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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis brings events all weekend long for racing fans.
New this year in Speedway is Fan Fest. Starting at 4:30 p.m. Friday, fans can get up close to some of Sunday's drivers, like Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick in a pit stop competition, relays and Minute to Win It games.
Also on Friday, the annual Hauler Parade starts at 6 p.m. in Speedway. New this year, nine drivers are taking part, including Jamie McMurray and Ryan Newman.
In Indianapolis on Friday, Georgia St. is hosting its Brickyard Block Party from 5-9 p.m.
Moving inside the track, gates on Friday open at 11 a.m. with practice starting at 1 p.m.
On Saturday, gates open at 8 a.m. with practice starting at 9 a.m. and qualifying at 6:15 p.m.
Then Sunday for Race Day, gates open at 10 a.m. with the green flag dropping at 2:49 p.m.
Click here for a complete rundown of Brickyard 400 events
Click here for the race day track map.
Click here for tickets to Sunday's Brickyard 400.

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How are your marketing campaigns working for your brand? Are you generating enough sales? Or, do you wish to increase your sales? I would suggest you avail the great blessing of SMS marketing.
Do you want to know why? Because according to many polls, 89% of our audiences are using their smartphones when they head to shopping malls.
It is true, that we have noticed a few drawbacks of SMS marketing lately. Not every SMS marketing campaigns pan out perfectly. That is why you would need to conduct a balanced well-rehearsed marketing campaign.
You would need to integrate your SMS marketing campaigns into your business's strategy. There are many ways you can achieve a high success rate in the SMS marketing campaigns. We will discuss it thoroughly today.
Let Us Learn How to Avail The Great Power of SMS Marketing
We will walk you through the entire journey. First thing first, are you already using SMS for your marketing purpose? Are you satisfied with the responses you are getting? This article is for your branding too. I can guarantee you, that our proven tips will help you achieve success in your marketing campaigns.
Do You Have A Team for SMS Marketing?
When you are planning to run a marketing campaign for the mass market, you would need a dedicated team for this. When you want massive returns from your marketing campaigns you simply can not handle it like a do-it-yourself project. You will need a team of very skilled and experienced professionals if you wish to make the most out of your SMS marketing campaigns.
At the least, you would need an SMS marketing campaign expert, one who has long-running experience. Then, you would need an experienced retail expert. and a coordinator to align everyone in the project.
It would help if you have a dedicated creative designer for your digital marketing purpose. And, above all, you would need an experienced social media marketer. If you are planning for a very heavy duty team you should get a media buying specialist.
With all of them on your team and a patient mind, you will get to increase your return of interest (ROI). And, it won't stop there.
Studying Your Customer
This is very important to study your audiences very well. You can take help of tools in this case. There are many tools are available in the market right now. One of them is a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application. It can help you to scale your messages' success rate.
If you wish to know more about CRM tools, comment below I will publish an article solely about Customer Relationship Management (CRM) app.
Monitor the data you get from the tools. Analyze your customers' buying behaviours. Draw a pattern. Now play your cards right. Give the appropriate discounts to the right group of targeted audiences. For example, you are selling cosmetics goods.
It wouldn't be a good idea to offer the discount coupons on ageing cream and marketing it to younger audiences. Knowing your customer group is half the job in the marketing field.
Make Your Messages Clear
You have to make your message very very clear. You are sending SMS to a wide range of people. Expect all walk of people to read your text. This reason is enough to make your messages clear and easy. You going to have only 160 characters to reciprocate yourself.
Trust me, it is easier when you try the laconic approach. So, try to do express your message in fewer characters. A clear and concise text is what you need. Simple as that. This is why avoid pop-culture slangs, abbreviations.
You should only ask the open-ended questions for guaranteed reviews. And the other way around for the giveaway text. For example, in case if you are inviting your clients to avail the sales' offers, don't leave it open-ended. Your customers would not have any idea about how can they get the discount offer.
Or, they would not know how long the offer will be valid. Therefore, I am saying it again, be clear and concise when you write a text for SMS marketing campaigns.
Are You Using Call-to-Action?
An appropriate calls-to-action at the end of your SMS marketing will dramatically increase your customer engagement. The very first thing you want from your audiences is their engagement. This is why adding a good call-to-action (CTA) will add value to your text message campaigns.
I am showing you some market-proven effective appropriate call-to-actions:
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It will lead your customers to a landing page. It is basically asking your audiences to check out your website. Or, it can be any social media page. It is an effective way to engage your audiences.
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This one is a common CTA. It is old and still living strong in the market. Do you know why? Because it works. When you just do not have enough space in your text after everything you had to say, this is the go-to call-to-action. You can embed a link to take your audiences to a landing page.
This landing page of yours should have all the details of your SMS marketing page. It can price list, various discount offers, any event details or to a video's link.
Text and Win
This is another effective call-to-action. You can get loads of audiences interested in your campaign if you offer something for them to win. It is much like a baiting system.
But it is a great system, for both you and your audiences, both parties will get to win something at the end of the SMS marketing campaign. It will create a chain reaction like a repel effect among your audiences.
Vote Now
This is a great one for brand marketing. Get your audiences to engage with your campaign with this call to action. Everybody has their own opinion. Polls give them a chance to let their voice heard.
You can conduct a marketing campaign to help them. It is a great way to find out what your audiences are thinking of your quality of products, services, price structure and more.
Buy Now
This is the best call to action to add to your messages when you text to your targeted customer group. When you know everything you need to know about your customers' buyers behaviour you should use this call to action. It is a great call to action to bring sales from your messaging campaign.
Targeting The Right Time is Important
We all know SMS is the shorter version of old-school mobile messaging. Do you know why shorter? One of the reason is we get to read the gist from a short text. And, then the other reason is, SMS is quicker.
Takes less time to spread all around. It is all about quick widespread. Spending, receiving then reading, this whole journey takes roughly 3 minutes at most. And, even lesser to write one. That is why timing plays a great role in SMS marketing.
Promote The Same Message on All of Your Social Media
This is very crucial. You must convey the same message all over your social media platforms. Only then you can register your brand, your message to the mind of your audience. I am demonstrating to you.
What to do in your Social Media platforms?
Do not forget to add the mobile number of your office front desk. Use your Facebook page's Sign up button to let your audiences sign up for your SMS campaign list.
What to do in your Business Website?
You should make sure that your website has your front desk's mobile phone number. Put it on the footer or header. And best if you have a contact us page or section.
Run a Regular Newsletter Service
First thing first, try to continue an eNewsletter service for your business. Ask your audiences to sign up for the newsletter. Ask for their number. And do not forget to ask for their permission if they want to receive your campaign's text.
Concentrate on The Active Customers
Your active customers are the one who will be your loyal clients. You will see them and their responses to most of your campaigns. They will purchase your products and services most frequently. You can rely on their reviews. They are your leading representative on the market.
Their family and friends are your customers to be. Therefore, you must invest time to study your loyal customers. They are the true gem you collect down the journey of your business. Send them gifts occasionally.
Hope these SMS marketing tips will help you too like it has been helping me for ages. Comment your queries and feedbacks, I'll answer and add them to the next article. Thank you.


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The foundation of the Medical Heritage Center was made possible by a grant from the Columbus Medical Association (CMA) Foundation and the Ohio State University Medical Center. These organizations saw the need to preserve and celebrate the region's medical heritage. From its establishment in 1997 to today, the Center stands as a testament to a unique collaboration between the CMA, the region's professional medical society, and the OSU Medical Center.
The Medical Heritage Center is the only scholarly facility in Central Ohio concentrating solely on the accomplishments of the people, organizations and institutions at the forefront of the development of health care and medicine in the region. It is the only institution dedicated to researching and collecting the region's health and medical past and sharing the information through exhibits and scholarly publications for the educational benefits of scholars, students and the general public.


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These farcical pieces have been inspired by the threat that has risen yet again, after two failures, to have a cableway built to World Heritage-listed Springbrook in the Hinterland of southeast Queensland, Australia. The senselessness of this concept can be best highlighted by considering a similar proposal for other World Heritage-listed sites that have a more tangible presence than the natural bio-diversity for which Springbrook is listed. Australians are blasé about 'bush,' seeing it as a no-man's-land zone, a location appropriate for dumping trash and burning; or for the more sensitive, as a pretty retreat to use and enjoy - to develop. The outrage of this cableway proposal and its gross insensitivity may be better comprehended when transposed to other World Heritage contexts where it would never be contemplated.
For details on Springbrook see www.springbrookrescue.org.au
The French Minister for Culture and Ancient Monuments, Vie Travallottes, today announced that a new cableway was to be constructed at the World Heritage site of Chartres.
"This will be the most significant improvement at Chartres for centuries," he boasted. "The cableway will allow visitors to see the cathedral as it has never been seen by tourists before."
He opened a display that illustrates the concept.
The plan is to incorporate the cableway into the fabric of the cathedral space and its precinct. To emphasize the dramatic scale and character of the cathedral, the cableway will begin in a small square away from the cathedral.
"This will allow for a better management of the crowds and for property to be purchased for the visitor cenre and the control rooms," the Minister added.
Towers will be constructed at ever increasing heights over the thoroughfare leading to the cathedral, allowing the cable cars to rise as they move along the narrow lane into the cathedral square that will be entered on the western side.
Here the cableway will traverse the western doors famous for their grand sculptures at the height of the main door so that visitors will be at eye level with the central figure of Christ.
An automatically sequenced Wi-Fi audio commentary will be coordinated with the movement of the cable car to progressively explain the whole cathedral and its intimate detail.
From this dramatic beginning, the cableway will sweep out and around to the north, rising in height to display the wonder of the flying buttresses.
It was hoped that the cableway might be able to pass below these structures, but the technical problems have yet to be overcome.
The cableway will however pass directly through the centre of the two famous rose windows on the north and the south transept.
"This will expose these artworks to the visitors in the most dramatic manner possible," said Vie. "For years these windows have had to be looked at with an awkwardly cranked neck from below the central tower at floor level. It is impossible to see the detail without using any magnification, and then the whole is broken into unintelligible fragments. The cableway will solve this problem and provide a wonderful photo opportunity for visitors."
The plan is to remove the central panel of lead light in both rose windows so that the cableway can pass through and across the full width of the transept. The visitors will be able to be close to the vaulting and experience the full length of the nave as never before seen, as well as enjoy the glass detailing and its colours.
There has been some controversy about the removal of the lead lights. The Minister said that these panels were to be erected on permanent display in a nearby tourist information centre.
"Here they will be able to be studied in intimate detail rather than being distant dots."
It is planned to make these centre pieces the symbols for the promotion of Chartres.
"We will be making tee shirts, tee towels, tea cups, coasters, and the like with these images printed on them. These souvenirs will be sold to help the funding of the cableway, all for the glory of God."
"It will be a win-win situation," Vie said. "The full beauty of the rose windows will be able to be revealed to all for the very first time. Only with the cable way will tourists be able to come face to face with the full set of images in these great works of art and also enjoy the high details of this sacred place."
The Minister said that the mediaeval masons spent a lot of time in decorating the higher parts of this Gothic structure.
"It is all really just a waste of time if it cannot be seen clearly."
The cableway will exit through the centre of the southern rose window and then continue by dropping in height slowly as it passes along in front of the nearby homes and businesses in the adjacent lane.
The terminus will be the visitor centre that will front both lanes and the nearby commercial square, and become the beginning and the end of this cableway.
Meals and drinks will be available as well as a complete restaurant service along with an interpretative display that will recreate the cathedral in part.
The cableway shop will also be in this terminal building that will be lined completely with an accurate three-dimensional photographic reproduction of the cathedral's interior.
The local heritage group said that its members were concerned.
"It will certainly spell the end of this cathedral as we know it"
The Minister noted that inventive projects like this one have always had their detractors, noting that "time will prove everyone but me wrong."
"Total care and attention will be given to every aspect of this construction project. It will use the latest technology to overcome some of the most challenging technical concerns. The cathedral will be better than ever. There will be no impacts. The world's best practice will be used."
"Even the cableway towers will fit into the Gothic theme of this place," he noted.
Apparently these are to be designed by a leading architectural firm using the flying buttress as the model. Each will have a stone base with decorations carved to match those on the cathedral.
"It's a matter of showing some sensitivity to this place," he added.
"Context is important," said Vie.
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This piece too has been inspired by the language our politicians like to use to justify even the worst of decisions: see http://m.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/burke-approves-resort-on-keppel/story-fn59niix-1226591119298
This piece too has been inspired by the language our politicians like to use to justify even the worst of decisions: see http://m.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/burke-approves-resort-on-keppel/story-fn59niix-1226591119298


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Media on the Women of Steel film project
ABC NEWS February 27 2018
It is one of the most significant industrial relations victories in Australia's history that paved the way for women to work in blue collar industries, but many people have never heard of it.
The Jobs for Women campaign lasted 14 years and successfully pressured BHP to provide jobs for unskilled women at its Port Kembla plant.
It not only allowed Illawarra women to gain a full-time job at the city's biggest employer, it tested new antidiscrimination legislation introduced in 1977 when it was eventually brought to court.
"We were unemployed women and we couldn't get access to the law unless we got legal aid," campaigner Robynne Murphy said.
ABC NEWS May 1 2015
A crowd funding effort has been launched to turn the story of women being denied jobs at the Port Kembla steelworks in the 1980s into a feature film.
The historic campaign 'Jobs for Women' against the actions of BHP was started by a group of migrant women and feminists, and supported by unions and the Illawarra community.
ILLAWARRA MERCURY April 6, 2015
The one constant theme that came through from people who attended the various showings of the film was that one particular segment we featured, the Jobs for Women campaign at the steelworks from 1980 to 1994, should be made into a full-length film. So late last year, the crew who made Radical Wollongong teamed up with some of the women who were instrumental in the campaign to form the Jobs for Women Producers Group committed to making a feature film of the fight for jobs for women at the steelworks.
ILLAWARRA MERCURY June 20 2015
The Wollongong women behind the "Jobs for Women" campaign didn't intend to make history or to spearhead a women's liberation movement. All they wanted was a fair go and the chance of an unglamorous but decent paying job at the steel mill.
In the early 1980s, job opportunities for women were scarce in the Illawarra.
For many it was a choice between working in sweatshop conditions in the backyard garment industry or commuting to Sydney, which meant leaving home before the kids were awake and returning after their bedtime.
WOLLONGONG ADVERTISER May 4 2015
Melanie Barnes wants to make a film that "inspires a new generation of women by showing that injustice can be overcome".
She is part of a group of Wollongong and Sydney filmmakers who have launched a $25,000 crowdfunding drive to make a dramatic feature film on the historic Jobs for Women campaign at the Port Kembla steelworks.


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Tally ho.5 Replies
I put a deposit down on a Model 3 last night. Now I just have to wait like 2 years.
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It's a spot, the process took aboot 60 seconds in the store, name, address, email and credit card number.
Get to pick out colour, options when it goes in production late 2017, after employees and family, current Model S and X owners, west coast reservations, then moving to the east. i doubt I will get the car before the C's lease end June 2018.
I hope there is good beer on tap tap tap.
Saturday - Kittles seem to like the new food, which is a good thing. Amp purchase on hold for the moment, but still looking at that. Meeting this afternoon, but that's about all that's on the table today.
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David Gilmour was brilliant last night. His voice is starting to fade, but not his guitar skills. Glad I got a chance to take my daughter before he stops touring.4 Replies
I'd like to see Gilmour. Did he play High Hopes?
Yes he did. Quite a playlist, including three or 4 from his latest album (obviously). But the vast majority was older Floyd stuff: Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Fat Old Sun, Astronomy Domine, What Do You Want From Me, Time/Breathe, Us and Them, Run Like Hell, and many more. Of course, he finished with Comfortably Numb.
I'm a huge fan. It's my most frequently listened to Pandora channel.
Coincidentally MTV has David Gilmour at Royal Albert Hall on right now.
It was 70 two days ago and tonight it's supposed to snow and tomorrow night it might go down into the teens. The only good thing about this is if it does freeze pretty hard it will get some of the ticks, gnats and mosquiteos. Other wise bleh.
If there's one thing I will miss about London, when I get home, it's the cask ales.
Sunday - Woke up to SNOW ON THE GROUND, after having mowed the lawn two days ago, and I COULD have moded it two WEEKS ago, the way it was growing. It won't last, but it is yet another indicator of the weird winter we've had lately.2 Replies
Yeah, we got about 3in here in Northern PA, at least in town up on the hills they got 5-6in and we are supposed to get another 3-5in tonight. The drive to work tomorrow will be interesting as a lot of people have already taken off their snow tires.
It was 20C up north yesterday and I think we are on pace to hit it again today.
I got out of going to brunch and instead am enjoying F1 Bahrain.4 Replies
Had fun in Savannah at Roebling Road. First time driving the Skippy cars there. Highest average speed track we run on after Lime Rock as you never get below thrid gear. Qualified on pole for my first race on Friday for race 1 on Saturday. Decided to just have fun and start at the back. On a wet track had a good start moving up to 4th before turn one. On lap two went four-off at turn 4 which was very slippery and had to come in for a safety check. From there put my head down and worked back up to P4 as the track began drying out.
Race two in the dry started 4th and made it to P3 in a couple of laps. Then had a monster draft leap frogging two different cars to take the lead. The 3 behind me started battling so I worked on clean consistent laps and gapped the field until a double yellow came out with 3 to go. Had a good restart holding off the kid behind me on the first lap. He drafted by on the front straight on the second lap and I got him back for the win on the final lap. Old age, strateegery and treachery prevail!:-)1 Reply


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Click here for continuing coverage of the storms battering the Midwest.
[Updated at 12:05 p.m.] The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for lower Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Huron and the Lake Michigan area.
The tornado watch area is approximately along and 100 statute miles east and west of a line from 25 miles west southwest of Jackson, Michigan to 30 miles east northeast of Houghton Lake, Michigan, the NWS reported.
[Updated at 11:49 a.m.] A brief tornado touchdown was reported in Louisville, Kentucky. As with all reports so far, this is unconfirmed until the Weather Service can survey the damage.
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[Updated at 11:45 a.m.] Tens of thousands of people were without power in Illinois and Wisconsin, and homes and buildings were damaged by high winds and, possibly, tornadoes.
Officials in Iroquois County, Illinois, told CNN affiliate WLS-TV in Chicago that he had also heard unconfirmed reports of more tornadoes near the towns of Chebanse and Donovan. No reports of injuries were immediately available, but WLS reported that there were reports of an entrapment in a home in Peotone.
Some experts told WLS that the storms may be the most powerful to hit Illinois in more than 70 years.
Crews are working to restore power to about 59,000 custormers in northern Illinois, WLS quoted a spokesman for ComEd as saying. Of those, nearly 28,000 are in Chicago's western suburbs. In southeastern Wisconsin, about 6,000 We
Energies customers were without power Tuesday morning, a spokesman for that utility told JSOnline.
[Updated at 11:35 a.m.] The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has issued an updated forecast of widespread "damaging winds" and a few possible tornadoes in Ohio, the Tennessee Valleys and the Great Lakes Tuesday as the storm system barrels through the Midwest.
[Updated at 11:17 a.m.] Wind tore the roof off a house south of Chicago, in Will County, Illinois, injuring two children slightly, a sheriff's spokesman told CNN affiliate WGN.
[Updated at 11:08 a.m.] A tornado reportedly caused severe damage to buildings near Racine, Wisconsin.
The National Weather Service and a Racine County Sheriff's Department official told CNN affiliate WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee that a tornado touched down in Sturtevant, just west of Racine, causing severe damage to homes and businesses.
One of those businesses, the Case Corp., had a 100- to 200-foot section of its roof torn off, WTMJ reported. There were no immediate reports of injuries, but workers were sent home for the day.
[Updated at 11:03 a.m.] A tornado was reportedly spotted in Kokomo, Indiana in Howard County and another one was reportedly spotted on the ground near Hopkinsville, Kentucky in Christian County.
Both are unconfirmed reports of tornadoes.
St. Louis officials were also investigating a partial building collapse that occured Tuesday morning that sent bricks and debris flying because of strong winds, CNN affiliate KSDK reported.
[Updated at 11:01 a.m.] A massive storm system roared into the Midwest Tuesday morning, with winds exceeding 70 mph and isolated strong rainstorms capable of "embedding" tornadoes, forecasters said. Damage from falling trees and high winds has been reported in Missouri.
There were unconfirmed reports of tornadoes touching down in Illinois, Wisconsin and Kentucky. The National Weather Service said it has sent a team to Racine, Wisconsin, to check on a possible touchdown there.
What was thought to be a tornado ripped the roof off a building and partially collapsed a home in Peotone, Illinois, authorities there said. Local emergency management officials reported a damage of approximately a half-mile.
[Updated at 8:42 a.m.] The National Weather Service issued severe weather warnings Tuesday morning in much of the upper Midwest, as well as a tornado warning in northern Wabash County, in southeastern Illinois, until 7:45 a.m. (8:45 a.m. ET).
At 7:20 a.m., a severe storm capable of producing a tornado was detected 4 miles southwest of Lancaster, Illinois.
Wind gusts exceeding 60 mph were reported in parts of Missouri, including St. Louis, where two reported partial building collapses were blamed on the extreme weather, according to Officer Donna Wisdom of the St. Louis Police Department.
There are no reports of injuries at this time, Wisdom said.
Severe weather warnings are in place until 7:30 a.m. (8:30 a.m. ET) in southeast Missouri and southern Illinois, with a strengthening front capable of producing severe winds, and possibly tornadoes, moving north toward metro Chicago and much of Indiana.
Our world is paralyzed by fear. Every day you turn on the news and see evidence of our impending doom. To lighten the mood, you might flip over to the Discovery or History channel to disengage only to learn the latest theory on how we're all about to die. Pretty depressing stuff! Fortunately, there's good news! There is hope. See for your self Story4.Us/2050.
CNN: Cedarrapids said a dirty word. It starts with a D. You have to punish Cedar, OK?
Had you smartasses been in the middle of the storm in a plymouth horizon, raining so hard ya cant see, blowing sh!t all over, ya arent sure what will hit ya next, Trust me you sure as hell wouldnt be making stupid a$$ jokes about whether or not it is a tornado. Home Sweet Home, I survived another day.
To all you smarta$$ joksters out their, had you been in a plymouth horizon drivivg in pouring down rain, wind blowing 60mph. wondering what kind of sh!t will blow past or hit ya next, praying to make it home safely without dieing. To pull into your driveway to say HOME SWEET HOME thank God for a safe arrival home.


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On MSNBC's Morning Joe, co-host Willie Geist and Politico.com executive editor Jim VandeHei were discussing a Politico story about internal political pressures at National Public Radio (NPR). Apparently, NPR's top political correspondent Mara Liasson was asked by NPR executives to reconsider her appearances on Fox News, for concerns over Fox's perceived political bias.
Scarborough pointed out the obvious:
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Well I just want to say, I love NPR and I listen to NPR, but I've been listening to reformed, pot-smoking hippies for the past thirty years on NPR with a very substantial left-wing bias - and I don't care that they eat tree bark like Euell Gibbons, and I don't care if they are still smoking pot in their sixties. They put on great radio. But for NPR - for NPR, the leadership at NPR to question the bias of Fox News is a joke. They have been biased - again, I still listen to them, because like "The New York Times" they are the best at what they do. But, please, that is a laugh. NPR -
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: It's very soothing listening, too.
SCARBOROUGH: It is soothing, it is very soothing. Just put a mirror to your face, NPR.
From this, one might conclude that Scarborough finds liberal bias highly entertaining - after all, that's what NPR does best. He certainly couldn't be suggesting that NPR has better programming than your average talk-radio station, otherwise, why would the "reformed, pot-smoking hippies" need a government subsidy? Wouldn't they be commercially viable by now?
The point is, NPR is a radio form of Ambien - an brilliantly effective cure for insomnia, and a danger for individuals operating heavy machinery (such as a car, for example). "Soothing" is one way to say it, but another would be that it quite frankly isn't good radio. I doubt very seriously that Scarborough would waste his time on such drivel.
Now, one can easily see his point on the hypocrisy of NPR executives - but in trying to split the difference between hammering a liberal radio network and praising Fox News, Scarborough bounced it off the upright.


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The nuances and subtleties of the ever-changing social media world can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, users and marketers are constantly having to adapt to changes. On the other hand, we are living in one of the most exciting, turnkey configurations of communication the world has ever seen. With new technologies, apps, and networks launching left and right, the question begs, "Where will people flock to next?"
With the landscape changing so fast, being a brand that lives in the now on social has never been so important. A recent study by Global Web Index found that people spend 28% of their total online time on social networking sites. Looking ahead, brands that have invested the most in understanding the science behind social media are also those that will be able to artfully story-tell and entertain their fans through any new platforms as they come along.
So what changes and trends should be on your radar this year? Here are our top five social media game changers to watch in 2016:
One of the hottest topics in marketing right now is personalization. By determining a user's intent and online traits, you are able to deliver relevant content customized to what you already know about them, and gain the highest quality leads and results.
Why does personalization on social media matter so much? When brands send out billboard-like social ads that contain spammy text or push out auto-tweets, people react in a similar way—they ignore you. With Facebook's custom audiences and Twitter's tailored audiences, for example, we're now able to engage with users using personalized messaging focused on real people, not profiles. Marketers need to adjust their strategies to incorporate personalized content and capitalize on the ability to better target users.
Live video streaming has become increasingly popular this year and social media is booming with video engagements. Facebook Live allows brands to connect with their fans by sharing real-time, compressed video of what they're doing or where they are. Whether it's a product demo or a glimpse behind the scenes, Facebook Live is valuable in that it can be repurposed on almost all other social media channels.
Social media consumers are visual learners, so it's no surprise that shoppers who view video on social are almost twice as likely to make a purchase than non-viewers. While Facebook has not rolled out engagement tracking and targeting functionality for its live streaming, if history repeats itself, it won't be long until they do.
Speaking of video, social platforms such as Splash, Vrse, and Vrideo are making their mark on the 360-degree video sharing scene and further changing the game for social media marketers. Recent predictions say that live streaming 360-degree video is coming to social, including YouTube and Facebook, within the next year. What could virtual reality mean for social media interactions? Less fractured, more humanized, and more real conversations.
Virtual reality technologies will give users the ability to see body language, distinct mannerisms, and personalities. For many years, it has been said that social media has been a way for people to "hide" behind a screen, but when virtual reality becomes mainstream, our online interactions will theoretically be more humanized and reflect how people behave offline. Even Facebook is investing in plans to make virtual reality more social. In a recent interview, Mark Zuckerberg said, "We are betting on two trends… the one trend is going toward increasing richness. The other trend is the development of more and more immersive and powerful computing platforms."
Brands and platforms that use gamification techniques have come to realize just how much they create natural customer loyalty, encouraging certain social behaviors in a non-intrusive way. The options for marketers to use gamification on social media are abundant—whether it's a sweepstakes, poll, giveaway, competitive contest, or referral program, brands have seen amazing results using this technique on social.
A simple M&M's marketing campaign recently reaped the benefits of gamification on Facebook. Based on an "eye-spy" objective, Facebook users were given a photo of tiny M&M's and told to find one teeny-tiny pretzel inside. This resulted in over 26,000 likes, 6,200 shares, and 11,000 comments.
The growth of social media on mobile devices cannot be overstated. There are currently 1.65 billion active mobile social accounts around the world, and the younger the user, the more likely they're using social on mobile frequently throughout the day. The "somo" (social-mobile) platform Snapchat is now the third most popular social network among millennials, says MW Partners, and the platform continues to win over people of all ages with its ever-changing filters and face swaps. Similarly, visual platform Instagram has turned into a social networking powerhouse, with more than 300 million daily users and a forecasted ad revenue at $2.81 billion by 2017.
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Baseball's future has arrived. Experimental rules for Major League Baseball designed to improve pace of play and generate action include the prohibition of mound visits and defensive shifts, shorter inning breaks and enabling hitters to "steal" first base on any pitch not successfully caught in the air. But last week marked the introduction of the most significant innovation: an automated strike zone, shifting responsibility for calling balls and strikes from a person to technology free of the biases and inconsistencies of mere humans. If the test goes well, the days of big-league players imploring umps to schedule an eye exam could come to an end.
Facing a 3-2 count in the seventh inning here Friday night, T.J. Rivera of the Long Island Ducks let a borderline changeup pass by, tossed his bat away and jogged toward first base. He thought he had drawn a walk to break up a perfect game by opposing pitcher Rick Teasley of the Somerset Patriots.
Five steps down the line, Rivera heard home plate umpire J.B. Torres deliver those two dreaded words: strike three. Rivera glared back at Torres, preparing to plead his case, when he remembered an important detail: Torres didn't actually make the call. A little voice in Torres's head told him to do it.
"[Rivera] said to me, 'I was trying to get that walk, but I forgot it's not on you tonight—it's on the computer,'" Torres said.
Baseball's future has arrived in the Atlantic League, a collection of eight independent professional teams that span from New Britain, Conn., to Sugar Land, Texas. In February, the Atlantic League reached a three-year agreement to audition a series of experimental rules for Major League Baseball to evaluate, largely designed to improve pace of play and generate action. These include the prohibition of mound visits and defensive shifts, shorter inning breaks and enabling hitters to "steal" first base on any pitch not successfully caught in the air.
But last week marked the introduction of the most significant innovation: an automated strike zone, shifting responsibility for calling balls and strikes from a person to an emotionless piece of technology free of the biases and inconsistencies of mere humans. And if the test goes well, the days of big-league players imploring umps to schedule an eye exam could soon come to an end.
Ducks manager Wally Backman predicted that MLB will adopt the system within five years.
"It's going to happen," he said. "There have been a few pitches that are questionable, but not as many as if it was a human. The machine is definitely going to be more right than they are."
Every Atlantic League stadium, including the Patriots' TD Bank Ballpark in Central New Jersey, now features a TrackMan device perched high above the plate. It uses 3-D Doppler radar to register balls and strikes and relays its "decision" through a secure Wi-Fi network to the umpire, equipped with an iPhone in his pocket connected to a wired earbud. That umpire, positioned behind the plate as normal, hears a man's voice saying "ball" or "strike" and then signals the verdict.
Over the past few months, the Atlantic League considered other methods of communication. They tried using radio waves instead of Wi-Fi, but learned that doing so without the proper licenses could run afoul of FCC policy. Officials initially gave umpires a wireless Apple AirPod to keep in their ear, but abandoned that approach over concerns about battery life. They also tinkered with the possibility of putting lights on the scoreboard to visually represent the call or sending audio tones instead of words to the umpire's ear.
In the ballpark, it all looked seamless, with Torres calling strikes after just the slightest of delays. Of the 259 pitches thrown Friday, Torres said he personally agreed with TrackMan on all but six of them.
"I didn't have a fear in the world of having to look at someone and say, 'That was there' or, 'That had the corner,'' Torres said. "It was, 'Hey, this is the earpiece. You want to talk to the earpiece?'"
Without a doubt, TrackMan calls a different strike zone than its mortal counterparts. Pitches at the letters—a strike according to the rulebook, but almost always ruled a ball in modern baseball—get called as strikes. The same goes for breaking pitches that might technically nick the bottom of the zone, even if they wind up at the batter's feet, resulting in the occasional strike that stretches credibility. TrackMan gives no leeway on the corners.
For that reason, Patriots manager Brett Jodie said Clayton Kershaw, a pitcher known for his big curveball, would love the automated strike zone. Greg Maddux, who relied on two-seam fastballs on, or just off, the edges of the plate probably wouldn't. (The league has already tinkered with the system to require the entire ball to cross the uppermost edge of the zone to trigger a strike and could do something similar for low strikes.)
"The rulebook strike zone is a certain thing, but that strike zone has long since disappeared in the game of baseball," Jodie said. "Now they're trying to get it back."
Players expressed mixed feelings. They appreciate the consistency of the automated strike zone and the lack of egregiously bad calls, but they lament some of the elements of the game that it eliminates.
The computer renders "pitch framing"—the coveted ability by catchers to receive a pitch in a way that tricks umpires into seeing balls as strikes—irrelevant. Patriots pitcher Nate Roe recalled throwing a pitch in a recent game that badly missed his target on the outside corner, instead landing on the inside corner. It forced the catcher to stretch far across his body, moving his glove completely across the plate. Roe said with a human umpire, that pitch "is probably called a ball." TrackMan, not influenced by how the pitch looked, called it a strike.
Some players called that a positive, arguing that intent shouldn't matter. After all, a referee doesn't wave off a basketball shot that a player banks in accidentally or declare an incompletion when the wrong receiver catches a quarterback's pass. Others say the humanity of umpires adds to the game.
Patriots catcher Mike Ohlman, who appeared in seven games for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2017, brought up the example of a persistently wild pitcher who rarely receives the benefit of the doubt on close calls because, "You have to earn that strike." He sees that as a tradition worth preserving.
"The plate's 17 inches wide," Ohlman said. "If you set up outside, you miss by 17 inches and it catches the inside part…we're professionals here—you shouldn't be rewarded."
For now, MLB plans to observe how well the automated strike zone does before determining what happens next. It will almost certainly move to the minor leagues before going to the big leagues.
Until then, umpires will continue calling balls and strikes with their judgment alone—and players and mangers will keep calling them blind.
"We feel it's incumbent on us to figure out whether we could make it work," MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said. "That's what we are doing."


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Wow, what a giant step from the poverty of the 1930s Dust Bowl to a 2014 upscale restaurant with delicious leftovers.
The young woman shown in the background, my granddaughter 'elect' and mother of the two young children pictured (my great grandchildren), set a good example when she asked for take-home boxes for the leftovers.
She was thinking of her husband (my grandson) who would be arriving home tired and hungry later that night from his job as an airline pilot.
I'm so grateful to have such wonderful family! Also pictured, my daughter and my husband, Bob.
The Queen and I: We're Not So Very Different
Here are two links to some wonderful photographs of the Queen that I think you will enjoy:
Although she lived in a palace and I lived in a shabby farmhouse in the Oklahoma Dust Bowl, Queen Elizabeth II and I really aren't so very different. She was born less than a year after my birth. I took notice of the media photos and stories of her through the years, feeling almost like we were growing up together. She was quiet and reserved as a child and I appeared quiet and reserved because I was basically shy.
During WWII the future queen donned a uniform and served a stint in a British women's auxiliary military as a non-combat trained mechanic and first-aid truck driver. During the same war I served my country working as an assembly-line riveter on US military planes for two years.
Finally, here is the clincher. Several years ago I was watching an old video on TV or possibly the computer of some sort of British jubilee parade with numerous horse-drawn, ornate golden carriages moving along on a street near Buckingham Palace. The queen was not standing on the palace balcony as usual. She, husband Philip and Prince Harry at about age three and a half (or possibly Prince William at that age) were standing in the front row of a crowd that lined the street.
Suddenly, no one but the queen noticed little Harry taking off toward a set of horses pulling a carriage; and in a nano-second the Queen sprinted the two or three steps after him and ushered him back to safety. She didn't shout out to a guard or to anyone else, "Go, run after Harry!" She, like any normal, loving grandparent, instinctively ran after her young grandson in an automatic response to protect him.
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Berkadia Sells Nine Apartment Communities in the Carolinas and GeorgiaPosted by: | Comments
Berkadia has announced the closing of four separate multifamily transactions in May throughout the Carolinas and coastal Georgia, totaling more than $115 million and 1,900 units. Senior Director Mark Boyce of the Charleston office led the sales.
"Market fundamentals are solid in the Carolinas, which have been reflected by overall investor appetite," said Boyce. "The region's sustained employment growth has paved the way for strong apartment performance, and it's a trend that we expect to continue."
Highlights include a six-property portfolio located in Columbia, South Carolina, and Fayetteville, North Carolina. Managing Director Cole Whitaker of the Orlando office and Senior Director Paul Vetter of the Atlanta office worked closely with Boyce to successfully sell the 1,520-unit portfolio, which was purchased by Charleston-based Middle Street Partners, LLC. Properties included:
- Hampton Greene, Saint Andrews Commons, The Waterford at Columbia, Gable Hill and Forestbrook located in Columbia; and
- Chason Ridge located in Fayetteville.
In three different transactions, Boyce, alongside Associate Blake Coffey of the Charleston office, facilitated the sale of:
- Serenity Apartments at Greenville located in Greenville, South Carolina – Sold by Elevation Financial Group to a New York-based limited liability company.
- The Reserve at Altama located in Brunswick, Georgia – Sold by Intersouth Realty Inc. to a Georgia-based LLC.
- Woodland Apartments located in Spartanburg, South Carolina – Sold by GHC Housing Partners to Upstate Property Rentals, LLC.
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Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has announced the sale of a 1.4 million square foot industrial property known as WestPoint Home located at 19320 Airbase Road in Wagram, North Carolina. The Scotland County site included a warehouse and production facility, an active water and wastewater treatment plant, a modern four boiler steam plant, and timberland.
Cascades Tissue Group purchased the 1,438,571 sq.ft. property, situated on nearly 1,000 acres, and will immediately begin to upfit the facilities for a tissue plant. As a North American leader in the recovery, manufacturing and converting of green packaging and tissue paper products, the company will make a $55 million investment and create 68 new jobs. The total annual capacity for the new converting plant will be approximately 10 million cases on six converting lines, with the capacity to produce various tissue products including bathroom tissue, kitchen towels, paper napkins and hand towels for both the away-from-home and consumer products markets
Warren M. Snowdon, SIOR of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled the sale negotiations on behalf of the seller, WP Properties Wagram, LLC.
Fayetteville Walgreens SoldPosted by: | Comments
Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 14,490-square-foot Walgreens store at 1600 Skibo Road in Fayetteville. The property, which sold for approximately $5.6 million, operates 24 hours a day and features a drive-thru pharmacy. The free-standing Walgreens unit was constructed in 2002 and a 60 year net lease established with the Walgreens Company. There is currently over nine years remaining prior to the first termination option for the tenant, which then continues every five years through the entire base term.
Michael Early of Marcus & Millichap's southern Virginia office represented the seller, an individual trust, in the transaction. Ned Zivkovic and Alvin Mansour of The Mansour Group in Marcus & Millichap's San Diego office secured and represented the buyer, a private investor. James Allen Smith of Marcus & Millichap assisted in the transaction.
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Berkeley Capital Advisors is pleased to announce the sale of Traemoor Village, a 76,325 SF retail center located in Hope Mills (Fayetteville MSA), North Carolina. The Center is anchored by Harris Teeter. Rob Carter, Alex Quarrier and David Webb of Berkeley Capital Advisors arranged the transaction.
Built in 2012, the center was 92% occupied at the time of sale. Harris Teeter occupies 53,365 square feet.
Todd Crouse, senior vice president and senior director of NorthMarq's Raleigh regional office, arranged the acquisition financing based on a 10-year term and a 20-year amortization schedule. The loan was arranged for the borrower by NorthMarq through its relationship with a correspondent life company lender.


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When this was originally released in 2005, very few had yet heard the presence of darkness that is Midnight. After extensive touring (including their triumphant performance at last year's NWN! fest) and several more releases, Midnight's impact on the underground is now undeniable. This double LP collects various recordings by Midnight including the bands self-titled MLP and the "White Hot Fire" 7" released in very limited quantities in 2003 and 2004 respectively. The DLP version released by NWN! in 2007 has now long been sold out and demand has risen to a fever pitch. To assuage this bloodlust for blackened speed metal that has been building over the past several years, NWN! is reissuing this collection once more for all the alcoholic, lustful, and depraved maniacs who spent all their money on liquor and sluts and missed out the first time around. Second pressing of 500 copies with some on red vinyl.


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The Lost Ones: A Quinn Colson Novel
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You know how you can download a sample of an eBook, normally the first several pages, to your eReader? I did that with Ace Atkins' second Quinn Colson novel, even though I had a physical copy of the book. I did that because I usually carry my Kindle with me, and I wanted to show people --- friends, acquaintances, baristas and total strangers --- how good this book is. I read the first paragraph and was immediately transported back to a night when I was five years old and my parents took me and my brother and sister to a carnival in Delaware County, Ohio. When readers gather and argue about what book has the best opening paragraph, they're going to have to include THE LOST ONES in the discussion. It's in the same class as James Crumley and James Lee Burke.
"When readers gather and argue about what book has the best opening paragraph, they're going to have to include THE LOST ONES in the discussion. It's in the same class as James Crumley and James Lee Burke."
Quinn Colson is a complex character, and Atkins is in no particular hurry to peel off the layers of his personality to reveal what lies beneath. But he does reveal some of the man here, and it's a dark tale, indeed --- or, perhaps more accurately, a dark tale beneath a darker one. THE LOST ONES is about the day that the war along the U.S.-Mexican border comes to Tibbehah County, Mississippi, and what Colson, a veteran of the Afghanistan conflict, does about it, balancing politics, local crime and corruption, all with a strong but fair hand.
Colson, who gently flawed but extremely likable, almost immediately is confronted with a horrific scene involving a foster home chamber of horrors that is tied with a scheme to run firearms out of Mississippi into Mexico. Making matters worse is that the man behind it all is a friend of Colson's named Donnie Varner. And speaking of complex characters: Varner is almost as multi-faceted as Colson, an unpolished, erstwhile truck-stop prince who in any given situation is fighting well above his weight class and knows it, but unhesitatingly steps into things and keeps swinging until he goes down for the count.
Atkins creates an extremely subtle parallel between Colson and Varner; both men undergo an experience in very similar ways and manners during the course of the book, but from far different perspectives. And though at odds with each other, they share a common enemy. Additionally, both are well acquainted with violence, as is demonstrated repeatedly throughout the novel, though not in a gratuitous manner. By the story's conclusion, much is resolved satisfactorily, though enough is left unanswered to leave the reader hungry for the next course.
Atkins --- with far less fanfare than he deserves --- is at the point where his writing is becoming the gold standard of genre and (yes) literary fiction. And strange as it seems, even with novels like WHITE SHADOW, WICKED CITY and THE LOST ONES, I have a gut feeling that he has yet to write his best book. If you are unfamiliar with Atkins, now is the point to jump on. Or ask to see my Kindle. I'll be happy to stand there and let you take a look at that first paragraph, because you will want to read the rest of the book afterwards.
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27 Ways To Save Money On A Trip To Paris
Paris, one of the world's most sought-after and romanticized cities, is truly a glamorous destination that will delight you with its amorous ambiance, style and sophistication. Nicknamed as the "Capital of Fashion" and "City of Light", France's cosmopolitan capital lures pleasure-seeking travelers who want to lavishly indulge in ritzy palace hotels and mouthwatering gourmet meals.
A paradise for big-time extravagant shoppers, this European hub is also known for its buzzing shopping scene, with tons of malls and boutiques selling an endless array of designer and international clothing.
Paris, of course, can be quite an expensive place to visit, even for wealthy socialites and travelers. After all, it is a city of ritzy haute couture, magnificent palace hotels, world-class museums and high-priced meals. But the thing is, you don't have to be supremely wealthy to experience the splendor and magic of Paris. Trust me, there are a lot of ways to experience France's capital without going bankrupt. Here's how you can experience a memorable trip to Paris without shelling out a tremendous amount of cash.
Travel Planning Tips for Paris
1. The most affordable time to visit Paris
Most destinations in Europe have their lows and highs, as far as tourist seasons. Paris, however, is a bit different since it is popular among travelers throughout the year. In Paris, expect to see throngs of tourists in the temperate months of summer as well as during the year's colder part.
So, when is the cheapest time to travel to Paris? For budget conscious travelers, I suggest that you visit Paris during wintertime, which is the time of the year when accommodations and airfare are at their lowest. Plus, the crowds during the winter months are a lot thinner than those in summertime. But if you prefer warmer temperatures, you can still enjoy moderately affordable airfare and lodging in Paris during spring or fall.
2. Avoid festivals and holidays
As mentioned, hotel rates and airline tickets to Paris are incredibly low during wintertime. Their prices, however, will skyrocket once Christmas sets in. What's more, a lot of museums and shops close their doors during this festive time of the year. That's why it is best to skip a Parisian holiday vacation, if you are on a tight budget.
By the way, rates for hotel accommodations are also likely to increase when major events in Paris take place, such as the highly anticipated Fashion Week.
3. Book a Parisian package
Scour the internet or talk your local travel agent, to score a budget-friendly tour, airfare and hotel package in Paris. Do an extensive search, and try to compare rates from different providers. This isn't the time to be lazy and timid!
You can find cheap travel bundles to this destination from sources like Gate 1 Travel, Sceptre Tours, and Expedia. Also, make sure to visit Trip Advisor, and read consumer reviews of vacation packages available in Paris.
Parisian Attractions on a Budget
4. Plan a Parisian trip that falls on the month's first Monday
There are a lot of attractions in Paris that offer free admission during the month's first Sunday, including Musee de Cluny, Musee Rodin, Centre Pompidou, Musee d'Orsay, and the iconic Louvre (from October to March only).
5. Get a Paris Museum Pass
With a Paris Museum Pass, you will get free or discounted admissions to over 50 monuments and museums around France's capital. What's more, it will let you skip the long ticket lines!
Prices for a Paris Museum Pass:
- 42 EUR for 2 days
- 56 EUR for 4 days
- 69 EUR for 6 days
6. Visit free museums
Speaking of museums, Paris has a bevy of museums that offer free admissions, including the Fragonard Perfume Museum, Police Headquarters Museum, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris History Museum and a whole more.
7. Explore the city's free green spaces
Known for its lush gardens and parks, Paris boasts dozens of gorgeous plazas and splendid greens, including
- Tuileres Garden
- Jardin des Plantes
- Jardin de l'Observatoire
- Parc Andre Citroen
- Luxembourg Garden
- Square du Vert-Galant
- Parc Monceau
- Parc Montsouris
8. Swing by a beloved Parisian cemetery
The thought of visiting a necropolis may seem unusual and frightening to most people. Yet surprisingly, graveyards in the city are a big hit among history junkies, art lovers and even rock-and-roll fanatics. Jim Morrison's grave, for instance, which is located in the Pere Lachaise Cemetery, has been a major tourist draw in this destination for years.
Aside from the rock icon's grave, this celebrated cemetery also houses memorials to a number of renowned French philosophers, politicians, poets, artists and philosophers, such as Frederic Chopin and Oscar Wilde.
9. Festivals
Want to visit Paris this summer? Free entertainment options abound during summer in Paris, such as Cinema en Plein Air and Paris Jazz Festival. Of course, there are other free entertaining activities during winter as well.
10. Free classes
Visit College de France, and join a crowd of intellectual people and elite scholars listen to informative lectures involving a range of topics, including archaeology, history, sociology, philosophy and natural sciences.
11. Free walking tours
Paris has a handful of touring companies that offer free walking tours around the city, such as Paris Greeters and New Europe Walking Tours.
Transportation in Paris
12. Ditch the taxi cabs
Want to save money on transportation in Paris? Trust me, taxi rides are simply overpriced in this buzzing city.
13. Say no to car rentals
Car rentals are extremely expensive here as well. Not to mention, driving isn't ideal for those who aren't familiar with the city's streets.
14. Walk around the city
Grab a city map, or put your smartphone (or iPhone) into good use by using it as guide to locate the places to visit, as you walk around in Paris. Not only it is an affordable way to get around the city, but it's also a great way to burn hundreds of calories. Not to mention, it lets you explore a ton of places as well as take in the beautiful sights of Paris.
15. Biking
Velib is a bike sharing program in Paris that offers more than 1,700 stations and 20,000 bicycles. You can join this program by buying a seven-day pass for 8 EUR or one-day pass for 1.70 EUR.
16. Use the city's Metro
Paris's proficient Metro system can be a good and affordable transportation option. A ticket only costs 1.7 EUR, but you can save more money from your metro rides by buying a carnet, a ten-pack ticket that only costs 12.70 EUR.
Accommodations in Paris
17. Stay in a hostel
Hostels are the ultimate accommodations for backpackers and budget-conscious travel junkies in this French city. Private hostel rooms in Paris start around 50 EUR, while dorm rooms normally cost 15 EUR. Just visit our website, to score a cheap deal for a hostel accommodation in Paris.
18. Couchsurfing
With couchsurfing, not only will you get a good and cozy place to stay in this hub, but you'll also have a buddy who'll introduce you to the fascinating culture of France.
19. Use Airbnb
Not comfortable staying in a hostel or in the house of a stranger? Then, make sure to use Airbnb, when looking for accommodations and hotels in Paris.
20. Buy food and your other basic needs at grocery stores
Grocery shopping is by far one of the best ways to save money on a trip to this city. In Paris, groceries have all the essentials and ingredients you need for your meals. As a matter of fact, they even sell wine. You may also buy fresh fruits and vegetables at local markets within the city.
21. Cheap eats
You don't have to dine in an expensive restaurant just to get a taste of France's most delectable culinary staples. There are a lot of bakeries and small food joints in the city that sell freshly-baked baguettes and falafel at a very affordable price.
22. Lunch is the best time to eat lavishly
Want to dine lavishly in a Michelin-starred restaurant in France's ritzy capital? You can still enjoy a delightful gourmet meal in a Parisian Michelin-starred restaurant, for a good and reasonable price, during lunch. Meals served in a celebrated and luxurious Parisian restaurant are far cheaper during lunchtime than dinner.
23. Take advantage of restaurant deals
Thanks to TheFork.com, you can get discounts to over a thousand restaurants across the city.
Other Money-Saving Tips
24. Money exchange
Do not buy Euros before your trip to this city. You'll get a much better deal in Parisian money exchange counters than you will in local banks.
25. Don't pay for internet
Free Wi-Fi is very easy to find in museums, parks, fast-food joints and cafes. Click Eurocheapo to find places in this city where you can get free Wi-Fi.
26. Take advantage of the free water fountains in Paris
Paris has over 700 water fountains in which you can fill up your water bottle.
27. Budget-friendly shopping in Paris: chic style for less
Just because this French hub is deemed as one of the world's fashion capitals, it doesn't mean shopaholics have to spend a great deal of cash to enjoy this destination. On the internet, there are a lot of tips and guides to help you enjoy a budget-friendly shopping spree in Paris. In addition, you might want to make time for a gleeful whirl at a Parisian flea market, and come up with a few unexpected gems and bargains.
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BAGHDAD – A top-level Shi'ite cleric has been defrocked over sexually explicit videos posted on the Internet that have outraged devout communities across Iraq and tarnished the image of the sect's highest religious body.
Munaf Hamdan Naji al-Mosawi, a close aide to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani for 11 years, has gone into hiding after intimate footage apparently recorded on his mobile phone ended up in the hands of neighbors, who marched to his home in Amara to demand the return of their religious donations, according to Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) sources – religious figures in Amara and Najaf, where Sistani's office is based.
The controversy, which has yet be reported by the national media – presumably because of its sensitivity – has been widelydiscussed and reported on the Internet. It has ignited debate about the personal conduct of religious representatives and drawn charges of hypocrisy from Shi'ite followers around the country.
Some commentators see the alleged incident as a blow to the reputation of the Marjaya, Iraq's highest Shi'ite religious body, and say it even questions the judgement of the deeply revered and popular Sistani, one of the world's highest-ranking Shi'ite clerics.
As the first public sex scandal to hit a senior religious leader in Iraq, the alleged videos have become a burning controversy – despite claims from local reporters that clerics and officials in the ultra-conservative city of Amara ordered them to ignore it.
"I watched the videos. The scenes show [Mosawi] has no understanding of morality or ethics. A cleric is a symbol of his religion. When they do something wrong like this, the whole religion can seem wrong to the followers," said Mohammad Hussein, 45, a Shi'ite government worker in Amara.
IWPR sources say the footage, which became public when Mosawi lost his phone's memory card, allegedly shows the cleric naked and involved in sexual acts with his wife and, in a separate video, another woman with whom he had a muta'a, or temporary marriage. Locals who have seen the complete contents of the card claim there are images of as many as 18 other women.
IWPR sources say the videos were quickly spread by locals through cell phones and some were later uploaded on the Internet.
By June 29, one of the many non-pornographic versions of the alleged videos posted on the YouTube website had nearly 80,000 views. Some of the videos had been doctored anonymously into anti-Shi'ite propaganda.
According to sources familiar with the Shi'ite faith, that Mosawi was allegedly engaged in sex with the two women is not the problem. The fact he allegedly filmed the said encounters, however, is considered beyond the pale, especially for a leading cleric.
When the scandal became known to his colleagues, Mosawi was quickly denounced and stripped of his position as Sistani's representative in Amara and surrounding Maysan province, IWPR sources say.
"Ayatollah Sistani found out about this incident from ordinary people who came to our office and told us that [Mosawi's] videos had defamed the Marjaya's reputation and the reputation of all Shi'ites," said a cleric in Sistani's office in Najaf, who declined to be named as he was not allowed to speak about the incident.
"After we checked with our people in Maysan province, Ayatollah Sistani issued a statement to us clarifying that Mosawi was no longer representing the Marjaya."
According IWPR sources, Mosawi's location is still unknown. Authorities in Maysan province have issued arrest warrants for anyone caught watching or distributing the alleged videos, but no charges have been filed against Mosawi.
IWPR sought to contact Mosawi for comment but was unable to track him down.
"[Mosawi's] action is completely unethical and the situation in Maysan is unstable. We have worked hard to maintain security here, and it hurts to see such footage being watched by young men and women," Saad Hussein al-Mosawi, spokesman of the Maysan provincial council, said.
In Amara, Mosawi's neighbors and followers have watched the events unfold with disbelief.
"We were really shocked when we saw the cleric in those videos. We considered him a sacred person. He is a devout example to us and we used to pay him zakat [religious donations]. As his neighbor, we never had any doubts about him. I am shocked just like everybody. and now I am worried about the women in my family," Jawad Kadhim, 40, a schoolteacher and neighbor, said.
The families of the women in the videos have so far reserved their anger for Mosawi rather than their relatives, but there are concerns of revenge from tradition-bound tribesmen.
A tribal leader, Shiekh Abdul Hussein Jabber al-Maliki, related to the second woman in the videos, said she would not be punished because "it was not her fault, it was his".
"We are calling on the Marjaya to check its deputies and representatives more closely to avoid such actions in the future. Events like this can cause endless fights and battles we have no time for," he said.
As the story makes its way through Iraq's bazaars and teahouses, others have questioned the Marjaya's process of vetting its members and the integrity of institution itself.
"When Sistani was issuing fatwas about Iraqi issues, his followers used to say that he is most aware person in Iraq – aware of everything. So, where has his awareness gone?" asked Abu Zamel, 55, a Sunni and government employee in Baghdad .
Ammar Naser, 28, a Shi'ite engineer in Baghdad , said, "Really, I am astonished. For two days people have been telling me about this story, and I really have to consider whether or not to keep following the orders of the Marjaya and Sistani."
But members of Sistani's inner circle have downplayed any damage to the ayatollah's prestige.
"Ayatollah Sistani is a respected leader not only in Iraq , but all over the world. His reputation will never be affected by an ugly act such as this," said a Marjaya member who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the subject.
However, Sheikh Haider Abdul Ghaffar al-Ansari, a senior cleric in Amara and a Sistani adviser, admits the scandal has shaken the Shi'ite community. "Mosawi is no longer a representative of the Marjaya, Ayatollah Sistani has removed him from his position. We do not know where he is, and he does not represent the Marjaya at all," he said.
"Although the incident seems to push people away from their religion, I have noticed that the number of Shi'ite Muslims attending prayer services is increasing. Even so, I think this incident will push us back two years in terms of time."
(This article originally appeared in Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Used with permission.)


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From better service to finding a niche, these small business owners developed a formula to keep customers coming back again and again.
Brett and Cristi Burnham run Happy's Nutrition, a Connecticut smoothie, juice and tea bar. Hall of Fame athletes in the area's local high school, they count current coaches and athletes as some of their best customers.
Though the small business owners have a storied sports history, neither quite knew how to eat right for much of their lives. Now they want to help their community learn how good nutrition can change lives.
Below they explain their approach to building a happy — and loyal — customer base.
When we decided to open a shop in our hometown of South Windsor, Connecticut, we didn't just want to build a business. We wanted to build a positive environment — one that would enrich our community.
While our initial strategic plan was to offer delicious, healthy food options, we also wanted to support our customers' weight-loss efforts, boost their energy levels and offer them a supportive environment.
By doing so, we're happy to say that many, if not most, of our first-time customers are now regulars. And what small business doesn't love its regulars?
Here are five tips for small businesses looking to build customer loyalty:
Treat your customers like family.
Treat your customers like the family members you love to see. We really focus on getting to know our customers, striving to greet them by name.
We've been going to the same restaurants in South Windsor for years. They know our names, and it makes a big difference. When you frequent a local business and the people greet you by your name, it's clear they've become part of your life.
We want to be part of our customers' lives, too.
"Treat your customers like the family members you love to see."
Go beyond offering a product — make your customers' lives better.
We sell health smoothies, shakes, juices and teas, but we don't stop there. We want to give people a great experience and help them improve their nutrition.
Everyone who walks through our door at Happy's should feel loved and appreciated. We want to spread positivity by sending customers out happier than when they came in — this is why we named our business Happy's Nutrition!
And we always consider that goal when hiring. Our people have to believe in that mission.
We also see nutritional education as part of our business. It's something we can relate to with our customers. We didn't know how to eat, even as professional athletes, so we run our business with that in mind.
To help our customers learn to eat right, we offer online coaching, plan weight-loss challenges and have even developed a sports nutrition line for athletes.
Partner with vendors that share your values.
A great example of this is our business insurance provider, The Hartford. We run a unique business model, and from the beginning they worked to fully understand our model before finding the best business insurance policy to cover our needs.
While the insurance side is great, what resonated with me was how their values matched ours. The Hartford is involved in its local community just like us: They support their small business customers, and a few of them have even become our customers.
Use social media and local partnerships to market to your community.
Whenever local organizations, especially sports-related ones, need sponsors, we try to offer our support. In fact, there's currently a Happy's Nutrition Little League team!
We not only enjoy helping out these groups, but also it gets our name out in the community in a positive way.
Social media makes local marketing simple. We use it both to target specific demographics with our ads and to inform our community and customers in a way that makes them want to come in and see us.
To build buzz, we offer customers $1 off when they "check in" on social media. We still get new customers who say that they kept seeing Happy's on their friends' Facebook or Instagram feeds and finally had to stop in to check us out for themselves.
"Communicate the value of your products in a way that makes you part of your customers' way of life."
We also invite our social media followers behind the scenes. While construction was underway, we documented and shared each phase, almost like a reality TV show.
We even surveyed our Facebook followers on our branding, which got them involved and excited for our store's opening. When we opened our doors, a wave of people came to see us.
When it comes to advertising on social media, we let our desired customer guide our targeting — and we keep it local. Recently, we selected the parents within a five-mile radius as our demographic and included a photo of our 6-year-old daughter grinning with her shake.
The strategy was to suggest getting a healthy shake rather than going out for ice cream after athletic events. We're also less than a mile from the high school, where many of our customers are athletes. To grow that customer group, we target our social media ads to teens within a certain radius to our store and the high school.
Find a niche that's not seasonal.
While we're primarily a smoothie and shake store, we've still done well in the winter — even in January when we saw negative-degree weather.
That's because we're not just a smoothie and shake store. We are a nutritious and enriching food option.
Communicate the value of your products or services in a way that makes you part of your customers' way of life. Ours is nutrition, not just a yummy treat.
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