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More information is available in "Internet Users By Country", a yearly market research report by eTForecasts. The report estimates and forecasts the number of Internet users and broadband subscribers for 57 countries and the six main regions of the world for 1990 through 2015.
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(LOS ANGELES, CA) -- Vivid Entertainment, the world's leading adult film studio, has launched Vivid-Alt to distribute alternative XXX films for Eon McKai Productions, an imprint formed by alt-porn's dominant icon.
Eon McKai Productions will make twelve films in its first year, including four that 26-year-old McKai will direct himself. He will hire other cutting-edge directors to make the remaining eight films.
"This guy is great and he'll tap us directly into this exciting new trend in the adult movie industry," says Steven Hirsch, co-founder and co-chairman of Vivid Entertainment. "Eon will find the first actress to give a fresh, new face to the imprint. He'll also be looking for all sorts of alternative and progressive talent and programming to keep us at the top of this genre. I can't wait to see his first work."
McKai's early independent films sparked the dialogue that resulted in the new alt-adult genre, and he was able to translate that buzz into a genuine media sensation, with positive profiles in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Village Voice. But even while enjoying the accolades of the mainstream press, McKai's rebellious spirit left him suspicious of his own hype and thus hesitant, at first, to sign with industry leader Vivid.
"Like any self-respecting artist, or band," McKai says, "You worry that if you take that jump to a major label, or studio, that your hardcore fans will think you've just jumped the shark. I was a little nervous that hooking up with a major studio would have a negative impact on his alt credibility, so before signing with Vivid, I did my own market research. I went on our message board and asked fans if they would consider it a sell-out. They basically said, 'We're not stupid. If you have creative control while using Vivid as a tool to reach more people, then go for it.' So, the decision was made by the people who buy my movies; they saw how I struggled to make alt happen, they know that despite our success we've had ideas that we couldn't get done, but with Vivid's backing it will happen, and that's great for my following and alt as a whole."
McKai, who holds a masters degree from California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts) and has taught filmmaking, says that among the first directors he will sign for Vivid-Alt productions are Dave Naz and Octavio Arizala, aka Winkytiki. Naz is a leading California photographer who is the author of three well-received books with Goliath press: Lust Circus (2002), Panties (2003), and Legs (2004) and whose works have appeared in more than thirty shows in galleries worldwide and have been featured in FHM, GQ, Maxim, Nerve and Salon and other prominent venues. Winkytiki is a retro photographer famed for his sexy images and hip style. His take on Americana and the female form has been cited as fresh and delightfully nostalgic.
"My move to Vivid will also see the emergence of Team McKai to help us make porn magic," says McKai. "We are assembling a fabulous group of talent that I've been working with all along. We'll create cutting edge set design, art direction and fashions that are as hot as the sex and that will push the genre's boundaries."
McKai adds, "It should be very exciting to watch this imprint grow. It's great that I'll be able to nurture other directors, because the filmmakers in this genre are extremely passionate about their work and Steven Hirsch has encouraged us to take a lot of risks in structure and form. We want to encourage punk and EMO girls to keep their own style and gain confidence in their talent, and that's the kind of person we'll be looking for in the first girl for Eon McKai Productions."
About Vivid: The Vivid Entertainment Group is the world's leading adult film company. Founded in 1984, Vivid pioneered the "Vivid Girl" concept, under which top adult film stars are signed to exclusive agreements that are styled on the old Hollywood contract star system. Vivid has always placed heavy emphasis on high quality erotic film entertainment for the couples market. It has created wide brand-name awareness through its films and through a licensing and marketing program that extends to advertising, apparel, book publishing, virility supplements, condoms, snowboards, calendars, comic books and a variety of other products. Most recently, the company licensed an upscale nightclub in the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. The company is known for its innovative technological advances such as full function DVDs, a fast growing wireless program that is already active in 20 countries and its popular website Vivid.com. Vivid is a major supplier of content for pay-per-view networks in North America and internationally. The best selling hardcover book How to Have a XXX Sex Life: The Ultimate Vivid Guide, was co-authored by the Vivid Girls and published by HarperCollins. For more information contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
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- Antelope at Rio Linda
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- Rocklin at Whitney
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Nintendo sucks when it comes to providing batteries for its latest generation of products. The stock 3DS battery life is between three and five hours and the stock Wii U GamePad battery life is between two and four hours, which is just ridiculous. Fortunately, Nyko stepped up and at CES 2013 announced the Power Pak for Wii U that more than fixes the current GamePad situation. (Don't worry 3DS owners, Nyko already fixed the 3DS with the Power Pak +.)
The Power Pak for Wii U is simply a better rechargeable, Lithium Polymer battery. You just take the included screwdriver to the back of the Wii U GamePad, pop out the battery Nintendo gave you, pop in Nyko's $24.99 Power Pak for Wii U, seal it up and then charge it as usual. After a few hours, you'll be all set.
The best part is the huge difference the Power Pak for Wii U makes on your gaming life. It triples the battery life of the Wii U GamePad. Instead of only getting two or three hours of play at a time, you should start getting between six and nine hours on a single charge. I'm guessing this will be a must-buy come its February 2013 release window.
Seriously, though, I can't recommend Nyko's Power Pak batteries enough. I bought one for my 3DS after realizing I'd have to take my power cord everywhere if I didn't. Best money I ever spent, because sometimes I even get more than triple the battery life with the Power Pak +. If Nyko can do that with the 3DS battery, then I have faith the Power Pak for Wii U will be just as good.
Also, Nyko made a few other CES 2013 announcements. A Wii U Pro Commander Pro Controller and Charge Station U Wii U GamePad and Wii Remote charging cradle will be released in February 2013 for $34.99 each. There will also be a Charge Base pro for charging Pro Controllers, a GamePad charging stand and a UBoost external GamePad battery pack coming out next month for an unspecified price. I suppose those sound like possibly helpful items, but they pale in comparison to the usefulness of the Power Pak for Wii U.
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A black bear cub takes a break after pestering his sibling. Oh so cute, snuggly and cuddly! The mother had sensed danger and chased her twin cubs high up into the tree. A park ranger reminded us how lucky we were to be witnessing one of the rarest sights in the park.
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It's not summer in Colorado without the Front Range's hit annual outdoor film series. Join the Denver Film Society for the 15th season of Film on the Rocks with eight events throughout the summer featuring two tribute screenings, a 15th anniversary screening of FIGHT CLUB and more!
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SOLD OUT July 29th - PITCH PERFECT with The Messers and Tracksuit Wedding
JUST ADDED August 11th - TOP GUN with The Chardon Polka Band
August 25th - WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT with Chimney Choir and Jesse Manley
September 2nd - THE BIG LEBOWSKI with The Congress and Tyler Lee Holter
$12.25 General Admission convenience fees apply
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Doors open at 6:30pm, band begins at 7pm and movies start at dusk (approximately 9pm).
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Leave the driving to us and ride our party buses, or join us onsite before the movie for pre-parties. These upgraded ticket options include food and drink, and are the only way to receive access to the roped-off VIP seating section in front of the stage!
Trading Post Pre-Party Ticket- $37 * Party Bus Ticket - $60
Party Bus Package ($60) includes:
•5:00-6:40pm dinner and drinks at Blake Street Tavern (2301 Blake Street). Check-in with Denver Film Society Staff to receive your wristband. You MUST bring a state-issued ID or passport that verifies you're over 21. Buffet-style food, New Belgium beers, and Deep Eddy vodka cocktails will be provided.
•6:45pm Sunset Limo party buses depart Blake Street Tavern for Red Rocks. Once at the venue, you will be escorted to the VIP seating.
•11:00pm-ish After the movie ends, return to the bus at the same location where you were dropped-off to be shuttled back to Blake Street Tavern.
TRADING POST PARTY Itinerary ($37):
•The party is from 5:30-8:30pm. Doors for the show open at 6:30pm, the band starts onstage around 7pm, and the movie starts around 9pm. You will be given a wristband in order to sit in the VIP seating area - so you don't have to scramble for a seat once inside the venue.
•Steubens Food Truck will provide you with a plated entree dinner at the Trading Post. Options will vary by week, but may include brisket, fried chicken, pulled pork, mac and cheese, as well as other veggie options. (Please expect a small wait for your made to order meal) Complimentary Coors beer and Pepsi products will also be available.
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Pure Storage Picks Up $40 milion for European Expansion
Mechanical hard drives, until very recently, used to be a much cheaper form of storage than solid state flash memory. But the price difference has been greatly reduced. As a result, flash enterprise storage appears to have become a hot area for investment.
Pure Storage has raised $95 million since it was founded in 2009 with $40 million coming yesterday in a Series D round led by Mike Volpi of Index Ventures. It also involved existing investors Greylock Partners, Redpoint Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures along with Helen Greene, co-founder and CEO of VMWare.
According to Tech Crunch the latest investment will be focused on business development and, particularly, on expanding its operations in Europe.
Pure Storage's main product is FlashArray, a storage device utilizing high availability enterprise-grade flash memory. This is something that in the past had been considered a pricier option, but Pure has developed it into a product that is competitive with—and even cheaper, it claims—the price of traditional memory products. Volpi has put money down on this becuase he believes flash storage will become the primary way of accessing memory in the future:
"The advent of solid state memory technology as a mainstream, enterprise-class storage solution represents one of the most disruptive changes that the industry will see in a decade," he said in a statement. "We are confident that Pure Storage represents exactly such an industry-defining company."
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RAILROADED INTO TOWN — Jim Gaudet and the Railroad Boys perform at 8 p.m. at the Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge St, Narrowsburg. This national bluegrass band features lead guitarist Gaudet with Mat Kane on violin, Bobby Ristau on bass and Sten Isachsen on mandolin. The band's fourth CD, "Reasons That I Run," highlights the latest collection of Gaudet's stories and songs. $20; $18 DVAA members. Call 252-7272 or go to ArtsAllianceSite.org.
THE BRITISH ARE COMING — The Burning of Kingston weekend features British and American camps open to the public at 9 a.m. at Forsyth Park on Lucas Avenue in Kingston. Activities include assembly and safety inspection of British and American troops by regiment company drill at 9:15 a.m.; 18th-century demonstrations beginning at 10 a.m.; Landing Battle in Rotary Park at 11 a.m.; street battle and "Siege of the Persen House" at 2 p.m.; trial of Kingston's city mayor for treason against the Crown at 3 p.m. at the site of old Schneller's beer garden; Grand Ball at 7 p.m. at City Hall with colonial refreshments compliments of the Old Dutch Church Fellowship. Full schedule for the weekend available at kingston-ny.gov.
SCARECROWS AND HERITAGE DAY — Bring your interpretation of a Scarecrow to the Fall Heritage Day from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Friends of Historic Rochester Museum, 12 Main St., Accord. Compete for the best scarecrow, with submissions arranged on hay bales in the yard of the museum. The day includes historical displays, live music, arts and crafts, authors' book signings and children's activities. Antique appraisals for a nominal fee are scheduled from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free admission. 626-7104, or go to fhraccord.com.
APPLEFEST 2013 — 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Village of Warwick. This is the 25th year for the Applefest. Enjoy live music, vendors, a variety of foods, apple and otherwise, and children's activities. Held rain or shine. Call 987-8300 or go to warwickappl"‹efest.com.
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Anaheim has only 10 wins this season, but three of them have come against the San Jose Sharks, including a 3-2 win in San Jose on the day after Christmas. For whatever reason, those Sharks have brought out the best in Anaheim this season.
"It's a team like LA that we don't like to lose to," said Nick Bonino, who was drafted by the Sharks, but came to Anaheim in a trade deadline deal in 2009. "So far we've won every one and tonight is going to be just as hard, if not harder, than the last. You kind of know their tendencies and they know ours. They don't want to lose to the Ducks four in a row. They're definitely going to come out wanting to beat us."
Anaheim has for the most part pulled off those previous three wins without second-line winger Blake, who was knocked out of the 1-0 win on October 14 when defenseman Brent Burns stepped on his arm, causing ligament damage above the left wrist. After missing 35 games, Blake confirmed this morning what was already assumed -- he'll be back in there tonight.
"It feels good, it feels strong," he said following the morning skate. "I guess you'll never know until you get into a game. You look back three months ago, this is the team is happened against, so it's kind of ironic.
"It's nice to get back and play hockey and obviously being around the guys. That's what you miss most. We have such a good group of guys here, you just want to get int there and contribute and play well."
Bruce Boudreau was asked if Blake's presence will add a much-needed "boost" to the Ducks tonight and he laughed when he replied, "That's the oldest line in pro sports, I know that." But, he continued, "he'll give us a boost. You know Jason, he's full of energy. He'll play hard. He always does."
Blake will presumably return to his second line spot with Teemu Selanne and Saku Koivu, with whom he's skated the last couple of days. Boudreau said he'll try to limit his minutes, but will let the flow of the game dictate just how much. "We'd like to not have to play him more than 14 or 15 minutes, but we'll see how the game goes," he said. "The one things about Jason is he's always in tremendous shape. If he's feeling great and playing great, I'm not going to hold to that. I'll let him go as long as he can."
Blake has had to watch the Ducks' struggles mostly from afar, but seems so happy just to get back on the ice, he's keeping a good perspective.
"We've got a lot of hockey left and strange things can happen," he said. "The biggest thing for the Ducks is to worry about the Ducks and not anything else. Don't look at the standings and just play. You've got to win hockey games. The onus is on the players. We have to make sure we're ready to play. You can draw the Xs and Os all you want, but you've got to go out there and perform. It's a new year, and it starts tonight."
The Sharks, by the way, were still in third in the Western Conference after that defeat to Anaheim on December 26. They go into tonight's game ninth in the West, despite an overtime loss and a shootout win (both to Vancouver) since then. Of course, they're only one point short of LA in the Pacific Division race and third in the conference. (Only in the Western Conference could a team have points in eight of its last nine games and still be in ninth.)
Jonas Hiller will be in net tonight for the Sharks, a team he has played well against lately with a 5-0-0 record, a 1.71 goals-against average and two shutouts in his last six appearances against them. The Sharks will be with Antti Niemi.
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The 21-year-old Palmieri remains tied for the AHL lead in goals with 19, despite playing seven games with the Ducks this year (1 goal, 1 assist). He was reassigned to Syracuse last week.
The AHL All-Star game is Jan. 30 at Atlantic City, N.J., and you can vote Palmieri into the Eastern Conference starting lineup by visiting theahl.com or facebook.com/theahl and completing the official Reebok AHL All-Star Fan Ballot. You'll be entered to win a grand prize of a team-signed authentic 2012 AHL All-Star jersey. Five more winners will each receive a pair of tickets to the 2012 AHL All-Star Skills Competition and All-Star Game.
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Would you like to publish an eBook that's a runaway success? In this interview with Jim Kukral, you'll find tips on how to market eBooks successfully. Some tips will surprise you! You'll also learn about an amazing free resource for writers, the Author Marketing Club.
Jim Kukral is a best-selling author and top Internet entrepreneur. He teaches the Internet Marketing Certificate program at the University of San Francisco and is one of the top experts on Ebook marketing. Jim has recently started the Author Marketing Club which has created a buzz among writers.
The following interview is with Mary Jaksch, Chief Editor of WritetoDone.
Mary: What is the Author Marketing Club and how can it benefit writers?
Jim: Most authors just can't figure out the marketing end of things.That's why I created the Author Marketing Club as a free resource for authors.
If you're an author who has a book out, or you're thinking about writing a book, there are a lot of things that the Author Marketing Club can help you with.
You can learn how to market an eBook, and connect with other authors. If you want to get reviews for your book, you can post your book on our site, and our readers will write reviews for you.
The Author Marketing Club is a free resource – there's no charge for authors or readers to take part. It's a one-stop shop for authors who want to sell eBooks.
You can join our daily email list that goes out to all of our readers and authors. It lists all of the Kindle books that our authors publish. So, you can submit your book and get to all of our members.
Here's an example of how this works: if you're part of Amazon KVP Select, you get a free five-day promotion. You can come to the Author Marketing Club and submit your book and say, 'My book is going be free next Wednesday.' We'll then send it out to our authors and readers to give you that extra exposure you've been looking for.
Mary: What is the biggest barrier that stops people from writing books?
Jim: There's a lot of fear involved. Writers often think they can't do it.
For hundreds of years it's been only the publishers who decide what can be published. That has kept people with very good information or stories in their heads from moving forward and creating a book.
Over the last couple of years, a gigantic shift has happened: now anyone can take the information in their head, and not only put it on blogs and websites, but also publish it as a book.
Now you don't need a publisher to tell you that your book is good enough.
You can publish your eBook on Amazon overnight for free. There are no gatekeepers any more.
Mary: Writing an eBook is a lot of work. Is it worth the effort?
Jim: Absolutely! I've been at meetings where a customer or potential customer asked me a question, and I've reached into my bag, pulled out my book, and said: 'You know, I actually answer that question in my book.' I then flip it open to the page and hand him or her a copy of it. That has helped me get a lot of clients.
You can also leverage an eBooks for your career. Imagine walking into an interview, and handing your potential employer not only your resume, but you also a copy of your book, or sending them a link of your book on Amazon.
If you can say, 'I'm so interested in this field of work, I actually wrote short book about the topic,' you can be sure this will wow your potential employer!
Mary: Can you really make an income from writing books?
Jim: You can. You have to imagine what it's going to be like in a few years when there are as many e-readers as are MP3 players.
Think about the potential of owning the rights to a digital book. You can sell copies of it for the rest of your life. Because everyone will be able to find you and download your book.
Right now you can make a 70 % comission on Amazon. Of course, you need to promote your book and do enough marketing to get the word about your book. That's where the Author Marketing Club comes in handy.
If you're a fiction writer, it's much easier to make a lot of money. People love fiction books because they are pure entertainment. The non-fiction market is a lot smaller. But, as I said before, you can leverage non-fiction books in many ways to make money.
Mary: How can you promote a book if you're not a marketer?
Jim: You've got to learn about marketing. Here are some simple steps:
Step 1: The very day when you have the idea of the book in your head, sit down, give the book a title, and write down who the book is for.
Step 2: The next step is to create a book cover. You can get that done on Fiverr.com for only $5.
Step 3: Place the image of your bookcover on your blog, on Facebook, or wherever you tend to hang out. You can say, 'Hey, I'm writing this book,' and build anticipation. It's like the way big movies do it. You can see the trailer long before the film is ready for viewing.
Step 4: Create a short video or blog post about your book idea with an email signup form. Six months down the track when you've actually written the eBook, you'll already have a group of customers waiting for it.
Here's the take-home tip:
Start marketing a book before you write it.
The reason most authors fail, is that they write a book and then start to tell people about it.
Mary: What are your three main tips for writers who are considering writing an e-book?
Jim: Three tips? Here they are:
Tip #1: Write to entertain or to solve a problem
Tip #2: Start marketing as soon as you have the idea for a book.
Tip #3: Get it done.
There is a goldrush on Internet right now, where people can take their books and put them out there to build entire careers.
If you join the Author Marketing Club, you'll find help along the way. As I said before, it's free!
Jim Kukral is a top Internet entrepreneur, best-selling author and marketer. He teaches at the University of San Francisco for the Internet Marketing Certificate Programme. Check out his new venture, the Author Marketing Club.
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Great interview!
Marketing is one of those things that also no longer has a gatekeeper, with free blogs, Twitter, etc. It's hard to reconcile in my head marketing prior to even writing the book….I can't tell you how many unfinished books I have! Of course, a concrete deadline does tend to lend motivation.
Great recourse and info, Mary and Jim. It's getting more exciting by the day, the Internet and its potential.
One thing in particular stands out:
Jim: Three tips? Here they are:
Tip #1: Write to entertain or to solve a problem
Tip #2: Start marketing as soon as you have the idea for a book.
Tip #3: Get it done.
Love it. Know your direction, let people know what you're doing, deliver on your promise. This is a general formula for success in *so* many endeavors.
After my new blog launches this week, I'm working to finish my second ebook. I've bookmarked this post for reference. Excellent post, Mary and Jim, thanks!
I really enjoyed this article. I am about 1/3 done with my book, so this was very timely reading.
One issue I am wrestling with, and I don't want to sound rude saying this, is I keep feeling like it would be a failure to have to market my own book (beyond marketing to get an editor and publisher). I know that is becoming more of an old-school concept, but I can't help feeling like I wouldn't be good enough if I couldn't get a good publisher to back me.
I guess the real question I am dealing with is this – should I still put in a strong effort to get published the traditional route first? Or, are you saying it is best to just start self-market first, instead?
I've been published by two smaller traditional publishers. The problem is that the smaller guys don't have much in the way of funding for promotional resources, so you end up doing most of it yourself–if you want to sell much. I learned this the hard way and too late.
Plus, you give up most of the control when your turn your work over to someone else. With smaller presses, you may have some input; with larger ones you have none. Even big name authors are rarely afford the chance to have input.
On top of that, we're all aware that the big publishers are more interested in making money than in bringing quality writing to readers. In the past several months I've read at least 3-4 superb self-published novels that likely would never have seen the light of day by the traditional route. One of them in particular was so well done (Rex Rising by Chrystalla Thoma) that had I not known otherwise, there is no way I could tell it was self-published. From cover, to the writing, to the editing–everything was perfect.
My opinion is that the time you'll spend sending out dozens of query letters (and believe me that getting a query polished takes a LOT of time and effort) could be better spent writing and marketing (which you'll have to do anyway because the Big Guys won't do much for a newbie). Do it yourself and get your name out there. Even if you don't sell all that many copies, you're still likely to end up with more money in your pocket than a traditional publisher will give you–assuming you can land a big one.
Finally, the nice thing about self-publishing is that you have extra control over your marketing. You can change the price and run specials. You're also free to give books away to as many potential reviewers as you want.
Thanks for that Rick. I can tell I still have a lot to learn. I had no idea the restrictions placed on authors by big publishers (at least not the extent).
All I ever hear about are when an author gets a six-figure deal or the fun anecdotes about writing a hit book. I would love to hear more about the negative aspects of publishing options.
Check out the blogs of J.A. Konrath (Newbie's Guide to Self-Publishing–jakonrath.blogspot.com), Kris Rusch (www.kriswrites.com), and Passive Guy (www.thepassivevoice.com) and you'll get an earful. This six-figure deals are extremely rare. And check out my own blog http://www.writewell.silverpen.org that I co-author with Scott Gamboe for our modest tips on writing. There are plenty of other blogs out there that you'll find by checking out these blogs. Best wishes to you!
I just added 4 new bookmarks to my writing sites file. Thanks, again!
I'm glad everyone enjoyed the interview. It was my honor to do it!
Great post. Way too often new authors think about marketing and promotion AFTER the book comes out, but as you pointed out, you need to start marketing as soon as the idea of the book becomes a " fetus," so to speak.
Great tip about designing and putting up a cover image before the book is even written! Going to try that — thanks!
You have to do it! Also, when the cover is done, use social media to ask them for their opinions about it. You're building buyers before the book is even done!
Hey Mary and Jim,
This is an interview that can give would be writers some hope. I have to agree with Jim that people's biggest barrier is fear. People don't believe they're qualified to be writers, or perhaps they have confidence issues. But the internet opens a whole new world to writers and we should be taking advantage of that.
I'm a big advocate that if you have something worthwhile to say or you have a talent to share with others, work on repressing your fears, get the confidence and let us read your book. There are resources that make it so easy now, so take advantage of that 🙂
I published my book "101 Really Important Things You Already Know, But Keep Forgetting" on Kindle and it has sold only about 25 copies in six months.
Yet my "The Joy of Not Working" that is only available as a print book and was self-published over 20 years ago still sells almost 5,000 copies a year.
The difference is in the marketing on many levels. The importance of marketing can never be overstated. An ebook will never sell by itself. The book also has to be a great book to create word-of-mouth advertising, which ultimately is the best promotion available.
As a self-published author who has had 700,000 of my print books published and sold worldwide and who has earned well over $1 million from my self-publishing and writing, I can say that there is a lot of truth to the following quotes — particularly the first and last one:
"Nothing sells by itself."
— Ellen Chodosh
"The best time to start promoting your book is three years before it comes out. Three years to build a reputation, build a permission asset, build a blog, build a following, build credibility and build the connections you'll need later."
— Seth Godin
"There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to get sensible men to read it."
— C. C. Colton
"Even the most careful and expensive marketing plans cannot sell people a book they don't want to read."
— Michael Korda
In short, today way too many bloggers and sellers of online courses on how to write and promote ebooks make it sound way too easy. I think that people who blog and write about self-publishing ebooks should also cite the tens of thousands of people who have published on Amazon' Kindle and ibooks and have only sold 10 or 20 copies in a year — or in the lifetime of the ebook.
Ernie J. Zelinski
International Best-Selling Author, Innovator, and Prosperity Life Coach
Author of the self-pubished "How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free"
(Over 150,000 copies sold and published in 9 languages)
and "The Joy of Not Working"
(Over 250,000 copies sold and published in 17 languages)
To the point about marketing the book before it is done, that is a great idea. A spin off on this is to write an ad for the book before you start writing the book. The ad won't be used of course, but thinking through the selling points and who will read it will keep you focused on those points as you write. You are more likely to have a book that is a sales success if you do this kind of thinking. OK, thanks and good luck, Edward Smith.
My ad is the description. Why would people read this? Good points.
"Start marketing a book before you write it": Reading that was like having a light-bulb go off in my head – or, more like, getting hit by a truck full of light-bulbs, smack in the face.
I put my first eBook, "A London Tale," on Amazon a few weeks ago, and it still has only three sales (one of those is my mom). I didn't do an ounce of marketing before I put it up, and I haven't done much since then because it feels like I'm running hurriedly to catch up, and other people have done so much more.
After reading this post, I'm ready to jump-start a book idea that I've been sitting on for several years. To do today: think of a title, start making a video trailer, and scope out someone to make the cover. Thanks!
Erica, let me know how my team can help. http://www.digitalbooklaunch.com for people who want to do the marketing for their books. You can grab a free appointment with me on the site too.
Thank you, I will check it out!
Thanks for this article! I really enjoyed your simple tips on starting to market your book before you write it, especially the advice on placing the image of your bookcover on your blog or on Facebook and say, 'Hey, I'm writing this book,' to build anticipation. Thanks again!
I was looking over the Author Marketing Club site and am interested in joining. To register as an author, the terms say you must be an author with a digital book. Where is your contact information to ask questions before you violate any terms just by signing up? What I mean is can aspiring authors or people with ebooks in progress join as authors? Can you be both an author and a reader? Again where is the contact information to ask questions? It seems to me that any group site that cares about its members would have this information pretty handy and not hidden or nonexistent.
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The terms are just terms… loose rules at best. You have to have them, but really, who reads them and who enforces them? Nobody. I never would.
Thanks for letting me know. I have had the bad experience of the boot from a terms condition that wasn't read thoroughly, it's a bad feeling, especially when it is unintentional. I've learned the hard way to respect the terms because they can be enforced.
I really enjoyed this post. Glad I found it. 🙂
I like to see hope for more people as authors. There a lot of good ones out there who fear publishing and this makes it seem reachable.
Thanks for saving me from making the same mistake that most writer do. I intend to write an e-book and I was thinking to start promoting once I finish it. Now, I will create a marketing campaign while I finsh it.
Thanks again!
I wrote a book called The Broken Christmas Tree. it's up on Amazon. i started marketing it over a year ago on my personal Facebook page. I had the cover created and posted it on my Facebook eight months before I was finished. I had folks wanting the book even before it was completed. Talk about a motivator. If you put it out there, you must deliver. When you tell people about a book, and you know they are waiting on it, that is the drive to get it done. But keep in mind, do it well or when they read it and it's not of quality, then your fan base will diminish. I need to get the cover for m next one created and post it..I need something to drive me to get my Sci-Fi Tokus Numas done or rather rewritten for readers.
Thanks for all the excellent tips you've shared on ebook marketing! And i agree with all the simple steps you've included. you don't need to be a professional marketer to do all those things. anyone who wants to get their ebook promoted, they should take note of these tips since they really are helpful.
Great advice. I'm writing a fiction ebook but it's going to be very controversial, I think; almost like a "Salman Rushdie gone into hiding" type thing. Any advice?
I agree. Having a timetable helps. Decide on a timeframe and exact date for your ebook's release and then promote it as the release date comes.
Writing a good book takes work. And many good eyes on the text. Coaching may be critical if you've never written a book before, and editing is super important. Editing means much more than making sure all the words are spelled correctly and punctuation is done thoughtfully. It has to do also with tone, consistency, coherence, and overall readability. When there's no gatekeeper, you the author need to create one yourself–by hiring the right editor(s). Trusting only yourself is often a mistake. Trusting beyond yourself only people who are family, friends or neighbors is better but still not equal to having a good editor who will not let you publish junk.
When you've got the text right, you still need great "packaging" — cover and interior design — and it helps to have endorsements from people who have made a name for themselves in the field about which you are writing.
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In the autumn of 1642 the long foreshadowed clash between the English Parliament and the supporters of the Royal Prerogative was brought to a head. At Nottingham, before a generally uninterested audience, King Charles I (the "Man of Blood") raised the Royal Standard indicating all who took the field against him were traitors and rebels. Parliament sought to defeat the King militarily (or rather the King's evil counselors for we are His Majesty's most faithful servants) so as to overturn the Royal Prerogative in matters of tax and defense. In so doing it had the support of by far the majority of the aristocracy, the merchant class and the anti-papists. The King's aim was to defeat Parliament and establish his control of funding so as to permit the full flowering of his (he thought) divinely sanctioned powers. Into this heady brew came Papists (seeking freedom of religion), Protestant sectaries, rebellious Irish nobles, Scots Presbyterians (fresh from victory in the Bishop's Wars) and many other parties. Fortunately for England, the great nations of Europe were otherwise engaged.
Unhappy King Charles! allows two players to decide whether Commons or Cavalier shall rule in England. Both seek to establish control over the country and of its economic structures. They seek not only to defeat their opponents in battle but also to seize control of the local government of England and Wales.
The game is based on We the People, Mark Herman's ingenious game on a later rebellion. As the organization of armies and states was often desultory, the cards do not provide a wide range of choices (as in Paths of Glory). The players in Unhappy King Charles! must make do with what they have. The three decks of cards -- Red (1642-1643), Blue (1644) and Black (1645) -- have been developed to give the correct feel for the early, middle and late war, based on storyboarding techniques. As befits a Civil War, there is treachery, bravery and stupidity in the events on the cards.
Unhappy King Charles! is played over eleven turns, each representing about four months. Brigades of troops are used to form Armies (defined Rule 3) or garrisons of fortresses (Rule 13). Only unled Brigades are on the map, the others are placed on the box of their General on the Command Displays. Generals move on the maps.
The game can be won by an Automatic Victory, the play of a Treaty Card, by one side failing to control enough Areas, or at the end of the eleventh turn.
For those of you who like some counter-factuals a pack of would-be events is provided. Now you can use Dutch squadrons to blockade the King, summon the Duke of Lorraine, or cause a rising in London. As an Optional Rule, four events are drawn each game and shuffled into the middle and late decks.
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Year: 2008
Players: 2
Weight: 755 grams
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These numbers below are sky high – I really doubt that 399 people had to travel to Brussels with the President. Even half that amount – 200 – seems like a lot.
Of course to be fair, these expenses charged to the taxpayer should be compared to like travel by President Bush 43 which I don't have. But even if President Bush and President Obama are similar spenders….why do they have to spend this much? No other country's President travels nearly this heavy.
I don't see any indication that anyone in government cares how the taxpayers' hard earned money is spent (except a few rare instances like Senator Tom Coburn.)
Obama's Second $1.5M Brussels Hotel Bill in Less Than Three Months
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In late March of this year, President Obama stayed in Brussels, Belgium for about 24 hours on a weeklong trip through Europe. Lodging at The Hotel in Brussels cost $1.5 million, as we reported in April, including rooms for the president and his entourage, as well as for the advance team in the weeks preceding the visit.
Less than two and a half months later, President Obama returned to Brussels again for about 24 hours for a G-7 meeting in early June, once again stayed at The Hotel, and again incurred a cost of $1.5 million. This time, the documents cited a need for "399 Lodging Rooms, CLICK HERE TO READ REST OF ARTICLE


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Meet the Climate Change Activists Inside Matt Ridley's Conscience
Kyla Mandel | October 28, 2015
By Kyla Mandel • Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 03:52
They slipped into place under the cover of darkness. With bicycle D-locks around their necks chained to diggers in the middle of the UK's largest open-cast coal mine, and arms sealed inside concrete-laden, red-sequined tubes at the site's entrance, this was Matt Ridley's Conscience calling for the end of coal – the dirtiest fossil fuel of them all.
By dawn, mine workers and lorry drivers, unable to enter the site, turned away. After eight and a half hours of peaceful protest and nine arrests, victory was declared Monday afternoon for having successfully closed operations for the day.
This is what happens when a group of concerned individuals come together to act on climate change. But who exactly are these individuals and why are they calling themselves 'Matt Ridley's Conscience'?


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COLUMBIA — After missing last year's event, athletics director Mike Alden is the projected main attraction for next Wednesday's annual visit of the University of Missouri-Columbia Tigers Coaches Caravan to this area.
The event, which benefits the Tigers Scholarship?Fund, again will be at Northwestern?High School in?Mendon, about 15 miles south of Brookfield on Missouri Highway 11, April 18.
The cost this year is $20 per person. Reservations are needed by Monday.
Unless something changes between now and then – and late developments have occurred in past years, this would be the first time in the past 10 years that neither the MU?football nor men's basketball head coach has been among the attendees at the area stop.
According to Chad Moller, assistant MU?athletics director for media relations, current scheduled participants Wednesday in addition to Alden are women's basketball head coach?Robin?Pingeton, who also was on hand last year, and men's hoops assistant coach?Ernie Nestor. A student-athlete or two also may be on hand.
With the university's pending switch to the Southeastern Conference next school year and Alden's central role in that development over the past couple of years, his presentation should give event attendees first-hand insight into the factors involved and the perceived benefits of the pending change.
The annual Tigers Coaches Caravan makes stops across the state and country each spring, enabling MU?fans to meet coaches, student-athletes, and members of the athletic staff in a casual environment. The caravans also are designed as a "thank you" from the university to loyal Tigers fans, and everyone is invited to attend coaches caravan events, according to the university's website.
Tigers Coaches Caravan event locations are determined on a year-by-year basis, but, through the efforts of alumnus Fred Carpenter of Sumner, the visit to Mendon has been a fixture on the annual schedule for more than a decade.
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REDWOOD CITY -- Nicole Redman escaped unharmed from the six-alarm blaze that tore through her over 70 unit apartment building Oct. 17 but now she says tenants like her are fighting a battle to get their possessions back.
The owners of the Terrace Apartments, which include a prominent San Mateo County businessman, are not allowing residents to go into the badly damaged and possibly toxic building to get their belongings. Instead, the owners have offered to help the former residents get a couple of boxes of their electronics, jewelry and housewares out of the building.
The fire appears to be an accident, possibly started by a pot left on a stove. Four people were injured in the flames. A blaze in a similar Redwood City building left one man dead in July.
Tenants who accept the owners' offer must sign a legal release that has left some nervous. However, if tenants want to try to get the rest of their stuff, they or their insurance company must pay what could be thousands of dollars to a special fire recovery contractor.
"It's seems like to me they have control of all my possessions, and they are holding them hostage," Redman, 27, said of the owners. "They are essentially trying to trade my things for this liability release."
A message seeking comment from a building owner, William L. Butler, CEO of W.L. Butler Construction, was not immediately returned.
Sequoia Realty Vice President Jeff Badstubner, whose company manages the property, said the owners are trying to protect residents from potential dangers in the building and have made significant efforts to help. As workers carried tenants' items from the building, he noted the owners and their insurance company picked up that cost.
"There was no obligation to do anything we are doing," Badstubner said. "It was our goal to try and do as much as possible within the framework we were given by our consultants and just realistic expectations."
Thursday, former residents were providing workers with lists of things they wanted from their old apartments. The owners were paying for the recovery of about two moving boxes worth of items from each unit, though in some cases workers carried out more.
This arrangement was legal, but lacked sensitivity to people who had just lost their homes, said Shirley Gibson, directing attorney at Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County. She noted owners or their insurance company can and do cover the cost of removing tenants' possessions after a fire.
The release, she said, is a standard one protecting the owners from legal liability if someone gets sick or hurt from an item taken from the burned building. The owners have told residents they are concerned the 1960s-era building harbors lead, asbestos or other toxins that were stirred up by the flames.
Gibson said the landlord was working with her to narrow the legal release in an effort to ease concerns it freed the company from all responsibility for fire-related costs.
"I think they are being very cautious," she said of the owners. "It understandably strikes people as insensitive."
The owners offer of help comes with a few exceptions. The crews will not remove clothing, kitchen items, bedding, medicine and furniture. Jewelry, photos and small electronics were part of the offer, Redman said. She's not sure what that means for a $2,600 ballroom dancing costume that's hanging in the closet of her former home.
"They are trying to protect themselves and I understand that," she said. "But they are not the ones who lost everything. In fact, they have everything I own."
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Prague Union Chief Faces Strong Public Rebuff
Czech transport workers' union leader Jaromir Dusek this week publicly alleged that hiring practices in parts of Czech state administration and in some state-owned companies are biased in favor of homosexuals, but his comments were immediately countered by the full spectrum of Czech society, right up to the prime minister.
Dusek's allegations are "the most primitive form of attack on human dignity," and he should issue a full public apology and retract all his comments, Prime Minister Jan Fischer said at a televised news conference this week.
In his comments, Dusek claimed some senior managers at state-owned Czech Railways and the transport ministry are gay and alleged they are behind a conspiracy to award large transport infrastructure tenders to companies controlled by other gays.
Dusek also attacked a host of well-respected public servants and alleged that gay civil servants have siphoned some 8 billion koruna (US$422.7 million) from public coffers and that the cash is now in a slush fund for their own use.
Dusek didn't answer telephone calls from Dow Jones Newswires.
The sad fracas is widely viewed as a poorly conceived attempt for public attention by Dusek, whose SOSAD labor union has been threatening a nationwide halt of bus, train and tram service to stave off government-proposed cuts to employee benefits amid a post-recession fiscal belt tightening program.
Gustav Slamecka, minister for transportation and one of several public servants attacked by Dusek, said that the comments are homophobic and that hate-speech is reminiscent of Nazi rhetoric and doesn't belong in a democratic society. In a civil society, personal lives should remain private and public servants should be judged by their professional performance and by nothing else, Slamecka said.
Slamecka said he and others are filing criminal charges against Dusek. "I believe that the representatives of the union will make their decision," Slamecka said.
Members of the SOSAD union said Dusek does not represent their views, according to Jan Kadecka, the union's first deputy chairman, yet they are allowing Dusek to continue in his post as chairman, saying it's a closed issue.
However, the nationwide coalition of unions — of which SOSAD is just one part — which does the actual negotiating with the government for national labor issues, has pulled Dusek from their negotiating team. "Until the issue currently circulating through media is resolved, Jaromir Dusek will not represent the Coalition of Transport Unions," said Lubos Pomajbik, coalition chairman.
Dusek's extreme views seem largely out of touch with the Czech mainstream. Readers should remember that several years back, without protest, the Czechs became the first post-communist country in central Europe to legalize registered partnerships for homosexual couples.
No Czechs will deny that the Czech Railway company has been beleaguered by poor management for many years, as evidenced by the company's regular annual financial losses, but the same criticism applies to just about every state-run enterprise, including the forestry management or civil administration.
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Modesto: 3 Killed in Hwy 99 Truck Accident
Triple-fatal truck accident: Three people were killed Monday when a big-rig rear-ended their car on Highway 99 in Ceres, about 5 miles south of Modesto.
• Six men were in a disabled car on Highway 99 when they were struck from behind by a big-rig.
• Three of the men in the back seat of the car were killed immediately.
• The other three men in the car were hospitalized with serious injuries.
• The truck driver was not hurt.
The deadly highway accident occurred just before dawn, at about 6:20 a.m., according to a report in the Modesto Bee.
California Highway Patrol officer Chuck Leon said a southbound Cadillac with six people inside was either traveling very slowly or stopped in the slow lane of Highway 99, possibly due to a flat tire, when the accident occurred.
A big-rig driven by 43-year-old Varinder Badial of Yuba City was traveling southbound at about 57 mph when it hit the Cadillac from behind.
The impact crushed the rear of the Cadillac, killing three men in the back seat. The men were identified as Jose Jaime Botello-Herrera, Erasmo Tello Jaimes, and a third man whose name was withheld pending notification of his next of kin. The Bee reported that Botello-Herrera and the unidentified man were in their 20s, while Jaimes was in his early 50s.
A fourth man who was riding in the back seat, 18-year-old Bryan Aranda, survived but suffered serious head injuries. The driver of the car, 53-year-old Rogelio Reyes Leon, suffered major injuries, and the front seat passenger, 26-year-old Antonio Lopez, suffered moderate injuries. All three of the men were hospitalized.
All of the men in the car were migrant workers who were traveling to a local farm to install sprinklers, according to the Bee report.
The truck driver was not injured.
Leon said the CHP does not suspect that drugs, alcohol, or texting were involved in the accident.
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Villa boss Lambert, is thought to be in the market for striking reinforcements having frozen out £24million signing Darren Bent in recent games.
Despite the player not being available for selection last weekend due to injury, it is reckoned that the manager will pursue targets to replace Bent.
Aubameyang is highly sought after due to a number of impressive performances for his club in Ligue1 following a move from AC Milan last year.
The French born forward has a formidable record of 22 goals in 56 league games for St. Etienne and could provide Villa with a further cutting edge up front.
Darren Bent will expect to also have a number of suitors, with Fulham the latest team believed to have expressed an interest, so Lambert will have funds to spend.
This means that they can plot a raid for the Gabon International, who is expected to available for a figure of £7million. The club's owner Randy Lerner is believed to have already sanctioned a move for the player.
Villa scouts have pinpointed Aubameyang style of play as being perfect for the Premier League, and they are confident he would hit the ground running if he moved to Villa Park.
In the summer the 23 year old also represented Gabon at the Olympic Games in London scoring 1 goal in 3 appearances, and has previously admitted his love for the English game.


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An investigator has been to the site of a helicopter crash Monday in the South Umpqua River near Days Creek, and a preliminary report on the cause may be made within 10 days, a federal official said Friday.
A Federal Aviation Administration investigator checked out the crash and will report back to the National Transportation Safety Board, which will determine what caused a Jet BellRanger to plunge into the river in the 13000 block of Tiller Trail Highway. An accident notification posted earlier this week by the FAA noted the helicopter struck power lines before it fell into the river.
The three people aboard, the pilot and two Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists who were conducting fish surveys along the South Umpqua, remained hospitalized Friday.
NTSB spokesman Keith Holloway said a final determination of cause may take 12 to 18 months.
A FAA spokesman said the NTSB is leading the investigation and that he could not comment.
ODFW biologist Holly Huchko, 34, was upgraded to fair condition at Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield today, according to the hospital's website. She was listed in serious condition Thursday.
Pilot Fred Wittlake, 55, of Rogue River, was in fair condition at Sacred Heart, according to the hospital.
ODFW biologist Eric Himmelreich, 35, remained in good condition at Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg, a hospital spokeswoman said.
The helicopter is registered to Robert Ferreira of Ashland, according to the FAA. Siskiyou Transportation and Timberland Helicopters also are listed as owners. Ferreira is president of T L Forest Products on Dead Indian Memorial Road, according to state business records.
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A car collided with a loaded school bus packed with students heading for Cristo Rey High School on Monday morning.
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Students on the bus told KMBC's Brenda Washington that it appeared the car turned into the school bus.
Everyone was checked out by paramedics at the scene and released. Another school bus arrived to pick up the students and take them to school by 7:45 a.m.
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TA, Summit Put $350M Into Bigpoint
Germany-based Bigpoint, an online gaming company with a developer team in San Francisco, said that it secured $350 million in a recapitalization financing from TA Associates and Summit Partners, growth equity firms with offices in Boston and Silicon Valley. The deal gives TA and Summit a controlling share of Bigpoint together, with previous shareholder Comcast Interactive Capital's Peacock Equity Fund selling its holdings and GMT Communications Partners and GE selling a majority of their Bigpoint stake. Bigpoint, which makes the games Battlestar Galactica Online, Farmerama and DarkOrbit, will put the new money toward international expansion


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Definition of European in English:
1Relating to or characteristic of Europe or its inhabitants: twentieth-century European art the culture and history of the European peoples
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- We Europeans may take Palestinian land to give it to former European inhabitants, the Jews.
- Today Walter sounds like an American, whereas Henry has a characteristic European accent.
- Shortly thereafter, French missionaries became the first European inhabitants of the island.
1.1Relating to the European Union: a single European currency
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- Under capitalism European unification means the domination of the continent by the strongest imperialist powers.
- I'm voting Green in the European elections and Lib Dem in the locals.
- But the idea of working with European partners on foreign policy and security issues is gaining favor.
1A native or inhabitant of Europe.
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- He compares the Palestinians at the time to Native Americans when Europeans first showed up in North America.
- For example, both Native Americans and Europeans used awls to produce clothing, bags, and leggings.
- The second part focuses on the ways that Native Americans and Europeans adjusted to this new commerce.
1.1A national of a state belonging to the European Union.
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- It also encompasses interactions with Europeans and national and regional officials and institutions.
- A fetac Award is like a passport with national and most importantly, as Europeans, international recognition.
- To Americans, the national flag has a depth of meaning that Europeans find hard to understand.
1.2A person who is committed to the European Union: they claimed to be the party of good Europeans
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- This is the fact that French leaders have been at once passionate patriots and passionate Europeans, a combination which leaves the British incredulous.
1.3A person of European parentage.
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- Coffee companies don't belong to Ugandans, they belong to white Europeans, to muzungus.
- It is surprising that another emotive word like tribe is still used to describe ethnic groupings in Africa when Europeans are called nationals.
- The gap between African Americans and Europeans continues to grow throughout the schooling process.
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- Political isolation and half-hearted Europeanism will also wreak havoc with our attempts to reform the European Central Bank, the common agricultural policy and the union itself.
- A new pan-eastern Europeanism seemingly supplies America's greatest metropolis with its negative libidinal forces.
- To bring my meanderings back to the topic of British politics, this either France or America mentality would be fatal to the success of the cause of Europeanism in the UK.
From French européen, from Latin europaeus, based on Greek Eurōpē 'Europe'.
Words that rhyme with EuropeanActaeon, Aegean, aeon (US eon), Augean, Behan, Cadmean, Caribbean, Carolean, Chaldean, Cyclopean, empyrean, epicurean, Fijian, Galilean, Hasmonean, Hebridean, Herculean, Ian, Jacobean, Kampuchean, Laodicean, lien, Linnaean (US Linnean), Maccabean, Mandaean (US Mandean), Medicean, monogenean, Nabataean (US Nabatean), Orphean, paean, paeon, pean, peon, Periclean, piscean, plebeian, Pyrenean, Pythagorean, Sabaean, Sadducean, Sisyphean, skean, Tanzanian, Tennesseean, Terpsichorean, theodicean, Tyrolean
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Week in Sports
By Gideon Rubin
On a day when Cathedral Catholic's high-powered offense was held in check, the Dons had to rely on the arm of pitching standout Daniel Camarena.
Fortunately for the Dons, Camarena happens to have one special arm.
The University of San Diego-bound southpaw tossed a complete game six-hitter in a 1-0 victory over Ramona in a San Diego Section Div. III quarterfinal on May 27.
The Dons, who are seeking their third title in four years, were scheduled to meet Monte Vista in the semifinals on May 31.
Camarena struck out six batters and allowed one walk.
His bat was a decisive factor too.
The Dons scored the game's only run in the fifth when Camarena doubled in Stephen Gonsalves.
The Dons improved their overall record for the season to 28-4.
Torrey Pines went through a play-in, experienced a first-round loss, and lived to tell about it.
The Falcons took the hard road, but they advanced to the semifinals after a 12-4 loser's bracket victory over San Pasqual on May 28.
Torrey Pines was scheduled to play Grossmont in the semis on May 31, with the Falcons needing two wins to advance to the double-elimination tournament's Div. I finals.
The Falcons defeated Eastlake 10-5 in a May 24 play-in.
They lost to San Pasqual 4-0 the next day, but they stayed alive by beating Mission Hills 6-3 on May 27, and then the San Pasqual playoff rematch.
Morgan Oliver and Kyle Johnson each had two hits including a home run, and Jack Mitchell added a three-run homer to lead the Falcons in the San Pasqual game.
Oliver and Brian Thene each had two hits to lead the Falcons in the Mission Hills game.
In a surprising move in the second San Pasqual game, seldom used pitcher Sam Wisenberg made a spot start. The move paid off for the Falcons, with Wisenberg allowing one run in four innings of four-hit ball.
Taylor Murphy led the Falcons offensively, going 3 for 4 with two doubles and six RBI.
Garrett Stubbs had three hits including a double and a home run, and Oliver had two hits and three RBI.
The Falcons improved their overall record for the season to 25-10.
Santa Fe Christian defeated Calvary Christian 3-1 to advance in the Div. IV quarterfinals.
The victory followed a first-round 21-0 shellacking of Lutheran.
Nolan Gannon struck out 14 batters and allowed one walk and one unearned run in a complete game five-hitter to lead the Eagles in the San Pasqual game.
Barrett Floyd had two hits and two RBI including a triple to lead the Eagles offensively.
The Eagles improved their overall record for the season to 21-6.
Josh Estill had three hits including two homers and drove in six runs to lead the Eagles in the Lutheran game.
Jake McKinney had two hits and four RBI and Bobby Zarubin added two hits and three RBI.
The Eagles were scheduled to face San Pasqual in the semifinals of the double-elimination tournament, with San Pasqual needing to beat the Eagles twice to advance to the finals.
The Eagles improved their overall record the season to 21-6.
Torrey Pines was eliminated from the San Diego Section Div. I double-elimination playoffs after a heartbreaking 1-0 loss to Rancho Bernardo in a May 26 game that went eight innings.
The Falcons lost to Grossmont 2-1 in the first round on May 20, but stayed alive by beating Carlsbad 6-3 the next day and Eastlake 6-3 on May 24.
Falcons pitching standout Rachel Nasland took the loss in the Rancho Bernardo game despite a great effort. She struck out nine batters and allowed one run on eight hits and no walks.
Julia Yacker had two hits and three RBI to lead the Falcons in the Eastlake game.
The Falcons concluded their season with a 23-11-1 overall mark.
Cathedral Catholic was eliminated from the Div. III playoffs after losing to Ramona 9-7 and University City 12-2 in May 26 games.
Riley Price had three hits including a home run and two RBI to lead the Dons in the Ramona game.
The Dons concluded their season with a 17-13 overall record.
Torrey Pines won the San Diego Section title in decisive fashion.
The Falcons shot a 737 team score in the two-day tournament at Coronado Golf Course that ended on May 26, finishing a whopping 36 strokes ahead of second-place La Jolla Country Day. Jay Hwang led the Falcons and finished third overall, shooting a combined 139 (he shot a 68 the first day, and a 71 the second day) on an 18-hole par-72 course.
Michael Kim tied for sixth shooting a combined 146, and Robert Gojuangco finished tied for 12th, shooting a combined 149.


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NRA-ILA | Editorial Describes America Through the Eyes of an Anti-Gunner
The Post, of course, was inclined to agree. Its introduction to the reprint cited, with apparent admiration, the low firearm ownership rate amongst civilians in the jurisdiction where the editorial was written: .06 guns per 100 people. Meanwhile, the nationwide U.S. rate, the Post reported, is closer to 100 firearms per 100 people. The Post also noted recent attempts by the locale where the editorial was written to tighten its own firearm laws, including laws governing their registration, storage, use, and prohibition.
Like we said, we've seen it all before, and so has anyone who's read gun-bashing editorials in any big-city American newspaper.
Only this time, the editorial wasn't originally published in a U.S. city. It was published by a state newspaper in Pyongyang, North Korea. You can read it here for yourself.
Well, there are a lot of people at WaPo (and elsewhere) who think it wouldn't be such a bad idea if Obama had the same sort of dictatorial powers that Dear Leader has. Make it a lot easier to get around that pesky Constitution.
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Recent Enforcement Developments
Scottish oil and gas services company agrees to civil settlement. On 23 November 2012, Abbot Group Ltd. agreed to a civil settlement of GBP 5.6 million (USD 8.9 million) with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. The penalty, which will be invested in programs to foster youth employability, healthy lifestyles, and reduced recidivism among Scottish youth, represents the profit obtained from a 2006 contract between an overseas subsidiary of Abbot and an unidentified oil and gas company, resulting in improper payments by Abbot in 2007. The authorities did not disclose the location or the identity of the individuals and subsidiaries involved, pending a criminal investigation of the transaction. This is the first instance of a Scottish company entering into such an agreement under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The complete Compendium summary for this case may be accessed here.


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1. Was asked how he felt about the 2-week rest. TMac said it was an important decision. It's been the toughest season to him since the expectation was very high. He did not have a normal off season and training camp, mentally and physically. He played with only one leg in order to get a better record for the team but that hurt him.
2. Was 2 week enough for him to recover. He said he wasn't sure but he will force he body. He thinks he is lack of strength and he will do some weight lifiting and exercises. He legs have becoming strong now. Mentally he has to believe his body but that's not the case now.
3. Is he worried about never back to the old TMac again. TMac said he wasn't worried at all. He'll try his best. Someone thought he is over and he found it was funny but humiliating.
4. Was he motivated by the critics. TMac said he was not the kind of person who stop in front of critics. He listened and read newspapers. He was motivated and when he's back, everything will be different and he promised. He also said he's the best playmaker/facilitator, and he wants to pass the ball to his teammates. Sometime the team needs his scoring but he could not offer and that hurts the team. But after all he just wanted to help the team to get a better start of the regular season. Now to let him out for 2 weeks is the best decision.
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A gas leak that occurred Sunday in Morgan County is still receiving attention from the U.S. and Ohio Environmental Protection Agencies and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).
The PDC Energy-owned Palmer Well Pad, at 1244 Center Bend Road near Beverly, experienced what ODNR spokesman Mark Bruce called a "loss of control."
In a statement, PDC said that it immediately notified the local Morgan County Sheriff's Office and fire departments as well as other regulatory agencies, adding that there were no injuries and no fire as a result.
Morgan County Sheriff Tom Jenkins said it appears the well casing might be cracked, but Bruce said determinations are still being made.
When the well expelled a mixture of natural gas and drilling mud, a containment issue happened, said Bruce.
"Drilling mud escaped the well bore," he said. "Some did make it into a nearby stream...Drilling mud, it's not brine, it's not hydraulic fracturing fluid. It's a lubricant used as the bit is actually drilling into the earth. But it is to be contained."
Heather Lauer, spokeswoman for the Ohio EPA, said drilling mud can be harmful for marine life.
"The mud is mostly oil," she said. "When it gets into a creek, it can smother aquatic life. It's something that should not be there."
She said an estimated 40 barrels leaked from the Colorado-based company's well.
"It's an estimated 40 barrels that got into the tributary," Lauer said. "A barrel is not the same as a drum; there's 42 gallons per barrel as opposed to 55 gallons per drum...Most of it was contained on-site. It's contained behind an earthen dam and booms and it will be vacuumed out."
The emergency dam stopped the drilling mud from reaching Cow Run.
Lauer said the EPA will stay on-site to make sure everything's taken care of the way it's supposed to.
Because of proximity to the spill, Jenkins said a few families voluntarily evacuated their residences.
"There is no evacuation (for the public)," he said. "They have a voluntary evacuation of a couple houses that are very close (to the well site)...There is no danger to the public...It's all being monitored by the Ohio EPA and federal EPA."
The operation is a horizontal well operation, and Bruce said the company is currently still in the process of drilling the well.
Jenkins emphasized that the well site is not a fracking site.
"There is no fracking issue with this well," he said. "This well is not to that point."
Malta & McConnelsville and Center Township fire departments responded to the incident Sunday. Jenkins said on Wednesday he, the fire departments and the Morgan County EMA were on scene for two hours.
"It was very informative to us; in the event someone gets hurt down there, we had to know what to do," he said.
Jenkins said PDC has been very cooperative with efforts at the well site.
"These folks assured me there is absolutely no danger down there," he said. "They've been in contact every day since Sunday...Everything is in good shape for us."
Jenkins said if the public has questions, he is referring them to the Ohio EPA. The Ohio EPA Public Interest Center can be reached at 614-644-2160.
In its statement, PDC said it is continuing to work closely with all regulatory authorities in order to recover fluids and remediate any ground that was impacted by the leak. PDC said the leak has been stopped, and repairs and remediation are ongoing.
Moving forward, Bruce said the next few days will determine what the future of the well will be.
"The company is actively investigating several thousand feet below (the surface) what did happen," Bruce said. "Our role now as regulators, we'll work to determine what in fact did happen and will have the final say if the company can continue to drill this well, or under Ohio law we order a well plug."


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'The Following': Poor Professor Serial Killer
Poor professor serial killer. The bad FBI agent broke a few of his fingers and now he wants to transfer to Georgia. For reasons beyond our understanding, the request is granted. What is going on now?
Claire is telling FBI agent Debra about her Follower, and that he promised to take her to Joe. Agent Debra Parker says Claire shouldn't mess with Professor Joe's followers, but Claire says she'll talk to whomever she can to find her son Joey.
Now everyone is waiting for Charlie. Now that they've escaped the farmhouse, they're in a warehouse of some kind. Joey somehow snuck in the back and found a girl locked in a cage. Now he's scared.
Agents Weston and Hardy pay Professor Joe a little visit. Professor Joe wants to know if Claire was upset at Hardy for not saving their son. The U.S. Marshals are supervising the transfer. How many of them are cult members? Hardy thinks something odd is going on with the warden.
We see Joe descend in the elevator and is supposed to be put in a truck. Everyone follows the truck to Georgia. Who guesses we're not going to find the right guy in the truck?
Emma is taking to the scary guy at the garage. While she's talking to the scary guy, Joey steals the keys and lets the girl out. The scary man chases him and Joey slips out after the girl. Joey goes to hide under a car but the scary man grabs him. Emma tells Joey to run and he does.
Turns out the girl Joey let go is the warden's daughter Dana. Hmmm, wonder why the warden let the transfer go through. Then Charlie? shows up. He asks about Paul and Jacob. Turns out that the warden hijacked the surveillance footage and probably has Joe.
They pull off the road to check the truck just as they stop the warden to check his car as he tries to leave. Surprise! There is no one in the truck! Nope, Joe's escaped with the lawyer. He's free again. For real? Is it me or is anyone else getting annoyed.
The warden gives up the lawyer. He's very sad. The FBI tracks her, but it's too late, Joe is already free. His son is asking Charlie when he can see his mom.
Olivia is about to drop Joe off and he tells her to call Ryan Hardy. As she has Ryan on the phone, Joe kills Olivia. She is not the brightest tool in the shed, is she?
Joe heads inside what looks like a business center, all dapper in his suit. Someone is expecting him and they exchange little nods. His name is David. Hardy and Weston pull their guns and go chasing after him, setting off a panic. Seriously, why? A security guard catches them as they walk out and another follower, Louise, walks calmly by and kills him.
Hardy is close behind. But then David steals Hardy's gun and breaks his arm. Hardy goes chasing after him. And David tries to kill him. Then Professor Joe comes down the stairs with a gun. The professor goes on rambling about how it's not appropriate for Hardy to die in a parking garage, because he wants Hardy to see everything that's about to happen. Apparently we've just finished the first part of the novel.
Hardy grabs the gun and shoots David in the leg and races upstairs to see Carroll take off in a helicopter. He shoots at the helicopter but too late. Emma gets the call that it's ok to go, but first Charlie has to have a "quiet chat" with the scary man from the warehouse and Dana, the warden's daughter.
As David heads into the ambulance, Hardy starts going a little crazy and starts torturing him. Guess it works because they find Dana and she's okay.
Hardy heads back to Claire's house, where she's being removed into "protective custody" which we don't really believe because we're sure some of them are in the Following. Claire says it's not a game, that it's her life and her son's life.
The last shot is of some sort of dorm-like building, where a huge crowd of people, including Charlie and Emma, are waiting for Joe. Emma and Joe hug. Joey stands there, scared, and then recognizes Carroll as his father.
Next week: Joe meets his whole following, and he wants Claire to come back home as well.


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Lupin the Third: The First Expansion includes two new adventures for Lupin III in search of priceless treasures: Julius Caesar's golden coins and Excalibur, King Arthur's sword. In order to steal them, the gang must face tireless Inspector Zenigata again, who has made their capture his reason for existence.
This expansion integrates with the base game and increases the possibilities and the strategies with new equipment, vehicles and rules that can also be used in the base game. The characters' characteristics are strengthened and renewed with new cards, including five special cards which make Lupin more elusive, Jigen more infallible, Goemon more inflexible, Zenigata more stubborn, and Fujiko more unreliable and undressed than ever.
A milestone of the new imperfect cooperative game style, Lupin the Third shows in these new missions a variable and unpredictable structure for a profound and unique game experience!
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Year: 2012
Players: 2 - 5
Time: 90 or more minutes
Ages: 14 and up
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How long will you be gone?
"I`ll only be just a few minutes." Unfortunately, just a few minutes could quickly lead to agonizing suffering for any dog left in the car on a warm day. Most dogs love to go for a ride, and most devoted dog owners love their pet`s companionship while on the go. But, it is better to leave your furry best friend at home on warm days.
Even with the windows cracked, the interior of a car can heat up to 160 degrees in as little as 10 minutes. Even if the dog can put its head outside of a more open window, its body is still subject to the mounting heat within the car interior and the dog is still incapable of effectively cooling itself. In those seemingly few minutes, temperatures rise very quickly and can lead to heat stroke, shock, possible permanent brain damage and even an unfortunate and needless death.
The quick stop you plan to make could easily stretch out to 15 to 20 minutes or longer. By then, it could be too late for your beloved dog. During warm weather, don't risk the health and well-being of your furry best friend. Better to play it safe during warm weather and park your dog at home .
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