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During a recent radio talk show discussing multi/party politics, a discussant, Dr Golooba made a rather startling comment on FDC. "……The only people who practised some kind of multi party politics were Miria and Sebaana. I dont even know what FDC represents." The implication here is that FDC may not be having anything to articulate or represent and may therefore not even be a political party.
Before this remark, Bidandi Ssali had been quoted in The Daily Monitor of January 21 2006 as saying: "I don't see a future for FDC after Museveni is out of the way, either through resignation or defeat. Most of the FDC leaders are in there for various motives." In other words, apart from resistence to Museveni, there is no single thread which binds them. It is therefore not a political party in the true sense of the words.
What then is FDC?
Condintions that give rise to social and political struggles basically fall into two categories. First, is the search for economic advancement. One cannot postulate that FDCs share a common economic fate, and that it is that which binds them. Or that as a group they are seeking to improve their economic situation.
Secondly, there are those struggles which arise out of issues concerning identity.We all belong to various identities. They may be religions, schools, professions, etc. We are proud of these identities, and invest a lot of emotional resources to their well being. We also work hard to improve their status vis a vis other identities.
This is what UPC and DP for instance are about. DP seeks to improve the status of status of the identity of catholics, and UPC that of certain
nationalities or tribes.
FDC does not fall into any of these categories.Prior to the formation of FDC, Dr Besigye was a senior member of the NRM. To put forward this arguement is not to negate the possiblity of one belonging to a political party or organisation, and being able to transcend the limits of that organisation, and then move on to higher plane.
Rather it is to argue that Dr Besigye is ideologically not different from that of Museveni. He has not shown anywhere that he has transcended the ideological position of the NRM. This arguement is reinforced by Dr Besigyes own ealier arguement that Museveni had renaged from the original positions of the NRM. In other words all Dr Besigye needs is to bring us back to the the origial NRM. Initially he also sought to reform the NRM. It will be recalled that it is this urge to reform the NRM which initially led him to form and lead an organisation called Reform Agenda.
However, despite its limited scope and purpose, FDC seems to have garnered a lot of support. How do we characterise and expliain this
I would like to submit that the apparent support for FDC is a bubble. That is to say it is based on totally unrealistic expectations, and when reality reveals itself, the bubble will burst. Another way of characterisng FDC is to view it as a balloon. A fully blown balloon will look big. however, if you pinch it with a sharp pin, it bursts and shrivels into almost nothing.
In the financial world, the bubble means those stocks which come up and are highly rated well beyond their true value. With that kind of rating stock buyers rush to buy such stocks thinking they are making a good buy. However when the stocks assume their true value, the exagurated value collapses and the stocks assume their true market value which should be much lower than what most buyers would have spent. This is what in stock markets are called the busting of the bubble.
What do I mean?
A sizeable portion of the the population are opposed to Museveni. In their quest to rid themselves of Museveni, they thought FDC and, in particular its leader, Dr Besigye could do the job.
They viewed Dr Besigye as a very courageous man who could take up Museveni. They also saw him as a miltary man who should have the miltary support with which to checkmate Museveni's miltary support.
Further Museveni himself gave Dr Besigye a tremendous boost by appearing to be terribly scared of him. Dr Besigye was not only locked up but several charges were brought against him.
Now that Besigye has "lost" the elections, those from other parties who supported him will take a review. It is during that review that the bubble will begin to burst.
Dr Besigye has also gone to court to protest election irregularities. There is a real posiblity that the Court could agree with his petition.
If the Court upheld the petition, and nullified the recent elections, that is to say knocked out Museveni, the problem of Museveni would have been solved.
In such a sitution, just as Bidandi Ssali had earlier said, FDC would have no objective necessity to continue existing. FDC would splinter, and those who had supported Dr Besigye in the belief that he is the only one who has the wherewithall to combat Museveni would review their position in the light of a sitution of Museveni out of the fight.
On the other hand, there is the cynical view is that the Courts cannot pass any judgement against Museveni. Should that be the scenario, then Besigye's failure in court would further accelerate the bursting of the bubble. Many of his erstwhile supporters do expect him to carry the day in court. They feel they were cheated at the polls. A failure at the Courts would totally dash the residual hope and send them reviewing their political affiliation to FDC.
In the long run too, the FDC has no future as Bidandi Ssali says. It is no inkling as to the tasks which have come to the fore at the present phase of our history. It is just reacting to events, and particulalrly the person of President Museveni.


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New Jersey Grandfather Killed In Alleged Drunken Driving Hit-And-RunA woman stood accused of driving under the influence Tuesday, after allegedly hitting and killing an elderly man on his way home from a synagogue in Fort Lee this pas weekend.
George Washington Bridge Overhaul Expected To Create Headaches In Bergen, Rockland CountiesThe George Washington Bridge is about to get a major facelift. It could cause traffic nightmares for drivers in Bergen and Rockland Counties.
New Jersey Father Pleads Not Guilty To Murder In Beating Death Of InfantA New Jersey father accused in the beating death of his 5-month-old son has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.
Crews Repairing Water Main Break In Fort Lee, NJCrews from SUEZ Water are working to repair another water main break, this time in Fort Lee.
Authorities Search Home Of Gunman In Shooting At Varick Street Federal BuildingPolice said Downing walked into a federal building at 201 Varick St. just after 5 p.m. with guns hidden in a bag.
Police: Varick Street Federal Building Gunman Had Been Fired By Labor DepartmentResidents of a Fort Lee block were shocked Friday night, after police said one of their neighbors shot and killed a security officer at the federal building in the Hudson Square area before turning the gun on himself.
Water Main Break In Cliffside Park Affects About 36,000 CustomersThree Bergen County towns were under a boil water advisory Wednesday night, hours after a water main ruptured in Cliffside Park.
Fort Lee's Legal Tab In GWB Lane Closures Scandal Continues To GrowThe additional spending brings the total amount for legal services related to the lane closures to $225,000.
Parents Unhappy After Fort Lee School Board Cuts Spring Break In HalfVacation plans have been put on hold for many families in one New Jersey community after the Board of Education cut spring break in half at the last minute.
Pair Of Cops Credited With Stopping Man From Jumping Off George Washington BridgeTwo police officers are being credited with stopping a man from committing suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge in northern New Jersey.
Police: Bronx Man Involved In George Washington Bridge Chase Was Impersonating A Police OfficerPort Authority Police officers on the George Washington Bridge spotted a white pickup truck with a snow plow attached being chased by a black Honda SUV, which had police and strobe lights flashing, according to the PAPD.
Video Released Of Man Wanted For Questioning In Connection With Body Found In CarPolice are searching for a man seen in surveillance video near where the body of a New Jersey man was found inside the trunk of his car.

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Car Rental Giant Hertz Gets Closer To Acquiring Dollar Thrifty
Finding bargains on vacation car rentals will probably get more difficult soon. Car rental giant Hertz Global Holdings just got closer to closing a deal to buy Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group for $50 per share, or about about $1.56 billion.
Hertz, which in April announced plans to acquire Dollar Thrifty for about 1.2 billion, has since been in a bidding contest for the smaller company with rival Avis Budget Group Inc. Dollar Thrifty is an attractive target for Hertz and Avis as both try to move more into the leisure-travel market as business travel remains sluggish. Acquiring Dollar Thrifty would give either company a bigger presence outside of airports and make them less dependent on business customer.
Dollar Thrifty has long been a go-to brand for vacationers and other travelers looking for lower rates. Of course, those rates will become harder to find if the acquisition is completed. The deal is subject to shareholder and regulatory approval. A shareholder vote is set for Sept. 30.
The deal would mark another significant consolidation in an industry that struggled in late 2008 and much of 2009 because of several factors including slashed travel budgets and the credit crunch. Demand for rental cars began to recover somewhat late last year, and rental companies have been able to raise rates.
The industry once offered consumers a broad range of choices based on location, price and types of vehicles available. But brands like Budget, National and others have been absorbed through consolidation. Dollar Thrifty itself is the result of two discount brands combining. The deal would leave Avis as a smaller rival to Hertz. Closely held Enterprise Holdings, which operates Enterprise, Alamo and National brands, is the largest U.S. rental-car company based on fleet size.


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Seedfolks Chapter 4 Summary
- Our new narrator is a dude named Gonzalo. He's a teenager who moved to Cleveland from Guatemala with his dad. Eventually, his mom, brothers, and Tío Juan (his mom's uncle) move, too.
- Gonzalo tells us all about how his theory on age: "The older you are, the younger you get when you move to the United States" (4.1). This means that Gonzalo's great uncle and dad act younger. And sometimes Gonzalo acts more like an adult. Plus, Gonzalo is the most fluent in English, so he helps his dad out when he wants to shop in English-speaking stores.
- Gonzalo's great uncle, Tío Juan, likes to go wandering. One day, Gonzalo realizes Tío Juan has moseyed on away from home. Eventually, Gonzalo finds him at the vacant lot where some people are trying to garden.
- In fact, Gonzalo recognizes this one guy with a shovel who used to be the janitor at his school. He doesn't give us a name, but we're figuring this dude is Wendell from Chapter 3.
- So Tío Juan is trying to give some gardening advice, but he's having a tough time because he doesn't speak English. But that doesn't seem to dampen Tío Juan's excitement. The next day, he and Gonzalo go back to the lot and Tío Juan picks a spot to start his own little garden.
- Turns out Tío Juan is a super amazing gardener. He used to be a farmer in Guatemala, and the guy hasn't lost his green thumb. In fact, Gonzalo realizes just how smart Tío Juan is.


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I ask this because a Private Members' Bill, sponsored by Lindsay Hoyle MP, is currently making its way through Parliament. Its aim is to increase the level of statutory redundancy pay given to employees with more than two years' service from the current cap of £350 per week per complete year of service (or £525 per week for workers over 41) in to line with average earnings, as opposed to RPI with which it is currently linked. This would mean an increase in the cap from £350 to £500/750. The award is made up to a maximum of 20 years' service. Over the years it has fallen behind inflation and means that the maximum an employee made redundant at the moment can receive (in the absence of a claim for unfair dismissal or an enhanced redundancy package offered by the employer) is a maximum sum of £7,000 (for those under 41 at dismissal) or £10,500 for those over 41 (and thus would have to be 61 at dismissal with 20 years service to receive it). In addition employees are entitled to be given their contractual, or statutory notice, and can be asked to work the notice, be put on garden leave for the duration or be paid in lieu. If an employee has less than two years service with an employer he/she is not entitled to any statutory redundancy payment, only to notice.
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Children's Miracle Network - People Who Care
Twenty-five years ago premature infants faced daunting odds; an alarming percentage of children did not survive childhood cancer; and children in need of organ transplants lost their battles all too often.
Twenty-five years ago Marie Osmond helped found Children's Miracle Network. The international charity was created to help children's hospitals provide the finest medical care in the world and conduct cutting-edge pediatric research. Today, thanks to advances in research and treatment at children's hospitals, nearly 80 percent of U.S. children with cancer survive. Advances in pediatric organ transplantation are giving more and more children with failing hearts, livers and kidneys a brand new start. And even the tiniest premature infants now have a fighting chance for a healthy life.
Today 90 sponsor organizations, 400 media partners and countless individuals unite with 170 Children's Miracle Network hospitals to help sick and injured kids in local communities. Donations to Children's Miracle Network create miracles by funding medical care, research and education that saves and improves the lives of 17 million children each year.
1. Tell us about founding Children's Miracle Network, a nonprofit that touches so many children across the world?
Being co-founder of Children's Miracle Network has been one of the highlights of my life. I feel privileged to work so closely with an organization that touches millions of children each year. This incredible organization has reached heights none of the founders could have ever imagined. Today we are raising money for more than 170 children's hospitals in four countries! That is truly remarkable. We also have support from hundreds of compassionate sponsors, media partners and countless individuals. It's hard to believe it all started as a small, televised fundraiser from our family's small studio. Today it is one of the most respected children's charities in the world. I feel truly blessed to be a part of it.
2. Did you ever dream that Children's Miracle Network would be as successful and influential as it is today?
I had no idea that Children's Miracle Network would blossom into such an influential children's charity. I don't think you ever realize what a small dream can become. The key to Children's Miracle Network success has been that everyone can rally around this cause, because everyone knows a child who has been treated at a children's hospital. Being a part of this network of good is an honor for me, but also a great blessing for millions of kids.
3. What has been your proudest moment with Children's Miracle Network?
I'm always blown away by the smiles and optimism of the children I meet at children's hospitals. Each one faces a unique set of medical challenges, but they still find things to smile about. Knowing that Children's Miracle Network helps fund the care they need to walk out of the hospital happy and healthy is always a tender moment for me.
4. How would you encourage people to become involved with Children's Miracle Network?
Children's Miracle Network gives everyone, no matter who you are or where you are, the opportunity to make an impact in the lives of children in your community. Whether it is purchasing a Miracle Balloon, donating during a Radiothon, or visiting sites like nonprofitshoppingmall.com - everyone can make a difference. The great thing about this site is that it adds a charitable aspect to shopping you are already doing. It is a perfect way to make the holidays brighter for both sick and injured children in your community while shopping online for your loved ones.
5. What are some of your tips for giving the perfect holiday gift?
My tip for a perfect holiday gift is simple-give something from the heart. It doesn't matter how large or small a gift is when it truly means something. That's why utilizing nonprofitshoppingmall.com during the holidays is one of the most meaningful things you can do. While you're buying that perfect gift, you're also touching the lives of children in your community being treated at a Children's Miracle Network hospital.


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Hillman Named an AP Third-Team All-American
Dec. 14, 2011
NEW ORLEANS - San Diego State sophomore running back Ronnie Hillman has been named an Associated Press third-team All-American. The La Habra, Calif., native is the first Aztec since Larry Ned in 2001 (second team) to earn AP All-America honors.
This season, Hillman has set a conference record with 1,656 rushing yards on 287 carries to go along with 19 touchdowns. He ranks third nationally in rushing yards per game (138.0), 11th in all-purpose yards per game (156.4) and 12th in points per game (12.00). Hillman's 1,656 rushing yards are the second most in school history, eclipsing each of NFL and SDSU Hall-of-Fame member Marshall Faulk's three seasons, and trail only George Jones' 1,842 set during the 1995 campaign.
Hillman has nine, 100-yard rushing games and six, 150-yard contests, both which have tied a school record. Additionally, his 19 rushing touchdowns are the fourth-most in a season in school history.
For his career, Hillman ranks third all-time at San Diego State with 3,188 rushing yards. He has 15, 100-yard rushing games (in 25 career games) and 12, 150-yard contests, both which rank second in program history. He's also second in rushing touchdowns (36) and total touchdowns (38), and sixth in scoring (228 points).
Among the NCAA career active leaders, Hillman is first in carries per game (22.0), second in rushing yards per game (127.5), fourth in points per game (9.1) and 15th in rushing yards per carry (5.81).
For the first time in their 43-year Division I history, the Aztecs are playing in a bowl game for the second consecutive season on Dec. 17 when they face Louisiana-Lafayette in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.


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Hobby Lobby
In regards to Leonard Pitts' article July 3, he disputed the religious commitment of the Hobby Lobby family, noting that their Christian faith compels them to pay employees well above minimum wage (what a shame), they play religious music in their stores (how awful), they close on Sundays (day of rest) and they pay a portion of their profits to charity (how selfish).
How could anyone dispute their commitment to practice Christianity in all aspects of their lives? They should be applauded for challenging the Affordable Care Act. That mandate is clearly against our religious freedom, under the disguise of women's health. Bologna. It was for women's votes. How easy for women to be led astray for a freebie.
Contraceptives should be left to the individual conscience. The morning-after pill is another story. It is used to abort. The FDA approved it. How many times has the FDA been wrong? The pill is completely against God's nature. I fear for the future of women's health.
God bless the Green family (Hobby Lobby) and other companies that have had the courage to put their religious believes above their livelihood. That's the kind of courage that made America great.
The end of Pitts' column read: "God help us – look out below." You said it, I didn't.
Sylvia Schmitt
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Lines on the map
The pundits have recently discovered that the lines Europeans drew on a map in past ages have come to cause all manner of unforeseen (and foreseen) consequences. In 1914 Sykes-Picot, on behalf of France and England, drew lines on the map of Syria, then under the control of the Ottoman Empire, to delineate what would be controlled by France and what would be controlled by England at war's end. The resident Arabs were not consulted.
The fact that it divided long-standing groups of common beliefs and loyalties and combined dissimilar ones were not considered. Only to divide the anticipated spoils between the European allies. Monarchies were created and then manipulated. Now Sunni, Shia and Kurds still dispute these divisions. The artificial delineation of country borders of Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Palestine still create strife in the region. Churchill once referred to Jordan as "...a kingdom in a parking lot."
Similarly in 1893, the Durand Line was drawn to establish an agreed upon border between Afghanistan and what was then British India (now Pakistan) to divide their respective spheres of influence, which later hardened into national borders. This line divided Pashtun tribal areas and it's consequence today is reflected in the unrest in what Pakistan calls its northern territories where it exercised little authority and control, the cross border tribal interests dominating.
But while lamenting about lines on a map, a quick look at our southern borders and how much territory we stole from Mexico in 1848 is still an embarrassment. Then our rubric for such overreach was "manifest destiny!"
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The AM Roundup: Mystery Around FBI Shooting; Pressure on Holder
Todashev death: A Chechen man (right) who was fatally shot by an FBI agent last week during an interview about one of the Boston bombing suspects was unarmed, law enforcement officials said Wednesday, according to the Washington Post. WP
Ricin letters: Threatening letters sent to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns have tested positive for ricin, authorities said Wednesday. WSJ
Holder under fire: Republicans are accusing Attorney General Eric Holder of misleading Congress in testimony over whether the Justice Department has considered prosecuting journalists under the Espionage Act for publishing government secrets. NYT
Agree to agree: Tea Party supporters have been teaming up with Democrats to defeat measures that would expand gun rights for lawmakers but not the general public. Fox News
Paterno family suit: The family of the late Penn State coach Joe Paterno, former players and others connected to the school are suing to overturn the NCAA's swift and strict sanctions against the football program for the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. AP
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All morning, holt students, teachers, friends and neighbors flooded McDonalds to buy hotcakes. The motivation wasn't a meal but a memory.
"I'm here for him and his family. Anthony was a good friend," said Noah Assefa, a Holt High School Senior.
"I'm here for Anthony," said another Holt High School senior Will Thurston.
"It's a fun time to get together and talk about our memories of Anthony," said Holt student Ryan Warner.
McDonalds' sold more than one thousand pancake breakfasts for $5 and donated 100 percent of the proceeds to Anthony Harris' family.
"I'm31 at a loss for words. I expected some people to show up, but I had no idea. I had no idea what the turn out would be," said Anthony's mother Dalia Luera Harris.
"I'ts amazing the support and love that we've got from the community.," said father Anthony Harris Sr.
"I've been out trying to direct traffic. It's been very busy, a great turn out," said McDonald's senior supervisor Ed Lake.
McDonalds management partnered with the S.A.D.D organization to promote the event through flyers and facebook.
Students Against Destructive Decisions handed out awareness flyers where students could pledge not to drink underage. Family and friends surprised by the community support said the energy inside matches anthony's character.
"It's a positive energy. It's not sad. Like Anthony, he was always positive and energetic," said Thurston.
McDonalds doubled their staff working this morning and some managers donated their time, which ended up being a win-win situation.
"McDonald's gives to the community. So, we are gonig to give back to McDonald's they'll be our number one," said Barb Warner, a Holt High School parent.
More than $7,600 was raised by the end of the day. Anthony's parents say they're speechless seeing the sheer number that showed to support their son.


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SIKESTON -- Monnie McDonald has announced the engagement of her daughter, Amanda Leigh Powell, to Martin Ray Evans, son of Raburn and Debbie Evans of Sikeston.
A 2001 graduate of Kelly High School, the future bride is employed by Autry Morlan Inc. in Sikeston. She is the granddaughter of Gene Hall of Sikeston and the late Ida Aliean Hall and Milton and Lillian Powell.
The prospective bridegroom is a 2000 graduate of Sikeston High School and works for Raburn Evans Glass Service in Sikeston. His grandparents are Phyllis Aduddell of Sikeston and the late Jim and Marcella Aduddell and Pete and Lorene Evans.
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Let's face it: customers know what they want and when they want it. But… you're not a mind reader, so how will you be able to give your customers exactly what they want when they want it? Have you ever thought of asking them? Companies are using techniques, like crowdsourcing, to interact with their customers to gain insight into what customers want in order to develop new product ideas, product features and much, much more. The information you gain from your crowd can probably even impact your company's ability to remain a competing force within your industry. When you give customers the opportunity to have a say, it makes it easier for you to consistently hit home runs with your crowd when you launch new products and more.
Brand Survival
There's more to a company than the products it produces. A recent Co.Exist article, "The Brands That Survive Will Be The Brands That Make Life Better," by Morgan Clendaniel talks about meaningful brands and how impacting a customer's life is becoming an increasingly important for brand survival:
The most tangible outcome of this is that the Meaningful Brands survey—which spoke to 50,000 consumers in France, Spain, the U.K., Germany, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, China, Japan, India, and the U.S.—found that only 20% of the brands they interact with have a positive impact on their lives. And they feel that 70% of brands could disappear entirely without them noticing.
What's the trick to making a brand meaningful? Focus on outcomes, not outputs. The criteria, says Haque, are simple: "Did this brand make you fitter, wiser, smarter, closer? Did it improve your personal outcomes? Did it improve your community outcomes? Did it pollute the environment? We're trying to get beyond "did this company make a slightly better product" to the more resonant, meaningful question: Did this brand actually impact your life in a tangible, lasting, and positive way?"
The main takeaway from the article is that people are looking for companies – and products – that impact their lives. The questions listed in the above quote need to be addressed in order to achieve success in today's business world.
Crowdsourcing Can Help
People are looking for more than just "stuff", and I think that crowdsourcing can help. Crowdsourcing allows you to go straight to the source to find out what your customers are looking for from your company. Crowdsourcing allows you to gather answers to the questions above and continually improve products so that they continue remain meaningful to your customers.
In the article, the author uses the example of Nike+ to demonstrate how a company goes beyond providing a product, to making an impact:
Haique cites Nike+ as a prime example. "Instead of putting up another campaign of billboards with celebrities saying 'Buy our shoes, they'll turn you into a master runner,' Nike+ actually helps makes you a better runner. That's a constructive way to build a meaningful brand."
Nike saw an opportunity to offer more than just shoes to their customers. For people who wanted to start running to get into shape, Nike had the shoes they needed, but they also had a training tool to help customers set and achieve goals. Can you think outside of the box to figure out how to have more of an impact on the lives of your customers? Would you consider using crowdsourcing to ignite a conversation with your crowd about what they are looking for from your brand?


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PABA, or para-aminobenzoic acid, like choline and inositol, has not yet been "officially" recognized as a vitamin. The most common use of PABA is as a sunscreen. In solution (usually alcohol), PABA applied to the skin is the most effective sunscreen available. PABA has been shown to protect animals almost completely from the cancer-causing effects of ultraviolet light. PABA has been used in oral doses ranging from twelve to twenty-four grams per day in the treatment of many skin diseases, including fibrotic skin diseases and pemphigus, Peyronie's disease, reticulum cell sarcoma, and scleroderma. Doses of one to four grams, taken every two to three hours, produced a good response in seven out of ten people with chronic discoid lupus erythematosus. No RDA has been set for PABA. Natural sources include yeast, liver, and other B vitamin sources. Supplements of PABA are available in amounts ranging from a few milligrams to several hundred milligrams. PABA is generally considered nontoxic to people. The vitamin should not be given in supplemental form at the same time as sulfa drugs, since PABA deactivates the drugs. Fatty changes in the liver, kidneys, and heart have been reported in a small number of people taking extremely large doses of PABA for extended periods of time. PABA is found in grains, yeast, and foods of animal origin.


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Definition of brittle bone disease in English:
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Another term for osteogenesis imperfecta or osteoporosis.
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are required to attend the New Company Orientation held on Wednesdays at 2 p.m.
in the Security Division – no appointments are needed. Please ensure you have the
following information available at the time you attend the orientation (documents
must be originals; no copies will be accepted).
New Companies:
- Sponsorship Letter printed on the sponsor's company letterhead
The letter must list activities to be performed at the airport and the duration/location
of the project. All sub-contractors must have a letter from the contractor and tenant.
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- Authorized Signatory Appointment Letter printed
on the company's letterhead
The letter must be signed by company management and list the individual that will
serve as the Authorized Signatory.
- Certificate of Insurance
All companies must have a minimum General Liability in the amount of $1 million.
If vehicle access is needed, Automobile Liability in the amount of $10 million is
required (Excess Liability/Umbrella can reflect a portion of the required amount).
The expiration dates MUST be current, and the City of Atlanta must be listed as
an additional certificate holder.
- Airside Operating Permit (AOP)
New companies desiring to do business at the airport and requiring airside access,
but do not have an executed lease or contract with the City of Atlanta, shall first
apply for an Airside Operating Permit prior to the new company orientation briefing.
Information provided on the application shall be accurate and include but not limited
to general company information; a list of company sponsor(s); nature of work being
performed; location of work; and Federal Tax ID. An administrative fee of $50 will
be collected during the new company orientation briefing in order to activate the
AOP. Apply online at: https://secure.atlanta-airport.com/AirsidePermit/ .
For more information, see the City of Atlanta Ordinance Section 22-70 Airside Operating
Permit (AOP) link below: http://apps.atlantaga.gov/citycouncil/2009/images/adopted/0706/09O1047.pdf
Authorized Signatory Replacements and Secondary Authorized Signatories:
- An Authorized Signatory Appointment Letter is needed.
- Please ensure that the Sponsorship Letter and Certificate of
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Orientations are held on Wednesdays at 2:00pm
Authorized Signatory & New Company Information Presentation
Security Services Fees
Effective May 2, 2011
Welcome to the Department of Aviation's Security Fingerprinting Section. Our administrative
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Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri
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Individuals who wish to be fingerprinted must present two forms of identification
per Security Directive 1542-04-08C. If presenting a birth certificate, it must have
an original certification seal on the document.
The cost for the fingerprint is $50, per person. This fee may be paid in the form
of money order or company check made out to the City of Atlanta. This is a non-refundable
fingerprint-processing fee. Companies may maintain an account balance on file to
reduce check writing.
Fingerprint results are normally returned within three (3) business days.
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Individuals who fail to meet the Criminal History Background Check, who receive
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Definition of glass in English:
- I closed my eyes and leaned against the cool glass window, feeling sick.
- Silica is one of the basic materials of sand and it forms glass when it fuses.
- For anyone who does not know, glass is a hard, transparent or translucent brittle material that does not dissolve is not flammable.
- A glass is a substance that is non-crystalline yet almost completely undeformable.
- Trehalose may also stabilise tissues by trapping them in an immobile sugar glass.
- They offer chemically inert fluid paths of Teflon, Kel-F, and borosilicate glass.
- First of all, you should always be drinking quality beers out of a glass.
- I once saw a girl drinking beer from a pint glass with a straw.
- His picture decorates stickers, cigarette lighters, record sleeves, cups, beer glasses and so on - Che is omnipresent.
- The firm sells high quality china, glass and collectables.
- There will also be antique glass, china, furniture and metalware on display.
- Lesser items, such as old magazines, inexpensive glass and china ware, may just sit in boxes.
- Genetically engineer algae or other plant species to grow well under lunar conditions under filtered glass.
- Flowers for shows earlier in the year are grown under glass at his address in Thorpe Audlin, Pontefract, but for Chelsea he had them growing in a tunnel.
- The plants grown under glass were exposed to short treatments with supplementary UV-B.
- When he sat in front of the massive picture window that framed his easel, the glass mirrored his likeness under a mammoth magnolia tree.
- This allows you to scrutinize as much of the glass lens elements as possible.
- Somewhere outside there was a street lamp, it was caught in the glass, repeated, magnified and diminished, countless times.
- Etta was a very austere widow who wore a little glass lens on a chain around her neck and held it up to peer at Norm and I whenever she visited us.
- She poured another glass of the blue liquid and handed it to him.
- Downing another glass of the frothy liquid he stood shakily prepared to leave when someone called his name.
- By serving wine by the glass, restaurants open a new realm for wine drinkers.
verb[with object]
- This was the entrance to our front porch, which was all glassed in.
- It has been glassed in and made into an attractive Visitors' Centre.
- Although the arrow slits in the walls are glassed in and electric bulbs take the place of candlelight, as you ascend the narrow, anti-clockwise staircase, the feeling of a different time is strong.
- They stop and pass the binoculars back and forth, glassing the walls.
- Opening morning found us perched near the top of some Georgia pines, freezing half to death, overlooking a small field where we had glassed a few good bucks during the summer.
- They were so large I thought at first they were bear tracks, and I spent the rest of the day anxiously glassing the cliffs above.
the glass is half-full (or half-empty)
- Used to refer to an optimistic (or pessimistic) outlook on life: she remains a person for whom the glass is always half-full I like to think of myself as a glass half-full kind of guyMore example sentences
- I'm curious from the president's point of view whether the glass is half-empty or half-full.
- They can choose the glass is half-empty story, the glass is half-full story or they can write a little of both.
- They can choose the glass is half-empty story, the glass is half-full story or they can write a little of both.
people (who live) in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
- proverb You shouldn't criticize others when you have similar faults of your own.Example sentences
- So people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, eh?
- The shadow environment secretary said: 'It's all very well criticising the failure of America to sign up to Kyoto, but people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
- Yes, it's an extremely derogatory term, and not one I would use myself, unless I'm angry of course, and even then I would feel uneasy (people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones).
glassfulnoun (plural glassfuls)
- Example sentences
- Myself, I left at about 10.30 pm, having already spotted that the last bottle of red wine in the kitchen only had about one glassful left in it.
- I drink a large glassful of the juice every day and, hey presto, no more ulcers.
- When I found one I quickly downed a few glassfuls of water within 5 seconds.
glassless adjective
- Example sentences
- We walk past block after block of colonial stone buildings with 12-foot doorways and elaborate lintels, grillwork balconies, and shuttered, glassless windows.
- People leant through the glassless windows watching our browsing.
- Minutes later, I'm lounging on my bed and gazing through the glassless windows onto a panorama of paradise.
- Example sentences
- The unusually fine clay yielded a porcelain china that was translucent with a glass-like finish.
- The hilt and crosspiece were made of a dark metal, and a thin wire wrapped around cross-guard, attaching it to the chain, while the blade was made of a clear glass-like substance.
- Ice froze in the air, crystallized it into glass-like shards.
Old English glæs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch glas and German Glas.
The substance glass goes back to ancient Mesopotamia or Phoenicia (modern Lebanon and Syria). Glasses 'spectacles' dates from the mid 18th century, although before that people would use a single glass or 'an eye glass'. 'Men seldom make passes / At girls who wear glasses' is by the American wit Dorothy Parker (1893–1967). The proverb people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, dates from the 17th century. People started complaining of the existence of a glass ceiling, meaning an unofficial barrier to advancement at work, especially for a woman, in the early 1980s. Glaze (Late Middle English), to equip with glass, comes from glass and was first used of eyes, in Shakespeare's Richard II: 'For Sorrowes eyes glazed with blinding tears, Divides one thing entire to many objects.' Glare (Middle English) first found in the sense 'dazzling shine' may be related.
Words that rhyme with glassbrass, carse, class, coup de grâce, farce, grass, Grasse, impasse, Kars, kick-ass, kvass, Laplace, Maas, Madras, outclass, pass, sparse, stained glass, surpass, upper class, volte-face
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Each year some drivers in NASCAR's elite series must deal with a plague called the "Silly Season." Some years this situation starts early or later in the year.
Drivers trying to find or extend their contract for the next season and beyond is dubbed the "Silly Season."
Each year some of the most talented drivers are trying to negotiate an extension with their current race team. Clint Bowyer and Richard Childress Racing are at this point now. For the past couple of months Bowyer and RCR have been battling over the length of his contract. Bowyer wants a three-year deal and RCR has only offered a one-year contract.
So, Bowyer has been shopping his services in the Sprint Cup garage. Richard Petty Motorsports was the first team to put an offer on the table, but in the past week withdrew their offer, deciding to go another direction.
Michael Waltrip Racing has now jumped at the chance to land Bowyer in their garage. He would join Martin Truex Jr. and David Reutimann driving Toyotas. No formal offer or deal has yet been announced, but the atmosphere feels like MWR and Bowyer will be announcing a deal in the near future. Bowyer has a limited sponsorship with 5-Hour Energy to go along with his driving services next year.
Another top driver searching for a ride in 2012 is Brian Vickers. His current team, Red Bull Racing, will be closing its doors next season unless the team can find a buyer and sponsor for the cars. Vickers has driven for Red Bull since they started their operation in Sprint Cup in 2007.
One scenario on the horizon is Mark Martin joining forces with Tony Stewart at Stewart-Haas Racing. Stewart will be starting up a third team next year in preparation for Danica Patrick. Patrick will be competing in the Nationwide Series full-time in 2012, but wll run eight to 10 races in Sprint Cup. This leaves more than 20 races for an alternative driver. Martin has stated he is looking for a prime-time ride after giving up his seat at Hendrick Motorsports to Kasey Kahne. Martin would make an additional mentor for Patrick, besides Stewart, and also give the team a driver to run the remaining races.
So these drivers will be looking for rides next season, but for now they are just a few of the drivers dealing with NASCAR's "Silly Season." The sky is the limit where some of these drivers will land, but as a faithful fan of NASCAR, each will be crossing the finish in a ride next season.
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Yes - it does all seem very complicated.
i want to ask about one little thing. we were asked to "demostrate understanding" about the influences of the social. which means the culture, the beliefs and the opinions of people might different about slavery. how did different socials influenced to the culture, beliefs and opinions of people about slavery? where can i find those information or which structure of information should i write about these?( i don't even understand!==')
Perhaps if you asked your teacher to explain more fully what he meant.
I can, however, understand how different people would have different attitudes to slavery depending on their place in society, and their culture, beliefs and opinions.
I rich slave trader would think very differently to a gentle clergyman, for example. Many of the pople who led the campaign against the slave trade were Christians.
Women were very much against the slave trade, much more than men.
People in Bristol, which depending on the slave trade, might think differently to people in a small village inland.
That sort of thing...


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The Templar Treasure LbNA # 41922
|Placed Date
|Jul 19 2008
|Faribault, MN
|Planted By
|Solomon's Staff
|Found By
|Last Found
|Sep 13 2008
|Hike Distance
The Knights Templar were a group of religious knights founded in the 12th century.
They were charged with protecting pilgrims during the crusades. They also became very rich when they devised a means of transporting funds over long distances. It is said that this was the model for our modern day banking system. They soon became very famous across Christendom and very rich. Unfortunately, their demise came at the hands of Philip IV of France who was deeply in debted to them.
In 1307, many of the Order's members in France were arrested, tortured, and burned at the stake. When the Templars coffers were opened, they were found empty. It is said that some of the Templars were able to escape on ships baring this gold and made their way to America. What ever happened to the Templar treasure? One legend says that a part of it ended up in Faribault. Use the clues listed below to find what is left of the treasure
The first line of this letterbox clue has been deciphered for you.
Begin at the pillars, six in a row;
The circle and tree where the river flows.
(*From what we understand, you are to begin at the entrance of the Riverbend Nature Center. The sign at the entrance has a tree with a blue wavy line (the river) surrounded by a circle. Six square pillars of wood hold up the sign.)
Over half a furlong, travail down yon road,
Off to the right, you will find a hold.
Rest your trusted steed upon this solid ground,
And look for the chain with pyramid pointing down.
Here by foot is where yell begin,
Until your journey returns you here again.
Move betwixt the quarry and the rabbled ruins,
Then up, down the hill in the greenest of June.
Walk long the path where the sun doth be setting
long Summers golden sea and thorns for blood letting.
Proceed on yon path, til the fork splits in two
The Ent of the forestll be staring at you.
That ancient Oak bellows, Follow the dead
Through the cave with the roaring snake overhead.
Into the Dark Wood with sleeping trees proceed,
Through the Tangled Wood, where the path doth lead.
The Templar knight the pilgrims doth adore
Must stop at the place where directions are four
Fear not, brave, young knight, for all is not lost
Look for the sign of the water and cross!
Once youve stormed the gates of our rugged realm,
Sharply left, down and up, and proceed to the helm
Ascend, as a king to the top of the throne
Youve almost made it to the Templar home
Three wooden lances mark the trails right way
Dwarf pine and the tower mean youve gone astray.
(So many knights have met utter defeat,
Theyve taken the time to erect you a seat.)
Walk til the songbird sign is seen as you pass;
It watches, like a statute, mongst the tall grass.
Mark out the steps, a day for a pace;
Like Christ fasting in that arid space.
Soon yell find long the path, natures green guard,
He cloaks our keep in his emerald garb.
In spring and summer, tis hidden by natures hue;
In the fall and winter, tis within your view.
Walk through the green door and proceed to the stone keep,
It is hidden in part, in the wilderness deep
Your brothers have left you a table for feasting
Near this your grail they have long been keeping.
Betwixt Sylla and Charibdis where the gold is laid low,
Look for the symbol of Eden and know
member the sign, without water,--it is here,
The gold can be found hidden very near.
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I am terrible at making beef roasts.....they are never tender and I tend to overcook them because I don't like rare meat. But, I got two eye or round roasts over the weekend because they looked pretty lean and were on sale. One is 3 lbs. the other is 2 lbs. Now I don't know what to do with them! Can anyone help with a simple recipe?
I love eye of round! They are simple to cook, but be warned that if you cook them to well done they will be tough!
Sprinkle with your favorite seasonings such as onion powder, salt, pepper, cumin, etc. Place on a rack in a baking pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for approximately an hour and a quarter to an hour and a half. I like mine medium rare. Use a temp proble for correct temp. Remove from oven and allow to rest for 10 minutes or so so that the juices are absorbed back into the meat instead of running out onto the carving plate. Enjoy!
Thanks, that sounds simple enough for me to not mess it up! I guess I will have to pull the smaller one out sooner, but will an hour and a half be long enough to cook two together? I will use the meat thermom. for sure and only go to med. rare and let it rest.
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* Exported from MasterCook * UNBELIEVABLE EYE OF ROUND ROASTRecipe By :Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00Categories : Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method-------- ------------ -------------------------------- 1 beef eye of round meat -- (4 1/2 lb.) 1 jar brown mustard -- (8 oz.) 3 c. Kosher salt -- (3 to 4)Cover all sides and ends of the roast with brown mustard, using entireamount. Place Kosher salt on a plate; roll the roast in it, covering itcompletely (the salt coating should be thick with no meat or mustardshowing). Place roast on a rack in a roasting pan. Bake at 475 degrees forabout 12 minutes per pound for rare, 15 minutes per pound for medium and20 minutes per pound for well done. When roast is cooked to the desireddegree of doneness, crack the surface with a knife and remove the outercasing of salt and mustard (meat juices will be encased, making the roasttender). Carve roast into thin slices. Serve meat juices in gravy boat. 8servings.Note: When coating roast with salt, handle with tongs or your hands. Aknife or fork might pierce the salt casing.
Yum! That sounds good too!
I don't think there will be a huge difference in the cooking time, but perhaps check the temp of the smaller one at an hour and a quarter. I never check the weight of my eye of round roasts and always use approximately the same cooking time.
The other recipe looks good, too! Mine is simple, plain and simple, lol.
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Dorian mode
The mode represented by the natural diatonic scale D-D (containing a minor 3rd and minor 7th).
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- Similarly, the Dorian mode runs from ray, and the Aeolian from lah.
- D minor was traditionally regarded as a key both 'obscure' and a shade perilous, as was the Dorian mode it derived from; the piece falls, with the impetuosity of youth, into more contrarious sections than does any of the later toccatas.
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1A batch of goods destined for or delivered to someone: a consignment of drugs
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- He'd supervise the delivery of vast consignments of drugs and olive oil until he decided to go into business for himself.
- Excise diversion fraud involves the falsification of export documents so that consignments of alcohol purportedly destined for the continent are diverted to the home market without payment of excise duty.
- The minority of farmers involved in this practice pay dealers to deliver consignments of sheep to their farms.
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- Customers then receive email replies that provide a full status report on each consignment, from collection and delivery times to the name of the person who signed for the shipment.
- In the evening, lulled by the callousness of another day of sameness, we cast the issue upon a stack in a proscribed corner of our homes, for consignment to the kabariwalla at the end of the month.
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WATERLOO, Ont. - The High Torque Electric 4WD Motor Kit from SilverWolf Vehicles Inc. will convert a standard golf car into a four-wheel-drive utility/hunting vehicle.
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The sealed AC hub motors bolt to the front suspension, adding an electronically differentiated independent drive system to the front wheels. This means silent operation with no fuel odor, the company noted.
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The kit can be adapted to gas UTVs and other vehicles for hybrid applications, the company added.
"This ultra-efficient system allows the golf car to travel 50 percent further in real life off-road conditions, compared to traditional 4WD electric vehicles with two transaxles," said Claudia Demandt, SilverWolf vice president of sales and marketing. "The system is ideal for dealers who are looking to build a price-competitive, high-performance side-by-side option for their customers."
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Adoption of Orphan Drugs Poses Moral Pitfalls
Drug companies are exploiting a loophole in European legislation and setting excessively high prices for medicines for rare diseases to generate huge profits for little effort, a group of British doctors have claimed in a letter to the U.K. government urging action be taken to stop the practice.
The EU regulation allows pharma companies to modify existing treatments, obtain a licence for them and then charge excessive prices for the modified medicines while freezing out previous suppliers, the doctors said in a letter sent last month to U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and published in the British Medical Journal.
"No one seems willing to investigate the issues we are raising or to consider whether the system should be changed," Dr David Nicholl, the group's spokesman said.
But the U.K. government has told the doctors that it can't review the price of orphan drugs until end of 2013, when the current Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme ends. The PPRS system allows companies to set their own prices, subject only to a profit ceiling if their sales to the publicly-funded National Health Service exceed £35 million a year.
Still, a Department of Health spokesperson did say:
"We share the view that rewards to companies under the orphan medicines scheme should not be disproportionate to the effort and cost incurred … if there is evidence of systematic use of the orphan drug legislation in circumstances where companies are not incurring substantial R&D costs, then we will consider pressing for a change in the legislation to ensure a fairer deal for the taxpayer in these sorts of situations."
Orphan drug legislation began in the United States and has produced similar problems there as those now being seen in Europe.
Pharmaceutical companies are being increasingly attracted to this lucrative niche market, not least because the barriers to getting a licence for a drug to treat a rare disease are much lower than for medicines aimed at big patient populations.
Strangely, they are being helped by an FDA website that lists drugs that can be similarly exploited
The British doctors in their letter to Prime Minister David Cameron and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said:
"Legislation on orphan drugs, far from encouraging the development of new treatments for orphan diseases, is severely limiting the availability of existing treatments."
Their message should be heeded and investigated thoroughly.
As the doctors said in their open letter:
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AbstractLeaf area index (LAI) is an important ecological and environmental parameter. A new LAI algorithm is developed using the principles of ground LAI measurements based on canopy gap fraction. First, the relationship between LAI and gap fraction at various zenith angles is derived from the definition of LAI. Then, the directional gap fraction is acquired from a remote sensing bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) product. This acquisition is obtained by using a kernel driven model and a large-scale directional gap fraction algorithm. The algorithm has been applied to estimate a LAI distribution in China in mid-July 2002. The ground data acquired from two field experiments in Changbai Mountain and Qilian Mountain were used to validate the algorithm. To resolve the scale discrepancy between high resolution ground observations and low resolution remote sensing data, two TM images with a resolution approaching the size of ground plots were used to relate the coarse resolution LAI map to ground measurements. First, an empirical relationship between the measured LAI and a vegetation index was established. Next, a high resolution LAI map was generated using the relationship. The LAI value of a low resolution pixel was calculated from the area-weighted sum of high resolution LAIs composing the low resolution pixel. The results of this comparison showed that the inversion algorithm has an accuracy of 82%. Factors that may influence the accuracy are also discussed in this paper. (C) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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There is a growing debate on the net whether link popularity will be relevant in the medium term as search engine algorithms continue to change and evolve to be more efficient and facilitates easier methods for the average webmaster to focus on SEO related tasks. Personally, I think that link building is here to stay for the foreseeable future since Google uses linking data intensively.
Though link building is a very time consuming and tedious task, it is very important since search engines like Google use link popularity to determine the trustworthiness of a site and its overall ranking and relevancy in search results.
So, thanks to Seobook.com I've decided to make a list on my favorite effective link building methods and also black-hat practices to avoid.
Here we go:
1. Create a list of the top 10 myths for a specific category and do some myth busting.
2. Create a list of experts/professionals. If you impress the people listed well enough, or find a way to make your project look somewhat official, the pros may end up linking to your site or saying thanks. (Sometimes flattery is the easiest way to strike up a good relationship with an "authority".)
3. Make your content easy to understand so many people can understand and spread your message. Its very important to provide proper explanations of industry jargons, not everyone is an expert and you need to relate to all viewers.
4. Syndicate an article at Ezine Articles, Articlesbase, GoArticles, iSnare, etc. The great thing about good article sites is that their article pages actually rank highly and send highly qualified traffic.
5. Trade articles with other webmasters and bloggers
6) Email a few friends when you have important relevant news asking them for their feedback and/or if they would mind referencing it if they find your information useful.
7. Submit your site to DMOZ and other directories that allow free submissions. DMOZ is an excellent free open source directory, one that google regularly crawls to get information on submitted sites. The only issue that I have is that it can take up to 6 months before your submitted site is listed on DMOZ because it is run by volunteers and they receive thousands of submission requests. Also try to submit to paid directories. Quality Matters.
8. Create your own topical directory about your field of interest. Obviously link to your own site, deeplinking to important content where possible. Of course, if you make it into a truly useful resource, it will attract links on its own
9. If you create something that is of great quality make sure you ask a few friends to tag it for you. If your site gets on the front page of Digg or on the Del.icio.us popular list, hundreds more bloggers will see your site, and potentially link to it
10. Develop business relationships with non-competing businesses in the same field. Leverage these relationships online and off, by recommending each other via links and distributing each other's business cards. Try guest posting on other blogs as well.
11. Depending on your category and offer, you will find Craigslist to be a cheap or free classified service (Free Links)
12. Submit stories to Digg that links to an article on your site. You can also submit other content and have some of its link authority flow back to your profile page
13. Most forums allow members to leave signature links or personal profile links. If you make quality contributions some people will follow these links and potentially read your site and/or link to your site
14. If you buy a product or service you really like and are good at leaving testimonials, many of those turn into links. Two testimonial writing tips — make them believable and be specific where possible
15. Link to other blogs from your blog. Outbound links are one of the cheapest forms of marketing available. Many bloggers also track who is linking to them or where their traffic comes from, so linking to them is an easy way to get noticed by some of them
16. Comment on other blogs. Most of these comments will not provide much direct search engine value, but if your comments are useful, insightful, and relevant they can drive direct traffic. They also help make the other bloggers become aware of you, and they may start reading your blog and/or linking to it
17. Technorati tagged pages rank well in Yahoo! and MSN, and to a lesser extent in Google. Even if your blog is fairly new you can have your posts featured on the Technorati tag pages by tagging your posts with relevant tags
18. Swap some links on a small scale with relevant partners that will send you traffic. Stay away from the link trading hubs and networks. When swapping links, try to get links from within the content of relevant content pages. Do not try to get links from pages that list hundreds of off topic link partners. Only seek link exchanges that you would consider pursuing even if search engines did not exist. Instead of thinking just about your topic when exchanging links, think about demographic audience sets.
19. Become a sponsor. Many charities, contests, and conferences link to their sponsors. This can be a great way to gain visibility, links, and a warm feeling in your heart
20. This is one works but proceed with caution Get sued by a company people hate. This can get you hundreds or thousands of links, including links from sites like Wired and The Wall Street Journal
21. Host a contest. Contests make great link bait. A few-hundred-dollars prize can result in thousands of dollars worth of editorial quality links.
22. Build a tool/free application collection. Original and useful tools (and collections of tools) get a lot of link love. What do you think ranking for mortgage calculator is worth?
23. Engaging, useful, and interesting interviews are an easy way to create original content. And they spread like wildfire. Find successful professionals/guru in your field and request an interview. This also puts an automatic 'stamp of approval' on your site as it will seem as though they endorse your content/idea
6 Bad Link Building Techniques to Avoid
1. Submit your site to 200 cheesy paid directories (averaging $15 per submission) that send zero traffic and sell off topic run-of-site links
2. List 100 Web sites in your signature file when posting on a forum
3. Posting on forum threads that are years outdated exclusively to link to your semi-related website
4. Instead of signing blog comments with your real name, sign them with spammy keywords. 99% of the time site owners will be annoyed and delete your comments
5. Get links from nearly-hidden sections of websites listing hundreds or thousands of off topic sites
6. Steal content published by well known names. Strip out any attribution. Aggregate many popular channels and just wait for them to start talking about you
And that's all for today. Remember, there are many legitimate ways of building links, this list only provides a few of my favorites because of how easy they are to execute for even the newbie blogger/writer.
If there is anything you think I may have left out, feel free to leave a comment with your suggestion or question.


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Woman accused of driving drunk with 3-year-old in carUPDATED 9:22 PM EDT May 02, 2014
Stephanie Willenborg, 30, was taken into custody by Lockland police and charged with OVI, child endangering and a list of other offenses.Video Transcript
THREE TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT... WITH HER THREE YEAR-OLD SON IN THE CAR! TONIGHT A LOCAL MOTHER IS BEHIND BARS ... ACCUSED OF GOING ON A DEMOLITION DERBY ALONG 75... WITH HER CHILD IN THE BACKSEAT. WLWT NEWS FIVE'S ANDREW SETTERS.... IS LEADING THE WAY... WITH A LOOK AT HER WILD RIDE. (Andrew Setters) ("She's in lock-up now, but about this time yesterday she led them on a pursuit on I-75. She hit a car, hit a wall and did it all with her child in the car. I'll walk you through exactly how police think this happened.") 30 YEAR-OLD STEPHANIE WILLENBORG WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY LOCKLAND POLICE AND CHARGED WITH OVI, CHILD ENDANGERING AND A LIST OF OTHER OFFENSES. IT STARTED HERE, IN SEDAMSVILLE. CINCINNATI POLICE STARTED LOOKING FOR WILLENBORG AFTER AN ACCIDENT HERE ON FAIRBANKS AT RIVER ROAD. POLICE THINK WILLENBORG HIT A CAR, THEN HIT THE SAME CAR AGAIN. ("Hit skip vehicle out of the city of Cincinnati. North 75 passing the 13-9. She's refusing to stop.") LOCKLAND POLICE GOT INVOLVED ON I-75. THEY SAY WILLENBORG'S CAR HIT A RETAINING WALL AND KEPT GOING. POLICE FINALLY SPOTTED HER AND TRIED TO GET HER TO PULL OVER. WHEN THEY GOT HER STOPPED, POLICE DESCRIBE WILLENBORG AS "DISORIENTED," SAYING SHE "STUMBLED AS SHE EXITED THE CAR" AND HAD "SLURRED SPEECH." SHE WAS GIVEN A SOBRIETY TEST, AND BLEW A .258 - MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT. INSIDE HER CAR, WAS HER THREE YEAR-OLD SON. ("Going to be transporting one child from five-lincoln-sixty-two 's stop back to the Lockland Police department.") IN A PRESS RELEASE, LOCKLAND POLICE DESCRIBED THE CHILD AS "VISIBLY FRIGHTENED." WILLENBORG WAS IN COURT TODAY, FACING A LIST OF CHARGES. SHE'S BEING HELD ON $50,000 BOND. HER SON IS NOW IN THE CAR OF RELATIVES. (Andrew Setters) If Stephanie Willenborg is able to post bond and is released, Judge Richard Bernat ordered that she have no further contact with her son until ordered by the court. From the Hamilton County Justice Center, Andrew Setters, WLWT News Five.") TONIGHT SOME OF THE 55 SCHOOLS
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News roundup from Indian newspapers, news wires and websites on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Deals India has not verified the stories from other media organizations and does not vouch for their accuracy.
JSPL Eyes Stake in NMDC's Upcoming Steel Plant
Jindal Steel & Power Limited has said it is interested to partner NMDC Limited, in the latter's upcoming Rs 150-billion steel plant in Chhattisgarh, provided it gets a controlling stake in the venture. (Economic Times)
Aptech Inks Pact With Universal Commodities Exchange
Education services firm Aptech announced its three year strategic partnership with Universal Knowledge Management, the training arm of Universal Commodities eXchange to provide training to interested individuals in the financial services domain. (Business Standard)
STMicroelectronics, Ericsson Split Unit
STMicroelectronics and Ericsson will close their loss-making mobile chip joint venture ST-Ericsson by dividing parts of the business between them and shutting the rest with the loss of about 1,600 jobs. (Financial Express)
Essar Energy, the India-focused integrated energy company, has appointed Deepak Maheshwari as Chief Financial Officer in the place of P. Sampath, who moves to a new role as the President of Business Optimisation and Improvement. Both appointments are with effect from April 1, 2013. (The Hindu Business Line)
Qatar Not Considering Bid for Marks & Spencer
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I have had the pleasure of knowing Mark Stuart for nearly 20 years. In the mid-1990s I played in a Nashville band that was lucky enough to share several stages with Mark and his wife, singer-songwriter Stacey Earle. Since then, they've traveled extensively as a duo throughout the United States and beyond, performing hundreds of shows each year.
Since 2012, Wood Stove House had the privilege of hosting Mark and Stacey at two house concerts here in Lancaster. Later this month Mark returns for a stop on his current solo tour at the brand new Threshold Event Center, located at 150 S. Prince St. in downtown Lancaster. This new listening room opened its doors in July and will be hosting a plethora of local, regional, and national touring acts in the months and years ahead.
Mark Stuart has been playing music professionally since he was 15 years old. Along with being a multi-instrumentalist and veteran singer-songwriter, Mark's fabulous guitar work landed him touring gigs playing alongside Texas legend Freddy Fender, folk rocker Steve Forbert, and country rocker Steve Earle. While his duo work with Stacey is on hiatus this year, Mark has embarked on a solo tour where he plays great guitar pieces, self-penned songs from his solo albums, and "tribute" songs to those notable artists he has worked with along his journey. Mark is also an amazing storyteller and loves to include tales from the road during his performances.
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$1.3 million gets you Brian Setzer's North Loop loft
LYNN UNDERWOOD | Updated 12/17/2013
Setzer and wife Julie Reiten are selling their condo in Minneapolis' North Loop.
Setzer's upstairs game room holds his collection of vintage pinball machines.
A part of the game room is devoted to rock 'n' roll memorabilia, gold records and retro collectibles.
Black leather covers one of the walls of the music room
The glammed up living room features a silver-leaf fireplace surround, silver Chesterfield sofa and leopard-print area rug.
The updated kitchen boasts an amoeba-shaped island and modern cabinet doors and hardware.
The master bedroom mingles leopard and zebra prints with a sparkly chandelier.
The powder room was inspired by the swanky men's bathroom at the Monte Carlo restaurant.
Japanese wood soaking tub in the minimalist master bathroom.
Pink leopard-print laundry room.
The Minneapolis skyline view from the patio.
The album cover photo for the Brian Setzer Orchestra " Songs From Lonely Avenue" was shot on the roof of the building.
The condo is on the seventh floor of the Rock Island Lofts.
Musician Brian Setzer with the rockabilly band the Stray Cats.
Guitarist Brian Setzer and his wife, Julie Reiten, felt right at home in their aptly named Rock Island Lofts. Setzer would have friends over and "rock the heck" out of the top-floor unit. He even posed with his signature Gretsch guitar in front of the downtown Minneapolis skyline on his rooftop patio for the cover of his 2009 album, "Songs From Lonely Avenue."
"We leave the curtains open in the living room," he said during a phone interview while on tour with the Brian Setzer Orchestra's Christmas show, which included a gig last month at the Orpheum Theatre. "It's the prettiest nightlight you could have."
But after eight years there, Setzer and Reiten are selling their condo in the North Loop neighborhood, which is within walking distance of restaurants, nightlife haunts and Target Field. They're moving to a western suburb where Reiten will have a yard for gardening and space for an art studio — and Setzer will have a three-car garage. "My hobby is working on hot rods and motorcycles," he said.
'My Minnesota gal'
Setzer, known for his '50s-style blond pompadour and masterful guitar playing, founded the rockabilly revival band the Stray Cats, which produced hits such as "Stray Cat Strut" and "Rock This Town" in the 1980s. Then he revived big-band swing music with the Brian Setzer Orchestra in the 1990s.
He met Reiten, a singer for the Twin Cities band the Dust Bunnies, in Los Angeles when she auditioned as a vocalist for the Brian Setzer Orchestra.
"I married my Minnesota gal, Julie," he said. "We were living in California, and we kept going back and forth to visit her family. I fell in love with the city and liked the whole Minneapolis scene."
In 2005, the couple traded living by the ocean for the Minneapolis loft. Rock Island Lofts was built in 2002, but the brick building resembles an old warehouse, with arch-topped windows offering views of downtown skyscrapers and the river. The couple chose the two-level top-floor unit with 3,000 square feet and a rooftop patio. "Being a rock star, I had to have a penthouse," Setzer joked.
The first owner left the unit as a simple, plain box, except for Minnesota Gophers maroon and gold walls, said Setzer. They enlisted interior designer Greg Walsh to give the loft a retro rock 'n' roll vibe that reflected their interests and integrated some of Setzer's vintage collectibles.
"I gave it a rockabilly edge without being overtly contrived," said Walsh, principal at Martin Patrick 3 in Minneapolis. The loft's upper-level game room, outfitted with a half-dozen vintage pinball machines and a hula-dancer lamp, was inspired by a "1950s bowling alley and bar," said Setzer. Walsh gave it a lounge-lizard look with cobalt crocodile faux leather on the bar chairs. There's also a silver-flecked retro starburst decorating the wood floor. And down the hall, Walsh covered a wall with metallic paper to highlight Setzer's gold records and rock 'n' roll memorabilia.
The couple furnished the music room with a funky purple velvet sofa in front of a panel of black leather from an auto upholsterer. "It's one solid piece of leather and is great for soundproofing," said Setzer. "Me and three guys tacked it up." The final flourish is a custom lime-green Gretsch guitar light fixture suspended from the ceiling.
On the main level, the couple's master bedroom "is pretty groovy," said Setzer. "The zebra carpeting gives it urban glamour." For one wall, Walsh chose a dramatic matte and gloss wallpaper, featuring an oversized shell motif, and tossed hypnotizing red-lipped pillows created by artist Lisa Pearl on the bed. "The bedroom is exotic Hollywood glam with touches of traditionalism," said Walsh.


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