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How to Write Great Copy Online
5 Copywriting Tips for Marketers
Most of your results online depend on how you communicate your value to your potential clients. You want your words to be as effective as possible. Users will not give you a second chance once they form a mental image of what you are and what you can offer them. This is a short guide to help you navigate the sea of copywriting and make sure your online copy converts and grows your business.
Master the basics of copywriting
Some people think it's just "words." They assume everything depends on the actual product or service you have, and copy doesn't matter. This is just wrong. If you have not found the time to study copywriting, here are a few basic concepts for your consideration.
Know your audience: It is impossible to write effective copy if you don't know the audience you want to reach. As famous copywriter David Ogilvy said, "Research should be the most time consuming task of a writer." It's essential that writers discover who their audi¬ence is. How do they describe the type of product or service you offer? How do they choose what to buy? What do and don't they care about? And, most importantly, how does your product or ser¬vice benefit them?
Compelling headlines: How do you capture the attention of your audience? Your elevator pitch moment is your headline. Clarity wins over creativity: What do you offer? Why should I care? What's in it for me? Keep it short. Keep it simple. Describe, don't overthink. The goal is to keep people interested and have them read more. One word can make the difference, like the Movexa headline A/B test which improved sales by 89% when the added one word, "supplement," in the headline.
Unique Selling Proposition (USP): You have heard you need to be unique in order to succeed in business. The USP is a way to explain it to your audience, and can be crafted answering three simple ques¬tions: What is it? Who is it for? How does it help?
Persuasive writing: Your copy will convert much better if you pay attention to the science of persuasion. Research in psychology shows there are certain patterns that will increase the chances of selling with your words, namely a focus on benefits, price dis-counts, limited time offers, money-back guarantees, testimonials and bonus products.
Clear benefits
One of the most common mistakes in copywriting is not being clear enough about the benefits of what we are selling. Some people, in fact, describe features rather than benefits. They talk about the dishwasher, the consulting service, a laptop without actually explaining how it will benefit people.
If you want your copy to be persuasive, you might want to think about these questions and translate your answers into actual copy:
How will this help people save money and time?
How will this make them feel?
What will this make them think?
What specific results will it produce?
Why will it over-deliver?
Why should people tell their friends about it?
Just to make things clear, if you are writing about a music device, you may consider features like GB of memory, USB connection and avail¬able colors. But the real benefits for this product may be comfortable listening, stylish look and ease of use.
The right copy length
Sometimes your copy is good, but it is not producing the results you expect. You think there must be something wrong in what you wrote, but that is not the case. You wrote compelling content, explained the benefits of your product and crafted an irresistible offer. What's wrong?
Quite simply, it's possible your copy doesn't have the right length. Depending on the situation, users need different amounts of informa¬tion in order to make a decision. In order to decide what the right length is for your copy, there are certain elements you should take into account:
Your industry: a good starting point is assessing your competitors. What's the standard for your industry/type of product? Take a look at your most successful competitor and get an idea. You should consider both the length of the landing page or sales letter itself and the ratio when combined with the amount of call to actions (CTAs). Infoproducts, for example, tend to perform well with a high copy to CTA ratio.
The commitment: how big is the commitment on the user's end? Are you promoting a free web seminar or a $997 course? Are you asking for somebody's name and email or much more information? The big¬ger the commitment, the longer your copy should be to address con¬cerns and explain benefits.
The length to call to action ratio: Are you familiar with the way most websites display download and order buttons? Not just once in the page, but several times, to make sure you get the chance to do the desired action at different stages. That's fine, but one should not overdo it. Often there are too many CTAs, and removing some of them guarantees higher conversions.
Ask for feedback
Sometimes there's not much we can do without input from others. Does your copy stand up to a review? Asking other people you trust might be much more effective than analyzing your own copy (expect to return the favor!) and will provide external insights from which you can benefit.
How should you do this? Asking only, "What do you think about it?" will not suffice. If you want to increase the chances of your copy converting, you should ask smart questions that are directly related to what copy needs to accomplish: keep the interest alive, explain and persuade.
Question #1: If you were a customer, would you read more?
Most people don't realize the first trait of successful copy is that it makes you read, read, read. You don't think you're wasting your time as you feel the need to learn more about the subject. Start by asking a group of 5-10 people if they would actually read more after the first third of your copy.
Question #2: How would you change this?
General questions won't cut it. "Do you like this headline?" "Yeah, pretty good". Ask your people to suggest specific variations of your copy and why. This will teach invaluable lessons.
Question #3: What's unbelievable, boring or confusing?
Copy Logic, a great handbook on copywriting, outlines a simple strat¬egy to reduce the risk of readers abandoning your copy once and for all. Just ask a few people to spot anything that sounds unbelievable, boring or confusing. In this way, you'll be able to remove or fix the elements of your copy that are not producing the expected results, instantly increasing your conversions.
Technology can help
When it comes to testing your copy and refining it, technology can be really useful. Sometimes relying on what people think is not enough. You want real data that can immediately help you understand what's going on so you can act accordingly.
Mouse tracking
A great tool for this purpose is a mouse tracking service like Crazy Egg or Mouseflow. How compelling is your copy? You'll be able to find what percentage of users scroll down the page. Are people leaving the site at a certain point? There might be a reason.
A/B testing
Testing several versions of your copy along with other graphic ele¬ments on your page will give you a clear idea of what performs well and what doesn't. Be creative and test different headlines to see what works best.
Is this overwhelming? If you want your copy to convert, you might need to step back and look at it with constructive criticism: What's working? What's not?
The good thing about copywriting in the digital age is that we have the chance to test it over and over. We cannot read people's minds, but keeping in mind certain metrics will help us get better and better at writing for the audience.
Treat your copy as a product. The more time you spend with it, the faster it will improve and produce the results you expect and deserve.


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Darren LaCroix
Darren LaCroix is the Toastmasters International 2001 World Champion of Public Speaking. Last night he gave a free presentation here in Vegas called "Learning From a Dead Frog," which I attended eagerly along with about 150 others. During his presentation Darren dissected his 7-minute championship speech (titled "Ouch!") and explained how he developed, rehearsed, and executed it.
Darren claimed this would ruin the magic of the speech but that we would learn valuable lessons about how the speech was put together. For me, however, the opposite was true. When I saw all the hard work and intentionality that went into every segment of that speech, it only increased my appreciation of it. I took copious notes and gained a plethora of workable ideas for improving my own speeches. Many of Darren's ideas were subtle tweaks here and there, but collectively it was obvious how they can make a speech so much more effective.
From Chump to Champ
Darren shared many lessons about his path from a wannabe stand-up comic in 1992 to world champion speaker in 2001 to well-paid professional speaker/comedian today. He showed us a video clip of one of his early performances in a comedy club in 1992. His performance was downright dreadful! He wasn't even remotely funny. It was hard to tell it was the same person in the 2001 video of his championship speech.
Darren emphasized what it took to go from chump to champ as he calls it. He had to learn to overcome failure, to fall down on his face again and again, and to keep getting back up to take the stage another day. I was amazed after seeing his 1992 video that someone so clearly lacking in comedic talent would have the wherewithal — nay, the insanity — to ever want to get back up on stage again.
Darren explained how his transformation wasn't accidental but intentional. His talent was certainly not inborn. He built it himself brick by brick. He showed us photos of those bricks — shelves filled with video tapes and CDs of his speeches. He taped his speeches and reviewed those tapes for lessons he could learn. He invited multiple mentors to help him progress, and he did his best to apply their advice. And year after year, he got better.
Hard work was the key for Darren. If he had taken the lazy path through life, the path of least resistance, he'd never have achieved his goal of becoming a professional comedian and speaker. That became abundantly clear by looking at his starting point. No amount of luck would have made him funny. Without hard work his talent would not exist. For Darren it came down to sweating through the grind of giving lots and lots of free speeches and doing open-mic nights at comedy clubs, getting feedback (sometimes very negative feedback), and improving his technique little by little.
Darren asked us why people now pay him thousands of dollars to give a one-hour talk. He said what they're paying for is his talent, the talent that allows him to change the way people think in just one hour. The way he sees it, he's finally getting paid for all those lean years when he was working so hard to reach this point.
Stage time, stage time, stage time!
Darren's mantra for building talent as a speaker is "Stage time, stage time, stage time." What does "stage time" represent in your life? Everyone has their own stage where failures and successes occur and talent is expressed. For a blogger it's the time spent blogging. For a salesperson it's the time spent selling. For a programmer it's the time spent programming.
What's your stage? How often do you take the stage? And how can you improve your performance on stage?
After you step down off your stage, do you review your performance, get feedback from people with greater talent, and make conscious improvements? Or do you keep performing at the same level year after year? Are you blindly following the mantra "practice makes perfect" without doing anything to intentionally improve your practice? As Denis Waitley says, "Practice makes permanent. Only perfect practice make perfect."
If you're interested in developing your communication and humor skills, Darren LaCroix provides some free articles on his web site. Darren also offers a collection of books, CDs, and DVDs. I don't own any of his products (yet), but several Toastmasters I respect have told me they're outstanding.
Tonight Darren LaCroix is doing a 3-hour workshop at the Rio Hotel on how to go from free speaking to making a living as a professional speaker. I'm grateful that people like Darren choose to share their time and experience with those who are eager to sponge off someone with greater experience and talent.
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Thank you SOS.. that is my point.. Risky to try to get rid of it Wholesale
I have spent alot of late nights researching too, Im wondering what the $67 for Saleshoo is for, since Im in the same spot I would be without Saleshoo... see my point
If I am going to do all that work, what is the purpose of joining these pre-approved Wholesaler/Dropshipper lists?
The only benefit I see right now, is the forum and the ability to chat with those who were once in my spot.
I think Im missing something,.. will keep at it
Thanks Alice for the names of the other 2 platforms.. new to me..
Mark, I thought I would try a small shipment and low cost item to get my feet wet with wholesalers or liquidators... This is for a bid of 30 golf windbreakers ( name brand) for $110. So even If I don't sell them.. the men in my family will benefit. ( this $110 was a proceed from an ebay sale)
I used Liqidators.com and they show this rating box on their screen:
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buyer dispute rate was 0% under the 30 days column and repeat business was 27% Their ranking was a green bar that looked good. Not sure what else I should be looking for as red flags.
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Boston Scientific Express Stent
Quick Facts
September 26, 2002
Boston Scientific Corp.
Recall June 13, 2004
Approved Uses
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Blood Clots
Heart Attacks
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The FDA has recalled Boston Scientific Express2TM (bare metal) coronary stents. The Express2™ stent system consists of a stent (small metal tube) which is mounted on a balloon catheter. The stent is inserted into a blood vessel and advanced within the vessel to the narrowed section of the coronary artery.
When the stent is correctly positioned, the balloon is inflated, causing the stent to expand. Expansion of the stent pushes the plaque aside, opening the narrowed section of the artery restoring normal blow flow to the heart. The balloon on the stent delivery catheter is then deflated and the delivery catheter is removed from the patient. The stent remains permanently implanted supporting the newly opened section of the vessel.
The FDA recalled the stents because of characteristics in the design of the stent system caused failure of the balloon to deflate and impeded removal of the balloon after stent placement. Impeded balloon deflation can result in significant patient complications, including emergency coronary artery bypass graft surgery and death. Hospitals should immediately discontinue use of any affected units.
Class I recalls are the most serious type of recall and involve situations where there is a reasonable probability that use of the product will cause serious injury or death.
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Dog First Aid and Disaster planning
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Dog First Aid
As a dog owner, you're likely to encounter everything from a dog with a broken toenail to one that's been seriously injured by a car. If you're familiar with first–aid measures, you can provide the initial care to a dog that's frightened, in pain, or even in danger of dying.
The purpose of First aid is to:
- keep the dog alive until it reaches veterinary care
- prevent further injury
- minimize pain and suffering.
Pet First Aid Training by American Red Cross
Whether your pet becomes ill or injured, or needs help in a disaster, the American Red Cross Pet First Aid class teaches you emergency care procedures for cats and dogs, and provides tips for keeping your pet happy and healthy too.
Further information is available at: http://www.redcross.org/
It is very important to have a First Aid Kit and always be prepared to treat your dog in the event of an accident.
Since you never know when an accident will happen, keeping a pet emergency kit at your home is a good idea. A smaller kit could be used in the car. You can put a first aid kit together yourself and buy the items separately,, use a small plastic tub with a tight fitting lid to store the following items:
- Bandages( for treating wounds)
- Cotton wool(This can be soaked in water, sterile saline or dilute antiseptic and used to clean open wounds)
- Tweezes ( Tweezes can remove things such as splinters and wasp stings.)
- Sterile dressings( Must be applied to a wound)
- Sterile saline (This is for cleaning wounds, Washing debris away and preventing contamination.)
- Water (charring water means you can give your dog a drink if he is thirsty or needs cooling down. You could sponge him with water if is overheated, also be used to clean wounds.)
- Scissors ( This is can be used for many things such as disentangling your dog if he is caught up in something, cutting hair from around a wound or trimming bandages.)
- Tape( Tape holds bandages firmly in place)
- Magnifying glass(A magnifying glass is useful if a dog has a splinter or a thorn in his foot so you can look at it)
Also you can add:
- Eye dropper or oral syringe & Eye wash solution
- Styptic powder or sticks, Quick Stop
- Disposable gloves
- Antibiotic ophthalmic ointment
- Buffered or canine aspirin
You can buy kits ready-made from: http://www.firstaid-supply.com/consumer/cons5.html?wcw=overture
Disaster Planning
Major emergencies and natural disasters happen and often require you to leave your home for an extended period of time. Remember your canine family member(s) when this happens. Ensure their safety by making sure to include a kit for your pets too – they should contain:
Recent photographs of your pet, health and vaccination records
- Drinking water in gallon-sized plastic containers
- Dry pet food and dishes
- Torch
- Medication(s)
- Leash
- Crate
- Can opener
- Fleece blanket
- Bottle of antibacterial detergent and washcloth
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This is Benji's story (from Breaking Finn) and how he met Ajax.
Benji is 19, he suffers from A.D.H.D. (Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder), but with a lot of support from his family and his best friend he has learned to cope well with it and is now in his first year at U.C.L.A. His friend Jamie brings him with her to a club and he is introduced into the bdsm lifestyle. His interest is piqued and after training to be a sub, he is matched with a Dom, Ajax.
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I use models in my stories to represent characters. For me it helps me to fully engage with the character if I have a face and I think the readers might feel the same. However, my use of their pictures has no connection with the models themselves. I do not know any of them (unfortunately), I do not know their sexual preferences or their lifestyle so any depiction in my story has nothing to do with the person in real life.
I also like to add songs/videos to my chapters and most of the time the music reflects the chapter somehow, so it's definitely worth listening to them if you are able.
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There are two very talented writers currently writing stories about some of the characters in this story. This is something I asked them to do and am very excited where they are taking their stories. The two spin-offs are about Eric & Stephan and Rob & Peter. I encourage you to read them. Eric & Stephan's story is "Lessons in the Male Anatomy" and Rob & Peter's story is "Anxiously Yours". They are both fabulous! :)
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The Durham report, named after John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham who wrote it, was commissioned by the British government in the aftermath of the Canadian Revolution. It sought to explain the reasons behind the uprising and possible solutions to prevent a similar one in other colonies.
To do, Lord Durham interviewed loyalists who had fled to other parts of British North America and even traveled incognito in the Canadas.
While agreeing that some of the demands made by the rebels prior to the revolution might have been legitimate, his conclusions were that the lower-Canadian uprising was due to ethnic tensions and the upper-Canadian one was the result of American influence.
His recommendations were that colonies be given representation but to prevent a sense of nationalism from developing, that it be by way of electing representatives to Westminster as if the colonies were not distinct entities but rather constituent part of the United Kingdom. BNA would thus be divided into ridings as its topmost divisions. The same would apply to other "white" possessions while "coloured" ones would remain colonies. The formers would stopped being the responsibility of the Permanent Under-Secretary for the Colonies and would instead receives services as "oversea regions" from the relevant ministries.


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Sustainable Consumption And Industrial Ecology
"Although economists, elected officials, andfar too many traditional environmentalists refuseto examine the inexorable links between consumptionand ecological problems, an economicand cultural transformation in consumption andproduction has already begun.
What is actually happening on the groundin the United States? Most sustainability advocateshave bypassed the U.S. federal governmentand worked for change within the marketplaceor in local governments and communities. Oneof the most promising developments in recent years is the leveraging power of institutional consumers.State and local governments, for example, spend more than $400 billion every year."
[Editor's note: The link below is to a PDF version of an academic journal article in a special issue of the Journal of Industrial Ecology.]
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Molly's First Halloween
We adopted Molly four years ago but she's never experienced Halloween. She's my "go to" dog when I need one to take for a demonstration. She's also the dog that usually goes with me on home visits for Lab Rescue of FL. I turn her loose in the house and watch how the people interact with her. Do they mind if she sniffs the counter or the cat? How do the kids react to having her around? Is the home decorated for a big dog; will she clear a table when she wags her tail? Because we live in an adult community we don't get Trick or Treaters. I miss it.
This year I asked Lisa Yeager, of Primo Ink and Toner, if we could join her and the kids. I was really happy when she said "yes." Halloween evening we went to the house and the kids were still getting dressed. The little boys, Josh, 2, and Jake, 4, were all over Molly. They hugged her, patted her, tugged on her tail, looked in her ears, checked out her "big teeth." Everyone was talking at once, eating pizza and cookies, moving around the house. Molly was fine with all of it. She acted like she did this every day. She didn't even take food from the little boys.
About dusk, after Josh's shoe had been located, we all started out. We saw kids and adults of all sizes dressed in costumes and masks. Molly saw a fuzzy spider about 18″ across bouncing around the sidewalk, talking jack o' lanterns, smoke machines, air compressors, other dogs, and took it all in stride. At one house there was a person sitting on the sidewalk dressed in a alien suit w/ big flippers for hands, a huge wrinkly head, and baggy clothes. Molly just sniffed him and decided he was ok, too.
After about an hour the kids were done so Lisa and crew headed back home. Molly was beginning to disengage at that point so we didn't go back inside. That might have been too much with the little boys so we went home.
I want to offer a HUGE THANK YOU to Lisa for letting us join her. I think we both had a really good time.
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I was going to make a tom & Jerry cake. I wanted to use Styrofoam for Toms head. The cake is for Jan 31st. My question is can I make Toms head now ((3 weeks ahead)) without the mmf getting too drying & cracking off?
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Yes. I have dummy cakes that have been sitting for 2 years and the fondant has not dried out or cracked
Thank you for the reply...I should have know that..Did you cover it with piping gel first?
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The litigation between Revlon chairman Ron Perelman and his former father-in-law, Robert Cohen, has been, from the get-go, a hard fought affair handled by expensive lawyers who didn't just fall off the old turnip truck.
But last week, a New Jersey judge told the lawyers for Perelman — a group headed by heavyweights Ted Wells and Marty Flumenbaum (pictured) at Paul Weiss that they'd fought a little too hard. Judge Ellen Koblitz granted Cohen's motion for sanctions, finding that Perelman, repped by Paul Weiss and Lowenstein Sandler, had filed a frivolous claim.
New Jersey judge Ellen Koblitz ordered Paul Weiss and Lowenstein Sandler to pay Cohen's fees and costs for opposing the claim and set a hearing for July 8 to determine the amount. Click here for a transcript from last week's court hearing. Koblitz's opinion begins on page 95.
The backstory is laid out in this piece from earlier in the year by Fortune's James Bandler. Click here, also, for a story on the sanctions out Tuesday in the New York Law Journal.
The original lawsuit, filed by Perelman against Cohen, claimed that half of Cohen's money should, upon his death, go to the estate . . .


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We look at the implications of Microsoft's recent comments on user control over cookies, the current regulator position and what all this means for the wider web-industry both now and in the future.
Microsoft has previously said it is turning the proposed Do Not Track standard "on" by default in IE 10, to the anger of many in the digital advertising and retargeting space.
It reiterated in December that it is going to stick to this position, but also advocated greater industry dialogue around giving fine control over tracking (and indirectly, cookies) to users.
This position is probably welcome news to EU and UK data protection regulators given the new cookies rules that came into play in May 2012.
The natural consequence of the "consent" that is now required by law to cookies being placed, is the means to manage opt-outs. Some website providers have gone as far as to redesign their sites to achieve this position, but most have not and at present, there is no simple and really effective means by which to manage such opt-outs.
Users have to rely on the present, often crude cookie-management tools presently available in current browsers, which frequently result in a diminished user experience on the one hand, or hardly anything being blocked on the other. The Internet Advertising Bureau's guidance on ad retargeting opt-outs, recently endorsed by the UK Advertising Standard's Authority, gives users another route, but is not well known or particularly well-publicised amongst consumers, and in any case only covers one area of cookies.
In practice, user consent to cookies is therefore something of a "Hobson's choice" between perceived privacy intrusion on the one hand, and clunky web-browsing or simply not using popular sites on the other.
As a practical matter, it would be unquestionably good for users and the global website industry as a whole to have this hole filled once and for all, especially to allow some cookies to be retained by users, and others blocked. Developing controls obviously requires real consensus though. As has been demonstrated with Do Not Track, there are strong vested interests on both sides of the argument.
There is also a balance to be struck in how control given to users. As some commentators have already observed, fine control is not the same as easy or readily understandable control. Facebook's privacy features are often held up as a case in point; they exist and have been revised relatively regularly but their complexity could be argued to breed as much confusion and in turn inactivity, as active control.
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Overseas travels and visits to European coffee houses, fired up Tom Hedger and Mark Wallace and prompted them to join the coffee house competition in Athens.
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The two young men have opened Go Coffee in The Bottleworks, 297 Prince Ave. The java cafe is situated near Quizno's and in a corner space on the northeast side of The Bottleworks main building. The coffee shop is the latest tenant to occupy the mixed-used redevelopment of the facility which formerly housed the Coca-Cola bottling and distributing operations in Athens.
Hedger speaks enthusiastically about the motif for his and Wallace's new venture.
''The design is very modern, modeled after European coffee houses,'' he explained. ''We liked the modern Scandinavian feel with lots of stainless steel and blond wood and modern light fixtures.''
Large industrial windows in the building provide plenty of natural lighting to the coffee house as well.
As a business, Go Coffee is fairly basic, Hedger said. Customers can get a variety of coffee drinks, pastries, desserts and sandwiches.
''It's very simple, very basic,'' Hedger stated. ''It's a coffee house by every means, but we make sandwiches and truffles too.''
The coffee line which Go Coffee offers is prepared from products of an Olympia, Wash., bean roaster. Hedger said the coffee blends are unique to Athens. On a daily basis a dark roast, medium roast and a decaffeinated blend is available in small, medium and large sizes. The new business also has a cappuccino machine. Customers order and pick up their coffee at the counter.
Inside, 14 tables, five of which are booths, offer seating accommodations. A TV mounted on the wall and tuned to CNN with captions provides updates on the news. During favorable weather conditions, patrons can choose to sit outside on a patio which was formerly the loading dock for the Coke operation.
Go Coffee barista, Sanni Baumgartner, and co-owner, Mark Wallace at Go Coffee in the Bottleworks. Go Coffee is open from 7 a.m. to Midnight.Cameron Swartz/ Staff
Homemade chocolate truffles, vegan truffles, cheesecakes, pastries, breakfast items and sandwiches make up the Go Coffee menu. Hedger said early-morning customers can choose from bagels, croissants, muffins, cereal, milk, juice and a fresh fruit cup every morning. Pre-made sandwiches are offered for lunch, with turkey and Swiss cheese, tuna, vegetarian and grilled cheese among the selections. Hedger said he expects to add some salads to the menu in the future.
Hedger, originally from Chicago has been in Athens for 12 years. His partner Wallace is from Columbus, Ohio and came to Athens about 15 years ago. He opened Go Clothing and now owns Go Bar, just east of Go Coffee on Prince.
Go Coffee opened in early January and is open from 7 a.m. to midnight Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to midnight Saturday and Sunday.
The place employs five other people besides Wallace and Hedger. The phone number is (706) 559-4550.
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It's no accident that President Obama plans to give his big tax cut speech tomorrow in Cleveland.
That fine Ohio city just happens to be where House Minority Leader John Boehner gave a speech last month criticizing Obama's economic policies.
"The president will use that opportunity to contrast a vision of returning to a decade of policy and value decisions that got us into this (economic) mess," said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs. Obama plans to lay out a series of proposed tax cuts for businesses that hire more workers and invest in research.
In his Aug. 24 speech in Cleveland, Boehner said that "America's employers are afraid to invest in an economy stalled by stimulus spending and hamstrung by uncertainty. The prospect of higher taxes, stricter rules, and more regulations has employers sitting on their hands."
Boehner is positioned to become Speaker of the House if Republicans win enough elections Nov. 2.
In Gibbs' view, Boehner's speech last month reflected "the very same type of decisions that had been made over the past 10 years that got us into this mess. I anticipate the president will spend a decent amount of time discussing it."
Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said it sounds like the Democrats are panicky over the elections, and "seem to care more about partisan attacks than working together to create jobs by stopping their spending spree and ending the uncertainty created by their agenda."
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Whether the sports fan in your house is a SEC nut or a professional fan, ideas for unique football gifts will probably go a long way towards making your life easier. When it comes to finding sports gifts for birthdays, Christmas or just that little something to lift flagging spirits, a present with his or her favorite team's logo printed on it you have come to the right place for ideas.
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Here are some birthday, Christmas or baby shower gift basket ideas that will have the lucky recipient (or the new mom and dad) cheering and jumping up and down with team spirit. The cool thing about our sports gift basket recommendations are that they are affordable (read: cheap) and if you are a fan of homemade gift items, there are a few of the gifts that can be handmade if you have time. If not, you can purchase the items at affordable prices online or in your local baby boutique for affordable prices.
This is one of those cases where the basket itself can be part of the present. Buy a large basket that can be used later as a decorative item in the home or to be used for storage and organization in the nursery. Stencil your team's logo or name on the side in team colors. Another idea is to arrange your football gifts in an attractive manner inside a picnic basket that will come in handy for the tailgate party on game day at the pro, college or high school stadium of your choice.
Line the basket with a tablecloth if your football gifts are for an adult. Line it with a personalized baby blanket if your football gifts are for a newborn baby. Silver or stainless steel football theme collectibles, posters and artwork for the walls or warm, stadium blankets will all make a favorable impression as well as serving to be useful in decorating the family home.
Add a couple of adult or baby football jerseys, caps or collectibles and some snacks that will satisfy a hungry man in front of the television and your team will stick by you through both thick and thin. When they lay eyes on your football gifts, the adults as well as the up and coming football hero in your life will know that you are a winner and eliminate any worries that you will ever be traded. Plus, your football gifts at the football shower football baby shower!
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I think every mum has ideas in her head about what she will and won't let her children do. Some people pierce their baby's ears at a young age, others wouldn't dream of it. So when I took my munchkin for her first haircut at one year and they asked if I wanted her nails painted I quickly said 'no'. You see, I just didn't think that my sweet little baby needed painted nails.
The next few haircuts were the same story:
Stylist: Would you like her nails painted?
Me: No, thank you. (Thinking to self: "not a chance"!)
Stylist: Would you like a balloon for her?
Me: Sure, thanks!
So, I pass on the nail polish, she gets the balloon and her nails stay untouched.
However, a couple weeks ago I got a mani/pedi, and when I came home my little girl was completely fascinated by the pretty paint, and even more so by the cute white flowers painted on my purple toes. Seeing her excitement, my hubby said "when do you think its ok to paint her nails"? I responded with: "I really don't know!"
I guess my 20 months of collected motherly wisdom (!) made me believe I would just instinctually know when the time was right.
So, tonight I took her in for a haircut and when the stylist said "would you like her nails painted?" I said "sure!" without much hesitation at all. My little sweetie sat up on my lap, plunked her right hand down on the table and sat more still than a seasoned salon-goer who has this done every week. By the time her 4th nail was being painted, her left hand was gently placed beside the right awaiting her second hand of polished nails.
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One of my favorite members of several forums has finally begun blogging. The long awaited LawDog Files is finally collected on the net. Now if we could just get LawDog to write a book!
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Mcps, Payment Options Merchant Solutions (MCPS), also known as Delta Card Services, a merchant chip provider, today announced the appointment of Giovanni Diano as Chief Financial Officer effective December 3, 2010.
Mr. Diano will report to Stan Paur, president and CEO of MCPS, and be responsible for all aspects of financial operations at the option traders.
More recently, Mr. Diano served as Senior Vice President of Finance for National Processing Company (NPC). Before that, Mr. Diano was Vice President of Financial Systems and Reporting Retriever Payment Systems. He also served as director of financial systems for Continental Airlines.
Mr. Diano holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas and a Masters in Business Administration from the University Rice. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
In making the announcement of the appointment of Mr. Diano, Stan Paur said: "Giovanni has chosen to join us at a time. Our organization is experiencing significant growth and wealth of knowledge and expertise in electronic payments industry will facilitate our expansion. "
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Race: Human Gender: Female Age: Thirties or fourties Place of Birth: The Hope, a transport freighter, en route to Tattooine Place of Residence: Glimmer Former Place(s) of Residence: The Hope Affiliation: None Bounty Licence/Mark Token: No thanks
Possessions: 1 Ship: Glimmer; above average speed transport ship, old and in relatively poor, but running condition, smaller than average, almost fully equipped with blockade-running/evasive gear, tools, and hardware 1 Laser pistol: Cheap, inexpensive, slightly innaccurate 6 GLC's: relics from the Sith Civil War, still in working condition 1 Sith Space/flight suit 2,071 Credits 1 Proton Carbine, purchased
Height: 5'11" Weight: 153 lbs. Eye Colour: Green Hair: Black Other Features: Described by many men to be very womanly, Bijou is a very shapely female. Her hips are wide, and connect to her torso in a typical, much sought-after hourglass shape. Her bust is very large as well, adding to the curvaciousness of her body. However, Bijou Ne'era is tall; much taller than the average female. This is often intimidating for many men. Her physique is muscular and very fit, a throwback to her days as a trained soldier, as well a result of her rather unconventional life.
Bijou's eyes are deep, alluring, emerald-colored. They are rather small and more widely spread apart than normal, although it does not marr her natural beauty and even adds an exotic appeal to her. Her eyes, despite being more round than almond-shaped, have a very oriental appearance to them. Her nose is long, but does not extend outward much, and is turned upward slightly. Her lips are very luscious, and are a naturally redder color. Bijou's face is rather angular, although there are no sharply jutting points. Her cheeks are very high, and her jaw relatively thin. Her hair is neck-length in its longest points; it is silky and as black as the space between the stars.
Clothing: Most of the time, Bijou Mil Ne'era will be found wearing the same things. On the top of her head, pushing most but a few strands of hair back behind her neck, is an old, shabby, and brown leather pilot's cap that can be secured under her chin with an old-style buckle reminiscient of a belt buckle. When out of her ship, she may wear her goggles over her eyes, although usually they will go on top of her head. They cover everything from her forehead down to her eyes. Also when outside her ship, Bijou may wear a facemask that covers her mouth and nose entirely, and, if one looks very closely, looks exactly like an old loyalist gas-mask, styled in the traditional, close-fitting manner.
On her torso, she wears the top part of an old Sith flight-suit, like the kind used during the Sith Civil War; it is heavy, made of a thick, reflective, yet flexible material, and specially shaped for women. It follows her form with general precision, although it is extremely angular. If she wishes to take it off, it is peeled off starting from the line that's located a little left from the middle. The flight-suit is sleeveless, and so over it she wears what remains of a Sith military officer's shirt; she tore off the sleeves halfway and sowed fur onto the collar, the bottoms of the sleeves, the edges of the coat, and the inside of the jacket. The symbol denoting Lieutenant is still visible on the left side of the jacket, although it is very battle-worn.
Her dark red pants are tucked into her knee-length boots, and are rather baggy. On her upper thighs, on each leg, is a strap tied rather tightly. Her sleeves consist of a material wrapped around her arms like a bandage.
Bijou suffered from several injuries during the Sith Civil War. Some of those injuries are gone, wiped away with time. However, some remain. Her hearing is worse in her right ear than her left from a missile that had impacted only feet away, leaving everyone around her dead except for her, because she had been shooting with a durasteel container beside her, which took all the impact of the blow and only whacked into her harmlessly. From a grenade, she lost the feeling in three of her left fingers. On her hip is a scar from when an assassin mistook her for a top-ranking officer, attacked, and would have cut her in half with a vibroblade had it not been for the explosive that had blown up right behind him, killing him instantly but missing her entirely, as his body had blocked all the shrapnel.
Uniform: On occasion, Bijou will wear the full Sith flight-suite, along with the helmet, when she is making in-flight repairs to her ship and must go out in space.
Skills and Talents: 1. Wild, eccentric and unconventional pilot. Was formerly world-class, but has since then lost a great deal of her ability, even while flying Glimmer.
2. Instictual pilot and soldier
3. Average soldier
Personality: Bijou is a seasoned, toughened, but war-weary commander. She is driven and has a commanding presence. She is confident in everything she does, and trusts fully in her abilities, though trusting others takes a little longer. Often, Bijou takes life-threatening risks and shows little care for her own safety. She was shot thirteen times during the war, and carries each of her scars proudly, thus she is not afraid of being shot again. That said, Bijou is extremely, almost unnaturally lucky, and can be expected, one way or another, to survive whatever happens to her. This is both because of her luck, but also because she is very tough and battle-hardened. She knows what needs to be done, and will strive to do it, even if it risks harm to herself. However, she will be reluctant to place anyone around her in unnecessary harm, and anyone in her ship is made to know full well that whatever happens to them was because of their choices, not hers.
Bijou is very extraverted. She is almost never insular, is often sexual, almost never stops to take in the moment, and rarely thinks about her lot in life. She considers the crime that she does cynically; 'someone has to do it'. Bijou is also likely to let life carry her where it will, so long she can keep on living. That said, she enjoys not knowing what will happen next, and not having a definite path in life.
Because of the war, Bijou carries with her a distaste for the Sith, as well as extending that distaste to a general dislike of organizations and authorities which, by their very nature, seperate people and pit them against each other. Despite this, however, her attitude is quite sour toward any Sith Rebels she meets.
Lastly, Bijou enjoys much drinking, socializing, and sex, as well as fighting. By her nature, she enjoys conflict and being in conflict with others. Bijou often acts unhinged and wild, sometimes seeming to border on insanity. However, beneath this exterior she is a meticulous planner, especially when it comes to things such as battles and fights. Many an enemy fell to her blaster by underestimating "The Wild Sandy".
Known Relatives: Harmas Jipjip (cousin) Father: Nissej Vrisoklg Ne'era Mother: Arna Nalim
History: Bijou has a very strange history that possibly affected her very strange character. She was born on The Hope, a transport freighter en route to Tattooine. For all intents and purposes, she was born in Tattooine, although her parents were stow-aways. Her parents, as well as the new-born Bijou, were discovered shortly after her mother gave birth to her, due to her labored screaming.
All three were crammed in an escape pod quickly after the discovery and sent out to die in space when their pod ran out of air to provide them with. However, they were intercepted by a small, undercover Sith cruiser, which picked them up, jailed her parents, quickly killing them soon after, and dropped her off on Tattooine.
She was sold into slavery almost immediately upon arriving on Tattooine. She was sold into the hands of a loving Twi'lek master, who also happened to be a raging pedophile. When Bijou was 12, he made his first advance on her, which she declined. After a brief fight, she had accidentally slashed the side of her master's face with a knife, inflicting a deep wound, and then running away. She ran from mobs for about a month before finding herself in the company of Jawas.
Bijou learned their language, and lived with them until she was 15. However, the experience did not leave her with much. A small Jawa caravan, with her on board, was attacked by sand people. The only one to survive the attack, she was taken prisoner for two months. However, by a stroke of luck, she was able to escape, wrapping herself in the clothes of the sand people to protect herself from the harsh desert climate.
It was two years later, after she had roamed the desert alone, for the most part, that she again met the Sith. At first, they mistook her for a sand person and fired at her. However, Bijou's acclimation to the desert proved useful, and she was able to outmaneuver the Sith again and again, hiding behind rocks or trees in the small oasis they were at. Finally, however, she surrendered, and it was then that the soldiers realized she was a human. They conscripted her into the Sith army as a pilot. Bijou's success as a pilot, which earned her the nickname "Sandy," both after the oasis incident, and after her wild and chaotic, yet effective flying style, allowed her to transfer into the Sith army's special forces. There, she joined a regiment known as the Ground Divers; soldiers who jumped from ships or fighters deep behind enemy lines, using a cube filled with an instantaneously expanding green gel to cushion their fall immediately before impact with the ground. Her success in this field as well soon left her with the rank of Sargeant.
Then, the Sith Civil War happened. Bijou sided with the Loyalists, and for a while, though they could win. But Darth Krell and his forces proved too strong. Eventually, the Loyalists surrendered, one by one, although Bijou fought and fought until she was forced to swear her loyalty. Several months before the death of Krell, therefore, Bijou deserted and wandered around the galaxy, without purpose. It was then that she found Glimmer, abandoned in the same oasis where she'd been attacked by the Sith so many years ago.
It was a stroke of luck. The ship was in near-perfect condition, although it was not the best of ships. It was a transport-class ship, elegant but tough and durable. Thus, Bijou had a ship, and began her new life.
It was not more than a month later, after doing only minor jobs, that Bijou had scored her first major one. Working together, she, along with Adrian Rain and his crew of one, continuously succeeded in raiding Republic shipping in the Outer Rim. The loot allowed Bijou to purchase more than enough fuel for several months, as well as fix several tiny kinks in her ship, as well as replacement parts, not to mention a brand new carbine rifle.
Sample Roleplay:
Deep breath in, deep breath out. Deep breath in, deep breath out. Two green eyes looked up, through the window of the cockpit of the small Sith fighter, into the clouds above. The sky was beautiful, even at night. Stars glimmered, and the two moons of the small, insignificant planet shone brightly on the metal shell of the craft.
The explosions made it all the better! The fighter, relegated for this mission to the role of a drop ship, twirled in and out, around and between its flying enemies, breaking formation continuously despite the yells of its squad-members, especially the leader. A blast on the left, a laser on the right, missiles flying all around, exploding if they got close enough. Through clouds, out of clouds. [i]You'll get demoted, Ne'era![/i] Forget him. Faster and faster, nearing the drop zone on the ground. Blast, explosion, silence. The last of her squad went down. She wouldn't get demoted..
Flying upside down, now. The canopy opened, but the harness kept her in place. Air flew in and out, slowing her fighter down, but it was too late anyways. Soon she would be out. The wind flew in her face, but Bijou's goggles and mask made it harmless and relegated it to a status less than 'annoyance'. The craft climbed higher and higher. She was above the clouds. The mask provided her with air when the atmosphere thinned. Autopilot engaged in three... two... Harness off... One... Bijou's rear end left the seat of her fighter and she plummeted to the ground. Her feminine, battle-hardened body straightened. The wind around her was ear-splitting, but every inch of the Sith spec-ops soldier was covered. Through the clouds she dove, picking up more and more speed. Her left hand drew a pistol and straightened again; her right picked up a cube from her utility belt and straightened as well. She fingered the button on the small cube. First mission.
The ground neared and neared, still the soldier dove headfirst. Fighters whizzed past, laser and missiles flew all around. Explosions were heard, sometimes felt; shockwaves occasionally hit her and forced her to readjust. 400 feet. 300.... 200... 100... Cube... button... Click.
Green gel burst out of the cube, expanding as it fell to the ground in front of her. She looked around; no enemies. Then, she turned, falling now with her side, and as the gelatinous substance landed on the ground, so did she land on it, softening her fall by a significant enough figure to where she could still fight. But she was sure she heard a crunch. Her right wrist was broken. Damn...


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Russell is a character in Fable III who gives out the quest Framed for Murder, which becomes available after The Masquerade. He is an art dealer and can be found standing by his stall beneath the bridge in Bowerstone Old Quarter.
Russell is an avid collector of the paintings of Thomas Kaidkin, a relatively unknown artist who he believes has potential to be great and famous. Russell has been diligently buying these paintings, hoping to sell them for a profit, but he knows that the public isn't interested in buying the works of an obscure artist and therefore offer very little for his paintings. In order to increase Kaidkin's fame, and thus the value of his paintings, Russell requests that the Hero murder him, offering five hundred gold for the deed.
If the Hero accepts the quest and murders Thomas Kaidkin, the after-quest message indicates that with the artist's death, the asking price for the paintings has gone up considerably, seemingly guaranteeing Russell's plan and indicating that it worked.
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- A Letter to Russell the Art Collector from Arthur can be found on the table next to him. It reads, "My dear Russell, you're a jumped-up arrogant buffoon who thinks he knows about art but really doesn't. Yours sincerely, Arthur."


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"We are proud that he has been the best Attorney General on civil rights in U.S. history and disappointed because he leaves at a critical time when we need his continued diligence most," Sharpton said in a statement. "Policing of Americans is the critical challenge of today, especially Blacks and Browns in particular," he added. Lets pretend for a second that Sharpton's statement even makes sense. Can you imagine if a white man had referred to "policing" Blacks and Browns?! Liberals would have a field day!
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Tourists were forced to scamper down thousands of steps to safety after fire broke out at the top of the Eiffel Tower.
Firefighters doused the flames in a cable room about 300 metres up. The blaze was extinguished just over an hour after the alert was raised on Tuesday, a French fire services spokesman said.
Thousands of tourists were evacuated from the giant, mostly metal edifice built for a world fair and inaugurated on March 31, 1889, to celebrate the centenary of the French Revolution.
"We smelt smoke. The fire was above our level. We thought it was a short-circuit. There were a lot of people up there but they all came down calmly," a Parisian cleaner, Bamba Adam, said.
One of several Dutch students there, Peter Hoexum, said he and his friends were among the last to get to the ground.
"We didn't know what was happening," he said. "We could see the smoke as we came up to the top floor in the elevator.
"Everybody was looking around and taking pictures of the helicopters.
"They shouted, 'No pictures, no phones. Go down, go down," ' he said, referring to tower staff. "Two firemen came up the stairs carrying axes and wearing breathing apparatus. Then we saw an elevator going up, and it was stuffed with firemen."
They and many others were forced to use the 1665 steps to get down from the top of a tower which rises 324 metres in a chic part of downtown Paris.
Security service officials said nobody was hurt and about 3000 people were evacuated.
The tower, named after entrepreneur Gustav Eiffel, lures 6 million people a year with its panoramic views of Paris and the winding Seine river.
Jean-Bernard Bros, the chairman of the company that manages the tower, said after a meeting with the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, that he expected to reopen at least a part of the tower yesterday.
"At no time was there a danger to the tower," he said.
One of the Dutch students, Frank Engelin, joked about his aborted first visit to one of the world's best known landmarks, saying, "I want my money back."
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