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COLUMBIA (WACH) -- Eleven year old Ryan Unumb was diagnosed with autism at an early age.
Itâ??s a disorder that affects the brains normal development of social and communication skills.
For individuals like him learning can be challenging in a typical classroom setting.
But thanks to his parents, Ryan and others get the specialized instruction that they need.
â??We provide an intensive behavior analytical model which over time has shown to be very beneficial for children with autism,â?? says Matt Wood, Executive Director Autism Academy of South Carolina.
His parents Lori and Dan Unumb helped to establish the Autism Academy of South Carolina.
Itâ??s a not for profit school aimed at helping those with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Curriculum here is catered to the need of the student.
The academy is housed with a board certified behavior analyst and therapists who specialize in psychology and related disciplines.
This school is just one of the latest pushes by the family to bring help to those with autism.
Ryanâ??s Law was passed in the Palmetto State in 2007.
It requires insurance companies in the state to provide medical coverage for persons who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Included in the coverage is $50,000 a year for behavioral therapy much like what is offered at the academy.
Currently the Autism Academy of South Carolina is being housed on the campus of Capital City Baptist Church.
Autism academy administrators say their next step is to help establish the academy across the palmetto state.
As for Ryan his instructors say he's making outstanding gains in the areas of language and his developmental skills.
The "Blues in the Night" awareness gala is taking place Saturday April 28th at the Palmetto Club located at 1301 Gervais Street. It starts at 6pm.
The purpose of the gala is to honor the lawmakers who helped to pass Ryanâ??s Law and to support the academy.


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Kinda short but what you wrote was good.
Album Rating: 3.5This album was quite curious. Wasn't sure what to make of it. Stillness is the move is absolutely amazing though.
Album is awesome, although I don't love it as much as I used to.
Album Rating: 4.5nice review man. album rocks
that's pretty damn good for a first review, I'll pos
Album Rating: 4.0@Mask WOman, but whatever. It's all cool. ;)
@Scotish Thanks.
@Alexander Yeah, I wanted to keep this one short and sweet (and it was the only thing my computer would let me do since it was acting up A LOT), but I'll try to branch out a bit later. Thanks.
If there's any suggestions people could make on my reviewing, it would be loved.
Meant to check this out. Good review.
Also, nothing wrong about short reviews as long as they are descriptive, which this is.
Digging: Vreid - I Krig
"Ranging from ultra-catchy synthesized pop beats to the lyrics "Like an EKG of a dying woman" could prove very risky"
That doesn't make sense. Good review though
Album Rating: 4.0@Messiah
I meant to say that the album is so random, and usually jumping from place to place without a sense of direction usually kills an album. Sorry if that didn't make sense.
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Optimal product strategies in the presence of network externalities
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Betty Jane Deardorff passed away Thursday, August 21 at approximately 10:30 p.m. Born July 18, 1925, she grew up primarily in Plainview, the daughter of Everett and Gladys Bowman. After attending Texas Tech University, she married LeRoy Deardorff. They were married until his passing in 1996. LeRoy and Betty had two children, Michael Shawn and Hanz Reagan.
Betty is survived by her son, Michael and wife Kathy; and grandchildren, Mariah Jane and Cody Everett. Betty would want all of her friends and loved ones to know that she is comfortably seated at the feet of Jesus Christ.
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Every movie-lover remembers Dug, the talking dog, from Disney's "Up." Soon your dog could be communicating with you the same way Dug communicated in "Up."
The Nordic Society for Invention and Discovery, which heads the No More Woof project, is developing a brainwave-reading dog-wearable gadget, which is powered by Raspberry Pi. Sensors detect EEG brainwave patterns, which are then translated into the human-speech equivalents and made audible through a speaker.
A cheaper $65 version comes with only one sensor and the ability to determine two or three different thought patterns. A $300 investment puts you in line for a two-sensor version of the gadget that can distinguish at least four different thought patterns, TIME reports.
The device currently only speaks English but there are plans to roll out options for Mandarin, French, and Spanish. NSID is also working toward offering different voice personalities.
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Sandy (Sandra) Dias is doing a Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA. She has more than 10 years of sales experience and has spent the past six years working for L'Oréal Canada. She is both a national key account manager and a district manager for Quebec and Ontario boutiques for the luxury brand, Kiehl's Since 1851.
So you make the decision to go to Kellogg-Schulich for your EMBA, and are told your first week will be a live-in week. What should you expect? I joked it was like living an episode of The Apprentice, and it wasn't too far from the truth.
The first expectation is that you stay on campus for the whole week, encouraging you to be 100-per-cent focused. The welcome letter even reminds you to say goodbye to your husband or wife, girlfriend or boyfriend, child and pet. You will stay at the lovely EMBA residence, and settle in for a very full and intense week. The week is made up of two full classes, communication seminars, evening meets and greets and finishes with a dinner event where students invite a guest. I recommend taking the week off from work if you can. Some students had no choice but to juggle both, and it was unfortunate that they felt split throughout the week.
The biggest portion of the week centres on your Home Team. Team-based learning is an over-arching theme of the EMBA. How you learn to work, lead, and manoeuvre and negotiate with a team is crucial to both the team and your own success. Group work is almost always a part of the classes you will take, and the expectation is that you learn to work efficiently and successfully with your team members.
How your team is chosen seems to be a combination of experience, background expertise and communication style. At Kellogg-Schulich they use the Insights program to determine your preferred communication style. Students are asked to complete an assessment prior to starting the program and are delivered the report during the first week. Participants are always surprised at how accurate the program is, and it provides some valuable insight - insight that you very quickly see play out in the first group assignment.
The meet and greets allow a more casual environment for mingling with your new peers, meeting future professors and allowing some downtime to ask questions. it encourages networking and sets the tone for how important networking will become throughout your EMBA experience. The dinner where you can invite a guest is a wonderful opportunity to share your experience with a loved one, mentor or colleague, and introduce them to the world you have just entered into.
The two classes we took (and completed) that week were: Leadership in Turbulent Times and Managing Globally. Leadership in Turbulent Times challenged us to think outside the box when working with teams. It encouraged us to look at our own team environments at work, and find ways to influence change. It provided techniques to analyze current situations and gave us frameworks to draw to on to create change. The second class, Managing Globally, was an engaging case-based class which drew on historical cases to examine the challenges facing global companies today. It provided contexts from which to examine the viability of going global, and pitfalls if these frameworks were ignored.
The classes were made up of lectures, group work and presentations and the final essays/take-home exams expected shortly after the week finished. It was intense; you're forced immediately to dive into your team dynamic and produce solid work. The class work is well balanced, but right from a start the team needs to make a plan and work the plan.
Expect long hours this first week. It's a time-crunch right from the start, and everyone experiences sleep deprivation, adrenalin, anger, happiness, frustration, satisfaction, pride and curiosity. It will either confirm your thoughts about the program or redefine them. Either way, you gain insight into the personalities of your team and some of the potential threats to your team (loafers, dominant team members, opposing personalities, complimentary work styles etc), and expectations on the calibre of work you need to deliver on.
Most importantly, you come away with a good sense of what the program will entail, have an opportunity to ask questions and understand what is expected of you. It's a powerful week and the necessity of that week resonates far beyond it. Two months in, I am still being reminded of the key learnings I took away from residence week.
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Valentine's Day is months away, but Google has displayed its ardour for developers by delivering to them the programming equivalent of a box of chocolates and a dozen red roses.
With several new and upgraded programming tools, Google continued it courtship of external developers, a group it considers key to the successful adoption of its online services.
The new tools make it easier for developers to access functions in Google's search engines, its Base repository of product listings and lightweight 'gadget' web applications. The company also introduced a search engine tuned to find publicly available source code.
Despite its size and might, Google believes it benefits greatly from allowing programmers that aren't on its staff to build web applications that use Google services and data. These can be hobbyists, professional programmers or corporate developers.
These external coders often come up with applications, plug-ins and websites that extend and enhance Google services in ways that staffers don't think of. For example, Google Maps has become the core of myriad 'mashups' from external developers.
Other large internet companies that woo external programmers with incentives and tools include Yahoo, Amazon.com and eBay, all for similar reasons to those behind Google's outreach efforts.
This week, Google upgraded its Ajax Search API (application programming interface), designed to simplify the process of adding a search box to a site and displaying results without taking users to a separate page. The API also allows the creation of applications that use Google search functions.
Meanwhile, Google also created a utility that automatically feeds inventory data to Google Base from stores hosted by Amazon.com, eBay and Yahoo on their respective e-commerce platforms.
This new Store Connector is designed to save online store developers from manually entering their product listings into Google Base. Products listed on Google Base can appear in Google.com search results, with a link to the store selling them.
Another overture toward external developers last week was the release of almost 1,300 'gadget' mini-applications for use in non-Google websites. Previously, they could be used only in Google sites. In addition to benefiting site publishers, the wider availability of these gadgets will provide more exposure for external developers who have created them.
Finally, Google unveiled a new search engine intended to simplify the often tedious and time-consuming task of finding source code online. Unlike Google.com, this one, at www.google.com/codesearch, crawls deeply into program files and returns snippets from lines of code with links to the file they belong to.
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As we told you yesterday, Fox Business Network rushed a proof of performance ad to air last night. The spot takes several shots at CNBC for staying in taped programming at crucial times during the bailout discussions on Capitol Hill, especially after Midnight Sunday when an agreement had been reached.
Without explaining why the network remained with a taped episode of Suze Orman, rather than, at the least, simulcasting MSNBC's live report, a CNBC spokesperson tells TVNewser the network relied on their Website to deliver updates.
"In fact, with over 350,000 unique visitors, CNBC.com set a new record of page views for a Sunday with over 5 million, up 11% from the record on Sept. 14," the spokesperson wrote in an email, adding "CNBC aired a special last night at 8 PM ET with extensive reporting about the bailout package." CNBC also aired special programming on two prior Sundays this month. On Sept. 14 a half hour special turned into three hours of live coverage as word emerged that Lehman Brothers was about to collapse and Merrill Lynch was sold off to Bank of America.
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The group said the trend towards shopping "little and often" boosted its performance for the two weeks to 3 January, with its busiest day on Christmas Eve.
It did not give a figure for growth but said that it had "maintained the positive sales momentum achieved in the lead up to Christmas".
In September, the Co-op said its network of convenience stores delivered a like-for-like sales increase of 3.3% in the six months to July while the food business overall saw like-for-like growth of 0.8%. The food-to-funerals mutual is shifting the focus of its grocery business to concentrate on the smaller outlets.
Steve Murrells, the group's retail chief executive, said: "We witnessed a strong trading performance across the key festive trading weeks and it's clear from our sales data that convenience shopping was in the ascendancy this Christmas with more customers opting to shop little and often.
"Millions of shoppers visited us during the key trading period with Christmas Eve being the biggest trading day of the year, despite the heavy rainfall in a number of our key locations. For many, the top-up shop was a must for those little extras, party food purchases and forgotten essentials."
The Co-op sold 425,000 bottles of prosecco, up 1.4%, while mince pies shot 37% higher. Other top sellers were carrots, sprouts and parsnips. Speciality cheeses also performed strongly with Wensleydale & Cranberry up 48% and garlic roule up 50%.
Christmas Eve saw 3.5 million transactions as customers stocked up at the last minute.
The Co-op also said it had responded to heavy flooding by opening pop-up shops stocking basic food lines to serve those in affected areas at Appleby in Cumbria and at Mytholmroyd and at Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire.
The trend towards last-minute shopping mirrored that reported by rival Waitrose as it saw record trading days on 23 and 24 December, though it reported a 1.4% fall in like-for-like sales in the six weeks to January 2.
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Leading US-based Purdue Pharma has renewed its five-year-old IT and infrastructure management contract with the Indian software major HCL Technologies Ltd.
Bangalore: Leading US-based Purdue Pharma has renewed its five-year-old IT and infrastructure management contract with the Indian software major HCL Technologies Ltd.
As part of the extended deal, HCL will extend the IT and infrastructure management of Purdue across its operations to data centre, virtualisation, backup transformation and product rollouts.
"We will deploy new systems and technologies to provide unified service aggregation and management across Purdue servers, network, messaging, database, storage and backup," the Noida-based company said in a statement Thursday.
HCL will also render service desk and remote desktop services for Purdue`s offices across the US from its North Carolina centre, which delivers IT, infrastructure management and back office services to its global clients.
"Our partnership with HCL since 2010 has improved our ability to deliver cost-effective and innovative solutions to support our business," Purdue chief information officer Larry A. Pickett said on the occasion.
The partnership also helped Purdue to extend the contract to infrastructure managed services, service desk and security.
"Purdue recognises our efforts in taking the partnership beyond the contract to transform its IT infrastructure and help keep pace with changing business demands," HCL vice president Vinod Chandran said in the statement.
The California-based Purdue and its associated firms are engaged in research, development, production and distribution of both prescription and over-the-counter medicines and hospital products across the US.
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RQ-11 Raven type spad plans?
I want to build a Raven type spad. Anyone have a plan for a top mounted pusher similar to this drone? Or does anyone have a suggestion for an easily modified spad that could get me there? I was thinking a downspout fuselage with aluminum tail boom with a motor mount made of cutting board.
You can always join the Army. They're buying them up. You can fly one of theirs.
Or design one of your own and put up the plans when you're finished. Shouldn't be too hard. Much cheaper too.
Is this what you have in mind? Its a SPAD pusher version of the popular 1970's 1/2A trainer. I did not make new plans, but all dimensions are as for the Q-Tee, except or a longer nose to get the CG right. Search Q-Tee and you will find plans.
I can provide construction details and suggestions for improvements if you want to try and make a Ravin like version of this one. It makes for a nice tough trainer, and would probably be even better if scaled up 120% - 150% with a polyhedral wing added.
Airtronics made the QT. for an .049 I think. I found something here that may be the same. https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show....php?t=1178815 post #11. not the Pong but under it. It isn't a pusher though.
Here are the Q-tee plans that I got off another RCGroups forum. I have shown very roughly (in red) how I changed the outline to turn it into a pusher configuration. Basically I used the proven dimensions of the Q-tee, but extended the nose to about 200mm (8") in front of the wing to get the CG right now that the motor was behind the wing.
Construction is very simple. The fuselage uses a 20mm x 20mm (approx 3/4") aluminium channel bent to follow the rough outline of the bottom of the Q-tee fuselage (side view) with some ply formers and 2mm correx added to make up the area below and foreward of the wings. A block of carved foam is used for the nose. I had two versions - on one the aluminimum was bent up to follow the exact profile of the fuselage (in other words the horizontal stabiliser ended up in exactly the same position as on the plan) while the other left the aluminium as a straight edge (in other words the horizontal stabiliser ended up lower than on the original). Either should work - the second is probably easier to build and would look more like the Raven in the picture. The only thing of importance is to keep the tailplane angle of incidence the same as on the original and the same distance from the wing. Note that the resulting fuselage is narrower than the original...but wide enough to accommodate 2 9g servos one behind the other. The aluminium is drilled out at regular intervals to reduce weight. The tail surfaces are 3mm foamboard, but could just as easily be 2mm correx with a skewer to add stiffness.
The wing follows the Q-tee more or less exactly but is just a single layer of 2mm correx with foamboard ribs. Power is a std 2812 2200KV parkjet motor with a 6x4 prop and a 1300mAh lipo. I also sometimes fly with the original balsa wing - this config gives an AUW just a few grams over the balsa version (<20oz). Some downthrust was needed, but was kept to a reasonable amount by having the thrust line run below the wing (not possible if you go up to a 7" prop...hence the use of a high KV motor)
I can post more photos if someone wants to try something similar. There are probably ways to improve the performance...and a larger, 3mm correx version might be a good idea...plus adding some polyhedral to look more Ravin like etc etc.
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Did some googling on the Raven II and some quick calculations. My numbers suggest that if you build it to 100% size and primarily use 2mm correx and an aluminium channel (not sure how much down pipe weighs - I assume you are referring the pvc electrical conduit variety), you should come in at an AUW of between 850g and 950g (~28-30oz)...approx half the weight of the real one (1.9kg) Also, the predicted wing loading of about ~11.5oz/f^2 and a CWL of 7oz/ft^3, suggests it could be suitable for flying at the local park.
You could get the weight down a bit by using a single skin wing, CF instead of aluminium for the tail boom and a smaller Lipo (I assumed a 2200mAh)...which would turn the model into a floater capable of taking a payload.
What motor do you have in mind using?
I'd suggest designing from scratch so that you get a more exact replica - it's a simple enough design. Bear in mind though that getting the thrust angle right on a pusher of this configuration might take some persistence...
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The popular specialty grocer is planning to take over the Office Depot store at Oak Lawn and Dickason avenues, next to the Melrose Hotel, brokers say.
Well, this week the Dallas City Plan Commission will be asked to approve redevelopment of the office supply store.
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Plaxico Burress fires shots at more than himself in an explosive interview to be published next week.The Jets wide receiver blasts Giants coach Tom Coughlin and quarterback Eli Manning as well as the teams management, fans who celebrated his incarceration and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the October issue of Mens Journal, which hits newsstands on Sept. 16.
Burress also lambastes a Dunkin' Donuts employee who over-toasted a bagel for him three years ago, a meter maid, an elderly man who "walked too slow in front of me one time," several women who refused to sleep with him, a FedEx delivery driver, a telemarketer who called him "during sacred meditation hour," a local weatherman who "never got it right," a houseplant.
When asked for the exact number of names included on his hit list, Burress said, "I hate everybody" and stormed off to his room.
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Hi, I wonder if anyone can give me some advice. We have recently been looking at houses in Elderton Road & Cranley Road Westcliff on Sea. My biggest concern is that we don't know the area that well & although we love both houses especially the one in Elderton Road we have just found out that the house next door has been converted into 4 flats. Does anyone think this would prove a problem as I am concerned about noise etc as have a 23 month old. It does seem a quiet area but just not sure. Also does anyone know much about the schools.
I forgot to say, well done and good luck!
That's a nice road (good for commuting, not so for parking) and North Street is a lovely school. There's a big Doctor's/health centre right near: It's called The Pall Mall Surgery, I think, but it's actually at the end of Margueritte Drive on the London Road.
Thanks for all the posts, we have had an offer accepted on a 3 bed south of the London road on Leighton avenue, in the North Street catchment area Finger's crossed we will be moving in a couple of months. I am now pregnant and will be looking for a good GP in the area, can anyone recommend one?
I agree with the above post, I have a child at school there and it's brilliant. Also the area around it is nice to live in as long as you stay on that side of prince avenue. I would much rather live in westcliff and get more for my money, if you pick the right place it's very family orientated, whereas Leigh has a lot of young people due to all the bars etc. although with needing to be near a station the area near westcliff station is not all that pleasant!
Much of Leigh is nice, but not all of it tbh. I would rather live in Westcliff and send my children to Earls Hall, than live off Manchester Drive and send them to Darlinghurst or Blenheim. Chalkwell has recently shrunk its catchment and I know of 3 families who didn't get in despite being in catchment this (current) year which would worry me a lot. I know of a few Y6s who haven't got Belfairs despite being well into catchment as well. I'm not sure 'Chalkwell' itself really exists postally-I have a feeling it's either Leigh or Westcliff!
North Street is great, but the parking is so awful round by the Broadway that I really wouldn't fancy that. West Leigh is considered a good school and they do prep for the 11+ if that's a consideration. Heycroft is another good school, though Eastwood Primary and Fairways are less desirable.
I hope your search is coming along well and your getting to grips with the area. I know you are trying to get the most for your money but as with Kirsty and Phil, you have to compromise on location. Consider areas around Belfairs and Highlands which are North of the London Road but still very desirable. You would need to check the catchments but certainly West Leigh is very well thought of and Belfairs Secondary is becoming massively over subscribed since having undergone a major rebuild. You may have in mind transport links and want to be near the station but you can still be within 20 mins (brisk) walking within these areas.
Leigh is nice...I live in Eastwood which is classed as Leigh On Sea and thats lovely too.
Leighton Ave nice as is Lord Roberts...only downside is parking as it can be a bit of a nightmare.
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Thanks for your email. Its more that we researched and fell in love with Leigh... but then every time I go on rightmove I see 4/5 bed houses with 2 reception rooms in Westcliff for the same price as a 3 bed house in Leigh. I am just worried that if we pick the smaller house in Leigh we might regret it later if we outgrow the house or wish we had more space once we have children, but then the adage of if it looks to good to be true it probably is springs to mind, what we gain in space we lose in area, neighbours and schooling. I think we will probably end up in Leigh, looking at 2 properties this weekend one on Leighton Avenue at the end near the London road and another on Lord Roberts Avenue. Thanks again
I think a rule of thumb with residential streets is to avoid the ones that have become predominantly buy to let territory. There are quite a few like this North of the London road at the Westcliff end. There are also quite a few South of the London road in Westcliff if you go East of Crowstone Road. This tends to be reflected in the prices. You get more for your money but a transient population and houses that just don't look as cared for is the trade off. It sounds like you are in the early stages of research. Use the Estate Agents for their expertese (reading between the lines if they are trying to offload stock). Zac Turner of Turners is fairly straight talking. I will keep my eye on this thread and look out for your posts as you come across houses you like. I don't mind commenting on roads if I know them as you narrow down your choices.
Thanks for all the responses so far, I am seeing places north of the London road on Cheltenham Drive, Scarborough Drive, cricketfield grove, bonchurch avenue and hildaville drive. Also seeing places south of london road on leighton avenue, canonsleigh and leighville grove. There are a mix of school ctchments between north street, chalkwell and darlinghurst. Please let me know if any of these streets have a particularly bad reputation and also would be good to get thoughts on Darlinghurst primary as the houses in this catchment are a lot larger.
I have a smaller house in a road off the broadway and I love it. We may move north of ldn road when my youngest child has got into the school. its a lovely area, I will always live here! xx
If you are intent on buying, post any street details on here and see what the response is. As regards North of the London Road, the roads to the East of the one way system (East of Chalkwell Avenue) can be a bit iffy. This would include Hildaville. It has become more of a rental land and although you get more for your money, I would stick to West of Chalkwell Avenue if you can. Also, be careful with the catchments as they can be very idiosyncratic. There are houses that are within a stone's throw of Chalkwell but they are in the catchment for Darlinghurst. If you check the Council website, you will find this area is within Belfairs catchment for secondary but that school is now so oversubscribed, the catchment has become much narrower. This is less important for you as you haven't started a family yet but it might be an issue when you sell.
Thanks for the replies. I do not think we will be able to rent first we did consider it but financially it doesn't really make sense for us. Thanks for the views on westcliff I think we will avoid it, I suppose my main thing now is where does chalkwell end and westcliffe begin! We are going to be coming in the next few weeks to really look at the various streets. We have seen a couple of nice 3 beds in the centre of Leigh near North Street School and one 4 bed with loft conversion too just north of chalkwell park and the london road on hildaville road which is in the chalkwell schools catchment. I think we may look just north of the London Road but keen to stay in the Chalkwell Hall schools catchment rather than darlinghurst primary going by the ofsted reports! Any other views on roads to avoid let me know.
Leigh/chalkwell is lovely, Some parts of westcliff are just awful. I would also rent first and get to know the area.
I'm not sure whether you mean to rent or buy but I would definitely rent to get to know the area first. North of the London Road gets you more for your money but there are some Westcliff Roads that are much less desirable. Leigh is great but parking is a real issue. Chalkwell is good as it is South of the London Road and convenient for the beach and station. It ticks all the boxes for me but houses come at a premium. If you are thinking of children then you have to familiarise yourself with school catchments. Even if you are selling property in East London, I would still rent here first. We did this and it puts you in a good position when you are ready to buy as there is no chain underneath you.
Hi all, I am looking to move into the area from the east end of London with my husband and hoping to start a family. Obviously would love to live in central leigh near the broadway but I know I can get a lot more house for my money north of the London road, although won't be able to go too far as need to walk to the station. I also see that moving further into Westcliff also gets you more house for your money. Do people think it makes a real difference, would you go for the smaller house in central leigh over the bigger ones North of the London Road or in Chalkwell or Westcliff?
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The volume of all construction work done in Australia fell 2 per cent in the first quarter this year on the previous quarter, confounding economists' expectations the total would rise.
Engineering volumes fell by 2.5 per cent in the first three months of 2013. Total building volumes – including both residential and non-residential construction – slipped by 1.1 per cent.
The overall result – against a market consensus rise of 1 per cent – has again focused attention on how much longer mining-related construction can drive the national economy.
"This highlights the risks that the transition from mining investment-led growth to strength across the broader economy may be a bumpy one,"
However, in the short term it is the non-resource rich states that were dragging back the national result.
Construction work done fell by 6 per cent in New South Wales and by 4.3 per cent in Victoria. By contrast, in Western Australia, construction work done slipped by just 0.2 per cent. Queensland booked a solid 4.3 per cent increase.
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"We are still looking at the real possibility of a fourth dry year. Even if California is blessed with a healthy snowpack, we must learn to always conserve this finite resource so that we have enough water for homes, farms and businesses," Sims said.
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A deeper snowpack, which later feeds key waterways as it melts, and more abundant reservoirs could increase the supply available for the state to send to water districts. On Dec. 1, California's water officials had issued a record-low initial distribution forecast of just 5 percent of its normal deliveries.
San Diego County residents have been responding to the water shortage. In 2006-2007, per-capita water use was 185 gallons a day. In 2008-2009, even before most of the rationing mandates kicked in, usage dropped to 164 gallons.
But those numbers "don't tell the whole story," said Ken Weinberg, director of water resources for the San Diego County Water Authority.
He stressed that heat, rainfall and the economy play a role in determining how much is sprinkled on lawns or used in high-rise offices.
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In an interview with Cinematical, X2 and X3 writer Zak Penn revealed that he's in talks to direct a young X-Men film. It's a spin-off, an X-Kids movie, and it doesn't sound like by that he means it's going to be about Iceman and Rogue. Besides, isn't Anna Paquin like 50 by now? She's been 18 for at least three decades. The only good news here is that it's so far off, if we're lucky it'll get stuck in development hell. Penn says, "I still have to talk to Fox, set the story down ... and then it will take a year -- maybe two years -- to get together. Put it this way, if you agree to do one of the X-Men movies, it could end up happening four or five years down the line. Which is fine with me; it's just not my focus right now."
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Traditionalist Catholic education — with its firm discipline, prayer in school, its uniforms and students silent unless called upon — appears to be thriving on the shores of Lake Mamanasco.
The Society of St. Pius X, the traditionalist Catholic order that has quietly operated at 209 Tackora Trail since 1989, is planning to add a school building and, eventually, a gymnasium to its 13-acre lakeside property.
The school and gym would accommodate growth of St. Padre Pio Academy, which currently has between 40 and 50 students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
"We hope to expand not only the size of the school, but eventually, maybe, have kindergarten through 12th grade," Father Michael Goldade told the Planning and Zoning Commission.
"The anticipated pupil population for the new school is 118 students," said Michael Lillis of CCA Engineering in Brookfield, who accompanied Fr. Goldade when plans were informally presented to the commission in a Feb. 12 "pre-submission concept discussion."
The Society of St. Pius X, known for its Latin Masses and rejection of many modernizing church reforms, has run St. Padre Pio Academy for seven years in Ridgefield. It is one of close to 100 schools the society operates around the world.
Fr. Goldade described the school's philosophy to The Press for a February 2012 feature story.
"The mission of the school is to prepare for the intellectual, spiritual, moral, and physical formation of the child," he said.
"We try to unify all the facets of education as much as possible. On the spiritual side, there is prayer before class and after class. Once a week there's mandatory school Mass for them to attend.
"On the moral side, there's the discipline of the school, which is the school uniform, silence in class, raise their hand to be called upon.
"It's really a program which practices respect for the office of the teacher and respect for each other."
The society's 13-acre property, at the more northerly of Tackora Trail's two intersections with North Salem Road, has two principal structures. St. Ignatius Retreat House, a converted Tudor-style mansion that dates to early in the 20th Century, has a ground-floor footprint of about 7,600 square feet. The Christ the King Chapel, completed in 2000, has a footprint of about 7,300 square feet. There is also a smaller "dormitory" building of about 1,100 square feet.
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The new building would be about 7,600 square feet — the same size as the retreat house, but only one story — with 10 classrooms, a conference room, lavatories, and an administrative office, Mr. Lillis said.
The gym, to be built later, would be of similar size.
"As you drive along 116, that beautiful view of the chapel, will that be blocked?" asked Planning and Zoning Commission Chairwoman Rebecca Mucchetti.
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"It will be behind it," Father Goldade said.
"It doesn't offend any of the zoning regulations?" Commissioner John Katz asked.
"The last phase of the project, the gym, there may be coverage issues," Town Planner Betty Brosius said.
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The preliminary site layout by Chicago-based architect David A. Schaefer envisions parking for 92 cars. The Society of St. Pius X has a congregation of about 400 in Ridgefield, with members coming from as far as Norwalk and New Milford for Masses in Christ the King Chapel. There are two Masses every morning, seven days a week.
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"I don't hear any grave concerns," Ms. Mucchetti said.
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"It's tough to say we had a 100 percent chance (at a medal), but with countries moving in and out of the bronze medal place, we definitely had a chance at one of the bronze or silvers. It just didn't happen, unfortunately. But I don't think we can be too upset. We skated good. There weren't any huge mistakes where someone fell down or we totally blew an exchange. With China and Canada, it's tough."
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CUNA, Affiliates Make a Tradition of 'Working the Bags' for Cherry Blossom Runners, NAFCU Volunteers Fan Out
WASHINGTON -- Ensuring a successful Cherry Blossom race takes a lot of volunteers to make sure the runners are taken care of from water to taking care of their belongings.
Eighteen representatives from CUNA, the National Credit Union Foundation, the American Association of Credit Union Leagues, and the Association of Corporate Credit Unions teamed up to man the "gear check" tent. The group spent the morning checking and returning bags of gear with dry clothing, street shoes, towels, and other personal items stowed by the nearly 11,000 runners who participated in the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10-Mile Run. The team handled nearly 5,000 bags of gear. "The credit union system's teamwork is par for the course in our everyday operations," CUNA President/CEO Dan Mica remarked. He described the scene as "just an outward sign of this close collaboration and teamwork." Senior management were among those participating in the Sunday event including Scott Earl of AACUL; Brad Miller of ACCU; Lois Kitsch, Jeff Purvis and Martha Dodson of the Foundation; and CUNA Senior Vice President of Communications Mark Wolff, Chief Financial Officer Joanne Duncan, and Chief Economist Bill Hampel.
NAFCU's Director of Member Benefits/NSC Liaison Chris Sanyer, who organized the group's 18 volunteers explained, "Our group served as course marshals along the first mile of the race. We helped place traffic barriers, guided the runners down the course, kept pedestrians from straying onto the course, and cheered the runners on. After the runners passed the first mile, we moved onto the last mile and cheered as the runners neared the finish line." --email@example.com


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Professional attendance at exhibitions showed the biggest gain in the second quarter of this year among the four metrics tracked by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, Dallas.
Overall the CEIR Index showed the 12th consecutive quarter of year-on-year growth, increasing 1.2 percent overall, though this is down .3 percentage point compared to the second quarter of last year.
Professional Attendance jumped 3.9 percent, the biggest gain since the first quarter of 2012. This increase was a percentage point higher than the 2.9 percent increase last year. Real Revenues showed a slight increase as well, 1.4 percent, but were down compared to 2 percent over the same time in 2012. Net Square Feet was flat this quarter and down from a 1 percent increase in the second quarter of last year. Finally, Exhibitors declined by .5 percent compared to .1 percent increase that was seen during the same time last year.
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A man's girlfriend and her cat are murdered. Was it his brother or her ex-husband?
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South Dakotans for the Arts and the South Dakota Arts Council co-sponsor the Governor's Awards to recognize individuals and businesses who have made a statewide impact through artistic excellence or outstanding support of the arts.
"There were 15 of us that (Prisbe) considered among the best of South Dakota artists," Merchant said. This is the second time Merchant has had her artwork on exhibit during the biennial art gala. In 2011, there were 43 South Dakota artists selected for a digital exhibit which featured all the art on a TV screen.
According to Prisbe, the group exhibit illustrates a new look on a familiar object. Viewers may recognize some features of the object; however, the context is altered and comfortable perceptions are challenged. The familiar object has taken on new meaning and symbolism – and value. "The sum of the parts becomes art," Prisbe said in the explanation of the exhibit.
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Something will have to give when Henny Hughes and Silver Train clash in Saturday's 67th running of the $400,000 Vosburgh Stakes (gr. I). As part of Belmont Park's "Super Saturday," the six-furlong race will be one of five grade I stakes offered. While superstar Bernardini will anchor the card in the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Vosburgh should offer a tremendous match-up between the two best sprinters the East Coast, if not the entire country.Just don't blink, or you may miss it.Pardon Silver Train if he thinks he owns Belmont's main track. The 4-year-old son of Old Trieste has a record of five wins in seven starts over Belmont's "Big Sandy." Among those wins were last year's TVG Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), where he defeated eventual Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Lost in the Fog, and this year's Metropolitan Handicap (gr. I). Using a unique combination of speed and staying power, Silver Train, owned by Four Roses Thoroughbreds, has been virtually unbeatable since being transferred to trainer Rick Dutrow Jr's barn in May of his 3-year-old season. In his last five starts at Belmont, the lowest Beyer Speed figure he has registered is a 108. Dutrow is at a loss to explain why his colt loves Belmont so much. "To be honest, I really have no idea why he is so good at Belmont," Dutrow said. "I'm glad I don't have to try and figure it out, because I just don't know. There's just no way to explain it."While Dutrow hasn't ruled out a return engagement in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint at six furlongs at Churchill Downs Nov. 4, the Vosburgh has long been the major fall goal for Silver Train. Off since winning the Tom Fool Handicap (gr. II) at Belmont July 16, Dutrow's colt has thrown five straight bullet workouts from his home base at Aqueduct. "Since I have had him, this is the absolute best he has ever been," Dutrow said. "All I care about is how he breezed this morning, and how he looks afterwards. After the race, I will worry about what's next. This is an extremely important race for him. Henny Hughes is a monster. After this one we will explore all our options. Certainly the Breeders' Cup Sprint and the Hill `n' Dale Cigar Mile (gr. I, $300,000 at Aqueduct Nov. 25) will be looked at."While Silver Train's plans after the Vosburgh are still up in the air, Henny Hughes has his sights firmly set on Churchill Downs for this year's Breeders' Cup Sprint. Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin believes the Vosburgh in the perfect spot to get him there."We did think about training him up (to the Sprint)," McLaughlin said. "He does run well fresh. But the Breeders' Cup is going to have a full field, it's usually a roughly run race, and this will give us two shots at beating older horses. The timing of the Vosburgh works perfectly into our schedule."When last seen, the son of Hennessy was blitzing fellow 3-year-olds in the King's Bishop (gr. I) on the Travers' undercard at Saratoga. While never being asked by jockey John Velazquez, he crossed the wire more than five lengths in front, stopping the timer in a fast 1:21 4/5 for the seven furlongs. He earned a 108 Beyer for his effort and is two-for-two at six furlongs. McLaughlin is not concerned about the cutback to that distance on Saturday."I have absolutely no reservations about shortening him up," McLaughlin said of Henny Hughes, who will carry 122 pounds, getting a two-pound break from the older horses under the Vosburgh's weight-for-age conditions. "He runs just as well at six furlongs as he does at seven."While McLaughlin admits this year's Sprint is the main goal, he is quick to point out he is not dismissing the Vosburgh as a prep race. A win would only enhance his colt's chances of becoming champion sprinter."The Vosburgh is a very important race in itself," McLaughlin said. "If we win this it will help our chances as Eclipse Award winning sprinter."While Silver Train and Henny Hughes loom as the most logical winners, the Vosburgh is not a two-horse race. Far from it. Also expected to be in the lineup is Joseph Allen's War Front. Trained by Hall of Famer H. Allen Jerkens, the 4-year-old homebred will be looking to secure his first grade I victory Saturday.Second last out to dual grade I winner Pomeroy in the Forego Handicap (gr. I) at Saratoga, the Danzig colt has long been threatening to jump up and win a big one. That day, breaking from the far outside post in a field of 11 under jockey Jose Santos, War Front cut himself at the start and was still only beaten a little more than two lengths for the top prize."He cut himself leaving from the gate," Santos said. "Maybe that's why he got a little tired at the end. All things considered, the horse ran great."Earlier this summer in the Tom Fool, coming off a five-month layoff, he was beaten only a neck by Silver Train. Earning a career-best 115 Beyer that day, he showed he belongs with the nation's elite sprinters. Getting War Front to the races has been Jerkens' biggest problem."He had a few problems earlier this winter at Gulfstream," Jerkens said. "That's why we had to stop on him a little bit. It wasn't by design. He has had a lot of little things bother him along the way."The new face in the Vosburgh will be Attila's Storm, trained by Rick Schosberg. The 4-year-old colt has been off since January after suffering a minor leg injury, and Schosberg knows he faces a tough task on Saturday."Ideally, we would like to have had at least one prep race in him," Schosberg said. "The big three in there are going to be extremely tough. Henny Hughes, Silver Train, and War Front, they are all great horses. After this race, we will know if we are able to get him ready for the Breeders' Cup off of only one prep race."Although Attila's Storm will be coming in off an injury, Schosberg does not see that being a factor in the Vosburgh."He's just doing so well, really training great," Schosberg said. "After last year, when he ran a close fourth in the Breeders' Cup (beaten only a little more than three lengths), we just felt he deserved the chance to come back and try again. The injury will not be an issue on Saturday."Schosberg was also looking at the Phoenix Breeders' Cup (gr. III) at Keeneland for his colt, but decided it was more prudent to run in the Vosburgh."We were 50-50 (to go in the Phoenix)," Schosberg said. "But after looking at it, we decided it was better to stay here and just walk him over, as opposed to shipping. What if he doesn't handle the new Polytrack surface that they have now at Keeneland? Then, we wouldn't know where we stand. Plus, it's a grade I (the Vosburgh) and worth $400,000. Believe me, up until the van was leaving, we weren't sure if we should be on it or not. But this just seemed like the better spot to be."Rounding out the field in the Vosburgh will be Monmouth shipper Who's the Cowboy. Trained by Kevin Sleeter, the 4-year-old gelding is four-for-five this year, but will be taking a major class rise in the Vosburgh. He has yet to win a race outside of New Jersey and will be facing the sternest test of his career.Vosburgh Stakes (gr. I)
Post Horse Trainer Jockey Weight
1 Henny Hughes Kiaran McLaughlin John Velazquez 122
2 War Front H. Allen Jerkens Jose Santos 124
3 Who's the Cowboy Kevin Sleeter Eddie King Jr. 124
4 Attila's Storm Richard Schosberg Patrick Valenzuela 124
5 Silver Train Richard Dutrow Jr. Edgar Prado 124


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Once (An Eve Novel)
Anna Carey
Hardcover: 368 pages
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Publisher: Harper Teen
Source: ARC from Maggie at Books Inc.
Rating: Loved
From Goodreads. Sixteen years have passed since a deadly virus wiped out most of the Earth's population. After learning of the terrifying part she and her classmates were fated to play in the rebuilding of New America, eighteen-year-old Eve fled to the wilds and Califia, a haven for women determined to live outside the oppressive rule of the king of New America. However, her freedom came at a price: she was forced to leave Caleb, the boy she loves, wounded and alone at the city gates. Eve quickly learns that Califia may not be as safe as it seems and soon finds herself in the City of Sand and the palace of the king. There she uncovers the real reason he was so intent on her capture, and the unbelievable role he intends her to fill. When she is finally reunited with Caleb, they will enact a plan as daring as it is dangerous. But will Eve once again risk everything—her freedom, her life—for love? Brimming with danger and star-crossed romance, and featuring a vivid dystopian landscape, this electrifying follow-up to Eve, which bestselling author Lauren Kate called "a gripping, unforgettable adventure—and a fresh look at what it means to love" is sure to appeal to fans who crave the high-stakes adventure of The Hunger Games and the irresistible love story of Romeo and Juliet.
I just want to say upfront that Anna Carey is evil! No not really but man can she write an amazing book with a wicked cliffhanger! I thought after ending Eve like she did there would be no way that Once would leave me saying WTF? But I was wrong!!!!! I saw Anna a few days ago and asked for hints about book 3 and got nothing; so yeah wow I just know I need book 3 now!
Ok on to the review lol. I love how Eve and Once are set in areas I'm familiar with and it was really cool reading about them. I felt like I was out there with Eve, Arden, and Caleb. There's so much that goes on in this book! I cried quite a bit I also chewed a hole in my cheek worrying about what was going to happen. Oh yeah and there's a scene in an IKEA yep Anna threw that in there to ;) There was also a part that I believe I said out loud "I knew it!!!!!" once Eve gets to The City of Sand and that place is creepy I'd rather live in the wilds.
The love story between Caleb and Eve is so awesome and real. I loved that it takes them time to acknowledge their feelings and when they do it's seriously one of the sweetest moments. That is definitely one of the parts I cried. There's also a scene early in the book that happens at an Ikea and I'll leave it at that because I'm tearing up just thinking about it. (Remember me saying Anna is evil? Yep another evil moment)
I chose a passage that made me melt and hopefully it will for you all too!
The boat pulled up beside the stone stairs. Caleb glanced at the cluster of people still lingering by the edge of the bridge, enjoying the last thirty minutes before curfew.
"I've fallen in love with you," he whispered, kneeling to kiss the top of my hand. He stayed there for a moment, smiling up at me, before helping me from the boat.
I started up the stone steps, every inch of me humming with a new energy. I wanted to scream it then---I love you I love you I love you—to grab his hand and run away from the Palace, these people, that bridge.
"Good night, Miss," he said loudly, as though I were any other stranger. "I hope you enjoyed your evening."
The woman who had greeted me was still standing beneath the overhang. I walked toward her, but not before turning back, my eves wet. "I love you too," I mouthed. It didn't seem stupid, or foolish, or wrong. I'd said something I'd always known, the admission sending me into the happiest, irreversible free fall.
His face broke into a smile. He studied me, not taking his eyes off mine, as he pushed off the dock and glided away.
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Dancin' Off Broadway took top honors with Deltas' and Delta Nus' hip hop number "Work." The dance also received the Masquerade Dance Compeitition's Encore Award, which is the top award given in the competition and is a hip-hop routine for ages 11-13. Members of the team include Hannah Berg, Sauk Centre; Cassie Bohnsack, Sauk Centre; Sarah Bushard, Sauk Centre; Alia Clark, Alexandria; Alayna Gray, Alexandria; Kylee Johnson, Alexandria; Kallie Kampsen, Sauk Centre; Lexi Lawinger, Sauk Centre; Stephanie Nelson, Sauk Centre; Sierra Peters, Alexandria; Maggie Pfeffer, Alexandria; Whitney Austing, Freeport; Madisyn Braaten, Wheaton; Rachel Burns, Farwell; Harlie Falzone, Osakis; Miriah Hagen, Alexandria; Hallie Holtberg, Glenwood; Kelsey Johnson, Glenwood; Alexia Kerfeld, Sauk Centre; Lindsey Knoll, Alexandria; Kalli Kremer, Wheaton; Sydney Mahler, Freeport; Sierra Nelson, Villard; Emma Schmidt, Dumont; Alison Tvrdik, Alexandria; Grace Walters, Osakis. Instructors were Mariya Lawinger, Teryl Kindel, Allie Noetzelman, and Lawinger is also the choreographer. Jackie Noetzelman is the director and owner.


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CRAIG'S WIFE—A native narrative of a woman who loved her home to death.
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THE JEST—Italian cruelty and color in a notably artistic revival.
THE WISDOM TOOTH—A clerk's anaemic character and how he strengthened it with a memory of his boyhood.
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Throughout this short series I will take you through five of the most powerful ways to begin earning money through your Affiliate Marketing efforts. The items that are included in this series are the pages and content types that are applicable to any online project.
The five I will cover include:
- Resource pages
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Each of these allow you to share valuable information and an affiliate link (or more). The pieces are built around trust and action so when you hold the position of a positive brand it increases the odds of conversions; people see that you use them, they trust you, and so they are likely to give them a shot.
Include each of one of these within your niche project work and you will certainly see an increase to your income within longevity of the efforts; here is what you need to know about…
Making money with translations
Though English is among the most widely spoken languages in the World it still means that you are failing to reach an even greater, potential audience; this applies to any language that may be your native tongue but for the sake of this post I'm going with English.
By translating your work into other languages (Mandarin, Spanish, Hindi, and more) you now reach a global market that may actually be untouched. Your skills in Affiliate Marketing could lead you to becoming a major player in a foreign market by offering your work in the native language.
You don't need to learn a new language to begin putting this into effect as there are plenty of different options for translations:
- Plugins that automatically translate base on location or give options for various languages
- Hire a native speaker to go through your work and translate
- Crowdsource the work from within your community to provide it to their country
What I would recommend is to start off by examining your analytics and sort your visitors by country as this will give you a good idea of which languages would be most popular to explore. Take a look at the other most widely used languages and add that to your list, too.
Once you have that information I would recommend the following:
- Start off by translating your most popular posts via native speaker you hire
- Go ahead and utilize a translation plugin to cover a wide selection of languages
- Get active on popular social media sites that are very specific to a country to share
Since the work is done either automatically or handed over for a reasonable price to a freelance translator you aren't investing a great deal of time and resources which makes for an easy win.
In short: We are all connected through the Web and it would be a shame to limit your work to just speakers of your language. Consider the options to translate your work into other widely used languages in an attempt to reach new audiences and increase your chances of selling an affiliate offer.
It's far too easy to get stuck in this mindset that you're targeting your home country. Yes, it is easier to target your country because you understand its culture, language, trends, and the like, but in the end it's playing it safe because you're not pushing the (literal) boundaries.
The market is prime for experienced, knowledgeable individuals to reach a new demographic and location. Often times you may not find competitors in a foreign marketplace; this opens the doors to opportunity so that your work becomes the leader in the industry.
With that major hurdle of translation out of the way you should have no problem presenting your business to prime, untapped markets around the world.
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