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Indonesian in Turkey
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As an Indonesia, particularly from Jakarta, I felt at home when visiting big cities in Turkey like Istanbul or Ankara.
It was five years ago. Yes I visited Turkey in 2005. I wrote this based on an article I wrote for the newspaper where I worked.
Before I saw the country's many tourist attractions, I first experienced in Istanbul what I always see in Jakarta -- reckless car-drivers, over-loaded public buses, scavengers, beggars, street vendors, hawkers offering bottled drinking water, cigarettes and snacks at the toll-road entry-gates, rubbish and pedestrians crossing wherever they like.
Yet, there are good things that people from Indonesia can learn from Turkey. In Turkey people line up in order to get on buses; buses that stop only at designated shelters.
There is another similarity: the tourism industry in Indonesia and Turkey are currently downplaying terrorism threats, particularly the threat of bombers. Of course, people around the world are now getting used to these kind of attacks, which can happen anywhere.
However, despite these issues, Turkey is well worth a visit. With more classical ruins than Greece and more Islamic monuments than Saudi Arabia, Turkey, with its fascinating links to the past, frequently mesmerizes most international visitors.
A land full of historic treasures from 13 successive civilizations spanning some 10,000 years, it is also a paradise of sun, sea, mountains, and lakes.
This is especially true during April to October, when most places in the country have an ideal climate.
In addition to cities or big towns like Istanbul, Ankara or Izmir, Turkey has several must-see attractions, including the Aegan, Anatolia, Antalya and the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, not to mention extraordinary places like Ephesus, Cappadocia and Kusadasi.
In Istanbul, the capital of three successive empires, the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman, attractions include museums, churches, palaces, grand mosques and bazaars.
Istanbul is one of the world's oldest cities. Part of the city's allure is its position, dividing Europe and Asia and sitting on the Bosphorus Strait. Most of its popular tourist attractions are located in the Sultanahmet area, the home of the Topkapi Palace, the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia.
The Topkapi Palace, the richly adorned home of the sultans and their harems, was the focal point of the Ottoman Empire between the 15th and 19th centuries. In these opulent surroundings the sultans and their court lived and governed.
A magnificent wooded garden fills the outer, or first, court. In the second court, on the right, shaded by cypress and plane trees, stand the palace kitchens, which now serve as galleries exhibiting the imperial collections of crystal, silver and Chinese porcelain.
Next to it is the Harem, the secluded quarters of the wives, concubines, and children of the sultan, charming visitors with echoes of centuries of intrigue. Today the third court holds the Hall of Audience, the Library of Ahmet III, an exhibition of imperial costumes worn by the sultans and their families, the famous jewels of the treasury and a priceless collection of miniatures from medieval manuscripts. In the center of this innermost sanctuary, the Pavilion of the Holy Mantle enshrines the relics of the Prophet Muhammed brought to Istanbul when the Ottomans assumed the caliphate of Islam.
The Hagia Sophia was originally a Byzantine church built in the sixth century; after the Ottoman conquest in 1453 it served as a mosque for more than four centuries. A series of large calligraphic discs, installed in during 1847-1849, decorated the interior; they incorporate the names of the Prophet and other early leaders. It is the most magnificent of all of the Byzantine churches in Istanbul. The Hagia Sophia was designed by the architects Anthemios of Tralles and Izidorus of Miletus. This construction of the second Hagia Sophia was started in 532 by the order of the Emperor Justinian and was built over the ruins of an earlier structure. The Hagia Sophia has a diameter of 31-33 meters and a height of 54 meters and is covered with a large dome.
While inside the Hagia, its a good idea to take a look at the famous ""weeping column"" where the protectorate angel is supposed to be. Other myths associated with the column say that if your finger emerges moist from the hole there, a wish can be granted.
Others say the Angel Gabriel put his finger here first and turned the whole position of Saint Sophia slightly to the right, so that it faced Mecca. In the upper galleries, which were reserved for women and the high society, there are some of the most wonderful mosaics on view. Also look out for the two marbles cut stone gates on the way, reported to represent heaven and hell.
Most tourists in Istanbul also want to have the joyful and sometimes painful experience of performing the art of bargaining at the Istanbul's Grand Bazaar. Bargaining, for many Indonesians, may be exciting. But one still has to be very careful as shopkeepers at the Grand Bazaar are famed for their bargaining skills. They will usually say, ""For you my friend, I give you a special price...""
It is advised that anyone going to the bazaar should do some research on the prices first. It's a good idea to try and learn the numbers in Turkish and discretely listen when the locals are asking the shopkeeper for prices.
Things worth buying at the bazaar include carpet or kilim, jewelry, leather, ceramic plates, copper, locally-made garments and textile products and souvenirs like lamps, key-chains, decorations or sandals. There are also huge number of fake branded shoes, bags and watches -- just like in Indonesia.
A stay in Istanbul is not complete without a traditional and unforgettable boat excursion up the Istanbul Bogazi or Bosphorus. Its shores offer a delightful mixture of past and present, grand splendor and simple beauty. The best way to see the Bosphorus is to board one of the passenger boats that regularly zig-zag along the shores. One can embark at Eminonu and stop alternately on the Asian and European sides of the strait. The round-trip excursion, costs some 45 new Turkish lira (about Rp 315,000) and takes about three hours.
The Turkish capital and the second biggest city of Turkey, Ankara, is the heart of the ancient Galatia; known as the former Ancyra or Angora. A tour in Ankara includes the Roman baths, the temple of Augustus and the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations.
Other interesting places in Turkey include Ephesus, one of the best-preserved ancient sites in Turkey and the top historical attraction along the Aegan coast; Kusadasi, one of the country's liveliest and most popular holiday resorts. There are also the ancient City of Troy, Aphrodisias, Pergamon, Pamukkale, Goreme-Cappadocia, Mt. Nemrut and Safranbolu.
Despite a series of bomb attacks in Turkey, tourists are flowing into the country. Turkey's tourism arrivals broke a new record in the first half of this year with a 20 percent increase from the same period last year. The country expects to see 7.5 million international tourists this year.
While the attacks are cause for concern, their frequency means you are more likely to be hurt in Jakarta traffic. Still, security in certain areas is still visibly high, but not high enough to stop you visiting a unique tourist destination offering a complete range of attractions and a magnificent past.
As many people say, one visit to this country is not enough.
Airport: There are two airports in Istanbul, the Kemal Ataturk International Airport on the European side of the Bosphorus and the Sabiha Gokcen International Airport on the Asian side. Check carefully your airport of arrival and departure, as the two airports are located very far away from each other.
Dolmus: Dolmus means ""filled,"" which is what the vehicle needs to be before it departs on its customary route. The dolmus is Turkey's shared taxi or minibus, just like mikrolet in Jakarta and pretty helpful as taxis are a little expensive and have an extra surcharge at night. Istanbul also has trams and a metro.
Intercity buses: Traveling with intercity buses in Turkey is fun and not that expensive. Buses have stewards serving the passengers with snacks and coffee or tea. Strangely, mobile phone use is banned during most trips.
Toilets: Be prepared for scarce and poor public toilets. Also prepare your own toilet paper.
Budget hotels: Don't expect to get budget rates. Room rates at hostels or pensions range from about 30YTL (Rp 210,000); this means a room with a shared bathroom.
Etiquette: Similar to Indonesians, Turkish people are friendly and hospitable. Locals usually give you a warm greeting once they know you are from Indonesia. Unfortunately, also like Indonesia, local men often harass women travelers.
Visa: Indonesians must apply for a visa to visit Turkey as part of the country's journey to becoming a member of the EU.


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Predictive dialer crm with Cherry Picker Feature from best CRM for SMB is revolutionising the industry. Predictive dialers are great tools, the next step in the evolution of contact/call center tools.
But not all predictive dialers are created equal just like not all of your contacts have the same priority for your company.
Smart prioritization means combining the best of machine and human intelligence to improve the waiting experience of your contacts.
One of such tools is what we call the CherryPicker: a call extractor with human intuition.
If all agents are attending calls, a call extractor or queue can help agents prioritize which calls to take next based on different criteria and aided by statistics by showing calls in queue and answer priority clients with just one click.
Imagine you have a busy call center, where hundreds or thousands of calls are answered every day, but you are waiting for the call of those few clients who are crucial to you.
Having a CherryPicker feature will ensure every single one of those very important calls are given the priority they deserve, and you won't have to wait for a return call or follow up.
It ensures you get the right calls whenever they happen instead of being based on your call center's availability.
If this is not enough, here are the main reasons why your predictive dialer should have a CherryPicker feature:
Clients from important accounts to the company can be flagged and taken from the call extractor by agents, no matter who called first.
In such cases, the agent can take a look at the caller profile to assess its priority quickly.
Giving precedence to callers in a more advanced stage of the sales funnel or leads from accounts with high revenue potential.
We don't want to keep them waiting, and that's why agents can pick these calls out of the queue and answer them based on their prioritization.
Smart predictive dialers recognize numbers from callers following specific rules (a hot lead, a client with an open case, etc.) and route this calls in the same way they were routed the last time, after getting to this pool and while using the CherryPicker, agents can quickly check if the contacts in the queue have had recent issues or open cases (for support, complaints, etc.).
In such situations, the agent can use their discretion to extract a waiting call and attend it immediately. Providing quick services in this cases can save a relationship.
By improving the waiting experience of high priority clients, the overall caller satisfaction of your contact center improves since high-value customers have an added weight when it comes to service measuring.
A smart call extractor feature (like iNexus' CherryPicker) is definitely one of the features you should look for when considering a predictive dialer for your contact center.
Rudy Salazar is Co-founder and Sr. software developer at NexInteractive since 2005. A technology visionary who has developed iNexus. This is the world's most advanced feature-rich call center Softswitch platform for all outbound dialing methods and dynamic Inbound IVR call interactions. Rudy holds two patents, one in a Softphone IP technology "Paragon" and the other in a speech recognition analytics process delivering the best of breed across the board. He was the CTO of several enterprise software, cloud, and telecom companies and led US Sprint in a national data center deployment for Internet access via a fast dial-up, and fiber end points to customers. He specializes in U.S. and global software growth and market entry strategies.

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Earlier this month at the HIMSS conference in New Orleans I sat down with Phil Fasano, SVP and CIO of Kaiser Permanente to discuss his new book, Transforming Health Care: The Financial Impact of Technology, Electronic Tools and Data Mining.
We discussed how the health care industry can use information technology to make health care more affordable, convenient and accessible. Fasano believes health IT can help completely transform the relationship between patients and providers.
Fasano looks forward to an era where a patient's medical record is available wherever he or she seeks care, where empowered consumers use mobile devices to access customized, personalized information that they can understand and use.
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FDA provides guidance on use of antibiotics in food-producing animals
WILLMAR -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced that it was taking steps to protect public health and promote the judicious use of medically important antibiotics in food-producing animals. The announcement obviously captured the attention of our nation's livestock producers and the entire livestock industry.
However, everyone must understand that the steps announced by the Food and Drug Administration are nonbinding recommendations that do not establish legally enforceable responsibilities. Instead, the agency is providing a framework for the voluntary adoption of practices to ensure the appropriate or judicious use of medically important antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals.
That framework includes the phasing in of certain measures. Those measures include:
* Limiting medically important antimicrobial drugs to uses in food-producing animals that are considered necessary for assuring animal health;
* Limiting the use of antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals to instances that would include veterinary oversight or consultation.
The voluntary strategy is primarily focused on medically important antimicrobial drugs that meet the following criteria:
* Were approved prior to October 2003;
* Are used in food-producing animals to increase feed efficiency and promote growth;
* Are available over-the-counter and therefore, can be given without a veterinarian's involvement;
* Are given continuously, through feed or water, to entire herds or flocks of animals.
Antimicrobial drugs have been widely used in human and veterinary medicine for more than 50 years, with tremendous benefits to both human and animal health. "Antimicrobial drugs" include all drugs that work against a variety of microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites.
The development of resistance to this important class of drugs, and the resulting loss of their effectiveness as antimicrobial therapies, poses a potentially serious public health threat.
According to information provided on the Food and Drug Administration's website, the misuse and overuse of antimicrobial drugs creates selective evolutionary pressure that enables antimicrobial resistant bacteria to increase in numbers more rapidly, thus increasing the opportunity for individuals to become infected by resistant bacteria.
However, the Food and Drug Administration also believes that the use of antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals for disease prevention purposes are both necessary and judicious, as long as their use includes professional veterinary involvement.
For additional information regarding the government's recommendations on the use of antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals, visit the Food and Drug Administration's website at www.fda.gov.
The website also provides summaries of the findings and recommendations from more than 40 years of research on the issue of antimicrobial drug resistance, including links to a number of recognized international, governmental and professional organizations that conducted the research.
USDA offers loans for groups considered socially disadvantaged
Each year the USDA's Farm Service Agency targets a portion of its farm ownership and farm operating loan funds to socially disadvantaged farmers. During the 2011 fiscal year, the agency obligated $6.3 million in direct and guaranteed loans to socially disadvantaged producers in Minnesota.
A socially disadvantaged farmer is defined by USDA as an applicant that is a member of a group whose members have been subjected to racial, ethnic or gender prejudice. For loan purposes, socially disadvantaged groups are women, African Americans, American Indians, Hispanics, and Asian and Pacific Islanders.
Socially disadvantaged producers who cannot obtain commercial credit from a bank can apply for either direct or guaranteed loans with the Farm Service Agency.
Direct loans are issued to the loan applicant by the Farm Service Agency. Guaranteed loans are made by lending institutions that have the loan guaranteed by USDA for up to 95 percent of the loss of loan principal and interest.
The guaranteed loan provisions may allow lenders to make agricultural credit available to producers who do not meet the lender's normal underwriting criteria.
For more information, contact or visit the USDA's Farm Service Agency office at your local USDA Service Center.
Melanie Dickman named Kandiyohi County District Conservationist
Melanie Dickman, a graduate of Willmar Senior High School, Ridgewater College and the University of Minnesota, was recently named district conservationist of USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service for Kandiyohi County.
Following graduation from college and prior to her coming to Kandiyohi County, Dickman had worked for NRCS in a number of different capacities and locations in Minnesota and South Dakota. Her most recent assignment was serving as the district conservationist at the Swift County office in Benson.
Dickman replaces Mike Taylor, who recently retired after serving 18 years as the district conservationist at the Kandiyohi County NRCS office.
Wes Nelson is executive director of the USDA Farm Service Agency in Kandiyohi County.


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A History of Gatsby – Personal Care Products for Men
Gatsby moving rubber has become extremely popular over the years and is the top selling product line for Mandom, a Japanese hair styling, and personal beauty care manufacturer. Mandom has been around for just under a decade creating products for their eleven managed brands. Of their many brands they have two top shelf, flag ship brands; Gatsby and Lucido.
Mandom was originally founded as the Kintsuru Perfume Corporation by Shinpachiro Nishimura in 1927. In 1933 they created and began manufacturing the Tancho Stick, a men's Japanese hair wax. Mandom saw great success with the Tancho Stick and they ran with it. The company proceeded to change their name to the Tancho Corporation. After doing so they developed a more aggressive expansion plan, attempting to get their products out beyond Japan, Tancho Stick sales continued to skyrocket.
Due to the great reception and success of their men's personal and hair styling products, Tancho released a new product line named Mandom, a combination of "Human" and "Freedom." This newly created line caught hold of quick success for Mandom. Again the company saw the opportunity from the new products they were creating. This prompted the company to again change its name, this time to Mandom in 1971.
Mandom was now refining their success formula as the company continued growing. In 1976 the company introduced their newest and soon to be flagship brand, Gatsby. Gatsby consists of many products focused on men's beauty care. Their product line covers everything from hair styling, hair coloring, and body care, face care and shaving. Mandom's bestselling products are their hair styling products named Gatsby moving rubber hair wax products. The Gatsby moving rubber line consists of seven different versions differentiated by color.
- Grunge Mat – Grey
- Air Rise – Green
- Loose Shuffle – Orange
- Cool Wet – Blue
- Wild Shake – Purple
- Spiky Edge – Pink
- Nuance Motion – Yellow
In 1988, riding the continued success from their Gatsby moving rubber and beauty line, Mandom went public and began selling shares on the Tokyo exchange's over-the-counter market. A year later Mandom wanted to explore new markets. With plans to compete in the women's beauty industry, Mandom released a women's cosmetic line named Lucido. Determined to sustain its continued growth, Mandom then made their appearance in the international market, hoisting up both the Gatsby and Lucido brands to be used as their global flagship brands.
Mandom is a company with very longstanding ties to the men's and women's personal beauty and hair care market. The company proudly boasts having 84 years of experience under their belt. Mandom has had plenty of time to test and refine their products into their current product line their product offerings have been tweaked and tested over years. Mandom has always been pushing the limit when it comes to personal beauty products, so you can rest assured that whether you are out buying some Gatsby wax or by chance you are picking up some Lucido Designing Aqua, you will be getting a quality hair styling product.
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Is there a way to get the 4G and not H+ back? Sorry if it has been covered prior. Thanks
If you are on tru 4g, it will say it
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Good stuff man, Things were too quiet here but now they're really moving along! If ya need any help with anything lemme know!
Can someone confirm they are getting LTE on this Rom? I installed a similar Rom and didn't get LTE (and I mean I trusted using speed test)
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So you did a speed test and got LTE speeds? I had 4G on the source Rom (which is in 'general' ) but the speed was 3-5mbs
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CARSON, Calif. — The formula for growth for K.V. Mart Co., based here, usually has meant one retailer's loss and another one's gain.
The company's newly opened store, Buy Low Market, a hybrid price-impact format, illustrates how the company has grown over the last 32 years. Take over an abandoned anchor store in a struggling retail complex situated in an economically poor neighborhood. Put in a format that is better targeted to the local community. In this case, it was a 43,000


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The effects of antidumping legislation on the degree of product variety and social welfare
Using a simple characteristic space model of monopolistic competition with two interdependent markets, this paper analyses the effects of the bilateral adoption of antidumping measures on the degree of product differentiation, as well as the relationships with the type of product arrangement and the implications for welfare. Under an arrangement where each domestic firm competes directly with two imported products (interleaved arrangement), the model reproduces some of the results that already exist in the literature, where these have been obtained in an oligopolistic context. Through the characterisation of the symmetric zero profit equilibrium, it is shown that under such an arrangement the degree of product variety is higher when governments do not impose bilateral restrictions on prices. By contrast, under an arrangement where each half of the market is made-up of products of the same nationality (split arrangement), the reciprocal imposition of antidumping legislation has no effect on either the degree of product variety or on social welfare.
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Northern Railway flagged off New Rail Line in Rewari - Rohtak (via Jhajjar)and New Passenger Train on the New Rail Section in Haryana Districts. New Rail Line is in Rewari - Rohtak Route and New passenger trains are 54019/54020.
The new Trains No. 54019/54020 Rewari- Rohtak- Rewari passenger train has stoppage at 5 stations enroute i.e. Gokalgarh, Palhawas, Maccharauli, Jhajjar and Dighal.
- Train No.54019 Rewari- Rohtak passenger train will depart from Rewari at 04.50 a.m. to reach Rohtak at 06.50 a.m. the same day.
- Train No.54020 Rohtak- Rewari passenger train will depart from Rohtak at 07.30 p.m. to reach Rewari at 09.30 p.m. the same day.
Rewari and Rohtak were connected through 129.86 Km rail section via Bhiwani. In order to provide a direct and shorter link between the two towns, it was decided to construct a new Broad Gauge link between Rohtak and Rewari via Jhajjar through 81.257 Km rail line, thereby reducing traveling distance by nearly 50 kms with corresponding reduction in travel time.Covering the three districts of Rewari, Jhajjar and Rohtak, the rail line would benefit residents of 41 surrounding villages.There are 128 major bridges including 13 Road-under-Bridges, 4 Road-over bridges and 38 manned level-crossings and is thus a significantly developed area.


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Kepler Cheuvreux cuts to "hold" from "buy" with a 35 euro per share target price.
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Astorino "Leaning Towards" Challenging Cuomo
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino is getting closer to launching a bid for governor.
During an interview at WNBF Radio's Binghamton Now studio, the 46-year-old Republican said he's "leaning towards" running. He said he expected to make a decision in "45 to 60 days."
Astorino has been meeting with party leaders around the state to secure their backing for a possible campaign against Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo. He said he wants to make sure "the building blocks are there" before he decides whether to run.
Astorino said New York needs "to attract businesses in a real way. Not through gimmicks. Not through picking and choosing winners."
With the November election approaching, Astorino said Cuomo is "like Santa Claus doing a U-turn and trying to hand out gifts to everybody." Astorino said "that is what got the state in the mess it's in in the first place."
Astorino made it clear he supports high-volume hyrdraulic fracturing in New York. He said the moratorium on fracking "will end immediately" if he becomes governor. He said "we'll get serious about moving forward."
Astorino indicated his wife is supportive of a campaign. If he chooses to challenge Cuomo, he said they'd "make it kind of an adventure with the kids." He said he'd look forward to visiting the different parts of New York with his three young children. He said "it would give us a chance to see the state together." He suggested it would be "a lot of fun."


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The year is 21XX. Reploids are commonplace now, after Dr. Cain rediscovered Dr. Light's old lab and based several designs off of Dr.Light's original, called "Megaman X." X, meanwhile, has joined the Maverick Hunters, and works with unit leader Zero under the command of General Sigma. It is their job to terminate rogue reploids, those who have become violent.
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Entrepreneur Vs. Employee Mindset…
Entrepreneur Vs. Employee Mindset…
The difference between an Entrepreneurs and Employees mindset is drastic, and depending on where you fall on the spectrum, will either make or break your success in this field.
One of the biggest reasons I think so many people fail is the fact that they come into this industry with an employee mindset which puts an invisible lid on what they're able to accomplish, and what they're expectations are.
There are two KEY differentiators between the two mindsets:
1. Entrepreneurs seek freedom, Employees seek security
Entrepreneurs are willing to put themselves on the line, take huge risks, and work there tails off in the pursuit of personal freedom. The thought of having a boss tell them what to do, having to work a 9-5, and being told what to do when goes against all of their morals. This leads the Entrepreneur to take huge risks, and walk a fine line of security less abundance. A tight rope if you will. This mindset also leads to Entrepreneurs often times not saving as much money as Employees until they've reached a certain level of income. Instead of saving, they're more worried about being able to INVEST HEAVILY in their highest returning assets in order to create explosive growth.
On the flip-side, Employees will do anything to avoid risk, and ensure security. A boss telling them what to do, a fixed 9-5, and an inflexible lifestyle is a price they're willing to pay for that security. Employees tend to have a "lack or poverty" mindset when it comes to money and abundance, and as a result tend to save as much as they can in order to minimize risk.
While employees often times don't have to experience the sensation of stretching their comfort zones, they also don't get to experience the vast abundance of the world, as they're always trading their time for money.
2. Employees would rather get paid an hourly rate, while Entrepreneurs would rather get paid based on results
Entrepreneurs understand that it's physically impossible to create wealth through trading your time for money, and so instead of trading their time for a fixed hourly rate, they usually spend their time building systems that will work for them and create revenues for their business whether they're actively working or not.
Again this way of thinking means more risk, but also potentially much more reward. If the Entrepreneur screws up, (which most of the time they do, as even the most successful entrepreneurs fail more often than they succeed) it means that they invest hours of their time with zero return. On the flip-side, when they get it right, the return is much greater than any (or most any) hourly salary would afford them, and they get to live their lives on their own terms.
Conclusion: In not wanting to take risks and in seeking a "safe" life, Employees greatly hinder their overall potential. While Entrepreneurs, in taking risks and putting themselves on the line give themselves the chance to live an overall MUCH MORE FULFILLING LIFE.
Something to take note of: It's very, very possible to shift into the Entrepreneurial mindset if you're not already there. You don't need to be born with it, or have all the traits of an Entrepreneur come naturally to you. Its about stretching your comfort zones over and over and over again until eventually things that felt miserably uncomfortable feel second nature.
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The University of San Diego, an independent Catholic institution, invites applicants for a tenure track, Assistant Professor position beginning in Fall of 2013. Candidates should have a strong background in rhetorical theory and criticism, and be able to develop and teach undergraduate courses within this area of expertise. Areas of specialization may intersect (but are not limited to) contexts such as advocacy, protest/social movement and/or campaigns, health/risk, legal advocacy, and social networking. The Department of Communication Studies is committed to faculty who are innovative in their pedagogical and research approaches to investigating human communication. Our faculty represents the breadth of the discipline. We seek candidates who have respect and a commitment for diverse methodological approaches to studying the process of communication. For more information about University of San Diego and the department, please see our website: www.sandiego.edu/cas/commstudies.
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New Girl's Lamorne Morris Drinks Cinnamon Tequila and Eats $900 Steak With Nick Jonas
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I updated a couple of plugins and a theme.My RW sites show I need to update all of my pages.When I try it logs into my site and begins the process.Never finishes, just closes down my server and blocks my IP address.No time machine back up.
Question.Trying to fix problem and I noticed when I updated from RW5 to RW6...I have two places with themes and add ons installed.1st) Library/App Support/RapidWeaver/ .... Full of plugins, themes, and stacks in folders2nd)library/containers/com.realmacsoftware.rapidweaver6/data/library/application support/rapid weaver
Can I trash the 1st folder or are they somehow one in the same? Or recommended to keep both?
Hi, @kim,When you upgrade, especially, from one old version of the app to another old version, a lot of things may go wrong. In complex situation like this one, try to give us a clear description with as many details as possible. Otherwise, it is very difficult to troubleshoot. And that's why you got no replies in 4 days.
I would leave all those files alone, for now. When you get things sorted out – then you can think about deleting files. And remember to use backup for everything. That's what Time Machine is for.


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Boys Life 3 Trailer (2000)
16 November 2000 79 mins
Jason Gould satirizes coming out in Hollywood in Inside Out, starring Alexis Arquette and papa Elliot Gould. Lane Janger's Just One Time was a festival favorite recently expanded into a feature film that turns the tables on a groom-to-be and his fantasies of sex with two women. Bradley Rust Gray's Hitch follows two attractive young guys on a dizzying road trip that leads them toward sexual self-discovery. David Fournier's Majorettes in Space is a witty French spoof of post-modern sex, romance, relationships, the Pope and baton-twirling majorettes. And, Gregory Cooke's $30 is the bittersweet story of a closeted teen presented with a young prostitute on his 16th birthday.
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Demi Moore Harper's Bazaar February 2012, Talented American actress Demi Moore covers Harper's Bazaar magazine's February 2012 issue. Photographed by Cedric Buchet, 49-year-old diva is flaunting her beauty in issue wearing sxy looks from Gucci, Tom Ford, Calvin Klein and Balmain.
On her body image: "I think I sit today in a place of greater acceptance of my body, and that includes not just my weight but all of the things that come with your changing body as you age to now experiencing my body as extremely thin – thin in a way that I never imagined somebody would be saying to me, "You're too thin, and you don't look good." I find peace when I don't see my body as my enemy, when I step back and have appreciation and look at all that my body has done for me."
On her fears: "I used to think that what scared me was the idea of being abandoned until someone said to me, 'Only children can be abandoned. Adults can't be abandoned because we have a choice. Children don't have a choice.' So I started to rethink. 'Okay, it's not that. What's the underlying thread that really scares me?' I think what scares me is not having the courage to reach my full potential."
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I'm glad you stopped by today, because it's Deconstructed Sketch time! Get ready for another FAB week and this week's sketch #69 is designed by Amber Height.
from Tiddly Inks. This is Wryn (whatcha doin ) and she's popping by just to let someone special know that he or she is being thought of! I've paired Wryn with papers (retired), ribbon and sentiment from Stampin' Up.
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Flourishes FRIDAY! And, today the Flourishes gals have another look at some of the stamp sets released last week! I will say that the clock is ticking for you to get your hands on the New Release Bundle. That special deal will end tomorrow at Noon CST! What's in the bundle? Only all four of Flourishes' newly released sets for August at 10% off the retail price! You can click HERE to check it out.
On to my creation!
This card is easy peasy -- want to know why? Because with the exception of some fun little bling and Flourishes' brand new stamp set Wild For Watermelon, all of the items that I used to create my card are in Flourishes new 1,2,3 Create Kit called Trendsetter! If you want to see all this kit has to offer, just click HERE!
I did stamp my watermelon on Flourishes Classic White using Memento Tuxedo Black and then colored it up using Copic Markers and I picked up the Holly, Dahlia and Spring Greens Collections grouped by Flourishes. I shaded using the Warm Neutrals collection and then - when I was done coloring - I cut out my image using a Spellbinders Classic Oval die. While the die was still in place, I did sponge some Antique Linen Distress ink around the oval. The rest is matting it up! My mat was created using Spellbinders Labels Eighteen (cut thanks to my Spellbinders Grand Calibur). After I embossed, I did use a sanding block to sand and reveal the paper's white core. Add some stitching and faux stitching thanks to a white gel pen and... voila.. done!
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What does it take to be Mary, the mother of God?
Being Mary in the school nativity play is the biggest honour you can bestow on a little girl. So, what exactly does it take to win the biggest role in Christmas theatre?
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When we were children, particularly small children, there were very few ways of telling whether someone was inherently just a bit better than you. There were tell-tale signs, sure – a neatly kept exercise book, perfectly woven plaits – but the first and firmest way to tell someone was destined for greatness was if they were Mary in the school nativity play.
Mary, mother of God – on the primary-school Christmas-play circuit, it was the Lady Macbeth role. While most schools and churches will wilfully engage in a bit of Biblical gender-bending and stick a cotton-wool shepherd's beard on to a five-year-old girl, Mary is the only proper female speaking role. Pretty little girls get to be angels – radiant with their hands joined perfectly in prayer, resisting the urge to fix their itchy, too-tight halo hairbands – but Mary?
It takes gravitas to be Mary.
The purpose of the nativity might be to show the birth of Jesus, but Mary is the real star of the show – it's her divine pregnancy, her body, her motherhood at the centre of the story. And, while we'll never quite know why Joseph took his heavily pregnant wife to Bethlehem for a census reading (I KNOW! Why is something as admin-centric as a CENSUS reading in the middle of the Greatest Story Ever Told?), we do know that it has provided little girls with one of the greatest acting roles outside of Annie.
So, what does it take to be a Mary? While every primary-school class conceivably had one, I have come to think of them as enigmatic folk legends. Like lottery winners, or the-girl-in-the-other-school-who-got-Toxic-Shock-Syndrome, you know that they must be out there, but you can't conceive of actually meeting one. None of my friends growing up were Marys; my mum and my sister were not-Marys, which was highly comforting when I was also not-a-Mary. So, when Lauren Bravo, The Pool's most reliable anecdote provider, piped up with her Mary story, I was shocked. A real Mary! In the flesh!
"But I wanted to be an angel," says Lauren, bitterly. "Angels were so glam. Mary was just a big dowdy frump."
Imagine being a Mary and not even realising how big a deal it is. Intrigued by Lauren's lack of respect for the vocation, I went out hunting for other Marys on Twitter and quickly found dozens.
"I had brown hair and only blonde girls were supposed to be Mary," says Rebecca, former Mary. "According to other girls in my year, anyway."
I note with some interest that Rebecca – traumatised, perhaps, by the reaction of the girls in her year – is now blonde.
"It was hotly contested and there was a strong rumour I'd only got the role because I was friends with the director's daughter."
This particular Christmas play was put on by Rebecca's church, so had a higher-than-usual production quality in that it actually had a director. "ANYWAY, I was insanely happy, insisted on wearing my costume for every rehearsal because I loved it so much, practised my lines 24/7 and (I am not joking) discussed with my mum whether we could look at getting me an agent."
I had never considered this before – I always assumed that Marys ascend to their natural place because of some kind of inherent goodness, the kind grown-ups can just spot in little girls. According to Rebecca, she was just a show-off with good connections.
"And I would tell anyone who'd listen that I was going to go to RADA, but first I had to get A-levels so I had 'something to fall back on'. I was a real blister of a child."
Soon, my inbox is filled with former Marys, who, as one woman puts it, were "resplendent in my nana's blue bed sheets". Three women respond to me saying that they were Double Marys, which must be some kind of once-in-a-generation omen, something that promises good luck and great fortune for the rest of your life. Anyone can be randomly selected as Mary once, but to be selected twice, by two different adults? That's no fluke. You must be truly, properly remarkable to be a Double Mary.
Anyone can be randomly selected as Mary once, but to be selected twice, by two different adults? That's no fluke
"One was at school with a kid called Chris Allwright as Joseph and a doll that cried when you squeezed it," says Emma, Double Mary. "Same year or year before, I was Mary at church, which involved no acting that I remember. I just had to stand and look cute in a blue dress and know that I had the best role."
A Mary at school and a Mary at church. A secular Mary and a religious Mary. Not even the Queen has this much clout. It couldn't last, though – Emma was demoted to shepherd the following year.
"From Mary to shepherd? Not even a wise man! Insulting, frankly."
The more Marys I hear from, the more a sad little pattern emerges: every Mary is white and a somewhat worrying amount of Marys cited their appearance as to whether they did or didn't get the role. They are too blonde or too dark or too tall or too something.
Javaria, a Muslim woman who went to an all-girls Catholic school, was always left out of the Christmas play. She felt, as I had always felt, that Mary was a role reserved for the kind of girl that she would or could never be. But, while I felt that way because I was awkward, she felt that way because of her skin.
"I was never given a proper part – I was usually an onlooker or in the choir and I felt like I wasn't good enough/pretty enough to be Mary. The Marys were always the ones with the sleek hair and rosy cheeks. I had a moustache and wore a long green skirt. I felt like a raggy doll. I think, even if they'd given me a part, I would've felt weird, like I didn't deserve it – a pity Mary."
I want to wrap my arms around my computer, just so I can give Javaria a hug. We talk about why she was made to feel this way, joking that, as a brown-skinned girl, she was much closer visually to what "real" Mary would have looked like.
"But now, as a parent of a Muslim girl who goes to a C of E school, I understand why the teachers might not have given me a part. My daughter's teachers always check with me if I'm happy for her to go to church services with them. I think they don't want to confuse her, or do anything that I might not agree with."
It's a sad, lonely little notion; I picture a frazzled teacher at the end of term, reluctant to bother non-Christian parents, unsure of what to do with a Muslim child, pushing her to one side because it's easier to ignore her than to start a chain of phonecalls and conversations about whether a Muslim girl can be Mary.
So, what does it take to be Mary? Brown hair is a plus, it seems, although some schools seem to insist that Mary was blonde. A certain degree of charisma helps. Nepotism won't hurt either – if your mum is on the costume committee, you're definitely on the shortlist. But, after a lifetime of resenting Marys (I was always just a nameless Israelite with a tea-towel plopped on my head), I'm starting to see that playing a pregnant virgin maybe wasn't as glamorous or auspicious as I once thought – that Marys walk among us, that Marys are no different from us non-Marys, and that maybe it's impossible for a five-year-old to have gravitas. Maybe being Mary is only a big deal if you weren't a Mary, and had to watch other girls enjoy the pleasure.
"Oh, no," says Rebecca. "It's still pretty much the summit of all my achievements."
Well, that's that, then.


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Hi everyone, I had an Er/Pr neg. 2cm lump removed followed by AC and 33 rads 1 and a half years ago. I am feeling a lump in my right breast that my family doc can't feel, the ultrasound doesn't show and the mammogram doesn't show either. My surgeon does feel it, but also feels more than one lump. I also can feel more than one lump. Don't all lumps show up on these tests? What kind of lump wouldn't show up. The lumps I feel are at least as big a s a pea, maybe. Would an MRI show more than ultrsound or the mammogram? I have an apptment with my Oncologists on this matter next week, but thought maybe someone out there has had some experiance with this. Like the previous qustion, I am scared to bits of a recurrance. Thanks to all in advance for any advice or help. God Bless you all, Amelia
Sep 27, 2004 - 2:19 am
My lump never showed on mammograms or ultrasound, so the radiologist and gynecologist concurred that it would be safe to just monitor. They were wrong. At the time, I felt that if two MDs were telling me it was safe to just monitor, then I ought to be happy about it. A little voice in the back of my head said that if they were wrong, I could end up paying for it with my life. Continue to seek clarification of exactly what it happening until you are satisfied that you can live with the consequences of your choice.
Sep 27, 2004 - 12:26 pm
God Bless you, as well.
Sep 27, 2004 - 9:06 pm
I would probably ask for another type of imaging--MRI or PET.
Sep 28, 2004 - 7:23 am
Hi Amelia,
Sep 30, 2004 - 5:34 pm
Hi Amelia:
I just wanted to post a follow-up to my last post on this subject. My bopsy was benign - the 1 CM mass removed was fat necrosis. Remember, at least 80% of all breast lumps turn out to be benign.
I wish you the best of luck regarding the resolution of your issue. Let us know how you do with your follow-up - Donna
Sep 30, 2004 - 8:25 pm
DJ-is that Donna Jean? Thanks to you and all who replied! After having seen 3 docters, none of them felt that this is cancer. But I have a list of reason's that leave me with the only choice I can make and that is to have it ,or them, taken out. I see the surgeon again in a week and make the appt from there. I would bet if it was thier boob, they wouldn't wait that extra week. I will post with my results. Thanks again and God Bless each and every one, Amelia P.S. Donna, that is my real name also, Donna Marie to be exact. We'll hope I have the same results as you also!!!


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The "Passions" Predator
Okay, Theresa fans, what will it take?
For the second time, Theresa has shown herself to be a sexual predator. What will it take before you admit that she's not the misty-eyed love-struck young woman that you claim she is, but is really a dangerous and delusional criminal?
The tenacity of Theresa fans amazes me. Yes, Gwen and Rebecca did something very wrong in sending Ethan's birth information to a tabloid. But Theresa does something that bad every week. All three women are dirty, but there's no comparison who's the worst.
Theresa's first time as a sexual predator was when she slipped a date rape drug to Ethan, dressed like his wife, put on his wife's perfume, and raped him. Please, don't tell me that he knew it was Theresa all along. First, he was drugged and wasn't in his right mind. Second, he showed no knowledge and gave no consent during the rape. And third, even if he did know, Theresa clearly intended to deceive and rape him, or else she wouldn't have needed the drugs.
Now she has crawled on top of Ethan and started kissing him after he clearly said that he didn't want anything sexual to do with her, and did so while he was under the influence of sleeping pills and was unable to wake up.
I know it's romantic to think of Theresa as a poor misunderstood love-struck child, but tell me, Theresa fans: if someone of the opposite sex did those things to you, wouldn't you call the police?


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In the last few years, Brooklyn has become Manhattan's cooler, younger brother.
New shops and restaurants are popping up every day, celebrities are moving there, and some of the best bars in all of New York City appear in Brooklyn's numerous and diverse neighborhoods.
On June 25, Esquire Network premiered its new show, "Best Bars in America." The TV show will look at the best bars around the U.S., including a number of hip hangouts here in Brooklyn.
Equire shared its picks for the best bars in Brooklyn, curated by Esquire's cocktails expert and author David Wondrich, who is featured in the new show.
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A+ product consumes up to
20% less energy than an identical A product.
Холодильник с климатическим классом SN-T будет бесперебойно и эффективно работать при диапазоне температур в помещении от +10 С° до + 43 C°
Official partner of … food lovers
Official partner of… health freaks
Health freaks will be happy to know that Beko Active Fresh Blue Light™ technology protects vitamin C intensity and the flavour of your fruits and vegetables. The Active Fresh Blue Light™ in your crisper helps your fruits and veggies continue photosynthesizing, which means they're up to 30%* better preserved. More time to feel smug.* Tested by FRPERC and TÜBİTAK (compared with standard crispers for tomatoes, and red and green peppers)
When your fridge is full, it's easy to forget about those tasty ingredients hiding away in the deep, dark depths. Beko's efficient LED Lighting runs along your refrigerator's ceiling and sides, illuminating every shelf separately and lighting the way to your next culinary creation. Now, nothing will go to waste.