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Make no mistake – I have a bit of a sweet tooth, and on occasion, I do like me a bit of jam. It's something that is in the cupboard for special occasions – rarely does it make my 'everyday breakfast' toast. But after eating at a delicious little café on Dominion Road in Auckland called The Midnight Baker earlier in the week and sampling one of their creations, I was reminded of Chia Seed Jam.
I have made it in the past, but I had forgotten how easy it is to make at home. Chia seeds are great as they are a plant source of Omega 3, have a high protein content as well as pack a punch in the fibre stakes as well!
My version has no nasties in it, no preservatives and no added sugar either, as I find the fruit gives it enough sweetness. Ordinarily in jam it is the sugar that also helps in the setting process, but with this version, it is of course the Chia seeds that aids in the setting.
2 cups of frozen thawed or fresh raspberries (or other berry fruit)
3 Tbsp chia seeds
2 Tbsp water
½ tsp vanilla extract
Dash of honey or maple sugar if needed (optional)
Place the berries in a small pot on the stove along with the other ingredients. Bring everything to a gentle boil until the fruit is mushy. It should start to thicken as the chia seeds absorb the liquid. Pour the 'jam' into prepared jars. Once cooled the jam will have set a little more – you can then store in the fridge for about 2 weeks.
Spread on your favourite toast, add to Greek yoghurt, add to your favourite breakfast cereal or with other fruit and enjoy without the extra added sugar!


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As social marketers, we're always looking for new approaches to identify and reach likely buyers. Which social networks do our likely buyers use most? What kind of messaging and CTAs will resonate with them? What do they care about, and how do your brand's offerings fit into that equation? Here's how using a social media listening solution can help.
1. Identify Where the Bulk of the Conversation Is Happening
You can use listening to identify the social networks with the highest volume of conversation around topics relevant to your brand. Which social network has the highest volume of conversation for this particular brand?
Let's say that I own a lipstick brand called "Lucy's Amazing Lipstick." I don't want to know only the conversation on social that mentions my brand specifically–this gives me a limited view of the social media conversation about lipstick.
I want to widen my lens, and understand what the lipstick conversation looks like around people not directly tagging me or talking about my brand. This means I am looking at the conversation data around terms like "lipstick," "smudge-free lipstick," and "gloss," as well as my brand name and my competitors' brand names.
Armed with this knowledge, I can identify the social networks where my buyer—the person most interested in my topic—is spending the most time.
2. Identify Where Conversation Growth Is Happening
You don't just want to know where the bulk of relevant conversation is occurring. You also want to know where the biggest conversation growth is occurring. In the section above, Twitter is where the most conversation is occurring (sorry, I couldn't resist), but Instagram is seeing the biggest conversation growth.
This is important information to consider as you put together your targeting strategy and determine where to invest your finite resources.
3. Identify What Drives the Conversation
You know how much conversation is happening, and where it's happening…but what exactly is driving this conversation?
Which terms, hashtags, and events are generating the most response? Don't avert your eyes. You'll want to pay attention to the favorable conversations and engagement-drivers around your brand and/or market…
When you make a sale on @Poshmarkapp pic.twitter.com/kvfzR1Dmbf
— ✭Rachel✭ (@SimplyRach_) July 26, 2018
…as well as the not-so-favorable ones.
Sephora employee: "you have 70000 points, you can choose from any of these things" pic.twitter.com/zVHQW9obkR
— Jel (@JelianMercado) February 16, 2018
This will show you how to adjust your strategy and give you unique market research about your likely buyer. This is information you can use to better target social ads, put together a stronger awareness-building strategy, and even engage more effectively on a one-to-one basis.
4. Identify Geographic Locations
Now you know what the conversation is about specifically, but do you know where it is coming from? Where do your likely buyers live?
Can you plan personalized experiences, events, and campaigns in these areas to reach likely buyers and turn them into actual buyers?
5. Identify Who's Driving the Conversation
Which social users are driving the most conversation around your brand and relevant keywords? These folks are influencers in your space.
Contact them and form relationships with them. These people have built their followings from scratch—and their followers are your likely buyers. Influencers are another path towards your buyer.
6. Identify Your Conversation Types
Now that you have a good handle on the conversation around your brand and relevant topics, how can you a) identify your common conversation types and b) motivate your likely buyers in these conversations to buy or buy more?
For instance, let's say you have five main conversation types within which most relevant conversations fall:
- Pleased with your service: The social user is happy with their experience on your website, in your store, or at your event, and wants the world to know.
- Pleased with your product: The social user is happy about your product, and wants the world to know.
- Displeased with your service: The social user is unhappy with their experience on your website, in your store, or at your event, and wants the world to know.
- Displeased with your product: The social user is unhappy about your product, and wants the world to know.
- Seeking advice about your service or product: The social user is looking for advice and insight about your service/product.
If these are your five categories, you'll want to come up with subcategories. For instance, which specific services do social users commonly claim to be pleased with? Displeased with? Which specific products do social users commonly claim to be pleased and displeased with? And, perhaps most important for targeting that likely buyer, which subjects are social users looking for advice and insight about in your category—and not necessarily directly related to your brand?
Once you've come up with your subcategories, it's time to strategize. Which strategies will you create for each of these common conversation types, to turn likely buyers into straight-up buyers?
7. Identify Your Buyer Personas on Social
Then begin marketing to them accordingly. More on that process here.

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Coat your puzzle piece with Gesso if you are going to apply paint or ink to it
Paint the piece with the base colour of your choice, here I used Seedless preserves distress paint
Using a mask over the top of your piece, paint through the mask with a lighter colour.
Squeeze some stickles glue onto a non porous surface and use a pallette knife or similar to spread over a different mask.
Place the mask over the piece again, lining up with the stickles layer and apply a coat of clear texture paste This allows the gliter to show through the raised texture.
Allow the texture paste to dry before adding embelishments to finish off your piece. Heating with a heat gun will cause the paste to bubble which can be cool but only if you want that effect.
Add flowers, pins, text or any other embellishments to finnish off your puzzle piece.


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1.各花入各眼ru hua ru ge yan
Literal translation: Different flowers (花) look good to different eyes (眼).
English equivalent: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
2. 以毒攻毒 yi du gong du
Literal translation: Use poison to fight poison.
English equivalent: Fight fire with fire.
3. 花开堪折直需折 hua kai kan zhe zhi xu zhe
Literal translation: Pick the flowers when they are ready to be picked.
English equivalent: Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
4. 岁月不留人 sui yue bu liu ren
Literal translation: Years don't wait for people.
English equivalent: Time and tide wait for no man.
5. 无风不起浪 wu feng bu qi lang
Literal translation: Without wind there are no waves.
English equivalent: There is no smoke without fire.
6. 入乡随俗 ru xiang sui su
Literal translation: Follow the local custom [when you go to a foreign place].
English equivalent: When in Rome do as the Romans do.
7. 老婆是别人的靓 lao po shi bier en de liang
Literal translation: Other people's wives always look more beautiful than your own.
English equivalent: The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
8. 女人心海底针nv ren xin hai di zhen
Literal translation: A woman's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the ocean.
English equivalent: A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets.
9. 以攻为守 yi gong wei shou
Literal translation: Use offense as defense.
English equivalent: The best defense is a good offense.
10.婚姻是恋爱的坟墓 hun yin shi lian ai de fen mu
Literal translation: marriage is romance's grave.
English equivalent: Marriage is the death of romance.
11. 一见钟情 yi jian zhong qing
Literal translation: at first sight (一见) fall deeply in love (钟情).
English equivalent: love at first sight
12. 百闻不如一见 bai wen bur u yi jian
Literal translation: Hearing something a hundred times isn't the same as seeing it once
English equivalent: Seeing is believing.
13.英雄所见略同 ying xiong suo jian lve tong
Literal translation: The views of heroes are similar.
English equivalent: Great minds think alike.


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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A borosilicate of calcium, occurring most commonly in brilliant glassy crystals, which are colorless or of a pale-green tint, white, grayish, or red; also in a white, opaque, massive form, looking like porcelain, and in radiated columnar form with botryoidal surface (the variety botryolite).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A
borosilicateof limecommonly occurring in glassy, greenish crystals, with the chemical formula Ca B Si O4(O H).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Ancient Greek δατέομαι (dateomai, "I divide") + -lite; in allusion to the granular structure of a massive variety.
The element boron is present in various complex boro-silicates, such as datolite and tourmaline, the latter of which is used as a precious stone


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Introduction All you need to know about the course and Ann's intentions!
BONUS - Meditations and Self-Hypnosis Where all bonus Recordings are held
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- Removing Money Blocks Copy
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- Enhancing Confidence Copy
- Inner Child Love Copy
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- Heart Chakra Healing Copy
- Throat Chakra Healing Copy
- Third Eye Healing Copy
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Resources Everything you need and more!!!
Module One - The Chakra Systems and Energy Field Energy Medicine that rebalances
- Auras, Meridians & Chakras Copy
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- Heart Chakra – Love & Disempowerment Copy
- Throat Chakra – Truth & Lies Copy
- Third Eye Chakra – Intuition & Unclear Copy
- Crown Chakra – Enlightened & Lost Copy
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Module Two - Protect, Protect & Protect.
Module Three - Connection to the Spirit World
Module Four - Angel Healing Therapy To the Angels & Archangels
- Angel Therapy Hierarchy Copy
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Reading in Johnathan Lewis' book, or on Martin Widlake's blog, they both talk about "adjusted" or "modified" multi-block read counts.
What is this number? Where does it come from?
Basically, what's previously been said about this number is that Oracle "adjusts" the speed of your multi-block read count to compensate for time differences.


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Mayo profile: 'People are in bad form, with no spare cash . . . and not saying a lot to us, which is dangerous'
SF's Rose Conway-Walsh expected to poll very well in west Mayo, while mini 'civil war' in Westport splitting Fine Gael vote
'Mini' civil war: Westport, Co Mayo. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Even before the first salvoes were fired in this local election, Fine Gael lost a seat in the Taoiseach's constituency.
Sitting councillor and Mayo football star Séamus Weir withdrew his name at last January's selection convention in Ballina, and declared his intention to run as an Independent.
Cllr Weir, who won five county titles and a Connacht championship, is concerned about the impact of Eirgrid's proposals to route pylons and overhead power lines as part of GridWest through Knockmore and the Moy Valley area.
Seven years ago, when he was made chair of the local authority, one of Weir's six objectives was to initiate dialogue among all parties involved in the Corrib gas dispute, and he feels passionately that communities affected by the large energy projects moving into north Mayo - from wind to wave - should be listened to before big decisions are taken.
Meanwhile, loss of discretionary medical cards, water charges, property taxes and a lack of jobs are issues on doorsteps, according to some of the 61 candidates seeking 30 seats.
Mayo may be one of the largest constituencies geographically, but its six electoral areas are being reduced to four.
Fine Gael, which held the majority on the outgoing council with 16 seats (17 before Weir's defection), is fielding 20 candidates, while Fianna Fáil, with seven seats currently, has 18 runners.
Minister of State Michael Ring, whose base is Westport, says, "People are in bad form, with no spare cash . . . and not saying a lot to us, which is dangerous."
Sinn Féin is hoping to build on its existing two seats by fielding a candidate in each of the four electoral areas, while there are 16 Independents, compared to five elected in 2009, along with two Green Party candidates and one Labour.
Anti-government anger fuelled a high turnout among voters in Mayo during the last local election.
However, Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary says his party is getting a much better reception than in 2009 and 2011, and there is a perception that Mayo and the west of Ireland have been forgotten about.
Calleary and Independent councillor Michael Kilcoyne have been critical over the Taoiseach's failure to do anything about tax-free status for Knock airport, similar to Shannon.
Fine Gael's former Castlebar mayor Cyril Burke says he received "more slagging" than actual criticism about last week's report that he was the "best paid local representative in Connacht", with expenses of €121,872 over two years from 2012 to 2013.
Rural dwellers
Water charges are not much of an issue in his area, largely rural and south of Castlebar town, Burke says, as rural dwellers have been paying for water all long.
Threats to post offices and maternity services in Castlebar hospital, changes to LEADER funding, delays in repairing storm damage, the uncertainty over seaweed harvesting rights and restrictions on estuary fishing for salmon in Doohoma/Geesala are issues being picked up by smaller parties and Independents.
Erris-based Sinn Féin councillor Rose Conway-Walsh is expected to poll very well in the west Mayo electoral area, while her colleague to the east in Claremorris, Gerry Murray, is also regarded as strong.
A mini "civil war" in Westport over the Fine Gael nomination is splitting the vote there, mirroring what is happening to the party in Ballina.
Independents are expected to do very well in Mayo, but the cognoscenti say the number of nonparty first-preference votes may not match seats.
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They came in and did a fantastic job today! We talked about our new theme...which is BEING A LEADER!! We haven't had the chance to discuss it thoroughly, but we were able to get a start on it! We also finished up some lingering things from last week such as our Lost World stories and posters (those have turned out amazing)! This afternoon we started Unit 7 in math, which is all about fractions! We did a review today, which involved maked shapes and equally dividing them using Twizzler Pull-and-Peels!! Mmmmmm!!!! :) We finished the day with our first states and capitals of the North Central region (Indiana and Illinois). Bonus question: What do we call more than one rhombus?? Comment below!
This week we will be doing all kinds of activities including more fractions, drawing conclusions, vocab games, and some art! We didn't get to our pre-spelling test today so we will do that tomorrow! Also, Thursday we will have our Fan Tunnel and Character Assembly! For this we have a "superhero" theme so we are asking students to dress as super heroes on Thursday to help make this program even better!
Tonight's homework:
Homelink 7.1
Read AR
Superhero Note
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The U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Louise Arbour, is calling for a big increase in the number of United Nations peacekeepers, human rights monitors and aid agencies to ensure security in Darfur. Ms. Arbour, who has just returned from a five-day visit to Darfur, says the international community must redouble its efforts to protect the citizens of Darfur.
The U.N.'s top human rights official, Louise Arbour, says there is a great sense of insecurity and fear among the internally displaced people she met in Darfur camps. She describes conditions in the camps as miserable. While people told her they would like to go back home to a more normal life, she says they are too afraid to return to the villages they fled. She says they do not trust the government of Sudan to protect them.
Ms. Arbour says the people believe the government is in collusion with their attackers, the Arab militia known as the Janjaweed.
"They claim that when they attempt to leave the narrow perimeters of the camps, they are invariably attacked and their efforts to report these attacks to the authorities lead nowhere and that is prevalent in virtually all the camps we attended?." she said. "At this point, I think the core crisis is one of safety and security."
But Ms. Arbour also notes much progress has been made in getting food and other assistance to the approximately 1.5 million displaced people in Darfur. She says security now is the greatest crisis and it must be addressed with great urgency and seriousness.
The high commissioner is leaving for New York, where she will be meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Ms. Arbour says she will tell him of the urgent need to greatly increase the number of international soldiers on the ground. She says private aid agencies must be given more financial support to carry out their humanitarian work, and she says U.N. agencies also need to expand their presence in Darfur, starting with human rights monitors from her own office.
"We now have eight people who are and have been operational in the field for some time," she said. "We will double that as soon as we can deploy them. And, I think everybody has to increase their presence. I have to say again when you speak to IDP's (Internally Displaced Persons) they again systematically stress that the only comfort, the only sense of security that they develop is when they feel that the world is watching and they are accompanied by internationals. So, I think it is absolutely critical. "
High Commissioner Arbour says there is a great difference between the reality in Darfur and the way the Khartoum government sees the situation. One of the most worrisome examples of this, she says, is the way the government minimizes the extent and gravity of rape and sexual violence against women in Darfur.


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Much has been talked about regarding China and its emerging presence as a dominant world force. We believe that the seeds have been sown for China to be a global leader in economic activity for decades to come.
But before becoming too euphoric about the prospects for this economic giant, we should recognize that China does face headwinds.
There is no doubt that China is a growing economy. With a current growth rate of approximately 8%, it far outpaces Western economies in terms of actual GDP growth. But below the surface, there are structural problems that need to be recognized. We carefully assess these trends as we make investment decisions.
Here are a few items of concern about China:
1. China's demographic problem: China's one-child policy has led to an aging population. As this older population continues to age, China will be required to spend more money on health care infrastructure and other social services. One might argue that this may not be a priority for China given that culturally the younger generation is encouraged to care for the older generation. But there is a limit to how much the younger population can care for their elderly. Even if older Chinese live with the younger generation, their healthcare needs will likely be costly. This cost will be a drag on economic growth.
2. China's Population: As the Chinese population continues to grow, efforts to convert the Chinese economy from an mostly export to a more balanced consumer and export economy will be a challenge. The dream demographic for advertisers in the U.S. is 25 to 49-year-old T.V. viewers. This is the segment of the population that spends the most money out of their disposable income on 'aspirational purchases'. As the Chinese population continues to age, there will be less motivation for the older population to spend. With a smaller group of consumers available to bolster the Chinese economy, this will create problems as China attempts to diversify its economy.
3. Chinese labor costs: Yes, China still has very low labor costs compared to factories in the United States. A recent study conducted on a major manufacturer showed that the average Chinese worker was making near $4 per day, where an equivalent salary is much higher in more established economies. The differential wage gap has resulted in Chinese capturing a large percentage of the manufacturing market. But there is some evidence there is a backlash against low labor costs. Some workers have privately discussed organizing labor unions, and there has been more competition in Chinese industry for skilled workers. There will likely be price pressures to increase wages. When that happens, the Chinese economy will likely slow.
4. Chinese real estate: One only needs to fly intoShanghai or Beijing and see the rows and rows of empty condominiums and office buildings built by government funds in anticipation of growth that has not yet occurred. The Chinese economy is growing strongly, but Chinese real estate has undergone a massive build out which is underutilized at this point. As the economy slows, real estate prices are beginning the slow decreasing the netwealth effect for Chinese. Any reduction in wealth is likely to have a negative impact on the Chinese economy
5. Flow of information: Given the rapid dissemination of information as a result of technology, it is sometimes problematic to try to restrain freethinking. China tries but it is not easy. Just recently protests occurred in response to the Chinese crackdown on street vendors, and many have suggested that the riots in the Arab world are indicative of what might happen in China. Let's be clear; the Chinese government is worried about political and social revolution and for that reason are doing all they can to try to control media and Internet usage. But perhaps the genie is out of the bottle. This is surely going to lead to political and cultural changes which will no doubt impact economic agendas of China's authoritarian government.
These five issues surroundingChinese economic growth do not dispel the reality that we currently see in the Chinese economy. China is a rapidly growing economy with a 8% growth rate. They have a massive labor cost differential and will continue to benefit from this differential for years to come. But China is no longer growing at 15% a year. Our view is that this high growthtrajectory is finished.
There are other countries in Asia besides China. Our perspective is to diversify portfolios across a number of emerging markets and not just focus on one country. Because China is mostlyabout exports, investing only in Chinese equity assets for your emerging-market investment strategy then means that you essentially are buying only the export sector and that is not diversification.
Michael Yoshikami, Ph.D., CFP®, is CEO, Founder and Chairman of YCMNET's Investment Committee at . Founded in 1986, YCMNET is a San Francisco Bay Area-based independent money management firm that provides fee-based wealth management services to institutional investors and individual investors. The firm works with clients around the world. Michael was named by Barron's as one of the Top 100 Independent Financial Advisors for 2009 and 2010. He oversees all investment and research activities of the firm and is actively engaged on a daily basis in the firm's securities analysis activities and determines the macro tactical asset allocation weightings for client portfolios. He works with YCMNET's investment team in integrating behavioral investing strategies with the firm's core fundamental perspective. Michael holds a Ph.D. in education, other advanced degrees, and holds the Certified Financial Planner® (CFP) designation.


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Ferguson, Dodgers go for sweep of Giants (Jun 16, 2018)
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers are hoping that a well-rested and inspired rookie pitcher will lead them to success in Sunday's series finale against the San Francisco Giants.
Left-hander Caleb Ferguson will make his third career start, pitching opposite Giants right-hander Chris Stratton, but it will be his first outing where he will get a minute to catch his breath and ease into his surroundings.
Before his major league debut on June 6, and his follow-up effort Tuesday, Ferguson had to scramble to catch a flight and then take the mound for the Dodgers. This time around, Ferguson has done all of his between-start routine with the major league club, and even got a bonus assignment this week.
Ferguson was able to get an up-close-and-personal look at Clayton Kershaw's most recent rehab bullpen session. It was a multi-pronged effort to not only let Ferguson watch a pitcher he looks up to, but to get an in-depth view at one of the hardest workers in the game.
"Even for Caleb to sit in on Clayton's pen (Friday) and to sit in on Rich (Hill's on Saturday) and not have to fly in make a start then fly out and come back in, he will get to assimilate with our guys," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "I think there is a benefit to that."
Ferguson (0-0, 9.53) lasted just 1 2/3 innings of his debut at Pittsburgh and then went four innings Tuesday against the Rangers. He has given up a combined six runs, but the Dodgers offense has scored a combined 21 runs in his two outings so at least he is getting elite run support.
Stratton (7-4, 4.56) has allowed three runs or fewer in each of his last four starts, but he is facing a Dodgers lineup that has hit 34 home runs in June alone. The right-hander will have to face a trio of left-handed hitters in Max Muncy, Cody Bellinger and Joc Pederson who have been productive of late.
He figures to be up for the challenge after guiding the Giants to a 10-4 record in his starts this season. In his outing Tuesday at Miami, Stratton was just the second Giants pitcher since May 6 to last at least seven innings, but he still took the loss in a 3-1 defeat. It was his sixth quality start of the season.
The Giants are currently 3-6 on a three-city road trip that ends Sunday. And while a return home is ahead, better health could be coming soon, although third baseman Evan Longoria figures to be out at least a month with a fractured left hand.
First baseman Brandon Belt was activated Saturday, while pitchers Johnny Cueto and Jeff Samardzija could be back soon.
"Our biggest issue has been trying to stay healthy," manager Bruce Bochy said, according to mlb.com.
Madison Bumgarner made his third start since coming off the disabled list Saturday and allowed three runs on five hits in six innings of a 3-1 loss. It marked the 11th straight time in Los Angeles the Giants scored two runs or less, according to STATS Inc.
Matt Kemp and Enrique Hernandez homered for the Dodgers -- who will go for the series sweep on Sunday -- while Alex Wood allowed a run on four hits in 5 2/3 innings.


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[More about archaeology, reenactment, darkages, shields; arkeologi, vendeltiden, Uppsala, sköld.]
David Huggins is a member of the Wulfheodenas Dark Ages re-enactment group. Among mid-1st millennium Scandies, a wulfheoden was a kind of berserker warrior, only one who identified with wolves rather than bears. David recently commissioned Polish master artisan Grzegorz Kulig to make a replica of a display shield from boat grave number 7 at Valsgärde near Uppsala, whose inhabitant was a 7th century petty king among the Swedes. I think this is a thing of astonishing beauty.
All archaeological museums exhibit the modern remains of objects that were once as beautiful as this. They should in my opinion make a habit of commissioning replicas to display along with the originals, showing visitors what the handicraft of the past was like before the iron rusted, the bronze verdigrised, and the leather & wood rotted away.
Looking closer at the shield's iconography, note first that the quadrupeds surrounding the shield boss have bearded human faces on their upper legs. This human-beast ambiguity is typical for the period's warrior ideology (cf. berserkers), and has been interpreted to mean that the beasts are actually shamanistic extensions of a warrior or god whose native form lies in a trance. And on the back side we encounter the ubiquitous Vendel Period beast trinity: counting from the top, the wolf, the boar and the eagle. Classic stuff from one of the era's focal points of politics, religion and art.
Check out Grzegorz Kulig's web site for more pics of his work! Gracjana Kulig (who is a silver smith specialising in filigreed jewellery) replies swiftly in excellent English to inquiries. And it only gets better when you consider that in Swedish, the word kulig is a common combination of kul and rolig, both of which mean "fun".


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Offer it and they will come. That's a paraphrase of the slogan for the movie Field of Dreams, but it's apt for expanded public library services, called Lobby Stop, available at the Belmont Community Center (BCC) in the Lake Anna area.
With free Wi-Fi and increased library visits once a week at the community center, patrons young and old have new access to tablets, books, DVDs, and the internet through Lobby Stop. And the numbers keep growing; about 10 new visitors started coming each week in the early months. Although the summer months have been slower, the number of patrons using the expanded services has almost doubled since April – up to about 35 users each week.
The Lobby Stop library services are a cooperative venture between the Belmont Ruritan Club and the Belmont Club of Women (who jointly own the BCC), the Central Rappahannock Regional Library (CRRL), and Spotsylvania County. The community center and clubs serve the Lake Anna area, with members coming from the three counties that border the lake: Louisa, Spotsylvania, and Orange.
The BCC building predates the lake, which was created in the 1970s for the North Anna nuclear power plant. Lobby Stop takes its name from its visits to various "lobbies"in Spotsylvania County including assisted living facilities community centers, and more. Since 2009, Lobby Stop has replaced the Bookmobile in many county locations.
Gary Jackson has headed the project for the Belmont Ruritans, and Belmont Club of Women (BCOW) President Pam Luttner is the liaison for her organization.
It's a win-win for all involved. Jackson said that the Ruritans were approached in August 2016 by representatives of Spotsylvania County and the Livingston District School Board during a club dinner. They wanted to know if the center would be interested in being interconnected when the high-speed fiber optics cable was installed at the adjacent fire house. Free Wi-Fi? So what was the deal? That's where the CRRL comes in CRRL had been providing a Bookmobile- type service at the BCC twice a month for many years. The expanded Lobby Stop version being proposed by the county, school board, and library would add much more to the rural area.
With free Wi-Fi, the library services would now be available Mondays (except for holidays) from 4-7 p.m. at the BCC. The increased hours would better suit students and members of the community who wish to use it in the afternoon and early evening. Books are still available for checkout, and the library now provides 15 Chromebook laptops during each visit, a wireless printer, and a special computer-charging cart. People can bring their own smart phones, tablets, or laptops to use the internet.
The BCC clubs decided to make the Wi-Fi available 24/7 rather than shut it off when the center is not in use so that travelers or others can connect to the internet at any hour of the day from the parking lot.
Martha Hutzel, CRRL director, said that initially both County Administrator Mark Taylor and Livingston District School Board Member Kirk Twig had approached the CRRL about offering Lobby Stop services to school libraries, but the idea quickly grew to adding community centers. The BCC was the most rural of the centers in the county, so it was the first to go online.
On the BCC's side of things, Jackson – whose career was as an electrical engineer at a think tank that helped the "Air Force and other agencies put satellites into space" – is no stranger to technology.
He is used to working with groups to get projects accomplished, sometimes through "gracious pestering." Jackson developed memos of understanding that documented the clubs' relationship with the project and helped move things along. By March the internet was connected, and by April Lobby Stop was available.
The mission of the BCC clubs – both of which meet and hold events in the historic building – is that of service, and they raise money every year for scholarships that primarily assist students in the tri-county area. From supporting volunteer fire departments to area food pantries, the clubs also contribute funds and assistance to community needs. The Belmont Community Center was formerly the Belmont School (built in 1919), which housed seven grades. When the school closed, the BCC clubs purchased the building and its three acres. One building was torn down, and the remaining one with its pine floor was remodeled with a kitchen and restrooms. It opened as a community center in 1967.
The BCOW was formed as part of the statewide homemakers associations to Home agents were assigned to work with the chapters and present monthly programs that helped farm women learn new ways to cope with chores in the years before electricity and modern conveniences. Home demonstrations might have included sewing, decorating, or operating the innovative pressure cooker that would replace hot-water bath canners. Thus, education and community involvement have traditionally been part of the building's history.
Just as the clubs have evolved through the years, so have the library's community programs and services. "I'm afraid that our old Bookmobile died several years ago, and they are too costly to replace, service, run, and staff," Hutzel explained. "So we came up with Lobby Stops as a great alternative. Jenny McGee goes into as many assisted living and nursing homes as she can and brings books, movies, and a laptop to residents."
In addition to senior living facilities, the CRRL also takes the van's services to patrons at community centers such as Belmont. "Patrons report that they enjoy not having to go out in the weather, and our circulation has been two to three times higher in most cases," Hutzel continued. "Lobby Stop service will be provided from a smaller delivery vehicle, which will allow us to visit locations [that are harder to reach with the larger unit]."
Chris Glover, the library's assistant director for information technology, and Jane Reeve, Spotsylvania's director of information services, are among others who had the inspiration for and worked on the project. Thus far, it has been working well for all involved. "This [Lobby Stop] is a great example of the BCC clubs' mission to provide community service," Luttner explained.
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"The Permanent Portfolio is an easy-to-access how-to manual. . . . This book doesn't just cover the theories behind this method; it also gives details for putting the theories to work in the real world."
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No mattter how hard you try, market uncertainty cannot be eliminated. So rather than attempt to do away with it, why not embrace it? That's what the "Permanent Portfolio"—developed a few decades ago by the late Harry Browne, a successful financial advisor and author—was designed to do.
Authors Craig Rowland and J. M. Lawson understand the intricacies of this approach. And with this new book, they not only put them in perspective, but also add their own experience and insights to this proven strategy. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, this reliable guide will put you in a better position to invest and save in a way that will allow you to safely reach your financial goals.
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Acknowledgments xix
CHAPTER 1 What Is the Permanent Portfolio? 1
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CHAPTER 2 The 16 Golden Rules of Financial Safety 5
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Rule #2: Don't Assume You Can Replace Your Wealth 6
Rule #3: Recognize the Difference between Investing and Speculating 6
Rule #4: No One Can Predict the Future 7
Rule #5: No One Can Time the Market 7
Rule #6: No Trading System Will Work as Well in the Future as It Did in the Past 8
Rule #7: Don't Use Leverage 8
Rule #8: Don't Let Anyone Make Your Decisions 9
Rule #9: Don't Ever Do Anything You Don't Understand 9
Rule #10: Don't Depend on Any One Investment, Institution, or Person for Your Safety 10
Rule #11: Create a Bulletproof Portfolio for Protection 11
Rule #12: Speculate Only with Money You Can Afford to Lose 11
Rule #13: Keep Some Assets Outside the Country in which You Live 11
Rule #14: Beware of Tax-Avoidance Schemes 11
Rule #15: Enjoy Yourself with a Budget for Pleasure 12
Rule #16: Whenever You're in Doubt about a Course of Action, It's Always Better to Err on the Side of Safety 12
Investing and the Rules of Life 12
Recap 13
CHAPTER 3 Permanent Portfolio Performance 15
Growth, No Large Losses, and Real Returns: The Holy Trinity 16
Only Real Returns Matter 24
Looking at Total Performance Over Time 26
Recap 30
CHAPTER 4 Simple, Safe, and Stable 33
Simplicity 33
Safety 34
Stability 35
Making the Most of Your Investments 36
Expect the Unexpected 44
Recap 46
CHAPTER 5 Investing Based on Economic Conditions 47
When Diversification Fails 48
A Different Way to Diversify 55
Four Economic Conditions 57
Four Economic Conditions þ Four Assets ¼ Strong Diversification 60
How the Portfolio Works with Economic Conditions 62
Recap 64
CHAPTER 6 Stocks 65
Benefits of Stocks 65
Risks of Stocks 66
Volatility 67
Owning Stocks 68
Recommended Stock Index Funds 69
Which Type of Index Fund to Use? 70
Why Use an Index Fund? 70
Avoid Actively Managed Stock Funds 74
Indexing Is a Marathon 78
Beware of Trading Costs 79
Large-Cap and Small-Cap Stocks 80
International Stock Funds 81
A Warning About Company Stock 84
No Index Funds--What to Do? 85
Recap 85
CHAPTER 7 Bonds 87
Benefits of Bonds 87
Risks of Bonds 89
Volatility 90
Bonds and Deflation 92
Owning Bonds 93
Bonds to Buy 94
Buying Bonds 94
Other Bond Risks--The Case for Treasury Bonds 98
Bonds to Avoid 103
Flight to Safety 108
Earning Money Multiple Ways 111
Bond Risk Matrix 112
Bond Funds and Retirement Plans 114
Recap 114
CHAPTER 8 Cash 117
Benefits of Cash 117
Risks of Cash 120
Volatility 121
Owning Cash 123
Cash Risks--The Case for Treasury Bills 128
Cash to Avoid 132
Cash Risk Matrix 140
Cash and Retirement Plans 140
Recap 141
CHAPTER 9 Gold 143
Benefits of Gold 144
Risks of Gold 145
Volatility 147
Causes of Inflation 148
Gold Protects During Extreme Events 149
No Interest, No Dividends, No Problem 152
Why Do Central Banks Hold So Much Gold? 153
Owning Gold 153
Buying Gold 154
Buying and Storing Gold at a Bank 157
Gold Funds 158
Assets to Avoid 163
Limit Gold Bullion Sales Taxes 171
Other Considerations 171
Recap 173
CHAPTER 10 Implementing the Permanent Portfolio 175
Key Concepts 175
Four Levels of Protection 177
Level 1--Basic--All Funds 179
Level 2--Good--Funds, Bonds, and Gold 182
Level 3--Better--Funds, Bonds, and Gold 185
Level 4--Best--Funds, Bonds, Gold, and Geographic Diversification 187
All In, or Wait? 190
Other Portfolio Ideas 192
Final Considerations 193
Recap 194
CHAPTER 11 Portfolio Rebalancing and Maintenance 195
Two Primary Purposes of Rebalancing 197
Rebalancing Maintains Firewalls 199
How to Rebalance: Rebalancing Bands 201
Withdrawals and Rebalancing 203
Timing Can Influence Rebalancing 203
Adding New Money to the Portfolio 204
Allocating Dividends 204
Different Approaches to Rebalancing 205
Emotional Aspects of Rebalancing 206
Rebalancing and Taxable Accounts 207
Recap 208
CHAPTER 12 Implementing the Permanent Portfolio Internationally 209
The World Is Not Flat 209
Applying the Same Principles Across Countries 212
Various Country Options 214
Canada 215
Europe 218
United Kingdom 222
Australia 223
Asia, Middle East, and the Rest of the World 225
Developing Country Investing 226
Recap 228
CHAPTER 13 Taxes and Investing 229
Simplicity Is Often the Best Tax Strategy 229
Tax-Free Savings Vehicles 231
Types of Taxable Events 231
Ordering of Assets and Tax Planning 233
Retirement Accounts and the Permanent Portfolio 238
Individual Retirement Accounts 241
Pensions, Social Security, and Other Plans 243
Tax-Loss Harvesting 243
Final Thoughts on Taxes 245
Recap 246
CHAPTER 14 Institutional Diversification 247
What Is Institutional Diversification? 247
Why Institutional Diversification? 248
Identity Theft 251
Natural Disasters 252
Terrorism 252
Cyber Attack 252
How to Divide Your Money 253
Recap 254
CHAPTER 15 Geographic Diversification 257
Then and Now 257
What Is Geographic Diversification? 257
What Assets Should Be Kept in a Foreign Account? 258
Why Geographic Diversification? 258
Geographic Diversification and a Warning for U.S. Citizens 262
Even Politicians Do It 264
The Reality Risk Spectrum 265
Types of Geographic Diversification 267
Overseas Gold Storage Options 270
New Zealand 270
Australia 273
United States 276
Switzerland 278
Intermediaries for U.S. Citizens 283
Swiss Gold Storage Services for U.S. and Non-U.S. Citizens 285
Safe Deposit Boxes 287
Geographic Diversification Matrix 289
Disclosing Accounts--U.S. Citizens 290
Emergency Options 292
Other Options 293
Recap 293
CHAPTER 16 The Variable Portfolio 295
Why a Variable Portfolio? 296
Three Rules for the Variable Portfolio 296
Modifying the Permanent Portfolio 299
Can You Really Ever Beat the Market? 299
Recap 300
CHAPTER 17 Permanent Portfolio Funds 303
The Permanent Portfolio Fund 303
Global X Permanent ETF 307
Recap 309
CHAPTER 18 Conclusion 311
Recommended Resources 313
About the Authors 317
Index 319


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Washington State Strikes Settled
Students in two districts in Washington state finally started the school year last week, after teachers in the communities called off their strikes. (See Education Week, Sept. 18, 2002.)
Classes began Sept. 25 in Snohomish and Issaquah, where teachers had been on strike since Sept. 4, which had been scheduled as the first day of school.
A King County Superior Court judge ruled on Sept. 23 that the Issaquah strike was illegal and that teachers must return to work in the 14,000-student district. The district's 850 teachers later overwhelmingly ratified an agreement that includes a 3.8 percent pay raise over two years.
Snohomish teachers agreed to a two-year contract that will pay them raises of 2.08 percent in the first year and 1.75 percent in the second year above the state- financed cost-of-living adjustment. The district enrolls about 8,200 students.
Rich Wood, a spokesman for the Washington Education Association, said the issues in both communities turned on making teachers' pay competitive with what other districts and states pay.
In both districts, the school year will be extended to make up the lost instructional time.—ANN BRADLEY
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Bengaluru, August 29, 2018: Alcis Sports, a cutting-edge Indian performance wear brand, today unveiled its first store in Karnataka with its swanky new exclusive outlet in Bengaluru. Located at the heart of Whitefield, the store at Inorbit Mall will offer a premium performance wear retail experience for Alcis Sports' customers, getting them up close with the brand. The store will house the Alcis Sports' range spanning not only athleisure range but specific clothing for running, training, yoga, football, cricket and racquet sports. Alcis Sports is a home-grown, premium cutting-edge performance wear apparel brand, formed to tap into the emerging sportswear segment in the country. "Alcis Sports is a homegrown affordable Indian sportswear brand which is at par with international brands in terms of quality and also in sync with Indian sensibilities. We are happy to open our exclusive brand store at Bengaluru which is known for its vibrancy and energy, and we firmly believe people of Bengaluru will love our wide range," said Roshan Baid, Managing Director, Alcis Sports. According to, Anuj Batra, President, Alcis Sports, "Encouraged by the response we have received from our customers for our technology laden sportswear, we decided to enhance our presence in Bengaluru with this first exclusive brand store in the state of Karnataka. This is our step towards bringing our customers closer to our brand and giving them an immersive shopping experience. This is our 8th store in the country in the past 7 months and we are on track to achieve our stated ambition of having 15 stores by year end". Speaking on this association, Sunil Kumar M V K, Proprietor, Sri Enterprises, said, "We at Sri Enterprises are into retail business with various brand franchisees and when we came across Alcis we fell in love at first sight with the products and the technology that is there in them. The beauty of the brand is its wide range covering racquet sports, cricket, football, running, exercising and also yoga wear and is very economical. We are very confident it will appeal to our customers". Alcis is present at large format stores such as Shoppers Stop, Lifestyle, Globus, Central, Sports Station, Walmart, RS Brothers, Sarvanas, Pothys, JC Brothers & M&M and online retail channels such as Myntra, Jabong, Amazon, Flipkart, TataCliq, Ajio, etc. Besides, being present in over 350 multi brand stores across the country Alcis Sports is aggressively looking to open exclusive stores through franchise across the country. Alcis plans to open up about 15 exclusive brand stores, covering all the major cities of India, within this year. The store at Bengaluru is Alcis' eighth exclusive outlet following its stores at Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur, Kochi and Guwahati. Company has secured an investment from Singapore based Venture Capital firm RB Investments, which has a strong portfolio of startups in India, including The Beer Cafe, Swiggy, Bluestone.com, Fab hotels, Faasos and PropTiger to name a few. The company has also appointed celebrated Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan as the brand ambassador along with popular television personalities Lauren Gottlieb and Karan Tacker.


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Near the north shores of the sea is the Gran Desierto de Altar, part of the Sonoran Desert. The dark brown circular area amidst the tan dunes is the Pinacate Peaks (Sierra Pinacate), a volcanic group of volcanic peaks and cinder cones.
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If you're tired of being told that you spending a fortune on some MLM program or spending thousands on a moneymaking course will allow you to become an overnight millionaire, Jay Wessman has a nice alternative for you. Screw95 is a marketing course intended for both newbies who want to work online from home and experienced marketers, and jay, a self-confessed "lazy stoner" says he's going to offer "no BS" training that will allow you to earn money 24/7 without the hype or expense that comes with other products. The name, "Screw95" sort of means "screw 9-5", as in, "get rid of your job."
That's a nice change from the usual products we see, where we encounter promises of thousands of dollars per day and pictures of yachts and sports cars. Jay's sales pitch is pretty low key and he says that Screw95 will show you everything you need to know to make money online for a single low price with "no BS." Is Screw95 the real deal, or is Screw95 a scam? Read on for our full Screw95 review.
Screw95 Overview
The Screw95 course is offered at a simple price of $97, and in a big surprise, there are no upsells and no continuity programs. You pay a single fee to gain access to Screw95 and that's that. Inside, you get the video course, which is divided into five modules:
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2. Case studies – Jay reveals some of his sites and shows you exactly what he's done to make them profitable.
3. The private forum. The private forum might be the best of these bonuses, as it gives you the opportunity to share information with other Screw95 members.
Jay and the Screw95 team also offer plenty of direct support, so if you get into trouble or have any problems, they can help you out quickly.
Basically, Screw95 is a course that's going to show you how to find a niche, pick a product, and build a profitable affiliate marketing Website from the ground up, complete with support and a user forum.
The information contained within the Screw95 is fairly basic stuff, but if you're a newbie, you'll likely find it to be pretty useful. Most advanced marketers know how to find niches and products and how to set up WordPress, but if you don't, then this is probably a good course for you. The information is presented in a way that makes it easy to follow. Jay likes recommends promoting Amazon products as an affiliate as they've got lots of products in a variety of niches. Backlinking techniques mostly consist of telling you to insert your links in online forums, which works, but not as well as it used to.
All of this information contained in the Screw95 course is best suited to newbies, though marketers with moderate experience may find a bit of useful information there. The user forums appear to have only a moderate number of topics, so I can't really recommend buying Screw95 if you're looking for access to a good marketing forum, as there are others out there with tens of thousands of topics that you can browse that don't cost you anything to join, whereas Screw95 will cost you $97.
On the downside, if there is one, is that Jay almost universally recommends paid options for solving all kinds of problems in the course of building your niche sites, and these are almost certainly products for which Jay is an affiliate. That means that he's going to recommend a particular hosting company and a certain vendor for paid WordPress themes and other specific vendors for WordPress plugins and so on. There may be free options available, but Screw95 is going to recommend that you use products for which they earn a commission. On the other hand, there are no upsells, one time offers or monthly membership fees associated with purchasing Screw95, so that may be a fair tradeoff.
Screw95 Summary
On the whole, Screw95 isn't a bad product at all. Is Screw95 a scam? Absolutely not. Screw95 is completely on the level, and represents a good and earnest attempt to tell you what you need to know about getting started in affiliate marketing in a brief, concise, no-nonsense kind of way. I'm not sure if Jay Wessman is really a stoner or not, but like the Rich Jerk from a few years ago, the stoner bit may simply be the marketing angle he's chosen. The point he's making with his stoner persona is that it is relatively easy to find niches, find products to promote and build Websites that you can use to promote products for a commission. In fact, it's easy enough for a stoner to do, so if he can do it, so can you.
The only real issue I have with Screw95 is the price. At $97, it's neither cheap nor super expensive, but there are other products and solutions out there that offer as much, or more, for a lower price. While Screw95 costs $97, you can join Wealthy Affiliate for free. Instead of the 200 or so topics in the Screw95 forum, you'll find several thousand topics in the Wealthy Affiliate forum. While both sites are helpful, Wealthy Affiliate is far more comprehensive and even allows you to "earn while you learn."
That said, I'd recommend Screw95, with reservations, due to the price and the relatively small forum.


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Identifying trends that won't benefit you in comparison to colors that actually fit the space and your own personality and style needs is a daunting prospect. If you're attempting to sell your home, or even thinking about the prospect in the near future your paint colors are more important than ever. Suddenly the paint colors you decide on need to be very well calibrated and it becomes an even more dire decision.
Our first suggestion of navigating your interior painting project is just to relax. If you end up not liking the color, it'll take you some time to decide that, and worse case scenario merely includes you painting over this current color. Paint is permanent, but it's not asbestos permanent, at least not since the 70s. So take a deep breath, put your designer pants on and enjoy the ride because picking out favorite colors has always been fun, even when you were a kid.
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If you're spending your nights lying awake because you're so desperately concerned about what you're going to paint the nursery, we suggest you turn to one of those nifty manufacturer created palettes. Most of the time, the manufacturer will use their designers and their own palettes and knowledge of upcoming powerful trends to create an array of colors that you can pick out with little to-do and just point and click where each color should go around the room. It really won't get much simpler than that. Behr has caught onto this trend, unlike their competitors. They've created easy to use color palette creation that can work for your entire home. With a couple of sets of pre-set palettes, you can mix and match certain colors to make it more exciting or more mellow with ease.
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You're potentially stressing about this decision not only because it seems permanent, even though it's not really that permanent because the colors in your home are important. Your home is supposed to be your sanctuary and if it's filled with garish color that puts you on edge or boring colors that make you feel like the air is getting sucked out of the room, you're going to feel that on several different levels. Getting your interior painting just right both communicates your personality and design choices to your guests, but it puts you at ease and makes space truly your own.
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Once you've had a sit-me-down with your color options, you can sort out your palate and start to believe that everything will be as peachy as that neutral toned peach hue you're going to use to lighten up you half bath on the bottom floor of your home. But take a step back. You don't need to paint your tile and door just to incorporate the proper color scheme. You can purchase decorator items that share the color scheme and bring it all together. Whether it's a new mid-century modern couch or a high-backed victorian lounge chair that brings the room together, keeping it simple is almost always better for those who are unsure of how to proceed.
Color Suggestions For The Confidant and Not So-Confident
Teals, blues, and navy colors are all pretty popular in modern design. This is not, however, the combination of blue carpets and cabinets from your grandmother's 1960s era home that's less modern century modern chic and more mid-century fashion faux pas. The recent design trends always factor in balance. If you're going to have a bold color of any kind, pastel or jewel tone, that has to be matched with a neutral. No light blue pug spotted leggings with yellow oxfords, no bright red corduroys with an orange t-shirt. It's similar to interior design. If you want to try out one of those baby blue rooms, make sure the connecting rooms are full of neutral tones that are as bright as the hue of blue you picked out.
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I wrote an article for InformIT, which is now online: I Heart iMovie: Why Apple's iMovie HD Beats Windows XP Movie Maker 2.
Two weeks and six full MiniDV tapes later, I sat down at my PowerBook G4 and fired up a little application that I'd previously launched only once: iMovie. In less than two hours—without any instruction—I'd imported some footage, edited it, added titles and music, and uploaded a one-minute short to a web page for family and friends to view.
InformIT set this up as an informal shootout; you can read Matthew David's article about Windows Movie Maker (which I didn't see until it was posted today) here: Battle of the Movie-Making Tools: Why Windows XP Movie Maker 2 Beats Apple's iMovie HD.


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What is the Great Depression?
A depression is an extreme financial downturn whose effects are experienced for an extended period of time. The Great Depression refers to an important part of American history characterized by extremely difficult economic times. During this period in the US, there was mass unemployment, large numbers of people living in poverty, and a high rate of business failure.
It is believed that Black Tuesday was a major contributing cause of the Great Depression. Black Tuesday refers to 29 October 1929, when people sold millions of shares of stock to a market that had an insufficient number of buyers. Much of the money that was used to purchase those stocks had been borrowed from banks. The result was a stock market crash that helped send the US into an economic crisis.
Although the stock market crash was a major factor, it was not the only cause of the economic disaster. The way was paved by a number of things, and history shows that the economy had begun to shrink before 29 October. The government had allowed monopolies to form, and mass production led to saturated markets at a time when the people who had money were weary of spending.
The hard economic times meant businesses were destined for big problems. Many could not survive. Industrial revenues dropped significantly and farm revenues were reduced to nearly half of their pre-depression totals. This resulted in loan defaulting on an even larger scale.
Among the businesses that failed during the Great Depression were more than 1,000 banks. When these financial institutions died, large numbers of people lost their savings. This happened during a time when one quarter of Americans were unemployed and when employed individuals' salaries were significantly reduced. The banks' failure was caused in large part because people acted as they had with stocks: fear drove people to want to withdraw their money on a mass scale, which resulted in cash shortages.
President Herbert Hoover and the Republican Party received a lot of the blame for the economic crisis. As a result, in 1932, a Democrat was elected to the White House. The new president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and his administration rolled out many social and economic programs that were designed to provide relief and initiate reform.
Despite these immediate efforts by the new administration, it is World War II that is credited for improving the US economy. The war initiated massive government spending, which pumped money into the economy. This spending also created jobs and helped to boost wages.
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@honeybees -- I also had conversations with my grandparents about living through the Great Depression. It seems like the generations that lived after that were not nearly as frugal or conservative.
One small example of this is my grandma would re-wash her aluminum foil and use it over and over again. As a young girl I thought this was silly. Why not just throw it away and use a new piece?
My grandma talked often about the Great Depression,and how they really had to scrimp and save just to get by. It makes me feel kind of guilty with all the abundance we have today.
When they barely had enough food to feed their family, and maybe only ate once or twice a day, my kids are accustomed to three meals a day, snacks, and don't think anything about throwing something out if they don't like it.
Until the day my grandmother passed away she was a saver and tried to recycle everything she could. I think once someone lives through a time like that the Great Depression, it affects how they live the rest of their life.
Reading about the high unemployment and business failures of the Great Depression sounds a lot like things are today. Has our current economy been compared to the likes of the Great Depression?
I believe there would have been a lot more banks and brokerage firms who would have gone under in the last few years had the government not stepped in and bailed them out. Maybe that is one thing that kept us from having another Great Depression.
My grandfather talks about the Great Depression all the time. He was a young man at that time and basically kept moving from state to state to find work. Apparently there were no jobs whatsoever and people were constantly protesting the government.
@mutsy-- I agree that there were a lot of factors leading to the Great Depression. Isn't that always the case when it comes to the economy?
From what I understand, a prosperous economy or a failing one, both take a long time. It's a combination of policy mistakes and the environment. We have control over one and not as much control over the other.
I'm sure that if we were to look at the bigger picture and study all the factors that contributed to the Great Depression, we would have a huge list of events and decisions on our hands. But people usually look at the bigger and most recent events and forget about the numerous smaller mistakes before that.
I've always thought that war is bad for the economy because it requires so much resources and funding from the government, leaving less funds for other things like social services.
This is the first time that I'm hearing a war being credited for improving the economy. But I guess that makes sense. If you have an economy where nothing is happening because no one can afford to buy anything, government spending would change that around. It's interesting how most Great Depression books and articles don't mention this though.
Crispety-The FDR administration was laden with excessive governmental intervention measures that chipped away at American exceptionalism and entrepreneurship.
He was probably the first US President that was dangerously close to being a socialist dictator. This is why when he died during his third term in office, Americans quickly added an amendment to the constitution that limited President's to just two terms.
In fact many say that it was World War two when the Great Depression ended. Roosevelt's endless governmental programs prolonged the misery, but it was the war that started to put an end to this socialist agenda.
Mutsy-The Great Depression effects were numerous. First, the Great Depression unemployment was about 25% at its peak.
The Great Depression 1932 resulted because President Hoover, at the time raised the top tax rates from 24% to 63%. But the tax increases did not end there, they continued with FDR in 1936 that raised tax rates to 79%.
This gave business owners little incentive to even try to create new businesses or products because so much of their hard earned money was taken away in taxes. As a result, businesses lay off even more people and the economy suffered even more.
Washington needs to understand that businesses create jobs, not the federal government. They have demonstrated that they actually get in the way of businesses creating more jobs.
A lot of factors caused the Great Depression 1929, but mainly it was caused by speculation in the stock market. The collapse of the stock market led to a loss of over 40 billion dollars which led to mass panic.
The American Great Depression causes were many. According to the Heritage Foundation one of the highest contributing factors of the Great Depression was the passage of the Smoot-Hawley Act.
This was a protectionist tariff that was placed on all imports, as a result other countries refused to buy US goods and the economy went into a further tailspin.
In addition about 9,000 banks failed during this time and the Federal Reserve raised interest rates instead of lowering them to get the remaining banks on their feet.


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Corporate brand identities and the broader image is typically born (or reborn) in the marketing realm, where positioning and messaging is developed. Marketing taglines and brand strategies are fundamental to sales and growth plans, and quite often, they are the primary focus of top execs.
And nowhere is corporate image more visible than at your front door. But unfortunately, sometimes commercial landscapes aim too low, presenting a generic image that fails to support your company's message, brand, and unique character.
Professional landscape designers bring many disciplines and talents together to ensure that what visitors, employees, and other stakeholders see on your corporate landscape reflects the company image you have worked so hard to build.
Does Your Corporate Landscape Design Reflect Your Company Image and Values?
Landscape professionals always consider how humans – your employees, vendors and customers – interact with the outside environment. If your corporate entrance is welcoming and reflects your company values, that will reinforce your brand message and form a lasting, positive impression. Likewise, a corporate landscape (inside or out) can detract or distract visitors and employees from buying in to your company message and values.
If eco-friendly initiatives feature prominently in your marketing plans, for example, you certainly don't want to stock the employee break room with styrofoam cups and plastic utensils that are bound for the landfill. Likewise, your corporate landscape should echo your company's environmental responsibility by featuring native plantings and naturalized areas.
But how will that look? If you work with landscape designers who have experience in corporate landscape design, the answer is "great." Their job is to help you reinforce your marketing message and support the corporate image you want to convey. And, thanks to growing interest in more ecologically responsible office design, those landscape professionals have gotten a lot of help from improved growing techniques and design innovations. Today, green roofs, living walls, improvements to or remediation of polluted areas, and water-smart landscaping are proving both environmentally-friendly and corporate-chic.
Designing a Corporate Landscape to Support Your Human Resources
Bringing natural elements to indoor office spaces has been shown to improve employee moods, productivity, and job satisfaction ratings and to reduce employee absences. What's not to love, right?
Incorporating living walls, creating green spaces indoors, or just making sure there's a plant on every desk may sound like a big undertaking, but it doesn't have to be. Just like any project that is intended to benefit your employees, however, it's best to start with a thoughtful plan. Many landscape and interior designers recommend introducing plants and other green elements through small, incremental changes. A plan designed specifically for your company will result in maximum improvements with minimal disruption during installation. Also, having a plan created specifically for your office space will ensure you know ahead of time what to expect in terms of ongoing maintenance.
Practical Considerations: Privacy, Safety and Security
Well-planned vegetation, water features and lighting obviously go a long way to enhancing the aesthetics as well as the safety of your landscape. In dry or very dense or developed areas, landscaping can be used as a fire-suppressant. At building entrances and in parking lots, lighting improves visibility and therefore, safety. Talented landscape designers can even create a visually appealing feature to beautify less attractive security features like fences and entry gates, and to draw attention away from others you'd prefer to be less noticeable (like observation cameras).
Inside, adding natural elements to your office space can dampen sounds and create more private, comfortable work areas – especially in the increasingly familiar (but not universally loved) open office design.
Think about it this way: taking the time to create a plan that will improve employee productivity, reduce energy costs, and provide visual elements that support your company's marketing message sounds pretty good, doesn't it?
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) refers to it as "Designing Awesome."
If you're considering how your exterior landscaping might better support your corporate image – and your employees – contact us for a design consultation.


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Coupon 7.20% past call date, currently selling above par.I bought fbf.pr.m last year at a nice discount, planning to hold until it got called. Since it is a TRU-PS it will almost certainly be called in 2012. The idea was to buy it for the YTC, 9% built-in capgain (due to the discount) plus $0.45/quarter dividend.I don't think that your assumption that FBF-M will 'almost certainly be called in 2012' is all that certain. Trust Preferreds for large banks already have had 'regulatory events' occur with the passage of Dodd-Frank, the passage of the Collins amendment, and the actual signing of the bill. They will continue to have 'regulatory events' occur as the provisions of Dodd-Frank take effect, so 2012 isn't a 'watershed' that banks are waiting for to call Trust Preferreds. They are waiting until they have enough capital that they can divert some to debt payoff. That makes it even more likely that BAC's Trust Preferreds will be called in coupon rate order, highest to lowest, as capital becomes available to pay back debt, with little or no regard to the call dates.The question is, for this particular issue, when will BAC have enough of a 'fortress balance sheet' (as the CEO is aiming for http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articlei... ) to begin buying back Trust Preferreds, in addition to paying a dividend? Given the bad news that keeps coming out about legal costs for mortgage issues http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/02/28/big-banks-see-6-7-... it may be some time before BAC has enough capital to have a 'fortress balance sheet', divert earnings to a dividend rather than capital increase, and pay off all the debt with higher coupons before it gets to FBF-M. Even given the revenue that BAC has the potential to create, if the economy stays on a positive track, 2012 seems optimistic to me, given all the other expensive issues that continue to occur.AJ
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Paranormal fiction with a comedic twist, Cat Girl's Day Off by Kimberly Pauley is a laugh-a-minute romp through the life of one quirky teenage girl, the cats whose thoughts she can hear, and an homage to one of the greatest movies of all time, Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Natalie Ng's little sister is a super-genius with a chameleon-like ability to disappear. Her older sister has three Class A Talents, including being a human lie detector. Her mom has laser vision and has one of the highest IQs ever. Her dad's Talent is so complex even the Bureau of Extra-Sensory Regulation and Management (BERM) hardly knows what to classify him as.
And Nat? She can talk to cats.
The whole talking-to-cats thing is something she tries very hard to hide, except with her best friends Oscar (a celebrity-addicted gossip hound) and Melly (a wannabe actress). When Oscar shows her a viral Internet video featuring a famous blogger being attacked by her own cat, Nat realizes what's really going on…and it's not funny.
Nat and her friends are catapulted right into the middle of a celebrity kidnapping mystery that takes them through Ferris Bueller's Chicago and on and off movie sets. Can she keep her reputation intact? Can she keep Oscar and Melly focused long enough to save the day? And, most importantly, can she keep from embarrassing herself in front of her crush, Ian?
Find out what happens when the kitty litter hits the fan.
Written with her signature sense of humor, Pauley's latest novel is another smashing success and a brilliant follow-up to her first two comedic vampire tales, Sucks to Be Me and Still Sucks to Be Me. Cat Girl's Day Off is filled with hilarious moments and laugh-out-loud one-liners — but what all this humor weaves together is a poignant tale about one girl learning to embrace her true identity, rock what she's got, and love herself as-is. Mixed in with charming characters, witty banter, and a riotous adventure worthy of Ferris Bueller himself, Cat Girl's Day Off is truly a stand-out novel for YA readers everywhere.
Pauley has created a world that is very much like our own — with just a few exceptions. But she establishes this slightly alternate reality with ease, so there's no struggle for the reader trying to remember the rules of how this paranormal twist works. It's just laid out in black and white — and the storytelling does the rest.
Nat and her friends are charming, memorable, and relatable characters for teen and adult readers alike to relate to. Their relationships with each other are realistic, imperfect, and perfectly woven into the fabric of the novel itself. High school romance, best friends, and family are all represented equally (and flawlessly) within the pages of Cat Girl's Day Off.
Light-hearted but meaningful, Cat Girl's Day Off is one of those novels that anyone can enjoy and that everyone should. It's in stores now.


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Tiling is more than just laying tiles, its about bringing the design to life. If your roof is poorly finished, then your building suffers, regardless of how much effort you have put into its design. The roof is an essential element of the design and you need a roofing contractor that cares about the finish. Speak to us and allow us to demonstrate how we can ensure your roof is safe in our hands.
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Summer is calling and we must go!
Earlier this month, our first wave of students departed for their summer adventures — the first of 1,000 Summer Searchers* that will be taking on the world this summer!
A signature component of the Summer Search program, all sophomore and junior high school students receive full scholarships to attend experiential education programs, ranging from wilderness expeditions, to academic programs, to international service trips.
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* C$ lower at 95.87 U.S. cents
* Bond prices firmer, follows U.S. Treasuries
By Jennifer Kwan
TORONTO, June 24 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar edged lower against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday, pressured by weaker oil and global equities on concerns about economic growth after the U.S. Federal Reserve issued a pessimistic outlook.
The U.S. central bank acknowledged a faltering pace of U.S. economic recovery on Wednesday as it renewed its vow to hold benchmark interest rates exceptionally low for an extended period. [ID:nN22150078]
"The backdrop still remains extremely dicey," said David Watt, senior currency strategist at RBC Capital Markets.
"Central banks are starting to ... express some very notable concern about the situation, and that is getting a lot of people rethinking rate profiles for central banks."
At 7:50 a.m. (1150 GMT), Canada's dollar was at C$1.0431 to the U.S. dollar, or 95.87 U.S. cents, down from Wednesday's finish at C$1.0384 to the U.S. dollar, or 96.30 U.S. cents.
The U.S. central bank's assessment, which helped to push world stocks and oil prices lower [MKTS/GLOB] [O/R], followed a pair of soft economic reports that triggered a sharp fall in the Canadian dollar the day before.
On Wednesday, the currency touched a low of C$1.0461 to the U.S. dollar, or 95.59 U.S. cents, its weakest level since June 9.
Watt said the 200-day moving average of C$1.0433 to the U.S. dollar is a key technical level.
"If we hold below it we can maybe have more hope that the optimistic growth scenarios will unfold. If we start going above then we start worrying whether or not we're in another period of risk aversion and worrying about global economic growth," he said.
With no domestic economic data to speak of, Canadian government bond prices followed the path of U.S. Treasuries, where yields dropped following the Fed announcement and on broader concerns about euro zone debt troubles. [US/]
The two-year Canadian government bondwas up 9 Canadian cents to yield 1.563 percent, while the 10-year bond rose 30 Canadian cents to yield 3.198 percent. (Editing by Padraic Cassidy)
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Time to offer-sheet or trade for Canadiens' P.K. Subban?
As the P.K. Subban saga drags on, you have to wonder if there is a team out there that would consider an offer sheet for the defenceman, who remains far apart on a deal with the Montreal Canadiens following a meeting that yielded no progress Friday.
At the top of anybody's list would be the Philadelphia Flyers, a club that tendered an offer to Shea Weber which was matched by the Nashville Predators last summer, and who lost another defenceman Friday when it was announced oft-injured Andrej Meszaros will be out for a month with a shoulder injury. With Chris Pronger's career all but officially over because of a concussion, the Flyers have a need for a top blueline presence.
But one agent scoffed at the idea any team would go the offer sheet route.
"It would be futile to make an offer sheet," he texted. "Montreal would match for sure and every team knows it. No one will do it."
If Subban was offered a deal worth $5 million a year, the compensation would be a first- and third-round pick.
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