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Growing up on the Isleta Pueblo reservation in New Mexico, 26-year-old Cody Grant could name off the tribes he descended from — Cherokee, two sects of Pueblo — but he didn't know anything about them, except their names.
"For me, it was because culturally, I was lacking," said Grant, who split his time between New Mexico and Cherokee as a child. "I didn't place big stock in cultural values."
His family told him tidbits about his heritage here and there, but he never took it upon himself to learn. At 16, Grant participated once in a native dance with other Cherokee youth as part of a larger performance.
"But I never really touched it any after that," Grant said.
It was not until a few years later when Grant made the permanent move to the Qualla Boundary, the official name for the Cherokee Reservation, that he started delving into what exactly it meant to say, "I am Cherokee."
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In truth, during the last decade, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has worked on figuring out the answer to that as well — how to not only preserve but also propagate Cherokee culture both for enrolled members and visitors.
Qualla Arts and Crafts, the Museum of the Cherokee Indians, "Unto These Hills" outdoor theater and the Oconaluftee Indian Village were already cultural attractions. And there were always people on the Qualla Boundary telling traditional Cherokee stories, picking reeds to make baskets and carving statues from native woods — skills that their ancestors had passed down through the generations.
But there were few concerted efforts to pass traditional knowledge onto young Cherokee.
"If those opportunities were available, they were not organized in a way that is as widely available as it is now," said Annette Clapsaddle, executive director of the Cherokee Preservation Foundation and an enrolled member of the Eastern Band.
Many young enrolled members didn't speak the language, know the dances or know how to make Cherokee crafts. Their understanding of the culture depended on what family they were born into, but for the most part, there was a gap in knowledge between the older generations and the new.
In addition to that, faux tribes — groups of people who claim native ancestry — seemed to be cropping up everywhere and were trying to advertise themselves as true Cherokees, which got the goat of members of the federally recognized Eastern Band.
"A lot of them were making up fake dances, and they were calling it Cherokee," said enrolled member Sonny Ledford. It was "getting out of hand."
Ledford is a dancer with the Warriors of AniKituhwa, a performance group created 10 years ago to be the official ambassadors of the Eastern Band and in response to the faux tribes.
Around the same time, the Cherokee Preservation Foundation started up thanks to proceeds from the new and blossoming casino enterprise. One of its key missions: to fund initiatives that protect the native culture.
"We see Cherokee culture as an asset for the progress of the Cherokee people," Clapsaddle said.
Together, the creation of the Warriors of AniKituhwa and the Cherokee Preservation Foundation kicked off a revival of the culture that has led to the establishment of youth mentoring programs and the opening of a language immersion school.
"There was no one to teach (the youth). No one to wake that spark," Ledford said. "Now, the fire is started again."
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Tourists first started traveling to Cherokee in the 1940s era of John Wayne and expected to see the image of Native Americans that they had watched on the silver screen. At the time, Cherokee was little more than a one-horse town.
Ledford still remembers his parents' description of the now-bustling downtown Cherokee. It featured one building, and there was a single road cutting through the reservation, he said.
His mother would walk four days from Snowbird as a child with her family to set out handmade goods on a blanket along the side of the road to hawk to a passersby. Other native peoples would dress up in feathered headdresses, or war bonnets, and greet tourists with a "How" — even though that wasn't the traditional Cherokee greeting.
"The kids liked it," Ledford said of the gawking tourists. "It was a way to make money."
Known as "chiefing," it still persists as a way to make a quick buck by charging tourists to pose for a photo — even though the teepees and feathered headdresses the "chiefs" sported were never actually part of the Cherokee culture.
"It was a game of survival, and you give customers what they want, and you can't criticize someone for making a living that way," Clapsaddle said. But "we would like to present a more culturally authentic picture."
While the Eastern Band has made strides toward that end, there are always ways to grow and improve in that mission. Some tourists still visit the reservation and wonder "Where the Indians are?" because they are not wearing the clothing of their early ancestors.
John Tissue, executive director of the Cherokee Historical Association, which oversees the Oconaluftee Indian Village and "Unto These Hills" historical theater, said people who watch performances at the theater sometimes question why the Cherokee wear European garb for part of the show.
"The Cherokee adapted what was useful and good," Tissue said. "Just because you want to see them in something else doesn't mean it's accurate."
When tourists visit the Oconaluftee Indian Village, a recreation of a traditional Cherokee village, some will still ask earnestly where the teepees are, not knowing that the Cherokee lived in homes more structurally similar to today's houses.
"That is one of the most common things that we get," said Grant, who works at the village.
If a person is asking such questions, it is important to turn the moment into a learning experience, Grant said.
Always ambassadors
For Grant and many other enrolled members, it's their duty to be ambassadors of the Cherokee people at all times, whether telling stories to groups of tourists or simply shopping at Walmart. When you tell someone you are Cherokee, "you put yourself in a position to speak for a whole nation," Grant said. "You can either put them in a positive light, or you can put them in a negative light."
If someone runs into a cantankerous enrolled member, that will be their impression of who the Cherokee are, he said.
Much of the job of ambassadors, whether formal or informal, is to dispel stereotypes about the Cherokee.
In fact, that is what Ledford, a Warrior of AniKituhwa, does each time he starts his educational presentation. He clarifies that his people are not "Indians" or "injuns;" they are Native Americans.
"It's not a regalia. It's not a costume. It's clothing," Ledford said of the garb the dancers wear.
The Warriors of AniKituhwa, who range in age from their 40s to nearly 60, hold community bonfires at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays during the summer. The initiative launched two years ago offers tourists an intimate experience as group members tell Cherokee stories, perform dances and just generally talk about the culture.
"It's not about a card we get," Ledford said of the special identification card all enrolled members carry.
During the bonfires, the Warriors ask tourists to tell others about what they have learned and seen — to spread the truth about Cherokee culture.
"It helps us," Ledford said. "You (visitors) become teachers when you leave here."
The Warriors of AniKituhwa were established as official ambassadors of the Eastern Band to combat falsehood spread by faux tribes and people's experiences with "chiefing."
Although he doesn't have a problem with the people who "chief" outside gift shops in Cherokee to earn a living, Ledford said that for a real taste of Cherokee culture visitors should attend a bonfire.
"That's entertainment," Ledford said of "chiefing." "But what we do at the bonfire, that's education."
The Warriors also take on younger Cherokee protégés to teach the native dances to.
Grant said that the Warriors of AniKituhwa "paved the road for a lot of younger people" to get involved in promoting the culture, and he credits Ledford and another warrior known as John John for helping him with his personal cultural renaissance.
A balancing act
The bonfires are a creative and enjoyable way for tourists to learn about Cherokee traditions, and a big part of drawing tourists to the cultural attractions where they can learn about Cherokee culture is to make it entertaining. When Tissue arrived in Cherokee in 2005, the Oconaluftee Indian Village was mostly enrolled members sitting around making crafts, and tourists watching.
"The craft tour was kind of stale," Tissue said. "We knew we needed to change that. There is so much more to Cherokee culture than crafts."
So, they added the living history component, which dramatizes Cherokee history, from traditional hunting techniques to the social structure of familial clans.
The Cherokee Historical Association works with experts at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, speaks with elders and references the books of ethnographer James Mooney when writing a new play or gathering information for a new dramatization for the village. Tissue emphasized that the living history at the village and plays at the theater are historically accurate in addition to being entertaining.
"It has to be entertaining first," Tissue said. "(Some tribal members) want us to be extremely historically accurate, which we try to be."
However, it's a balance. If a play is very accurate but dry, no one will want to see it, and the whole point of the performance — to educate people about the Cherokee beyond what they already know — would be moot, he said.
"There is a lot more to Cherokee history than the Trail of Tears," Tissue said. "There are so many cool stories."
At Qualla Arts and Crafts, Manager Vicki Cruz sees two types of tourists — those who want to buy little trinkets from the non-Cherokee owned gift shops that litter downtown and the more educated visitors who want to buy authentic, albeit more expensive, handmade crafts.
"The way we know is they come in and gasp at the prices," Cruz said. The crafts are an investment, but they don't lose their value, she said.
Qualla Arts and Crafts is a cooperative of more than 200 traditional Cherokee crafts people. It came into existence in 1946, and is the nation's oldest and foremost Native American handicraft cooperative.
Qualla Arts and Crafts gets orders from all around the world — Italy, Germany, Australia, Africa, France. But now, it is also building a client base within the Eastern Band.
"A lot of Cherokee people are buying Cherokee crafts now," Cruz said. "We love it, and we want it in our homes."
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The reservation might still be a small town with "chiefs" populating the roadsides if not for the casino. Harrah's Cherokee Casino and Resort opened in November 1997 and created a stable and attractive source of revenue for the tribe.
"Now, it is the engine of the Western North Carolina economy," Tissue said.
It is the single largest tourist attraction in North Carolina, attracting more than 3 million visitor annually and bringing more than $250 million in profits for the tribe.
While the casino has its critics who say that it's immoral for the tribe to profit off of gambling, it has undeniably benefitted the Eastern Band, allowing the tribe to invest the casino profits in infrastructure, health care, education, social betterment and its culture — things it didn't have the money for before.
One of the most apparent ways casino money has been invested in propagating cultural traditions is the work of the Cherokee Preservation Foundation.
"The (Cherokee Preservation Foundation) exists because of the gaming compact," Clapsaddle said.
Because of worries that the reservation would only be known for the casino and gambling, people began looking around and assessing what they wanted visitors to see and take away from visits to Cherokee, she said.
"It was the impetus to think, 'What are we doing with our culture?'" Clapsaddle said.
Without the money flowing from the casino, Clapsaddle said she doesn't think the cultural enrichment programs available today would exist.
As a non-native, Tissue said his job at the Cherokee Historical Association is more fulfilling than ones he held directing theater in the past, particularly when it comes to portraying the Cherokee in "Unto These Hills" historical drama.
"This is probably one of the only places in the world we are telling a story about a people where the (actors) are related," Tissue said. "I feel like there is a little more gravity to what we do."
When talking about Cherokee culture, enrolled members mention the Cherokee language as arguably the most important aspect of the culture.
"It is our identification; it is us," said Jerry Wolfe, a tribal elder and Beloved Man, a rarely given distinction that honors contributors to Cherokee culture. "We have to have our Cherokee language to be Cherokee."
But over the generations, language was not always passed down. Elders who endured life in brutal boarding schools, which were designed to strip the Cherokee heritage from them and make them more European, were reticent to share their knowledge of the culture with their own children after that experience.
Parents often believed they were doing the right thing by putting their traditional cultures aside and instead raising their children to succeed in the white world.
Different generations have had different experiences. Wolfe's generation all spoke Cherokee. Then there were no televisions so parents entertained their children at night by telling stories in Cherokee. In fact, many of the 88-year-old's schoolmates struggled with English and had to repeat years because of it.
Just two generations later, when Cruz was in school in Cherokee, everyone spoke English.
"Back then, the children that could speak it didn't because, I guess, it wasn't cool," Cruz said. "But now, we admire the people who can speak it."
Clapsaddle, who is in her early 30s, doesn't remember having the opportunity to take language classes. But now, the tribe operates the Kituwah Immersion Language Academy, which takes infants and teaches them Cherokee from birth. The academy is a breeding ground for a new generation of native speakers, which excites enrolled members who fear the language might go the way of Latin or other lost Native American languages.
The language academy is "the most wonderful thing we could have on the boundary," Grant said.
Often the classroom is the best way to reach out to younger kids since many are too busy with extracurricular after school.
"What you have to do is have a class in the schools," Wolfe said. "That is the only way we can get to them today."
Resurgence of language
Enrolled members have begun using the language more often nowadays, just in greetings, if nothing else.
"You hear it out in the community a lot," Cruz said.
And people are spreading words to others. If one person learns a new word, they pass it on to friends who are also trying to learn Cherokee.
"They learn that word then, too," said Dawn Arneach, outreach coordinator at Qualla Arts and Crafts.
Street signs, and the signs on tribal buildings, are in Cherokee. Even police officers badges have Cherokee syllabary on them.
Arneach has been learning Cherokee on and off for 10 years and takes her 19-year-old son to Monday classes with her. The hardest terms are utensils and clothes, she said, but the language as a whole is tricky because the words describe many aspects of something at once.
Words identify not only what something is, but also what it does — capturing the entire essence of what is being conveyed.
"It's what you are talking about, who you are talking about," Arneach said.
A few times a year, fluent Cherokee speakers from North Carolina and Oklahoma gather to decide on new words to add to the language's vocabulary. Words for modern objects like 'computer' or 'airplane' are the most obvious, but even words like 'whale,' 'arctic tundra' or 'bomb' didn't exist in the traditional language.
Although use of the Cherokee language is growing in popularity again, it still has many hurdles to jump.
"Language still continues to be on the critical side," Clapsaddle said.
For one thing, there is a lack of teachers. The tribe can't replace the fluent speakers who are dying off quickly enough.
"That is extremely difficult for us to develop because it takes so long," Clapsaddle said.
But the trouble of creating fluent speakers is considerably better than the alternative.
"The structure of the language — the places it is used, the way it is used — represents our world view," Clapsaddle said. "If we lose that, we lose a major piece of our world view."
As society continues to move forward, is Clapsaddle concerned that parts of Cherokee culture will get lost in the shuffle?
"There has been a lot put in place to make sure that doesn't happen," Clapsaddle said.
The Cherokee Preservation Foundation has started mentoring programs pairing elders or experts with Cherokee children to teach them about traditional Cherokee culture and how to be leaders on the reservation.
It also has the Cherokee Youth Council, which includes students from the middle and high schools that is modeled off the Eastern Band's Tribal Council, as well as the Coulter Leadership Council for adults. Both councils interact with similar groups funded by the foundation in the seven western counties.
"We being Cherokee don't just want to sit at the table; we want to set the table," Clapsaddle said.
Teaching the future
Similar to the Kituwah Immersion Language Academy, Qualla Arts and Crafts takes one aspect of Cherokee culture and focuses all its efforts on preserving it.
"Our responsibility here is to promote the crafts and make sure they don't die out," Cruz said.
The arts and crafts center holds classes for enrolled members and sells native artists' crafts. The courses often show enrolled members how to create items the way their ancestors did with natural resources, including getting their own clay from the earth or harvesting river cane for basket weaving.
"We are the roots of Cherokee," Cruz said. "We are kind of the real deal."
To further expose enrolled members to native crafts, Qualla Arts and Crafts hosts outreach courses in the reservation's different communities.
"If we have it out in the community, other people might get interested," Cruz said.
The Cherokee Historical Association has also started a small six- to eight-week mentoring program for youth this summer. It pays a minimal amount, and the young'uns learn how to give tours of the Oconaluftee Village and must make at least four of the six crafts shown there.
The program has four participants this year and will likely remain about that size, Tissue said, because the association only has a little room in its budget to pay them.
The broad spectrum of cultural preservation initiatives in Cherokee make the tribe a leader among native peoples in the Americas when it comes to propagating their traditions. Cherokee is a model other tribes look to for how their culture can be authentically showcased to tourists, while keeping the flame burning for future generations to carry on.
Many Cherokee today prefer to call themselves "Kituwah," their own word for their own people, rather than Cherokee, which was bestowed on them by whites.
"Anyone born in America is Native American," Ledford said. "We are Kituwah."


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LONDON (AP) - It's the prize no author wants to win.
Award-winning novelist Nancy Huston won Britain's Bad Sex in Fiction award Tuesday for her novel "Infrared," whose tale of a photographer who takes pictures of her lovers during sex proved too revealing for the judges.
The choice was announced by "Downton Abbey" actress Samantha Bond during a ceremony at the Naval & Military Club in London.
Judges of the tongue-in-cheek prize _ which is run by the Literary Review magazine _ said they were struck by a description of "flesh, that archaic kingdom that brings forth tears and terrors, nightmares, babies and bedazzlements," and by a long passage that builds to a climax of "undulating space."
Huston, who lives in Paris, was not on hand to collect her prize. In a statement read by her publicist, the 59-year-old author said she hoped her victory would "incite thousands of British women to take close-up photos of their lovers' bodies in all states of array and disarray."
The Canada-born Huston, who writes in both French and English, is the author of more than a dozen novels, including "Plainsong" and "Fault Lines." She has previously won France's Prix Goncourt prize and was a finalist for Britain's Orange Prize for fiction by women.
She is only the third woman to win the annual Bad Sex prize, founded in 1993 to name and shame authors of "crude, tasteless and ... redundant passages of sexual description in contemporary novels."
Some critics, however, have praised the sexual passages in "Infrared." Shirley Whiteside in the Independent on Sunday newspaper said there were "none of the lazy cliches of pornography or the purple prose of modern romantic fiction" _ though she conceded the book's sex scenes were "more perfunctory than erotic."
Huston beat finalists including previous winner Tom Wolfe _ for his passage in "Back to Blood" describing "his big generative jockey" _ and Booker Prize-nominated Nicola Barker, whose novel "The Yips" compares a woman to "a plump Bakewell pudding."
Previous recipients of the dubious honor, usually accepted with good grace, include Sebastian Faulks, the late Norman Mailer and the late John Updike, who was awarded a Bad Sex lifetime achievement award in 2008.
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Sebastian Gorka, PhD., served as Deputy Assistant for Strategy to the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, and is currently a presidential appointee to the National Security Education Board at the Department of Defense. He is the host of AMERICA First, a nationally-syndicated radio show on the Salem Radio Network, and The Gorka Reality Check, the newest show on the cable news network Newsmax TV. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling book "Defeating Jihad," and "Why We Fight." His latest book is "The War for America's Soul." You can follow him on Twitter @SebGorka, on Facebook, and on Instagram @sebastian_gorka. AMERICA First is available on the iTunes podcast app, streams live at www.sebgorka.com, and is on the video-sharing platform Rumble. You can contact him here.


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FormatThe teams play a single round-robin series. Each teams plays each opponent once. The winner of the event will be promoted to Division II Group A. The last-ranked team will be relegated to Division III.Three Point SystemFor all games points shall be awarded as follows:
Overtime OperationsIf a game is tied at the end of regulation time, a five-minute overtime period shall be played immediately after an intermission of three minutes. The teams will defend the same goals as in the third period. The game will end when the five minutes has expired or when a goal is scored; the scoring team will be declared the winner. If no goal is scored in the overtime period then the Game Winning Shots Procedure will apply. All overtime periods of any IIHF game shall be played with each team at the numerical strength of four (4) skaters and one (1) goalkeeper.Overtime procedure in Play-Off Games:
Game Winning Shots ProcedureIf no goal is scored in the overtime period then the Game Winning Shots (GWS) procedure will apply. The following procedure will be utilized:
Tie breaking formulaThe tie-breaking system for two teams with the same number of points in a standing will be the game between the two teams, the winner of the game taking precedence. Due to the fact that the three-point system does not allow a game to end in a tie, then the following tie breaking procedure is applicable when three or more teams are tied in points in a Championship standing.Should three or more teams be tied on points, then a tie breaking formula will be applied as follows, creating a sub-group amongst the tied teams. This process will continue until only two or none of the teams remain tied. In the case of two tied teams remaining, the game between the two would then be the determining tie-breaker as the game could not end as a tie. In the case of none of the teams being tied, the criteria specified in the respective step applies.Step 1:Taking into consideration the games between each of the tied teams, a sub-group is created applying the points awarded in the direct games amongst the tied teams from which the teams are then ranked accordingly.Step 2:Should three or more teams still remain tied in points then the better goal difference in the direct games amongst the tied teams will be decisive. Step 3:Should three or more teams still remain tied in points and goal difference then the highest number of goals scored by these teams in their direct games will be decisiveStep 4:Should three or more teams still remain tied in points, goal difference and goals scored then the results between each of the three teams and the closest best-ranked team outside the sub-group will be applied. In this case the tied team with the best result (1. points, 2. goal difference, 3. more goals scored) against the closest best ranked-team will take precedenceStep 5:Should the teams still remain tied, then the results between each of the three teams and the next highest best-ranked team outside the sub-group will be applied.Step 6:Should the teams still remain tied after these five steps have been exercised then Sport considerations will be applied and the teams will be ranked by their positions coming into the Championship (seeding).Note: If not all mutual games have been played yet in an ongoing tournament, the tied teams will be ranked in the standings according to the following criteria: 1. Lower number of games played, 2. Goal difference, 3. Goals scored, 4. Positions coming into the Championship.More informationClick here to download the IIHF's Rule Book and Sport Regulations.


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If you have a vacant position for a Customer Service freelancer, you'll want to fill it quickly with a competent expert.
We've come up with a list of the five best sites to find Customer Service freelancers for your next big project.
These sites offer local and remote workers who are skilled in many areas, including Customer Service. Some of these platforms are home to the best Customer Service freelancers on the internet.
Let's jump right into the top five freelance sites out there today!
5 Best Websites To Hire Freelance Customer Service Experts
1. Fiverr – Our Top Pick for Freelance Customer Service Experts
We love Fiverr. It's an excellent platform for finding talented Customer Service freelancers. The platform itself is easy to use and is open to everyone, no matter where you live. You can browse different categories, see what services are on offer, and look through freelancers' profiles and feedback scores before hiring them.
In addition to that, you can communicate privately with freelancers through the platform's messaging system. This is great as it allows you to outline what you need and get a custom quote in just minutes.
Fiverr is perhaps the quickest platform to get started with, as you can register and browse freelancers' gigs in a matter of minutes. There's no need to post jobs or sift through lots of proposals; simply look for somebody offering the skills you need, contact them, agree on the scope and pricing, and hire them. There are no complicated contracts or hoops to jump through, making it the number one choice for all jobs, small and large.
- Wide variety of skills and services on offer
- View seller profiles and feedback ratings before hiring
- Easy to use platform that's open to everybody
- Excellent rates for all types of jobs
- Good customer support team available to assist you if needed
- Some sellers might not have the skills you're looking for
- It can be challenging to decide on a freelancer as there are lots of gigs to choose from
Expert Name | Total Reviews (count) |
1. ct_connect Our Best Pick | 1k+ |
2. simplevideoedit | 464 |
3. dutchman4design | 160 |
4. markie1966 | 149 |
5. glitchfool | 402 |
6. deadlycontent | 1k+ |
7. mazarskyamazon | 175 |
8. smartseoz | 934 |
9. grantbolton | 2k+ |
10. scfsounds | 989 |
2. Upwork
Upwork is a little different from Fiverr, with its own unique advantages and disadvantages. It's excellent for long term projects as the platform makes it easy to track hours worked, which means billing and invoices are much easier for both the client and the person hiring.
Freelancers' profiles are highly detailed, showcasing their skills, experience, and feedback for previously completed jobs. It also has an excellent screening process for finding the right freelancer for your needs.
Upwork is also one of the largest online workplaces in the world, with plenty of freelancers offering their unique skills. No matter your budget, you'll find freelancers willing to do the work on the platform. Having said that, you generally get what you pay for on Upwork, so cheaper isn't always better.
- You can post jobs to the platform for freelancers to apply to
- Review proposals from freelancers before hiring them
- Browse profiles and feedback
- Advanced invoicing and reporting
- Great for complex or long-term projects
- High volume of proposals takes a lot of time to go through
- Many freelancers apply without thoroughly reading your job requirements
3. Freelancer
Freelancer.com is used by many large businesses, including Intel and Microsoft. It's one of the best platforms for large enterprises looking for talented freelancers. As a business owner, you simply sign up to the platform, post your job requirements, and wait for freelancers to bid on the project.
The great thing about Freelancer is that their payment terms are flexible. This means you can either pay a fixed rate for a project or pay by the hour. There's also a milestone payment system, which ensures the client only gets paid when they reach a specified milestone.
Freelancer has a live chat function and a mobile app, allowing you to stay in control of your project even when you're on the move. If you want to check out the talent before posting a project, you can do so easily by viewing already completed projects.
- Covers many skills, including Customer Service
- Website is intuitive and easy to use
- Great place to find creative and technical talent
- Good for complex or long term tasks
- Tracking work status can be complicated
- Mobile application is sometimes buggy
- Harder to find good freelancers for simple tasks
4. PeoplePerHour
PeoplePerHour isn't as big as some of the other freelance platforms, however it does have over 3 million freelancers on the site. This means that there's a massive pool of talent available for whatever you need, from graphics design to programming and a lot more.
PeoplePerHour has been around for over 13 years, and in that time, they've refined their platform to make the hiring process easy. You can post a project with the relevant details, and their artificial intelligence system will try to match you to the most suitable freelancers on the site.
These freelancers can then respond to your job with their proposal. You then review each proposal and choose your freelancer. You need to pay a deposit when starting the project, and unfortunately you can be inundated with proposals that make the hiring process time-consuming.
Having said that, the payment system is easy to use and very convenient for businesses looking to hire freelancers. After the job is complete, you can leave feedback, which helps filter the good freelancers from the bad and thus improves the platform.
- Large pool of global freelancers to choose from
- Established back in 2007
- Good rates for professional talent
- High volume of proposals can be time-consuming to get through
- Work quality can be hit and miss for cheap freelancers
5. Toptal
Toptal caters to larger businesses looking for freelancers with a wide variety of skills. This site is best suited for a company that needs high-quality talent for long term jobs without hiring a full-time employee on the payroll.
Some of the world's largest companies, including Google, HP, Disney, AirBnB, and more, have all hired talent through Toptal. This is because Toptal works with a smaller number of high-quality freelancers.
While there is less talent to choose from, the freelancers on Toptal have been handpicked for their expert-level skills. You'll find many of these freelancers previously worked in large companies, for example, at Apple.
Having said that, for smaller jobs or short term projects, another freelancing platform like Fiverr may be more suited to your needs. If you need the best of the best and have a large budget, Toptal might be a good choice for finding skilled freelancers.
- Vetted freelancers for only the best talent
- No risk 2-week trial for buyers
- Quick turn around time for hiring freelancers
- Long-winded process for small projects
- Screening process can be slow compared to other platforms
How Much Does It Cost to Hire a Freelance Customer Service Expert?
The cost of hiring a Customer Service expert can vary depending on several things; is it a permanent position with long term work or a one-off job? How experienced does the freelancer need to be? Is it a junior position, or does it require a highly experienced professional?
Some sites, like Fiverr, have Customer Service freelancers offering their services for as little as $5. Of course, depending on what you need, that price can vary.
Other sites, like Upwork, allow you to post a job for a set price or hire an individual at a specific hourly rate. This rate will vary depending on experience.
Hiring a Customer Service expert on these platforms is always cheaper than going directly to an agency. Agencies add additional fees and take their cut, making it more expensive.
Useful Tips for Hiring a Freelance Customer Service Expert
Know exactly what you need: before hiring a freelancer, know exactly what it is you need from them. This should be as clear as possible so you can communicate your needs effectively.
Do you need help with hiring: hiring isn't a simple process, and not everybody can hire effectively. If you need help with hiring, get help.
Screen the candidate: before spending a lot of money on a freelancer, screen them first. Do they understand what you need, and have they done similar jobs in the past?
Test the candidate's skills: make sure the candidate has the skills you need. The best way to check is by providing them with a small test to demonstrate their skills.
Get to know the candidate: send a few messages back and forth to get a feel for the candidate's personality. Make sure you're a good fit before hiring.
Agree to a trial job: set up a paid trial job for the candidate to see how they do with a small task. This can save you money in the long run by weeding out unsuitable candidates.
All in all, hiring freelancers for Customer Service is easier today than ever before, thanks to the many online freelancing platforms. Each platform has its own unique strengths, so the best one for you will depend on what you're looking for from a freelancer.


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It was late Friday night, within minutes of the announcement that former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky had been found guilty of 45 of 48 counts of sexually abusing children, that the National Child Protection Training Center released its eloquently worded reaction: "With this verdict, we can finally cease calling the children abused by Jerry Sandusky 'alleged' victims and call them what they really are — courageous."
That courage took a long time to percolate. In many cases, victims recounted assaults that had taken place years ago. But judging by the tears that fell during their testimony, the ensuing decades have done little to dim the pain of being abused by a man they trusted and revered. "Some wounds," noted the statement, "never heal."
In fact, new research increasingly points to the effects of toxic stress in childhood — and sexual abuse surely qualifies — on adult health. "When a child's interaction with other people breaks down, it can have lifetime consequences," says Dr. Robert Block, a child-abuse pediatrician who is president of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Stress has been linked, not surprisingly, not only to depression but also to increased risk for heart disease, suicide, substance abuse, even cancer.
It goes without saying that conscientious parents would go to great lengths to spare their children from such experiences. And experts say the Sandusky trial revealed many valuable lessons for parents looking to do just that.
(MORE: Penn State Scandal: Can We Trust Coaches with Our Kids?)
Lesson No. 1: One not-so-obvious insight? Don't tell secrets. "Children are taught very early to keep secrets," says Block. "It's a game. When children are being molested, the perpetrator tells them, 'This is a secret. Don't tell anybody.' So we encourage parents to not include kids in secrets. Talk instead in terms of surprises."
Lesson No. 2: Be leery of any adult who seems smitten with your kid. Child molesters are savvy; they often prey on vulnerable kids — poor children, or those whose parents aren't often around. Lauren's Kids — an organization started by Lauren Book, who was sexually abused for six years by her nanny — shared this explanation of how predators work, written by one of Book's parents:
As a parent who has gone through the aftermath of sexual abuse and studied a lot about pedophile tactics, the allegations against Jerry Sandusky are a classic case of child sexual predator and pedophile grooming. The prosecution has done well in explaining the consistent and predictable grooming process that Jerry Sandusky employed — from building trust with his victims, to currying favor and control by buying them gifts and giving them access to the Penn State football program, and then forcing them to participate in sex acts and then remain quiet about it.
Jerry Sandusky groomed his victims so well that some of them have kept in touch with him as recently as two years ago. Many from the defense are asking why would they, in fact, do such a thing if it were true that Jerry Sandusky had sexually abused them. But that is how predators work. They manipulate children and control them by bribing, brainwashing, threatening, controlling and embarrassing them.
(MORE: Sandusky Verdict: When Seeing the World as Good Is Bad)
Lesson No. 3: Perhaps most important is simply paying attention to your kids' rhythms and learning to recognize potential signs of abuse: changes in mood, behavior or school performance and reluctance to participate in activities.
Lesson No. 4: It's never too early to start teaching your kids about what kinds of touches are appropriate. In their testimony, Sandusky's victims shared his introductory technique: a seemingly friendly hand on the thigh, placed there to gauge the child's level of discomfort. Talking about touch can begin with toddlers in the bath. As you soap them up, explain that parents can touch their kids' private parts to help them get clean, but no one other than doctors should be doing that. "The best pediatricians explain they're going to touch them to make sure the child's body is healthy, but if someone else does that, it's not O.K.," says Victor Vieth, executive director of the National Child Protection Training Center, which educates child-protection professionals.
Lesson No. 5: Keep the conversation going as kids become teens. It's a mistake to assume that most children will readily tell a grownup they've been sexually assaulted. "Imagine the most positive sexual experience of your life — would you want to tell your parents?" says Vieth. "Now imagine you're a little boy or a girl who had a horrible sexual experience, often at the hands of someone you know and trust. Children have such conflicted feelings about the perpetrator."
Lesson No. 6: Listen when kids talk. One of Sandusky's victims said he'd told guidance counselors that he'd been abused but he wasn't believed. "They said, 'He [Sandusky] has a heart of gold. He wouldn't do something like that,'" the teen testified, choking back tears. "They didn't believe me."
(MORE: Child-Abuse Pediatricians Recommend Basic Parenting Classes to Reduce Maltreatment and Neglect)
Research confirms that we have a tendency to dismiss what children tell us about sexual abuse. A decade ago, a study in Child Abuse & Neglect looked at the reactions of teachers presented with a hypothetical story of a little boy who told them he'd been sexually abused. Just 26% of the teachers said they would report the allegation, with many justifying their choice by saying they couldn't know if the child was telling the truth.
It's worth noting that rates of sexual abuse by casual acquaintances and caregivers have dropped 61% from 1992 to 2009, according to the Crimes Against Children Research Center (CCRC) at the University of New Hampshire. But it's unclear how much comfort parents should take in those figures. Block points out that national statistics take into account only those allegations reported to child-protection officials; Sandusky's victims, for example, would not have appeared in national statistics because law enforcement handled their claims. Anecdotally, says Block, child-abuse pediatricians have not seen a decline in reports of childhood sexual abuse.
Regardless, David Finkelhor, the CCRC director, observed in an earlier article that parents are now "much more vigilant than they used to be."
Many know to ask whether activities their child participates in adhere to a policy of "two-deep leadership" — a practice pioneered by the Boy Scouts to make sure that at least two adults are present when children are around.
"If your league doesn't have rules about this, it's a problem," says Bob Cook, who writes Your Kid's Not Going Pro, a youth-sports blog on Forbes.com. Just as schools do with volunteers, says Cook, sports leagues should conduct background checks on coaches. Yet even Cook, who has coached all four of his kids' sports teams, wonders whether doubting coaches' integrity could backfire. "It's a fine line," he says. "You can't go and assume everyone who deals with your kid is a child molester."


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The conference will be located at the University of Lugano
For the past 14 years, the European Smalltalk User Group (ESUG) has organised the International Smalltalk Conference, a lively forum on cutting edge software technologies that attract people from both academia and industry for a whole week. The attendees are both engineers using Smalltalk in business and students and teachers using Smalltalk both for research and didactic purposes.
As every year, this year's edition of the largest European Smalltalk event will include the regular Smalltalk developers conference with renowned invited speakers, a Smalltalk camp that proves fruitful for interactions and discussions. Besides, this year will be held the 4th edition of the Innovation Technology Awards where prizes will be awarded to authors of best pieces of Smalltalk-related projects. Last, but not least the event includes as usual a research conference which was renamed this year into "International Conference on Dynamic Languages". This reflects the widening of the scope of this conference to enable cross-fertilization with research conducted using other dynamic languages.
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Just in time for Valentine's Day, Kate Upton has confirmed she is no longer dating Justin Verlander, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers.
Kate appeared on FOX2 news in Detroit to promote her new swimsuit issue for Sports Illustrated. When asked by Jason Carr, FOX2 news reporter, if she had any plans to get married soon to Justin Verlander, she politely responded by telling him she was single.
Let the thirst continue. I won't pass judgment.
You view the video here of Kate Upton announcing she is single.


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As a main artery to Manhattan, the Hudson River is one of the most travelled and researched rivers in the world. Cary Institute scientists have been investigating the river's ecology for almost 30 years. This winter, Senior Scientist Dave Strayer released The Hudson Primer: The Ecology of an Iconic River. Published by the University of California Press, the book distills a large body of scientific information—from Cary Institute and beyond—into an accessible and intimate view of the Hudson River estuary.
From the geology of the Hudson River basin and the movement of water to resident plants and animals, Strayer communicates the conditions that make the Hudson unique. Wetlands, restoration, invasive species, and pollution are among the topics covered. Copies of the book are available online at www.ucpress.edu.


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George Will: Loss of trust in Washington
Published: May 18, 2013
Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing. There was the spectacle of advocates of an ever-larger regulatory government expressing shock about such government's large capacity for misbehavior. And, entertainingly, the answer to the question "Will Barack Obama's scandals derail his second-term agenda?" was a question: What agenda?
The scandals are interlocking and overlapping in ways that drain his authority. Everything he advocates requires Americans to lavish on government something his administration, and big government generally, undermines -- trust.
Liberalism's agenda has been constant since long before liberals, having given their name a bad name, stopped calling themselves liberals and resumed calling themselves progressives, which they will call themselves until they finish giving that name a bad name. The agenda always is: Concentrate more power in Washington, more Washington power in the executive branch and more executive power in agencies run by experts. Then trust the experts to be disinterested and prudent with their myriad intrusions into, and minute regulations of, Americans' lives. Obama's presidency may yet be, on balance, a net plus for the public good if it shatters American's trust in the regulatory state's motives.
Now, regarding Obama's second-term agenda. His re-election theme -- re-elect me because I am not Mitt Romney -- yielded a meager mandate, and he used tactics that are now draining the legitimacy an election is supposed to confer.
One tactic was to misrepresent the Benghazi attack lest it undermine his narrative about taming terrorism. Does anyone think the administration's purpose in manufacturing 12 iterations of the talking points was to make them more accurate?
Another tactic was using the "federal machinery to screw our political enemies." The words are from a 1971 memo by the then-White House counsel, John Dean, whose spirit still resides where he worked prior to prison. Congress may contain some Democrats who owed their 2012 election to the IRS' suppression of conservative political advocacy.
Obama's supposed "trifecta" of scandals -- Benghazi, the IRS, and the seizure of Associated Press phone records -- neglects some. A fourth scandal is power being wielded by executive branch officials (at the National Labor Relations Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) illegally installed in office by presidential recess appointments made when the Senate was not in recess.
A fifth might be Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius soliciting, from corporations in industries HHS regulates, funds to replace some that Congress refused to appropriate. The money is to be spent by nonprofit -- which does not mean nonpolitical -- entities. The funds are to educate Americans about, which might mean (consider the administration's Benghazi and IRS behaviors) propagandize in favor of, Obamacare and to enroll people in its provisions. The experienced (former governor, former secretary of education, 10 years in the Senate) and temperate Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., compares this to the Iran-contra scandal, wherein the Reagan administration raised private funds to do what Congress had refused to do -- finance the insurgency against Nicaragua's government.
Obama's incredibly shrinking presidency is a reminder that politics is a transactional business, trust is the currency of the transactions, and the currency has been debased. For example:
Obama says: Trust me, I do not advocate universal preschool simply to swell the ranks of unionized, dues-paying, Democrat-funding teachers. Trust me, I know something not known by the social scientists who say the benefits of such preschool are small and evanescent.
Obama says: Trust me, the science of global warming is settled. And trust me that, although my plans to combat global warming, whenever the inexplicable 16-year pause of it ends, would vastly expand government's regulatory powers, as chief executive I guarantee that these powers will be used justly.
Obama says: Trust me, although I am head of the executive branch, I am not responsible for the IRS portion of this branch.
Obama says: Trust me, my desire to overturn a Supreme Court opinion (Citizens United) that expanded First Amendment protection of political speech, and my desire to "seriously consider" amending the First Amendment to expand the government's power to regulate the quantity, content and timing of political advocacy, should be untainted by what the IRS did to suppress advocacy by my opponents.
Because Obama's entire agenda involves enlarging government's role in allocating wealth and opportunity, the agenda now depends on convincing Americans to trust him, not their lying eyes. In the fourth month of his second term, it is already too late for that.


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- What information do you gather about me?
- How do you collect and use personally identifiable information?
- How can I access, update or delete my personal information?
- How do you collect and use non-personally identifiable information?
- What security is in place to protect my information?
- Where will my information be processed?
- What is your email policy?
- Who can I contact with questions or concerns about this policy?
Note: Kivuto's privacy policy and standards adhere to the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR takes effect on 25 May 2018. The protections offered by this legislation apply to all users of Kivuto's products and services, both inside and outside the EU.
1. What information do you gather about me?
Both personally and non-personally identifiable information about each visitor may be gathered from this site. The type of information gathered depends on your actions and interaction with the site.
Personally Identifiable Information
Personally identifiable information is only collected when you voluntarily submit this information on an as-needed basis such as during registration and ordering. Any personal information that you may share with us is kept private. Neither your name nor any other identifying data about you is sold or shared with any other third party unless required for the fulfillment or refund of your order or service. More information on this use is provided later in this privacy policy.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information
Non-personally identifying information is gathered through our site technology to create a more personalized and relevant experience during your visit. The information also allows us to improve the functionality of the website to better serve you.
2. How do you collect and use personally identifiable information?
Collecting Personally Identifiable Information
Personally identifiable information may be collected during registration, ordering and billing, during customer service interactions or when you enter a contest. Personally identifiable information is never shared in ways unrelated to the methods described below without notifying you of the intent beforehand, and also providing you with an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
During registration, you may be prompted for your name and email address for authentication and verification purposes. These steps may be necessary to ensure users are properly identified and authenticated as a qualified user. Some offerings and promotions on this site may be restricted to certain types of users (e.g. students, faculty, or staff) or to members of certain organizations. By providing your email address, and subsequently having your account verified, you may benefit from these offerings and promotions.
Ordering and Billing
When you place an order through one of Kivuto's sites for a product that is not free, you may need to supply your credit card information. When ordering a product that is physically delivered, you will need to provide the necessary shipping information (e.g. postal address). This information may be required to fulfill your order and/or for export-compliance purposes. Your credit card information is not stored on our server; it is simply passed on to the credit card processing system for validation. You may also be prompted for your name and email address to create your online receipt and for us to send you order-related emails.
Customer Service
Personally identifiable information may be collected if you report a problem or submit an inquiry to our customer service team(s). A record of that correspondence may be maintained to provide you with an optimal customer service experience.
Entering a Contest or Promotion
Furthermore, information from you may be collected for entry into contests and similar promotions when you voluntarily choose to participate. All contests have their own terms and conditions which can be viewed on the contest's page.
Using Personally Identifiable Information
Your personally identifiable information is not sold, traded or rented to others.
Kivuto does employ other trusted companies to perform certain functions on our behalf, including order fulfillment and delivery, as well as credit card processing. These business affiliates have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but are not permitted to use your personal information for any other purpose.
Additionally, information related to the order of a product may be shared with the supplier of that particular product, for warranty and support purposes. This may include your name, date of your order and product purchased.
If you have questions about how one of our business partners or suppliers use information about you, contact them directly.
3. How can I access, update, or delete my personal information?
Accessing and Updating Personal Information (Right to Access)
Users can request any of the following from Kivuto at any time.
- Confirmation of whether Kivuto possesses any of the user's personal information
- The location(s) where Kivuto is processing the user's personal information
- The purpose(s) for which Kivuto is processing the user's personal information
- A copy of all the user's personal information in Kivuto's possession, to be provided in a commonly used, machine-readable format.
To request any of the above information, contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Users can also review and make updates to the information and preferences in their account profile at any time through the Account Information page on their WebStore, provided they are signed in to their account.
Deactivating an Account
You can have your account deactivated or deleted by contacting Support. However, doing so will limit your access to members-only areas of the site. Any purchase history information, however, will remain in protected permanent records.
Deleting Personal Information (Right to Erasure)
Users can request the deletion of all of personal information Kivuto has collected about them at any time. In the absence of any urgent legal or business reason to retain a user's personal information (e.g. adherence to a law or a contractual obligation), Kivuto will permanently delete or obfuscate all personal information about users who make these requests.
When required, Kivuto will also contact any third parties to which Kivuto passed the user's personal data and ensure that the data is deleted from the systems and records of those third parties as well.
To request the erasure of your personal data, contact: email@example.com.
4. How do you collect and use non-personally identifiable information?
Kivuto uses technologies like cookies, pixel tags ("pixels"), and local storage to deliver, secure, and understand products, services, and ads, on and off our sites.
Collecting non-personally identifiable information
Your verification status is collected once you successfully register through any of our verification services. The resulting status is non-personally identifiable information and is stored in case you need to verify your status again in the future.
Non-personally identifiable information is collected using technology such as cookies. "Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your local storage. The information collected by this technology is non-personally identifiable only and allows us to optimize your interactions with the site.
Using non-personally identifiable information
Cookies allow for customer traffic patterns and site usage to be monitored on a general basis to help develop and improve the design, layout and efficiency of the website. Understanding these patterns allows us to provide more relevant content to you and improve customer relationships. Furthermore, the information collected is used to create targeted communications to offer you a more personalized and customizable experience. Cookies also save you time by remembering your personalized settings.
Note that all information is collected and analyzed in aggregated form only. Check your browser to ensure cookies are enabled for this site to work properly.
Kivuto Solutions Inc. may use third-party advertising technology partners to serve you relevant advertisements on websites outside of our network. The advertising technology partner provides us with tracking technology, such as a cookie, which is added to your browser by us. This allows us to serve you very relevant ads on their partner websites according to your engagements with this site. If you would like to learn more about this process or even opt-out, please contact us.
How to manage cookies
Browser controls are available to allow, block or delete cookies. To manage the cookies this site and others use, visit the following site for instructions: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
Please note that by adjusting your cookie settings, any settings or preferences will no longer be in effect. The usage and functionality of the site will be subject to change including the ability to purchase certain products and view content on the site.
5. What security is in place to protect my information?
Security Measures
Your information is protected both during transmission and in storage. Your account and profile information are password-protected so that you and only you have access to this personal information. During purchase, the secure server software (SSL) encrypts all information you input before it is transmitted. As such, all customer data is protected against unauthorized access on the system's secure servers.
Breach Notification
In the event of a security breach that creates a potential risk to users' personal information, Kivuto will ensure that the appropriate authorities are notified of the breach within 72 hours of its discovery.
If a security breach is judged likely to pose a high risk to the rights and freedoms of one or more affected users, all reasonable efforts will be made to contact those users and inform them of the breach and the potential impact thereof.
6. Where will my information be processed?
Kivuto Solutions, Inc. is a Canadian corporation with offices at 126 York Street, Suite 200, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Personal information gathered by Kivuto is stored on servers located in Canada and will not be transferred to any other country unless it is required as part of the fulfillment of service or requested by the user (see below).
Due to agreements with our software publisher partners and Canadian legal obligations, your data may be stored in encrypted backups on our servers for up to seven years.
Privacy laws and requirements differ according to each country. Please know, however, that all information collected through Kivuto's Websites will be protected by the terms of this Privacy Policy and any Privacy Notices that apply to you, regardless of what country the information originates from.
Transferring Personal Information (Data Portability)
Users can request to have all personal information Kivuto has collected about them transferred from Kivuto to another data handler of the user's choice.
Note that Kivuto will only transfer personal information about a user to countries and organizations that are permitted by law and that offer comparable levels of protection on users' personal information.
To request the transfer of your personal data to another data handler, contact: email@example.com.
7. What is your email policy?
Kivuto Solutions Inc. complies fully with the federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL). Kivuto will not share, sell, rent, swap or authorize any third party to use your email address for commercial purposes without your permission. If you feel you have received an email from us in error, contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
You may receive one or more of the following emails from Kivuto Solutions.
Account- and Service-Related Email
Kivuto Solutions Inc. reserves the right to send you emails relating to your account status. This includes order confirmations, renewal/expiration notices, notices of credit-card problems, other transactional emails and notifications about major changes to the site services and/or to our Privacy Policy. If you have registered for online discussions or other services, you may receive an email specific to your participation in those activities.
Email Newsletters
Kivuto Solutions Inc. offer several email newsletters. You will only receive these if you previously chose to opt-in to these types of communications. If you no longer wish to receive a specific newsletter, follow the "unsubscribe" instructions located near the bottom of each newsletter.
Promotional Email
Kivuto Solutions Inc. may periodically email you messages about products and services that Kivuto thinks may be of interest to you (if you have previously opted in to receive these types of communications). You can choose not to receive messages in the future by following the "unsubscribe" instructions located near the bottom of each email.
Survey Email
Kivuto may send you emails inviting you to participate in user surveys, asking for feedback on our services and existing or prospective products and services, as well as information to better understand our users. User surveys greatly help us to improve our services, and any information Kivuto obtains in such surveys will be used internally. The information may be shared with affiliated third parties in aggregate form only.
HTML Email
If you sign up to receive email from us you will receive emails in both plain text and HTML (with images) format. If you select to view our emails in the HTML format, Kivuto may place a one-pixel .gif to determine whether or not readers viewed the email. This process does not leave any information on your computer, nor does it collect information from your computer. Kivuto may share this data with other third parties in aggregate form only to improve the quality of the emails and offers Kivuto distributes.
Emails From You
If you send us emails, be aware that information disclosed in emails may not be secure or encrypted and thus may be available to others. It is recommended that you exercise caution when deciding to disclose any personal or confidential information in emails. Kivuto will use your email address to respond directly to your questions or comments.
8. Who can I contact with questions or concerns about this policy?
If you have questions, comments, concerns, or complaints about this privacy or Kivuto's handling of your personal information, you get in touch with us in any of the following ways.
By Email
Please direct all privacy-related inquiries to firstname.lastname@example.com
By Phone
USA/Canada (toll free) | 1-866-435-4722 |
Australia (toll free) | 1-800-426-231 |
France (toll free) | 0800-916021 |
Germany (toll free) | 0800-182-8612 |
Hong Kong (toll free) | 800-968-781 |
Malaysia (toll free) | 1-800-815-302 |
Spain (toll free) | 900-809754 |
United Kingdom (toll free) | 0-800-098-8436 |
Other countries | +44-845-8697566 |
By Mail
North America (Head Office) |
Kivuto Solutions Inc. 126 York St., Suite 200 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 5T5 |
EMEA | Kivuto Solutions Inc. 2nd Floor, 16 South Main Street Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland |


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NEW YORK (AP) - Karl Rove enlivened Fox News Channel's election coverage last year by questioning the network's declaration that Barack Obama had been re-elected. It hasn't affected Fox's desire to keep him on the air.
The network announced Thursday that it had signed Rove to a new contract as a contributor. The deal runs through the 2016 election.
Rove was once President George W. Bush's political right-hand man and the force behind a powerful political action committee that sought to oust Obama. He caused a stir with his election night doubts, which led anchor Megyn Kelly to interview Fox's own election experts on the air to defend their call.
Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes says Rove's detailed knowledge of politics, fundraising and strategy make him an important player in Fox's coverage.
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Sunday mornings are a little better when I make these deliciously moist muffins. These muffins make a regular appearance in my home whenever I have ripe bananas I need to use up. Everyone loves them around here – if you try them you'll know why!
I resurrected this recipe from the archives for those of you who haven't tried these yet. They are so good, and quite popular here. When I first created this recipe, I found the best way to get the peanut butter taste without the added fat was to use use Better'n Peanut Butter[1] which I find at Trader Joe's. You could also use PB2[2] if you wish. I put a little extra peanut butter in the center of each muffin to give you the extra peanut butter flavor with every bite. Of course, if you wish to use regular peanut butter that's fine too, only you'll have to adjust the nutritional info.
Peanut Butter Banana Muffins
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 12 • Size: 1 muffin • Old Points: 3 pts • Points+: 4 pts
Calories: 161 • Fat: 3 g • Protein: 3.9 g • Carb: 31 g • Fiber: 1.6 g • Sugar: 13 g
Sodium: 104 mg
- 3 ripe medium bananas
- 1/3 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1 1/4 cups unbleached all purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp butter, softened
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar
- 2 large egg whites
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 10 tbsp Better'n peanut butter (divided into 8 tablespoons and 2 tablespoons)
Preheat oven to 325°. Line a muffin tin with 12 liners.
Mash bananas in a bowl, set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt with a wire whisk. Set aside.
In a large bowl cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Add egg whites, bananas, apple sauce, vanilla, and 8 tablespoons better'n peanut butter, and beat at medium speed until thick. Scrape down sides of the bowl.
Add flour mixture, then blend at low speed until combined. Do not over mix.
Pour batter into muffin tin halfway, then add 1/2 teaspoon of the remaining better'n peanut butter[3] into each muffin well. Top off each muffin with remaining batter, and bake on the center rack for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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