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Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of the Government of Liberia, and in my own name, I thank both the African Development Bank and the World Bank, two of our core development partners, for convening this meeting.
My gratitude also goes out to all of you who have taken time out of your busy schedules to join us in this important conversation. Please convey our heartfelt appreciation to your governments and the leaderships of the various important organizations you have come here to represent.
And in a special way, I thank Mr. Eric Chinje without whom, I can admit, our meeting today would have been difficult, if not impossible. Mr. Chinje, thank you for your passion for the media across our Continent, thank you for your confidence, and thank you for your faith in Liberia's continuous transformation.
My friends, we have come together today to initiate a critical dialogue – to propose and, hopefully, to find solutions to a problem that is clearly beginning to undermine our development efforts and our endeavors to build a free and democratic society in Liberia.
In the room, I am happy to see representatives of the primary stakeholders in media development and public outreach. Here we are: the government, the private media, the Information Commission, and the Donor community. Obviously, we know that organized outreach and improved media performance will contribute greatly to enhancing the quality of development which we seek for the country, and to which we are avowedly committed.
And here we meet, at a compelling time – perhaps at no better time – when public communication and the media are in a state of crisis in Liberia – a crisis which, unfortunately, bears telling consequences for the ongoing socio-political and economic reconstruction project which is Liberia. Admittedly, with some ways to go, it is a project which is doing well and would have been impossible to undertake without the many direct and indirect interventions of all of your respective governments and institutions.
Today, though, the Liberia rebuilding project is being inadvertently threatened. This, I am sure, comes as no surprise to you as I believe that you too are ardent consumers of our media product and keen observers of the government's ability, or lack thereof, to articulate its development messages. No doubt, you too, are keenly aware of the persistent weaknesses in our overall public and development communications, and the relative absence of depth in our media content.
As Liberia works to reinforce the foundations of peace, pursuing a development program built around its Agenda for Transformation and a governance agenda that seeks to strengthen the institutions of democracy, the need for a vibrant, informed, and ethically-based media is of critical importance. The absence of such a press could significantly compromise those efforts, denying the nation a veritable platform for a healthy debate on its development priorities and democratic choices.
Further complicating our development efforts is the relative absence of systems within the public sector to package and deliver coherent development messages and a basic rationale for the choices that not only the government has to make but also choices that the people are to make on a daily basis, as Liberia's transformational challenges evolve.
As such, two issues preoccupy us for our discussion with you today:
i) Building a robust development-oriented media in Liberia; and
ii) Supporting efforts to put in place viable structures and systems for communicating the development message
As we think about these issues, some questions come to mind: How well has media in Liberia captured and articulated the social development priorities of the nation since the return of peace to the country? How well has media told the evolving development story? Have media professionals effectively served as moderators of the necessary conversations on such national priorities as agriculture, infrastructure, education, health, peace and democracy? How informed is the public debate on the choices that government must make in a competing resource environment and on the fundamental issues of governance, corruption, transparency and accountability in the society? Do the Liberian media owe the public such duties? Have our people become more enlightened to make the kind of choices needed to sustain the advances we have made?
Undoubtedly, the invaluable support of our development partners over the last decade of our peace has contributed to achieving some rather spectacular outcomes. In a country that saw a significant loss of its human capital, the wanton destruction of basic infrastructure, a major decline in the social trust that undergirds community living, everything had to be either rebuilt or introduced. Liberia and Liberians will remain eternally grateful.
However, constant communication with the public, healthy debates on leadership options, persistent reminders about the challenges and the opportunities offered in the building of a new Liberia to which we collectively aspire and from which we will collectively benefit cannot but remain a matter of constant focus for the government, our development partners, civil society and the national media.
Somehow, and sadly, this has not always been the case! We can – and I dare to say – we must fix this.
A more structured public outreach by government and support for the development of media in the country should be considered as strategic priorities, and therefore, similarly benefit from the relevance such priorities deserve. This will not just enable us to turn ourselves and our society around but to move on in the right direction to building a more just, equitable, accountable, freer, secured and prosperous society for ourselves and for our children.
We must go beyond the sporadic efforts to build capacity in the media. We must go beyond the tentative and diffuse attempts to improve the quality of media content. And we must go beyond the persistent inability of the state to adequately tell its own story. This, really, is not for public relations purposes. It is communication to constantly engage and enliven the public with a common sense of ownership of what really is a shared destiny.
Important, then, as this is, why is it not happening? Quite simply, the government and its development partners have not focused on structured public communication and media development as a strategic priority. We have not done so in spite of the fact that national media content has consistently been devoid of in-depth sector knowledge of, or qualitative reporting on the national development agenda.
As yet, while these sectors are invaluable to the development agenda, there is no effective debate on agriculture, health, education, infrastructure and important initiatives to expand the economy. All of these important issues have been crowded out by loud and sensational noises from the political arena. The result is that Liberians remain largely uninformed as to the rationale behind policies and public investment choices that the government must make – policies and choices that inevitably affect and alter our lives. As a result of this lapse, it is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain focus on the big development picture and to be engaged in a healthy national conversation. We simply cannot permit this state of affairs to continue much longer.
Of course the issues that determine media performance are multiple and I am certain our colleagues from the Press Union of Liberia will dwell on those. We know that such issues will invariably include capacity, financing, ethics, and the legal environment. When these issues are not addressed in a systematic and structured manner, performance becomes questionable and the society suffers. It is critically important that government, development partners and media organizations join hands in the search for solutions to these problems.
This is why we are here today – to begin the conversation not only about the problems which gravely affects us all but also to search for solutions by which we may all be uplifted. Let us therefore see what we can do individually and collectively to address the problems we know to exist and to affect us all.
My friends, when we consider, for example, that most of the projects funded by our development partners come with targeted resources for stakeholder information, communication and education, and given the pervasive ignorance we still encounter within the population on our numerous development choices and programs, is it not a fair question to ask what have these resources been used for? Might this not be a good place to start our conversation? Perhaps, I should leave that with our friends from the development agencies.
And so, let me end by again thanking all of you, and your respective governments and organizations for being here, and invite you to be seriously enjoined, over the next couple of hours, in a deeper reflection on these issues as well as possible solutions to the problems of media and public communication in Liberia.
I thank you for your kind attention.


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unveiled a long list of digital goodies for PlayStation 3 and PSP
owners, some of which are freebies, most of which come at a price.
Starting with the most important things (it's a "play station" after
all) are three new games. Noby Noby Boy ($5), from the creator of
Katamari Damacy, lets you "play, stretch and interact with objects and
characters in surreal worlds." It looks pretty crazy—Ben's
impressions are forthcoming. The familiar Zuma puzzler makes its way to
PlayStation in both a full version ($10) and trial form, and there's
also a free demo of Samuel L. Jackson's new sword-slashing action game, Afro Samurai.
Add-on content such as costumes, map packs, wallpapers, themes, and new play modes makes its way to Little Big Planet, High
Velocity Bowling, Street Fighter IV,
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Zombie love for Rock Band owners, and Paul McCartney tunage for Guitar Hero
World Tour rockers. Do you really want to dress your Sackboys up like Wipeout ships? Sony sure hopes so.
If free videos are your thing, you'll likely enjoy a "first look" at
Killzone 2, MLB and FIFA 09 trailers, the latest Resident Evil 5
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I know there are lots of threads asking about which SD cards are more suitable for RasPi, but I haven't found anything that gives a good answer. I looked at the RasPi wiki (http://elinux.org/RPi_Verified.....eripherals) to see some verified SD cards and from there I looked at the benchmark results (http://www.sakoman.com/OMAP/mi.....sults.html) and this is where things got interesting.
SD cards have a class rating that indicates the sequential write speed. So a class 4 card will write at 4MB/s and a class 6 card at 6MB/s. So you might naturally assume the higher the class the better… but not necessarily. SD cards are used in cameras and video cameras where they sequentially read and write large file sizes. But a computer uses random read/write access and the file sizes are typically very much smaller.
The above benchmarks indicate that the SD card is going to have a signficant impact on the overall RasPi performance. For example, one test was to install Gnome r12. The fastest SD card was a Topram 8Gb Class 4 which took 1252 seconds, an average card is the ADATA 8Gb Class 6 card which took 5363 seconds, but the slowest card was an RiData 4Gb Class 6 card which took 15707 seconds… a whopping 12 times slower than the Topram!!
So I wondered if there was a simple, consistent test that could be quickly and easily run on a Windows box that would help everyone identify more suitable cards and maybe this thread could be used as a collection pot for the various results.
The software I used was Crystal Disk Mark (http://crystalmark.info/?lang=en). This performs a sequential test, which is good for cameras and video recorders, but it also does random access tests with record sizes of 512kb and 4kb… which is more like what the RasPi will use.
To kick things off, here are the results for two 16Gb Class 6 SD cards that I have; one from ADATA the other from Lexar.
NOTE: I set the file size to 50Mb, all other settings are default.
ADATA 16Gb Class 6
Lexar 16Gb Class 6
Both cards are the same capacity and class, but look how fast the sequential write speed is of the Lexar compared to the Adata… more than twice as fast! The Lexar is definitely the card I want in my camera.
But now look at the figures for the 512k and 4k tests. The 512k results are similar for both but while the 4k read tests are faster for the Lexar, the 4k write tests for the Lexar are terrible… 5 times slower than the Adata. So maybe the ADATA card is the one I want to use for RasPi?
If others would like to share the performance figures for their SD cards I'm sure there would be some interest.
(Those with experience may like to comment on the real world impact of these numbers).


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Hello Good People who read this blog…
I've been away some more and then was ill and then was in hospital with pipes up my nose and much more horrible places, but I am making it all sound far more dramatic and less conventional than it is…
However it provides a bloody good excuse for not having promptly written a review of Guilfest 2009 .
Why write a review of Guilfest anyway? After all it's not a hippie festival! I hear you cry ( in my imagination that imagines that someone out there in cyberspace apart from MI5 and MI6 reads this).
Well two reasons:
1. I was there ( see previous entry for reason I was there)
2. I talked to Alice Armstrong ( see end of this entry for some footage in "The Laundry"..not a club but really in laundry) to ask her for her name for a review. Both her and her guitarist were very enthusiastic and wanted the address of my blog , so now for them,because I like to keep to my word, rather than to gratify Lemmy or anyone else, I will write a review of my impressions of the festival and intersperse it with some of the music.
On the first evening, I missed Eat Static as I couldn't find the dance tent hidden away in a corner of the festival, but I heard The Stranglers from my tent. I was resting preparing myself for Motorhead .I had a headache followed by a cough. There was a bloke at the gate,selling T-shirts saying " I've got swine flu" with a big pink pig on it. I thought of buying one but didn't.
By then I had realised that the festival was basically a gig in a field complete with modern Britain's fascist rules and regulations . To go into the main site, you had to endure young people randomly grabbing and tugging at your wristband without warning , followed by the "customs" inspection, having everything in your bag, opened, sniffed, even tasted. I'm surprised they stopped short of a cavity search.But the British public, like apathetic sheep, just seemed to succumb to this kind of treatment without fuss. I don't think ID cards will be hard to bring in, that's nothing!
The reason for this behaviour was to stop people bringing in alcohol, drugs, and re-selling tickets and wristbands. However within sight and earshot of this procedure about ten ticket touts were relentlessly buying and selling tickets and wristbands. In the camping field several hundred under 16s and their "flu friends" were drinking hundreds of cans of beer , bottles of spirits and taking nitrous oxide, in full view of the same stewards so anxious to check everything in your bag. What a farce!
Entering into the main festival site was always a bit like going into a strange concentration camp with no human rights or freedoms but with lots of good music and where you could still smoke at a live gig.
Friday night :Motorhead as viewed from the position of adoring fans "Ace of Spades" Guilfest 2009
some Motorhead choreography
Motorhead did a blinding gig, sometimes their energy waned for a minute or two but then they were back on form. Lemmy threatened to stop at one point because so many things ( mainly frisbees) were being thrown on stage . There was even a spectacular stage invasion. There was some excellent lead guitar playing, though I can never hear Lemmy's lyrics and I got bored during the drum solo ( time to get a beer). Lemmy's son, Paul ,came and played guitar on some songs with Lemmy on harmonica ,they did some acoustic blues. All in all a great gig with lots of energy and variety.
Motorhead with Fire-eaters on stage Guilfest
After Motorhead my second favourite gig came as a surprise to me . It was these guys , The Charlatans, far more psychedelic than I expected, also very dynamic and energetic.I liked all of their songs and they were "in the zone" performance-wise.
Saturday night:The Charlatans at Guilfest
The Only One I know
The Charlatans again (includes vibrant keyboard part):
They were followed by Brian Wilson who I missed due to monsoon type rain, poor guy playing sunny music in the dark with everyone running for cover. Good Vibrations ( note pools of water on the front of the stage)
Another one of my gripes about this festival was that there was nowhere you could sit indoors and have a cup of coffee, the cafes were grim and not run by hippies . Since it rained a lot, sitting indoors was important, a lot of people brought their own chairs and giant umbrellas, gazebos etc… but being ecologically minded ( and without enough dosh to run a car) I bring the bare minimum to festivals. At other festivals I go to there are hippie run cafes under big tarpaulins where there are old sofas, carpets, or at least bales of hay to sit on while you drink and eat out of the rain.
Also the programmes which cost £5 , a lot of money when you have none, was the only way of finding out who was on stage when.
At the information point when I asked who was on stage, they deliberately hid the programme from me as they gave out information, like I was some kind of free-loading thief, explaining to me that I had to buy a programme if I wanted to know anything more. I paid £120 including postage for a bloody ticket, I don't want to have to be robbed of another fiver to know who is performing. Pah! I say in disgust!
Plus the real ale I bought there was the worst pint I have ever drunk in my life and their measures of vodka seemed to be very mean. There were no showers on site, these were some distance off the site at a swimming pool. No one I talked to could be bothered to walk there.
Anyway at least there was some good music.
During the daytime around the festival I spotted Fezheads in a tent not just dancing but playing some excellent surf music with their band. Highly entertaining although a couple of young blokes pulled up behind me and watched them saying that they were crap as they were making mistakes with their dance steps. I think they missed the point.
Surrey University was one of the sponsors. The head of Popular Music there used to be my lecturer years ago and created some very interesting courses , he didn't mind my writing essays on the Ozric Tentacles and Stonehenge. (I have a sneaky feeling that the Prof. in question could be the person with long red hair lurking at the back of the stage on the Motorhead and Charlatan clips but I may be totally mistaken).
However the Uni produced a brochure with some truly horrific pictures of Jimmy Page and George Martin.I had to throw the brochure away as I was so freaked out by a photo of Jimmy Page grinning with extra-whitened teeth,wearing full graduate garb including silly hat ,looking like King Henry the VIII's skinny cousin.
Whatever happened to your tight satin snake trousers Jimmy???
I saw quite a bit of music on Sunday, having sussed out my camping situation and accepting that there would be no sleep till Notting Hill ( i. e. in my own bed) due to the loud tent/bar next to me running all Saturday night, Sunday morning and well into the afternoon when they left . This large tent run by some of the younger attendees, was stacked with big amps, lights, and a big bar. At four a.m. I heard about a hundred people sing "woo-hoo" along to Blur , and shortly afterwards they all shouted repeatedly " Naked Bar!" and could hear them stripping .Their music was often louder than the main stage, most people moved their tents away after the first night but I have ear-plugs and have camped next to 24 dance music stages.
On Sunday morning I got up and saw The Rock Choir, the less I say about them the better.There were so many of them, that they were performing on both main stages simultaneously, another strange decision made probably by either by a crazy fan or a committee. Committees should NEVER run a festival ( I speak from experience) leave it to a couple of driven individuals who know what they are doing.( arrogant opinionated ranting from me but that's what I'm here for! )
Motorhead and Will Young headlining at the same festival?????What were they thinking? ( Ker-ching ££££££ let's maximise our audience possibly).
I watched the Rock Choir, on both stages but had to leave urgently, as two terribly nice young white boys backed by about two hundred white suburban housewives sang a rap song to Jesus in a very earnest fashion. ( just as well Lemmy wasn't around).
Later, fortunately I caught The Hamsters, who initially seemed a bit jaded, but warmed up nicely and soon attracted a large crowd when playing Hendrix and AC/DC covers and their usual antics of swapping instruments went down well.
The Hamsters are one of my favourite live bands, who I go to see once or twice a year.So even though I can't find Guilfest footage of them I have to put up a clip of them anyway.The Hamsters play Purple Haze ( but not at Guilfest!) Rock Against Ageism!
Later that evening,The Happy Mondays were pretty boring after a couple of songs although they had a fab female vocalist with twenty times the singing ability of Shaun Ryder ( bet there are some interesting ego clashes backstage!).
Bez ,clearly no longer on the wagon, addressed the audience like some demented mute traffic cop. He threw a maraca to a member of the audience close to me and then gesticulated madly that the wrong person had caught it, then indicated he wanted it back, then once it was thrown back to him on stage, he delivered it to the person who was meant to receive it ( or at least this is what I understood at the time but who knows what motivates him?)
Here he is when he still had both maracas.( but possibly not all of his marbles).
Earlier in the day I'd seen "Goldie Looking Chain" and realised that I was going to see two ex-Big Brother contestants in one day ( Bez and Maggot, whatever happened to "street cred"?).
"Goldie Looking Chain" are a great bawdy leaping hip-hop act, very entertaining but so inapropriate to bill them on a Sunday afternoon full of families with young children, many of them waiting to see Will Young in the evening.
There were lots of little girls looking quite puzzled and disturbed when GLC explained in great detail the basis for their song " Can I F*** your sister?", thereby making some lads laugh but traumatising parents and daughters alike.
Apart from Motorhead, the band I saw most beloved by the crowds, including families and people of all ages and backgrounds, were "The Wailers". The dancing audience knew all the words and the vibe was fantastic.
Amazingly I can't find any Guilfest footage of The Wailers even though they were hugely popular, so here's a clip of them in Saint-Petersburg earlier in the year, imagine the same scenario but in blazing sunshine with a couple of thousand people dancing and singing along .
But the reason why I wrote this entry was after talking to one young woman from Guilford and her guitarist friend in the acoustic lounge. She has a stunning big powerful blues/soul voice. Her name is Alice Armstrong and she was accompanied by American guitarist Jack Kristiansen. They did a couple of interesting jointly-written songs including "Roll-Up" ( i.e. "Skin-Up") on Sunday. Her stage presence and that big and mature-sounding voice of hers is begging for a big band behind her. I asked for her name, and the name of their act which is simply "Alice Armstrong" . They were definitely the best act on compared to the other stages at that point. I was dismayed to find no trace of her music on the net.
In the late sixties or early seventies, Alice's voice would have been ideal for a loud raunchy rock or blues band but musical fashions change, she has a great voice and I hope she finds her niche.
It's a big shame that I cannot find her singing online but here are some pictures of her from her myspace profile and hopefully, she may be persuaded to record herself or film herself ,so it can go online. But Alice, my advice is to develop your own style, don't copy anyone else, trust your instincts!
I will email her to check she doesn't mind me using these photos . ( note the troll behind the window)
Alice Armstrong from Guildford
Anyway got to go now…my next project awaits my attention…
UPDATE! 27/07/09 Alice has uploaded a couple of home vids on youtube, however I'm not sure they do her or her voice justice, she still could do with a band and an attentive audience, however you can hear the essence of her voice on the youtube clips at the following address:http://www.youtube.com/alicearmstrong
( I quite like the one in the laundry with beer) …so I'll put it up here.
Alice Armstrong with Jack Kristiansen "Roll-up"
Will do another unusual blog entry soon.
Love and Peace
p.s. 19/7/09 A lot of Will Young fans are coming to read this review. Sorry there is no Will Young here, you need to write your own review and ranting from a Will Young fan point of view!


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This recipe is a perfect main course for Shavuot. Kids and adults will love this version of grilled salmon. Double or triple the recipe for a large crowd.
- 1/3 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1/4 cup honey (preferably from the health food store)
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon kosher sherry or apple juice
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
- 1 pound wild salmon fillet
- one sliced orange
- In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the first seven ingredients. Add salmon. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 1 hour, turning several times.
- Line an 8-in. square baking dish with parchment paper; coat the paper with nonstick cooking spray. Drain and discard marinade. Place salmon in prepared pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-40 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork. The skin should slide off easily using a fish spatula.
- Place sliced oranges on a separate baking pan. Brush with orange juice and broil one or two minutes or until light brown and slightly crispy.
- Garnish salmon with sliced oranges. Enjoy!
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There are many things to do with the internet, from watching videos of people screaming about video games to sending and receiving friend requests. This user chose to spend some time on GameSpot's official Comic-Con site on day four, and for this we salute you.
Hey look, it's a totally original dude wearing armor. With a huge gun and a helmet (a visor?). And he's riding a unicorn. This user was granted this magical emblem for not having any of their user profile images hosted on untrusted websites during The Great Purge of March 2013.


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Security guard explains late arrival to party where teens were shot
Cliff Jaushlin hired as last-minute replacement
The security guard hired to check guns at a weekend party where five people were injured in a shooting said he was late to work because he was hired at the last minute after another guard didn't show up.
Cliff Jaushlin said the party had already started when he arrived at the Tropical Palms Banquet Hall Saturday night. He said there were already about 50 teenagers inside the hall, and he thinks the gun got into the building before he got there.
"I was a last minute call," he said. He said the original security company hired to keep the peace at the restaurant didn't show up.
"No phone call or anything. We were last-minute," he said.
Until he arrived, surveillance cameras were the only security at the site. Jaushlin said he started to pat down partygoers as soon as he reached the scene.
"It's not like I could just stop the whole party and say, 'Hey, everybody has to come back out and get re-searched," he said. "I wasn't the head security guard. I was just the guy on the door."
Later that night, he said he heard the sound of gunfire.
"All you heard was pop, pop, pop, pop," he said. "Basically, I'm just telling people, 'Be calm. Be calm.'"
The shooting started inside the hall and continued outside in the parking lot. In addition to injuring five people, some bullets caused damage at a construction equipment company across the street.
He said he still feels some responsibility for the shooting.
"It makes me look bad because I was on the door," he said. "If I was there from the very beginning, I guarantee you none of that would have went on."
Jaushlin said if he could rewind time, the night would have had a different ending.
"I could have stopped it," he said. "I know for a fact I could have."
Police have made no arrests in the case. The owner of the Tropical Palms Banquet Hall said police have told him not to share the surveillance video with the public.
Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to call the Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.


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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
On shelf space, book placement, & touching strangers
Yesterday I went to Barnes & Noble. I browsed the new releases and the clearance table, pretending to have a mission beyond what was really drawing me to the other side of the store.
I wanted to see where my books will sit.
I located the spot on the romance aisle where "Tawna Fenske" falls between "Christine Feehan" and "Amy J. Fetzer." I dusted the shelf and caressed it lovingly, drawing raised eyebrows from two bookstore patrons and a leer from the greasy-haired guy in velour pants.
Then I went exploring.
When my amazing agent first mentioned the possibility Sourcebooks might publish my books, I did a little dance. Then I put my clothes back on and drove to the bookstore where I went searching for Sourcebooks titles.
What excited me that day is the same thing that excited me yesterday, which is this:
Those spiffy little spots on the fancy displays don't happen by accident. I've always known this, but just to confirm, I grabbed a Barnes and Noble employee. He seemed alarmed by both the grabbing and the fact that I was photographing books instead of reading them, but was kind enough to answer my questions.
"How do you decide which books go on these displays instead of just putting them on the regular shelves?" I asked.
Eyeing my hand on his sleeve, he shrugged. "Those decisions are made at the corporate level in New York."
"It's not random?"
He laughed. "No."
"So you're saying publishers pay you guys to put certain books in the pimp spots?"
"Well, I didn't actually say pimp, but yeah – pretty much."
For a debut author like me, it's exciting to know I'm in the hands of a publisher willing to shell out bucks for primo placement. Sourcebooks publishes only a fraction of the romance titles some of the bigger houses crank out each month, but from what I've seen, they pour a lot into promoting the books they do release.
While I've been channeling all my personal marketing efforts into blogs and Twitter and Facebook, I know there's a huge segment of the book buying public I can't possibly touch this way (though if touching them another way is the key to selling books, I'm game).
A lot of readers – particularly romance readers – make book buying decisions based on what catches their eye as they're strolling the store. A primo spot on the shelves might just make a difference in whether someone's willing to take a chance on a new author like me or skip right past me in favor of picking up a new aphrodisiac cookbook.
How does book placement impact your book buying decisions? Are you a bookstore browser who grabs things that catch your eye, or do you stay focused on whatever you set out to find in the first place? Please share, I'm really curious.
I'm also giving serious thought to that whole touching thing. Is groping customers a legitimate way for an author to market her books? If so, I'm willing to give it a shot.
28 comments :
- Patty Blount said...
I am drawn to the New Releases table as soon as I enter the store. (My local ind. bookstore has no table, but a shelf.)
The covers attract me first. Marianne Stillings wrote a book called Sighs Matter. That cover stopped me in my tracks causing the guy behind me to crash into me.
Next, I flip over to read the back cover copy. If I'm really intrigued, I'll open the book and read a few pages.
By that time, I mysteriously find myself at the check out line, my wallet lighter.
This is the one reading experience I miss on my Kindle.
- December 21, 2010 at 6:31 AM
- Janet said...
Tawna - you give a whole new meaning to the old phone commercials "Reach out and touch someone!" (although those could have been seen only in Canada - not sure). And if an author 'touches' me, I'm probably going to buy her books automatically. Physically touching? Sure, OK, perhaps my only claim to fame ;)
I tend to go to bookstores armed with titles and authors' names. But if a cover catches my eye - stragically placed - I'll buy. I also tend to look at authors sharing shelf space with my favorite authors (I'm all about convenience and efficiency); therefore, you being next to Christine Feehan would be a good thing.
I wonder if you made the Barnes and Noble staff meeting: Item #5 - How to handle groping customers!
- December 21, 2010 at 6:33 AM
- Matthew MacNish said...
Personally I can't remember ever buying a book that I just happened to notice on the shelf at the store. Maybe as a gift ... I might be too uptight about this kind of thing to be the one to answer your question.
As to your novel is the cover going to be graced by a rippling man, sans shirt? I imagine that would help, but then again I suppose they all have that, don't they?
- December 21, 2010 at 6:37 AM
- Melissa Sarno said...
"I know there's a huge segment of the book buying public I can't possibly touch this way (though if touching them another way is the key to selling books, I'm game)."
Oh my goodness that made me laugh out loud!
Book placement is a huge influence when I'm purchasing books, especially if I'm just browsing. Lately with all the writing and book blogs I read, I have a clear goal when I walk into a bookstore (my list is ridiculous, no human can read these amount of books in a lifetime) so I usually go directly to what I'm looking for. BUT, that doesn't mean I don't get distracted by sparkly things on the way.
- December 21, 2010 at 6:40 AM
- Julie Weathers said...
I go into a store with a book in mind. While I'm there, I browse through interesting titles from authors I might not know. Covers catch my eye enough to pick up a book sometimes.
Then I read the back blurb. I open it and read the first few pages. Then I flip to a few places in the middle to see if the writing holds up.
Placement, title, back copy are all selling points, but if the writing doesn't hold my attention, I'm not buying. Even when I'm buying clearance books, the writing has to hold up.
That being said, I almost always walk out with several books instead of one. Most of my additional books are usually non-fiction, though, unless I get on a real reading kick.
- December 21, 2010 at 6:41 AM
- Veronica said...
I definitelt check the new releases first, simply due to their placement in the store. Then I browse each of my favored sections, mostly searching for new items by authors I follow but looking for a new title that I may like. Music blasting in my headphones and books surrounging me. It rarely takes me less than a half hour and I love every minute of it. :)
Also, groping is highly under-rated.
- December 21, 2010 at 6:41 AM
- Bonnie R. Paulson said...
Careful who you grope. It's not as safe as it once was. Remember the kissing booths? What if they had those today? Yuck!
I like to take my time and caress the books. I keep hoping the one will grab me but I spend money regardless.
good luck!
- December 21, 2010 at 6:57 AM
- Teri Anne Stanley said...
I usually know what I'm looking for before I get there, but once I find it...or not, then I browse. Anywhere that a book has the front showing, rather than the spine, gets me first. Then I have to look at the cover and look around to see if anyone from my church is going to see me with Abs Man in Plaid on my way out of the store...
I was at our BN last night and there was an older lady holding another woman hostage while she lectured her on the best romance authors. I was a little afraid to get sucked in, so I didn't hear what she was recommending or dissing, but she was waving and pointing, and, yes...touching. Maybe touching is okay if there is minimal waving and pointing.
- December 21, 2010 at 7:01 AM
- Joyce Tremel said...
I do the same as others mentioned--a cover will catch my eye, I read the back, then a page or two.
When I browse in a bookstore, I look for books by friends and/or authors I've met online. I do a little shelf rearranging and turn their books face out. Bookstore employees probably hate me.
- December 21, 2010 at 7:06 AM
- LR said...
Oh my. I think I have to go purchase Honky Tonk Christmas. That cover is too awesome.
I tend to be drawn to books presented on tables in stores. I ignore blurbs on the back or wherever. I open to somewhere in the middle and see if it grabs me and if I like the writing.
Have a Honky Tonk Xmas, Tawna. :)
- December 21, 2010 at 7:42 AM
- Candyland said...
Wow I did this the other day. I'd be right next to Neil Gaiman. Not too shabby.
- December 21, 2010 at 8:05 AM
- Laura Maylene said...
Yes, I do definitely browse and pick up things that catch my eye, and the tables/end cap selection can make a huge difference. I always feel kind of guilty when I do this because I KNOW those coveted spots are hard to get and there are probably even more gems hidden in the stacks. Plus, I imagine if I ever get a novel out, it will end up in the stacks and not on the fancy front table. But still, I can't help getting sucked in by some of those displays.
- December 21, 2010 at 8:14 AM
- demery said...
How exciting, Tawna!! To be looking at a shelf where you know your book will soon be sitting :) Congratulations!
- December 21, 2010 at 8:22 AM
I hope your publisher is going to spend lots of money and have your book well and truly pimped in prize position. It certainly deserves to be.
CJ xx
- December 21, 2010 at 8:23 AM
- Sarah W said...
I never thought of going to a bookstore to see where my books will (God willing) someday be . . .
I stay focused in bookstores until I find what I came in for (or am cruelly denied), and then I browse like the book junkie I am.
I would use the groping thing judiciously. I think targeted groping is your best bet, since random groping might reduce its effectiveness once word gets round. Just sayin'.
- December 21, 2010 at 8:29 AM
- Penelope said...
I generally start with a specific book in mind, and then let myself browse. I'm drawn to good titles, and I always check out the new releases.
I think groping is a legitimate way for you to market books!
- December 21, 2010 at 8:33 AM
- Samantha Rill said...
I can't wait to see your book on display!
When I enter a B&N, I usually just stroll through without a mission. I love seeing all the new books on the shelves, reading what the book is about, and enjoying the cover. If I do have a book in mind, I'll get it and make an extra one or two books that intrigue me :]
- December 21, 2010 at 8:43 AM
- Danica Avet said...
I ALWAYS check out the new releases. Always, always. Then, when I notice I've read everything on the shelves, I start meandering down the aisle for something I might have missed. I do a top to bottom sweep. Covers are eye-catching, but if there's an author I've been following, I look for them first, then go by covers and catchy titles. It's a system I've used for years and it hasn't led me astray yet.
You should ask everyone to take pictures of your books on the bookshelves at their local book stores when it comes out. That could be fun!
- December 21, 2010 at 8:55 AM
- Regina said...
That is so awesome. I think that rocks that you went on a stake out to find your books potential placement location. Fun.
- December 21, 2010 at 9:55 AM
- Jewels said...
I normally only read book I've done 'research" on beforehand. Some days I'll spend HOURS on Amazon reading all the product descriptions. Most of the books I click on Amazon are based on the cover, the number of stars, or he number of reviews. It also helps if I've seen another fellow blogger talk about it.
- December 21, 2010 at 10:17 AM
- Neurotic Workaholic said...
The only thing about touching customers is that they might try to touch you; that might not be too pleasant. :) I often stop by the tables where the books are on sale, like at Borders where they have the buy 2, get the 3rd one free deals. But sometimes I'll just go through the shelves and look through the books at random. What catches my eye more than anything are the titles, especially the unique ones.
- December 21, 2010 at 11:21 AM
- lora96 said...
Honest answer?
I generally go with the covers or color combos that catch my eye and also titles I like. Then I read the first few pages. I'm mostly a shelf scanner---I don't hang out around the display tables or the new releases. Those get plenty of attention. Call it rooting for the underdog.
- December 21, 2010 at 1:13 PM
- LS Murphy said...
I'm a browser. I usually only glance at the new releases before I move to the section I'm most interested in. Then I tend to glance at a cover, read the back, and if I'm still uncertain, I read the first page.
Sometimes I go in with a certain book in mind, but I usually don't.
- December 21, 2010 at 4:34 PM
I generally enter, stop in the entrance, stand perfectly still, close my eyes, breathe in the smell of the books, then grope an assoicate, not necessarily in that order. LOL!
I'm a sucker for presentation so yeah, the shelf up front always catches my eye. It appears Sourcebooks is already aware of this and you are going to do great!
One of these fine days, that attendant's going to be tweeting "I was groped by Tawna Fenske :)"
- December 21, 2010 at 4:44 PM
- Caro said...
There's a B&N next to where I each lunch most work days, and I often detour to walk through it and back out into the mall rather than straight out the back of the restaurant's mall entrance. Check the magazine rack to see if the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine has arrived from the UK (cheaper to buy on the stand than a foreign subscription) and then hit all the new book displays.
Impulse buying is how I find a number of books; if I know what I want, I'll check the store's website to see if it's in stock or order through Amazon. Visiting the books store is for browsing, so those endcap displays are important for me.
- December 21, 2010 at 9:38 PM
- Linda G. said...
I'm too superstitious to even contemplate where I might one day be shelved -- don't want to jinx it!
I'm looking forward to fondling you once you're on the self at my local bookstore, though. :)
- December 22, 2010 at 5:26 AM
- TAWNA FENSKE said...
Thanks for all the lovely comments, guys! I'm so fascinated to hear how many of you gravitate toward those new release sections. In my mind, I've been envisioning blog readers as very different book buying creatures from the bookstore browsers who will have never heard of me when August 2 rolls around. Now I see there's quite a bit of overlap. Food for thought!
Thanks so much for reading!
- December 22, 2010 at 7:35 AM
- Hannah Hounshell said...
For me it depends on several different factors.
Most of the time when I manage to get to a bookstore, I don't have much to spend. This usually means I have a plan. I'll skim the displays on my way to my goal, but I do try to stick to the plan.
But thats just with the big time book stores.
If I'm going to a used book store like Half-price Books, or New and Olde Pages down in Englewood, then I browse and there's no goal at all except to leave with a stack of good books and maybe a little of the money I came with.
Big displays don't hurt though. Neither to eye-catching covers. I'm an artist, so a well done cover will make me stop and pick up the book, if only to get a closer look. Which in turn will have me flipping it over so I can read the back...
Now I want to go book shopping. Darn it.
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I checked the API of Connection/AJAX classes, but cannot find related configuration options? Can someone help me out here? Thanks.
I checked the API of Connection/AJAX classes, but cannot find related configuration options? Can someone help me out here? Thanks.
As has beeb mentioned many times. Synchronous operation is neither supported nor desirable. Use callbacks to continue processing after the return of data.
Do it manually by creating a new xmlhttp object. I've only ever run into ONE situation where I actually found a synchronous xmlhttp connection to be useful, however - dynamically loading javascript code.
You don't have to trigger the 2nd request from the callback of the 1st unless you need to chain the requests, or stop subsequent requests after a previous failure. You could just kick off the 2 requests - they each trigger their callback fn when they're done and you go on. That may mean that you have to keep track of whether both of them finish before you do something else, but that's part of the process.
As another example (and I'm not suggesting this would be a good idea in general), what if you had 10 files to load - do you really want to chain 10 requests and manage that complexity? Or do you want to just fire 10 requests, let the browser manage sending them (2 at a time, or whatever the http limit happens to be)? Let them trigger their callbacks as they complete and then move on.
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as tryanDS said, your approach is fundamentally flawed. If you want to do this, and you want to make sure that all your requests are loaded before the page loads:
PHP Code:
Ext.Ajax.request({url: 'file1.xml', callback: myCallback});
Ext.Ajax.request({url: 'file2.xml', callback: myCallback});
Ext.Ajax.request({url: 'file3.xml', callback: myCallback});
Ext.Ajax.request({url: 'file4.xml', callback: myCallback});
Ext.Ajax.request({url: 'file5.xml', callback: myCallback});
Ext.Ajax.request({url: 'file6.xml', callback: myCallback});
Ext.Ajax.request({url: 'file7.xml', callback: myCallback});
Ext.Ajax.request({url: 'file8.xml', callback: myCallback});
Ext.Ajax.request({url: 'file9.xml', callback: myCallback});
Ext.Ajax.request({url: 'file10.xml', callback: myCallback});
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AJAX == Asynchronous JavaScript And Xml
If you break up your in-page code into logically separate objects, then each one can perform its own Ajax request to fetch data, and then call some callback which it is given.
Each object does not have to know about any other chained Ajax request, it's just given a function to execute.
Your application logic chains these together.
For example, to create a Grid, I have three chained Ajax requests.
The constructor sends a query to the server which responds with success/fail. On return of that data, a request for the table's metadata is sent, and on return of that data, a ColumnModel and Record are created. Then a request is sent for the first page of data. On return of that, the grid is rendered.
At no point is the browser in a wait state.
I think there a small confusion here. I don't know if my point of view is correct but, synchronous requests mean for me:
req1 // JS thread block
req2 // JS thread block
reqn // JS thread block
Making the requests asynchronouslly means all requests are made virtually in the same time (depending on the browser's strategy) or, more true, that no sequencing is guaranteed.
This can make the order in which the requests were called to be different that the one they are actually proccesed and the responses received.
I think the notion of sequenced asynchronous requests can exist as beeing a part of some batching scheme having both the non-blocking advantage of asynchronous and the control (sequencing can be just an example, other strategies could be implemented).
I've been working on a proxy that allows to do just that, it's in a really early stage (this is why i haven't posted anythig yet) that you can see at :
It could be a bit slow at init because it's creating lots of gris.
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Suggestions are more than wellcome. I know quality of the code is really poor, sorry in advance. As i'll hopefullly get better in JS i'll be correcting the code. Some small doc is on its way too.
Unless you sequence them by calling the next one in a callback that is run when the data has been returned.This can make the order in which the requests were called to be different that the one they are actually proccesed and the responses received.


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me me me!!!
gimme a kiss!!
today is tuesday, maybe i'll hit up the drum circle in queens park tonight @ 8ish.
it is super hot out.
i had wendy's for lunch and there was mold on my burger bun so i got my money back and asked for a frosty.
the frosty was so so so good. i loved it.
who doesn't love an icy frosty on a hot day....
hmm, i do not know!!!
peace out for now!
xoxo casie
me me me!!!
at 8/01/2006
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CSX, Huntington Locomotive Shop unions reach agreementWritten by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
The unions signing the agreement are the Transportation Communications Union's Carmen Division, the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers.
Under the agreement signed Oct. 23, 2013, members of all four unions may perform all assigned work without regard to craft or union affiliation. Covered employees will received a $500 signing bonus, a $1 hourly efficiency differential, and guaranteed employment for the duration of the four-year agreement. In addition, the current ratio of members of each union currently working at the Huntington Locomotive Shop will be preserved
"This is an innovative contract by CSX and its union-represented employees at the Huntington facility," said CSX Vice President Labor Relations Ken Maso,. "This is a true win-win agreement that provides the right incentives for improved worker flexibility and the ability to drive significant improvements in quality, production and efficiency."
"This historic agreement proves that by working efficiently, railroad unions can compete with outside contractors, even at higher rates of pay with superior benefits," said International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 19 President and Directing General Chairman Jeff Doerr.


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Finland's men's hockey team suffered a double blow on Friday, losing two NHLers to injury.
Minnesota Wild centre Mikko Koivu and Tampa Bay Lightning centre Valtteri Filppula will both miss the Olympics because of ankle injuries.
Koivu has been out since breaking his ankle Jan. 4. The Wild captain said he plans to resume skating prior to the Wild returning to the practice ice on Feb. 19.
"I just don't feel healthy enough to feel that I can play at the level that I want," Koivu said in a statement.
Filppula suffered a non-displaced fracture of his ankle on Thursday night against the Maple Leafs. He is expected to miss 2-3 weeks.
Finland hasn't announced replacements, though Sean Bergenheim of the Florida Panthers and Jarkko Immonen (KHL) are listed as reserves.
Meanwhile, Sweden announced Friday that the Washington Capitals' Marcus Johansson will replace the injured Henrik Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks.
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Many people ask this question, especially after seeing the world's situation now a days. At this moment the world has gotten very chaotic and it's not a safe place to live in anymore. How is the way God shows his love to his people in such terrible times like this?. This brings another question: Why is this happening to us? Why is God allowing all this. Let's let the bible speak:
Zephaniah 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold
will be able to save them
on the day of the LORD's wrath.
In the fire of his jealousy
the whole world will be consumed,
for he will make a sudden end
of all who live in the earth."
Jeremiah 13:21-22 "…Will not pain grip you
like that of a woman in labor? And if you ask yourself, "Why has this happened to me?"— it is because of your many sins…"
This is happening because of OUR OWN SINS, but what kind of sins is God Talking about? Let's see what the prophets Jeremiah and Isaiah wrote"
Jeremiah 13:25-26
25 This is your lot,
the portion I have decreed for you,"
declares the LORD,
"because you have forgotten me
and trusted in false gods.
Isaiah 24:5
5 The earth is defiled by its people;
they have disobeyed the laws,
violated the statutes
and broken the everlasting covenant.
We have forgotten God and violated His everlasting covenant? What is the everlasting covenant God made with us?
Exodus 12:11/14 "…Eat it in haste; it is the LORD's Passover… This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD -a lasting ordinance."
Luke 22:13/19-20 "They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover….And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
The covenant God made with us was his blood and his body the night of the Passover, the very day before his flesh was thorn and his blood shed on the cross. Whoever keeps the Passover has the covenant (promise or pact) with God himself. But God said this world was coming to an end because people have forgotten his covenant, meaning that people forgot about the Passover. How did that Happen?In the year 325 AD the roman emperor Constantine abolished the Passover, killing whoever dared to keep it in remembrance of Christ.
We forgot God's covenant (the Passover) for about 1700 years, until it was kept again in 1948 by Christ Ahnsahnghong, who reestablished the Church of God which was destroyed by the pagans thousands of years ago. Christ Ahnsahnghong brought back the Passover. Who is Christ Ahnsahnghong that brought the only way to receive God's covenant (promise) to us? Let's see:
Hebrews 9:28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
Isaiah 25:9 In that day they will say,
"Surely this is our God;
we trusted in him, and he saved us.
This is the LORD, we trusted in him;
let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation."
Where is God's love?
One has to be blind for not realizing God's love at this point. God's love is not only giving us a "happy" life on this earth, God's love is bringing salvation to us (of our souls), his children, even though the rest of the world ignore the way of salvation, Christ Ahnsahnghong, second coming Christ, came back by second time to earth full of sorrow, and He gave a second chance to those that had forgotten him, to those who had ignore his precious covenant of the Passover which gives forgiveness of sins, sacrificing himself once again in this earth and preaching the truth for 37 years, as was prophesied. And still people ask: "where is God's love.?" God's love is in front o us, is mentioned in this post as well, God's love is sacrifice; it is the way of eternal life that God brought back to us through the Passover. God's love is his coming with a new name, the one though which we can be saved: Christ Ahnsahnghong.
Feel free to make questions, remember that everything is proven through the bible.. see you next time ;)
Friday, November 14, 2008
"Where is God's love?"
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The only rail app with an inbuilt rail map
Great Britain Rail by Zuti
What is it about?
The only rail app with an inbuilt rail map! Locate your nearest station, plan journies, look up live arrivals and departures. Everything you need in one simple to use application.
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The only rail app with an inbuilt rail map! Locate your nearest station, plan journies, look up live arrivals and departures. Everything you need in one simple to use application.
● Full offline map and routing, works instantly anywhere, no internet connection required.
● Designed for the first time visitor and experienced commuter.
● Simple, fast and intuitive to use.
● Colourful clear custom drawn geographically accurate mapping.
● Animates the route and allows tracking of the journey using GPS.
● Instantly see the route of any transport service drawn on the map.
● Save and recall favourite and recent journeys.
● One touch take me home feature.
● Unique "Minute Map" feature allows quick view of all journey times from a start location.
● Services can be turned on or off, routing round problems.
● Works on any iPhone or iPod with iOS 3.0 or above.
● GPS location and tracking.
The new Great Britain Rail map makes it easy to travel in and around the country using the rail services. This application contains a geographically accurate map of the whole of Great Britain allowing you to easily view the route of any journey. The routing and map are contained within the application and no internet connection is required to use these features.
The map is hand drawn by and provides a unique geographically based view of the Great Britain rail system. You can also use your inbuilt GPS to accurately locate and track yourself and see the nearest transportation stop and distance to it. This is the only rail transportation route planner with this ability. Tap on the map for location information, use the inbuilt search feature or choose from a list of locations.
Another unique feature is the "Minute Map" option which allows you to see the travel times from a start point to all other locations on the map. This is a great way to view the topology of the country and gauge traveling times.
The application does not require an internet connection for routing and will always be available to display a clear and detailed view of the various rail operating company systems, plus list and animate the optimum route for your journey. This product provides the fastest route calculations of any mobile routing application using actual published journey times with the ability to select the quickest route or the route with the least changes.
When an internet connection is available the user can check train arrivals and departures with live data supplied by National Rail Enquiries. Also shown is the estimated current real time position of the train for any of the listed services.
This map is one in a series of Zuti worldwide maps, if you like this product you may also enjoy some of our other offerings, please visit www.zuti.co.uk for further information.
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or this great TCG post
WoW Reign of Fire TCG Box
Didn't you start with 2 toons, one for leveling 15 minutes a day, and the other for 15 minutes of ah...
Lost the leveling one under the way ;)
But nice job, sticking to your plan, though you said every time, 15 minutes was to short
Big gratz
Hi Nancy - yeah the baby Shaman did get a little lost - once again the 15 minute rule got me but I did do an update post on my other blog http://sheridesdragons.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/baby-shaman-on-move.html and there'll be another later this week, hopefully. Thanks for reading :)Delete
Yes definitely not enough time to do serious money making trading. Maybe the next project could be 1hr a day.:) Has been a good read Nev! Cheers. BrettReplyDelete


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