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The Blacklist – Words To Avoid In Your Email Marketing
Email marketing is about getting people from their email inbox to your business' website. There are several methods to do this, but in essence, you have to rely on the written word to convince people to take action.
Therefore, you have to know which are the best words to use in your marketing. There are lots of words that are associated with good performance, but there are many more that are also blacklisted. These words can be unconvincing to customers and can therefore lead to mistrust between the two of you. Or worse, they can get you caught in spam filters and no-one will see your content.
So, what words do you want to avoid? Here is the blacklist of words you shouldn't use in email marketing campaigns.
Act now – while act now is often considered good for website call-to-actions, this word is often picked up on by spam filters.
RE: – unless the email is actually a reply, don't use this in your email marketing. Email servers are good at spotting which are true replies. Plus, readers will be annoyed when they realise they haven't started a conversation with you. You need to build trust with your audience.
Additional income/your own boss/make money/earn – anything that seems like you're going to offer someone a way to earn money automatically sends out a spam message. Generally, email users don't like this and spam filters are more likely to relegate your message to the spam folder.
Free – nothing is ever for free. You always have to give something, even if it is information. So, don't use the term, you'll only upset your audience.
Hello/Friend/Family – making it seem like you already have a relationship with the audience that is more than B2C or B2B is not going to help. People are wary of who they share their contact information with and these words are often targeted by spam filters.
Winner/win/congratulations – there have been so many fraud schemes that use these terms that email filters now remove messages with these terms in. If you have a competition and want to announce the winners or contact people who have won, use Facebook, Twitter or another social media program. Or get the contact details of the entries and phone them.
Guarantee/promise/trust – While these words are designed to give people confidence in your credentials, they often don't. People should be able to trust you without you asking them to. Therefore, don't use these words in your copy.
Another Few Email Marketing Copy Pointers
It isn't just the words above you shouldn't use. Here are some of the other tips you should be following to get past spam folders and to get people to read your content.
Don't Make Spelling Mistakes
People associate spelling mistakes with poor education, poor service and fraud. Therefore, bad spelling mistakes are going to detract from your message. Always get a professional to proofread your content or use a grammar program to help you get it right.
Increase The Number Of Words In Your Subject Lines
Those with just one word tend to get pushed to spam folders. Always have between four and eight words in your subject lines. This will help you get more of your messages read.
Don't Use All Caps
Only the first letter of any word should be in capitals in a subject line and the first letter in the sentence within the copy of the email should be capitalised (unless it's a noun). Anything else and it will seem as if you're shouting at your audience. This is very aggressive and people will immediately disregard your email.
Don't Use Exclamation Points In Your Subject Line
Another point is to avoid using exclamation points in subject lines. It can look aggressive and unprofessional.
You want to avoid using the wrong words in your email marketing, such as the examples we have given you above. Otherwise, your emails could end up in your subscribers' spam boxes and you will have wasted your efforts and lost out on potential revenue.
What words do you avoid in your email copy? Have you tried split testing your content to see if these words affect open/click through rates?
Let us know in the comments below.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Joez Coconut
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I like coconut drinkReplyDelete
Tried one here, did not like it... :(ReplyDelete
Oh i used to love coconuts as we have such there in our farm, but the coconut in the city (esp the processed ones) are those that i actually buy, since i'd know personally what's the taste of real coco and not! :)ReplyDelete
i'm sad as well that you cannot post your award here in your blog for the versatile blogger but thank you for answering the questions, i've got to know you a little better
The coconut jelly looks really refreshing and delicious.. I've only had coconut shake (with vanilla ice cream), but never had coconut jelly.. I wana try leh !!ReplyDelete
I have seen this in KL Sentral, not quite noticeable since it is at one corner.. the coconut jelly looks refreshing and cooling.. nice!!! :)ReplyDelete
Nice to enjoy it chilled on hot day.ReplyDelete
Oh, this is that famed one from Penang which you asked me to try after seeing my blog post on coconut jelly. Actually, it's very easy to replicate at home, now that I've tried making it :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Love coconut jelly. Simply a refreshing dessert during hot days.ReplyDelete
That must be very refreshing!ReplyDelete
I love coconut jelly.ReplyDelete
I can eat a couple of these all at one go! Yummsss!ReplyDelete
Why my comment missing? :/ReplyDelete
I used to frequent their original shop in Penang. I don't think they have anything other than coconut jelly there. Or if they have, I never cared. Hahaha :D
Oh, I love these coconut jelly, especially the chilled ones.ReplyDelete
Just heat up can coagulate the juice?? I went before to the KL Sentral Joez as a colleague wanted to buy. Good business. (I was too full to consider buying one for myself).ReplyDelete
I am impressed with this theory of just heating up and gets the jelly. Now it got me thinking hard how it could harden up.ReplyDelete


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E-cigarettes harmful says reportComments
A French study has found that electronic or e-cigarettes are not as harmless as many people think. The vapours can contain almost the same amounts of the carcinogenic compound formaldehyde as in a conventional cigarette.
Thomas Laurenceau, the editor of French consumer magazine 60 Millions de consommateurs, said: "They are not as harmless as they pretend to be. That's why it's important to understand that it's not a game, don't take it lightly, it's not perfectly healthy."
The report also claimed that some models do not have child-proof safety caps but contain nicotine levels that could be fatal to a child. The French government has already vowed to extend existing legislation controlling the sale and consumption of tobacco to cover e-cigarettes.


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Pensioner Left with Weak Voice After Negligent Surgery Wins £35,000
A pensioner who was left with a weak, husky and painful voice as a result of negligence on the part of the doctor who had operated on her at an NHS hospital has won £35,000 in compensation. As a result of her injury, the 70-year-old woman has difficulty making herself heard and has had to give up singing in her local church choir.
The woman suffered nerve damage that affected her vocal cords during an operation to unblock an artery in her neck. The NHS trust which managed the hospital denied liability. However, following a hearing, the High Court found that the injury was probably caused by the surgeon's negligence.
The woman tried to return to her job as a sheltered housing warden after the operation but found that her condition made it impossible for her to do the work. She is socially handicapped by her weak voice and has little hope of finding further employment.


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Bill of Rights
We wrote a of Bill of Rights for Clinical Social Workers out of the belief that all clinical social workers, in any stage of professional development, have the right to advocacy and support from ACSWA, a national organization dedicated solely to your interests.
For Clinical Social Workers
Within the practice arena, all clinical social workers have the right:
- To be respected and valued as professionals capable of the highest accomplishments and responsibilities in their job settings;
- To be free to practice according to standards consistent with those of the profession of clinical social work;
- To receive the same access to federal and state investment in research and training as similar professions enjoy;
- To receive financial compensation consistent with their professional training, competence, and activities;
- To be protected from discriminatory treatment with respect to financial compensation or career advancement;
- To receive continuing education that is subject to standards designed to ensure its relevance and value to the profession; and
- To have access to reasonable amounts of social work consultation and supervision as a condition of their employment.
Within the regulatory arena, all clinical social workers have the right:
- To be subject to a state license that recognizes the legality of practicing all key elements of the clinical social work profession;
- To practice under state laws under which only clinical social workers are permitted to provide clinical social work services, and under which non-clinical and bachelor's-level social workers are specifically prohibited from attempting to practice clinical social work, whether or not they are under clinical supervision;
- To practice under state laws that clearly identify the scope of practice and responsibilities of clinical social workers in strongly marked contrast to those of non-clinical social workers and other healthcare disciplines;
- To be subject to licensure by a state board dedicated to social work regulation whose members consist of clinical social workers in proportion to the other types of social workers who are licensed;
- To be given a full and fair hearing and to be judged by their clinical social worker peers in matters of complaint brought to the state licensing board;
- To receive reciprocity as licensees when key elements of licensure are similar across state lines;
- To practice under state laws that define title protection for clinical social workers; and
- To protect the privacy and confidentiality of the relationship with the client, subject to specified ethical and legal exceptions.
For Entry-level
Clinical Social Workers and Clinical Supervisors
- Entry-level clinical social workers have the right to receive clinical supervision from a competent clinical social worker on-site and at the expense of the employing agency;
- Entry-level clinical social workers have the right to receive clinical supervision from experienced clinical social workers who have met specific supervision, education, and training standards;
- Clinical social worker supervisees and clinical supervisors have the right to participate in a clearly delineated process for pre-licensure supervision;
- Clinical social worker clinical supervisors have the right to be compensated for their services at a rate commensurate with payment for other direct services;
- Clinical social workers have the right to practice under state laws and regulations that draw a clear distinction between clinical supervision and clinical consultation.
For Graduate Students
All students in a graduate school of social work have the right:
- To be oriented, at the outset of graduate school, to the nature of the profession of clinical social work;
- To be informed about the requirements for pursuing education and training for the profession of clinical social work;
- To be encouraged and nurtured in the choice of a clinical social work career;
- To receive coursework inculcating social work ethics and values as well as ample instruction in theory, methodology, specific bio-psychosocial knowledge, and skills, that prepare the individual for practice as a clinical social worker;
- To receive field placements in direct-service settings with competent clinical supervision by clinical social workers state-licensed at the highest level; and
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Training Restricted Boltzmann Machine via the Thouless-Anderson-Palmer free energy
Part of: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 28 (NIPS 2015)
A note about reviews: "heavy" review comments were provided by reviewers in the program committee as part of the evaluation process for NIPS 2015, along with posted responses during the author feedback period. Numerical scores from both "heavy" and "light" reviewers are not provided in the review link below.
Conference Event Type: Poster
Restricted Boltzmann machines are undirected neural networks which have been shown tobe effective in many applications, including serving as initializations fortraining deep multi-layer neural networks. One of the main reasons for their success is theexistence of efficient and practical stochastic algorithms, such as contrastive divergence,for unsupervised training. We propose an alternative deterministic iterative procedure based on an improved mean field method from statistical physics known as the Thouless-Anderson-Palmer approach. We demonstrate that our algorithm provides performance equal to, and sometimes superior to, persistent contrastive divergence, while also providing a clear and easy to evaluate objective function. We believe that this strategycan be easily generalized to other models as well as to more accurate higher-order approximations, paving the way for systematic improvements in training Boltzmann machineswith hidden units.


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It's a question I get quite often from my students: Should I post my prices on my website?
Unfortunately, the answer is as clear as mud. Why? Because it depends.
Here are some instances when you should consider posting your prices:
- If you are offering products, then post your prices on your website. No one wants to guess how much a book or T-shirt costs.
- If you are offering fixed-cost services, such as manicures or massages by the hour, then you should post your prices.
- If you have an evergreen product, such as a quick start program or home study course, then post the price. (This is great for passive income!)


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Selling Out: Quantum Gravity Book Two
Cyborg secret agent Lila Black learns that her worst enemy may be her own traumatic past in Robson's high-powered second Quantum Gravity installment (after 2006's Keeping It Real ). Lila's first assignment was a disaster: she was forced to kill a friend to save elven rock star Zal, and now that friend, the elven necromancer Tath, lives inside her, commenting on her actions à la Jiminy Cricket. There's no cure for a tough job like diving headfirst into another, so now Lila is off on an undercover mission to Demonia to investigate the results of the recent quantum bomb explosion and learn how Zal managed to travel to Hell and become part demon. Her investigation is complicated by her cover as a journalist reporting on Demonian high society, as dangerous forces lurk behind the social whirl of luxurious parties. Robson's mix of magical and technological elements, intrigue and action should be just the thing for paranormal and fantasy adventure readers. (Oct.)
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Black softcover. Book is brand new! ; A veil of secrecy surrounds Mormon temple worship. While officially intended to preserve the sacredness of the experience, the silence leaves many Latter-day Saints mystified. What are the derivation and development of the holy endowment, and if these were known, would the experience be more meaningful? Modern parishioners lack context to interpret the arcane and syncretistic elements of the symbolism. For instance, David Buerger traces the evolution of the initiatory rites, including the New Testament-like foot washings, which originated in the Ohio period of Mormon history; the more elaborate Old Testament-like washings and anointings, which began in Illinois and were performed in large bathtubs, with oil poured over the initiate's head; and the vestigial contemporary sprinkling and dabbing, which were begun in Utah. He shows why the dramatic portions of the ceremony blend anachronistic eventsan innovation foreign to the original drama. Buerger addresses the abandonment of the adoption sealing, which once linked unrelated families, and the near-disappearance of the second anointing, which is the crowning ordinance of the temple. He notes other recent changes as well. Biblical models, Masonic prototypes, folk beliefs, and frontier resourcefulness all went into the creation of this highest form of Mormon Temple worship. Diary entries and other primary sources document its evolution. ; 6" x 9"; 244 pages; 1560851767
Title: The Mysteries of Godliness - A History of Mormon Temple Worship
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DC In-Home Dog Training: The Way To Resolve Dog Behavior Problems!
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The major advantage of in-home dog training is that you, the dog's owner, are directly involved with your dog's training. The dog training process creates and/or enhances a deep bond of mutual trust and respect between you and your dog. This kind of relationship will empower you to guide your dog to good behavior choices for the rest of his/her life.
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Thursday, January 5, 2012
Book Review: The Western Lit Survival Kit by Sandra Newman
The author is certainly funny and has done her research well. Mixed in with the important information about the authors' works we also get a view of their lives, their contemporaries, and the world events surrounding their writing. I really appreciated that I received a well-rounded view of the work in its proper context.
Entertainment Value:
Again, the book is funny. I can't say that I think it will be entertaining for everyone, but I think that it's a good read for a variety of people. It's not a version of Cliff's Notes, so don't run out to buy it thinking you're going to use it in place of reading the actual work. However, it's a great book for those of us who love literature to use in deciding which works to focus on. I want to push myself to read more classics and this book is a great guide to help me decide which to start with and which can wait a while or maybe need to be taken off the good old TBR all together.
I recommend it to those who are already in love with reading and want an idea of how to focus their time. I also recommend it to those who may not be in love with reading, but want to be conversant in the general area of Western Lit. I highly recommend it to those who are like me and can't resist a good book about books.
Thank you to Lisa at TLC Tours for including me on this one and click here to see a list of the rest of the tour stops!
Posted by Julie G at 6:54 PM
Labels: Books about books, classics, Sandra Newman
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- AnonymousJanuary 6, 2012 at 1:43 PM
"I recommend it to those who are already in love with reading" - well, that would be me for sure! I'm glad you generally enjoyed this one. Thanks for being a part of the tour.ReplyDelete
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I stayed at my daughters Saturday evening as they were helping their friend move house so the grandchildren and myself settled down to an evening of X Factor, iPads and iPods and I seem to have an awful lot of things in the watch list on my eBay!
The children all woke around 10 this morning and then their cousin rode her bike down and they were all doing their own thing, chatting, tv etc. we then all sat and watched a film called The Diary Of Anne Frank, what a brilliant film, I had not seen this before and I was well impressed, I think all children should watch it for their history subject at school as its much easier to understand from a young persons point of view. They all really liked it and we had a chat about it after, Izzy has read all the books and watched the film before so she knows just about everything there is to know about Anne Frank.
All children had showers and hair wash and bags ready for tomorrow. Kara cooked us all a lovely roast dinner and their Mum and Dad came back in time to eat with us. All in all a good weekend and I will go home in the morning for a rest!
I will be packing, cleaning, resting and getting ready for my holiday for the next couple of days and I cannot wait to get to my sun bed on the beach.


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There used to be this thing called lead time: I mean, there still is but it used to be a big part of my life. If you're writing in the Christmas double issue of Radio Times, you have to finish it weeks earlier than Christmas. When I was on monthly magazines you at least had an eye on what you'd be doing half a year ahead and with some titles that was crucial. It's all rather faded away with the rise of online: the greater majority of things I write tend to be needed now and published now.
Only, lead time doesn't always have to be long in order to be significant.
Yesterday morning I wrote an opinion piece for the Writers' Guild of Great Britain's weekly email newsletter. I believe it will be published later today. I'm not actually certain of that now because today is the Writers' Guild's AGM and there may well be a delay in this weekly newsletter since a lot of news is happening today.
But in theory, in the regular course of things, I write and deliver it early on a Thursday morning and it gets published on a Friday late afternoon or early evening.
I can't show you what I wrote because it hasn't come out yet but I can tell you that it was about Brexit and the business with Nigel Farage and Bob Geldof messing about on boats. Since this is just you and me here, let me tell you that I was pleased with it: I think I found an interesting point to make and it was a point that enabled a fair few good jokes.
But a few hours after I delivered it, the MP Jo Cox was killed and allegedly by a man who shouted words to the effect of "Britain first" either one or two times during the attack. If that's correct, it would mean this was probably related to the EU debate and so here I am piddling about with jokes when a woman has died.
There isn't anything in the piece that is directly wrong or arguably is even insensitive. I haven't had a discussion with the Guild about whether we should postpone or drop it. But its tone is light and jolly and even or maybe especially because it carries a much more serious undertow, I know I wouldn't have written it a few hours later.
Not a syllable has changed in that piece: for all I know it's still waiting unread in the Guild's email inbox until they need it. But a lot else has changed.
I think I talk to you about a time a lot but that's not even a pixel in comparison to how much I fret about it. One unchanged thing like an article looking completely different depending on where in time you stand. We can't choose our position in time but that doesn't alter the fact that the view, the perspective from two different points is so different.
And I'm saying there are two different points but there are three. Or more: I've written this to you as if we're talking now yet maybe you're reading this because you found this it through some happenstance Google search next year. Certainly I'm having to remember the right tenses and the right terms like saying I wrote that Guild opinion piece yesterday and it's published today when hopefully that is true from your perspective but it isn't from mine.
For in order to get to that Writers' Guild AGM, I will have to leave home very early. Consequently, in order to be sure of talking to you properly and not dashing a postcard off on the train, I'm really writing in advance. Overnight. It's Thursday night now so I wrote that Guild opinion piece this morning, not yesterday morning. It will be published tomorrow afternoon, not this afternoon. From my perspective right now.
I don't think any of that surprises or confuses you, though I got a bit free and easy with the tense clauses along the way, but I am not the man I was this morning and I am not the man I will be tomorrow. By tomorrow the initial shock of this MP's death will be over and whatever I think of the piece I wrote for the Guild, it will be subtly different to what I think now. The real now, the Thursday night now.
Yet again, those words will not have changed one single syllable but now I've got three different views, three different contexts for them that mean actually yes, they are different so really they have changed. Writing is about much more than the words on the page or the screen and the text may remain fixed but the meaning, the writing, does not.
Do you see why I am obsessed with time? There are moments when this stuff paralyses me and now I'm picturing you looking at your watch and telling me that we're out of time, perhaps we can discuss this further next week.


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MS Hug
MS Hug
My symptoms started about 3 months ago when I suddenly woke up with neck pains. It wasnt the kind of pain that you would feel with a stiff neck. It felt like deep pain that I thought it was just a pinched nerve. I went to see my primary doctor who ordered an x-ray. The result showed that my neck was abnormally very straight (normal would have some curvature). He said its probably strained muscles and referred my to a PT. For almost 2 months I could feel like the muscle on my neck cramping and getting really hard. It would be aggravated by driving or depending on my posture.
After about 2 months, the pain subsided a bit. But I started feeling tingly on my fingertips of both hands. I went back to my primary and he referred me to neck and spine specialist who ordered an MRI. Before I was able to do the MRi, I started feeling some numbness and tingling on my abdomen/torso. Then after about 2 weeks, I could feel the tingling on my thighs, legs and toes.
I also started feeling something tight around my torso like below the bra line but above the belly button. It feels like something is strapped around my body. At first I even thought my bra was too tight or something. Aside from the neck pain, the rest of my symptoms are not painful. More annoying coz I would be dropping some things because of the numbness on my fingertips.
Is that the MS hug? What do you think of my symptoms? Thank you.
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i've definitely experienced chronic neck issues that were addressed only by intense physiotherapy (to loosen up locked-up spinal vertebrae), with at-home follow-up strengthening exercises for my neck muscles, and a permanent change to the seat settings and my posture when i'm driving. i highly doubt any of that ever had anything to do with ms.
i also have experienced something like the midriff tension you describe, which was probably the hug. i had many other issues at the time, including an in ability to draw a complete full deep breath ending in a feeling of a stretch for the lungs.
question: i wonder if you have a similar thing going on?
fwiw i took some steps back then, and got rid of the hug for once and for all.
it's frustrating waiting for all the test dates to arrive and for the results to come in, but there's a process and they need to work you through it to diagnose properly.
in the meantime, please take the best possible care of yourself there is a strong environmental component to most chronic diseases. if status quo isn't working out, are there common sense steps to be taken? worth thinking about!
take control of your own health.
pursue optimal self care, with or without a diagnosis.
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Having experienced a really big hug, I'd say it's not a hug yet but its the right area. What you're feeling is a fairly compelling reason to get the MRI done. Not everything that causes these problems is MS but you need to check.
If it develops into a full blown hug then you will know it. Even prior to any MRI, a really good massage can help to relieve some tightness. If the masseur is any good you should be able say "release my erector spinae and my thoracolumbar junction is tight" and they will know what to do.
Often heat packs applied to area can provide some relief. Make sure they put a towel between you and the pack so you don't burn your skin. A massage is often more effective after a few minutes of heat.
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Scott1: I was delaying on doing the mri coz Im a little afraid of the procedure. And also i guess I was hoping that they would see something like vitamin B12 deficiency instead. I guess I'll have to sched that soon.
How did your hug feel like? What Im feeling isnt painful. It just feels like wearing a really bra even when Im not wearing any
I will try the hot compress and will look for a good spa. Thank you!
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Mine became very troubling but it was a pretty major attack. The points of the ribcage were being pulled in and down as the intercostal muscles between each rib began squeezing my whole rib cage. Your issue sounds more like a sensory nerve problem. You will definitely know the difference if it develops.
Ideally the people who can do the massage can apply the heat packs. Hot rocks wrapped in a towel have a similar effect.
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Really? That would be annoying. I just close my eyes and relax and listen to the beat, thump thump thump...jimmylegs wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2019 4:00 pmoh and just to comment on mri anxiety, don't worry
in my xp, some have music you can listen to while being scanned. some have a mirror set up so that you can see out into the room.
they have neither of these things at the place i've been to most often recently. so then, you can make a song in your head out of the scan rhythms. if you look it up, people have even posted music made out of mri noise on youtube.
if they don't have a mirror, you can ask the tech to put a cloth over your eyes.
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Pain! You break me down, you build me up, believer, believer
Pain! Oh let the bullets fly, oh let them rain
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Surf Expo 2015 Photo Recap
September 14, 2015
Surf Expo was a smashing success last week! Didn't get to make it out? Don't you worry, Malakye was in attendance and able to capture some of the action! Take a cruise through the photo story below featuring people and their favorite products.
The whole Von Zipper crew, all sporting the PLIMPTON
Boardworks Marketing Coordinator, Dan Funk with The Special, 2016. Dan connected with Boardworks through Malakye – just sayin'!
Remi Aliseo showing off the Rosa Flex Legging, for Jiva – can wear them surfing or sweating!
Chris Lueders from BIC Sports, with the 12'6" x 26"Tracer World Series shown in 2 colorways
DAKINE's Marketing Director, Micah Nickens with the 2mm Jacket in 2 colorways
General Manager for Naish, Charlie Burwell and the Glide GTW, 12' model
Salt Life's Sarah Jarrett & Bailey Scott with the On Salt Time Rashguard from the women's 2016 spring collection
STRGHT Skateboards' Gabriel Willis holding up the Shades of Summer board, in the Ocean colorway
Ronix Wakeboard's team rider Erik Ruck with the Wake Surf Shaper
Hippy Tree's Director of Sales, Josh Sweeney with the 2016 Erosion Trunk
Designer for Luv Surf, Ashley Villatuya, with her favorite tank from the 2016 Spring / Summer Where Land Meets Sea collection
Straight from Australia, team rider Dylan Henry with East Coast Surf's 7'0" x 26" Slab
XSories Sales Reps, Brent Jones & Bob Riggot with X Project Nomadic Cinema Kit
Global Sales Manager for SIC Maui, Brad Kingsley with the Bullet 14.0v2 featuring the F.A.S.T. Steering component
Sunset Skateboard Co.'s President and CEO, Ken Perkins couldn't decide between these two beauties: Fish featuring Jay Alder's artwork, Cut lip (left) and the Tres Palms board (right)
HO Sports' Sales and Customer Service Manager, Sam Avaiusini, with the 2016 V-Type R HO Ski
Sales Manager and founding family member's son, Brandon Rambo for Riviera Paddlesurf with the 12'6" Voyager, 2016 model
Product Designer, Paige Doolin with the M1 for Inboard Skate
Randall Harris with his own 2016 design, The Circus, for Humanoid Wakeboards
Polar Pro Vice President, Austen Butler with the ProGrip
US Sales Director, Erik Darby showing off the Vibe for Saxx Underwear Co
Christina Waterworth and the 2016 Glider, with the Bamboo Blue Paddle for BOGA Paddle & Surf Co.
Industry legend and MasterCraft's original Founder, Rob Shirley with President & CEO, Terry McNew next to the New X26, 2016 model


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April 21st marks my official collaring day. I wrote about how we picked this date last year at the same time (see: https://themaurers.me/2015/04/21/celebrating-my-2nd-collaring-day/). Another year went by. And this time my collaring day will be particular again, and different from last year. My relation to Jenny has further developed. She got more and more in control quite naturally, in a steady process, an ongoing change between us. On the occasion of my 3rd collaring day Jenny bought a new collar for me, a collar that I will wear every day and as opposed to before it is not the one she is wearing for me. This way this new collar for me expresses her ownership, her claim to fully own me. And I happily accept this gift as she accepts my gift of submission to her.
Mistress Jenny and I will still appear as a domme couple and I will still head the family. But it is at her to allow me to be equal to her and to wear the jewelery collar (the same that Mistress Jenny wears) for limited periods of time as she sees fit. And Jenny's submissive side belongs to me only. Jenny will grant time for me to control her, to take advantage of her and to satisfy my demand of owning her – so nothing has changed between us regarding switching back and forth. Who knows, it might be that I'm more often in control than before? *winks*. And where is the difference? The emphases have changed, the balance between us – and just between us as this is most of all between the two of us.
To some extent we still try out ourselves, we continue our journey together. And if we're not happy with it we can and we will change it again. This step was not easy for me and I admit hesitating but it is the right thing to do for me and it feels just right. For this 3rd collaring day I wrote new vows for Mistress Jenny, that shall express my submission to her. I'm thankful for what we had and I look forward to the time ahead (of course in particular to Jenny's 8th collaring day in June *winks*).
Thank you for owning me, my wonderful partner, my love, my world, my owner, Mistress Jenny!


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Laura Ingraham served as a speechwriter during the late 1980s for the Domestic Policy Advisor in the Ronald Reagan administration. At the same time, she also worked briefly as an editor for the magazine The Prospect. Soon after getting a law degree in 1991, she started working as a law clerk for the Judge, Ralph K. Winter. She has likewise served as a law clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas of U.S. Supreme Court.
She had her early stint as a TV host during the late period of 1990. She worked as a commentator for CBS and has also served as a host of MSNBC's show Watch It!. After all the hard work, she got her dream job in 2008 when Fox News Channel offered her a 3-week trial run for a new show titled Just In.
In April 2001 she came out with her own show called The Laura Ingraham Show. The radio show was initially syndicated by Westwood One. After some time, it was syndicated by Talk Radio Network. The Talkers Magazine ranked the show at 5th place among other popular radio shows of America. The radio show, in fact, ran for 11 years before it ended in 2012. She has already devoted four decades of her life to the journalism industry and is still associated with it.
Moreover, she has also tried her hands as an author. Her most popular books include Shut Up & Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the UN Are Subverting America, The Obama Diaries, Power to the People and Of Thee I Zing.


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Owners who do not pay their condo assessments are the bane of condominium associations. The association can bring a lawsuit or establish a lien on the unit, but that might be of little value against an owner who holds the unit in an LLC and has little equity in the unit because of a substantial mortgage.
One tool that condo associations have turned to is to deny the owner's common element privileges. Denying use of the pool or common element parking creates an incentive to keep condo assessments paid.
In 2017, the Maryland Court of Appeals struck down a condominium policy that suspended a delinquent owner's right to use the pool and parking facilities. The case of has Elvaton Towne Condominium Regime II, Inc. v. Rose determined that such a policy violated Section 11-108(a) of the Maryland Condominium Act. The Court held that a condominium association to restrict a unit owner's use and enjoyment of the common elements only if such restriction is expressly authorized by the condominium declaration. It could not be based on the association's general rule making authority under governing documents.
Most condominium declarations do not have such an express provision, and to create one would require an amendment to the declaration, which often requires super-majority votes of owners, sometimes as much as an 80% affirmative vote.
In response to Elvaton Towne Condominium Regime II, Inc. v. Rose, the Maryland General Assembly has now amended the statute effective October 1, 2018. MD Condo Act §11-103(d)(2) makes it easier for condominium associations to amend declarations to add language authorizing the suspension common element privileges of unit owners with delinquent condominium assessments. Under the new statute, an association need only obtain the vote of 60% of the total eligible voters of the condominium to amend its declaration to expressly authorize the condominium association to suspend the use of common element parking or recreational facilities of a unit owner whose assessments are more than 60 days in arrears.
Declarations containing such suspension provisions must also provide for the association to provide delinquent unit owners with specified notice and opportunity to be heard. The suspension of common element parking or recreational facilities may not be implemented unless a condominium association mails the unit owner a demand letter giving at least 10 days to either pay the delinquent condominium assessment or request a hearing to contest the suspension. The hearing must be held in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures set forth Section 11-113 of the Maryland Condominium Act.
The new statute looks to restore to condominium associations a tool it has traditionally had for enforcement of condominium associations, balanced with protection of owner rights.


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This colourful advent calendar features a house shaped design in a natural wooden finish with 24 brightly coloured drawers, a red tile roof and decorative pine cone motif. Each of the pull out drawers has a little red handle and a number to represent the day, lit up by 29 warm white LED's makes the day numbers and motif prominent to the eye .
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Resident Bohemians: Gerald Busby, The Tender Hooligan
Gerald Busby's music for '3 Women' is so perfect I don't know how to talk about it. – Robert Altman Several years ago, a friend recommended I rent Three Women, not because of my interest in Robert Altman, but because of the film's unusual score. Finally finding the film, I was floored by the music. […]...more


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The problem here is one of design philosophy that goes back to the early days of unix. It is that, unless user action is needed, unix (and, derivatively, Linux and related programs running on other OSs) are "silent". That is, they don't give continuous update information to show that they're working. They either complete successfully, or they fail If they fail, you get information on the failure. If they succeed, you either get output relating to the completion or you just get a prompt for the next command if success doesn't require any output to the screen.striplar wrote: I bought a very large SD card, and running the partition resizing program took forever, without much feedback to say whether it had died or not. There appear to be two phases to that operation, one took about 5 minutes, the other about 10. Most young people would probably have pulled that plug on it by then, assuming that it had crashed.
What has been done in "consumer friendly" systems is to apply the idea that you need to give *some* sort of progress status so that people can tell that the program is still doing *something*, even if they don't know exactly what.
And, yes, people do tend to get nervous if a program gives no indication that things are going okay, even people who *know* about old unix programs and they way they behave.


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Civilinės atsakomybės už klinikinių vaistinių preparatų tyrimų metu tiriamajam asmeniui padarytą žalą probleminiai aspektai.
Zamarytė, Kristina
MetaduomenysRodyti išsamų įrašą
In Lithuania, as well as in other Eastern European countries, there is a relatively high number of people participating in clinicai triais of medicinai products. In foreign countries an increasing number of lawsuits against investigators, clinicai trial sponsors and heath care institutions are raised seeking compensation for the damage inflicted during clinicai triais, This indicates the risks involved. The protection of rights and interests of trial participants is thoroughly regulated by international, EU and the Lithuanian legal acts. From 2004, EU Member States have to implement the Clinicai Triais Directive. The Directive specifies that it is without prejudice to the civil and criminal liability of the sponsor or the investigator. The Directive does not require no-fault compensation. It requires insurance or indemnity covering liabilities of the sponsor and investigator. National health care institutions remain liable for clinicai negligence and other negligent harm to individuais covered by their duty of care. Nevertheless, civil liability for harm made to the trial participant has not yet been exarnined Lithuanian doctrine of law. This article analyzes Lithuanian legal acts, judicial practice, the doctrine of law and foreign scientific resources in order to assess the specifics of civil liability for harm to the participant of clinicai triais of medicinai preparations. First of all this article examines weather actions of investigators conducted during the clinicai trial can be regarded as health care services in Lithuanian legal system. It also intends to look at the peculiarities of civi! liability of health care institutions and medical practitioners involved in the trial as well as sponsor's and investigator's liabilities for harm which occurred during the investigation of medicinai product. Legal regulation of the compulsory clinicai trial insurance in Lithuania is also discussed. The problematic aspects of civil liability for harm to the clinicai trial participant are emphasized throughout the article. The author provides recommendations for further development of Lithuanian legal regulation, puts forward severai proposals on resolving questions arising in practical situations and suggests possible directions for further scientific research.
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Chinese mainland actress Zhou Xun has become a Hong Kong citizen
Media reports say the actress received a Hong Kong citizenship certificate under the "Quality Migrant Admission Scheme" at the end of January.
In recent years, the mainland has seen a notable rise in the number of actors and other artists applying for Hong Kong citizenship. Piano prodigies Lang Lang and Li Yundi and actors Hu Jun, Zhang Ziyi and Tang Wei obtained Hong Kong citizenship under this program.
Zhou played down the media hype about her citizenship change, saying she became a Hong Kong citizen because it was more convenient for her work. She added that she would remain focused on the mainland film industry in the future, according to the reports.
Zhou plans to soon resume her work in the spy film "Feng Sheng," or "Sound of the Wind," produced by Huayi Brothers, the country's leading entertainment company. She said she had bittersweet feelings about her current role, in that she regretted having to stand straight in an army uniform in the film, but was delighted that she could fulfill her dream of also wearing a traditional Chinese "qipao."
Zhou will complete her work on the film by the end of April. In the meantime, she said she had a growing interst in recording more songs, according to the reports.
As an internationally acclaimed Chinese actress and singer, Zhou was once regarded as one of the "four young dan actresses" in China in the early part of the decade, along with Zhang Ziyi, Xu Jinglei and Zhao Wei.
She had reinforced her positive image in a slew of new movies released last year, including "The Equation of Love and Death," "Painted Skin" and "All About Women," all of which were well received by her fans.
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Students Pen Cover Story for National Magazine
An article by senior Marissa Knaak (St. Cloud, Minn.) and junior Megan Soe (Fremont, Neb.) is featured as the cover story for the Winter 2012 issue of Financial History, the magazine of the Museum of American Finance. Knaak and Soe are both recipients of Thomas Willing Institute fellowships.
The article, "Female Investment in America: From the 18th Century to the Great Depression," follows the integral role of women in the market economy as consumers, employees, entrepreneurs and investors.
"The traditional view that women were largely excluded from the financial system until after World War II is factually flawed," Knaak and Soe argue in the article. "Following English precedents, women in America since the colonial period invested in financial securities, including government bonds and corporate equities. What they lacked, as both females and as small investors, was control. Before the Civil War, when small holders still exerted influence over corporate affairs, female investors remained in the minority. When they owned a majority of shares in some commercial banks in the late 19th century, Victorian mores excluded them from directorships. And by the time they came to own a majority of the shares in major industrial concerns in the early 20th century, executives had successfully seized control of corporate elections and entrenched themselves in power. Despite their effective disenfranchisement, women were expected to continue to turn their savings over to the control of men and, effectively blocked from other lucrative investment options, for the most part did so."


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Sometimes I wish I could be a stay at home Mum, okay recently...All of the time.
I know this feeling is spurred on by my not being happy at work, by everyone around me who can obviously see my thumbs twiddling and boredom setting in, yet still they by pass me. Unless of course they wish to dismiss me further by allocating mediocre jobs that I never used to do even before going on maternity leave.
I don't mean to sound like I am above it, but I am just dis-heartened that my going on leave has put me further down the pecking list than the new starter to the team.
I thought time would pass and things would settle down, to how they were before I left for 13 months.
But too much has changed.
The company changed and so did I.
I can't ever see myself being happy with my current position; it currently feels like I am doing time for bad behaviour. I feel like I have been demoted, like I am sitting on a shelf slowly losing my sparkle to the dust that is starting to cover me.
I just don't seem to care about what I do in the office anymore, and no-one seems to care about me not caring? But I want to care. I work hard and when I really care, I go above and beyond to get things done.
I used to care.
I count down the hours until I reach Wednesday at 5pm, the start of the time I get to spend with Leo.
When Sunday night hits I feel dread in the very pitt of my stomach, all because I don't want to go to work and sit twiddling my thumbs.
I feel like I need to break loose and push forward in finding something else, but then I am scared at making such a big change.
I know it is something I need to do; I can't seem to pull my head out of this social media cloud it is currently floating around in and that just confirms to me that I still have passion and I still have drive.
I do still care, just about other things.
So how do you go about making such a big decision? How do you go about changing your life?
I have the drive and will do anything and everything I can do pull myself out of this rut I am currently sat in, slowly sinking deeper and deeper, but for the right opportunity I will stand up tall and walk out with my head held high.


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IA Representative (RA) System Processing Fees
Last updated on: 10/4/19
In order for a firm to use IARD, the firm must deposit funds into its Flex-Funding account for licensing and registration fees before filing electronically. Your firm should have enough funds on deposit to cover any applicable fees so that the form filing(s) can pass the automated system completeness checks and be submitted. In addition to representative and firm system processing fees, your firm may also be assessed jurisdiction-related fees for the firm, branches and representatives.
IA Representative (RA) System Processing Fees:
The following are system fees assessed for the electronic filing of IA representatives on the IARD system. In addition to these system fees, firms are charged for applicable individual state registration fees.
- Initial Set-up Fee: One-time fee charged when a firm electronically files a Form U4 for a new IA representative.
- The $45 initial set-up fee is reduced to $10 through December 31, 2019. Effective January 2, 2020, the fee will increase to $15.
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Everyone will have a different experience when it comes to publishing. Some of this will be determined by the route they want to follow:
- Large publisher
- Small publisher
- Self publishing
But there are other factors that are equally important. Basically, how do I take my finished first draft and get it to a published book in my hands?
This is what I've done so far:
- Took first draft and submitted portions of it to my writing group for critique
- Combed through all feedback, and the entire book, and edited everything
- Resubmitted it to my writing group as a completed novel
- Submitted it to a handful of family and friends
- Took all feedback, complied it, and slowly combed through all the comments, applying what worked
- Went back through and made sure all the edits worked
- Read back through as a "reader"
- Resubmitted book to past readers, as well as, new readers
- Applied final feedback
- Read novel again
- Had an editor comb through it
- Self published
Okay, so I've still got a couple more steps to do before I can self publish, but I am nearly there. And how long has all of this taken? I think it has been about two years.
It's a bit crazy to realize that, but no one ever said being a writer is easy. It takes a lot of work and dedication. And, I think, a true love of writing.
At the end of the day, maybe no one will even read my book, but there is that flicker of hope that at least a few people will pick it up… and I might have people read my story and enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
That's the dream anyway. Then, maybe, all of this will have been worth it.
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If you're relocating to Louisville, or if you've been renting here for a while and are thinking about purchasing a home, you are probably curious about the Louisville real estate scene. In this market, does it make more sense to rent or buy a home?
Although the answer to this question depends on many factors, you can get a pretty good idea by using a rent vs. buy calculator. We'd be happy to help you run your scenario through a calculator. The calculator helps you compare the costs of renting to those of buying a home, by taking into account the effects of all the "hidden forces" that impact these costs:
Since there are all kinds of forces at work behind the scenes (interest, property taxes, tax savings, appreciation, opportunity costs, closing costs, selling costs, etc.), comparing the cost of renting to the cost of buying is a lot more complicated than just comparing the monthly mortgage payment to the monthly rent payment.
The calculator works by keeping a running tally of the most common expenses of owning and renting, while also factoring in the "lost opportunity costs" that come with buying or renting. An example of a lost opportunity cost is the return you could have earned by investing your money rather than spending it on a down payment.
No matter what a calculator tells you, there are a number of non-financial reasons why you might want to purchase a home of your own. There's the security of knowing you can stay as long as you like. You're free to decorate and remodel as you please. Also, it can sometimes be difficult to find a rental home that meets your family's needs.
If you'd like access to the rent vs buy calculator, please don't hesitate to contact us. We can help you weigh all the advantages and disadvantages so you can make the best possible decision.


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November 16th, 2008
CubeMonster from eduardo omine on Vimeo.
Just finished a simple Processing sketch for the Processing Monsters project by Lukas Vojir. He invited Processing developers to create and share (source code included) little black-and-white, mouse reactive monsters — there are some cool entries already, go check them out.


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Dallas ISD Trustee Audrey Pinkerton hosts a community meeting this week to offer updates on the school community and take questions.
Pinkerton will discuss bus transportation, budget and tax rate information and the teacher excellence initiative.
The meeting is at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5 at Lida Hooe Elementary School.


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"Best Innovation, Best Sportboat, Best Overall Boat of the Year in 2001."
That sums it up for the Schock 40. The boat is a keen amalgam of design innovation that equates to ease of boat handling, minimum crew and blinding speed in an affordable package. CBTF (Canting-Ballast, Twin-Foil) is the principal innovation. Mount an 1800 lb. Bulb at the end of a stainless 7 ft long strut that can be electro-hydraulically activated through 110 degrees of arc and this boat can be flattened without 14 heavyweights thundering across the deck like spooked cattle. Hmm, that means performance with a minimal crew, say just 4 or 5. Sail handling is simplified with an asymmetrical shute too. With the keel canted to one side 55 degrees, the lateral resistance comes from two high aspect foils, one fore and one aft, that are also the Shock 40's rudders- thus the Twin-Foil in CBTF. The Schock 40 displaces only 7000 lbs. The boat is easily driven by a 15 hp, 4 stroke outboard. The outboard is mounted on a track that nestles it horizontally when not in use. The well is sealed off with a hull door leaving no drag below.
With a beam of 7 feet at the water line, this boat just flies. I did a race out of the Los Angeles Yacht Club in 18 knots of breeze. We went to weather like a freight train with only four guys on the rail. Nor did we get soaked, thanks to the rounded shape of the hull forward. Downwind we caught a couple of One Design 48s that had rounded our weather mark five minutes in front of us. They were in a different race coming in from the ocean side. They did not like it when we caught them!
Schock 40 Specifications
Length: 40 ft
Beam: 10 ft.
Draft: 8 ft.
Displacement: 7000 lbs.
Upwind Sail Area: 884 sq. ft.
Downwind Sail Area: 1,942 sq. ft.
Builder: W.D. Schock Corporation


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Kim Zolciak couldn't be prouder of her kids, and now she praised Ariana Biermann, her and Kroy Biermann's beautiful daughter. She posted a gorgeous pic of Ariana on her social media account praising her.
'One of 3 of the Most beautiful girls in the world @arianabiermann you AMAZE me daily! BEAUTY & BRAINS & a HUGE LOVE YOU TO THE MOON & BACK hair by @hairby_chrissy makeup by @madibernard' Kim captioned the photo featuring her beautiful daughter.
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The international strategy of subnational actors: The case of Quebec
Subnational governments have become increasingly relevant on the international scale and contribute to the rise of a multilevel governance of cultural diplomacy.
They are actors under the authority of a national government. In federal states, they can be states or provinces. Regions and municipalities are other examples of subnational governments. Some countries have additional levels of governments.
Although they are not traditionally recognised as legitimate actors within the framework of diplomacy, they do play a role in international relations. Two approaches are possible to analyse their role. One is to view it as para-diplomacy, which entails that state relations and subnational governments' relations operate in separate and parallel worlds. Another approach considers state diplomacy and subnational governments' diplomacy as intermingled, with different types of actors being involved.
The case of Quebec
Quebec is the only Canadian province where French is the only provincial official language. The province strives to assert its distinctiveness, as shown by the declaration voted in 2003 by the National Assembly of Quebec, which states that Quebec constitutes a "nation". In the 1960s, the province went through the so-called "Quiet Revolution", which led to independence referenda and to the adoption of laws aiming to preserve the French language.
It is in this context that the international strategy of Quebec took off, with the opening of the Quebec house in Paris in 1961 and the adoption of the Gérin-Lajoie doctrine in 1965 (named after the then vice-president of Quebec) that claimed Quebec's "determination to take the place that it deserves in the contemporary world". In 1967 Quebec created a Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs, which became the Ministry of International Affairs in 1984 and later changed name several times.
Over the years, Quebec has opened numerous representations abroad: New York (1940), Paris (1961), London (1962), Dusseldorf (1970), Brussels (1972), Tokyo (1973), Mexico (1980), Seoul (1991). More recently, it opened also offices in Berlin (2006), Mumbai (2008), Dakar and Qingdao (2016). Such representations serve a number of functions: support entrepreneurs and cultural and educational institutions; collect strategic information; promote Quebec with investors, tourists and students.
Quebec also developed bilateral and multilateral actions. In 1965, a France-Quebec cooperation agreement was established in the field of education and three years later, a French-Quebecois Office for the Youth was inaugurated. In 1980, Quebec made an agreement with the People's Republic of China to collaborate in the field of education. It conducted also international missions, and received delegations of foreign heads of states.
In addition, Quebec developed relations with other subnational governments. In 1989, it developed exchange programmes with Bavaria (in Germany). In 1996, it developed cooperation with Catalonia in fields like education, science, technology and public administration. In 2002, a multilateral cooperation was launched with the regions of Bavaria, Shandong, West Cape and Upper Austria.
The report of the Quebec Ministry of Foreign Affairs stresses its complementarity with Canadian diplomacy: "The government ensures that Québec's interests are taken into account in the formulation of Canadian foreign policy and conducts its own actions in a manner compatible with overall Canadian foreign policy positions. Canada's international influence is greater when the federation's constituent parts—the main expression of its institutional diversity—are well represented."
The case of Quebec shows how a subnational government can deploy an autonomous international strategy. Quebec argues that its action is complementary with the state's diplomacy, but is also trying to convey a specific agenda: asserting its voice within the national agenda on international relations, as well as affirming its distinctiveness.
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Is there a region or province in the country where you live that has a specific cultural identity? What can it do to promote it?
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Praetorian The Rise and Fall of Rome's Imperial Bodyguard Guy de la Bédoyère
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Founded by Augustus around 27 B.C., the elite Praetorian Guard was tasked with the protection of the emperor and his family. As the centuries unfolded, however, Praetorian soldiers served not only as protectors and enforcers but also as powerful political players. Fiercely loyal to some emperors, they vied with others and ruthlessly toppled those who displeased them, including Caligula, Nero, Pertinax, and many more. Guy de la Bédoyère provides a compelling first full narrative history of the Praetorians, whose dangerous ambitions ceased only when Constantine permanently disbanded them.
de la Bédoyère introduces Praetorians of all echelons, from prefects and messengers to artillery experts and executioners. He explores the delicate position of emperors for whom prestige and guile were the only defenses against bodyguards hungry for power. Folding fascinating details into a broad assessment of the Praetorian era, the author sheds new light on the wielding of power in the greatest of the ancient world's empires.
"Any future researcher into the subject will certainly begin here."—Peter Jones, Times (London)
"This book is a lively and up-to-date history of the Praetorian Guard, the anti-coup divisions of the Roman emperors from Augustus to Constantine. De la Bédoyère tells their story with clarity and panache, and his book can be most warmly recommended both to aspiring tyrants and the ordinary armchair historian."—Peter Thonemann, Sunday Times
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Our good friends hosted the second annual gingerbread house building party. Tasha goes all out and pre-makes the houses, and sets up everything; complete with Christmas carols and Laura's hot cocoa. The kids laughed and ate too many sweets and carried home their masterpieces in their sticky little hands. Tasha and Laura and I ate donuts and watched as our kids reveled in the Christmas spirit.
The night before we went to Whitney's where we ate too many cookies and drank too much vodka and danced to Justin Beiber and Journey with beer bottle and hair brush microphones. We spun our kids around in circles and laughed at inappropriate adult jokes as the kids played hide and seek. I always cry every year before I leave Whitney's, I tell her it is not a good party unless I cry. I felt like I was at a movie, where the sweet indie music is playing and people are just happy and all is good in the world.
Today I am grateful for the kids who effortlessly embrace the Christmas spirit and to their parents who do so much to create the happy memories for them to tuck away deep in the pockets of their sweet sugar plum dreams.
Love & Light,
Tasha is the best.
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Slim PS3 news: The People vs: Final Fantasy XIII
The PlayStation community put their questions to Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama.
When Final Fantasy producer and designer, Yoshinori Kitase and Motomu Toriyama, came to London to speak to media about their latest title, eu.playstation.com went along armed with questions from the PlayStation community. Thanks to everyone that submitted their question over at the official PlayStation Forums.
What would you say to someone that has never played a Final Fantasy game before? (DrJones_PhD, United Kingdom)
Yoshinori Kitase: Those that haven't tried RPGs might fear that the game is too complex, but if you take an interest in the story rather than feel apprehensive about the depth, then you will discover how to play the game gradually and naturally. Just take an interest in the story and let that guide you.
Motomu Toriyama: The overall theme of the story is determination to fight against one's own fate. fal'Cie is a deity that uses Lightning and the other members of the party like slaves; in a way, they are bound to an unreasonable destiny. So really the story is about these characters fighting off the unfairness of their own fate.
Why the more action-based approach to combat? (Sand_Snake, solid_sammy, SSeifer, KARASU-NULL, France)
MT: It's partly true that Final Fantasy XIII takes a more action-based approach to combat. The main concept behind the battle system is combining action with the traditional turn-based strategy to create something new. In view of making an RPG for a High Definition console like PS3, we realise that this approach might be better received by the wider gaming audience, and perhaps easier for them to warm to.
Will the PAL version feature a Japanese language option, with English subtitles? (fantasyfreak, Netherlands)
YK: No, it will not. I had heard at other media presentations that this was a popular request, and I have to say it came to me as a surprise.
Are you considering releasing the game in 3D? (Ruy-o, Germany)
YK: We don't know how possible it is to build the game in 3D but we are interested in it. In fact, we have already created a 3D Final Fantasy XIII trailer, which is currently showing in Japanese cinemas alongside the film Avatar.
Currently, that's only available in Japan, but there might be an opportunity for a wider release in the future.
Will Ultima Weapons return in Final Fantasy XIII? (Npod, Portugal)
MT: We're not quite sure exactly what you mean as we don't know the translations, but if you mean Ultimate Weapon in that you can upgrade each weapon until it is at its most powerful, then yes you can.
Does the game require a data install before playing? (European_Gamer, Denmark)
MT: For the comfort of the players, no, this is not necessary.
Which are your favourite, Chocobos or Moggles? (Domino2097, United Kingdom)
YK: [Laughs] I prefer Chocobos, definitely. In Final Fantasy XIII you will be encountering baby Chocobos, Cocoon Chocobos and grandpa Chocobos. As for Moggles, they will just be making a cameo appearance in this particular title.
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Issue Nº 1: Tastemaker
The very first issue of Cherry Bombe with cover girl and cookie entrepreneur Karlie Kloss and her pal Christina Tosi of Milk Bar. Also, Lucky Rice's Danielle Chang shares her favorite NY Chinatown spots, style icon Garance Dore recalls her waitressing days, pastry chef Caitlin Freeman bakes a fashionable cake, food stylist Victoria Granof takes us inside her glamorous career, Chef Gabrielle Hamilton muses about her bestselling memoir, and, filmmaker Sofia Coppola shares her favorite cocktail.
Plus, recipes from the hottest chefs, bakers, and makers around.
Cover photo by Jennifer Livingston