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SAN FRANCISCO, March 2 (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would invite vetted outside hackers to test the cybersecurity of some public U.S. Defense Department websites as part of a pilot project next month, in the first-ever such program offered by the federal government.
"Hack the Pentagon" is modeled after similar competitions known as "bug bounties" that are conducted by big U.S. companies, including United Continental Holdings Inc to discover gaps in the security of their networks.
Such programs allow cyber experts to find and identify problems before malicious hackers can exploit them, saving money and time in the event of damaging network breaches.
"I am confident that this innovative initiative will strengthen our digital defenses and ultimately enhance our national security," Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a statement unveiling the pilot program.
One senior defense official said thousands of qualified participants were expected to join the initiative. Details and rules were still being worked out but the competition could involve monetary awards, the Pentagon said.
The Pentagon has long tested its own networks using internal so-called "red teams," but this initiative would open at least some of the department's vast network of computer systems to cyber challenges from across industry and academia.
Participants must be U.S. citizens and will have to register and submit to a background check before being turned loose on a predetermined public-facing computer system, the Pentagon said. It said other more sensitive networks or key weapons programs would not be included, at least initially.
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The Director of Ticket Operations and Assistant Director of Marketing position at Colgate is responsible for overall business operations and management of the athletic ticketing office. This individual will manage relationships for current season ticket holders, prospect for new clients, group sales and individual tickets. The Director of Ticket Operations will report to the Assistant Athletic Director, Marketing and will work directly with Marketing and Event Operations on game days.This role is primarily accountable for the overall business operations and management of the athletic ticketing office. Accountabilities include:- Effective management and oversight of all ticket office functions, including personnel supervision, game-day ticket operations and policy development.- Responsible for accurate bookkeeping and reporting of all revenue.- Effective resolution of all customer service issues at all point of sale locations and at athletic events.- Responsible for having a comprehensive knowledge of all NCAA rules and procedures governing complimentary ticket admissions, official visit complimentary ticket admissions, and unofficial visit complimentary ticket admissions.- Responsible for a comprehensive knowledge of all NCAA rules and procedures governing student-athlete will-call lists.- Responsible for effective participation in game day operations - Accountable for effective vendor relationships and securing favorable economic terms with all relevant third parties such as ticket agencies. Responsible for the performance of all relevant external ticket operation vendors.- Effective creation and maintenance of computer database for accurate accounting and tracking the following: actual vs. projected sales for evaluating marketing strategies; program sales performance and spectator attendance for each event; complimentary tickets and to determine seating priority for season ticket seat assignments.- Responsible for setting and meeting assigned ticket sales P&L projections.- Ensuring inventory control, sales methods, cash handling, sales performance expectations, employment conditions and evaluation, etc.- Responsible for the timely updating of all facets of the ticketing website.- Responsible for effective management, hiring, scheduling, training and evaluating of assigned athletic event staff.- Preparation and maintenance of a master ticketing/promotions calendar of all Athletics sport and special events.- Ensuring effective management of all public requests, season tickets, execution of mail order and telemarketing sales strategies.- Responsible for strategically designating seat assignments for season ticket holders, group ticket sales, and others. Make recommendations to senior staff for group ticket packages.- Ensures appropriate management of consigned tickets to and from member NCAA institutions.- Responsible for the on-going evaluation of athletic ticketing operations and has independent discretion to create and implement changes, as needed.- Responsible for maintaining ticket operations budget. - Exercises independent discretion on all purchases and budgetary decisions for the ticket office.- Responsible for ticket distribution at select postseason and other away games as needed.
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- Effective assistance to the Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing and Promotions in all areas for Colgate's 25 varsity programs. - Coordinating the success of all in-game promotions, the Jr. Raider program, graphic designing, and other promotional activities and events for the athletic department.- Effective assistance to senior staff with lead generation and closing of corporate partners in accordance with corporate partner strategy. Responsible for building and maintaining positive relationships with corporate sponsors.- Responsible for inventory management and placement of select marketing collateral, including dasherboard and program ads.- Ensures positive relationships between the program and key stakeholders, to include alumni, local community, fans, parents, coaches, student-athletes, faculty and other University constituents. - Responsible for role modeling positive behaviors and leadership for student-athletesThe impact of this position resonates with Colgate Athletics to parents, friends, alumni and fans from around the world.Candidates will be expected to master the following technical competencies:Business Administration: Demonstrated knowledge and experience in business administration. Demonstrated expertise managing events and operations for public events. Demonstrated ability to develop and manage projects with time and resource constraints. Demonstrated strong time management and organizational skills, the ability to initiate and complete projects independently, the ability to perform accurate, detail-oriented work with confidential information in a timely and professional manner. Proven ability to maintain sales reports. Basic accounting knowledge. Demonstrated ability to manage a P&L, with particular focus on revenue. Ticket Operations: Proven knowledge of best practice in college ticket sales and a proven ability to increase revenue generated from ticket sales at a NCAA Division I institution. Strong working knowledge ticketing platform.Compliance: Proven track record of an ability to comply with NCAA, conference and institutional regulations.Marketing & Promotions: Demonstrated ability to develop effective content to be used for communications with the media, fans, and prospective students and alumni. Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver marketing materials in multiple media forms to athletics marketing. Strong working knowledge of relevant computer programs, e.g. Excel, Word, Adobe Creative Suite, website CMS. Stakeholder Relations: Demonstrated ability of maintaining positive and effective relationships with key stakeholders, to include alumni, local community, fans, parents, vendors, faculty and other University constituents.
- Bachelor's degree and minimum of one year of experience in a collegiate or professional athletics setting is required. - Demonstrated outstanding verbal and written communication skills, superior organizational skills and an ability to provide high level customer service and build strong community relationships.- Demonstrated knowledge of third party ticket vendors.- Demonstrated exposure to grass roots marketing and design concepts, and ticket package promotions.- Demonstrated Microsoft Office Suite skills, a detail-oriented approach and the ability to reconcile accounts is critical.- Demonstrated collaborative style and the ability to work effectively within a diverse population of patrons, coaches, community members, alumni, students, faculty and staff.This position is also required to work nights and weekends during athletic seasons as necessary.
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- Demonstrated experience with third party ticket buyers is preferred.- Demonstrated design software experience such as Photoshop, etc. is desirable.- Demonstrated direct marketing experience is preferred. - Previous experience coordinating volunteers and students is preferred.
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Colgate University is committed to the principle of institutional control in administering its athletics program in a manner consistent with the NCAA, ECAC, and Patriot League rules. Each individual involved in the athletics division is obligated to maintain competency and knowledge of the rules, to act within his or her realm of responsibility in full compliance with the governing legislation, and to report any violation of NCAA or conference rules of which he or she is aware.It is the policy of Colgate University not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of their race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, pregnancy, national origin, marital status, disability, protected Veterans status, sexual orientation and gender identity and expression, genetic information, victims of domestic violence and stalking, familial status, and all other categories covered by recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training at all levels of the employment. Colgate University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities/Females/Persons with Disabilities/Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply.
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Other shows on the financial crisis: Giant Pool of Money and Another Frightening Show About the Economy. And you can get daily updates about the financial crisis on Alex and Adam's Planet Money podcast and blog.
These episodes of the Planet Money podcast go into more depth on the issues in this week's show:
2/9/09 Get Tougher Please—especially the interview with Adam Posen
2/27/09 He Nationalized a Bank
2/2/09 Japan's Lost Lesson
Simon Johnson, the former IMF official on this week's show, has a blog called BaselineScenario.com.
Also, on C-Span—Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner praises this episode:
View the full video here.
- Host Ira Glass plays clips from TV in a recent senate hearing and talks about how confusing the current banking crisis is. But fortunately today, we have the team that brought us our show that explained the mortgage crisis a year ago, back to explain entire the banking system in 40 minutes. (3 minutes)
- Alex Blumberg and Adam Davidson tackle a very tough subject: Trying to explain exactly what a bank is and does. They talk to a number of experts about what has gone wrong in banking, but not before bringing us all up to speed on some banking basics, like understanding a bank balance sheet, and a bank's assets and liabilities, and the squishy business of what banks say about their balance sheets compared to what they are.
Alex and Adam walk us step by step through the complications of the US government buying up bad assets from banks, and explain why, when it comes to footing the bill, the government might just prefer to not be in charge of the very banks it is having taxpayers bailout. From a dollhouse, to a hypothetical bank worth tens of dollars, to the trillions of dollars being spent to keep banks afloat, Alex and Adam talk economy, and where we might be headed. (39 minutes)


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On a day when the safety of the course was again questioned following a string of crashes in bobsleigh practice, Dukurs nailed two runs down the treacherous 1400 metre layout and smashed the track record on his first slide.
His time of 52.32 seconds was a second faster than the previous record and after following that with a marginally slower drive he led Canadian showman Jon Montgomery by 0.26 seconds going into Friday's decisive third and fourth runs.
Britain's Kristan Bromley insists he is ready to pounce should his medal rivals slip up in the final two runs.
Bromley blitzed his way back into medal contention with a storming second run and after two of the four runs is just 0.05 seconds behind bronze medal position.
"Fast. Crazy fast. This track is amazingly fast. It's so difficult but both my runs were pretty solid. Of course there were mistakes - there are things to fix," Dukurs, whose brother also has a medal shot in sixth, said.
Montgomery, whose helmet is adorned with a mythical thunderbird and a turtle motif after a visit to a shaman last September put him in touch with his wild side, said Dukurs might be difficult to reel in and joked that a lead pipe might by the only answer.
"That might be the only thing to stand in that guy's way between him and a gold," he said.
"He's starting fantastically, driving like a champ. If he beats me tomorrow, he'll have earned it for sure."
Dukurs is coached by his father, former bobsleigh brakeman Dainis, in Sigulda which is home to a crop of track rats, including the Sics brothers, Andris and Juris, who won the silver medal in the luge doubles on Wednesday.
The 25-year-old hopes he can keep his nerve and go one better on Friday.
"I'm physically strong at the moment, so who knows? I hope also mentally I will be strong," he said. "It's difficult but that's the price for the Olympics. If you're last you have no pressure. If you're first you have pressure.
"It's not all about muscles. Mentally I'm ready."
Bromley, just as fiancée Shelley Rudman did in the women's competition, started sluggishly but reeled in the leading pack in his second run and has third-placed Russia's Alexander Tretyakov firmly in his sights.
"I am pretty pumped at the moment and I had a really good second run compared to my first," said Bromley – who finished fifth four years ago in Turin.
"I'm in the mix now and I just need to keep fighting away. It's great to move up the table and be within grasp of a medal. It's great to move up the table and be within grasp of a medal.
"Now it is all about being focused – it is a real mental game now.
"It will all be on the final run tomorrow. When the pressure starts to build people start to buckle, and I'm hoping to capitalise on that. Fingers crossed we can pull something out tomorrow.
"There are some young sliders in front of me who are prone to making mistakes and I am hoping that their inexperience and my experience will play into my hands."
Meanwhile, there was no such luck for fellow Brit Adam Pengilly, who finished 17th and 22nd in his two heats to lie 20th overnight.
The 32-year-old, like Amy Williams, is the current world silver medallist but while his female compatriot tops the women's leaderboard after two heats, Pengilly admitted he is well off the pace in Whistler. "It was a disappointing day today. I need to collect my thoughts now and try to start again tomorrow," he said.
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In Loving memory of our precious baby girl, Jessica Grace Soupal, who passed into the loving arms of Jesus six years ago, March 29, 2003.
We celebrate your birthday,
even though you are not here.
Balloons and flowers on your grave,
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You're not here to blow them out,
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That everything we hear about
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Why I couldn't be your mother,
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My precious little girl,
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"The book will immediately, I am sure, become an essential reference work for these interesting objects which . . . play much the same role for silver sculpture that the consular diptychs do with ivory in providing a large series of dated monuments in the early Christian period." Marion Lawrence, Speculum
The volume is divided into three parts: Part I presents and classification and analysis of the stamps and explains the method of dating. Part II explores the type of organization that applied them, and takes up the question of provenance. Following this is an excursus by J. P. C. Kent on the comes sacrarum largitionum. Finally, there is a descriptive catalogue of 103 pieces of silver dating to the period 400–700.
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1} I woke up & realised I had my new phone to play on.
2} Walking though the leaves & playing in the park with Jake & Cambell.
3} Seeing Emme find a new favourite thing....Stickers!
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The boys have been off school since Thursday for the Holidays which I am so happy about! We have been doing lots of crafty things & baking together. So far we have made 3 batches of cookies, Jam tarts, decorated pumpkins, read books, watched Hocus pocus, Oliver, HomeAlone, Made Leaf pictures and decorated plates!
Today is Jason's first day off work and we are hopefully going to get me a new phone as the touch screen on my iphone has stopped working. I haven't been able to do anything on it for about a week which is so annoying. I'm very tempted to go for the iphone 6 plus though, I think the big screen would be great for yt videos and the battery life is suppose to be so much better. Do you have the plus? What do you think about it?
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#1. Emme Dancing and singing a Barney song from memory {Raindrops}.
#2. Buying 3 pumpkins ready to be decorated.
#3. Having a chippy for dinner while watching The Walking Dead with Jason.
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Fun Healthy Halloween Idea {Spooky Fruit}
This is something we did last year, the boys {and myself} had so much fun doing it. I thought I would share the idea again this year incase you are looking for fun things to do that are 'Halloween themed'. We went and bought a bunch of different fruit to made different 'spooky' things with them. For the Spider we used a plum for the body then tooth picks and blueberrys for the legs. Mini pumpkins were done using persimmons,which are super tasty and I'd never had before doing this. Month/teeth were cut up apples with sliced almonds as the teeth.
I think it's such a fun little project to do and it is lots of fun or the children plus your left with a nice fruit snack for after ;).
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12 October 2014
Autumn Walks {Lifestyle}
Last week we went conker collecting, the boys came home with a bag full which was super exciting for them. We were hoping to find some pine cones to decorate so I think next week we will go somewhere different. I love these pictures I got while we walked around. I really need to start getting them printed off more. It's been so long since I had any printed. If you know of a cheap website that does them please let me know, I say cheap as I literally have 100's to do{agh}!
Cambell brought the class teddy home this weekend which is a little dog teddy and he had to write in a book what they have done together over the weekend. Unfortunately I have been really poorly so we haven't been anywhere.....not quite sure what I'm going to write in the book for him ;/.
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I absalutley love this little outfit I mentioned them in a recent post I did with Emme wearing the boots. I'm really loving Zara and I had been looking everywhere for a really nice mustard top and this was only around £5, It's really soft and has lace down the sleeves. The coat is also Zara, I had a few days when I went crazy in there :).
It's the boys Halloween party at school tomorrow....a bit early I know but they are so excited.Especially Cambell as it is his first school disco! He's always took Jake to them with me but because he was in the nursery he couldn't go. I need to find them something to wear and get some face paint ideas!
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First of all, can you give us a little bit of background about who you are and how you got involved in illustration?
Thanks to Skinny Artist for taking the time to arrange the interview! It's the first interview I've ever participated in, so I'm excited. Now you'll never get me to shut up!
Every kid draws when they are younger, I've always said that I never put the pencil down. I drew all through school, in every class (except Chemistry!) while still keeping an A-B average. I was lucky to have parents who've encouraged me in my art my whole life and are even help support me through my freelancing now.
Before freelancing, I took retail jobs at various pet stores, eventually moving to a couple different game studios as quality assurance. Last year I finally broke free of the 9-5 grind and started working full time freelance. I'm still trying to make it in the great big scary world of freelance illustration, but I'm determined to not give up now!
Maybe it's none of my business but what's in Norway? (Friends, relatives, scenic fjords?)
Originally, I moved to Norway in 2007 to follow a career in the game industry. There I met my boyfriend (who is from Australia) and we lived in Norway for 2 years. When I quit my job in Norway, as an American national, I had to move back to the US for residency purposes, but I still go back to Norway every 3-6 months to visit. One day I hope to have a "normal" life, but then again, that wouldn't be normal for me – I appear to be a nomad!
My family and boyfriend are immensely supportive and I don't know what I'd have done without them in the past year and a half. I definitely want to take the time now to thank them!
What drew you specifically to fantasy and concept art?
Like a lot of kids, I always was drawn to the typical unicorns, dragons and magical beasties in movies, TV and games. It easily blended into my art and I've just made it my focus because I see there is a market for it. The fantasy illustration market is pretty tightknit, but it's a great, supportive community. Everyone is out to help one another (not stab each other in the back!), so it makes for an enticing community to join and be a part of.
I also concentrate my efforts on conceptual illustration, which I admired from my days in the game studios. I hope to one day to work with movie and game companies, creating characters, creatures and environments that'll be seen on the big screen.
Who are some of your favorite fantasy authors or illustrators?
Growing up, my all time favourite book series was called Animorphs by K.A. Applegate. The series was about a group of kids who met a dying alien who gave them the power to morph into any animal they touched. Needless to say, that series probably helped push me toward working in the fantasy and sci-fi fields. I've read Piers Anthony, Tolkien, JK Rowling… I sense a theme here!
As for my favourite illustrators, I've got too many to list in one location. Just to name a few though- Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell, Jason Chan, Bobby Chiu, Jason Seiler, Adam Hughes, Brad Rigney, Melanie Delon, Linda Bergkvist, Marta Dahling, Don Seegmiller… I'm following over 400 people on DeviantArt, so I have a lot of artists I could list!
How long ago did you start your own website and what was its original goals?
I only switched to charreed.com just this year. Before I had charrartist.com, but I felt the name was too confusing to say outloud to people. I've had my old domain name since 2005, always with the same intent as keeping it as my online portfolio site. That way people can google my name and find my website easily.
How have you seen your website change and evolve along the way?
At first, I tried to Dreamweaver my site together, I kept that design for a couple of years. Then I moved to a WordPress blog design, but I never knew enough CSS to make it look exactly how I wanted. In 2009, I found Imagevue, which is a nice Flash gallery with relative quickness (depending on your connection and browser). Because of some complaints, I've also linked to my DeviantArt portfolio gallery which provides a nice, simple looking HTML gallery.
I see that you have a blog as well, did you start your blog at about the same time as your website?
I use my blog for daily updates on my art, promoting various projects and items I'm selling and keeping in touch with fellow bloggers. I actually started it much later than my website, probably back when the blogging platform really started taking off around 2007. At first I never updated the thing, mostly because no one would comment or see my updates… Turns out it was a vicious cycle- if you don't post, people don't comment.
How do you envision yourself using your blog differently then your website?
This year I started making an effort to blog at least once a day with whatever I'm working on. I generally only use my website for posting my final "pretty" images, keeping my portfolio work slightly separate from my works-in-progress and ramblings on my blog.
I keep modifying what I use my blog for, sometimes I want to be more instructional, sometimes I just want to do what most artists do with their blogs and just post their work and other times I want to use it as a marketing platform (without seeming too "in your face" about it). I've worked a balance with it now, thought it's ever evolving.
I've considered guest writing on other blogs, but I find there aren't many "art blogs" in the same ways that there are "blogs about blogging (for money)"… So it's just another avenue I may look into one day. I find the most important thing you can do as a freelancer is stay true to yourself, but incorporate as many streams of income as you can successfully manage!
What is the best advice you could give your fellow Skinny Artists if they were interested in setting up their own website and/or blog?
Even if you don't feel you won't stick with it, pick some kind of unified look and feel for your brand. I ran into the problem that I like too many things and never knew how to design my blog, so I kept the default ugly design for the longest time out of being paralysed with too many choices. If the worst comes to it, just go for "simple". Especially if you have an art site, don't jazz it up too much- make your art THE focus of the site. Even the very minimal Flash I have on my site annoys the pants off some Art Directors.
If you do have an art gallery and want to use Flash, make sure to offer an HTML alternative. Be flexible to criticism about your site. If it doesn't work- trash it. Just think about the money you may lose by annoying someone if you keep it the way you have it just out of stubbornness. Even though I know splash pages are sort of "lame" by web 2.0 standards, the complaints about people viewing my website have gone to 0% by offering an HTML alternative- and I still get really nice compliments about my Flash gallery to those who aren't bothered by it!
What can you tell me about the unique "Donate a Word" program on your blog?
It hasn't caught on as much as I'd like for it to yet, but I originally planned to have a "Donate" button on my blog. Many artists do and it's perfectly acceptable to have, but I didn't feel right about offering a tip jar if I wasn't doing anything to earn it.
I brainstormed over it and thought since I sketch and Ustream every day, I might as well let people help me in my creative process by having them suggest a word for me to illustrate in the morning's sketch. It helps me because sometimes I get stuck creatively and a word can make me think in ways I wouldn't have otherwise. I thought people would get a kick out of having their $2 word get turned into an illustration.
I'm considering collecting the words from this year and turning them and my illustrations into a book. I don't have enough words now to do so, but if I got a few more, I'd definitely love to do that!
On our site, we talk a lot about getting more involved in the artist community and building those valuable relationships that will help your career down the road. I know that most artists cringe at the word "networking" but you seem pretty well connected (Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, CGHub, LinkedIn) Why do you think that it's important to be connected in engaged in these types of social media sites?
While I haven't made millions of dollars yet from networking (what?! come on, I thought that was the point of it!), it's been proven to me over and over again how important it is to get in there and meet people and get your work on as many platforms and places you can. All of these sites have the added benefit of being perfectly FREE, so there's no real excuse not to!
I set aside a little time connecting with people on a genuine level, on Twitter especially. To me, Twitter is like "mini IM'ing" people who could eventually help you out in the long run. The key though is to be real. Not so real as to be offensive, annoying or whatnot, but not being all "fake-y" and marketer-scammy is super unattractive on Twitter. I know there are a lot of blogs who suggest keeping your "business" and "personal" accounts separate, but as an artist, I'm trying to market ME. So that's what you'll get when you follow me on Twitter. I follow over 500 people, so I can't keep up with every person, but I dip my toes into my Twitter stream a few times a day to keep connected with people.
I find Twitter to be an overwhelmingly positive networking site where everyone always tries to lift you up if you are feeling down and make you feel good about yourself. I also find it awesome how you can connect with people you admire on a personal level so easily over Twitter, I don't think any other social marketing platform allows that kind of kinship.
I see that you are a part of DeviantART community and marketplace as well, what has your experience been with them?
I still feel very much like a minnow in the ocean when it comes to DeviantArt. I don't do a lot of fanart and nudie pics, which are the types of things that get you (literally) millions of views on that site. I knew that going into the site, so I'm not surprised by any stretch of the imagination.
I mostly use it like another social networking site that has the added benefit of allowing me to display my artwork and possibly make some money. I haven't earned anything so far in the marketplace yet, but then again, I haven't invested the time creating the popular artworks that would get me a lot of sales there. I think you definitely have to tailor your subject matter to your target audience in order to expect sales. I may focus on my DeviantArt sales after I get some other projects finished up first!
If you were giving advice to someone who was just starting out online as an artist, what would be the first two or three things that you would suggest that they do?
Pick something!
That's the main advice I'd suggest to someone starting out. You'll hear people suggest to you to do "everything"- they are probably either unsuccessfully trying that themselves or maybe that's just what they think you should do in order to be successful as an artist. This may seem to conflict with my earlier advice of creating multiple income streams, but what I mean is to focus on one genre and direction to point your art style and just go for it.
Find your target audience and market to them. THEN, you can create multiple income streams by selling different kinds of merchandise to your target market, teach to others, write about your experiences …or even branching out into another style or genre. But there is a lot of potential income that can be generated from focus and honing your talents in one area first. Being a jack of all trades almost assuredly means you will be the master of none.
As an illustrator, people think automatically that I do 3D, comics, vector work… Yet if I were to take the time to invest in each of those disciplines, I'd never get anywhere because it'd take me 10 years to learn each one! Instead, I have just focused in fantasy and sci-fi illustration. It's a small market, but if you pursue the right leads (and I'm still learning what those leads are), meet the right people and are talented enough, you can successfully make a full time job out of it! I've seen dozens of people do it, so I know it can happen (at least that's what I keep telling myself)!
I'm still stuck there on the last bit of advice myself, so what are you listening to me for? ;)
What kind of software/setup do you currently use to do your illustrations?
I currently work 100% digital, using my 2008-model Macbook, Bamboo Wacom tablet and little Mimo monitor. I use primarilyPhotoshop, but I have also been known to use Painter, ArtRage and Sketchbook pro for my work. I like producing images that still have a "real media" feel to them, even when they are produced digitally. The biggest compliment that someone could give me is to ask, "What media did you use to paint that?" It means I succeeded in creating a piece that isn't so obviously "Photoshopped".
What other programs have you tried in the past?
I have worked in real media in the past, my favourite medium being watercolours. I never used them in the traditional method of coating layer after layer of washes, but I made them work for me. Since I travel a lot, I don't have the capacity to paint in real media. The materials would be too costly to constantly ship back and forth across the ocean! I do miss watercolours though as I feel digital media hasn't yet mastered that look and feel of the medium.
Where did the idea of Ustreaming your work daily come from?
I had tried Ustreaming in the past, but was constantly disappointed by the low amount of viewers I would have, so essentially, I quit. After I saw Dave Rapoza's Crimson Daggers, a sketch group he started to help encourage artists to paint, study and draw together at the same time every morning, I wanted to try something along a similar line.
How long have you been doing it and what kind of feedback have you gotten from it?
I've been trying to incorporate various ideas to make the stream interesting, either by choosing a Donation Creation word to draw or recently, I've been following the 12 Week Challenge at Zero2Illo.com, so I've been streaming my progress. I have a small band of followers that I've gained over the past month I've been trying to stream daily. I would love for more people to join in! I thought streaming at the same time everyday would help people to remember when I'd be on, instead of an erratic schedule. I have been altering the schedule a bit, just to try to figure out what works best for me. As of right now, I stream Mon-Fri starting at 11am EST. My schedule may change, but I always keep up-to-date over Twitter, so follow me there for the latest time I'll be streaming!
How does streaming your illustration motivate you?
I like to try to keep people entertained, I think my streams are the most interesting if people interact with me in the chat. Even if I just see my Lackies (my affectionate name for people who are just watching my channel without logging in), it still motivates me to keep working, talking about my day and how my art business is doing. I have gotten feedback from some people that they like listening to me while they draw themselves. The ultimate motivation for me to keep streaming is to be a source of inspiration in others and help motivate them to keep drawing and achieving their dreams.
What kind of software/setup do you use for your Ustream?
As any of my regular viewers can tell you, my Ustream process is not yet a smooth one. I have technical difficulties galore, but I just think it's because technology hates me, even though I love it! I usually use the Ustream Broadcaster along with CamTwist to stream from my desktop, but I've been experimenting with the Ustream Producer, which is a product the site makes to help people like me more effectively stream. I just use the free versions of all the software as I don't have any need for the more technical aspects of the program. I try to keep all the "stream stuff" over to the side, out of sight of the viewer's eyes on my secondary Mimo monitor. It's 7″, so it's not a lot of real estate to work with. Perhaps if I can stop moving around so much, I can get a secondary monitor to use in my setup.
Finally before we go, is there anything else you would like to share with us?
Do not give up.
It's hard being an artist. Especially (in my opinion), a visual artist. We don't get to go on the Idol and Talent shows like the singers, musicians and performers do. We don't get any respect for the creations we make and they get taken advantage of and compromised on a daily basis. No one stops to admire the Pepsi design or even stops to consider that someone actually had to create it. They barely even realize that actual people spend thousands of hours making their favourite new animated movie… It's probably the most discouraging art field to get into as far as public respect and attention is concerned, but don't let that stop you from being awesome. Honestly, I'd rather be an illustrator superstar over a singing superstar, if only because the papparazi concerns are nil!
I've wanted to give up. Even recently. Maybe it's my over optimistic nature or my slow realization that I'm not really good at anything else other than drawing or even the fact my mom and dad would be disappointed in me if I DIDN'T become an artist (told you my parents were supportive!), but I just can't give up on my dream of being a professional illustrator. You only have one life, so make the most of it. It's just not worth it otherwise!
Thanks again Char for taking the time to talk with us!


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Absence makes the heart grow fonder, so the saying goes, and that seems to be the case when it comes to Kevin Rudd as prime minister. According to last week's Nielsen/Age poll, Rudd is vastly more preferred by voters to Julia Gillard. Only 12 months ago, Rudd's personal standing had collapsed, along with Labor's support. Now, the public response to him is apparently much more favourable.
This is leading some in the Labor caucus - not a lot, but a few - to view him in a better light. Given that this piece began with a cliche, allow me to offer another one: once bitten, twice shy.
This time last year, a large majority of Labor MPs had many good reasons for turning away from Rudd. Those reasons have not vanished.
Rudd in late 2011 or 2012 will be a different man to the one who spent the first half of 2010 sleepwalking across the political landscape, seemingly oblivious as his leadership skills and supporters deserted him. But how different?
One of the signature features of Rudd's period as prime minister was how quickly information started to leak from his cabinet and the bureaucracy. Some of this was down to Treasury officer Godwin Grech, who acted as a Liberal informant until he spun out of control and crashed in 2009, eventually taking Malcolm Turnbull's leadership of the Liberal Party with him.
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The rudeness was, according to these Labor MPs, unprofessional and counterproductive. From time to time, when stories appeared about cabinet disagreements or even simply detailed small parts of confidential policy discussions, ministers would be able to make an educated guess about who was behind the leak based on who had been left looking humiliated by Rudd in the cabinet room during the previous week.
Of course, respect for cabinet confidentiality must run in all directions, from the least junior minister all the way up to the leader. Ultimately, from a government's own self-interested viewpoint, there can be no excuse for breaching of these confidences; cabinet secrecy and solidarity are the touchstones of our system of government.
A prime minister's most important obligation is to run an efficient, cohesive, unified cabinet system. During Rudd's time at the helm, this was not the case.
He chose, as leader, to progressively bypass the normal collegiate cabinet process and opted for a four-person super-cabinet. He also accelerated the continuing tendency within Canberra to centralise decision-making and policy formulation within his department and his personal office.
Rudd as prime minister was not interested in receiving contrary or challenging advice and he organised his staff accordingly. Labor people cannot bear to be reminded of John Howard's effectiveness as prime minister, but Howard often said privately that the one thing that had regularly saved him was having a chief of staff who would walk into his office, shut the door and begin a conversation with: "Boss, we have to have a talk. Something's not working out."
Last week, Rudd said that on reflection "a few greybeards would have helped around the place" in his office. He is right, but this was hardly a surprise. From the beginning of his time as prime minister, his desire to have young men and women providing his advice was controversial.
At the time, Rudd was dismissive of the criticism. In the same way, he did not take his backbench very seriously either. That is why most of them, when they got the phone calls on the night of June 23 last year, signed on for Gillard; they had had enough of being treated so poorly.
Put simply, the processes that operated at the cabinet, caucus and party level under Rudd verged increasingly on the dysfunctional - all within less than three years of taking office, underpinned by a high level of public support and goodwill. That is why MPs took the extraordinary step of jettisoning him.
The criticism of the contemporary Labor Party, which gets much sympathy from Rudd, about insular, morally questionable factional operatives living off focus group polling is all true. But most of the MPs who deserted Rudd a year ago this week weren't prompted by polling or factional subservience: they had just had a gutful of Rudd's leadership.
Now they have Gillard who, apart from her mastery of the post-election negotiations with the Greens and the independents, has floundered in the job. Yesterday, the nation was treated to the spectacle of Family First senator Steve Fielding, often treated in Canberra as the punchline to a joke nobody has thought of yet, doing a better job than Gillard of dispensing rhetorically with Tony Abbott's carbon tax plebiscite thought bubble.
The key point is: just because Gillard has many inadequacies as leader, it does not automatically follow that Rudd would, or could, be any better.
Leaving aside all of the difficulties with the crossbenchers that would follow Gillard's removal, and they are immense, the very idea of Rudd as a reborn leader would require a spectacular leap of faith. How could MPs have confidence that Rudd's shortcomings were due to a lack of experience and organisational blind spots rather than being a manifestation of something more fundamental and probably ineradicable - his personality and character?
The argument for changing the leader was irresistible in mid-2010. It held the prospect of a new start. And look at how it worked out. In mid-2011, the evidence against it is everywhere.
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Worst Multiple/Sibsets
ive been pondering over this for a while since i met twins called Charlotte and Charles who both are known to everyone by Charlie and have been since they were born, i have also encountered triplets Eve, Ava and Ivi *shudders* i cant remember their full names but i hope their fn's were a longer version of the names.
Another bad one i have met is older brother Dave and his younger sister Genevieve, terrible sibset putting an elaborate name like Genevieve next to boring old Dave.
what are the worst multiples/sibsets you have met? Not heard of, only put them if you have actually met them.Second year Uni student; Speech and Language Pathology
Melody, Briar, Arabella, Tempest, Zoey, London, Zara, Peyton, Sadie, Rani, Liora, Jordan, Kallie, Xia, Poet, Wren, Quinn
Lachlan, Ryan, Oliver, Benjamin, Jai, Claude, Carter, Asher, Rhys, Levi, Leo, Joey, Harper, Damien, Sebastian, Jasper, Jace
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My best friend's family consists of a Hailey (I think that's how it's spelled, I really have no idea), Madison, and Paige. They aren't too terrible, but they scream "children of the ninties" too me.
I also know a pair of twins named Rianne and Avery. They're just really mismatched. I think they have other siblings, I wonder what they're named...
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I try to keep a running inventory of about 4000 to 5000 total rounds, between all calibers and gauges, and because I worked in food services for so long I tend to rotate inventory -- you know, first-in/first-out. Space limits me somewhat, but I do manage to rotate both standard FMJ and JHP stuff as well.
I keep at least 500 rounds of 9mm, 100 rounds of 357mm, 100 rounds of 380mm. Buying more when ever I can afford it. Get it now before the prices go even higher or the government passes a law stopping all ammo sales.
WPA (Wolf) 9mm 115grn FMJ 50rd Box
500rds: 79.50 + shipping.
1000rds-159.00+ shipping
There you go.
I also think stockpiling more than a few thousand rounds is overkill. In a SHTF scenario there will very definitely be "battlefield pick-up" available, for both weapons and ammo. Thats my reasoning for sticking to the most popular/common calibers...9mm....38...223...7.62x39
Just my 2 cent opinion.
To tell you the truth IMHO you are better off learning to reload and stockpiling powder, primers,and bullet casting materials.
8 pounds of powder will reload approximately 11,200 to 14,000 rounds $96.00
15,000 wolf small pistol primers $255.00
300 pounds of lead wheel weights $100.00
So for around $500.00 you can produce around 14,000 rounds of ammo,You can also reload and store it,If I went bullet crazy for a week I could probably reload at least 15,000 rounds and probably double that depending on how much time I devoted to it
Great stockpile ,,,, I think we are all envious,,,,
Heck I do go to keep 500 rounds of 38spl, 9mm, 40 each on hand.
I'm at about 200 ish in 9mm. And 2 digit quantities for 40 S&W, 7.62x39, and 30.06. In due time i'll be increasing my stock pile. I just have to stop buying firearms first and direct the money to ammo.
Now for my question on stockpiling powder. I know for a fact that 50 year old loaded cartridges will preform when needed. Will 50 year old powder in its original container last that long?
Supposedly black powder has an infinite shelf life. I am under the impression that compared to loaded ammo smokeless powder in its original container has a shelf life much shorter.
Will the powder retain its viability longer as loaded ammo or have I been under the wrong impression?
Try pulling a bullet sometime and pile the powder on a piece of steel or concrete, then drop a match on it. You'll get a little fizzle and smoke, no flash, no "Bang".
The main reason we have so much is because we (family) pool money to buy in bulk and then shoot at our leisure (~5K round per year) for pennies compared to what it would cost buying it a box at a time.
The secondary effect is that we have "stockpiles" that can be used during shortages, price fluctuations, SHTF, or to barter.
The firearm collection isn't much (compared to the walk-in vaults I've seen), it was ~110-120 rifles & handguns back in the early 90's. Since bitten by the NFA bug the things we don't shoot often have been sold off to help fund things we really enjoy shooting.
All this is going to do a lot of good when things go nuclear or biological. Five hundred rounds should be well enough for each gun. Ur in survival mode not attack. The thing is to lay low as possible when shtf. Get food, supplies, those items will run out faster then ammo. Another thing medical supplies such as antibiotics for sickness. Have a plan for the long run.
How much I have stockpiled is really none of anyone's business, and certainly not for publication on a public forum.
That said, I have sufficient of each caliber to satisfy my needs, as well as sufficient reloading supplies to double all the centerfire ammo inventory with a few days at the reloading bench. My reloading output runs about 350-400 rounds/hr.
I like to have a bit on hand, but I try and keep it reasonable. My local walmart has 9mm UMC 250 packs for 55 bucks, so I grab some of those occasionally, and I like to keep a few hundred rounds of HP's on hand as well.


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The girls released "Let There Be Lonely" from their highly anticipated sophomore album produced by legendary producer T Bone Burnett for Republic Records on March 19th via iTunes and all digital retailers. It's a soulful slice of Americana, incorporating folk, roots, and country, and it's carried by their passionate and powerful vocals harmonies. It's punctuated by all the hallmarks of their sound that fans have come to grow and love.
In addition, the song figured prominently in an episode of ABC's hit drama, Nashville, on March 27. Avery, played by Jonathan Jackson, performed it during a key scene.
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5/15 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer*
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5/17 Boston, MA Berkelee Performance Center*
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5/19 Port Chester, NY Capitol Theater*
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How much does a Art Director in Hattiesburg, MS make? The median annual Art Director salary in Hattiesburg, MS is $69,493, as of May 30, 2017, with a range usually between $59,443-$83,671 not including bonus and benefit information and other factors that impact base pay. However, the salary for someone with the title Art Director may vary depending on a number of factors including industry, company size, location, years of experience and level of education. Our team of Certified Compensation Professionals has analyzed survey data collected from thousands of HR departments at companies of all sizes and industries to present this range of annual salaries for people with the job title Art Director in Hattiesburg, MS.
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Cornmeal Catfish with Avocado Sauce Recipe
- 1 medium ripe avocado, peeled and cubed
- 1/3 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/4 cup cornmeal
- 1 teaspoon seafood seasoning
- 4 catfish fillets (6 ounces each)
- 3 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 medium tomato, chopped
- 1. Place the first five ingredients in a food processor; process until blended.
- 2. In a shallow bowl, mix cornmeal and seafood seasoning. Dip catfish in cornmeal mixture to coat both sides; shake off excess.
- 3. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add catfish in batches; cook 4-5 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Top with avocado sauce and chopped tomato. Yield: 4 servings (3/4 cup sauce).
Nutritional Facts
1 fillet with 3 tablespoons sauce: 505 calories, 37g fat (6g saturated fat), 87mg cholesterol, 649mg sodium, 15g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 4g fiber), 29g protein.
Reviews for Cornmeal Catfish with Avocado Sauce
"I'm actually just rating the avocado sauce. I added a splash of buttercream ranch to mine. The sauce was slathered on toast with a slice of Havarti, tomato slices and toasted Spam for a different and tasty breakfast. Umm!"
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"As a fan of avocados and creamy sauces I had to try this. I used Hake instead of Catfish which didn't make a difference to the result for me. Both the batter and sauce were a delicious combination. My 3 and 5 year old children ate all their portion of the fish and the sauce before they ate any of their side dishes. quick and easy to prepare dish, and the sauce can used in place of sour cream on fish tacos."


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Apple Store Rewind 2011 includes the Best Of... iPhone app
It's time to dust off the Westword glitter cannon, because the Best Of... iPhone app has earned some prestigious year-end acclaim. The Best Of... app (also available for Android!) has made it onto Apple's iTunes 2011 Rewind, which shows off the top apps of 2011 as chosen by the editors over at iTunes.
The app has Best Of blurbs from those wonderfully big, annual Best Of issues from all the Village Voice Media papers, and more than a dozen other cities.
The app, which includes Westword's Best Of winners -- "Best Pizza at a Greek Market," "Best Happy Hour in a Market," "Best Jazz Club," "Best Place to Get a Whiskey and a Western," etc. -- was included as one of Apple's five favorites in the Travel category, on the Rewind homepage within the iTunes store. The awards were announced on Thursday.
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Does anybody know how much is this residential lift?
How you guys doing to replace a heavy compressor?
pick it up and put it in is what I do. Or i remove the coil (not a great option)
5T unit????? I wanna see this....... It's hard even for 2 guys
Replaced 3 compressors this week......:thumbup:
You want hard... try 15 ton compressors by yourself. It can be done.
Let me know your technique. Today I replaced a compressor in a 5T Trane . The compressor is very heavy in addition the condenser is tall.
Hard work... continuous lifting and working.
Ive never changed a compressoron a residential unit,thats what they new condensors for! :laughing:
We have a bar with a steel stub to hook the loop on top of the compressor. It comes in handy for the tall ones but I prefer to stick the handle of a channel locks through the loop. Either way you're lifting with one arm,even the 5 toners, so eat your spinach.
you have to change them out if there under warrenty.
I had a unit that had a leak in the condenser coil which was a micr channel type. freon leaked out and unit was still running and took out the compressor.
supply house gave me a new compressor and a new condenser instead of a new unit. unit was 2 years old. i would have loved to swich out the cond.
other wise Ive had really good luck with equipment Ive installed over the years including ducane /goodman mostly in last 20 years,but I have started selling some 13 seer ruud and weather king condensors and coils in the last year that seem to be pretty decently built :)
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STEVE Wynn and porn producer Joe Francis have faced off in court, with the casino mogul denying that he threatened to kill the Girls Gone Wild founder and saying the accusation is threatening his upscale casinos.
Jurors listened to wildly varying accounts of whether Mr Wynn threatened to hit Mr Francis over the head with a shovel and have him buried in the desert, with the soft-porn producer insisting he heard about the threats from record executive Quincy Jones.
Mr Francis testified that Mr Jones told him Mr Wynn made the threats in conversations and emails, but Mr Wynn denies it.
"I've never sent an email in my life," the 70-year-old designer of signature casinos such as The Mirage, Bellagio, Wynn and Encore, told jurors.
Mr Wynn is suing Mr Francis for slander, the latest legal fight in ongoing battles between the two men that include gambling debt that Francis racked up in one of Wynn Resorts Ltd.'s casinos.
Mr Wynn also testified that he has been repeatedly investigated by gambling oversight agencies and the FBI for a presidential commission appointment and wouldn't be allowed to run casinos if he made threats.
"It would be a singularly self-destructive act - incredibly, incredibly stupid," Mr Wynn said.
The billionaire was mostly poised throughout his testimony, his deep voice occasionally quivering when he discussed the potential downfall that Mr Francis' claims could spark.
"I'm sitting here because Joe Francis decided he wanted to destroy my company because he didn't want to pay his marker," Mr Wynn said, using a term to refer to a gambling debt.
Mr Francis was at times jittery and combative toward Mr Wynn's attorney - and argued with a judge who urged him to keep his answers succinct - but maintained Mr Jones gave him good reason to fear Mr Wynn. "He was trying to save my life," Mr Francis said of the record producer.
He claims Mr Jones told him that Mr Wynn was a gangster and a murderer who was the de-facto head of the Genovese mob family. In deposition testimony read in court, Mr Francis claimed Mr Jones said about Mr Wynn, "He's gangster. He's old Vegas. He doesn't play."
Mr Francis acknowledged he never actually read the emails Mr Jones claimed he received. He said he saw one was written in all capital letters but couldn't describe them further.
Mr Jones, who is Mr Francis' next-door neighbour and a close friend of Mr Wynn's, is expected to testify in the trial.
Mr Wynn, who said he had never threatened anyone in his life, said he was concerned that Mr Francis' allegations will hurt his reputation with his thousands of employees in Las Vegas and harm future casino projects.
"If I was a gangster and a criminal, what would that mean to their job security?" Mr Wynn said.
Calling Mr Francis "the most desperate, the most reprehensible" character he has met in more than four decades of work in Vegas, Mr Wynn said he had to sue to protect his honour and business.
"The trouble is Joe Francis' statement stands without the footnote that Joe Francis is a flake," Mr Wynn said.


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28 Real Estate Rapping Customers Introduce JT$ Presents: Monday Minute Real Estate Raps.
To better comprehend the psychological nature of real estate, you need to be aware of the how to go about the real estate market, and how the opinion from the market differs between investors along with the remaining portion of the universe. Consumers would use these terms or phrases to explain the current housing market: bleak, dismal, sluggish, and catastrophic.
Investors, conversely, could use a rather different pair of descriptions for the exact same market, because we're going to always view market conditions completely different from most. For example: opportunistic, a hard-to-find gem of possibility, a millionaire maker, ripe for that picking and a never-ending opportunity.
The reality, for investors, is that there has rarely lots of people a market condition that's better than usually the one you happen to be experiencing at this time. Like the hundred year flood, you might never understand the likes on this again inside your business lifetime also it represents a hard-to-find and exciting chance of individuals like you and me. The public, influenced you know through the popular media, sees things differently along with a lot more pessimistic light. As real estate investors, you own an amazing opportunity till you, plus the spirit to build a multi-million dollar business, you might also need to bear in mind that your particular view of industry is dramatically different than the one customers could have. This is a gap that needs to be bridged should you be to possess optimum success.
Simply because of the alteration in perception regarding the market along with part for reasons I'm about to describe, it's the unfortunate truth that investors, as a group, are often a bad rap where you can questionable reputation in the realm of real estate. Why is that? I can think of several reasons which can be worth discussing:
Not enough Credibility
First, there is a greed factor. Basically, in summary, what I'm referring to right here is the small percentage of real estate investors who let their quest for power, money, and glory get in the way of running a moral business. Ultimately, the emphasis should be on creating outcomes that benefit everyone. We've all encounter examples of greed in this business, and when have not, you are going to. It could appear because the slumlord that maintains slovenly apartment units to raised line her or his pockets with revenue from rents. It could appear because the scam artist who dupes others into sinking funds into phantom projects that never actually materialize. It might appear because heartless person who promises the entire world to some client in pre-foreclosure and then leaves them stranded with the very last minute. I could continue.
These small selection of create a bad reputation for everyone else in fact it is an unlucky reality for those of us who want to run our business the proper way. There isn't much you or I can do over it. Real estate can be a commodity from which tremendous profits may be realized, and as a result, some greedy individuals are buying in to the mix. What to do is learn how these folks get a new reputation of real estate investment as a business and set extra increased exposure of developing a reputable business that will show the real colors of your respective craft.
Second, there is an issue of jealousy. I would go out on a limb or sparking somewhat controversy here but a majority of of the current good reputation for real estate like a profession emanates from what is explained by real estate professionals and brokers. It really is unfortunate, however, many (not every) of your respective real estate property brethren tend to be working against you can consciously or subconsciously. If these small selection of would you need to some time to master a new challenge, and open their eyes on the many unconventional and inventive opportunities that real-estate offers chances are they would truly understand why you determine to be a real estate property investor, rather than real estate agent. There are countless differences between selling houses to get a commission, and buying and selling houses for equity and profit. Personally, I'll go ahead and take equity and profit everyday every week.
Should property investors to become alarmed? Definitely not. Rather, you should be familiar with the preconception that exists with this business. Credibility has to be built-in spite on this obstacle, as opposed to simply expecting that items you can't control will somehow change.
Third, there is an issue of ignorance, not as much for your colleagues but by the public. I'm not suggesting the public is ignorant in the general educational sense. Some tips i am suggesting is that the average man or woman is quite unlikely being up to date together with the forms of concepts and techniques you are utilizing as a real-estate investor. For example, the majorities of householders only buy and sell a couple of homes inside their lifetime as well as in this utilize realtors who're just about driving the transactions based on conventional wisdom. We as investors on the other hand are conditioned to purchase and sell properties as a business and possibly have completely finished dozens or even a huge selection of deals or even more. That said, even if this sort of ignorance may impact the status for investing being a profession, what's more, it opens an important door of chance for you to definitely really establish a local reputation for your and yourself business that can literally make believers from the clients.
Next, could be the unfortunate issue of a few dishonest investors around who threaten whatever you do every day. Whether it is a dishonest developer who cuts corners or abandons a project, or foreclosure investors who skim equity or take funds at the start from clients and after that disappear, all sorts of things the identical. Like every industry, real estate investment has its own share of "bad apples" and unfortunately, they will acquire more attention than the honest ones. The press loves a story where some evil investor scams an innocent consumer because; (a) it's negative, and (b) people take note of that sort of stuff. My commentary on the media aside, it is important which you recognize what your visitors are most likely hearing or reading and exactly how it requires that which you do for a living. You don't wish to allow yourself become defensive about this but know that a message will partly be built upon showing clients you do not fall under the "bad apple" category.
Last in my list of items that give investors a poor reputation is an easy not enough true knowledge & professionalism. Simply speaking, some of your investor colleagues just have no idea what they're doing which can impact the general thought of everything you do being a business. While I can't oversee proper education for all those investors, I do think (the truth is I am aware) until this perform to your great advantage. Where other investors don't succeed, you may finish. Where other investors are weak, you'll be strong. Business is about survival of the fittest and, even though some investors may harm the status for the organization as a whole by not being very good at what they do, that will and should remain visible as a great possiblity to establish your individual reputable foundation and make as a result.
I will do this again topic in a few days. Fo the time being, look at my tools that when used correctly will easily cause you to jump out since the educated, smart, and confidant investor. With similar techniques with the integrity and honesty in which we have to all do business, I have developed a very successful and highly profitable investment company.


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The 41-year-old was admitted to a Los Angeles hospital earlier this week suffering from a "flu-like" illness.
He was later diagnosed with a mild case of viral meningitis - an illness that involves inflammation of the tissues covering the brain and spinal cord.
Pitt's publicist Cindy Guagenti said the actor was "doing well" and recovering at home.
Africa trip
Viral meningitis - although considered serious - is rarely fatal in people with normal immune systems.
Pitt was admitted to hospital just days after returning from Ethiopia with his Mr and Mrs Smith co-star Angelina Jolie, who recently adopted a baby from the African country.
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Harissa-Spiced Roast Pork
Have your butcher butterfly the pork so that it lies flat. It should be about 1 1/2 inches thick.
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- 10 ounces harissa (North African chili sauce; about 1 1/4 cups)
- 1 bunch fresh thyme leaves, roughly chopped (1/4 cup)
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon zest, plus 1/3 cup lemon juice (from 3 lemons)
- 1/3 cup red-wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup coarse salt
- 2 tablespoons paprika
- 1 1/2 tablespoons freshly ground pepper
- 1 skin-on, bone-in pork picnic shoulder (about 11 pounds), butterflied
- Harissa-Spiced Barbecue Sauce
Mix together harissa, thyme, lemon zest and juice, and vinegar for marinade.
Mix salt, paprika, and pepper for dry rub. Stir 1 tablespoon dry rub into marinade. Place pork, skin side down, in a large roasting pan; pour marinade over pork. Flip pork; with a sharp knife, score skin (but not meat) in a diamond pattern at 1/2-inch intervals. Pat remaining dry rub over skin. Cover, and refrigerate at least 8 hours and up to 1 day. Bring to room temperature before roasting, 1 to 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cover pan with parchment-lined foil, and roast pork until fork-tender, about 5 hours. Remove foil from pan, and roast 30 minutes more. Raise temperature to 425 degrees, and roast until skin is deep brown and crisp, about 45 minutes. Remove from oven, and tent with foil. Let rest 45 minutes before carving. Serve with harissa-spice barbecue sauce.


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