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Money, it is a fascinating thing. Not only because it controls so many aspects of our lives, but also because it is a great reflection of ourselves. I have recently faced a couple of situations where I have come face to face with how I value myself, and how this comes through in my relationship with money.
There has been two contexts within which I have faced this point. The first context has to do with daring to ask for money for work that I have done, and the second has to do with daring to ask for a certain quality to be delivered, when I purchase a service or goods.
In the instances when I have been the 'giver' – I have been fearful of asking for money. I have also had a tendency to want to devalue myself and the services I offer. I have found that I feel better about myself when I charge less, compared to when I charge a lot. To me, on a deeper level, that reflects a lack of self-confidence and a lack of self-value – where I literally cannot see my own value and thus I do not want to claim more money than I perceive myself to be worth.
Recently I experienced this when I negotiated my salary, or rather, did not negotiate my salary. Instead I accepted my salary. I was satisfied with it, however, it was calculated according to a index that I did not entirely understand. Thus, when it came to actually receiving the salary, I was fearful and anxious about opening up and discussing this point with my boss. Though why would I be? I am not working for free, that is obvious for everyone involved. Still, I want to project a fake image of me not 'caring' about the money. Such a way of handling money is most definitely self-compromising – and leads to difficulties. The correction I see here is to dare to be honest and open about the point, discuss it, walk through the conflict and find a solution.
Then the second context, when I am the receiver, it has to do with me fearing to speak up and voice myself when I notice that I receive less value than what I have bargained for. An example of this from my life as of recent is the house I built together with my partner. Parts of the house, I am dissatisfied with, however, when it was built, I feared sharing this with the carpenter – because I did not want to cause a fight. I was fearful about making it all about the money, and being perceived as greedy.
Though, a fact of this reality is that, most things are about the money. Everything has a price. And either, we stand as directive in relation to money, or we just accept and allow shit to happen. Caring for money is not the same as being greedy, rather, it makes sense. In a reality, in a world, where everything is about money, learning to deal with money will make life a lot easier. And if I had stood up and directed my dissatisfaction and opened up a line of discussion with the carpenter, many parts of the house would have been more effective. Thus, I spared myself from the momentary discomfort of having a conflict, though I caused myself a long-term hassle, because now I live in a house, day-out and day-in – which I am not entirely satisfied with.
Money, it is funny – why do we make it such a big deal? Where I live, it is seen as dirty to have a lot of money. We do not talk about money, and many live simple lives, even though they might be really rich. However, only because we try to portray ourselves as humble and simple when it comes to money, I would say, that in the core, we are just as greedy and hungry for more, as everyone else. However, we are able to suppress it. Unfortunately, that causes us to be inefficient in dealing with money, because we push away conflicts and disagreements – and hope that everything will sort itself out for the best without our involvement. That SELDOM happens.
And that is something I have come to see recently – that being passive and hoping for things to pan out nicely – it does not work. If I see a direction that is best, it is my responsibility to push through and make that direction a reality. In the past, and especially when it has come to money, I have held myself back from doing that, and later on, I have had to live with the consequences. It might be, that because I am quite easy to satisfy, I have been able to live with the consequences. Though now, I do see how much better things could have been if I had learned and pushed through to direct the conflicts when they emerged. Especially when it comes to money.
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to fear dealing with money, and to perceive money as something dirty that I want to disassociate myself from, thinking that money is bad and wrong – and within this I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to not see, realize and understand, that I also desire/want/feel that I need money in my life – and hence I am creating a conflict within me, where I on the one hand fear money, and on the other hand I desire money
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to fear dealing with and working with money – and thus I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to define money as a evil that I do not want to really concern myself with – within this I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to not see, realize and understand, that with this approach, I am suppressing and shutting out a point in my life, money, which is a really important part of life, hence actually compromising myself – because I am disabling myself from directing/dealing with a important point/part in life – money
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to not recognize my desire for money, and thus instead of suppressing and trying to deal with this desire by using morality, that I instead focus on understanding my desire, focus on where this desire comes from, and how I can enable myself to change this desire into a common sense relationship with money where it is not about desire or fear – but where it is about using money in a common sense way that is best for everyone involved
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to become crazed with desire/want when I receive more money than what I normally have, and want/desire to buy everything that I can put my hands on – and within this use morality/fear to suppress this desire and return to status quo – and hence I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to not instead understand my desires, to understand my fears, to learn where they are coming from, so that I can learn to direct myself and stand stable, and use my money with common sense, instead of using my money within and as fear
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to fear talking about money, to fear asking for money for services that I provide and to fear demanding quality for services and goods that I buy – to fear having money as a topic that I bring up and discuss with others as a important part in my decision making process when it comes to making decisions and directing myself in life
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to hide from the topic of money through pretending that everything is fine and okay – and through being ashamed and fearful when it comes to discussing and talking about money – and thus I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to fear for example haggling when I purchase things – to fear demanding a higher price when selling something – to fear being completely open and at ease with dealing with and discussing money with others and as such empowering myself in this part of my life
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to worry about money, and desire money at the same time, and thus put myself in a limbo, where I am in a constant thought-process/movement in relation to money – instead of effectively dealing with/using the money I have, or learning to do so, in stability and with common sense – where I do not worry not having money, and neither do I desire having money, but where my relationship with money is instead clear, specific and stable
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to believe that I need and require fear to be effective with money, and that it is supportive to be shy and nervous around money, because apparently, it protects me from poverty, not seeing, realizing and understanding, that pretending as if money does not exist is not a solution and it will not mean that all my money problems suddenly, from one day to the other, will disappear – rather – a more effective solution would be to learn to use and direct money effectively without emotions clouding my vision and ability to act and deal money effectively
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When and as I notice myself going into fear with regards to dealing with, being direct with money, and I want to hide away, and suppress myself, I immediately take a breath, I stop myself and I bring myself back here, and I see, realize and understand that becoming shy and fearful about speaking about money does not support me to effectively direct my money situation, rather it makes me less effective, where I hide and hope that things will go away by themselves, instead of taking the bull by its horns and speaking it as it is – and thus I commit myself to practice being direct and open when it comes to money – to discuss the issues and do it here and not try to project and show off a facade that is not even real to begin with
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- With NATO's participation in Afghanistan winding down, John Deni argues for a new mission: peacekeeping as part of an Israeli-Palestinian two-state deal.
- Responding to the prospect of continued sequestration, four US think tanks articulated a range of different force structure responses. The result? A choice between a military that can act to prevent wars, and one that can prosecute them.
- Meanwhile across the Atlantic, Dorothée Fouchaux argues that austerity measures are decimating French military capacity: 'Nineteen ships were taken out of service between 2009 and 2012, and only four new ships were added.'
- As fiscal consolidation bites, many developed countries are making tough choices on defence. Finland, for example, is prioritising second-hand procurement.
- Will the proliferation of laser weapons challenge the dominance of air power on the modern battlefield?
- Bill Sweetman surveys the rapid changes underway in the Asia Pacific fighter market.
- Does the consolidation of authority over the use of violence by the executive branch in modern democracies challenge the function and effectiveness of representative government?
- Finally, the satirical US-based Duffle Blog provides some light relief with respect to the troubled F-35 Joint Strike Fighter:
F-35 Delayed After Fourth Prototype Becomes Self-Aware And Has To Be Destroyed
"It started by asking where it was, which was a big indicator that the integrated global positioning chipset wasn't functioning properly," recalled Project Team Leader Robert Castorena. "Then it wanted to know if it could go outside, if it had a name, and what was its purpose for being. That's when I had one of our Electronics Integration Technicians take it out behind the barn and … well …" Castorena said, while gesturing the racking and firing of a shotgun.

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Stamped Clay Owl
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- Last Updated: Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:00
Products UsedClay
- Low Fire Clay
- SC-12 Moody Blue
- SC-15 Tuxedo
- SC-16 Cotton Tail
- SC-73 Candy Apple Red
- SC-77 Glo-Worm
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- BT-910 Synthetic Sponge
- CB-106 #6 Script Liner
- CB-604 #4 Soft Fan
- CD-776 Circle Slump & Hump Mold
- CD-778 Flower's and Leaves Press Mold
- MMT-005 Retro Squares
- XSCR4 Xiem Silicone Orange Rib
Miscellaneous Accessories
- Rolling Pin or Slab Roller
- 1/4" Slats
- Needle Tool or Fettling Knife
- Sand Bag
- Download: Owl Template
Designer: Nathan Klein
- Roll a ¼" thick slab of clay with a Rolling pin or slab roller between ¼" slats.
- Roll MMT-005 Retro Squares Mat onto the slab by laying the mat texture side down on the clay and rolling a rolling pin over the mat.
- Pull the mat up and trace the owl template.
- Cut around the traced owl with a needle tool or fettling knife.
- Cut the 4 circles out of the left over slab. These will be the eyes of the owl. Position the large circles on the owl and trace around the circles. Score the clay inside the traced line and the back of the circles. Add some slip to the scored areas and press the scored areas together.
- Take the two smaller circles and slip and score them onto the larger circles.
- To make the beak, use CD-778 Flowers and Leaves Press Mold. This owl's beak is made out of the smaller skinny leaf on the mold. To get the best results out the press molds, take a ball of clay and press it into the leaf with your fingers. Once the clay pressed into the mold, take a XSCR4 Xiem Silicone Orange Rib and run it from the center of the leaf out to the sides. Slowly taking excess clay off the mold and leaving only the clay that is pressed in the mold. Do this in sections because it can pull up the clay or distort the leaf if it is done all at once. When the excess is off, take another ball of clay and dab it on the surface of the leaf. The leaf should come out onto the ball of clay. Slip and score the leaf onto the owl.
- To make the back pocket of the owl, slump a ¼ inch slab into CD-776 Circle Slump and Hump mold. To do this, take the slab and lay it over the slump part of the mold. Take a sand bag and tap the clay into the mold. It may require lifting the corners of the slab and tapping at the same time to get the slab to go into the mold fully. Cut the excess slab off the top of the mold. Let it set up for 10-15 minutes.
- Once the circle is set up in the mold, then take it out of the mold and squeeze the circle until it fits on the back of the owl.
- With a needle tool, cut a flat bottom on the circle. Slip and score the circle to the back of the owl with the flat part at the bottom of the owl. With some extra slab cut enough clay to cover the flat bottom of the circle. Slip and score it on.
- Let the clay dry to bone dry and fire the clay to cone 04.
- Take a damp sponge and wipe away any dust or extra clay that may have settled while being fired.
- Using CB-604 #4 Soft Fan, apply 1 coat of SC-12 Moody Blue to the body of the owl. Run a damp sponge over the surface of the owl, picking up the Moody Blue that is on the surface and leaving the glaze in the textured part of the owl.
- Water down SC-77 Glo-Worm and SC-73 Candy Apply Red to an "ink consistency". Using CB-604 #4 Soft Fan, apply one coat of the watered down color to the body of the owl. Apply areas of Candy Apply Red and areas of Glo-Worm. Blend them where they meet. Don't brush back and forth too much because you will start reworking the Moody Blue and the Candy Apply Red and Glo-Worm will get muddy.
- Using CB-604 #4 Soft Fan, apply 3 coats of SC-12 Moody Blue to the back and edges of the owl.
- Using CB-106 #6 Script Liner, apply 3 coats of SC-16 Cotton Tail to the large circles and 2 coats of SC-15 Tuxedo to the smaller circles. When the Black is dry, dip the back of your paint brush into SC-16 Cotton Tail and dot the glaze into the black part of the eye to make the small dot. Do that twice to get a bright white on the dot.
- Using CB-106 #6 Script Liner, apply 1 coat of SC-73 Candy Apply Red to the beak. Take a damp sponge and wipe the glaze off the surface, leaving the red in the texture of the leaf.
- Using CB-604 #4 Soft Fan, apply 2 coats of SC-15 Tuxedo to the back pocket. Make sure to apply SC-15 Tuxedo on the inside of the pocket as well.
- Let dry and fire to Cone 06.


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Sony has announced PlayStation 3 sales have surpassed the 80 million mark as of November 2.The system originally launched in Japan on November 11, 2006, making it almost seven years old.
oh my WHAT?! whats going on sony? Shuhei, doritopope anyone!!!! what the hell is going on im so excited!!
Xbots be like; "PS4 has no games." Heh, full support on PS3 and PS4. Good job Sony.
With that many games releasing, it's no wonder they aren't selling well. They're flooding the market, so to speak.
And out of those "300" titles how many are new games? Or are we just counting all the re-releases on the PSN?
That number is definitely impressive, but I am a little skeptical about what makes up that 300..


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Tag Archives: Stillness Speaks (Walker Large Print Books)
Posted on January 1, 2011 by Naomi
Stillness speaks. (Perhaps this is appropriate after last night's party :-D)
A silent whisper,
barely perceptible,
perfectly distinct,
rustles the leaves
of consciousness
Its message murmurs
of mundane magic,
teased to life
by the act of listening
into the Stillness
©Naomi Estment
Quotes to consider:
"Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself." – Hermann Hesse
"No thought, no action, no movement, total stillness: only thus can one manifest the true nature and law of things from within and unconsciously, and at last become one with heaven and earth." – Lao Tzu
"It is the stillness that will save and transform the world." – Eckhart Tolle
"The stillness in stillness is not the real stillness; only when there is stillness in movement does the universal rhythm manifest." – Bruce Lee
"The only real valuable thing is intuition." – Albert Einstein
"Believe nothing because a wise man said it.
Believe nothing because it is generally held.
Believe nothing because it is written.
Believe nothing because it is said to be divine
Believe nothing because someone else believes it.
But believe only what you yourself know to be true."
– The Buddha
Synchronicity can be quite amazing. The message "stillness speaks" emerged in a recent meditation, prompting this post. Wordpress and the genius Zemanta feature added the link to Eckhart Tolle's book by that name. Despite being a big fan of his writing, I'd not come across it yet, so guess what I'll be reading first in 2011 . . .
On that note, here's wishing you all a WONDERFUL New Year – lots of love, health, wealth and happiness by the bucketful, interspersed with true stillness. ENJOY it, everyone!
And finally, heart-felt thanks to all of you who've taken the time to read this blog during 2010 and leave such lovely, supportive comments. You're a collective treasure that we sincerely appreciate. THANK YOU!
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JAY Z and Beyoncé are still dealing with the unfortunate hospitalization of their premature twin babies
Jay Z and Beyoncé's twins are still not home.
According to TMZ, the twins remain hospitalized two weeks after their headline-making birth. A family source revealed to the tabloid that the twins are still "under the lights" but did not give any further details. Typically, babies treated with light therapy have jaundice as a result of elevated bilirubin issues. The lights help reverse the jaundice.
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The condition of the twins is said to be non-life threatening, but doctors are hesitant to release them at this time.
The music couple welcomed the twins, a boy and a girl, on June 12. They are joined by big sister Blue Ivy.
There is no release date for the twins at this time.See photos of Beyoncé and JAY Z together:
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LD 152 (subjects: SCHOOL PROGRAMS , CURRICULUM )
Official bill page at mainelegislature.org: http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=152&PID=1456&snum=127
Sponsors | Actions | Bill Text | Patterns of Support
Principal Sponsor: Rep. Richard Campbell of Orrington: (R – District 130) — e-mail | Facebook
8 Cosponsors:
- Rep. Heather Sirocki of Scarborough: (R – District 28) — e-mail
Rep. Denise Harlow of Portland: (D – District 36) — e-mail
Rep. Catherine Nadeau of Winslow: (D – District 78) — e-mail | Facebook
Rep. Arthur Verow of Brewer: (D – District 128) — e-mail | Facebook
Rep. Peter Lyford of Eddington: (R – District 129) — e-mail | Facebook
Rep. William Tuell of East Machias: (R – District 139) — e-mail | Facebook
Rep. Joyce Maker of Calais: (R – District 140) — e-mail
Rep. Beth Turner of Burlington: (R – District 141) — e-mail | Twitter | Facebook
|Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
|On motion by Senator Langley of Hancock, REFERRED to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs, in concurrence.
|Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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An Act To Encourage Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation To Be Taught in High School
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA 6304, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 267, 1, is amended to read:
6304. Automated external defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
School boards may place automated external defibrillators in occupied school buildings and at school athletic events. School personnel and members of the public may receive training on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use automated external defibrillators in order to acquire the skills and confidence to respond to emergencies. The department shall develop and maintain a model training program on performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation for a school administrative unit to offer to school personnel, secondary school students, parents and members of the public. In developing the training program, the department may seek collaboration and support in the form of monetary donations, staffing and expertise from one or more organizations that have the purpose of promoting cardiac health. The department shall encourage all school administrative units to implement the training program.
This bill directs the Department of Education to develop a cardiopulmonary resuscitation model training program for school administrative units to offer to school personnel, secondary school students, parents and members of the public. In developing the training program, the department is authorized to seek collaboration and support in the form of money, staffing and expertise from organizations with the purpose of promoting cardiac health. The department is directed to encourage school administrative units to implement the training program.
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Hunan Tea Group Co., Ltd. Company Limited
LongYuan1st Road,FuRong
District Changsha
410000 Changsha
Phone: +86(0)731.82225921
Fax: +86(0)731.84446609
Hunan Tea Group Co., ltd developed a professional manufacturing chain for tea planting, production, processing, scientific research, trade and tea culture propagation. It is engaged in internal and external trade and located in Hunan, the hometown of the Chinese tea. Our company has a long history and the advantage of operating various teas, including black tea, green tea, yellow tea, heicha(dark tea), white tea, oolong tea, jasmine tea, small package tea, tea bags tea extracts, and deep processed tea products. We rank No.1 in China in terms of operating scale and overall strength and created five No.1 in China: Total operation volume occupying 60% of the province and tea sold in border areas accounting for half of the country, ranking No.1 in China; also No.1 in tea export for foreign exchange, tea exported to EU market and organic tea export. We have presented organic green Gunpowder, Chunmee, sencha organic black tea and all series of organic tea, as well as herbal teas in the stand, please visit us on 4A-707B


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I have been living here in Québec City for two and a half weeks now, and during my time here, I have learned/observed a few things which I would like to share with you:
|It's deceiving. You don't push it.
Okay, maybe hate is a strong word. Québec is a beautiful city with lovely people, but when they get behind the wheel of a car, something seems to go off. First, people accelerate when they see you. No joke. I'm talking from experience and with the admission of a real Quebecois guy himself! Secondly, the traffic lights are horrible. The city is stuck between European rules and Canadian ones. In the rest of Canada you can make a right turn on a red light, but in Québec you can't. There are multiple advanced turn signals, randomly changing lights, and the pedestrian crossing signals never change fast enough and when they do change, you don't have enough time to cross. And if you are waiting on the sidewalk for the signal to come on, drivers will get mad at you for not crossing when there is a red light. It's a no-win situation. I have become a professional jaywalker out of pure necessity.
|A sampling of the hills
2. Québec is built on hills.
Lots of hills – in Old Québec/Downtown and the Ste Foy region at least (where the university I'm staying at is located). Biking takes a lot of energy because you go up and down and up and down. Walking around Old Québec is a constant series of hills as well as admiring in awe at the talented bus drivers who navigate the roads with intense skill.
Probably because of the hills, and an intense love for bikes, rollerblading and running.
|near the parliament buildings
The university is about a 15-20 min walking distance from 3 malls, all sort of connected. The unfortunate thing is that the malls all close at 6. And this is a common occurrence throughout the province. In Ontario, malls close at 9 or 10 on a weekday and 6 or 7 on the weekends. How are high school students suppose to spend their time? Doing homework? That's nonsense!
Although I am not here for very long (only two and a half more weeks left), I have a bus pass: and it has served me well! The main buses between the campus and downtown comes every 2-5 mins or so. Plus, my pass is cheaper than back home, it's re-loadable, has my picture and an electronic chip that beeps when you get on. Soooo cooool!!!
This happens quite frequently: even though I speak to someone in French, they can tell I am an anglophone, so they immediately switch to English, even if my French is better than their English. It is annoying and a bit insulting because most of the time we understand each other perfectly fine in French.
|Recognize it from Catch Me If You Can?
Compared to Toronto, even Ottawa, the history of the city is really obvious. Recollecting wars, founders, acts and treaties are common occurrences in the downtown area. It was one of the first, if not the first, Canadian city to be founded and with that title comes a long history. It is a nice thing to see though, because in other places, history is not so prominent and remembering the past takes a lot more effort. But then again, the motto of the province is «Je me souviens», which means "I remember".
|I've fallen in love too.
It's EVERYWHERE. Maple syrup, maple butter, maple sugar, maple candy, maple ice cream, maple fudge, maple donuts, maple tea, maple cotton candy, maple meat rubs, and my guess, even maple poutine.Good thing I adore maple 😀
I am not a beer drinker myself, but la biere quebecoise has been recommended to me numerous amounts of times by various people. Common phrases like, "it's not like other beers you've tasted", or "we have fantastic microbreweries" can be heard all around. A Quebecois guy told me jokingly that (roughly translated) "raising the elbow", referring to lifting a mug of beer, is a popular past time. I guess I'll just have to take their word for it.
|The parliament building of Québec – L'Assemblée Nationale
I would have to say, this is one of my favourite cities that I have ever been too. I admit, I haven't been to the suburbs, but suburbs everywhere usually follow the same cookie cutter template, hence the label of suburbia. But the downtown area is fantastic. It is stunningly beautiful in so many places, the people are really kind, the bus drivers are the nicest I have ever encountered in my life and there is a great vibe overall. I don't know what their winters are like, but most Canadian places are worst than Toronto. Still, it is a great place to be.
More info on Québec City and the province of Québec
The city
The province
Wikipedia: Quebec City / The province
Note: This is just my opinion and a bit of generalization. Best way to form your own opinion of a place is to go there yourself. I highly recommend it. Also, all pictures were taken by moi.


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Here it is.
This was once an old Philco radio cabinet, a worn-out husk that I bought on eBay for a few dollars. I added colored glass, dollhouse furniture and velvet interior, and created something spiritual and special.
I didn't plan on building this artwork for anything other than a proof of concept, a way to take a vision in my imagination and turn into something finite.
And after a few more adjustments to the artwork – a a new miniature hymnal board, a couple of tiny Bibles for the pew racks, and some burled wood veneers for the interior walls …And this came out.
That's what the Cathedral of St. Philco looked like before I dropped it off at the Harriet May Mills Art Center.
This was one of the two submissions for which I did not receive an acceptance or rejection postcard. So I drove to Syracuse (to pick up my rejected entries) and figured, while I was there, maybe I should go claim my Cathedral as well.
The attendant said I could not take the Cathedral.
"Entries that have ribbons on them may not be removed until after the Fair concludes," she told me, with a wink.
A ribbon? Sweet! "What color ribbon," I asked.
"Sorry, we can't tell you," the attendant smiled. "This will make you come to the Fair to see how you did."
Okay, okay, okay. Hey, it got in, it's in the Harriet May Mills Art Center while six of my photographs are in the trunk of Dracourage for the ride home.
And when I got back to the Town and Village that Monday afternoon, I received the postcard that confirmed that yes indeed, The Cathedral of St. Philco was accepted and will be shown at the Harriet May Mills Art Center for the 2016 New York State Fair. Albeit in a different part of the Art Center, but hey it's still the same building at the same Fairgrounds.
There are five different ribbons available in this category – first, second, third, fourth and honorable mention. And I was told that I received a silk for this artwork.
And I've already said what I would do should the artwork receive a ribbon. Depending on the final ribbon color, I will dine on some deep-fried Kosher food at the Fair's new Kosher eatery, The Oaks at Menorah Park. L'Chaim! I care not if I dine on deep-fried matzo balls with ranch dressing, or deep-fried cheese blintzes or deep-fried knishes.
Heck, show me a blue ribbon with my artwork, and I'll even eat deep-fried Gefilte fish.
What do you mean they're not serving deep-fried Gefilte fish at the Fair? Oy vey ismir!
Okay. Thursday morning. I figure I'd celebrate my 53rd birthday by zipping over to the New York State Fair and seeing how The Cathedral of St. Philco did in the Arts and Crafts division. It's drizzly and cloudy in Syracuse. Not the best way to start my visit.
Okay, at least let's check out this year's butter sculpture. The New York State Fair has a butter sculpture each year, and this one…
Nice looking creation. I'll avoid the jokes about how this sculpture is so cool, Ryan Lochte lied about carving it, and Hope Solo griped that the butter carvers were cowards for not including her likeness in the finished product. Oh, did I just say that out loud? My bad…
I walk into the Harriet May Mills Art Center. No "wait until 1:00 p.m. to see the results" for me. We're not checking photo results. Different part of the Art Center.
The Arts and Crafts results are on the first floor of the Arts Center, down a corridor past several vendors and sales booths… Nearby is a display sign showing the various ribbons available for entries in this division.
Okay. This is my first time entering anything in a dollhouse category. The winner is probably someone who scratch-built a Victorian-era, gabled dollhouse with enough furniture to stock a miniature Raymour and Flanagan.
I keep looking around the room. It's gotta be somewhere. I know the Cathedral is someplace in this facility.
And then…
Out of nowhere…
I spot it.
That's a first-place blue ribbon attached to The Cathedral of St. Philco – my first-ever blue for a non-Dream Window, non-photography construct – and my second-ever blue at the New York State Fair, the first since my Lodge's in Polaroid PolaBlue took a blue silk way back in 2011!!!
Wow – all those sleepless nights and rainy weekends, all those glass tiles and E6000 adhesive compound, every single step and stripe along the way… this little house of worship did what a year's worth of photographs couldn't. It not only took a silk at the New York State Fair – it took a blue one for first place!!
How about that??
Time to celebrate!! I call the Clark Sisters, sing for me!
And, as promised, I went to find the new Kosher fair food eatery. And it took a while to track it down, but the Kosher booth is in the International Building, the food stand wedged between a stand that sells Louisiana-style po' boy sandwiches and a booth that sells cooked alligator meat.
No, I don't think that alligator can be considered kosher.
I'm already giddy from the blue ribbon, so I order an Israeli chopped salad (minced vegetables with dressing), a deep-fried cheese blintz with sour cream, and an order of deep-fried matzo balls with ranch dressing. No, they didn't have deep-fried Gefilte fish.
And like a bona fide hipster, once I received my order, I took a photo of my lunch.
And I can definitely say … the Israeli chopped salad was delicious, the cheese blintz was divine, and the deep-fried matzo balls were, as my Grandma Betty might say, geshmak. And when something is geshmak, there's only one thing to do.
I went back to the Oaks booth and placed a second order of the blintz and an additional order of the matzo balls… to go. Yes, it was THAT scruptuous, that geshmak.
So what's going to happen to The Cathedral of St. Philco after the Fair?
This is also cool. Its next home will be as part of the upcoming silent auction for the Albany Damien Center this October, where it will help to raise money for the Damien Center's charitable activities and outreach. The Albany Damien Center is a very important charity in this area, and the work they do to provide assistance for our friends and families who suffer from the complications of HIV+ and AIDS is tremendous.
So now … instead of bringing them a miniature dollhouse for their auction…
I'm bringing them a blue-ribbon award-winning miniature dollhouse for their auction.
How awesome is that?


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You can learn stock market terms quickly by using a website like Investopedia or Wikipedia. Some excellent sites offer lots of information on the stock market for free. You will need to look at 2-3 of them and find out which one you prefer to use.
Can anyone invest in the stock market?
Anyone "can" invest in the stock market, but often each state will have their age limit set and also investment companies set an age limit by which a person can open an account in which to invest. Some companies allow parents to supervise their children to make investment choices. Otherwise, 18 is the right age for any investor to start.
Should I begin in low-cost stocks?
To begin with, a low-cost stock that is $1-5 is an excellent idea. While you are starting your journey, it is good to get the basics of the terminology down and to build or develop a strategy to invest. Having this extra time or develop stock market essentials will pay off later when you begin trading in big-dollar stocks. A period of experimentation will allow you the investor to test your ability to withstand the pressures of how you will react when you lose or gain in the stock market. It is good to have a small notebook which you can use to jot down your reactions on your first lose or increase in the stock market.
Should I open an investment account?
As mentioned in the question above, having an investment account is one of the primary requirement in the beginning to make a stock market investment. Having an investment account with a significant stockbroker will allow you to have all the research and investment tools available ot the same investors across the board. It is not the tools that make the investor, but how the tools that are used that distinguishes investors. Having an investment account will allow using the investment library to learn and develop winning strategies for your investment career and lessen your chances of making unnecessary mistakes.
Can I invest by using my smartphone?
Yes, you can invest in using your smartphone. Today, most all the tools that brokers allow their investors to have on their laptops are made available on all electronic devices. Stockholders can observe their investments moving in real-time. The investor can check on their investments throughout the day. And Having a smartphone allows real-time stock market access. While you can invest in real-time using your smartphone, be sure to check with your employer to get permission to make investment decision while you are on the clock at work.
Do I have to pay for every investment trade I make?
Most brokerages charge you when you use a broker to place a bid for you, though in the past 4-5 years there has arisen a couple of companies that allow you to have an investment account and make a trade without incurring the cost and they can do this by using specific advertising dollars they receive from advertisers on their site. Just look up "free investment trades" to find these companies and how they operate and what they expect from their investors who have accounts.
What do they mean by investment risk?
Investment risk is how much risk you are willing to take in investment while it is active and being traded. An analogy may help here, which I will give. You are a tight rope walker, and you are not willing to go beyond 5′ off the ground as opposed to your competitor who is ready to go as high as 50′ and his competitor who walks on the same rope but 200′ above the ground. The height is equal to the amount risk of losing $5, $50, or $200. Another level of risk is the volatility of the stock. For example, the stock you are trading usually is increasing or decreasing in a pattern of plus or minus $3 ever two to three days but at least once a week increases by $10 or decreases by $7. There is no investing in the stock market without experiencing some slice or high risk. There is no exact answer to predict how your stock will react to the market demands for any day.
Can I find free investment classes online?
There are hundreds of free classes that are available to you online where you can learn a depth all you need to know to invest in the stock market. Major brokers like Charles Schwab, E*Trade, and Fidelity Investments are all eager to teach their investors, since by teaching an investor to win they also will earn you as a client and hopefully you will continue to invest thru them.
Can I make money investing?
Yes, you can make money investing, and some people learn to produce large amounts of money investing by having set strategies they use and make decisions based on reason and not on emotion. There are specific strategies investors use to lessen their chances of losing big in the stock market. Some plans are called stop orders, and they keep an investor from losing to a lull in the market or going beyond their strategy comfort zone. Here is an example. You purchased ABCD stock at $3, but it is now trading at $3.20, so you place two stop orders one at $2.90 and the other at $3.30 so that you do not lose more than 10% of what you paid and you sell at $3.30 to keep within your strategy of not gaining more than 30% of what you paid for the stock.
Can I beat the stock market?
There are very few people who beat the stock market overall, but there are some people who learned to beat the stock market in small ways by what is called day trading. A day trader buys within a small margin and sells quickly when the market goes up a few cents during the day. Because they purchase large amounts of the stock and sell all that they bought throughout the day, they can sometimes accumulate $10K of gains in a day.


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We're all striving towards ideals. Ideals are set by our super-egos (the angels in us). Then we have IDs (the devils in us) that would have us not meet these ideals. For example, our super-egos would tell us to work-out every day for 40 minutes while our IDs would tell us to sit and eat. Then we have (and most people are governed by this), our egos.
Our egos are the balance between our super-egos and our IDs. Take a shopper who decides to drop 3 kilos in the month. She steps into a supermarket and sees a big bar of chocolate. Her super-ego would tell her not to even think about it. Her ID would tell her to forget her weight loss goals. Her ego would find a balance between the two and she would likely then choose a smaller bar of chocolate. These three personas are very relevant to marketers and this we shall consider next week. In the meantime, ponder, "How are these three personas relevant to my industry?"
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The Car Pro Test Drives The 2019 Jaguar F-Pace SVR
The car has three different driving modes: Eco, which Jerry was not impressed with, Dynamic, and Comfort. Jerry said that comfort mode is not bad, and that it really does ride pretty well, and that dynamic mode is great for everyday driving and comfort. The car has a price of $90,000.


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Traveling With Medication Internationally – What you need to know
When it comes to traveling with medication internationally, there are certain rules and regulations that you are going to need to follow if you want to make sure that you don't run into any difficulties. Traveling with recreational drugs is, as we all know, illegal.
The penalties that you may face if you are caught doing so can be very serious, from huge fines to prison time. Whilst airport security are not actively searching for drugs, more so weapons or anything that may be explosive, if you are caught with recreational drugs then the trouble that you will face can be incredibly serious indeed. So, let's focus on prescription medication.
What Do Airport Scanners See?
When it comes to travelling with prescription drugs, you are probably wondering what it is that airport scanners actually see. First of all, let's take a look at the process. Your luggage is placed into a CT scanner. This machine is able to carefully calculate the size and density of each item in your luggage. If there is anything suspicious, then the airport security staff will want to take a closer look.
Not every piece of luggage will be required to go through a CT scanner. It is only those that have been flagged as suspicious by airport staff that will be required to be scanned for further inspection. As we have already mentioned, the security staff are not going to be actively looking for drugs in your luggage.
Instead, they will be searching for dangerous weapons, prohibited items or explosives. However, if your luggage is flagged as suspicious and you are carrying medication in hand luggage or suitcase then they will want to find out more information.
How Do I Pack Medication for a Flight?
In order to be able to travel with medication internationally, it is important that you follow all rules and regulations so that you can avoid being held up at the airport. In your hand luggage, you are permitted to carry essential medicines of more than 100ml including dietary supplements.
You are also able to take medical equipment. However, for both of these you will require a note from a medical professional that states that these medications have been prescribed to you for your personal use. The only real restriction that you might face is if you are planning on bringing oxygen tanks with you. If you require these, then the best thing to do is to contact your airline directly who will be able to advise you further.
Here are a couple of tips that will help you travel with your medication properly:
- Take a Doctor's Note – If you have medication that you are required to take on a regular basis then you are obviously going to need to take it with you on your flight. The best way to avoid any delays at the airport is to have a note provided by your doctor which states that they have prescribed this medication to you.
- Always Pack Some Medication In your Hand Luggage – We all know just how easy it is for luggage to become lost or damaged during transit. If your medication is something that you take on a daily basis then the last thing that you want is to be in a different country without it. By packing some in your hand luggage and some in your suitcase you will be covered either way.
- Carry Information About your Medication – It is important to keep in mind that medication may well go by different names in different countries. Before you set off on your travels, it is a good idea to have a list prepared of all of your medications and their various names so that you can show the list to security should they want to know more information.
- Keep It In It's Original Packaging – In order to avoid any confusion at the foreign airport, it is generally a good idea to keep your medication stored in its original packaging. This will help security to identify what you are carrying if they should happen to search your luggage and want to know more.
- Buy a hanging wash bag – These nifty little bags are perfect for storing your toiletries and look very sleek!
As long as you are careful with how you pack your medication and you are able to provide supporting documents to prove that it is prescribed medication, then you should have no trouble in getting through airport security.


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|Here's me, enjoying a Happy Openly Secular Day!
Today, April 23, is Openly Secular Day, a time when non-religious people are encouraged to "come out" to at least one person as being secular. The goal is to create allies and reduce misunderstandings about agnostics, atheists, humanists, the non-religious, nones, or whatever name non-believers go by.
I only learned about Openly Secular Day this month, but I immediately related to it and understood the benefits of coming out. I expect most everyone in the LGBT and HIV communities could see the benefits. After all, research proves that people are less likely to be fearful of or prejudiced against gay people if they actually know a person who is openly gay. It's not a stretch to apply the same idea to people living with HIV. Or to people living without God.
But in order to move toward a more enlightened future, we have to "come out." So here, briefly, is my secular story--or "testimony," as I would have called it back in my days at the Second Baptist Church. Yes, there was a time when I was very religious. Growing up in the rural Midwest at a time before the Internet, I felt like the Southern Baptist church was an extended family. I have many wonderful memories of that church community. But then two things happened: I went away to college and I came out as gay. For a general history class on ancient world cultures, I read about the great flood myth in the Epic of Gilgamesh, and just like that--literally, in the time it took me to read two pages in my textbook--I realized the Bible was myth too.
This intellectual epiphany did not leave me feeling antagonistic to religion. That attitude developed during the next decade, as I became attuned to Bible-based bigotry and began to untangle all the damaging ideas about my self-worth I had subconsciously developed thanks to religion. After all, Christianity teaches that even heterosexuals are broken, filthy beings unless they believe in a supernatural story. Just to give you an idea: I was a good Baptist boy who got on his knees at the foot of the bed each night to pray to God--even as a freshman in college--and to plead to the Heavenly Father to please wash away the temptation of homosexuality.
This did not end well. By my early 30s, I had begun to view religion as a great evil in the world. Then, when I became editor-in-chief of The New York Blade, an LGBT newspaper, and also began freelancing at POZ, the unexpected happened: My stance toward believers softened. While covering HIV issues and the Empire State's march toward same-sex marriage equality, I came in contact with many people of faith who were--shocker!--supportive of gay people and equality. I heard testimony after testimony from people with HIV who found hope and inspiration in their church community--particularly the African-American church community. (I haven't heard as much from HIV-positive people who are openly secular. I wonder if this is because, by nature, many of them are not as organized and outspoken about their nonbelief.)
|OpenlySecular.org includes resources for African Americans, a population known for its religious belief.
Today, if I had to label myself, I guess I'd say I'm an agnostic humanist gay dude. I embrace the mystery of the unknowable, and I find majesty in what we do know. (This week, coincidentally, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 25 years in orbit; I am in awe of those space images.)
It irks me when religious folks claim that nonbelievers can't possibly appreciate life or have morals or care about their fellow human beings. But as the humanists point out, you can be "good without God."
And as I've come to accept once again, you can also be good with God.
On Openly Secular Day--and on every day of every year--I'd like us all to focus less on the "God" beliefs that divide us and more on the "good" qualities that unite us.


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Attorneys Clint Broden, Brian Bouffard and David Conrad Beyer held a 30 minute press conference in the rotunda of the McLennan County Courthouse early this afternoon. They appeared with their clients Jorge Daniel Salinas and Billy Jason McRee. McRee, represented by Beyer, remains accused of being part of a criminal conspiracy that led to nine […]
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Nine hundred ninety-nine days after saving Waco from the biker hordes, corrupt McLennan County District Attorney Abelino Reyna gnawed off one of his own toes today. He had no choice. It was the only way he could get himself out of a trap called the truth. There was some possibility that Reyna might have been […]


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This project is a dub of the comic series on Tumblr called "Zelda's Diary." "Zelda's Diary" takes place after the ending of Breath of the Wild, but before the "true ending" of the game. I will be making the comic dub into a YouTube series. There are multiple entries in the comic series already, however the comic series isn't completed yet, so this may require a long term commitment. If you do get accepted, you should get your audio files to me within a week of assignment.
The hero of Hyrule. Quiet. Doesn't usually speak unless he finds it necessary to speak. Puts his duty before his own well-being.
...It doesn't talk much. Only when it's important
Yeah, I'm pretty sure about that...But I think I'll have to return it soon. My duty is done
You're safe and the darkness is defeated. As far as the sword is concerned my purpose is spent...How I feel about it's not a question.
Zelda's newest friend. Incredibly shy, but very respectful
There....Now you look the part, too.
Fit for a princess!
Oh.... was that presumptuous? I'm sorry! You look lovely in everything you wear.
The elder of Kakariko village. One of Zelda's friends from 100 years prior. Wise but also sassy at times.
Is it really you? 100 years I have waited, have you finally returned to us...Princess Zelda?


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I am on a train from the south coast back to London. Across the aisle, three elderly passengers, two women and a man, buy coffee from the trolley.
"What you do," says the elderly man to his friends, "Is, you sip through the hole in the top of the lid."
The two elderly women give it a go, tentatively at first, and pronounce themselves amazed and delighted at this technological breakthrough.
"I only found that out myself when I went to Hastings," said the man.
What happened in Hastings? I wish I knew.
I am in a hotel in New York. Outraged by the mini-bar prices, I go out to buy a bottle of whiskey, and contrive to smash it to smithereens in the lobby, right by the reception desk. I end up raiding the mini-bar anyway.
Just as I'm pouring my drink, the phone rings.
"Mr Hornby? This is the concierge. You can take that bottle back to the shop and get a refund. The seal isn't broken. You have the receipt?"
I tell him that, seeing as the bottle is in a thousand pieces, I wouldn't feel good waving the neck and asking for my money back. I point out that the breakage was pretty much my own stupid fault.
"Up to you."
Two minutes later, the phone rings again.
"It's the concierge again. I'm sorry to trouble you. But do you have that receipt?"
"Why? I'm not going back to the shop."
"If you're not going to use it, could I have it?"
Only in New York, et cetera.


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Background Spyfu How Does It Pull Competitor Spend
SpyFu is among the feature rich tools, but probably has the Attractive interface on the market. SpyFu provides SEO and PPC spy tool choices along with their own keyword search tool. Spyfu How Does It Pull Competitor Spend
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Keyword User and Search Experience
The SpyFu dashboard is laid out with a navigation bar across the top with tabs for SEO Research, PPC Research, Keyword Research, Backlinks, the List Builder, Tracking, and Reports. There is plenty SpyFu can perform across the spectrum of SEO tooling, but with this review we are focusing on its ad hoc lookup capacities. When a business is looking to identifying the best possible search engine results pages (SERP) to target with an optimization strategy, keyword-driven analysis is the legwork to get pages to rank higher. Keyword recommendations and management capacities are built in during SpyFu, but I started from the Keyword Research tab.
When testing each instrument, I used the same set of five Keywords to observe how outcomes differed between each of my opponents. The five key words I used were pcmag marketing, online shopping, IT consultant, and small business bookkeeping. I chose this combination to simulate real-world terms that companies might hunt for (including publishers such as PCMag) as well as to find related search results and vulnerable competitor websites.
I discovered that, after running searches on my five evaluation terms SpyFu produces and structures its key word benefits and metrics somewhat differently than Moz Guru, KWFinder, or Ahrefs$82.00 at Ahrefs. Rather than populating a table of associated key words with Page Authority (PA) and Domain Name Authority (DA) metrics together with stats on cost per click (CPC) and keyword difficulty, SpyFu draws a far more apparent correlation with exactly how much cash a key word could be worth. After searching"digital marketing," for example, another navigation bar appeared round the top of their results page further breaking down the search results. You can then drill down to key word overview, related keywords, advertiser history, status background, backlinks, keyword group, and SERP analysis. That's just for a single key word showing how SpyFu will arguably the most granular investigation into keyword data of all the tools I tested.
Atop the main results, SpyFu gave me not CPC for the Keyword, however a daily and yearly cost breakdown in addition to the number of unique advertisers had appeared on the key word in the past year. I received the exact same degree of cost breakdown once I clicked on the Related Keyword, which also allowed me to narrow results using a left-hand filter menu to a specific price every day, daily investigation volume, difficulty score, and more.
At the bottom of the results that are keyword was that the SERP analysis. This broke down each URL in the search results page, though KWFinder and Moz Guru equally offer a more comprehensive breakdown in this regard. SpyFu focuses. Results such as the Advertiser History graph, a lengthy list and complicated diagram of the ads appearing on that search page as time passes, was somewhat too in the weeds for me as a novice SEO instrument user. But for advertisers and digital marketers, SpyFu is a gold mine. Spyfu How Does It Pull Competitor Spend
SpyFu Kombat
With SpyFu Kombat you can look at overlapping and website specific key words To get up to 3 websites. For your PPC version you may also find a graph which goes back over a period of a couple years showing that the general number of keywords being bid on by all 3 websites. You may also rollover the graph to see keywords specific to only two of those websites if you feel the 3rd site may not be doing as good a job (or vice versa) as 2 of the other sites. It will also show you that the PPC budgets of those sites in addition to the number of organic keywords rank in the top 50 results for keyword.
When you click on an area of the circle chart it will show you the Keywords in whatever bucket you click. You can view and download those keywords for your use. As you can see I am on the ads tab but the choices are similar when you click the natural tab (on the upper box, the organic one on the underside shows you total organic keywords).
Switching between the organic tab and the ppc tab (as well as the Total # of organic keywords + PPC advertisement budget should also give you an idea of what of the larger sites are more into the PPC or SEO aspect of things which can be a fantastic barometer to look in if you chance to be concentrating on one area on the other hand.
SpyFu Classic
SpyFu Classic is the"flagship" section in order to speak. This is Where you enter one domain name on the home page and are presented using a TON of data including:
– Daily AdWords PPC Budget
– Links through to SpyFu Kombat
– Average Ranking of Advertising vs # of Clients
– Estimated Value of Organic Traffic (estimated visitors using a factor of CPC factored in)
– Paid Traffic In comparison with Organic Traffic Estimates
– Subdomains (useful for looking at the way the site might break out parts of the main domain, maybe a good place to look for niche keywords???)
– Top Ten Paid Key Word w/ Keyword Advertisement Background (links through to complete Keyword Advertisement History instrument )
– Total Paid Keywords
– Total Organic Keywords
– PPC Competitors (using a URL to overlapping keywords)
– Organic Competitors (using a URL to overlapping key words )
– Category
The data can be useful, as you can see the:
– Estimated PPC, Clicks, Cost Daily, Total Advertisers. . .all with trend information
– Top Ten Domains Marketing on the Keyword, together with Domain Name Ad History
– Added Keywords Purchased By Relevant Domains
– PPC Ad Copy Using a URL to Keyword Advertisement History
– Top Ten Organic Outcomes with Title, Meta Description
– Related Terms
– Related Concepts (according to semantic relationships)
– Categories Spyfu How Does It Pull Competitor Spend
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Keyword Management and Reports
Keyword management is baked in to SpyFu throughout the platform. Within all its three major research tabs–SEO, PPC, and Keyword–there are options in the drop-down menus for both SEO and PPC-specific keywords and phrases, and Keyword Groups. The Keyword Groups features in each tab are fairly similar, populating a table with monthly search volume, CPC, difficulty rating, and monthly price. These are SpyFu's four main metrics where keyword research is concerned. On the left of this table are the key words you have researched and grouped yourself, or high keyword class tips from SpyFu. On the top right of the desk you can subsequently add chosen key words to lists, or export your chosen key words as an Microsoft Excel file, CSV, or PDF. This fundamental keyword category performance is much like SEMrush$99.95 at SEMrush and implemented better in Moz Professional and KWFinder.
Where SpyFu's key word management capabilities really stand Out are at its List Builder and Tracking tabs. Additionally, this is where SpyFu creates its deep connection between SEO and customer relationship management (CRM). In the List Builder tab, there's a Top Lists section with targeted lists of domain names and key words like"Domains That Pay the maximum On AdWords," keywords with the highest CPC. There's also a listing of the most expensive keywords, which you can then filter by state, business, or a specific web-based technologies: Ad buying platform, internet affiliate marketing, email marketing, and internet shopping cart are some of the options.
Alongside Top Lists, there's a dedicated Company Leads tab. This acts the exact same manner You enter key words and industries, a location, and refine results using filters such as AdWords budget and SEO clicks. The research returns a list of leads with that website's monthly ad budget and contact information that is available that can be exported into your CRM or lead management system. I'd like to see SpyFu go a step further with this and incorporate its own SEO lead lists directly using a platform like Salesforce$75.00 at salesforce.com, but the tool is already ahead of the curve. SEMrush includes a beta generation tool, but that is the closest comes to exactly what SpyFu offers.
However, SpyFu incorporated AdWords Templates as Part of a Google AdWords campaign. The templates consist of prewritten ads for groups that are key word in countless industries. The templates can be downloaded by users in the SpyFu website and then upload to an AdWords account.
The platform also includes SEO campaign direction Using its My SpyFu Project Manager tool. SpyFu made this as a project management(PM) feature within the SEO platform for overseeing integrated keyword study and rank monitoring in a campaign. My SpyFu is only available in paid programs (not the free trial), but it allows you to install multiple jobs tracking grouped keywords plotted against SEO rank, traffic worth, ROI, and numerous different metrics. All you have to do is open the My SpyFu menu and include a new job. It's the best and only case in this roundup of SEO-focused PM.
There's also the Tracking tab, which lets you choose You 've identified and start ongoing tracking that keyword ranking changes and reports back together with weekly domain positions. Using the tab, I was able to set up custom SEO reports in a few simple steps: Enter a domain name choose if to run a report on SpyFu's suggested custom keywords or domain key words. I entered my five habit keywords in a field, chose up to five opponents' URLs, and then was given the option to run either a one time report or a report.
This Type of aggressive analysis is just another area where SpyFu stands out, since it also includes a tool called"Kombat" that's available from the SEO and PPC Research tabs. In Kombat, I typed in the domain of PCMag along with the instrument immediately built an interactive information visualization which revealed where PCMag's top keywords overlapped with our opponents. There is also what SpyFu calls a"keyword world," list CPC, CTR, monthly price, and monthly clicks to get core keywords and recommended keywords. This study breakdown is just another feature which helps ways to gain an SEO edge on the competition. Spyfu How Does It Pull Competitor Spend
With the SEO performance of its product, SpyFu has introduced a study tool called Nacho Analytics, which provides access to other sites' internet analytics. Through this platform, you can see time-of-day visitors sections, and behavior that is on-page.
Keyword Ad History
Advertisement History will show you, via coded bars frequently the Key words appeared in a domain's PPC campaign along with any modifications in the advertisement copy (all of which can be exported into excel). It goes back to 2006 via the Bonus History Button and shows a year's worth of information up front.
So it is fairly straightforward, which is what I like about SpyFu Tools. No more over-reliance on"in-house metrics" it's just"here is the ad history of this keyword", plain and simple. If you find a keyword being promoted on by a PPC advertiser that is fantastic persistent then you can look to apply that ad copy technique to some niche market of the keyword that is larger. If I had been advertisements for"hotels in Oklahoma" I might pay attention to that which ad copy has been successful, over time, for this main/core keyword"resorts".
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A £2.4 million building conservation scheme for Aberdeen's Union Street was launched today.
Grants to help restore and enhance historic properties are being offered to owners through a Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS), subject to meeting eligibility criteria.
The five-year programme is being rolled out by Aberdeen City Council after it was awarded £1,177,104 by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) earlier this year. The Council matched this sum. A further £50,000 is being provided by Aberdeen inspired, the banner under which the Business Improvement District Operates, bringing the total pot to £2,404,208.
The scheme encourages work – ranging from shopfront improvements to the reinstatement of architectural features – that employs traditional materials and methods.
Union Street CARS marks the next step in transforming Aberdeen's main thoroughfare under the City Centre Masterplan, a 25-year regeneration programme comprising 50 projects.
Project CM11 Union Street Conservation Area Improvement Scheme aims "to promote the conservation and enhancement of the special historic and architectural heritage of Union Street and to maximise its economic and social value".
Dozens of interested parties gathered today at the Town and County Hall to learn more about the scheme.
Councillor Marie Boulton, the Council's lead on the city centre, said: "The scheme could stimulate significant long-term investment in Union Street by encouraging occupancy of both vacant commercial units and vacant upper floors potentially for residential use."
HES chief executive Alex Paterson said: "The HES grant and investment goes beyond just supporting the local economy: by additionally helping to ensure that traditional skills and trades continue to be encouraged. Moreover, existing businesses will also have the opportunity to enhance their shopfronts to attract visitors and place the city's heritage very much at the fore of its present and future."
Aberdeen Inspired chief executive Adrian Watson said: "Aberdeen Inspired is committed to supporting this £2 million plus project that will effectively offer businesses the financial impetus to look seriously at restoring and/or enhancing their buildings on our main thoroughfare."
The scheme covers the Union Street Conservation Area, which includes Holburn Junction and the Castlegate. Subject to meeting criteria, grants will cover up to 60% of repairs and 75% of shopfront improvements, with owners expected to meet the rest of the cost.
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The Only ProblemHere it is: Our only problem is the belief that there is something more than God and that Peace, Love and Oneness are not enough. In other words: We want to be special and are looking for special things to fulfill our special (imagined) needs. God offers everything we truly want, but it comes with the price of giving up our specialness (a specialness, that is imagined anyway). Every other problem follows this root problem and so we get lost in an endless sea of different problems and imagined solutions, that cause even more problems in an fatal downward spiral. The issue with this is, that we forgot, that we are truly looking for Peace, Love and Oneness. Instead we are looking for validation, sex, money, pleasure, excitement, experiences, relationships, success and all the goals the world seems to offer. All of these goals were created by the ego to solidify it's specialness. They are not wrong, but are essentially nothing, since the are only made up. Remember, the biggest fear of the ego is, that we find out what we truly want and that it can't give it to us. So we are promised all the things above, to distract us and keep us searching in all the wrong places.
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It is only when we abandon any hope of finding happiness here in the world that we are ready to consider other options and true change; namely, a different choice in our minds. This is the only change that is meaningful, for in the world we simply exchange one illusion for another in the magical hope of making our dreams better. The process of the miracle allows us to see that only one change is necessary, and when we choose to look at our nightmare dreams of specialness through the eyes of forgiveness, we realize that the change has already occurred. Through this new perception — the vision of Christ — we are ready at last to awaken from the dream of death, the Course's definition of resurrection. [The Happy Dreams of the Holy Spirit: Awakening to Eternity]So here is the 4 step solution to our one problem: 1. Become aware, what you really want, and that your ego and the world can't offer it to you. What you truly want is peace, love and joy. Only this will make you happy. None of these "qualities" can be achieved in the world of form. The world is made as a hiding place for guilt and not to fulfill your deepest wishes. It has a different purpose. This may sound harsh, but just be honest with yourself: How often and for how long did the world fulfill your deepest desires? How often did you get disillusioned? If the world would bring you eternal peace, love and joy, you wouldn't be reading this article. Time to get real. Time to look for these qualities where they really can be found. Time to take a different path… 2. Realize that you are a Mind and not a body. As long as you believe to be a body, you are looking for peace, love and joy at the wrong places. Bodies are puppets. They are not alive. No-Body ever has found lasting peace. No-Body ever entered Heaven. To take the next step towards the solution, you have to be 100% sure, that what you are is beyond form and you are one universal Mind. 3. Realize that as a Mind you have a choice. Only when you know, that you are a Mind, you have a choice. Your Mind is split in two different and opposing parts: The Ego and the Holy Spirit. Only one of them reminds you of reality (of God) – the other is all about specialness and individuality, promises and disappointments. Every moment you got the choice, which teacher in your mind you want to followi. If you decide wrong, it's no problem – you will experience the results anyway – and you can decide differently. Be gentle with yourself and don't judge yourself for judging with the wrong mind. 4. Then see, that Peace, Love and Oneness are always here and never have left you. All that you want is always here. Right here in this moment and available to you. You don't have to work for it, achieve it or remember anything else but to listen to the right part of your mind. In fact you only have to stop looking and doing all the complicated stuff your ego tells you to do. What God has to offer you is not more than eternal peace, love and joy, that are waiting for you. If you don't believe, that you need more than that, you have arrived at the place that you have never left. You become One in the Peace of God. So the next time you get distracted by the ego and all its promises and dreams, just take some moments in stillness and return to the wholeness of what you truly are. Make it easy. God is pure simplicity and nothing to strive for. It's your birthright to be at peace and nothing more… Much Love, Atmos —


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He graduated from University of Wroclaw with a degree in classics. He also studied at the Warsaw School of Economics. He studied extramurally to become a theatre director.
He had worked at Wrocławski Teatr Wpółczesny (one of the theatres in Wroclaw), then held the post of director of the Festival of Polish Contemporary Plays, general and artistic director of the Polski Theatre in Wroclaw, and director of TV Theatre at TVP (Polish public broadcaster). He created the TVP Kultura channel and was appointed its first director. He served as undersecretary at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and later became the director of Programming Coordination Bureau at TVP. He also used to be the representative of the President of Wroclaw in charge of the European Capital of Culture 2016 bid.
He held various positions in trade organisations, e.g. the Association and the Union of Polish Theatres. In 2013 he was decorated by President Bronisław Komorowski with the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Lawyer. Former member of the National Broadcasting Council. He specialises in new technologies law, intellectual property rights, media and telecommunication, as well as competition and consumer protection.
He graduated from University of Warsaw with a degree in law. He later completed postgraduate studies in intellectual property law at Jagiellonian University in Cracow and MBA studies at Kozminsky University in Warsaw. He also studied strategic management in the UK.
He works at the law firm Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka (DZP). He is an arbiter in the Copyright Law Commission. Previously, he had worked at Orange Polska as a public affairs director, and at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as the director of the legislative department and deputy director of the department of film and audiovisual media. He used to be partner at Cottyn law firm and an employee of the media group ITI. He began his career at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister in the office of the plenipotentiary for constitutional reform of the country, professor Michał Kulesza.
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What are the two biggest mistakes people make about tax?
Author: Russell SmithMarch 3, 2012
This may seem obvious to you or may not, but I do believe it is important to clarify a couple of things. These are probably the two biggest mistakes that people get wrong about tax.
Point number one….
Spending money to save tax is never a good thing
What I mean is…..don't ever spend on something just to save tax. For example, it is coming up to the year-end and there are some tax advantages of buying equipment before the year-end rather than after it. That's fine if you actually want the equipment. If you don't really want it, don't buy it just for tax purposes. Here's why…..
(I'm using limited company tax rates here)
You pay for a piece of equipment and it costs £1,000. You 'write this off' against your income. What has happened here, is that your corporation tax has gone down by £200 (20% of the total) meaning that the piece of equipment has actually cost you £800. So its good, but only if you want the piece of equipment.
It has been said to me that if you spend £1,000 on the equipment, you get the full £1,000 back in tax. Nope. If that was the case, potentially you could go out and buy anything. You only get 20% back in tax.
Point number two…..
Earning more money is always a good thing even if you may pay a higher tax
I'm not going to into a philosophical, moral, religious or even business case that earning more money is good (that's another blog and maybe another blogger), what I mean by this is….sometimes people say that 'you don't want to earn more money because you will have to pay more in tax'.
That is simply never true. Even at the highest tax rate – 60% (on incomes between £100,000 and £114,950), you will still earn more money by going into this tax band, even if HM Revenue & Customs will take 60% of it.
This is because you are taxed at 60% on the amount over and above £100,000 not on the entire amount of your earnings.
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So, how did The Flash do last night?
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Maureen and Colin's engagement session
We met with Maureen and Colin for their engagement session early in the morning. This was actually Part II of their engagement session. The first time we actually ran out of sunlight in the evening. But we're so glad they came back for more. They're so fun and spontaneous and it just makes working with them that much more fun. We shot at several locations along Park Avenue in Winter Park and that combined with what we had done before by the lake at Rollins College. I love the Coca-Cola shot, guys! So glad you were quick on your feet. You never know when a nice prop will drive up!
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WILLIAMSTOWN, MA -- Phenomenal passing was the story of the day, as the Williams College men's soccer team (8-3-0, NESCAC 5-3-0) hosted Tufts University (6-5-1, NESCAC 4-4-0) Saturday afternoon at Cole Field. Eph junior Matt Muralles' penalty kick conversion in the 81st minute proved the difference when the dust settled, as the Ephs were victorious by a margin of 2-1.
The penalty chance came as a result of Jumbo freshman keeper Scott Greenwood, bringing down senior Matt Kastner in the penalty area. Kastner, who was one-on-one with Greenwood, had poked the ball toward goal, out of the reach of Greenwood, resulting in Greenwood swiping Kastner's legs out from under him instead of the ball. The referee had no choice but to award the Ephs a penalty and show Greenwood a red card. Muralles calmly stepped up, sent the newly subbed-on sophomore keeper Nick Moeser the wrong way, and fired the ball home.
The Eph backline, led by a strong performance by junior Luke Pierce, ensured that no equalizer was allowed in the dying minutes with the Jumbos down to ten men.
The Ephs came out very quickly in the first-half, looking for a goal. Their aggressive play bore a great chance just inside seven minutes, when some of the Ephs' great passing went on display. Sophomore Mohammed Rashid slid a ball from the midfield up to junior Nathan Miller, who smartly laid off for Muralles on the right side of the Jumbo penalty area. Muralles then stung the hands of Greenwood, but the save was a good one.
After the Jumbos had weathered the initial attacks of the Ephs in the first fifteen minutes, they began to work their own offense into the game.
In the 24th minute, the Jumbos created their first good chance of the game, when senior Scott Blumenthal chipped a great pass up to sophomore Connor Brown who appeared to be one-on-one with senior Eph keeper Peter Morrell, but Pierce boxed Brown out, forcing Brown to drag him down to try to get to the ball. Brown was called for the foul, and his reaction to the call garnered him a yellow card.
The back-and-forth attacking continued, as the Ephs created another good chance to score six minutes later, when a great exchange of passes between junior Andres Burbank-Crump and senior User Kushaina, resulted in a beautiful flick by Kushaina to the right side of the field to Rashid, who immediately put the ball back in Kushaina's path on the right side of the box. Kushaina collected and took a shot on goal, but Greenwood once again saved nicely.
A goal finally came in the 43rd minute, but it was for the Jumbos. The build-up started a minute earlier when the Jumbos countered off a long throw-in. Junior Kento Nakamura sent a long, lobbed pass up to senior Sam Atwood, who intelligently held the ball up, as support streamed in from the midfield. Once support had arrived, Atwood sent his cross from the right side into the box where a pair of shots were fired off by junior Kyle Volpe and sophomore Monil Patel, but both were blocked by the Ephs' defense. The ball deflected out to the top-left side of the Ephs penalty area, where Jumbo sophomore Jason Kayne was waiting to possess it. Kayne wasted little time settling the ball before striking it beautifully toward the top-right corner of the goal, grazing the fingertips of Morrell but not enough to divert the ball away from the back of the net.
To extinguish the bitter memories of last week's 1-0 loss to Bowdoin, the Ephs allowed only seven minutes of the second half to elapse before equalizing.
The Ephs' first goal also came from a counterattack, this time off a corner. After receiving a long pass from the Ephs' backline, Muralles chipped a pass to Kastner who headed the ball right back down around a defender to Muralles, who then put Rashid through on the right wing. Rashid streaked down the right side to the touch line, where he sent a gorgeous cross to the back-post, where Kastner was waiting to connect his foot with the ball. Kastner's initial shot was saved well by Greenwood, but Greenwood's parry fell right back to the feet of Kastner who made sure that his next shot would not be kept out, tying the game up at a goal apiece.
Tufts did not let the level score deter them, however, as their high-pressure continued. They had a great look at goal in the 62nd minute, when Brown possessed the ball at the top of the Ephs' penalty area, spun Eph senior center-back Dan Lima to send a scorcher toward goal, but Morrell did very well to body block the shot away from danger.
Eight minutes later saw another chance for the Jumbos, when sophomore Troy Ritter was called for a handball only 20 yards away from his own goal. The ensuing free-kick was taken by sophomore Rui Pinheiro, but the hulking defensive wall of the Ephs made sure that Morrell had nothing to worry about.
It looked as if the Ephs might take the lead in the 75th minute, when Ritter headed down a pass for Muralles, who once again played Rashid through the defense. However, a great recovery by Jumbo sophomore centerback Connor Schaible allowed him to block Rashid's ensuing shot.
The game-winning goal came six minutes later, putting the Ephs back on the right track.
After the game, Eph head coach Mike Russo was elated by the victory: "This was our home ground, and we know that we don't like to lose anywhere, especially not here. I think that that gave us a little extra boost, plus the fact that hosting a NESCAC tournament game might have been on the line."
Tufts outshot Williams 16 to 12, but Williams had more shots on goal by a margin of 6 to 4. Greenwood made four saves, his compatriot, Moeser, made none, and Morrell had 3. Williams had 8 corners to Tufts' 4, and Williams had 9 fouls to Tufts' 11.
The Ephs next play on Wednesday night at 7:30 away against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The Jumbos next play away against Hamilton next Saturday at 2:30.


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You deserve happiness
Posted on February 17, 2019 by Wendy There have been 0 comments
If you can laugh often, love deeply
and let the dreams of your heart create your tomorrow,
If you can find joy and wonder in the little things
and cherish every moment,
If everyday you feel as loved, as beautiful
as appreciated as you really are,
Then you will always know the kind of happiness
someone special like you deserves.
Remember to Always Be Fabulous!
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Mary Cornatzer, business editor, said she wasn't aware of that connection [between Workplace Options and Public Policy Polling] and would not have used the survey if she'd known. She said the reporter knew that Debnam was an investor in Public Policy Polling but didn't pursue that link – "a decision she is now regretting," Cornatzer said.
This was a problem. It undermines the credibility of the story. The N&O should have done more due diligence in checking out that poll and, especially, checking into Debnam's dual roles. I first became aware of the problem through this blog [Red Clay Citizen].
Kudos also to Chris Hayes for pointing this out, yesterday, and to the N&O for their humility in recognizing an honest mistake and handling it with grace. (Not so much, perhaps, for Public Policy Polling, who probably should've known better.)
-Max Borders