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According to a new report released by the Platte Institute for Economic Research, fewer new businesses are starting up in Nebraska than in faster growing states that include Arizona, Colorado, Florida and Texas. That despite the large amount of money that Nebraska spends on economic development incentives and programs that are not helping the state catch up.
CEO Jim Vokal says they compared how much each competing state spends on incentives per capita. He says in Nebraska that is $763 compared to $759 in Texas, $193 in Colorado, $212 in Florida, $73 in Iowa and $230 in Arizona. Vokal says collectively in Nebraska that totaled $1.39-billion in 2012.
According to Vokal that is critical. He says, "What this tells us as an economic think-tank is that rather than creating a stable policy climate to create economic growth through entrepreneurship, we are not seeing the job numbers that other states are seeing. We're actively trying to overcome this through higher incentives and it just isn't working. We are seeing these other states have significant more job growth, creation of new businesses, higher entrepreneurship rates."
According to the report, entrepreneurship is essential for economic growth and the U.S. Small Business Administration tracks new business growth each year. In 2014, they reported Nebraska saw new small firm growth of over 8% compared to Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Iowa and Texas that saw an average 11% growth.
Vokal says states that are seeing success have a more welcoming tax policy for everyone instead of the incentives approach. He says our entrepreneurship rate is much lower than competing states and this is an important issue as we head into the next legislative session when the discussion on taxes continue.


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UPDATE: The Ouachita Correctional Center tells CBS 19 James Calvert signed a waiver of extradition in Friday's hearing. That means he has chosen not to fight the extradition proceedings. He should be transported to the Smith County Jail early next week, at which point he will be will be formally charged with Capital Murder in the death of his ex-wife Jelena Sriraman.
OUACHITA PARISH, LA (KYTX) -- The Smith County man accused of murdering his ex-wife and kidnapping his 4-year-old son was in an extradition hearing Friday morning to determine when and how he'll be brought back to East Texas for prosecution.
The West Monroe, Louisiana police department told CBS 19 that 41-year-old James Calvert had been largely uncooperative leading up to the hearing. A representative with the Ouachita Parish District Attorney's office said Friday's hearing was being held at the jail. She didn't know whether Calvert was fighting the extradition effort or agreeing to it.
On Thursday Smith County District Attorney Matt Bingham told CBS 19 a decision to fight the extradition could result in a lengthy delay that would keep Calvert in Louisiana through the end of next week. Bingham said if Calvert goes along with it he could be back by Monday.
Bingham also took time to give credit to a large number of agencies that worked together to capture Calvert Wednesday night. He said investigators from his office, the Tyler Police Department, the Smith County Sheriff's Department, FBI, U.S. Marshals all deserved credit for quickly finding the man and insuring the safety of 4-year-old Lucas Calvert.
Calvert faces a Capital Murder charge once he's returned to Smith County.


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Introduction to Fundamental Physics Laboratory Lecture I. Dr. Yongkang Le March 5 th , 20 10 http://phylab.fudan.edu.cn/doku.php?id=course:fund_phy_exp:start. For share. In science, there is only physics. All the rest is stamp collecting. By Ernest Rutherford
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Dr. Yongkang Le
March 5th, 2010
All the rest is stamp collecting.
By Ernest Rutherford
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test 30%
c = (299792.50±0.10) km/s
Difference between measured value
and true value
Measuring the length of an object
Display of a digital ammeter
1. When the display is stable:3.888A
2. How about when the display
is instable?
Left end:10.00cm
Right end:15.25cm
from BIPM and ISO etc., issued in 1993
Important:too large--waste;too small--wrong。
Type A--- Evaluated with statistical methods
Type B---Evaluated with other methods
After n time same measurement of unknown x:
uAdecreases with increasing n
uB2=a/3 : Average distribution,
uB2=a/3 : normal distribution, large n
a: maximum uncertainty of the device, usually
given with the deviceUncertainty type B
Best situation
In case
d: smallest deviation
Worst situation
Single measurement:
For length measurements, since x=x2-x1, we have:
Multiple measurements(n>=5):
e.g., L = 1.05±0.02cm.
2、Percentage expression of the uncertainty:
e.g. , L =1.05cm,percentage uncertainty 2% .
3、Use significant figures to indicate the uncertainty
e.g. L =1.05cm, uL ~ 0.01cm (not specified)
5 - rounding for even endSignificant figures
All digits from first nonzero digit:
e.g. 0.35 (2); 3.54 (3); 0.003540 (4); 3.5400 (5)。
Uncertainty is usually given in one digit(max 2).
Results should has the last digit same as the uncertainty.
i.e.:The last digit of the result is uncertain.
Rounding:4 - abandon 6 - rounding
5 - rounding for even end
e.g.,x=3.54835 or3.65325
If ux=0.0003, then x=3.5484; 3.6532
If ux=0.002, then x=3.548; 3.653
If ux=0.04, then x=3.55; 3.65
If ux=0.1, then x=3.5; 3.7
+ , -: highst digits
* , / : minimum significant figures
If the results is calculated:
+ , - :
* , / :
General equation:
Measured quantities are independ from each other
Example:Density of a metal cylinder
Mass measured with an electronic balance:
M=80.36g, d =0.01g, a =0.02g.
Height measure with a ruler:H=H2-H1, where H1=4.00cm,
H2=19.32cm;d =0.1cm,uB1 =d /5;a =0.01cm.
Diameter measure with a slide callipers (D data are given in the table); d =0.002cm;a =0.002cm。
Please calculate the density and its uncertainty.
For mass:
For height:
Average value of the diameter:
Density :


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Doors open at 6 pm. Film begins at 7 pm. Networking after film
For more information about MILK, a film by Noemi Weis.
SHORT SYNOPSIS– Through an intimate and artistic lens, Milk brings a universal perspective on the politics, commercialization, and controversies surrounding birth and infant feeding over the canvas of stunningly beautiful visuals and poignant voices from around the globe. Inspiring, informative, provocative and sensitive, Milk celebrates bringing a new life into this world with a strong call to action and reflection.
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I am so thankful today. 2016 has been a rough year for me (as I know it has been for many people... especially this month). This year has brought the absolute hardest days of my life to some of the best.
The other day I was thinking that I will have spent 9 months of the year pregnant and 3 more months next year, so in a period of 15 months I will have been pregnant for 12 months (with a 3 month break in Spring).
I am sitting here, on my couch, under a cozy blanket early in the morning on Thanksgiving Day and I feel baby Logan moving every once and again. Last weekend I went through a hard time because I hadn't felt him move since Friday morning and it freaked me out. I had been feeling him pretty consistently throughout the days and then all weekend it stopped.
On Sunday afternoon I put the doppler to find the heartbeat, which I found right away, which definitely made me feel better - especially when he bumped against it and moved away. Then at 3am Monday morning I got up to use the restroom and when I came back to bed he was having a party. I can tell I am already in trouble when it comes to sleeping when he is born!
Since the he has once again been moving enough to keep me happy. Last night, especially, I felt him just about every time I woke up to use the bathroom.
I cannot explain how incredibly happy it makes me to feel him move. The feeling was weird at the beginning, but it is now so very comforting. To know that I have a little human growing inside of me... It is amazing. I so absolutely love knowing he is inside of me and feeling him move.
Ahhhh! Like I said, I can't explain the feeling. It is the nicest thing. Thomas has yet to feel Logan, but hopefully he will soon. I have been able to feel him kick by putting my hand on my abdomen, but it can be hard to feel and it takes patience. I was able to see a kick one time, but not since.
Next year will be so different. I am going to enjoy our last Thanksgiving (and other holidays) with Logan inside of me instead of out. I am going to give thanks for being given a 2nd change to become a mom and that everything is going so well. I am so grateful for this opportunity and for all the people who pushed us forward and held us up this year.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!


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over on twitter this morning we argued over which is better, waffles or pancakes.
I started out with the argument that since both are really just vessels for syrup and melted butter, waffles win because they're specifically shaped for that. But eventually I was converted by the argument that while waffles are hard and crusty, pancakes are glorious sponges which ABSORB the delicious syrup and butter.
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Immigration and customs formalities are fairly straightforward, though you'll want to be sure to have your visa in order if you're from a country (like the USA, Canada or Australia) that needs it.
Citizens of the USA, Australia and Canada need a visa; citizens of the United Kingdom, France, Germany and New Zealand do not. Tourist visas are valid for arrival in Brazil within 90 days of issue and then for a 90-day stay. The fee and length depends on your nationality; it's usually between US$20 and US$65, though US citizens are hit with a whopping US$160 reciprocal bill. Processing times vary from five to 10 business days, sometimes less depending on nationality and consulate efficiency. Brazilian consulates will never provide expedited visa services under any circumstances, so plan ahead. You'll generally need to present one passport photograph, proof of onward travel and a valid passport.
People under 18 years of age who wish to travel to Brazil without a parent or legal guardian must present a notarized Visa Consent Form from the non-traveling parent/guardian or from a court. Check with a Brazilian consulate well in advance about this.
On entering Brazil, all tourists must fill out an entry exit card; immigration officials will keep half, you keep the other. They will also stamp your passport and, if for some reason they are not granting you the usual 90-day stay in Brazil, the number of days you are allowed to stay will be written in your passport.
When you leave Brazil, the second half of the entry/exit card will be taken by immigration officials. Don't lose your card while in Brazil, as it could cause hassles and needless delays when you leave.
For all the latest visa information in English, visit the Brazilian Consulate visa page by clicking here
It's possible to apply for a student visa and stay longer than the standard 90 days in Brazil. Even better, you can apply for a "Portuguese for Foreigners" course. Traditionally you would need to enroll in a University course, the most famous in RIo being PUC, but nowadays you have some other great options, such as getting your student visa at the language school we recommend, the Caminhos Language Center.
It's a certified language school which can provide you with the necessary notarised documents needed to obtain a Student Visa. Caminhos Language Centre offers 6 or 12 month Student Visa packages and can tailor a program suited to your needs. For more information about obtaining a Student Visa with Caminhos you can contact them directly at [email protected] or visit their site here
Once you have signed up for your Portuguese for foreigners course, the University or school will send you a notarised letter of acceptance. It'll probably take a few weeks to arrive and you'll need this to apply for the Student Visa from your home country – you can't apply for this visa from Brazil.
The main documents you need to get your student visa are:
The notarised letter of acceptance showing your name, duration of the class and hours.
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Your flight itinerary showing the departure and return dates
Background clearance showing that you aren't a criminal.
Proof of Residence which can be a drivers license.
As well as some other easier documents
Tip: the entire process of applying for a student visa can take between 2-3 months, so make sure you give yourself good time.
You can ask at the University or school for more details
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The market is gradually revving up for a bull run that could take off in about 14-15 months time, feels Big Bull Rakesh Jhunjhunwala.
The market is gradually revving up for a bull run that could take off in about 14-15 months time, feels Big Bull Rakesh Jhunjhunwala. He is betting on inflation, and commodity and interest rates to ease hereon. And contrary to popular opinion, Jhunjhunwala expects the 2014 general elections to throw up a strong reformist government.
"We will get a far better government in 2014 or whenever the elections are held, than what people are anticipating," he said in an interview with CNBC-TV18.
"Whichever government comes in, will have to take right decisions even if it is fragmented. I feel we will get BJP-led government and if Mr Modi is made the Prime Minister, I am told he is going to be BJP's prime ministerial candidate, we can have some good work very soon," he said.
On the stocks in his portfolio, Jhunjhunwala is bullish on the long term prospects of Lupin, Praj Industries and Nagarjuna Constructions. And while there have a few disappointments like A2Z and Hindustan Oil Exploration, Jhunjhunwala says he has no regrets since the outperformers have more than made up for the laggards.
Below is an edited transcript of Jhunjhunwala's exclusive interview on CNBC-TV18.
Q: Are you feeling more relaxed and bullish than you were on Diwali last year?
The uncertainty has not gone away, I do not know why. Looking at the screen, price movements of stocks; they are gaining, correcting and again going up. The kind of pessimism that we have and the way the market is gaining! We are at the peak of the interest rate cycle surely. I am bearish on commodities. We have made some kind of a bottom which will not be violated easily; it could be in the start of early bull market. In 2001 September, the market bottomed, but took off after 2003 March. So the real kicker in the market could come after 14-15 months but we could have bottomed. This is a feeling I get, of course I do not see the kind of rise we saw from 2003 to 2007 immediately, but we could have bottomed. It could be an early start for a good market.
Q: You gave the example of 2001 and 2003. What would convince you that we are in a phase like that and a bottom has been formed? Do you think over the next 12-14 months some of the data points will take off once again from here as in 2003? What would you expect to see over the next 12 months from the screen?
First, fall in commodity prices or a fall in inflation. We can surely call it a peak of interest rate cycle and then can have some aggressive correction of interest rates. Second would be some of the resolution or problems, better growth in America, a resolution to the European problems, Greece problems etc. But, most importantly there is an indication of a strong government in India in 2014. In 2014 we are going to get a good, strong reformist government.
Q: If a lot of people believe that it will come in the way of a progression for this bull market then the election uncertainty will actually become more pronounced after 2013-14 with the formation of a government that is fragmented. Do you think it will actually work out in favour of the market?
Yes, because the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) constitute majority. There are certain regional reasons why someone like Mayawati will not join a government in which Mulayam is participating; Jayalalitha will not join a government in which ADMK is participating. So we have those reasons where Congress and BJP together have a majority or a near majority. Then there has to be a government supported either by the Congress or by the BJP. Also, the fact today is that people are voting for those who are bringing growth and development; it is one of the most important developments. It amounts to maturing of Indian democracy. So, we will get a far better government in 2014 or whenever the elections are held than what people are anticipating. Whichever government comes in, will have to take right decisions even if it is fragmented. I feel we will get BJP-led government and if Mr Modi is made the Prime Minister, I am told he is going to be BJP's prime ministerial candidate, we can have some good work very soon.
Q: What about earnings. You gave me the 2003-2007 example but their earnings trajectory was strong. Do you see the combination of circumstances over the next three-four quarters where we can have a launch pad for the next three-four years in terms of earnings acceleration or are you apprehensive on that score?
We won't have a ferocious bull market, but earnings growth in India can rebound to 20 percent. We had three years of 10-12 percent growth and reduction in interest rates. This in itself will be a big factor both for higher earnings and revival of the investment cycle. People will anticipate that with the revival of the investment cycle and a lot of companies' earnings will go up.
We are not sure about 2001 in terms of the interest rates, inflation or spare capacities with companies. But power companies are unbelievably leveraged. If things turnaround, they can get coal then they can be very profitable and consequently, there will be a big effect of increase in electricity production in India.
Q: How your own portfolio has done since last Diwali? Looking at your set of stocks, Titan and Lupin feature prominently on top of the list once again. Are there some pockets in your portfolio about which you are a bit disappointed at how they have turned out in the last one year?
I do not review my portfolio in that matter on a year to year basis, but within the portfolio Titan Industries and Lupin are very large. They are a large part of my portfolio so, if they do well everything is well. I am disappointed with how Hindustan Oil Exploration Company (HOEC) has performed.
Geometric has performed well. I am extremely disappointed at the way A2Z Maintenance and Engineering Services has performed. So, there have been some hits and misses, but the hits have been in the largest part of my portfolio. So I am happy, I have done quite well.
Q: You have been a long-term holder of Lupin and you have picked up other stocks in the pharmaceutical space. Last year or a year before that had you picked up Orchid. Are you disappointed that other stocks that you have picked from the pharmaceutical sector have not turned out to be the kind of right that Lupin has given you?
I was extremely disappointed with Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals. I have already sold it. So, Lupin is the only pharma stock, which I have in my portfolio, but I have a large commitment.
Q: Have you been examining other stocks in that space of-late? A clutch of other midcaps like Glenmark Pharma, Divis Laboratories, etc have also been doing very well, almost as well as Lupin has. Is that a place where you have been sniffing around for another good deal?
A: No. I have large investment in Lupin. I have large investment in a pharma company, which is only invested in Ahmedabad and it is doing very well. Therefore, out of choice I have not bought any pharma stocks. I am very confident on the long-term performance of Lupin.
Q: How long will it take to review this investment cycle because some of these bets like A2Z, Punj Lloyd, Praj Industries have tested your patience. When do you think the investment cycle will start getting galvanized and some of these stocks will start doing well again?
I have already exited Punj Lloyd. Even if I have such large investments, I cannot sell them in a bad market. Praj is trying to do some pioneering work on use of grass and other non-agricultural based raw material for ethanol production. Praj has really not done badly, but I agree, price-wise it has not done well. It could be an out-performer in time to come, but it could take a year or two.
Q: The biggest star in your portfolio remains Titan year-after-year, but some other consumer stocks that you have picked like VIP Industries have not quite had the same kind of sheen. Why do you think?
VIP has been affected by a number of reasons; about 30 or 35 percent of VIP sale was through central stores department and the central stores department has now stopped the purchase of a lot of goods. It was also affected by some price competition from Samsonite. We import 80 percent of goods from China and that was affected by the rupee depreciation. However, I am confident that in the time to come, VIP should do well.
Q: You were asking me about the other stock in the infrastructure space. I mentioned Nagarjuna Construction. When do those kinds of stocks start doing well? How long will it take for the investment cycle to get restarted?
A: The bigger problem with the investment cycle is interest liability. If Nagarjuna can reduce its interest liability, which it is making an effort to do by selling some of the BOT projects, they will do well. I must disclose here I am a shareholder and director of Nagarjuna Construction. I have bought shares in the last three months. I am bullish on Nagarjuna personally. It may take two-three years to revive, but the rewards after that will compensate for the waiting.
Q: Any new sectors that have come on your radar of late whether linked to consumption or infrastructure? Anything on which you have not taken big bets in the past?
A: Yes, I have taken a big bet on media which is TV18 it's a fairly good bet. I have made an investment in United Spirits, Rallis and Nagarjuna Constructions.
Q: That must have made your Diwali, United Spirits closed day before the Muhurat at more than Rs 1,800, what price did you get in?
A: Let us not discuss the details of my trades, but I can tell you one thing that I have never seen such a price movement in my life. I am reminded of Harshad Mehta's days.
Q: Largecap stocks are not in the habit of moving 35-40 percent in a single day. Does that stock movement make you a little nervous?
A: It may lose 10-15 percent. I am now buying all stocks with 2020 in mind. So, it is okay if I may lose 5-10 percent, what difference does it make?
Q: What convinced you about media because that is a segment where you have taken small bets in the past, but not very significant? Why do you think the story is different this time?
A: Getting news channels now will be extremely difficult. It is a high fixed cost business. So if revenues go up, profitability goes up disproportionately. Thirdly, this whole game of carriage and digitization will change the entire picture for the industry.
After all TV18 is the leader in news and Colors, so the amalgamation of the entertainment channels will make it the second or the third largest media play in TV in India.
(Disclaimer: Moneycontrol is part of the Network18 Group, which owns TV18 Broadcast.)
Q: You said markets may have bottomed out. You have been speaking earlier about the big bull market in India, you would be surprised if this turns out to be that one?
I give that a 20 percent chance. If we have the right government and the right policy reforms, India will grow double digit. I have no doubt about it.
Additionally, today equity is a bad word. What is the exposure? I think exposure of the household to Indian equity is at the lowest. There is no pension fund investment. India saves USD 750 billion a year. Even USD 1 billion does not come to markets.
I am extremely confident of India's future because what is happening is good. The Supreme Court is working perfectly, there are civil activists. So, if anything wrong is being done, there are people who are questioning. That is what happens in democracy and that is how a democracy will mature.
Q: So when you say the market has probably found a bottom, did you mean that the market bottomed out in June at 4,700-4,800 or do you think we have a much higher floor on the Nifty right now, maybe say even 5,400?
Because of the uncertainties, which are involved, 4,700-4,800 is surely a bottom. I feel that if nothing untoward happens, it will not test that again.
Q: What about the global situation? We have got USD 20 billion of FII money and that is an important reason why the markets moved higher. Do you see that part of the equation being in place, the global liquidity aspect or does that make you a little nervous?
No, it doesn't make me nervous. I think China is never going to go more than 7-7.5 percent because the kind of investment they want to make in fixed assets is just not going to be sustainable. I think America will do well and eventually Europe will break down. Atleast, some countries will go. Greece will go.
One of the reasons that a lot of money is coming to India is because people perceive that India is at the highest end of the interest rate cycle and if inflation was to come down, it will make a very big difference. India's GDP is not lopsided. We are 57-58 percent of consumption, 15 percent of exports/ balance of investment. Unlike China's economy, the whole breakdown in Japan in 1999 took place because of over investments. Japan also invested 45-47 percent of its economy into fixed assets.
Of course valuation in China is not what was there in Japan. If we Indians get our acts together, we have a chance of outperforming the world. And there are also indications that India is one of the few assets of any substance, which is higher than on the day when QE3 was announced. So, the liquidity effect after that also most assets have lost. It is not just that global liquidity is good. That may be one reason, but people also expect that India will do well.
Q: Any thoughts on gold, would you buy it today?
Some part of our wealth should be in gold or diamonds, on non-stock market assets. I think we should keep some part.
Q: But you do expect that, at some point between this Diwali and next Diwali the market will make a new high on the index?
A new high means nothing according to me. Markets should make a new high, go at least 10 percent above and never go below the last high. Say we have 6,200 on Nifty as the high, it should go to 6,800-6,900 and not come below 6,300-6,400. So, new highs are not so important in index. But ofcourse they are also an indication that markets are good.
Q: What percentage probability would you attach to the event that you just described that the market may take out its previous high by 10 percent and come back and retest it but not break it?
If the market likes the government, it will do it 100 percent.


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One of the main reasons people order custom stickers is to draw their attention to a their product and in different ways. In this modern world, most businesses depend on the label as the first round of promotion, strategy and marketing. The rate of competition has increased as it becomes easier and easier to start. When people walk into a store, they are likely to look for a specific brand of a product because of the displayed labels. So, it is quite clear that many a times if you are convinced to buy a product, it is because it has an attractive label that communicates the features. Then you will realise that label and sticker are important ingredients to a successful business.
Stickers or labels are the first point of contact to an individual. So, ensure you clearly express your brand, and market your products with lot of style. When it comes to labels, there are as many different variety of designs, colors, types and styles as there are products on the market. With Treehouse Stickers, you can easily select options according to your needs.
Although the quality of prints and the materials used to print custom stickers vary widely, we print. Therefore, in case you are simply eager on advertising and marketing your products and on resilient vinyl at 1440 DPI, offering cost-effective full color prints even at small runs. When planning your new marketing strategy, it is a superb time to start using of custom designed stickers.
Everything we do is full color, and custom shapes are included. We kiss cut every sticker, so we can cut your label to fit your desired dimensions on your specific package. Pricing just goes by square inches. If you're not afraid of a little math, here's how to calculate:
Just take the average of the height and width and round up.
Square, circle, oval, weird amoeba shape, you name it. if you can draw a shape, we'll cut your sticker to that shape, no extra charge. When you make your sticker a unique shape, it goes to show that your company and your product are unique too. Send us an email with your idea, we'd love to help you bring it to life!
We stopped by the new Guilder coffee shop at 24th and Fremont in northeast Portland to find out how they're using the stickers they ordered!
Good question! Let's start with what a Guild is. A Guild is an association of artisans, craftsmen or merchants of a given trade. They were common in medieval Europe, with associations of metalworkers, locksmiths, or even shoemakers.
The guild would form agreements between members, splitting up sales territory, and set standards and best practices for their industry. Instead of competing against each other, the members of the guild would benefit from having aligned incentives.
We started the Sticker Guild in Portland, Oregon in the fall of 2016. We currently stand at six member organizations, all digital vinyl printers in the Portland Metro area. Our members benefit from a simplified standard pricing structure (not required, though many have adopted it out of ease of use), use of our proprietary software, and formalized trade-printing contracts with associated members.
What is trade printing?
Trade printers only print for other companies - they have no customer-facing storefronts or website, no customer service line, and only print expertly prepared files. There's a lot of advantages to this - lower customer service costs, no advertising expenses, and a streamlined production process. Other printing companies hire them to do the jobs they can't or don't want to do, at wholesale cost. The customer could go directly to this company, but the trade printer would not take the business! It's not worth it for them to go through the extra hassle. A design studio, or affiliate printer, subcontracts printing work for them, and takes their cut for customer service and print file setup.
Wait, isn't that Outsourcing?
Technically, yes, but not the bad kind of ship-your-job-to-china type of outsourcing. It's more of a sharing economy, help-your-neighbor, spread-the-love kind of thing. Our guild members are printers, first and foremost. Everyone has their own clients, their own printers, and have run their companies successfully for at least a year.
At Treehouse Stickers, we print all the orders we can in-house. Whenever we are delayed for mechanical problems, or simply have too many orders to print in the time we promised, we go to the guild and ask someone who isn't as busy to print for us. They have the same kind of printer, on the same material, and, with the print file we send, make stickers that are virtually indistinguishable from ours. You, the customer, can't tell the difference -- you just know they arrived on time.
Couldn't I just go to that printer and have them make my stickers?I suppose you could, it's a free country after all. Our contract includes a 'non-circumvention' agreement, that no one will solicit anyone else's client, or they forfeit all revenue from that client -- so no one will spam you with a bunch of sales-y emails. There's a good chance that they have the same prices as us anyway, without the proof-match guarantee or turnaround time that we offer. Not everyone is great at setting up files (and they often send files for us to set up for them,) but we figure we can provide a better experience for our customers together.
People have argued that Guilds act more like a cartel than a trade union. That's not our intention here. We can't effectively leverage a monopoly, and don't intend to. We're never going to to handle every sticker that gets printed - but if you don't absolutely love the stickers you're getting now, upload your file to us. I think you'll agree that using Treehouse Stickers (and the sticker guild) is the easiest, fastest, and most reliable way to get your stickers.
An appropriate subtitle for this article might as well be "and how Lyft did the wrong thing and won"- or, "The corporate culture lens in the scope of Public Opinion". Note that this article is about public opinion, which by it's nature is a mass generalization of millions of different viewpoints and perspectives, filtered through one single viewpoint, mine. Maxwell Hunter's viewpoint. These are my impressions of a recent event unfolding as we speak. I swear, if I hear the word unprecedented one more time I'm gonna vomit.
I have some theories on how this happened... First off, let's remember, Uber already has a bad reputation, for some pretty obvious reasons. I don't need to tell you. So, every action's intention is calculated based on the company's predetermined character judgement. Especially after the most recent allegations of "Game of Thrones" style (great show, terrible model for corporate culture) management, rampant sexism, and just being a shitty company in general, Uber has an uphill battle if they're ever going to be regarded as having even basic human decency- and IMHO, their corporate culture is the primary culprit.
If you haven't heard, here's the jist: After refugees started getting turned away or detained at JFK Airport in New York (that means city- if they meant state, they'd say state) a local cab company announced (on twitter probably) that they would not accept fares from JFK for a one hour strike, as protest. Solid.
Uber, being the nimble technology company that they are, sprung into action and announced they were going to do their part. They announced, in solidarity with the protest, they were going to disincentivize drivers from getting extra money for scabbing the protest. Drivers would not be paid the surge bonuses, and uber wouldn't charge for them. Except they didn't phrase it that way at all, they just advertised it as no surge at the airport. Right thing, wrong messaging.
Lyft did no such thing. I don't know what the exact figure was, but they charged users the extra fee - arguably profiting off the protest, or what people have claimed is defined as 'scabbing the protest' based on the impression I get from the passengers I've met- Lyft were the ones actually doing the thing everyone complained about, but Uber got blamed for it. Because lyft has a better reputation, even if just by comparison, they're given the benefit of the doubt. That, or Uber is just a lightning rod for bad PR.
Uber raised the stakes, donated $3 million to the ACLU, and announced a program to pay their immigrant drivers bonuses. But because of the 'corporate media caball' (that's sarcasm), Lyft got all $4 million worth of good PR, and Uber looks even worse. Quickly, their CEO was forced to resign from the Presidential Economic Council after pressure from the public. Wait, what? There's no way that having that much influence in the executive federal government could have ever possibly been a bad thing, before this specific president. Truly strange times we're living in.
Lyft's biggest advantage is just the simple fact that they're not Uber. And especially with the way things are going, all they have to do it sit back and let Uber destroy themselves. I don't think Lyft even noticed what was going on until #DeleteUber started trending. Their biggest uptick in DAU was thanks entirely to a messaging mistake by some middle marketing manager at the competition, who's almost certainly been fired already anyway.
When it comes down to it, it shows just how important the Company Culture is to public image. When i started writing, this article was supposed to be about how their knee-jerk reaction in marketing posts is a symptom of toxic Corporate Culture. The more research I did, the more I realized that Uber actually kind of did the right thing here, just in the wrong way. Lyft did the wrong thing, in the right way- and because their competition has the image problem, they're the ones who get the benefit of the doubt.
Further reading:https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-one-very-strange-year-at-uber
Reddit has become an extreme content superhighway. It covers almost every category imaginable. They boast 234 million unique users and 8 billion monthly Reddit page views (2016). This puts them at the 24th most visited website in the world. Number 7 in the United States (2016). Users can submit content and the content can then be voted on by the community. The number of upvotes determines the ranking of the post. Categories of information are called Subreddits. There are over 800,000 Subreddits ranging from "worldnews" to "futurology", "awww", "jokes" and even "todayilearned".
Reddit was founded by 2 roommates (not unlike us) ‐ Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. They received $12,000 of funding and moved to Mass. Their unorthodox brand awareness technique has ensured that they never had to spend money on advertising ever again. Today, their readers alone speak to the success of what this team started out to do - build something that people would love.
They surged forward with a gigantic startup advertising investment of 500 dollars. They spent this $500 on stickers. Every. Single. Dollar.
Online reach is phenomenal and can guarantee exceptional reach. But sometimes, you have to step back and go completely old school.
Alexis used to travel and took these stickers with him wherever he went. He put them on street poles, signs and even on other advertisements.
He handed them out at events and gatherings. He even gave them out to regular people on the street.
The team's idea was that they needed to give something away in a special way. This would make the receiver feel special, like they were part of something. When handed the stickers, receivers would be told "Please sticker responsibly!".
The technique was completely unorthodox and the results were nothing short of spectacular.
The people who were handed the stickers created the buzz around Reddit of their own accord. They stirred up a love for it that remains today.
People started noticing the brand. Those who were handed the stickers became ambassadors for the Reddit idea. Soon, the stickers caught on like wild fire.
Fans started creating their own versions of the Reddit identity ‐ a cute little alien. The photos of people sticking the stickers were cropping up all over the internet. Someone even got a tattoo of the Reddit alien!
The stickers managed to pull together a small community which served to propel the business forward. This small community is what helped Reddit to rush forward and become the brand that everyone knows today.
The success of Reddit's marketing story is powerful, especially in a digital age. Stickers have come to be known as "the startup currency" because of Reddit's success. This revolutionary advertising stunt pulled in the community that they needed to kick off the ground.
Reddit used a cute alien. What would your startup currency look like? Send us your design, we'd love to be your printer.


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Cleaning up: Reckitt sales are lifted by new markets
If you are looking for a guide to the inexorable rise of the Bric economies — the likes of Brazil, Russia, India and China — then perhaps you need look no further than Reckitt Benckiser. Once dismissed as leading lights of the Third World, they are now splashing out on Reckitt's arsenal of air fresheners, soaps and cleaning products.
Indeed, in addition to a raft of new products, demand from emerging economies helped Reckitt to beat first-half expectations yesterday, making up for weak sales in Europe. The company — which said last week that it would buy SSL International, the Durex condom maker, for £2.5 billion — reported an 18 per cent rise in profits for the six months to June 30, to £728 million.


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My husband and I are thinking of driving from Austin, TX to the Gulf for Memorial Day weekend. We were thinking of either Galveston or Corpus Christi (we're new to the state and haven't visited either city.)
Does anyone have any suggestions of one city versus the other? If so, can you recommend any places to stay/eat?
Alternatively, if there's another place on the coast that you think is a better idea (especially over that busy weekend) I'd love the input. Thanks!
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My husband and I are thinking of driving from Austin, TX to the Gulf for Memorial Day weekend. We were thinking of either Galveston or Corpus Christi (we're new to the state and haven't visited either city.)
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It all depends on what you want to do. There is probably a greater variety of options in Galveston because it has some interesting history. Corpus has somewhat clearer water.
I'd probably head to Rockport or Port Aransas. South Padre Island might be a reasonable choice.
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Thanks for your response, travellyn. I'd heard the water was clearer in Corpus; does that mean the beaches are also better? We tend to like vacations that are split between sight seeing and relaxation (e.g. lying on the beach.) Do you think Galveston would be a better option overall if we wanted to do both, but Corpus might be better for more relaxation?
I'll also check out Rockport and Port Aransas. Thanks for the advice.
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I have an admission to make; although I've been to Corpus numerous times to visit family, have taken evening walks along some narrow beaches, and have gone out in the bay in a boat, I've never been to a normal beach there just for swimming or sunning. I can't even tell you where the most popular Corpus beaches are.
As I recall from this past December in Corpus, there was white sand on the beach near where we took a boat trip. Galveston sand is brown, and the beach is a lot more crowded, because you get a lot of people from Houston. If I were planning to spend half the time lying on the beach, I would choose Corpus over Galveston.
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I felt guilty about not knowing Corpus Christi beach specifics, so I looked up a Corpus Christi website. It can do searches for hotels. It lists beaches as "amenities".
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Thanks for the website. You've been very helpful!
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From Austin the drive is probably shorter and easier to Corpus. Corpus beaches are nicer than Galveston, but still not exactly the Riviera. Galveston offers more in terms of off- the-beach attractions such as restaurants. To get to Galveston you'll have to contend with the absolutely horrid traffic around Houston. That right there is enough to make me choose Corpus - and you can always stop in San Antonio for a bit on the way!
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As a Galvestonian for the past two years (lived in Houston before that) and as someone who just very recently made two long-weekend trips to Corpus Christi, I thought I'd add my $0.02.
To me, the clear winner is Corpus Christi. Why? I love scenery and Corpus is just so much more beautiful than Galveston. White sand vs. brown sand. Clear-blue water vs. brown water. Get the picture? The city of Galveston does not demolish buildings when they've outlived any useful purpose, and as a result there are old dilapidated buildings all over the island. The place looks trashy. The traffic you'll encounter to get here should be taken into consideration as well. Also, they are building a new bridge over I-45 at NASA Road One, although hopefully that will be finished by Memorial Day Weekend. If you want a relaxing, leisurely weekend you should go to CC. Galveston has maybe a FEW more "touristy" sites to visit and some good restaurants, but I'd still go to CC. The battleship there is a blast to tour (I say that as someone who does NOT have children.) The aquarium in CC is ok, if a bit over-priced for what it offers. Take a drive out over the causeway onto Padre Island (the north part). It loops around so you don't have to come back to CC the same way. There's a Landry's that sits out over the waterfront in CC. I didn't eat there, but it looks to have a great view. Corpus is not Hawaii, but it is way more beautiful than Galveston. If your plans don't include sitiing on the beach and you like to always be "doing something" I guess then I'd at least CONSIDER Galveston. Lots of old homes to tour (I toured Ashton Villa which was rather intersting.) There's the Strand area (lots of little shops, etc), although I can't see spending more than a couple hours over there. Skip the horrid train museum, which used to be one of my "Top 3" places to visit in Galveston. The place ran short of funds (didn't help that someone bilked them out of a bunch of money) and the place is a dive now. Moody Gardens is ok, but over-priced; I must add though that I think it's a better "value" than the aquarium in CC. Moody Gardens is comprised of an IMAX, aquarium, rainforest pyramid, and a few other things. You can take your car on a free ferry from the island over to Bolivar Peninsula and back, although I'd be reluctant to do it on a weekend when the traffic there gets really backed up. If you insist on coming to Galveston, whatever you do don't stay at the Flagship Hotel. Yes, it sits out over the water, but the place is a dive. The city owns it and has been trying to unload it forever, but nobody wants it. That should tell you something. Whatver you do, have a great time. Since it's your first time to either place, you probably can't go wrong either way. At least you'll know if Galveston or Corpus Christi would be someplace you'd like to return to. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. As I eat out all the time, I think I can provide some good restaurant recommendations if you end up making Galveston your destination.
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Port Aransas is the nicest little town I've ever experienced in Texas (and Austin is the nicest big town) and the beaches are lovely.
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Kanika Kapoor recently rendered a track for Sonakshi Sinha in the upcoming film 'All Is Well' in which the actress has an item number.
Kanika Kapoor (left) with Sonakshi Sinha
The 'Baby Doll' singer is apparently singing 10 other songs simultaneously.
The singer then made her way to Dubai where she performed and bagged a award followed by a show in Bengaluru with Romanian musician Edward Maya.
With Sonakshi Sinha also keen on singing, wonder if she also hummed along?


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Interview: Russell Fragar, Former Hillsong Music Pastor, on 'Shout to the Lord' and New Album
Once upon a time, there was a little church called Hills Christian Life Centre located right down south in the suburb of Sydney Australia called Castle Hill. The church was just emerging.... they did not own a building, they were struggling financially, they were just tiny in terms of church attenders. But God has birthed with them a big dream. A dream that one day millions would be singing to their music.


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It's been my experience that podcasters are a nosey bunch, myself included. Whenever we run across a new show, and particularly like the sound of it, we start searching Google for any bit of information on what they're using… and it's usually pretty slim pickings.
What I also remember is when I was just getting into podcasting I searched everywhere for what gear podcasters were using in their studios. Face it, we're all gear junkies at heart. Plus it's nice to know what folks like and, in particular, don't like.
My studio has evolved over the years and I'm quite happy with the setup I've got. So, if you're an up-and-coming podcaster and happened across this blog post, congrats! I'm going to share with you my setup (Links below are Amazon Associate links). Click to enlarge the photos.
My Microphone
After trying out dozens of condenser and dynamic mics, I've fallen head over heels in love with my Heil PR40. Rich, crisp and deadly silent. Leo Laporte swears by them and I can see why. I also have the matching Heil SM2C shock mount.
I can record with the dishwasher on, the TV blaring in the living room and a little fan on my desk running and you're not going to hear them. I forego the pop filter for a large spit mitt (WindTech 20/421) which seems to tame any plosives quite nicely.
My Guest Microphone
Rode's ProCaster – For less than $230, Rode has created an incredible mic. I was surprised by how heavy it was. If you can't afford the $600 for an RE27 and the mount, this really is a nice alternative. Great all around mic that makes my guests sound their best.
My Preamp
Symetrix 528e Voice Processor – For years this was a staple in many radio stations. Voice over talent would fight over the recording rooms that used them. I found mine on ebay and I'm pretty sure I bought it from Dave Diamond one of the old school voice over artists. It even had his old settings penciled right on the face plate. I've gone out of my way not to accidently erase them.
Preamp and Compressor Combo for the Guest Mic
I'm running the Procaster into an ART PRO MPA II and then into the matching ART PRO VLA II Tube Leveling Amplifier. Both channels are then run into an old Aphex 104 Aural Exciter. This setup runs double duty for me because not only can I get a great, clean signal from the Procaster mic, but I can also take advantage of it two channels for recording in stereo with my other music projects.
Sound Card
All of this gear gets run into my PreSonus FireStudio Mobile. A lot of folks argue that USB 2.0 is the way to go but what they forget is that when you've got seven different peripherals plugged into your computer, you're splitting the signal. Firewire sends only the one signal from the sound card and doesn't share it with anything.
Alesis M1Active 520USB – Great sounding little speakers. One trick for cheap isolation: I found two wooden recipe boxes and filled them with sand. Then I took the foam that was packed in with the speakers and set them on top of the recipe boxes (they fit almost perfectly). Then place the speakers on top of the foam. Without that, the bottom of my desk turns into a sub-woofer and makes it hard to mix the final recordings.
Yamaha S-Logic – I don't think they make these anymore and it's a shame. Under $100, these are some of the best cans I've found. If you're lucky you can still find some of the last ones at Amazon.
I record into GarageBand. Yeah, I said it… and I'm proud of it. You don't need an expensive DAW to work with. In a later post, I'll go over how I set up show templates.
I'm only using three plugins for my podcast, Campground Pirate Radio:
- W1 – a free brick wall limiter and clone of Waves L1.
- iZotope Nectar – I'm using this on my vocals and on another segment's vocals.
- iZotope Ozone 4 – This plugin gets me the big, loud, ultra-compressed FM sound I was looking for. I mix everything with this.
When it's just me on the show it's just the Heil into the 528e into the FireStudio Mobile and into GarageBand. After I've recorded, I'll add the plugins to massage the sound.
I've got more goodies in my rack but they're primarily for music projects.
What's your setup? Please share it in the comments below… I'm always willing to steal a new idea!


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Very pleased with this location
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1008 SW Military Dr
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Waited almost and hr and half to get wrong order, wouldn't give discount or at least let us snack on what they did send til we get our corrected order in about another hr. Negative 5 stars
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4250 Fredericksburg Rd
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Pizza Hut has good values like the current one about by one pizza get a meduim one for 99 cents. I also love their crust which is soft buttery crust
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It has been remodeled and is really nice. Service is good.
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6115 Ingram Rd
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Excellent pie. Fast delivery. Great when you're tired at the end of the day and want quick food. Get the large supreme. Good stuff!!
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625 Bandera Rd
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the workers were well groomed and somewhat professinal but,the manager(a overweight, middleaged man w/a napoleon complex)was very rude and aloof.he spent more time trying to flirt with under age girls
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More than 80 struggling families in Blackpool have been helped by a Government scheme to improve their lives.
The Troubled Families programme gives money to Lancashire County Council for every family whose lives it helps to improve.
So far, County Hall chiefs have been able to claim £427,000 for successfully working with 734 families.
Troubled families are deemed to be those which are involved in youth crime or anti-social behaviour, have children who are regularly playing truant, have an adult on out-of-work benefits and cost the public sector in responding to their problems – an estimated average of £75,000 per year.
In Blackpool, 515 troubled families have been identified.
By June this year 287 of them have been worked with and 86 are said to have turned their lives around in the last 15 months.
One Blackpool family was involved in the project because of issues around school attendance, criminal activity and anti-social behaviour.
The teenage daughter within the family was easily distracted when at school and her friends were involved in crime around the area.
The girl's mum had lost her job and was having trouble searching for a new one because she struggled with reading and writing.
Blackpool Council offered intensive support to help deal with their issues.
The mother was given help to develop her skills so she could move back into employment, leading to her gaining her first qualifications and boosting her confidence.
The support team also helped the child improve relationships with her school
Coun Sarah Riding, cabinet member for children's services said: "We worked with the school and our partner agencies to help build up a support package that fitted in with the needs of the young person."
Coun Riding added: "We also worked proactively around improving confidence and the importance of building healthy relationships with people, as it had been noted that the young person often was in situations of criminality and anti-social behaviour because of the people she associated with."
The mother also started to attend sessions at the gym, providing her with more positive activity.
As a result of the support offered to the family, the woman is now working in a local supermarket.
She is also still attending courses at college and is hoping to continue to complete more courses.
The teenager has now completed school and is now enrolled at a local college, where she is completing a course that will enable her to move into employment on completion.
Coun Riding said: "I'm pleased to say that, as a result of the family engaging with more positive activities and thanks to the council's work, anti-social behaviour and criminality incidents from the family have now stopped."
The scheme and its results have today been welcomed by a Revoe community leader.
Julie Bascombe, chairman of Revoe Area Forum, said it was a good project, as long as it continued to help all the troubled families of Blackpool.
She said: "If this is help being given to families to try and improve, then that's great. But what about all those families who are still struggling?
"This is a good idea if everyone is getting a fair crack at the whip.
"There is always more we can do to help families who are struggling for reasons that is not their fault, but a lot should be done to encourage them to help themselves so the scheme can move onto the next 85 families who are struggling."


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Michele Bachmann ended up her whirlwind trip to Iowa by addressing nearly 250 activists who attended the Iowans for Tax Relief's PAC fundraiser. Below are photos from the event as well as links to articles about her trip to Iowa. TheIowaRepublican.com will have more about her trip on Monday.
Bachmann: Iowa trip isn't about 'personal ambition,' but 2012 (The Hill)
Bachmann's Tardiness Irks Iowa Republicans (Real Clear Politics)
US Rep. Bachmann brings tea party message to Iowa (FOX NEWS)
Bachmann 'encouraged' after Iowa visit (USA Today)
Bachmann impresses some top Iowa Republicans (Des Moines Register)
"Iowegian" Bachmann decries national debt, "entitlement mentality" (Radio Iowa)
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What does it take to be the hero of the cat community? Earlier this year, a cat was spotted at Bukit Merah with a cable tie around its testicles and a broken right leg. For Laura Ann Meranda, 31, senior outreach manager with the Cat Welfare Society, this was one of the most serious cases of abuse that she had seen.
- See more at: https://www.youth.sg/Spotted/People/2016/10/Real%20life%20Catwoman
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Thenuga Vijakumar, the President of the Cat Welfare Society (CWS) on how she came to help community animals and the types of questions she has had to answer in her line of work.
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Miss Joanne Ng quit her job as a banker specialising in the global market - a job that she had been holding for 15 years - to take up the CEO position.
Although she admits that the salary she earns now is just a fraction of what she used to get, Miss Ng said she wanted to do it for the community. CWS does not pay its board members and volunteers, so Miss Ng's salary is paid by the Patrick D Harrigan Foundation, following its pledge of support.
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- Dear All,
I am now back from the family holiday in Slovakia. But I was not wholly inactive there. Various to report:
1. My dear friend, Richard Blake, whom you may know as the critically-acclaimed and internationally best-selling author, was briefly with me to speak at the launch of his newly-translated Teror v Konštantínopole <http://www.richardblake.me.uk/node/50>. This was indeed a glittering event in the Panta Rhei <http://www.pantarhei.sk/>bookshop in Bratislava, attended by the brightest and the best in Slovak culture. This was followed by a couple of newspaper interviews and a longish television appearance. There is a video, and I will make this and all else available in due course.
For those who missed this particular launch, there will be another in November, when yet another of Mr Blake's books will come out in Slovak, and he will tour the country, giving speeches and interviews. Stand by for further details.
2. While in Slovakia, Mr Blake was interviewed by Andy Duncan of the Cobden Centre, all about inflation in the Roman and Byzantine Empires. This was a long and interesting discussion. Sadly, the person in charge at the Cobden Centre was plainly lacking in literary taste and common sense, and thought nothing of making himself and his employers look like clowns by having the recording deleted. Nevertheless, the recording has now made its way to Radio Free Market <http://www.radiofreemarket.com/blog/1/198>. So has the only person at the Cobden Centre worth talking to.
3. I have also been interviewed by Radio Free Market. Here <http://radiofreemarket.com/archives/dr-sean-gabb-death-free-choice-and-free-people-070911-rfm> is a long recording of what I said last month about the decline and fall of English liberty.
4. While in Slovakia, I took part in a BBC Radio 5 discussion <http://www.seangabb.co.uk/?q=node/566>. This was in response to a Guardian-writing journalist called Kia Abdullah, who claimed on Twitter that she smiled at the death of three white, middle-class youths. I went on against Sunny Hundal, an Indian lefty, who tried to defend Miss Abdullah.
My points were -
* If Miss Abdullah were being done over by the authorities for her remarks, she could count on the immediate and uncompromising support of the Libertarian Alliance. Since she is not being done over, I could ignore her right to freedom of speech in the abstract and comment on her use of that right.
* Her comments, as reported, showed a most unusual degeneracy of character. No normal person would ever laugh over the accidental deaths of these young men, or seek to increase the private grief of their parents. I said that I hoped Miss Abdullah would be shunned for the rest of her life as a moral leper.
* There was a further consideration. If a white journalist had made similar comments about the death of young men with names like Leroy Jones and Jesmond Akimbo, he would have been crucified at once. There are people in this country capable of finding racism in a bus queue. How will these people treat Miss Abdullah?
I obviously caught Sunny Hundal by surprise. He was reduced to feeble irrelevance. A question I could have asked, but chose not to, was whether he would have been so eager to go on air to defend a white journalist who had laughed at the death of black people. His presence in this debate, and his general conduct, could be seen as one of those acts of ethnic solidarity he and his friends have made virtually impossible for whites.
Even if there was no racial aspect in his defence – even if he were simply defending a fellow lefty – he deserved the good kicking I gave him. Since time out of mind, these people have been telling us how much better they are than everyone else. Well, here is one of those occasions when the mask has slipped, and what these people really look like is not a pleasant sight.
Oh, and I suppose I should also confess that, in the five minutes before I went on, I looked up Mr Hundal on Google. I was much saddened by all the horrid things he had said about me on his blog - he even called me a "politically and historically illiterate prick <http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/12316>." I suppose this may, in some small way, have caused me to bite the man's head off live on air.
5. Here <http://www.seangabb.co.uk/?q=node/567> is a speech that I gave in Bratislava to INESS <http://www.iness.sk/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=7> on the 13th July 2011. It is notable mainly for a comical slip that I made in the question and answer session. I was trying to distinguish between liberation struggles and terrorism, and neglected to insist that the cause should be just. In consequence, I suddenly found myself admitting that Margaret Thatcher was a legitimate target in the Sinn Fein/IRA murder attempt in 1984. The mental crunching of gears is comical or pathetic - possibly both.
6. I hope, during the next few months, to write a fantasy novel That will rival The Churchill Memorandum <http://www.seangabb.co.uk/?q=node/515>as satire from the right. I will also publish a volume of critical essays. Right now, however, I must go shopping.
With love to all - even those who have done nothing or less than nothing to deserve it,
Sean Gabb
Director, The Libertarian Alliance (Carbon Positive since 1979)
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October Roll Call
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Are you dressing up for halloween?
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I am new here and just became a working mom after staying home 2 1/2 yrs and being a college student.
Def dressing up for halloween as a zombie with my little girl :)
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Hey there,
I'm here this month. Becky, mommy to Maggie who is 2.
Not dressing up for halloween. Took me enough brain power to figure out a costumer for Maggie...absolutely no time to figure one out for myself too!
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I'm here, but new. I have been a working mom since having my son Cole who is 3. I now have a girl, Audrey, who will be 2 in January.
I'm not dressing up, but the kids will and we will go to a local church for a "festival" since they are still too young, I think, to Trick or treat.
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I am here! I dont dress up for halloween! But this is the first year I get to dress dd! She is going to be an 80s fitness workout queen!
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im here :) i havent been here for a while although i lurked last week. :D
im dressing up.
i have a hand held masquerie mask thingy so im gonna do something with that i think.
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