Basel Ramadan and Youssef Odeh of Staten Island were also indicted in October 2013 in connection with an alleged murder-for-hire plot. They were allegedly conspiring from behind bars to murder witnesses against them in the cigarette smuggling case.
"These defendants sought to kill individuals they believed to be witnesses to their crimes," New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman stated in a press release. "This behavior is intolerable, and we are going to prosecute them to the full extent of the law. These two individuals cheated New York taxpayers out of millions of dollars in tax revenue and then tried to cover up their dangerous and lucrative smuggling operations, which hurt New York businesses, by committing the ultimate crime."
Odeh pleaded guilty June 25 to enterprise corruption and conspiracy in the second degree (conspiracy to commit murder) and he faced sentences of two to six years in prison when he was sentenced Monday, July 7, according to the New York Attorney General's Office.
Previously, Muaffaq Askar pleaded guilty to New York tax law 1814(a)(i), attempt to evade cigarette tax, and was sentenced to a conditional discharge, according to the Attorney General's Office.
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