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Complex financial information can be difficult for a lay person to sort out, and even people who feel like they want professional financial help may not know exactly what that help can do for them. Enter content marketing. A financial company with a good content marketing strategy can offer a unique approach to providing information and drawing in customers.
Sophia Bera, owner of Gen Y Planning, uses content to reach a wider audience. She says many prospective clients are embarrassed about their lack of financial knowledge, and if they can go to your website and find answers they'll be more inclined to reach out to you for services. "When people find information, they think 'if she's willing to give all this away for free, I wonder what it's like to be a client,' " Bera says.
Here are five reasons to use content marketing for financial services.
It Demonstrates Your Expertise
Customers want to feel confident that their financial services provider is truly an expert and can be trusted to offer solid advice. Research has shown that recommending a product or service that is targeted to the customer's specific situation can actually strengthen their relationship with the provider. Demonstrating your expertise through your content will build your client's confidence in you. It shows that not only do you have the knowledge but you can use it to help them.
For example: LearnVest uses its online Knowledge Center to post articles, videos, checklists and quizzes to help people answer their financial questions.
It Educates Your Market
Financial services has a reputation as a conservative industry, which means that innovations often move slowly. Content marketing can help you speed up the pace of adoption of your new products and tools. It's also complex, which can make it tough to convey your message in a soundbite. Content marketing gives you the room you need to really explore and explain key issues.
"Financial education is a big part of what I do," Bera says. "I give away a lot of free education because I realized that my target demographic was searching for this information on their own."
For example: Mint, a personal budgeting and bill-paying app, runs a blog with articles, videos and Q&As full of advice on topics such as how to use its product or save for vacation. Mint also loads its Twitter feed with helpful infographics.
Another example: Fidelity Investments runs a regular podcast to inform listeners about topics such as health savings accounts, college savings and stock options.
It Reinforces Why You're Special
Good content marketing can help differentiate you from the competition. Products, convenience and quality of service have been the most relied on points of differentiation in the financial services industry ever since location lost its stronghold. Those factors are important for sales and service, but engaging and connecting with customers through content marketing is important for relationship building and for positioning your company as a trusted adviser.
"The more approachable you are online, the more comfortable they are coming to you when they want a financial planner," Bera says. "The more you can tell your story and who you want to work with, the better. Be extremely helpful to the people you want to be your clients, and eventually they'll become clients."
For example: Investment firm Wealthsimple engages clients with its online magazine by sharing individual stories and financial how-tos, infographics and celebrity stories.
It Allows You to Segment More Specifically
Most financial services providers have identified target segments — such as "mass affluent," minority-owned businesses, medical practices or startups. The customizable nature of content marketing allows you to tailor your message to a variety of target audiences, whether you're defining them based on demographics, industry, delivery channel or other factors.
"What are your current clients asking you that prospective clients might be interested in?" Bera says. Your insight into what a particular group is asking allows you to design content that will resonate with your target audience and draw them in.
For example: T. Rowe Price targets parents planning for their children's college education through The College Savings Chillout, which features videos of people discussing their experiences with college planning.
It Strengthens Relationships
A well-planned content marketing strategy for financial services will target your audience, highlight your understanding and knowledge of their needs, engage them with information that demonstrates your expertise and set you apart by establishing your position as a trusted adviser. As you inform and engage your audience, you are building a relationship. You are also demonstrating the value that you bring to the partnership. As the relationship strengthens, it becomes less likely that your customers will leave you for a free set of bakeware or 15 basis points.
The getting-to-know-you phase may be longer than you realize, because part of it may happen before a prospective client reaches out to you. Bera discovered clients were reading her newsletter for three to six months before making the first call. Good content allows you to build relationships with people before you even meet them, so use it to show that you recognize their unique needs.
For example: Brittney Castro, a financial planner and owner of Financially Wise Women, posts regular videos on her website and maintains a YouTube channel to tell her audience about herself, her professional activities and her money management advice.
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You Must Stretch If You Are Going To Do Any Activity
One of the often overlooked components of a fitness routine is stretching.
Many people get very caught up with their cardio and weight workouts and never take action to stretch, you must plan them down to the very last detail, and not let this other crucial form of exercise slip by the wayside. In order for you to be getting a complete workout and want to make sure you are dedicating at least a few minutes to performing stretching exercises.
How About Breathing?
Breathing is also a very important component of upper body stretches, as it will allow you to increase the range of motion as well. Before moving into position, take a deep breath in. Then, on the exhaling portion, move into position, focusing on feeling the muscles relax as you do so.
When your concentration level is high, you will find that the stretches are much easier to do.
While holding the stretch, with each breath in and out you take, try and move slightly deeper into position. Really pay attention to your shoulders at this time as that seems to be the one area of the body in particular that individuals like to tense up.
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In terms of frequency of stretching, how often you choose to do it is really up to you, the more you can stretch the better your results will be. Some form of light stretching is always advisable after a weight lifting session as it will help to reduce the chances you suffer from DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness). It will also help your body to cool down after the workout and you will leave feeling more refreshed.
Don't think that you have to be in the gym to get in a good stretching session either.
A very popular trick of the highly flexible ballet dancers or figure skaters is to stretch anytime they are watching TV.
Since it is very easy to perform these exercises on carpet in a small area, this should pose no problems. Plus, as long as you are stretching while watching TV, you know you won't be eating! That is another great benefit for those of you out there who are trying to lose weight.
Some people also like to perform 10 minutes or so of stretching first thing in the morning to begin their day. This can have similar effects of that of a yoga session such as an increased calmness and a positive attitudeabout the day to come. Be sure if this is your choice however that you really pay attention to how far you are pushing your body as your muscles are now going to be most cold and tight immediately upon wakening.
If you can go outside (or alternatively if you have a treadmill at home jump on it) for 5 minutes to wake your muscles up first, that would be great. If that's not an option, even just marching in place or walking up and down the stairs a few times can be sufficient.
Back stretches
Stretch exercise is better for relieve back pain than complete bed rest.
All movements of this Stretch Exercise focuses on the center of the body, the center being the point between the right and left side of the body and between the upper and lower half of the body.
An aged person can appear years younger with a lean and stronger core and a flexible spine he or she achieves from these type of stretching and strengthening exercises.
Tips and Precautions Before You Start :-
- Always wear comfortable clothes
- Never force your body into difficult positions, it should be pain free.
- The surface you exercise on should be flat and big enough to move freely.
- You should realize that this is an exercise routine that you should follow regularly, it is not something you can do once a month and benefit from.
- Pregnant women should only undertake exercise under guidance of a fully trained professional instructor because some of the exercises are contra-indicated for pregnant woman
Is it wise to stretch before exercising or not?
You should never ever stretch before doing weight training, as it will reduce the power of your lift and will cause loss in stability and this could lead to injury.
People who say dynamic stretching is good probably refer to activities-like baseball, etc., where you usually just warm-up by pitching a ball back & forth to the teammates or in sports-like, martial arts where stretching can prime the muscles in order to get them ready for use. . .
. . . if this is the case, stretching is good but definitely not before weight training.
One more question which might come to our minds would be that can we stretch between the sets or can we just sit and rest between stretches?
I would say no, as the idea of stretching between the sets is that you are cleaning your muscles out of the lactic acid when you do a stretch.
Stretching and the Gym
Imagine stretching of our biceps or chest to be similar like "ringing out a towel" that is soaked with some water. Therefore, if you do this, it presents same problem as written above by me, i.e., reduced power and losses of stability. It depends on your program and this is not such a big deal, but there is always a better side.
If you talk about between the sets, do some mild aerobic activity. Define your path through your gym between your machines and then walk up and down at a fast pace. When you do this, it cleans out much more lactic acid and will bring in much more oxygenated blood to the specific muscle you are training.
So it is for sure that do not ever just lie or sit and do nothing.
This can be considered as the worst form of relaxation technique.
One more thing to add that some difference between all your exercising activities must be taken into account.
It will be much more stressful for yourself to move from a fully relaxing position to a suddenly running position, rather than moving from a very slow jog to running position. Akin to this, it is much more stressful on your body to move from running too fast to fully relaxing. Least but not last, I would say it is much better to move from a fast paced run to a very slow jog and now to a fully relaxing position.
Again, This is another reason as it is just not good to sit between sets or running or jogging and to do nothing between the sets.
Partner Assisted Stretching
Another way you can really improve your flexibility is by using partner assisted stretching. To do this, have a partner slowly push whatever body part you are stretching slightly beyond your normal range of motion (it is most common to do this exercise with a hamstring stretch – you laying on your back while your partner pushes your leg towards your head).
After this is done then you are to start contracting the muscle and press against your partner, trying to move back into the normal position. Keep holding this contraction for about 20-30 seconds and then relax. As you relax your partner once again begins pushing on the body part and it is very likely that you will now be able to move further than before, thus increasing your range of body motion.
This is a effective exercise technique for those who are serious about their flexibility but caution should again be taken that you don't push too far. It is much better to error on the side of slightly less than to pull a muscle as pulled muscles can take a long time to recover from.
So next time you are about to walk out of the gym before stretching, think again. You would be doing yourself a great injustice by not including some stretching as part of your workout routine. Even just ten minutes at the very end will go a long way to helping increase your flexibility and keeping you limber later on in life.

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Ukraine's current account returned to deficit in Jan (-USD 343mn from USD 393mn in Dec 2015). Material deterioration of the balance of goods was the principal downside driver, as exports contracted faster than imports. Balance of services was also slashed to just USD 106mn (lowest since Dec 2010, at least). At the same time, contraction of non-energy imports slowed to just 6.8% y/y, reflecting the stabilizing domestic demand and the elimination of the import duty surcharge since start 2016. We retain our 2016 current account forecast at negative USD 2.1bn (2.3% of GDP).
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When I look at my stats in Google Analytics I see lots of "organic" traffic from Yahoo and mostly "referral" traffic from Google. This means that I cannot see any keywords for this traffic.
What does this mean?
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Most of mine is from google/imgres which is traffic through my images on google/images.
It does not let you show keywords being tracked but in my WMT I can see which images are drawing traffic.
Do you have lots of images on your site?
June 9th, 2010, 08:32 AM #3can also be traffic clicking on a link on another web site
That can also be traffic originating by users clicking on a link on another web site and arriving at your web site. They are "referred" to you, by the other web site.
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Traffic that is obtained from clicks on other websites Like forums signatures clicks, or social media sites clicks. Organic traffic is good as compare to referral also my experience is that organic traffic has low bounce rate then referral.
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"Language designers want to design the perfect language. They want to be able to say, "My language is perfect. It can do everything." But it's just plain impossible to design a perfect language, because there are two ways to look at a language. One way is by looking at what can be done with that language. The other is by looking at how we feel using that language - how we feel while programming."


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Mayoral Control Deal On Tap?
By Elizabeth Benjamin: The Daily Politics
Mayor Bloomberg and Senate Democrats have reached a tentative deal to renew the expired law giving the mayor control over the school system, DN Capitol Bureau Chief Ken Lovett said.
The Democratic conference is convening right now at 250 Broadway to discuss the elements of the potential agreement.
I (Liz) caught Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. on his cell phone as he was waiting for the meeting to start. He cautioned against assuming everyone is going to sign off on this, despite the fact that Sampson - the conference leader and an outspoken opponent of reauthorizing mayoral control - brokered it along with Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott.
"We are waiting for the meeting to start," Diaz Sr. said. "If somebody told you there was a deal, I don't know anything about a deal. What I see right now I don't like."
But Sen. Shirley Huntley, another holdout over the past several weeks, told Lovett she has signed off on the plan.
"I don't think it's a bad deal," Huntley said, while warning: "All the members are not aware of what's in the package. Until they approve it and say it's good, there's no final deal."
Under the agreement, the Senate Democrats will get almost everything they had been seeking from the Bloomberg administration - with a minor change.
The deal calls for the creation of a council on school arts programs, a committee to look into school safety issues, and allowing district superintendents to oversee principals and other pedagogical issues.
Also agreed to, according to Huntley, is the creation of a parent activist training center.
But instead of being located at New York University's Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, as originally sought by the Democrats, it will be instead housed at the City University of New York, with one in each borough.
If the Democrats sign off today, the Senate expects to return early next month to pass the Assembly bill that extended mayoral control another six years along with four new amendments.
The sudden deal was a bit of a surprise given the recent acrimony between Bloomberg and the Senate Democrats.
Just yesterday, the four amigos and their allies stood on the steps of City Hall and railed against the mayor and the Education Department, pledging never to reauthorize parental control until parents were given "a voice."
Bloomberg last week referenced Britain's Neville Chamberlain and his appeasement of Nazi Germany while slamming the recalcitrant Senate Democrats, who took offense blasted the mayor for acting like a dictator.
The heated rhetoric cooled down this week as talks went on behind the scenes.
"You can't call names and still make deals," Huntley said. "Both sides decided to just slow it down."
The 2002 mayoral control law expired at the end of last month when the Senate was still in a stalemate following a June 8 GOP-led leadership coup.
That forced the city to go back to a seven-member Board of Education to which the mayor has two appointments and the borough presidents one each. The new board, packed with Bloomberg loyalists, met once and gave all control to Bloomberg's hand-picked chancellor, Joel Klein.
The Assembly passed a bill supported by the governor, but the Senate refused to go along without negotiated changes. An Assembly spokesman had no immediate comment on the tentative deal.


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Toronto, Canada (PressExposure) April 07, 2009 -- Chad Hughes, founder and president of ResQ Track & Trace, who recently judged the business plans presented at the recently held Stuart Clark Venture Challenge in Manitoba, states there is âamazing talentâ emerging from the post-secondary school systems. âThese young people are determined to put theory into practice and launch exciting and impactful new ventures,â he added, upon returning to his Toronto office. âIn fact, I invited quite a few men and women participating in the challenge to submit their resumes, if they are not successful securing capital.â
Celebrating its fifth year of supporting entrepreneurship among graduate students, the Stuart Clark Venture Challenge is Canada's largest and most prestigious international business plan competition, attracting 24 teams from 22 schools. Five of the Top 20 ranked universities in the world were in Winnipeg for this yearâs competition. Students from every competing university also had a trade show booth and competed in a contest to present their one-minute elevator pitch.
According to the Dean of the Asper School, Glenn Feltham, this is the first time so many of these schools have gathered in Canada for a collegiate competition. In addition to the large number of schools contacted and invited, the Asper School arranged for an array of exceptional international judges to participate in 2009. These judges are experienced entrepreneurs and executives from places like New York, Boston, Toronto and San Francisco, including Jordan Saxe, VP of NASDAQ. Augmenting the $25,000 in cash, an automatic berth to the world championships and customized Moose jerseys, the winning team will open the NASDAQ market on August 18.
âI was thrilled and honoured to be invited to judge this yearâs Challenge,â Hughes enthuses. âI was born and raised on the prairies and excited to hear and see some of the best ideas explained by some of the best young minds from across North America. I know the calibre of the presentations will set an unprecedented standard of excellence among the group of professionals writing business plans for a living. In the business world, we truly need and appreciate this fresh infusion of talent and ideas, especially in our industry and across all other sectors growing today â spurred by common sense.â
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UteLinks: Why Oklahoma quarterback Kendal Thompson transfered to Utah
NevadaCoug Overton, NVMarch 6, 2014 5:34 p.m.
After reading the article on Thompson, I'm thinking the Utes picked up a good one here. His lack of playing time at OU seems more a matter of bad luck (broken foot) and poor situation (behind Landry Jones for two years) rather than lack of ability. Utah just might have found a cure for their QB struggles.
We'll find out for sure next fall.


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"Only Time Could Change the Cruelty of Tradition… Only Their Love Could Survive It…" 09 April 1983 Drama 130 mins
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse he/she would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.
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Renault's Twizy is an enigma in the vehicle world. Its fluid, skull-shaped, monospace plastic body secured to a deformable tubular steel chassis is too narrow, according to Renault, to require a rear window.
It operates with or without doors, and for another two months at least it won't have the option of zip-in windows.
But you can option sound, rear parking sensors and a carbon fibre roof. Twizy has a single Futurama-style head-mounted rear light and a charging cord in its navel that works with a regular 220V power socket.
It is either a speed-limited, pocket-sized passenger car without electronic stability control or a large, roofed four-wheeler with a steering wheel, driver airbag, disc brakes and an exceptionally low centre of gravity.
In Australia, killjoy Design Rules classify Twizy as a non-complying passenger car but in Europe it is an overdesigned quadricycle, designed specifically for the safety and mobility of urban commuters. It's an "ultramobile for two" (TWIN), simple and easy to use (EASY) and zero emissions (ZE). Which has the marketing department somehow arriving at Twizy.
Twizy can turn in 3.5 metres, and you can fit two Twizys in a conventional car parking space. Only 1.25 metres wide, it is 35cm shorter and narrower than a Smart ForTwo.
In Europe if you don't have a license you can drive the Twizy45, speed-limited to 45km/h. Otherwise, for about $1000 more - and a valid licence - the Twizy80 allows a dizzying 81km/h.
To ride in a Twizy you have to straddle the driver, sitting over the mid-rear mounted electric engine, and buckle up. Unless your Twizy has optional scissoring "insect wing" doors, your legs will be completely open to the elements. Your belongings are stashed either in the lockable seat back, or in one of two dash-mounted glove boxes.
The driver sits over the 6.1kWh lithium-ion battery and straps into a 4-point harness before turning the key and pressing GO. Space-y styling, plus the snug fit and pillion seating recall a carnival ride until the Twizy starts to move.
Renault Sport was in complete charge of the Twizy's handling performance, and responsible also for 80 per cent of the overall design work on the vehicle.
With 25 per cent of its 450kg weight located just 30cm off the ground, the Twizy has surprising stability, and the acceleration is deliberately engineered to celebrate zip from go, hitting 45km/h in 6.1 seconds.
The Twizy delivers 13kW and 57Nm and noses into tight corners with a delightful confidence guaranteed to make you smile. The en plein air nature of the vehicle and the wind-up whirr of the electric engine means the driver is hyper-aware and alert while driving, and an optional audio and Bluetooth system allows the occupants of the Twizy to battle it out against the road noise with their own tunes.
Three and a half hours of charging (at roughly the same cost as running a vacuum cleaner, according to Renault) delivers a maximum range of 100km, but the realistic range is 70 – 80km with an EV-aware driving style.
Thrashing the Twizy80 around a purposely narrow, twisty and tight Twizy-specific track at Renault saw me deplete the charge by around a third within fifteen minutes, all the while grinning and cackling like a manic carnie. If I was actually trying to conserve range I would have taken my foot off the pedal, allowing the kinetic energy recovery system to do its thing – and the drive would still make me smile.
Renault has neatly nixed consumer wariness around battery life by renting its Twizy batteries at the equivalent of around $75 per month, and offering European users a lifetime warranty, swap out service and a 24/7 assistance that includes a lift home if necessary.
It's a smart, straightforward support system for a terrific transport answer for crowded, polluted cities. At an expected price of less than $10,000 the Twizy could make a great alternative to some bikes or bottom end cars in Australian CBDs - if given the chance.
Renault's in-house testing, including frontal impact, rear impact and lateral impact testing based on Euro NCAP methodology, doesn't satisfy Australia's passenger car crash standards, and the safety cell body structure of Twizy negates the need for a helmet, meaning we cant treat it as a bike.
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There will be adult Bible study and discussion between services on December 11 and December 18. It will meet from 9:00 am – 9:45 am in the Multi-Purpose Room. Grab a cup of coffee and bring it with you and enjoy this study time with Pastor Howard.
The Wired Word is emailed to Pastor Howard every Thursday. It examines a current event and applies the light of God's Word to the event. Each class will follow a pattern:
Discussion of the current event and our opinions.
What are the "big" questions that arise?
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History of Lance, Inc.
The story of Lance began in 1913 when Philip L. Lance, a coffee bean
In 1915, Mr. Lance invited his son-in-law, Salem A. Van Every, to join him in forming a new company, Lance Packing Company. Shortly after inception, inspiration struck the Lances and their daughter, Mary Lance Van Every, when they decided to spread their creamy peanut butter on a saltine cracker. The Lance peanut butter sandwich cracker was born!


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By Rochelle O'Gorman
Though set in America, this was directed by Frenchman Louis Malle, and
the atmosphere is very European. An edgy character study of losers and
would be winners, this was written by playwright John Guare.
Susan Sarandon's sad-eyed appeal won her an Academy Award nomination
for her role as a croupier hoping to learn the ropes and move on to the
more glamorous casinos of Monte Carlo. Burt Lancaster, who was also
nominated for an Oscar, turns in one of the most memorable performances of
his career. As Lou, an aged two-bit hood, he brags about his flamboyant
career, reveling in gangster chic that existed only in his mind. He
discovers, sadly, that he is of more noble stock than he realized when he
helps Sarandon's character out of a mess involving her unsavory ex-husband
and a drug sale.
The players are flawed, but richly drawn and believable. The humor is
wry, and the story carries us along. This intelligent, adult entertainment
is a kind of modern film noir, and as intriguing as it is well
made. A Canadian and French production, this was first released abroad as Atlantic
City, USA.
Atlantic City received Academy
Award nominations for Best Picture (Denis Heroux - Producer, John
Kemeny - Producer), Actor (Burt Lancaster), Actress (Susan Sarandon),
Directing (Louis Malle), and Writing (Best Screenplay written directly for
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Director: Louis Malle
Stars: Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid, Michel Piccoli
Released: April 3, 1981
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Madison: Macy Beck is back with the latest installment of the Hot Nights in St. Blaise series. Welcome back, Macy.
Macy: Thank you! It's great to be here.
Madison:Enough with the pleasantries. You promised me St. Blaise's answer to George Clooney, now hand over the goods.
Macy: Oh, he's good. At least, that's what I hear. But while Mario Debrizzio may look like George Clooney, he's far more domesticated. Because being charming, handsome, and successful isn't enough for our Mario. He renovated one of those big Victorian homes on the square with just a little help from his friends. And he cooks. Oh Lord, the man cooks. *fans face* Is it warm in here?
Madison: Easy, Mace.
Macy: But I haven't told you the best part.
Madison: What's that?
Macy: The man was looking to settle down. Can you believe it? All that and he wants to get married. Of course, he picked Sophie Bernard, the one woman in St. Blaise with absolutely no desire to get hitched, so Mario has his work cut out for him.
Here's the setup:
Pediatrician Mario Debrizzio is a single woman's dream come true. He's successful and confident, owns a gorgeous old home that cries out for a family, and is as talented in the kitchen as he is in the bedroom.
But when he loses his cool on the job, Dr. Debrizzio finds himself front and center with SBRMC's chief headshrinker. Dr. Sophie Bernard is more than pleasant to look at, but the last thing he wants is to let the woman who has already messed with his head go poking around in there.
No amount of distance can keep Dr. Sophie Bernard safe from the memory of the scorching kiss she and Mario shared at the SBRMC Christmas party. The man was hot as a firecracker and every bit as dangerous, and she was…married. Technically.
Long after her divorce is finalized, Sophie fights attraction. But when Mario holds a flame to her fuse, her fear and frustration explodes into passion.
And here is a snapshot:
Sophie lowered her fork, eyeing him speculatively as she reached for the generous glass of wine he'd poured but she hadn't yet tasted. He'd envied the gossamer-thin goblet she cradled to her chest through the nickel tour he'd given her. Part of him wished the pricey pinot would leap from the bowl so he could suck each and every drop from her silky, figure-skimming top. The other part just wanted to get her naked as soon as humanly possible. He held her inquisitive stare and fought the urge to pounce.
"How are you still single?" she asked at last.
Not an unusual question. Right on cue, he whipped out the chuckle, a sheepish smile, and the standard response he kept on hand specifically for the occasion. "Hard to say. I'm a hell of a catch."
Fork forgotten and wine glass abandoned, she blew past his flip response without so much as a smirk. "You're handsome, you cook, and you have this beautiful old house. You're a doctor." He had to laugh when she dismissed the import of his profession with a negligent wave of her hand. "A Pediatrician, no less," she added with a smirk.
Since she appeared to be warming to the subject, he buried his nose in his wine glass and muttered, "You're right. I'd totally sleep with me."
"Hell, sleeping with you is a no-brainer." She leaned back in her chair, narrowing her eyes as he raised his eyebrows. "I'm trying to detect the fatal flaw."
"Fatal flaw?"
"There has to be some reason you've made it so far unattached."
"Can we go back to the no-brainer part?"
"Not now. Later," she answered with a sly smile.
He nodded slowly, as if giving her theory serious consideration. But he wasn't. All but one of his synapses stopped firing about thirty seconds back, and the only one left was intent on making her no-brainer a reality.
"Come here."
Arched eyebrows jumped, but she didn't. "Maybe it's your bossy streak."
A smile quirked his lips but he quickly squelched the urge. He fixed her with what Shelli Ann Jones called his 'inscrutable doctor stare' and waited. When she didn't make a move he added a simple, "Please."
He'd perfected the pitch of his entreaty in Theresa Ann Scaffio's basement rec room the summer after he turned seventeen. Sophie sighed and placed her napkin by her plate, proving that his tactics hadn't lost their oomph.
Sophie fixed him with a no-nonsense stare as she pushed her chair back from the table. "I bet that works for you every time."
Her glare may have been accusatory, but she was moving in his direction, and that was all that counted as far as he was concerned. She drew to a halt beside his chair and he returned her wary gaze. "I'm a workaholic. A little OCD in some areas, but it doesn't extend to most housekeeping," he began.
She blinked, cocking her head in a silent signal for him to continue the litany. In a matter of minutes they were going to be as intimate as two people could be, but while he had no trouble baring his body, he'd never felt so compelled to show someone his heart as he was with her.
Madison: Okay, sign me up. I want him too.
Macy: I'm afraid Sophie has him wrapped up tight, but yeah. I know what you mean.
Madison: Tell me, are all the men in St. Blaise as irresistible as the ones you've introduced us to so far?
Macy: All of these men and women are great people in their own ways, but to be honest, there are a few I wouldn't have given much of a second thought until I saw them fall in love…
Doesn't matter whether you're a man or a woman, black or white, short or tall, people in love just glow from the inside out. It sounds like a cliché, but I'm a photographer and I know lighting. Love makes you beautiful.
Madison: Now you're making me all misty.
Macy: You think this is misty, wait until next month. Alex Stephenson and Jenny Clyburn are a testament to the healing power of love. And hot monkey sex.
Madison: Hot monkey sex?
Macy: Pure speculation on my part, but I'll volunteer to take ID photos at the DMV if I'm wrong. These people are having hot monkey sex, and lots of it.
Madison: I look forward to next month's story of healing and, ummm.... hot monkey sex.
Macy: I'll be here!
Madison: And remember, Roman Candles by Maggie Wells is available in all ebook formats at the Turquoise Morning Press bookstore or your favorite online retailer. For more information on the Hot Nights in St. Blaise series, readers can visit Maggie Wells


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Publishers disappointed in third-party platforms, Google tightens up ad policies, and socially-distributed video: the next trend.
Continuing with our bi-weekly news roundup, Caterina Sosso, together with Karin Fleming, shares the news that caught their eyes over the last two weeks.
The news round-up is a way for the Future Media Lab. team and members of the Future Media Lab. network to share articles about innovations and developments in the media sector,
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Here are Caterina and Karin's choices for this week:
Publishers 'meh' towards third-party platforms. A recent report from the publisher trade body Digital Content Next shows that publishers are making far less money than expected from the platforms such as Facebook, Google and Snapchat. Many publishers initially flocked to platforms like Facebook and Google, which can help drive traffic to publishers' websites. But in doing so, publishers ceded control over the monetization of the content and the ability to gather data on their audiences. These partnerships are constantly developing, but the leaked report highlights many key challenges that working together has posed, particularly in regard to control over ad units, monetization and scale.
While Google, Facebook, Snapchat, Apple, they all have been increasing their efforts to improve relationships with publishers in the past few months, many execs say that the results are still falling short. Nick Ascheim, senior vice president of digital at NBC news captured the frustration, saying "one of the most important sources of that content is us, and if that relationship continues to be where we can't make it economically viable, it makes sense to take our content off there."
What's next: socially distributed video. The digital world is constantly evolving and so are publishers' strategies. Today, with the cost of video production continuing to fall, socially distributed video is being set-up as the Next Big Thing. UK-publisher, JOE Media will not be caught unprepared: in October they launched a football show that they now broadcast on Facebook Live once a week. The 30-minute panel discussion has received hundreds of thousands of views since the first episode was launched last year.This trend echoes the huge increase in demand for mobile video, most of which is consumed on mobile devices.
Google bans 200 publishers for violating ad policies. This follows Google's introduction to new policies that would ban publishers from its AdSense network who mislead users with their content. The policy update came as Google faced backlash for placing fake news stories from websites that impersonated news sites. In 2016, a total of 1.7 billion ads were taken down for violating Google's policies, compared to 780 million the previous year. This uptick was attributed to improvements in the technology for detecting violations.
Facebook tests fake news solution in Germany. Germany has become a testing ground against fake news, as Facebook has chosen this country to test out tools that filter dubious stories from news feeds (which makes sense, since German politicians have come down hard on the distribution for fake news, such as proposing fines of €500.000+ if fake news stories weren't removed from the platform within 24 hours). Since, Facebook has been working closely with publishers to identify ways to enhance Instant Articles and introduce other tools to help detect fake news articles. In Germany, Facebook has partnered with Correctiv, a third-party fact-checking organisation, to allow readers to flag suspicious stories for review. If a story is proven to be unreliable, it will be de-prioritized in the news feed, and a warning will be displayed stating that the story has been disputed. While many publishers say that this is a good first step, it's difficult to see how Correctiv, a not-for-profit organization with a small team of journalists, would be able to handle processing potentially thousands of fake-news claims.
Interest-driven news in a changing media landscape. In the new book "Power is Everywhere: How Stakeholder-Driven Media Build the Future of Watchdog News", the authors examine how the rise of stakeholder-driven media organizations are playing an increasing role in setting the news agenda and creating sustainable business models The book positions stakeholder-driven media organisations, which spans from greenpeace.org to breitbart.com, vis-à-vis impartial news organisations, saying that they differ from mainstream media in their "propositions, content and operations". The authors argue that stakeholder-driven media (SDM) will continue to proliferate, and that they will be an increasingly powerful vehicle for "sustainable, fact-based watchdog" journalism.
Push notification and newsletter: how to obtain the best results. In the United States, The Washington Post has embraced newsletters and push alerts as a key channel for furthering the reach of their audiences. Today, the Post has roughly 70 different newsletters designed to appeal to specific segments of its audience, including The Optimist - a newsletter full of uplifting stories – and Read These Comments - a newsletter designed to highlight the best comments. While many see newsletters as just a distribution tool to get readers to click back to publishers' own websites, the Post takes a different approach. "A newsletter is a product in itself," says Tessa Muggeridge, the newsletter and alerts editor for the Post. Nic Newman also examined the success behind newsletters and push alerts in a Reuters Institute report last year.
A challenging time for news and journalism. Just before Donald Trump's inauguration, President Obama appeared in an episode of the podcast "Pod Save America", a project of former Obama staffers. During the interview he talked about his views on the problematic ways news is distributed and consumed today and gave advice to his "2009 self". One statement that applies to Europe as well is "my instinct is everybody hates media right now. Everybody knows that the political culture doesn't work. So that has to be an opportunity". While 2017 does mark a challenging period for media, it also offers some opportunities. On Wednesday, 31 January Harvard University's NiemanLab hosted a debate the future of news and journalism in a Post-Truth Era. In an overview of the discussions that took place that day, Gerard Baker, editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal said, "I think there are a lot of people out there who pursue quality journalism. And by all means support those people who are doing it — support good-quality journalism, subscribe to good-quality news organizations."
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Threaded end of an ANM2 booster-bearing;
My own thread explains my theory about the contents of the Tunisia hero saber;
userd1402 ! It looks like you glued it in there? Did you end up filing off the threads after you hacksawed off the flange from the booster bearing, or did it squeeze in there with them intact?
Looks like I need to find a brass endcap for my grenade, as well as a booster. Blastages! :-/
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If it was a replica pipe I would just screw/hammer it in there and damn the surface finish!
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Nice work in progress @userd1402 . . . and yes I do know this theory which has been around about using the booster bearing inside the emitter, yet it's also known that most original parts were hired from Bapty & Co. Supplying Weaponry and Props http://www.bapty.co.uk/ and had to be returned . . . . intact . . . hence my doubts Roger Christian cut up the booster-bearing to accommodate the connection for the emitter to the grenade ... unless he had asked permission to do it or just plain did it whatever the consequences ... @russellsch here's the vintage part in question :
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I received my dug brass stems from Teecrooz, There are 2 of them.
One is a complete grenade, minus the damaged steel or font parts gone a long time ago, unused grenade.
I will keep as it is.
Other is just a brass rod with windvane, not exploded grenade, I dissasembled it, removed the windvane, kept 2 steel pins for my clean original grenade diplay.
I will modify it on the lathe so I can put my self made fx emitter on it.
Now, all russrep parts from 2010 run are gone, the last part, grenade is just replace by the old one.
And the lightsaber is half-half.
old grenade, clamp, bubble and transistors
self made pommel, booster and emitter.
I will use some original grenade parts for the reveal core.
When I cleared up my parents house, I found an interesting vintage part in a bin box in my late dad's shed, said part obviously screamed OB1 out loud to me right away. And eventhough I don't know it's original purpose, it sure has a wonderful shape to become the missing link between the Balance Pipe and the grenade on my all vintage parts OB1 ANH lightsaber. It's magnetic and even has a set screw so I can add it easily to the remaining grenade rod properly without the need for glue.
So I'm very thrilled to reveal this vintage part in all it's glory to you now . . . thanks very much dad
Hey @Sym-Cha ! Interesting find, did your dad have any small engine projects in the works, weed-whacker/lawnmower/mini-bike/etc. that that part may have come out of?
What's it look like in the emitter/balance pipe?
My dad had all kinds of stuff and tools ... and odd jobs which needed fixing stuff ... I have no clue whatsoever what origin this part is from . . . I like the brass inside as well as the chromed . . . and it's magnetic . . . feels like the force pulling when held up close to the grenade rod
What does it look like inside the emitter/balance pipe? Bear with me . . . as this work in progress continues . . . slowly
Well, here you have it gents and dames, this may well be the highest resolution photo of the Chronicles OBI-WAN KENOBI ANH LIGHTSABER that we get to see...
....UNLESS YOU WIN IT! And if you do, and you don't SUPER-SCAN this bad boy and share it with the rest of us, SHAME ON YOU. If I had $1000.00 floating around to get it, I would. And I'd scan it and post it here because that's what a Jedi Knight would do.
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@Ridire Firean. Win what?
P.S. They do not have the companion photo in the set up for grabs... so no transistor numbers just yet. Now to see if I can find contact info for Tom Jung and see if he ever had the "Button Side" photo!
Hey @fezfox ! It's that auction that @newmagrathea found. I contacted the folks selling this photo and several others (from Tom Jung's reference collection for the illustrations he did for Star Wars back in the beginning) and inquired if they had the "Button Side" photo as well in the collection that is up for auction. They responded today and said they didn't, but sent me a higher resolution photo of the "Lever Side" photo and wished me "best of luck" on the auction.
So, if you've got a $1000.00 burnin' a hole in your pocket, and newmagrathea isn't in it to win it , we'll share the link with you if promise to SUPER-SCAN this image and post it here.
I almost feel like a group buy is in order, but then who gets what?
It would be great to have super scan of all 3 pictures!
It's funny...
Yesterday was thinking about a specific choice on my obi lightsaber after looking again at toe pic Luke photo and ESB vader photo.
And today I see this picture making my choice difficult in fact.
Do you think the bubble is grooved on sides like vader, or just sanded down on back side?
What makes me think it's grooved:
-back window is visible on toe pic, meaning not sanded down, meaning grooved on side to fit
-better to center in the clamp if full height and grooved, everyone know how tricky it is to keep a sanded bubble in place...
what makes me think it's not:
-kind of black line on the photo (clamp edge ?) making think it's lower than a full height bubble
what is not easy is we can't actually see inside the bubble, but this black line is really easy to see, it can also be possible they made both, sanded down a bit and grooved a bit, a tapering is also possible.
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The vanes appear to be screwed up really high, completely clearing the holes for the firing pins. Maybe even up past the threads, if my single example is any guide. Can't imagine it would stay up there like that in all the rough and tumble of filming without a little help from glue or solder. And... the balance pipe vent appears to be - gasp! - welded on! Am I seeing this right? Or do I need to quit with the coffee already for today? :-)
For my real parts display I just unscrewed the ring positioned it to where the Chronicles photos had it placed...


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New Welsh Language Teacher Stamps
To celebrate St.David's Day on 1st March we're excited to be launching our fantastic new range of Welsh language teacher stamps! With 12 delightful, fun designs, in a variety of three colours, these stamps are sure to be a great hit in the classroom. Each stamp has a message of encouragement ranging from 'Gwaith Da' (Good Work), 'Dyna Seren' (What a Star) to Ysgrifen Taclus (Neat Writing) to name but a few.
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I am not beautiful, my face, my hand was burned...
But I still believe there's a good man that thinking about my heart not my beauty.
Where are you?
I received lots of message with a beautiful profile picture, but since I changed, only few messages per week... How come?
My face, my hand was burned, so do you love me??
a waiting for a good man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My son is 7 months now