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Several years ago, the nonprofit foundation launched an effort to save El Cap, also known as El Cajon Mountain. A total of 17 privately owned parcels were identified. Since then, more than two dozen of them have been conserved.
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A crook can steal your identity by taking control of your wireless phone account—by pretending to be you in person at the mobile store. The villain can then buy pricey mobiles and sell them—and guess who gets the bill but not the profit.
Symptoms of Hijacked Account
- Suddenly losing service
- Your carrier says you went to a store, upgraded a few phones, then shut down your old device.
- Or, the rep will straight-out ask if the problem is with your new iPhone—even though you never purchased one.
- You were never at the store and never authorized any account changes.
If this happens to you, says an article at nbc-2.com, you'll need to visit the carrier's local store, show your ID and get new SIM cards. The carrier absorbs the costs of the stolen new phones.
But it's not as simple as it sounds. What if in the interim, you need to use your phone—like during an emergency or while conducting business? Or your phone goes dead just as your teen calls and says she's in trouble?
The thief, with a fake ID, waltzes into a store that does not have tight owner-verification protocols, and gets away with changing the victim's account and buying expensive phones.
The nbc-2.com report says that this crime is on the increase and is affecting all four of the major mobile carriers: AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and Sprint.
Here's another thing to consider: The thief may keep the new phone, which still has your number, to gain access to your online accounts via the two-factor authentication process—which works by sending a one-time numerical text or voice message to the accountholder's phone.
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If you frequently read online content about American soccer and you've somehow managed to not learn about the online push among American soccer fans for promotion and relegation (also known as # ProRelforUSA), I'll just say you're the lucky one. But your luck is about to change.
Before I dive into accusations of conspiracies, vitriolic Twitter yelling and why the Chicago Fire should consider changing their name to the Chicago (emb)BearAss(ments), I think it's important to understand exactly what promotion/relegation in the USA means.
What is promotion and relegation?
(If you're well-versed on the current American and global structure dichotomy, maybe just skim this until the end of this section. I'm sympathetic to the problem with attention spans.)
Currently, the American soccer leagues operate in a closed structure.
This means that, like most other American sports leagues (think MLB, NBA, NFL), there is a constant group of teams that play year-in and year-out. There's no chance the Browns would get relegated from the NFL just because they're consistently atrocious. But that's not to say teams can't collapse, move cities or appear.
Just look at what happened to the St. Louis Rams this year. In fact, the Rams were based in LA from 1946 until they moved to St. Louis in 1994. This year they made the journey back.
And this is the odd genius of a closed system. What the system rewards is not merit, but structural stability. It is a system of franchises that are guaranteed to be operable by the backing of the league and the fact that it only allows owners that are able and willing to finance the team, not to mention the many other intricate checks-and-balances in place to ensure that teams will not fold.
And when you look at it that way, the reason why the current system has found the strongest soccer foothold in American history has a lot to do with the closed-nature of the MLS. What MLS did was take a country that craved stable, professional soccer and delivered.
By imposing strict financial regulations spanning from ownership qualifications to roster requirements the league has been able to ensure that there will be enough franchises to have a competition every year. And that's worked. MLS is finishing up their 20th season.
This is the longest, stable national soccer league America has ever seen, and even if teams are posting financial losses, MLS is still growing in fan viewership and teams.
So why would anyone want something else?
Well as we have reached stability, Americans have naturally begun to think "what's next?" And as Don Garber keeps saying, the next goal is to make our league one of the best in the world. But for some reason, that is proving extremely difficult.
What promotion and relegation proponents claim is that a switch to an open system where the federation regulates tiered leagues that relegate their worst and promote their best performing teams would escalate the level of play seen in our domestic league. In theory (and practice, as the top leagues around the world operate open systems), this system will weed out mediocrity through a system based on on-the-field merit.
The system has many challenges, such as how to regulate a massive system in a country that has eleven states that are bigger than the UK, and how to convince people that have invested millions to subject their investment to the inevitable losses of relegation. While many people claim to know how an open system would actually function in America, they don't. It is still completely untested on a national scale.
So any claims for or against are nothing more than speculation. There is no precedent for an open system in America.
American soccer is facing a new, but surprisingly great problem. We finally have a stable top division with a lower league and non-league culture that is growing yearly. Even with NASL's possible demise in the coming years, there's a strength in domestic American soccer that hasn't been seen for decades, if ever. (Map not updated to 2016)
Now is the time for the exchange of ideas and informed discussion to help guide the future of America's soccer. But, disappointingly, this is where the problems begin to form.
The Internet and #ProRelforUSA
In the modern day, the internet serves as an amazingly accessible "local forum" for those with new or fringe ideas to express and articulate their thoughts. The push for promotion and relegation in the states is one of those 'outsider' ideas that's gained traction online.
The main vehicle for increasing the awareness and continuing conversation the topic has been the internet, specifically Twitter.
And while Twitter is an excellent medium to draw new people into a discussion and confront people that hold up the structures many want to tear down, social media has started to show the strong faults of the movement for change in American soccer.
The problem is not the consistency or the quantity of the arguments being made. Seriously. Go search #ProRelforUSA on Twitter and look at the crazed commentary. I'll wait.
Was that fun? Probably not. But you can see that the problem isn't the lack of conversation. Maybe if you read closely you'll have seen the problem I'm edging towards.
While the vocal minority is very…well, vocal, there is a definite varying of substance in the tweets posted.
Maybe it seems like an unfair point. "Come on Noah, you can't expect every comment to be poignant and game-changing."
Well, I'm no fool and I know that's unrealistic. However, what the movement is inherently missing is leaders in the community that are expertly intelligent on the subject leading the conversation and weeding out weak, unfounded and personal arguments.
For proponents of the movement to embrace Twitter is intelligent; after all, it's a platform of public communication that offers an avenue to a conversation that's hard to get a grip on as fans. American soccer's talking heads rarely notice the conversation of promotion and relegation unless they choose to swoop in and mock it, so making as much noise online is a necessary tactic.
And while it's true that it is hard to affect change in American soccer unless you're one of the lucky few who works in USSF, there are many people in the sphere of professional soccer that support the argument. Notably, NASL (RIP?) commissioner Bill Peterson, USMNT head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, soccer administrator Jerome de Bontin, ex-USMNT player Eric Wynalda, and Foursquare/Stockade FC creator Dennis Crowley.
But even with the vocal support of these, and numerous other names familiar in professional soccer, the conversation can't seem to move beyond Twitter (and other online sites including this one).
For me, where this movement falls short is its inability and unwillingness to organize beyond everyone yelling online. I personally have seen a few attempts to coordinate (email lists, organized forums, etc) and move the conversation offline and into the real world. They each fell apart.
In fact, the only efforts that have come to fruition were the trend of "Pro/Rel" banners appearing at clubs and national team matches over the summer, which increased visibility tremendously. However, the efforts have since trailed off and never became more substantive.
After thinking about why this is, I have come to a conclusion.
Many in American soccer agree that they want a system of promotion and relegation, be it immediately or in the coming years, but rarely have detailed discussions of what a plan to implement that system should look like.
Not a plan on how to overthrow the USSF or take down Don Garber, but a reasonable plan on how to implement promotion and relegation into the American system that hardcore pro/rel proponents and casual fans alike can rally around.
The appeal I am making is that a plan that many promotion/relegation supporters can agree to could be a jumping block that helps unify conversations and coordinate action around organizing the ideal into intent.
There is no unity in the hordes of people that are vocally positive about a proposed system change, and #ProRelforUSA supporters will, at some point, have to be honest with themselves in the fact that this directly contributes to a cycle of inactivity. While many may go through their day discussing the problems of US soccer endlessly, anyone who thinks the constant conversation is national and widespread is falling prey to the false-consensus effect of their specifically tailored Twitter feed.
The unity that agreement on a framework of a plan could do to benefit the movement and soccer as whole is many-layered.
Once unified, supporters of promotion and relegation could coordinate on when, where and how to best educate those American fan that don't know about the systematic differences promotion and relegation would cause, educate those who casually support promotion and relegation about the nuances of the situation, and iron out the plan and the best solutions. The benefit is that supporters could cement the argument for promotion and relegation in a unified manner while also helping each other figure out ways to dismantle illogical arguments against the change.
So, what's the plan?
Well, that's not for me alone to try and decide, but since I still have your eyes, I do have a suggestion. One plan has stood out as the most logical and well-thought out from the few I've read across the internet. This is the Octahedral (Double Pyramid) Plan.
Don't just balk at the suggestion because that's Ted Westervelt's site, no matter what your opinion on him is. If you're serious about changing the American system we have to start somewhere and what he's presented is the most fleshed-out plan that I've ever seen.
I won't go into too many details, you can read them yourself. The main points I'd stress are that relegation is not implemented over night and would only promote clubs over many years until every level of the system is filled out (accounts for the "we're not ready now!" argument), the plan provides a cushion for MLS investors to adjust models or recoup investment (accounts for the "investors would never go for this" argument), and the plan creates two pyramids in the country (East/West) that would combine the traditional American divisional structure with the open pyramid structure seen across the world (accounts for the "the USA is too big for an open system" argument).
But of course, if people rallied around this plan the writing linked above wouldn't need to be the end-product. This should just be a starting point for people that want promotion and relegation to discuss the details of the plan.
But if this, or any other, is recognized as the best plan the next step is that it must be articulated and disseminated effectively to the American public who are in a more casual soccer fandom than Ted's followers.
It's not to say that every detail needs to be coordinated and agreed upon among promotion and relegation supporters, that's unreasonable. A constant debate over the details should be encouraged. But if the movement could nail down several key and stable points to argue for it would go a long way for the movement.
If there are other plans you like more than Westervelt's comment below and continue the conversation.
There are many parts of the plan I would even argue against, but I wholeheartedly believe we have reached a point where America needs to start transitioning to an open system. And it's getting to a point where talking about it on Twitter just isn't enough, at least for me.
Personally, I think the US is in a place where we've outgrown the need for a closed system, and don't be fooled, the closed system was necessary. Although other closed leagues have failed, the system established in the 1990s took the oscillating interest in soccer and molded that into a reliable fan base. Soccer is one of the most popular sports in America and now thanks to MLS we've had 20 years of a stable soccer league. There are teams people consider mainstays of American sports, and we have soccer-specific infrastructure across the country.
However, the continuously growing soccer interest is turning its eyes away from MLS and the level of play is not where it should be in our leagues and the national team. While all these things point towards an open system, we cannot be rash with our ideas about what the future should look like.
American soccer would not benefit from the creation of Super Clubs within a few years because the ultimate goal of our system should be to develop young American players into world class talent, not just buying the best players in the world so we have a club that could beat Barcelona. We must have checks and balances, and while I'm not sure if that should come in the form of salary/transfer caps, or even varied broadcast money distribution, these are the discussions promotion and relegation proponents must be having. Concrete discussions about a living plan that we must begin to agree upon.
Because what all this organization and unifying need to truly address is what efforts offline need to be taken to move this from an idea to a reality. Do fans need to form their own federation to challenge USSF? Do people need to form coalitions to address this issue to FIFA directly? Is the only way to actually make these changes an anti-competitive lawsuit against USSF and MLS?
Hopefully, these are the conversations will happen and they can then be followed by the organization to stimulate public outcry and acquire whatever funding may be necessary.
The conversation online must start evolving from just being loud and constant to substantive debates about the pros and cons of a systematic change and the most effective way to accomplish these goals.
And more importantly, the conversation has to start moving offline. Into your daily life with other fans of soccer you know. Your actions have to reflect the game you talk on the internet. People have to start deciding if this is something we truly want to see happen all around us.
And one great way to do that is for supporters to begin truly valuing the game at a local level. That means supporting and pushing for your local and youth clubs. I promise that if you get involved with your local club you will not only benefit the system significantly more than you will by Tweeting, but you will also begin to unravel the many-layered problems that American soccer is confronted with.
(Don't know your local-club? Maybe you can find some information on this site)
A push for a better American system means more than simply wanting promotion and relegation. It means those looking for change need to start working to identify all of the many structural problems American soccer is faced with and learning how to fix them.
It means watching the small and the big games and working with your community club so that they truly represent the identity of your area. It means doing more than talking about what you hate about MLS on Twitter and actually creating the American soccer landscape you hope to see.
But don't listen to me. I'm just practicing what I preach against. I'm just an observer who's complaining online. I'm more than just part of the problem, I am the problem.
Nevertheless, I'm writing this to ball up.
I'm willing to take the next steps. I'm willing to organize, to grow the game, to do what the change demands. But I leave that to you reader because a conversation is not a one-way street.
Maybe something can be different. Maybe people read this and agree with my thoughts on #ProRelforUSA. And beyond some silly hashtag, agree that the US's problems need to be seriously confronted by those of us who care.
If you do, let's start a conversation and not let it stop. Let's dissect the problems in front of us and figure out what paths we have towards change. Let's commit and coordinate and strive for the change that so many people tell us is nothing more than idealistic. The things others call impossible.
If you don't, that's fair enough. Let's talk about it.
lets do it , pressure USSF to take control of soccer. Every country in the world has a governing body that regulates its leagues, and puts a plan and philosophy into place that will improve their national levels, from youth to the pros.
In our country it is all about money from the youth club system up to the monopoly of the MLS. And people wonder why Klinsmann was critical about our system, Jurgen may not have been a good coach or a popular figure but he spoke the hard truth that USSF didn't want to hear about the status of US soccer. I have been hearing for 30 years how the USA will win a World Cup in 10 years, we are no closer now than we were in 1994. This falls on USSF , if they can't figure it out it is simply because they don't want to. Pro Rel will give the American a place to continue to play, and the level of US players will have the time and enviroment to be discovered , rather than fall out of the game when they are 25 years old.


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Battle Force Trailer (2012)
09 February 2012 Drama, Action, Thriller 98 mins
In the thick of WWII, the 1st Special Service Force unit is called to duty on a secret rescue mission. Challenged by Nazis at every turn, our band of heroes bunker in a bombed out city and race against time to relay a message that is crucial to the Allies invasion of Sicily. Cornered and caught between a rock and a hard place, they only have one option: fire more bullets!
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The Best Chocolate Valentine's Day Gifts For Your Sweeter Half
Much like giving flowers and those "funny romantic" Hallmark cards that joke about doing sex, rolling with a heart-shaped box of chocolates on Valentine's Day runs the risk of being a little ho-hum. It also looks like you did your shopping at Walgreens. Instead, take your ganache game from cliché to classy with these 10 chocolate gifts that'll make you look like the most discerning cocoa connoisseur. And you won't even have to suffer through that Johnny Depp movie for help.
Recchiuti Black Box
The only way your wife isn't going to be blown by this exotic collection of 16 truffles is if she used to be a chocolatier. Ingredients are sourced from around the globe (hazelnuts from Italy! Coffee from Hawaii!) and the eccentric flavors run the gamut from Spring Jasmine Tea and Star Anise, to Lavender Vanilla, Tarragon Grapefruit, and Pink Peppercorn. Sorry, there's no peanut butter cup.
Stone Enjoy By Chocolate & Coffee IPA
Let's just call Stone's Enjoy By Chocolate & Coffee IPA what it really is: a Valentine's Day gift to yourself. Or, at least, to the both of you. "Yea, we love us!" It's a 9.4 percent ABV Double IPA loaded with coffee and chocolate hoppiness that's supposedly only fresh for only 37 days — right up until V-Day. You're officially on the clock.
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Game of Thrones Dragon Egg
Exactly like the 3 petrified dragons' eggs Daenerys got for her wedding, except crack one of these open and you'll find Drogon's a delicious truffle surrounded by chocolate-covered almonds. Naturally, there are 3 different flavored eggs — milk chocolate and mint, dark chocolate with hazelnut, and white chocolate with raspberry. And while they aren't cheap at $45 a pop, you do at least get a full pound of chocolate in each. If your special lady's not a fan of the GoT, don't worry, the Truffle Cottage also makes equally intricate themed chocolates based on characters from Star Wars, Harry Potter, and The Walking Dead.
Defonce Cannabis Chocolate
Your lady wants to chill out at the end of the week for the same reason you want a splash of Jack Daniel's in your morning coffee: parenting's a high-stress gig, man. Defonce's marijuana-infused chocolate just helps make sure the Jumparoo doesn't reek of weed in the morning. Each 3D-designed bar contains 180 milligrams of THC (broken into 18 pyramids), and they come in 8 flavors, from Mint and Matcha to Hazelnut and Coffee. Just not whiskey-infused coffee.
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Benchic Chocolate Making Kit
Any idiot can go out and buy a box of chocolates (that was the point of Forrest Gump, right?), but you're going to be the idiot that makes them for Valentine's Day. Benchic sets you up with everything you need to make 60 kick ass pieces of confection. Mix up the organic Peruvian cocoa butter (and Dominican Republic cocoa powder) with honey, lucuma powder, crushed almonds, and coconut. Mold it. Eat it. Make more because your wife will be home soon.
L.A. Burdick Chocolate Penguins
Bonus points if you narrate your partner opening this handsome wooden box of 9 chocolate penguins in your best Morgan Freeman voice: "They have almond wings, but cannot fly. They're birds filled with limoncello-accented ganache that think they are fish. And every year, they don a dark-chocolate tuxedo with white accents and embark on the near-impossible journey to find … Andy Dufresne! Kidding, to find a mate."
Farmacy Beauty Sweet Lips Gift Set
Why roll with one gift when you can appear to care that much more with 2: Chocolate and lip balm! This gift set designed to keep her lips tasty and supple includes 3 flavors of artisanal small-batch chocolate bars (lavender mint, strawberry basis, and apple rosemary) accompanied by matching lip balm.
Compartes Chocolate Heart Love Box
"Look under your dining-room chair … everybody gets a geometrically angular heart-shaped box of chocolates!!! You get one! Your wife gets one …" Okay, so that's what would happen if Oprah was in your house on Valentine's Day, since she named this box of 35 colorful chocolates to a recent "O List." Flavors include strawberry champagne, red velvet, and raspberry rose, and the artsy box comes either adorned with the word "LOVE" or two pairs of lips, depending on whether the kids are staying with your parents for the night.
Mast Brothers Sea Salt Collection
Sea salt, it's not just for relaxing baths after the kids go to bed anymore. No, the fancy-Dan, New York-based chocolatiers at Mast Brothers have paired "rare sea salts with unusual ingredients" to create a set of 12 tasty candy bars guaranteed to impress. They even went all in on the packaging, using "a unique modified salt resist technique combined with watercolor painting" to make the paper wrap as artisanal as the chocolate inside.
Charles Chocolates Fleur De Sel Caramel Edible Box
Now when you sarcastically quip, "Don't eat the whole box," you mean it! These Charles caramels actually come in a chocolate cube that's designed to be devoured. Although before she even gets to enjoy the package, she can savor the 18 fancy caramels inside: Half are classic chocolate, and half — like your new inability to make questionable jokes — are bittersweet.


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Alexandra has been a local resident and has worked in this area for over 10 years giving her strong local knowledge. Alexandra has a real passion for real estate and above all for providing the very best results and service for you. Alexandra enjoys going well above the expectations of her clients and that satisfaction is her reward. She has a proven track record that speaks for itself and that is why her repeat business and referral clients are extremely high.
If you speak with Alexandra`s past clients you will find the choice is clear, Alexandra is here for you
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Dearest Alex
We would like to take this opportunity to personally thank you for your professionalism and your genuine interest shown during the sale of our home in Springvale Circuit, Cameron Park.
You truly are the most amazing agent we have ever come across. You made selling our family home so much less stressful than we ever anticipated. You went above and beyond the call of duty in all aspects of our relationship which we will be ever grateful for. We loved the fact that you were always prepared to help and were extremely efficient and reliable no matter what time of day or night, you always gave us 100%.
Your communications skills were impeccable which helped us through the process of selling our home. All our queries were answered very professional and always in a timely manner, for this we thank you. We have recommended you to family and friends and will continue to do so without hesitation. Alex your a TRUE GEM and not only are you a credit to the profession but also to Century 21 Aaron Walter, you are now a valued friend to our family, thank you for being you.
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To Alex
Well what can we say ...... you have done it again! For the third time in 12 months you have managed to sell our home prior to marketing and for amazing results. Thank you! Your hard work, dedication, attention to detail and area knowledge is commendable.
You make the process easy with your honesty and feedback. You are an absolute specialist in your field and your clients are lucky to have such a valuable asset working for them. We have worked with you for many years and being in the industry I know that choosing the right agent makes all the difference. There is no higher complement than that of a fellow agent and I can honestly say that Alex you are our agent and we would highly recommend you to anyone who is thinking of selling.
Kindest regards
Shahna & Luke Corrigan
Our dealings with Alex were nothing short of excellent. Her personal manner, professionalism, punctuality and reliability made her an absolute pleasure to deal with, and we have only praise for her work ethic in every respect. We would personally like to thank Alex for her hard work and commitment in achieving our desired outcome and for making our selling/buying experience as easy and enjoyable as possible. Alex will always be our first point of call for any real estate dealing we have in the future.
Sue & Rob Purvis
A decade ago, my home was the very 1st house Alex sold .....
I was listed with a local agent and not having much success even though my home was presentable and in a nice suburb, I was due for an open house but yet again the agent had other commitments so asked 'the new girl' to do my open house and Alexandra walked into my life. What she lacked in experience she made up for in total enthusiasm, she was vibrant, happy, very well groomed and an absolute pleasure to both me and the buyers who were there, needless to say her ability to communicate and her keen attitude paid off and after 5 months with the agency, 'the new girl' found me a buyer. That was a decade ago and I have watched her career bloom as we have stayed friends all that time and I have never once seen Alex be anything but enthusiastic and approachable to both her vendors and buyers, so if you are keen to either sell or buy real estate, 'the new girl' is definitely the one to choose. I feel blessed to know such an ethical, beautiful lady as Alexandra Diktakis.
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The NSHS Collections Division collects, preserves, and provides access to materials that document the human history of Nebraska.
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Lunula Drop Earrings in Jet Black and Ivory White
Inspired by Monochrome fashion, this beautiful pair of drop earrings are cast in Jet Black and Ivory White resin. Ornate with the geometric Lunula pattern, the pendants hangs from a matching Black stud.
The pendants were cast, cut, sanded and polished, all by hand.
The chain and earrings back are Sterling silver.
Earrings full length: appr. 3" ( 7.5 cm )
Pendants diameter and width : appr. 1.1" / 0.2" ( 2.8 / 0.7 cm )
Studs Diameter: appr. 0.4" ( 1.1cm ) Depth: appr. 0.3" ( 0.8cm )
Comes wrapped in a handprinted TIKI gift pouch.
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Perhaps when you think of France, you think of Paris. The city of love is obviously iconic and an amazing place to visit, but the rest of France has some serious hidden beauty waiting to be explored.
The French countryside is dotted with quaint villages and breathtaking landscapes. It's the type of region that you don't know what you're missing out on, until you get your first glimpse.
If you're venturing out of the Parisian bubble, here are some top towns and villages in the French countryside to put on your itinerary!
• • • Vienne • • •
Just an 18 minute train ride out of Lyon, Vienne is a real French gem. Check out the ancient Roman ruins and amphitheatre that really take you back in time, all the while enjoying a glass of wine at one of the cute cafes surrounding the ruins.
Further down towards the river is a beautiful church that will take your breath away.
Make sure you visit the park here and take a stroll along the river. There are also lots of cute craft shops and local clothing boutiques for a spot of shopping. All this is located right near the train station so it's super easy to see the whole place in a day.
The river has got to be one of the best places in France to enjoy a stunning sunset so try to put that on your itinerary!
• • • Bourg-en-Bresse • • •
In the Bourgogne region, Bourg-en-Bresse has a lovely and chilled out vibe to it. About a 40 minute train ride out of Lyon, this cute town has an old, relaxed feel but still keeps up with modern society by having a huge range of cool shops to check out.
History doesn't take a side step to the shopping though, with stunning churches and building blending in to the newer shops and still keeping that classic European cultural feel.
The main square is a great place to sit back for a beverage or something to eat while appreciating the magnificent water feature in the middle of the square.
• • • Mâcon • • •
Still in the Bourgogne region, Mâcon is also around a 40 minute train ride out of Lyon. The river here will impress any one on any day. On the weekends, and sometimes through the week, there is an awesome market that takes place on the banks.
Grab some local produce to fill up your belly while you explore the rest of Mâcon!
Everything in Mâcon is really central, making it easy to walk. On your way down from the train station towards the river, you'll pass plenty of cool shops as well.
Mâcon is an ideal to place to pick up some picnic supplies from a supermarket and find a patch of green grass along the river…afternoon complete!
• • • Manosque • • •
In picture perfect Provence is the quaint town of Manosque. The train station is central here, but really you'll want to have a car for the day. Manosque is your starting point to exploring unbeatable landscapes of fields red poppies and bright yellow sunflowers.
Take a day trip to the Gorge de Verdon from Manosque and you'll struggle to believe your eyes at the wonders before you. A day of climbing, hiking, and probably stumbling across a watering hole along the way to cool off in the hot Provence sun.
This is the region of France to make the most of the glorious nature around you!
• • • Cluny • • •
Back to Bourgogne, Cluny is an absolute hidden delight. This quaint village has some of the most historically stunning buildings. With a Roman influence, the buildings hold so much historical wonder.
The park here is a real must-see as you have the chance you lounge back in the green grass while overlooking some ancient building ruins.
Cluny has a cute country vibe with surrounding farm fields and horses scattering the countryside. The museum is also an awesome experience here, as well as climbing the shot tower to get some serious perspective through some breathtaking views.


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Watch Midnight Cowboy online free spacemov,Texas greenhorn Joe Buck arrives in New York for the first time. Preening himself as a real 'hustler', he finds that he is the one getting 'hustled' until he teams up with a down-and-out but resilient outcast named Ratso Rizzo. The initial 'country cousin meets city cousin' relationship deepens. In their efforts to bilk a hostile world rebuffing them at every turn, this unlikely pair progress from partners in shady business to comrades. Each has found his first real friend.
Genre › Drama
Release › 16 June / 1969
IMDB Ratings › 7.9
Duration › 1h 53 min
Director by › John Schlesinger
Written by › Waldo Salt
Country › USA
Language › English
Production › Jerome Hellman Productions
Starcast › Ruth White, Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles ,Jennifer Salt


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Time running out for IEBC to avert another electoral crisis
Saturday March 11 2017
Kenyans go to the polls in August, and fierce contests are likely in the race for the presidency and other elections the same day to county governorships and other senior posts. Electoral commission preparations are dangerously behind schedule amid political polarisation, growing distrust and lack of communication between parties. Given the country's troubled electoral history, it is essential that politicians and other key stakeholders discuss and agree on the measures necessary for credible polls and a way forward on the electoral timeline.
The elections matter well beyond Kenya's borders. The country is the transport and commercial hub of East Africa, so a protracted crisis would result in significant disruptions further afield. The 2007-2008 post-election violence, which left 1,000 dead after a brutal police response to protests and ethnic killings, shut down international road links and slowed cargo shipments at Mombasa port to a trickle. Fuel prices more than doubled in neighbouring, landlocked Uganda and Rwanda, and humanitarian assistance further afield in the eastern Congo (DRC) was disrupted for weeks. It took a mediation effort led by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and supported by international partners to get the main players to agree to a truce and form a power-sharing government.
In the August 2017 polls, incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto face an energised opposition coalition, the National Super Alliance (NASA) that brings together all major opposition figures. It is led by Raila Odinga, whose campaign is all the more determined because this may be his last contest.
Neither side has made the job of the Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) easy. In December, Kenyatta's ruling Jubilee Party used its majority in parliament to push through controversial amendments to the electoral laws with little consultation. They provided for a manual backup to the electronic electoral system in case of equipment failure. This is arguably necessary since no electronic system is perfect, and no technology is foolproof against bad behaviour by politicians.
The government's unilateral measure sowed mistrust in the electoral process. But opposition leaders have not helped matters by claiming the voting will be rigged by the ruling party and threatening to challenge any outcome to the election that does not favour them outside legal channels. After the Opposition claimed that the 2013 elections were fixed, the courts ruled against it.
Following the 2007-2008 crisis, the Independent Review Commission, headed by retired South African judge Johann Kriegler, concluded that the 2007 polls had been marked by large-scale vote-tampering and issued far-reaching recommendations on the conduct of future elections, including that election commissioners take office at least two years before a general election. The review commission concluded that the technical system for tallying, recording and transmitting results was defective and called for an overhaul. It noted that the vast powers vested in the presidency set the stage for a high-stakes contest that increased the likelihood of violence.
Only some of the proposals to improve the electoral process have been implemented. Most significantly, a progressive constitution was adopted in 2010. A two-round presidential election system now requires the ultimate winner to garner more than 50 per cent of the vote nationally and more than a quarter of those cast in more than half the 47 counties. The process for selecting election commissioners was made more inclusive, and power was devolved to counties whose elected governors and local representatives enjoy a fair degree of autonomy over the deployment of resources disbursed from the centre. The 2013 elections were reasonably peaceful, though the Opposition challenged the credibility of the tallying process.
What has not changed is the behaviour of politicians and the zero-sum nature of political competition.
Though the 2010 constitution sought to change the division of power between the presidency and parliament, the head of state remains immensely powerful, able to dole out patronage to supportive elites. When the president's party commands a majority in parliament, that institution can be reduced to a rubber-stamp assembly. By the same token, devolution in the new constitution has raised the stakes in sub-national contests, with heated competition expected for governorships.
Frequent leadership turnover at the IEBC means there will be a different set of inexperienced commissioners going into an election for the third vote in a row. Some who ran the last two votes left under a cloud, accused either of fiddling results (in 2007) or major corruption and political bias (2013).
While the Kriegler report recommended that commissioners be in office at least two years before an election to enable them prepare adequately, the new team took office on 20 January, a mere seven months before the vote. Delays in parliament, dithering by the executive and confusion within a team picked to interview the new commissioners were blamed for the holdup.
This has left the IEBC, now headed by Wafula Chebukati, a lawyer little-known outside legal circles, facing tall odds to deliver a credible election. Overcoming formidable logistical, technical and legal obstacles within existing timelines and in a febrile, divisive environment will be a major challenge.
Kenya's electoral commission, like many in Africa, hopes to deploy a system with biometric voter identification and electronic results transmission so as to avoid the ballot-stuffing and dubious turnout figures that plagued past elections, particularly in 2007. The IEBC estimates that the vendor that wins the contract will need 60 days to deliver the custom-made integrated electoral management system. It is well behind schedule in finding such a supplier.
Legislative timelines initially called for the system to be in place eight months before the polls, which would have required installation by 8 December 2016. IEBC executives asked for more time, citing stringent procurement requirements. In November, Chief Executive Ezra Chiloba said it hoped to have the new system in place by the end of February. In fact, legal appeals by several of the companies that submitted tenders to supply the system meant that bid papers were only submitted in the first week of February. Now, another vendor's legal challenge has blocked any decision on the tender.
On 28 February, the IEBC admitted it was out of time to procure the new system on schedule. At a press briefing, its commissioners said, without elaboration, that they would explore using "an alternative voter verification" method.
The equipment for transmitting results from polling places to the tallying centre is as important as the voter kits. Past elections were compromised by lack of transparency in tallying and transmitting. The installation of a transparent, efficient electoral management system would go a long way to assuaging public concerns. Unfortunately, rushed procurement, with little lead-time for testing, may set the IEBC up for failure. That would also deepen suspicions in a situation already marked by significant tension between parties. Government steps tolimit the role of external partners, such as the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, that can offer valuable technical assistance, have not helped.
Multiple court decisions halting various IEBC steps to prepare for the elections have added additional obstacles.
The greatest operational challenge the IEBC faces is not lack of internal capacity but that there is little time to put in place all the elements required to make the vote transparent and credible. It needs to be clear-sighted and open about this. It should communicate to the public and international partners what extra help it needs to implement the various technical steps, including fast-tracked procurement of technology.
If it becomes clear, however, that the remaining time, particularly in light of possible legal challenges, is insufficient, it should ask for an extension. The Opposition may be angling for a postponement for its own reasons. Nonetheless, from a technical perspective, the IEBC could well run out of time to deliver a credible election.
If it becomes clear the commission needs more time, it may be possible to achieve consensus on a delay including by turning to the courts, because all parties have an interest in a smooth election. There is a precedent for this. Although the constitution provides that elections should be on the second Tuesday of August every fifth year, the High Courtgave the IEBC more time to prepare for the last election.
With little time left in which to build public confidence, the IEBC needs a communications strategy to update voters regularly. More importantly, it needs a mechanism to discuss progress with politicians and consult on key decisions it makes on preparations to assure them the vote will be credible, free and fair.
The commission should expand its Election Preparedness Task Force, currently composed of IEBC officials, representatives of the interior ministry, judiciary and director of public prosecutions. Giving civil society and the Opposition greater access to all aspects of preparations would boost trust in the process.
International partners should extend technical and financial help to the IEBC to help it better tackle the challenges. This should, however, be done with nuance, flexibility and complete transparency, in light of unfounded claims by the ruling party that external parties are seeking to influence the electoral outcome.
Kenya's raucous politics shows the relative openness of its democracy. That politicians explicitly mobilise along ethnic lines, however, means elections are marked by high communal tension. Since their words carry extraordinary resonance in a still ethnically fractured country, politicians should weigh them carefully during the campaign. The ruling party should not use state resources to gain an unfair advantage. Opposition leaders should play a constructive role in monitoring and supporting the electoral process and commit to using legal channels to air any grievances.
The main presidential contenders could help by publicly signing a code of conduct ahead of the official start of the campaign, including a pledge to seek legal recourse in the event of disputes and a call to supporters to refrain from violence. A similar step during the heated 2015 Nigerian presidential election campaign helped calm tensions before the vote.
Similar codes of conducts should be organised in counties, including pledges not to use violence and to respect results. Establishing peace committees comprising different community leaders in especially contentious areas would help to bring groups together and limit the risk of communal violence once results are announced. The National Cohesion and Integration Commission should also closely monitor hate speech by politicians on the campaign trail and prosecute offenders.
Disputed elections can carry a major human and financial cost, and three of five elections since a multi-party system was re-introduced in 1992 have been marked by violence. Kenya needs to ensure that the 2017 vote goes smoothly. Faced with the extremely tight timelines, all stakeholders should make their contribution to this.
Murithi Mutiga is senior Horn of Africa analyst, International Crisis Group.
The full version of this commentary is available on here.


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I try to install ubuntu on my MAC book pro. I have a Mac book 9,2 (mid 2012) and try to install ubuntu 12.04.4
I installed reflt and created a 50 GO partition formated in hsf+
I passed successfully the stage of burning the MAC version "ubuntu-12.04.4-desktop-amd64+mac.iso" to a DVD and getting the installation menu. I succeded in getting the menu to format my 50GO with ext4 where I am going to install Ubuntu
But a pop-up appear saying
The partition table format in use on your disks normally requires you to create a separate partition for boot loader code. This partition should be marked for use as a "reserved BIOS boot area" and should be at least 1MB.
If you do not go back to the partitioning menu and correct this error, boot loader installation may fail later, although it may still be possible to install the boot loader to a partition
If I well understood, I need to install a boot loader like GRUB2
I have several questions:
1) visibly reflt is a menu to switch on a OS choice. Should I use it plus the installation of GRUB2 ? What is the link between them ?
2) Is it dangerous to install GRUB2 on MAC OS X ? is there any risk ?
3) from what I read, you haven't to choose a partition when you install GRUB2. Is it possible to choose the partition for installing it ? If so, on which partition should I install it ? The one where OS X is or the one where ubuntu is going to be install ? a priori, I would say on the ubuntu partition (see the message above) !! So how to do it ?
4) I found GRB2 documentation on this link http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/man...-Building-GRUB
When I download by the link ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grub/grub-2.00.tar.gz , and I try to configure (./configure), the program stops with the following log
4-a) first remark: it seems that the version GRUB2 is for i386 architecture. Do you know if there is a amd64 release ? If so, do you know the link ?Code:MacBook-Pro-de-xflamant:grub-2.00 xflamant$ ./configure checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin12.5.0 checking host system type... i386-apple-darwin12.5.0 checking target system type... i386-apple-darwin12.5.0 checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... build-aux/install-sh -c -d checking for gawk... no checking for mawk... no checking for nawk... no checking for awk... awk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no checking for cmp... cmp checking for bison... no configure: error: bison is not found
4-b) When I try afterwards > make install, the system tels "make: command not found". I didn't suceed in going furthet
Thanks in advance for your answers


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text: Memoirs Of A Geisha star Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa has been arrested and charged with misdemeanor domestic violence after assaulting his girlfriend. Police were called to the Hawaii-based actor's Waikiki, Honolulu home on Wednesday night (14Nov07) after receiving reports of a dispute. Upon arriving at the scene, the authorities noticed the actor's girlfriend had bruises on her legs. Tagawa was booked and release on bail, according to The Honolulu Advertiser.


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Inspects sheets or strips of veneer for color, texture of grain, and knots, wormholes, cracks, or unsanded spots. Marks grade on individual sheets on conveyor or on top sheet of stack, according to prescribed standard. Discards unacceptable panels. Records number of sheets inspected by grade on tally sheet. When examining and grading plywood, is known as Plywood-Stock Grader.


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Traffic-signage of Japanese kanji painted on the street in Shibuya, in Tokyo, Japan.
Traffic-signage of Japanese kanji painted on the street in Shibuya, in Tokyo, Japan.
This recent billboard for Calvin Klein in SoHo, in New York City, used a massive QR code as part of a marketing tactic. Viewers can get information by using their cellphone camera to scan the code.
Beautiful Louis Vuitton ad on the back cover of the Economist magazine. Three generations of globally-famous soccer superstars appear in the ad: From left to right, Pele (Brazil), Zinedine Zidane (France), and Diego Maradona (Argentina). The advertisement ran during the final weeks of the recent 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Each of these players has played in the tournament. That they are playing "foosball" ("fussball"?) is a brilliant touch.
We ordered dinner for delivery from a local Thai restaurant earlier this week. These bamboo chopsticks came with the food. We've been seeing these for years, but for some reason we only now paid attention to the cute panda graphic on the sleeve. We also noticed that these writing is Chinese (even though they came with Thai food).
The logo for Excelsior coffee — a Japanese chain of cafes a la Starbucks — on a mug and napkin in Shibuya, in Tokyo, Japan.
Intersection of narrow streets in the Sarugaku area between Shibuya and the Daikanyama neighborhood.
We were setting up our Saturday-morning "wake up music" playlist on iTunes and enjoying that first cup of coffee when we stumbled upon some cool Beck videos we haven't seen for a while. The clips came on a DVD and as a download released with "The Information," Beck's 2006 album.
We were struck by some of the imagery used in these vids, especially the wardrobe and style of the various musicians and performers who appear in the video for the song of the same names as the album title.
In the still image below are three women dressed in what looks like an iconic fashion of 1960s Brazilian tropicalismo (or tropicalia) art movement.


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Wales Home Foundation
The Wales Home Foundation also provides funding for major capital improvements such as medical equipment and improvements made to the building. The Wales Home Foundation is very fortunate to have many dedicated volunteers who contribute to our Home and Foundation. Without the support of the community, the Home would not survive.
A wonderful way to support the Wales Home is to make a donation in your name to the Wales Home Foundation.
We are thankful for all donations, which help to keep The Wales Home afloat.
A bequest is money that is left to The Wales Home as a part of a person's estate. Bequests can be indicated in the donor's will.
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Each year the Foundation holds an annual campaign which runs from April 1st to March 31st of the following year. Donations are welcomed at any time during the year for our campaign. The official opening of the campaign, which launches an intense drive for funds, usually begins at the "tee off" during the annual golf tournament in September.
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Campaign launch – October 26th 2013.
Message from Jordan Arshinoff-Foss
Born and raised in Richmond, the Wales Home has always been a part of my life one way or another. Early in 2012, upon witnessing the amazing improvements that have taken place at the Wales Home, upon feeling the contagious energy that's driving the Wales Home forward; I felt I wanted to be part of it.
The Wales Home is continuously investing in its amenities, differentiating itself by establishing the highest standards in health care practices and introducing state of the art technologies that are propelling the Wales Home towards being the best CHSLD's in Estrie, the province of Quebec and Canada.
These initiatives are not going unnoticed – The Wales Home was awarded the Gold Honour at the Gala Reconnaissance de l'Estrie and is currently nominated as finalist in ''Les prix d'excellence'' safety of care and services category by the Ministere de la Santé et des Services sociaux. Stay tuned as the results will be announced in November 2013.
As the Wales Home continues to accumulate success stories in the pursuit of their quest of being the best residence and CHSLD for seniors in Estrie, the province of Quebec and Canada, so do the opportunities to contribute to being part of the home's ongoing success.
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your ongoing support and donations to the Wales Home Foundation, the residents and their families.
Help make this year's campaign the most successful one in the history of the Wales Home.
Let's continue making a great institution greater!
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Why You Should Consider Ford's New Crossover SUVWe had a chance to take Ford's crossover SUV the Ford Edge out of the road to see how it held up, and here's our thoughts. The model we tested came equipped with a powerful 390 watt Sony sound system, and a newer version of the MyFord Touch system.
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text: I've been trying out the different music players, and I've settled on MixZing. It seems to be the most stable of those I've tried, and I really like the lockscreen widget. So, last night, I decided to purchase the upgrade. The problem is that it doesn't seem to take when I download it. Do I have to do something to activate the upgrade? The ads are still there, and it still tells me to upgrade when I select certain features. Also, when I go to the market and download, the upgrade license downloads, but nothing happens after that. If I pull down the notification window and tap on it, it takes me to the market screen of a different application (a different one every time). What am I missing?


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Town Council, Board of Appeals, Property Value Appeal Hearing
01/12/2015 at 06:30 PM
Location: Milton Library
Address: 121 Union Street
Milton, DE 19968
Milton Town Council, sitting as the Board of Appeals, will have a public hearing January 12, 2015, relating to Property Tax Assessment appeals. To submit an appeal, a Property Value Appeal Form must be filed at Town Hall no later than 5:00pm, December 26, 2014. Appeals received after December 26, 2014, will not be considered. The first link below is a list of current assessed values for all property located in Milton Town Limits (this list can also be viewed at Town Hall), the second link is the Property Value Appeal Form. Please contact Kristy Rogers, Town Clerk, at 302-684-4110, with any questions.
12/15/14 The deadline to file a property value appeal has been extended to December 29, 2014 at 5pm.
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For a more efficient and more comfortable pedal stroke, the Kéo 2 MAX has a cleat contact surface area 12% larger than the Kéo Carbon. To further improve the transfer of power and to longevity of the pedal, this surface area is made of stainless steel molded directly into the pedal body.
At a mere 122 grams (in Carbon Version, 130g in Composite), the Kéo 2 MAX is one of the lightest pedals in its category. This has been achieved through the use of a carbon injection process allowing for weight reduction and improved durability.
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That said, I've been feeling "overdue" for the last week even though tomorrow is the actual big day. Tomorrow is also Magson's birthday. Maybe baby girl wants to crash his party. Maybe she just wants to be fashionably late. Maybe she wants to be really late. I don't know.
Whatever the case, here are some of the thoughts that have been running through my head today, this the eve of my due date:
This morning after waking up to Magson's wailing:
I am a beached whale. How on earth am I supposed to get out of this bed?
It took three gusto-filled attempts to successfully roll myself off my mattress. I then waddled, waddled, waddled to Magson's crib side where I barely managed to lift him out. He continued to cry because I didn't retrieve his toy cell phone from the corner of his crib. I offered him a lame attempt at getting it.
"See? I can't reach it."
I showed him three times that I really couldn't reach that phone, but each time I managed to get unconvincingly closer to it.
Okay, okay. I guess I can reach it. But should I have to at Week 40?
I reached it. I gave it to him. He still cried.
Three kids? Did I really sign up for three kids? Can we handle THREE KIDS!?
I'm sick of these clothes. I need to go shopping for new maternity clothes. If I have to wear this shirt one more time...Ugh! Marie, there is no point in buying new clothes this late in the game. Suck it up. You can go shopping for real clothes soon.
I'm sleepy. I don't want to have the baby today. Maybe tomorrow. And why is it that I don't want an epidural? Am I really going to do this naturally? Is that smart? --???--
On a cheerier note (and I know most of you saw these on Facebook already), my sweet and talented photography friend took some maternity shots of me a few weeks ago. Check out her blog: Shannon Morgan Photography. You'll have to scroll down a little ways to find me.
She's pretty incredible, don't you think? Thanks a million, Shannon! I love them!


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I know that I love products, but I've never really considered myself high maintenance. I don't use a lot of hair products but, I love leave-in hair conditioner. I have fine, color treated hair that needs some extra TLC. Because I love searching for the best thing, I have tried tons of leave in conditioners. Here I have rounded up the top contenders.
NOTE: This page contains affiliate links that allow me to earn a small commission if a purchase is made. This post is not sponsored and each item is selected based on personal preferences and experiences.
1. Aussie Hair Insurance
This is my favorite leave-in conditioner spray. It tops my list because of the price. It can be purchased at several retailers and is under $5. For the price, it works really well. The scent isn't strong, which is an important feature to me. I love that it make my hair soft but doesn't weigh it down.
It would be nice if it had some sort of SPF for my hair, but it doesn't. I don't go outside much and we have a lack of sun most months, so this isn't a big problem for me. For you beach babes, this could be a deal breaker.
2. Sun Bum 3 In 1 Leave In Treatment
If you want to smell like summer, this is the product for you. It smells fruity and delicious. This is a go to product for the summer. This product detangles, conditions, and has UV protection.
The scent of this spray is wonderful, but it is a bit strong. If you use a floral shampoo, the smells do not really work together. I only use this when I use a sweet smelling shampoo. Another downside of this product, is the price. It is the most expensive leave-in conditioner spray that I have used. It sells for 14.99 for a 4 ounce bottle.
3. Macadamia Professional Weightless Moisture Conditioning Mist
This product is especially designed for people with fine hair. It works to moisturize and detangle without weighing hair down. It is full of natural ingredients and free of sulfates and parabens. If you love to use products with macadamia and argan oils, this is the spray for you.
For those that love a strong smelling conditioner, you will not be disappointed with this spray. I don't particularly care for the scent of this product, making the strong scent a downside for me. The Macadamia Mist is cheaper than the Sun Bum and more expensive than the Aussie products. An 8 ounce bottle sells for $22.
These are currently my top three recommendations for leave-in hair conditioners. I really love how they leave my hair soft but not limp. They are also great time savers too. After toweling my hair dry, I just spray it in. After my normal morning beauty routine, I just comb my hair out.
Do you have a favorite leave-in hair conditioner you think I should try?
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text: Okay, so only a few lawns. Say you do 6 a week and you are able to average $20 a week per lawn. Even if you have no overhead for fuel, you are then still talking only $120 a week over 32 mowing weeks. You still have to pay for General Liability Insurance, then pay taxes, that leaves you with $83 at the end of the week. Of course you could always save the $500+ and not get insurance. I know it seems like I'm being a d***, there is a reason I am posting this. People get into this business all the time, like you, thinking that they can make a quick buck. But in reality 99.99% of them fail and lose more money than they make. They price themselves so low thinking "I can do it for cost or close to cost for a year to get the customers, then I'll raise my price a little each year" Then when they try to raise the prices the next year, they found that those cheap customers they have are just that, CHEAP, and the customer drops them for the next guy that comes knocking offering a cheaper price. Or guys like yourself who operate without insurance have an accident. Have you seen what can happen when a small rock is hit with a mower or even a string trimmer? You would be shocked how far it can go, and how easily it shatters a window. The customer calls his auto or home insurance and files a claim and mentions the guy mowing the lawn caused it. Guess what? Insurance is denying it and you are stuck with the $1,000+ bill. Even worse are what "companies" like this do to us legitimate legally operating businesses. Lowballers drive the market prices down, making it harder for companies that pay taxes and insurance to make a legitimate profit. We work hard enough to get ourselves to standout against our legitimate competition and peers, let alone Joe Schmo who will act as if he can do the same work for 1/4 the price. What are your hours you are available to do this work? Are you planning to work an hour each day after your full time job? or weekends? If you are a halfway descent worker I guarantee you can find a landscaper who will use you part time. You will make as much, if not more money than your current $10 a cut business plan, have insurance coverage if you damage anything and workers comp if you get injured. Start goggling in your area, pull out the yellow pages. You will find plenty of landscapers, many will be looking to pick up part timers this fall for cleanups, get in with one of them now, and next season you will be able to find season long part time work.