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Give your dog a job!
Many think that you have to do dog sports that stimulate a dogs instinct to be able to give your dog a job. The truth is that it does not matter if you live in a house, on a farm, or in an apartment. You can find a job for your dog! Trust me, if you do not give your dog a job; he will create his own. Chances are you will not like your dogs job ideas, which usually consist of barking at people or things passing by, chewing up your furniture, going through your laundry basket of dirty clothes, getting on the counter tops, digging in the trash, or destroying your favorite pair of shoes. These "behavior problems" could simply be avoided if the owners gave their dog acceptable jobs to do. You might be thinking, what kind of job could I possibly give my dog? Well the answer is simple!
When you are out of the house and your dog is home alone…
Try feeding your dog his breakfast by taking the kibble and hiding it around the house. Dogs love to find things and this is a great way to stimulate your dogs mind.
If you do not usually feed your dog breakfast, then you could hide a few of his favorite toys or acceptable chew bones around the house.
There are some amazing food dispensing toys out on the market right now that allow you to put dog food or treats inside the toy and the dog has to knock the toy around with his nose or paws to get the treats out. This is a challenge for the dog, stimulates their mind, and helps them work off some energy they might have stored up.
Hiding stuffed Kongs is another fun thing to do for your dog. You can make it more interesting for your dog by stuffing the Kong with different things. Maybe one day the Kong is stuffed with peanut butter and the next day it is stuffed with cream cheese. This will make it more interesting to your dog when he is sniffing around trying to find the Kong. Get creative with the hiding spots, don't hide the items in the same spot, and challenge the dog by hiding the item in difficult places.
When you are home and you want to give your dog something to do…
Train your dog to do a trick. This is a fun job and it is a win win for the human and dog. The dog gets to earn yummy treats or toy rewards and what an sense of accomplishment for the human.
Take your dog to class to learn a dog sport. Dog sports are a fun way for humans and canines to bond and enjoy each others company. In addition, your dog will be tired from all that learning.
Play recall games with your dog. My favorite one is hide-n-seek recalls, where I hide and then call my dogs to me. They have to run around and find me. Once they find me they all get a treat or to play tug with me.
If you are busy and want your dog to just chill out, you can give him a yummy chew bone. I love to use antlers, bully sticks, and stuffed frozen Kongs, but there are literally a ton of different types of chew bones.
Take your dog for an exploration walk to sniff bushes and check out the environment. Sometimes I will hide things (tennis balls or treats) as my dog is distracted and then get excited when they find the items I hid. Sometimes my dogs find cool sticks, pinecones, and balls that were dropped by other dogs (Woo Hoo, Score).
Go on a hike! If you have a really energetic dog, you can get a backpack for him and make it his job to carry the water bottles. I would only put one on each side to even out the weight.
Teach your dog to find, fetch, and bring you things; such as the TV remote, your keys, slippers, get the clicker, and anything you might want.
If your dog loves people, consider training him to become a Therapy Dog and take him to hospitals, rest homes, and to visit children at schools.
The ideas are endless as to what jobs you can give your dog. The more you teach them the less they have time to create their own work. The bottom line is to stimulate your dogs mind to prevent boredom.
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Case study: Taking email personalization to new heights
Air New Zealand really means it when it says that it strives to provide its customers with an outstanding level of customer service in a unique and refreshing "kiwi" way. Always challenged with finding forward-thinking ways to engage with customers, Air New Zealand UK recently sought new ways to use email to focus on customer relationships and brand building, solicit timely customer feedback, and take a more personal touch to its unique service.
That's a tall order -- and it represents an ongoing effort for Air New Zealand. So how does the brand accomplish its lofty goals of connecting more deeply with customers?
The solution
Air New Zealand refers to the approach to its customer campaign as "Personality Allowed." Using Silverpop Engage, Air New Zealand sends personalized pre-flight and post-arrival emails to passengers using Silverpop's Dynamic Content functionality.
Its pre-flight email, with a welcoming subject line, includes imagery tailored around the upcoming destination, such as shots of local cultural events or popular delicacies, a weather update, and flight details, along with the ability to share the information with friends via Facebook and Twitter using Silverpop's Share to social capability. Air New Zealand's brand personality also shines through, with each message showcasing a photo of a flight crew member who will be on the recipient's specific flight.
An important call to action included in the post-arrival email is a link to the company's MyVoice program, which serves as a comprehensive preference center, collecting and housing a great deal of important information about each customer. By encouraging recipients to click on the link, Air New Zealand aims to increase the amount of information collected from each participant. By incorporating this information back into its email program, Air New Zealand can deliver a higher degree of relevancy. And the strategy is working, with the MyVoice program link being one of the most popular.
The benefits
While primarily focused on building customer loyalty, the "Personality Allowed" campaign has also generated impressive results. The pre-flight emails have an average unique open rate of 69 percent and an average unique click rate of 38 percent -- well above industry averages. The post-arrival emails have an average unique open rate of 62 percent and an average unique click rate of 40 percent.
In addition, reactions from passengers to this inventive campaign have been incredibly positive, including thousands of favorable Facebook comments. Some customers even print out the emails to show the featured flight crew member while on board. One customer even commented, "What a brilliant email campaign...I think that this is the first piece of e-marketing that I have ever received that I thoroughly read, found helpful, and actually printed out!"
Karen Marchione is director of customer marketing at Silverpop.
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Electronic cigarettes – or e-cigarettes – simulate the act of smoking, but you don't burn tobacco when you use them. Instead, the e-cigarette is a battery-powered device that works by heating liquid into an aerosol, which you then inhale into your lungs.
That aerosol is often called 'vapour', and inhaling it from an e-cigarette is known as 'vaping'. When smoking an e-cigarette, the user inhales and exhales the vapour, which can look similar to cigarette smoke.
The liquid used in e-cigarettes may or may not contain nicotine.
In Victoria, it is generally illegal to sell, possess or use liquid containing nicotine in an e-cigarette. On the other hand, liquid which does not contain nicotine can be legally sold, possessed and used in Victoria (as long as it does not contain any other illegal ingredients).
But be aware that liquid might not be labelled properly. Even though it is illegal to sell liquid containing nicotine in Victoria, there is no guarantee that liquid labelled as 'non-nicotine' (or that does not list nicotine as an ingredient) will not contain nicotine. Incorrect labelling is dangerous and illegal, but it does happen.
In New South Wales, tests of e-liquid samples collected by NSW Health in 2013 showed that 70 per cent of samples contained high levels of nicotine, even though the label did not list nicotine as an ingredient. Testing in Tasmania found similar results.
Liquid used in e-cigarettes comes in a range of flavours, such as fruit, chocolate and confectionary flavours.
E-cigarettes are often shaped and coloured to look like cigarettes, cigars or cigarillos. They can also come in other shapes and colours, and can look like other everyday items such as pens or memory sticks.
They can also be known as e-cigars, e-pipes, electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), alternative nicotine delivery systems (ANDS), e-shishas, e-hookas, hookah-pens, vape-pipes and e-cigs. They can be disposable, or reusable.
E-cigarettes have gained in popularity in Australia and worldwide over the past few years, primarily among existing smokers.
Some people argue that e-cigarettes can be used to help people to stop smoking, but we don't know how effective or safe they are.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has not approved any e-cigarette products as a medicine to help people quit smoking. This is because the quality and safety of e-cigarettes has not yet been thoroughly tested, and it is not clear whether they are actually helpful for people trying to quit.
As e-cigarettes have not been approved by the TGA, it is illegal to market or promote e-cigarettes as a product that can help people to quit smoking.
However, the TGA does endorse many other products proven to help people quit smoking, based on their safety and long-term effectiveness. These products include:
You can get some of these products at a reduced price with a prescription from your doctor.
E-cigarettes are likely to be less harmful to your health than regular cigarettes, but their full health impacts are not yet known.
Potential dangers of e-cigarettes include:
The products you can buy in Australia are made up of many parts, which can come from all over the world. So it's difficult to assess the safety and quality of every facet of the products.
What we do know is that products that involve delivering chemicals to the lung are usually only approved after an extensive safety and efficacy evaluation. As mentioned above, e-cigarettes have not been tested and approved as safe or effective by the TGA. This means that the safety of e-cigarettes cannot be guaranteed.
Health experts are also concerned about the various chemical ingredients used in e-cigarette liquids. Even though it is illegal to sell liquid containing nicotine in Victoria, there is no guarantee that liquid purchased will not contain nicotine. Unfortunately, the incorrect labelling of liquids used in e-cigarettes has been known to happen in Australia.
Liquid used in e-cigarettes also often contains other chemicals (such as flavourings) which may be harmful when inhaled, even though they might be safe when added to food.
The particle matter (PM) that is emitted by e-cigarettes could be potentially dangerous to those who inhale it, just as passive smoking is harmful to those who share a contained space with regular smokers. Inhaling PM can lead to asthma attacks and heart disease.
The Tobacco Amendment Act 2016 amends the Tobacco Act 1987 to regulate all e-cigarettes in the same way as tobacco products.
Under the Act e-cigarettes cannot be used in areas where smoking is banned, cannot be displayed at retailer outlets, and cannot be sold to people under 18 years of age, as well as being subject to other restrictions.
Smoking e-cigarettes is banned in outdoor dining areas of cafes, footpath dining, restaurants and pubs, food fairs, community and street festivals.
In most cases, it is against the law to sell, possess or use an e-cigarette containing nicotine in Victoria (although there are some very specific exceptions to this).
It is also illegal to buy e-cigarettes containing nicotine from overseas and bring them into the country, unless you meet a number of special legal requirements (including having a prescription from an Australian doctor).
Sale, possession and use of non-nicotine e-cigarettes is legal in Victoria (as long as the liquid used in the e-cigarette does not contain any other illegal ingredients).
Retailers are not permitted to display e-cigarettes in retail outlets or sell them to anyone under the age of 18.
The Cancer Council Australia and the Heart Foundation Australia both recommend restricting sales of non-nicotine e-cigarettes, extending smoke-free laws to include e-cigarettes, and banning e-cigarette advertising.
They also consider that e-cigarettes, with their fruit and confectionary flavours, are clearly marketed to young people. They are concerned about this situation, because the short and long-term health risks of e-cigarettes are still unknown.
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An open house is a place for you as an agent to show off your client's home. Your goal is to get potential buyers to imagine their life in your client's home and to walk out of the open house knowing they need that home. There are a multitude of steps that go into a successful open house, and mastering them is not an easy task. Don't fall victim to these mistakes!
Here are 10 open house mistakes that can deter a possible sale:
Clutter is a big "no-no". Not only does clutter make a space look smaller, but it is unattractive. There should never be piles of paperwork, clothes, dishes, or anything else for that matter, in the home while there is an open house.
Let your visitors roam on their own. Hovering will create an unpleasant vibe in the home. You want potential home buyers to feel comfortable looking around so that they are able to imagine what their life would look like if they lived there. Your client might be desperate to sell, but this doesn't mean that you have to seem desperate as the agent.
"Don't go in There"
If you have to say to a potential homebuyer, "don't go in there," there's a problem. When buyers are looking to see if a home is a good fit, they are going to want to be nosey and look in closets, etc. Your client's home should have nothing to hide and you should be proud of the home that you are listing! Unless of course you have a client that thought decluttering meant shoving miscellaneous objects into a closet.
Forgetting About the Outside
The outside of a home is just as important as the inside when it comes to the sale. Make sure the yard is tidy: this means picking up any accessories, raking leaves and pulling weeds. Your client's yard may not be the highlight of the home, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't get pampered.
Personal Items Need to be Removed
Removing valuables from plain sight will prevent the theft of your client's item. Also removing family photos or anything regarding religion or politics to keep the potential buyers unprejudiced.
Invite the Neighbors
Neighbors are likely to have the most insight into the neighborhood. Additionally, it is nice to let them know that there might be extra traffic on their street because of the open house.
Each home has its own unique smell - some of which aren't pleasant. If this is the case for you, the goal is not to make your client's home smell like you are covering up an odor. The quickest way to mask odors is to simply clean - if the home is clean, it will smell clean. With that said, be mindful of the strong scent of bleach. That can also deter buyers.Pro Tip: If your client has a cat, even if the litter box is clean, it can still leave an odor. To eliminate the odor, remove the litter box from the home.
If your client has pets, make sure that they are not in the home while it is being shown. As an animal lover, it may be hard for your client with pets to believe that there are people out there that don't like animals. There are also people that have pet allergies, so be courteous of the people who may be roaming through the home.
The house should be cool, but not cold in the summer and warm nor should it be hot in the winter. If the home is an uncomfortable temperature, the chances of the potential buyers taking their time to look around aren't very high. You want the potential buyer to be comfortable, and since you will be spending a good portion of time there, you want to be comfortable too.
Forgetting Marketing Material
Always make sure that you provide your visitors with marketing material so that they can look back and remember the features of the home. The last thing that you want your client's property to be is "out of sight, out of mind."
Being able to conquer an open house, and a successful one at that, is an important skill to have in order to be a successful real estate agent. Don't miss out on a potential deal because you committed one of these open house blunders. Master the techniques and success will be right around the corner.


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The Terry:
The ease of a tee meets the elegance of a dress in "The Terry" dress designed by Dressember Advocate Design Winner, Terry Murillo. This cozy button-up shirt dress has a collared neckline, pockets, and a skirt length that is "tall-girl" approved. We love it paired with an infinity scarf, peacoat and booties but with our ultra-comfy cotton, we won't blame you if this dress doubles as pajamas.
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FTDI FT232RL USB to TTL Serial Converter Adapter Module 5V and 3.3V
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C&C 30 Flying Jenny won the last race of Quantum Key West Race Week by inches to take second place for the series. After 11 races Sandy Askew's Flying Jenny was 2 points behind Kip Meadow's Roxanne. They were match racing up the first windward leg and were able to break away to round second at the first mark. It was neck and neck with Don't Panic all the way to the end and they fought hard to win the final race.
Tim Healy and John Mollicone on New England Ropes consistently worked their way through the J/70 fleet to finish ahead of Calvi Network to win the regatta. The real story is that Marty Kullman and New Wave went into the day 6 points behind Calvi Network and ended in a tie for second place with Calvi Network. Because New Wave has more firsts than Calvi Network, they win the tie breaker to take second place for the week with Calvi Network third. Brian Keane with Savaana finished fourth overall and current world champions Joel Ronning was fifth for the series.
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As a Pedestrian, How Do I Avoid Car Accidents?
In a recent blog, we discussed two ways that pedestrians can help avoid being involved in an Atlanta pedestrian-car accident are to avoid jaywalking and to being a responsible pedestrian.
- Avoid jaywalking. Jaywalking is a common term that refers to pedestrians illegally or recklessly crossing a roadway. Sometimes that occurs at road intersections as pedestrians cross without waiting for the permissive sign to change. Sometimes it occurs when pedestrians cross a road not at an intersection. According to a report done by the Federal Highway Administration, pedestrians that are in a group tend to not use the signs in a crosswalk. Whereas, pedestrians individually follow the rules more frequently.
- If walking or jogging, exercise responsibly. That could include wearing proper workout clothes to be visible to vehicles. At nighttime, wear reflective gear. Also, it helps to walk or run in a predictable manner…meaning that either run on the sidewalk or on the shoulder of the road.
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In some circumstances, it may happen that the quality of the satellite views is not good enough. In that case, we suggest to enter the reference points manually by using the "Coordinate View". If you have the chance to go onsite, just record the GPS coordinates (latitude,longitude) of some reference points, and insert them in the "Coordinates View".


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There are over 20 major public holidays and national celebrations every year.
Each one of them creates a unique opportunity for you to run a flash sale to promote your products.
The Flash Sale strategy has the power to generate an instant surge of cash flow to your business without increasing your cost in any way.
Got your attention ?
Now let me explain…
The Flash Sale funnel is a perfect strategy for businesses that want to turn their existing prospects into paying customers. It works best if you have a large list of unconverted prospects.
Okay Nicolaos, cool, but…
What is a flash sale ?
At first, it sounds kind of obvious.
A flash sale is when you offer a limited heavy discount on a front-end offer for the purposes of acquiring new customers.
Just offer a discount on a product and put a deadline on it? Sure.
However, let's be very specific about the purpose of doing this.
The purpose of a flash sale is customer activation.
The primary purpose of the flash sale is to take people who are not currently customers and turn them into customers or to take inactive customers and re-activate them into one of your funnels that lead into your core offers.
Flash sale offers is usually a low or mid-level price offer. Its goal is to gain a new customer at a low barrier entry offer.
Since a flash sale is a heavy discount, you're not usually making big profit out of it.
But that's not the point.
The point is the convert prospects into customers. And when you have a funnel in place, this low offer will lead your customers to an upsell or continued marketing through email or ads and try to sell them your core product.
So, what we're doing really doing in a flash sale is giving a big discount on a product in order to put people directly into one of our upsell funnels and ultimately sell them a higher priced core offer.
Why should you make flash sales ?
The simple answer to this would be: because flash sales work!
Not satisfied with this short answer ? Alright alright, I'll keep going…
Flash sales are a proven time-tested way to turn more prospects into customers of your business by purchasing one of your products.
If you think about it, "Black Friday" is one of the most popular flash sales events in the world.
But… why do they work like crazy ?
Okay, I'll tell you … because they effectively do three things REALLY well:
1- They offer a big discount.
Having a discount encourage your prospects to make purchase on products that they are interested in but never got the courage to make a purchase.
It's a way to nudge people who are on the edge of buying and create a desire in those who are interested in your product.
2 – They offer scarcity.
Flash sales exist for a very short period of time.
This scarcity factor plays a major role in pushing people to take action on the spot so that they wouldn't miss out on the big discount.
When a product is being sold at a discount, prospects that are interested will jump onto this offer.
But when this same discount is offered for a limited time only, people that MIGHT be interested in this product in the future will also likely jump in to benefit from this opportunity. Fear of loss is a VERY powerful motivator.
3 – They turn inactive prospects on your email list into active customers.
Many prospects on your list have been there for a while. They might be engaging with your content and your emails but never really took action or made a decision to become a customer.
Flash sales give you the opportunity to change that and give them a good reason to make a decision now.
The power of turning an inactive prospect into an active one has massive positive consequences on your marketing strategy down the road and increases customer lifetime value.
These three factors work together to make flash sales such a powerful strategy to promote your products and create a bigger customer base.
How to promote a flash sale ?
Cool so far ?
Great. Now let's get you up and running with your own flash sale in 3 simple steps.
1- Choose your Offer.
First, you've got to pick the product you want to promote.
You can choose any front end product or service to be your Flash Sale, but the best ones are usually your new offers or the ones that really stand out.
This product is usually not your core product but a small product that can function as a stand-alone product.
(Learn how to do product splintering here: How To Turn More Leads Into Customers With One Simple Strategy)
2- Choose a specific start date and an end date.
It's essential that you have a start date and a deadline for your flash sale because scarcity is at the heart of why flash sales work.
The best way to create the urgency for your flash sale is by using countdown timers to make it very clear that it's limited to a short period of time.
Remember: Deadlines inspire action !
There are dozens of counter plugins and software to add to your sales pages.
I personally use deadline Funnel, Scarcity Samurai, and Countdown Monkey for my businesses and my clients.
3 – Let your audience know.
This step is where the rubber meets the road…
Of all the ways you can drive traffic to your website, there are only few that are dependable and quantifiable.
The best ways to drive qualified traffic to your flash sale offer that ensure the best results is to Email your list.
Your email list is made up of people who have expressed interest in you or your brand/products/services in the past.
So they are they most qualified people to hear about your flash sales and they're the most likely to jump on the offer, so it makes perfect sense to let them know about it.
Just be careful not to send these promotional emails to people who have already bought this product. It'll just be pointless and might piss some people off if they had purchased your offer previously at the full price.
Now during the promotion period, which probably goes for 3 days (but you could bump it up to 5 days), you're going to be pretty heavy on the promotion.
You'll be emailing your list once every day, and twice on the last day. And as the days goes by, your emails should be more directed towards the sale.
Looking for Flash Sales Email Templates to send to your list ?
Thought so too.
Check out my flash sale email templates to get a solid email copy for your flash sales and promotions.
What About Facebook Ads ?
I'm glad you asked.
Facebook ad are a great way to retarget people who are on your email list. Think about it like a support mechanism to maximise your offer awareness to your email list.
That's basically using retargeting to make sure that people on your list hear about your flash sale.
Using Facebook ads is a great way to grab the attention of those who haven't seen your emails about your offer or maybe have seen it but didn't check it out or purchase it.
These ads play a major role in creating offer awareness around your flash sale AND to remind your prospects that your offer has a great discount for a limited time.
Either way it's powerful and it inspires action.
(In case you're not sure what Retargeting is, or how to do it correctly, I explain exactly how to do it in details here: How to Generate more customers using Retargeting Ads)
So what you have to do is set up a Facebook ad campaign targeting people who are on your email list with an ad pointing to your flash sale page.
4 – The Final Push.
In my last 5 years in online marketing, I learned (the hard way) that people leave their purchases until the last minute.
Like literally, the last MINUTE.
On many occasions, I've had over 60% of my sales on the last day and most of it in the last few hours.
Sounds shocking, right ? But if you think about it makes sense.
You probably do the same thing when you're about to purchase something that has a deadline in the future. Right ?
Its okay, I'm not a psychic reading your purchase behaviour through your screen. I just know that because we all do it ! we all procrastinate when we know we still have time to act on something.
Same thing applies to your prospects when it comes to your flash sales.
Many interested people will have a look at your offer, think it's great and want to jump in and take it. But they see that they still have 2 days left and …
Hunger strikes. Door bell rings. They remember an important email they have to send. The dog died. Whatever.
So they run to the kitchen to fix a quick peanut butter and jelly sandwich and… the purchase is gone.
It might stay in the back of their minds but it's still okay for them to push it back for later since they still got 2 more days to act on your offer. They won't lose anything by procrastinating a day or two – and it's true.
So as business owners, we have to be aware of this purchase behaviour of our prospects when it comes to limited time offers. So to counter this behaviour, we need to create a strong promotional push on the last day of your offer.
This will nudge people to take action NOW because they're running out of time and they don't want to miss out. FOMO kicks in. (Fear Of Missing Out)
So on the last day, you must send 2 emails to remind people that the deadline is getting closer. And 3 to 5 hours before the promotion is set to end, email your list (third time) with one last final reminder to jump in.
You'll be surprised by the increase is sales you'll do with these last few emails on the last day. It's like everyone was sleeping on the idea of your offer until you screamed "WAKE UP" with a megaphone to their ear.
By the way, I made sure to also include these "urgency infused" emails in my Flash Sale Email Templates. These last few emails play on the factor of scarcity to drive people to immediately jump in on the offer.
Sounds cool ? Great.
So … What Next ?
After running your flash sale, you should follow up with your new customers who purchased the flash sale but didn't take any upsells.
You should have a follow up campaign already in place to automatically follow up with these customers and help move them down the funnel and get them to upgrade to your core offer.
The awesome thing about a flash sale is that you can put it in your marketing calendar anytime you wish.
But be careful ! Don't do it too often.
I would recommend once every 2 months. The last thing you want to do is to train your list to expect flash sales and discounts from you all the time.
A business that depends on discounts to sell is a business racing down to zero and killing their long-term growth.
Bottom line: you're not Groupon.
So to sum up real quick: The flash sale is a short period, heavy discount on a front end offer with the sole purpose of the of taking people who are not currently customers and turning them into customers.
A flash sale is a pretty easy campaign to run. The emails and ads you set up for a flash sale can be re-worded slightly and reused for future flash sales.
Its real power comes from creating a new list of buyers that you can upsell and market to them your more expensive products.
Check out my flash sale email templates to get a solid email copy for your flash sales and promotions.


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Dr. Songtao Shi from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial research has conduct a study which discovered that baby teeth contain 1-2 dozen valuable stem cell, usable for treating different diseases further in life.
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When many people visit Paris, they are always thinking of romance and history that is available there. There are also some very scary and haunted places in Paris that you should be interested in visiting and since it is Halloween time, you should be very interested. The interesting thing is that Paris is made up of things about history that you're able to see since it is one of the city that was there in the middle ages. Paris is one of the cities that is considered to have a lot of culture because it is a major cultural area in the middle ages. Some of these historic sites that are available in Paris and that are connected to the middle ages are now considered to be haunted and therefore, visiting them could be great. By visiting some of these haunted places in Paris, you are able to add some level of excitement to your whole trip and therefore, it is worth it. These are some of the spookiest places in Paris and by visiting them, you'll be able to have some level of excitement.
In Paris, one of the very famous places that you have to visit is known as catacombs, it's considered to be very haunted. The catacombs is a mass grave but it's very different from all the other parts of my scrubs that able to find in different parts of the world. More than 6 million remains of people who died were put in this area and they are underground network of tunnels. According to the research, a very small part of the catacombs consist of the specific mass graves themselves although, the tunnels themselves have been known to spread over the whole city. According to research, people have not been exploring the standards that are there for very long time. The features that the catacombs have are what usually make them very unique and that's why, you have to be interested in them. In addition to that, some of the graves were usually forgotten by people for quite some time but after some time, people started using them again.
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April 6, 2020 - Latest: What has happened to markets this year? by Darius McDermott
25th February 2013
Dan Morris, global strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, talks to Mindful Money's John Lappin about
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Hi Shaun,
I suppose Carney's masters would consider the ability to talk b******s with total authority is enough on its own to justify his rather generous remuneration. Was there any actual content or attempted justification of his dubious claims?
I presume it goes without saying that his audience (both local and global) were nodding sagely in agreement while all this was going on?
You noticed too!
Hi Mike
The problem of content is that it is rather embarassing (we wont hit 7% unemployment rate for years etc…). More better to spew out some hyperbole I guess and rely on his "rockstar" status.
It was interesting that the US Federal Reserve made some similar moves tonight and also hinted at a spring 2015 interest-rate rise like one or two Bank of England hawks. Is monetary policy like the one ring from the Lord of the Rings now? I suppose it makes it easier for Goldmans but I wonder if rate rises will keep being nudged forwards in time.
Interestingly the front page of "The Times" leads with this…
"Low interest rates are putting the economy in danger from excessive borrowing and creating conditions with similar risks to those that caused the 2008 financial crisis, the Governor of the Bank of England warned yesterday"
To which I would reply, "put them up then you fraud!"
Hi Max
The catch is his own promise to do this.From the February Inflation Report.
"Its principal aim was to help secure the nascent recovery by reassuring households and businesses across the UK that the Bank wouldn't raise interest rates until jobs, income and
spending were really growing."
Somewhat bizarrely today's March minutes referred to Forward Guidance type one as if it was ongoing!
"With unemployment remaining above the 7% threshold, the Committee's August 2013 policy guidance therefore remained in place and no member thought it appropriate to tighten, or to loosen, the stance of monetary policy at the current juncture. "
So it seems that he will talk the talk of dangers of low interest rates but will walk the walk of continuing them for as long as he can.
Hello Shaun
democracy at the BoE , I'd like to see some at at HMG and in the Euro Land
not expecting any soon though…..
Governance of the People by the Banks for the Banks
The budget is just a load of codswallop to bamboozle the public
seems to be doing that just fine
Hi Forbin
There are some genuine pension (direct contribution) changes which offer more flexibility to the pensioner whilst offering the likelihood of more tax revenue for the government. A politically cunning move which kicks the can beyond even another term for the Chancellor. We know of course that politically cunning moves invariably end up costing us!
As to democracy I know that the police commissioners was not a great success but I think electing individuals for specific roles has the hope of a positive change.
I read about that "diverse forms of finance" a while ago – it boiled down to "give us anything you've got and we'll lend against it"!!
"This in turn helps make the attainment of the inflation target more likely.
No it does not Mark"
Depends on what Carney's/Osborne's inflation target really is doesn't it Shaun?
Nice to see my prediction a couple of months ago on this forum re rising wages starting to manifest. I'm a bit surprised at how quickly it is arriving, I wasn't expecting pay to start narrowing the gap to inflation until April/May, but I do believe that by the end of the year pay will be pacing inflation (probably CPI but hopefully RPI).
Why do I expect this? Because there is no output gap, we are now almost at "full employment" thanks to misguided past policies which have now succeeded in enlarging structural unemployment. Wait for the steady increase in inflation beginning about May/June followed by the big inflation "shock and surprise" next year (assuming the pound can't remain overvalued for another 6 months), but then agin inflation is nothing to worry about as it's somehow good for the economy and "temporary"……..
Hi Noo2
Do you remember when that was as I am happy for it to be put on here? As to today's wages numbers I did peer into the data set (crossed eyes alert..) and both Dec and Jan as single months were running at an annual rate of 1.7%. The monthly numbers are somewhat erratic so it is not a straight line to next months being better than 1.4% but there is plenty of hope.
As to the real target I think they were aiming for 3%+ and have been caught out by the deflationary trends and the rise in the pound or at least the Chancellor has.
Hi Shaun As you and others have said on this blog there is no independence and forward guidance is a sham.It looks likely that Mrs Yellen will also remove unemployment figure from rate setting calculations .
As it was the last budget before the next general election that without announcing them only weeks before that event I also thought that a rabbit would appear from the Chancellors hat. But to me he seemed to produce several as I am sure you will discuss tomorrow.
Hi Midge
From tonight's Federal Reserve statement.
"With the unemployment rate nearing 6-1/2 percent, the Committee has updated its forward guidance."
Oh okay to what?
"This assessment will take into account a wide range of information, including measures of labor market conditions, indicators of inflation pressures and inflation expectations, and readings on financial developments."
Rather like the UK in many ways especially in the lack of a mea culpa!
Could the decision to change/continue with different sterling instruments some time in the future be telling us something about euro membership?
Hi Shaun, Great stuff again. A superb indictment of the whole sorry mess. Keep going; keep blogging; keep tweeting. Whatever it takes (heard that before somewhere) to bring some sense, honesty and accountabilty into the process.
Thank you
Good god Shaun
coca cola fron Sainsbury – used to have 4 x 2 ltr pack bottles for 6.69 (83.6p per ltr )
now 5.49 for 4 x 1.5 ltr pack bottles ! (91.5 p per ltr …)
shrinkflation or higher prices ?
Coca-Cola have replaced their 2 litre bottles of Coca-Cola, Diet Coke and Coke Zero with 1.75 litre bottles across the country.
from Sainsbury website
but the 4 pack has 1.5 ltr bottles………
Hi forbin
It just shows what a difficult job statisticians have faced with powerful companies who are manipulating things with a high degree of acumen. After all aren't we regaled by the supermarkets with talk of lower prices?
Great column, Shaun. I wasn't aware of Governor Carney's speech, but I have viewed it now. Governor Carney opined: "The first Mais Lectures launched the fight against inflation. With time and increased confidence
policymakers would win that war only to lose the peace." Surely this evaluation strays so far from the facts as to be delusional. September 2008, the month that Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in the United States, the CPI inflation rate was 5.2%. Some hard-fought victory over inflation that was!
Andrew Baldwin
"Still have promise of shiny new £ coin same as old 3d!"
And not just in appearance.
Worth even less too.
Hi Chris
HM Treasury sent out tweet after tweet today about the new £1 coin. It made me wonder if it feels that we are that easily distracted these days!
The new £1 coin is also the same shape as the old 12-sided threepenny bit #budget2014 pic.twitter.com/nUXJBMiNgA
Yes, the irony was not lost on me. I think they are making a statement about inflation more than anti-fraud measure. more tea vicar?


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Top 9 Explanations why Small Businesses Should Hire an SEO Firm
Top 9 Explanations why Small Businesses Should Hire an SEO Firm
SEO may be the acronym for Search Engine Optimization, also it includes all the strategies and techniques that will lead a particular website to a greater rank and a better position within the search engine results of a certain search engine. SEO Italia Nowadays, SEO and marketing are inseparable concepts. Which means that you really need it to make your business more profitable and successful.
It is now time when, no matter the field of your business, you certainly have a pretty strong competition there. During these conditions, many business owners are pleased to simply maintain their head above the water, but this is definitely not the key to success.
Now you ask , how will you make noticeable progress and become successful if you have a small company? We will offer you an answer that's been already tested with a large number of small businesses: hire an SEO agency.
1. SEO isn't a piece of cake
Once you read a few articles on the web, it may seem that SEO strategies aren't this type of popular trend. In fact, who cannot cope with keyword density, released links and such things as that? The truth is that SEO strategies are a lot more complicated, and a successful one needs a lot of time searching the right ways to improve your website ranking.
Moreover, you should comprehend the previous SEO techniques and know why they failed or not. This will help you understand the actual and future SEO tactics. Concepts for example keyword density are history now.
2. Save time
SEO can't be learned overnight. If you would like someone out of your company to know the strategy and be good at SEO, you need to supply him with with many different time for research and focus. Taking into consideration that your employee didn't know an excessive amount of about SEO before, he will probably be overwhelmed by the large number of old strategies that are no more actual. If you convince all your employees to do some investigation about SEO and apply some SEO strategies, this really is only a waste of time and cash. Let your employees do their jobs, and hire a search engine optimization firm.
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An incorrect strategy will fail and all the money and time you have invested is going to be wasted. Moreover, you will need some SEO software tools that may seem reasonable priced at a first glance, but they are expensive should you calculate the expense. Even low-cost SEO software programs are pricey, plus they cannot do the task of the SEO expert. Not to mention that you will have to learn to use them by yourself.
4. Search engines' algorithms are always updated
If the algorithm is updated, this means that, most likely, some of the ranking factors have changed. This occurs frequently. An SEO agency will always be aware of these updates, and they'll alter the tips and techniques based on every new update. Checking up on all the updates and knowing how to enhance your strategy each time is impossible if you're not a welsh seo expert, so don't think to test it.
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SEO software and tools are crucial for understanding what are the suitable strategies for your site. You have to know the things that work and just what does not work for you in order to improve your SEO tactics. Professional SEO analytics are costly and hard to make use of; that's why you should think about hiring an SEO firm.
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Regardless of how hard you try to complete quality research and enhance your SEO strategy, you won't ever possess the experience of a search engine optimization agency. This experience is vital for providing successful SEO tactics and integrating your business into the internet search engine systems.
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Competitor analysis is essential for the success of the business as well as for creating the best strategies. Keep in mind that an SEO agency has a lot of experience also it knows what worked when it comes to other manufacturers in your field and just what didn't. Moreover, they have a complete image of the region of the small business, and they know who your competition are. If downloading your competitors' back link profile and analyzing their topical authority sounds strange to you, you should hire a search engine optimization firm.
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Some SEO techniques, such as backlink building, may have an effect on your page ranking, but they don't improve your sales. Furthermore, link building isn't such an important ranking factor nowadays, since it can be simply manipulated. However, SEO experts can bring you relevant traffic, with a high conversion potential. This means that those people who are accessing your site are actually interested in the services you provide, and they're prospects.
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Being thought to be a reputable company and gaining interest are a couple of essential secrets of success. Using the right SEO tactics means a lot of work, but it results in success. SEO Italia SEO experts can make your business well-known on social networking, increase your website ranking and so forth. Obviously, this is actually the consequence of a lot of hard work, knowledge, and experience. While you cannot have these immediately, it is best for you personally as well as your business to employ a search engine optimization firm which will do all the hard work for you.


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Responsible Vendor ProgramLicensed by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Marijuana Enforcement Division
The Responsible Vendor Program (RV) is great for dispensaries. RV teaches the best practices for a dispensary and sets a standard for operating procedures. A staff trained and certified in RV can prevent or minimize infractions and violations commonly issued by the enforcement agencies. RV is a great course for those who are in the cannabis industry and need to remain compliant in a highly regulated environment. RV costs $149 and can be taught in-person or online. Group discounts apply!
Value & Benefits of The Responsible Vendor Program
1. Quality Training: Your staff will receive training on state laws, best practices, customer service, safety, product knowledge, cannabis chemistry, and more. Each staff member receives a Responsible Vendor Designated wallet ID card along with an in-class workbook they get to keep to retain the information.
2. Marketing and Advertising: With concern of product safety, and community safety, it is important to inform your community and new customers that you take this business seriously. After completing the program, your shop receives window decals and a certificate to let your customers know you are a Responsible Vendor Designated dispensary.
3. Protection for your dispensary: If and when the MED initiates a sting operation on your business, the Responsible Vendor Designation allows you to mitigate multiple levels of infractions. One budtender letting in an underage shopper or fake ID could cost you up to a $100,000 fine and suspension or even revocation of your license. It is essential to earn the extra layer of protection the Responsible Vendor Certification affords.
Trichome Institute is proud to offer the Responsible Vendor Program certified by both the MED and CDPHE. The course is 2.5 to 3 hours and exceeds the requirements set forth by the government.
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Just gotten myself a replacement camera not long ago. Although it packed inside an Olympus paperback but it's definitely not an Olympus. It's actually a high-end compact prosumer camera – Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3!
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 costs me S$698 and it comes with the following freebies – 8GB SD Card, mini tripod, cleaning kit, screen protector and a third-party extra battery. For review and specs for LX3, please see here (dpreview.com).
Unboxing the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 – comes with all the usual stuffs like battery charger, power cables, mini USB cables, manuals, etc.
The LCD screen is fitted with the screen protector already. I have asked the folks from the camera store to fix it up to me as I remembered that my clumsy hands did a bad job of putting on Invisible Shield on my HTC Touch Diamond. Haha!
The new versus the old – Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX8. The FX8 have served me well over the years and it was about time to upgrade it for my street photography use. If you want to know more about FX8, please see here. I would also like to lay my hands on the rumored new Micro Four Thirds Panasonic GF1 too but it's still a rumor until officially announced. Right? 😛
At the side lens barrel of LX3, you can easily change between Autofocus, Macro and Manual Focus. This gives the more experienced folks a bit more control.
The LX3 screen is amazing. In fact, it's too good that you might have mistaken that you have taken a great shot! 😛
Changing aspect ratio is so easy on the LX3 as it's on the lens barrel. There is no need to go several layers deep into the software menu just to make a change.
Without going through the manual, I straight away took the new LX3 out for a test shoot (no settings done too!) – the photos as follows are either taken in intelligent auto (to test capturing of inpromptu situations) or manual mode. This evening shot of Capitol Building was taken around 7:15pm.
My dinner at Subway – Roast Beef Sandwich at S$6.90. Add another S$2.30 for 1 packet of chips and 1 regular size drink.
Close-up of Roast Beef Sandwich (wheat bread) with mayonnaise, chipotle southwest sauce and black pepper. Yummy!!!!
Funan DigitaLife Mall at about 8:17pm. A couple was smooching when I took this shot and I didn't even notice until I was going through the photos. You'll never know what you will capture when you have a camera by your side! LOL!
Basement 3 car park at Raffles City Shopping Centre.
Bought Erdinger Special Pack at Jasons Market Place at Raffles City Shopping Centre at S$27.95 as I wanted the tall Erdinger Pint glass. He he! The pack comes with 2 bottles of Erdinger Weissbier, 2 bottles of Erdinger Dunkel, 2 Erdinger wheat glass and 6 Erdinger coasters. And I will definitely attend Erdinger Oktoberfest in Singapore too!
Fountain of Wealth at Suntec City.
Was at Sim Lim Square shopping around for a camera case to hold my LX3.
Orchard Central – a newly opened shopping mall located opposite The Centrepoint.
An event at my housing estate – Come Together@ Teck Ghee (Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency). This is to promote "National Day" spirit amongst Teck Ghee residents and the guest-of-honour is Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Experience Go-Kart racing in the heartlands of Ang Mo Kio!
I can see that the children are having a lot of fun in the carnival.
An air-filled children playground.
A stall selling some quick snacks.
More food for the hungry folks – Nasi Lemak, Mee Siam and Curry Puff.
Games for the children and family to have fun! I believe that you have to buy coupons in order to play the games.
On the stage, a saxophone performance by a talented artist while balancing on unicycle.
The sky have turned dark. Time for me to go home before it's start to rain and soak my new LX3. LOL!
May Phua (local TV actor) is the emcee for the event.
So after viewing all the test shoot photoes, what is your view on LX3? I though it was great and I had a fun-filled time with it. I guess it's also time for me to go through the manual, menu, controls to squeeze more out of the LX3. Happy shooting then!


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This one is definitely in my top five overall for the year. It may even be the best. I struggled with putting this in adult fiction or in speculative fiction, because it reads more like an adventure/survival book than it does a science fiction book. But it's also set on the surface of Mars, so I wound up deciding to feature it here. Basically, an astronaut is trapped on Mars and has to figure out how to survive until NASA figures out a way to rescue him.
You can also find this one on my list of audiobooks, but it deserves a place here as well. It's about a terrifying post-apocalyptic world where opening your eyes can drive you to suicide and murder and a mother who wants something better for her children.
Another post-apocalypse story, this time in a world whose population and culture has been decimated by a plague. It was particularly harrowing to read this fall during the panic surrounding ebola. I can't say enough good things about the writing and the plot itself.
I don't usually read straight-up paranormal horror, but this one was absolutely impossible to resist. The book is designed to resemble an Ikea catalog and features illustrations of progressively disturbing products. It's worth reading for the design alone, but the story is also compelling. I'll be so disappointed if I don't get a sequel next year.
Not really a dystopia and not really a post-apocalypse, this is really just a somewhat bleak imagining of our world's future, particularly in the East. We move from India to Africa and follow a young girl's search for her birth mother. It's one of the more difficult books I read this year, but also one of the most rewarding.
I'm not even going to try to describe this one because of spoilers, but trust me when I say that it's a must-read if you're fans of post-apocalyptic settings, horror, or suspense. It fits all three categories quite well.
Another candidate for top five overall, this is probably the most beautiful writing I read this year. It fits into the speculative category because the main characters are mythical immigrants to New York City (a golem and a jinni), but it would work just as well in literary fiction. The story is moving but the real star is the writing.
The first in the Southern Reach series, this one is honestly hard to sub-classify within speculative fiction without having finished the series (the second two books are waiting for me at the library right now). It has adventure and conspiracy and mysterious disappearances from Area X, where our main characters are sent to try to discover why all other expeditions have failed.


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text: Blog Posts in December, 2012 Posted By Pavich Law Group P.C. 22-Dec-2012 Judge Approves Class Settlement In Gulf Oil Spill CNN and a number of other media outlets are reporting that BP has agreed to a settlement with tens of thousands of individuals and business who suffered economic harm as a result of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which resulted in more than ... Continue Reading Posted By Pavich Law Group P.C. 11-Dec-2012 Illinois Transportation Company Ordered To Halt Operations According to the transportation website Truckinginfo.com, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently ordered two transportation companies to suspend all operations, including a Champaign, Illinois based company - Lincolnland ... Continue Reading Posted By Pavich Law Group P.C. 7-Dec-2012 Companies Failing to Disclose Dangerous Chemical Use According to the Chicago Tribune, a recent investigation by The Center for Environmental Health ("CEH") found that several major California retailers were violating a California law requiring that customers be warned of products containing ... Continue Reading Posted By Pavich Law Group P.C. 4-Dec-2012 Dangerous & Defective Toys Seized By Authorities According to reports from NBC News and ABC News, federal authorities have intercepted more than 2 million foreign made toys destined for U.S. stores. According to the reports, the U.S. Customs and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) explained ... Continue Reading