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Now time for EOS. We are proud of the last analysis that we wrote about this crypto. It was on the 23rd of May and back then, the price was around 11,2 USD. This is what we wrote in our previous piece:
"The breakout, which is happening as we speak, confirms the sell signal that we gave almost 2 weeks ago. The potential target is the green line connecting higher lows from the March and April. "
Since those words were written. The price was mostly going lower. Almost every day. In the meantime, EOS created three trend continuation patterns. All of them resulted with a breakout of the lower line. First one was a wedge (red), second was a pennant (orange) and the third one and the most recent one, was a flag (green).
Flag gave us a sell signal on the 9th of July. After that, the price made new lows, which confirms the sell signal. Negative approach will be denied, when the price will break the lower line of the flag, which for now, is less likely to happen.

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I own a laptop with a Ryzen 2500u CPU and like other users of mobile Ryzen CPUs, have had to manually edit boot parameters to get Linux to work. FreeBSD, NetBSD... don't boot either, even though they are modern enough to run on standard x86-64. We have a long forum thread at Lenovo about this and there are numerous reports online regarding the "ivrs table" which is at the root of this issue.
A reddit thread with various shared experiences.
An acer thread mentioning this.
Someone with a Dell on askubuntu.
I was surprised to see posts here from users of Acer and HP laptops built on Ryzen without any mention of this issue so I decided to start a thread in the hopes that AMD will investigate and provide a universal solution to the vendors so they can provide a bios update. While Windows 10 is able to boot, the "AMD IOMMU Device" is absent. This device is present on other AMD systems.
I expect and have read the typical responses about only Windows being supported or that it's up to the vendor to update the bios. I strongly feel that AMD should first ensure that mobile Ryzen cpus provide a standard x86-64 system interface. This would allow our systems to run well-known and venerated Operating Systems that are currently unable to boot. (UNIX, Windows 7...) Many people, like me, try out or have to work with OS's besides Windows 10 and this issue adds a significant obstacle to the usual tinkering required to get them working.
Ryzen laptops perform admirably so I am encouraged that AMD is finally including the Raven Ridge cpus in the standard driver packages. To that end, I would also like to report an issue with Windows CPU power management that I believe can be easily fixed at the source.
In Windows Power Plan > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management, we should be able to set a "Maximum processor state" to limit the maximum cpu frequency. It is meant as a battery-saving feature and, in fact, Windows sets 70% here when "Battery saver" plan is selected. This does not work as it should. Setting anything besides 100% limits the cpu to 1600MHz. Correct operation would allow the cpu to boost normally but only up to the set maximum.
Thank you for continuing to advance technology and for taking the time to read this. I hope someone will look into this.


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Green Beacon Solutions and AKA Enterprise Solutions Announce Merger
Leading Microsoft Dynamics Partners Unite to Deliver Deeper Expertise and a Broader Solution Offering to Mid-Market and Enterprise Organizations
NEWTON, MA & NEW YORK, NY – May 12, 2016– Green Beacon, a leading provider of solutions built on Microsoft Dynamics® CRM, and AKA Enterprise Solutions, one of the most distinguished Microsoft Dynamics partners globally, have signed a definitive merger agreement. Green Beacon will continue servicing current and future customers while conducting business as AKA Green Beacon.
Both AKA Enterprise Solutions and Green Beacon are leading partners in the Microsoft Dynamics community. Green Beacon has earned a stellar reputation for its CRM solutions and performance in the public sector and financial services industries and has been named to the Microsoft President's Club. AKA is a leader in Microsoft Dynamics ERP, with vertical focus and intellectual property in public sector, financial services, media, life sciences, manufacturing, and distribution industries. The company has been recognized six times as Microsoft's worldwide ERP Partner of the year winner or finalist.
"Green Beacon's mission has always been to serve as a strategic advisor to our clients, delivering world-class solutions, and we are always looking for new ways to offer more value," said Benjamin Holtz, President and CEO of Green Beacon. "By merging with AKA—a trusted, long-time partner that shares our mission—we are in an even stronger position to do so. It is an exciting time for us and for our clients."
With this move, AKA/Green Beacon clients will have access to a diverse set of Microsoft offerings including CRM, ERP, BI, Office 365, and mobility.
"We are so excited about this combination, since our cultures are so similar and our two fastest growing verticals, public sector and financial services, are the same. We have been jointly selling and delivering projects for the better part of a year, which has reinforced our confidence in the combination," said Alan Kahn, Co-CEO of AKA Enterprise Solutions. "We fully expect AKA Green Beacon to be one of the fastest growing areas of our company."
Terms of the agreement are undisclosed.
About Green Beacon
Since 2001, Green Beacon has been implementing and supporting business solutions built on leading customer relationship management (CRM) software platforms, including Microsoft Dynamics CRM. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Green Beacon specializes in large-scale implementations that put clients' strategies into operation. By combining deep technical expertise with years of experience in a range of industries—from the public sector to financial services—Green Beacon works closely with companies to transform the way they do business or address challenges putting their success at risk. This highly collaborative approach has earned us an unmatched reputation for delivering an ongoing return on investment. The company is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts with offices throughout the United States.
About AKA Enterprise Solutions
For more than 30 years, AKA Enterprise Solutions has been dedicated to making it easier organizations to do business and innovate their way to greatness by using technology to simplify processes and reduce risks. Specializing in Microsoft Dynamics 365, Cloud Services Business Process Consulting, and Custom Application Development, we combine industry and technical experience, proven methodologies, and world-class consulting to help firms achieve their goals. The company is headquartered in New York, NY, with offices located throughout the U.S.


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Following the recent criticism for Mohsin Abbas Haider's abusive behavior towards his wife, actress Humaima Malick took to Instagram to share her own ordeal after years of keeping mum about it.
"I am shameful of myself today. I didn't do anything for myself 3 years of abusive marriage, 7 years of another abusive relationship and it repeated again,†shared the actress on her Instagram story.
"While I was working making a good life for myself and my entire family, I was threatened, abused, and beaten to death not once but many times. I am not scared anymore. I am now shameful of silence," wrote Humaima, who had previously been married to actor/director Shamoon Abbasi.
Humaima's close friend and producer of The Legend of Maula Jatt, Ammara Hikmat, vouched for Humaima, saying that she had witnessed her struggle and was proud of her.
Earlier this week, Humaima along with her sister, Dua Malik, had testified in favor of Mohsin's wife, Fatema Sohail. Humaima revealed that she had witnessed Fatema's struggle herself, through Dua. Dua and her husband had been a friend to Mohsin and his wife for a long time, with her husband also collaborating with Mohsin for a song.
Read More: Mohsin Abbas Haider's wife accuses him of domestic violence
Fatema's story has given victims the courage to come forward and break their silence, as is evident by Humaima's hashtag #NoMoreSilence. In her press conference, Fatema herself mentioned how she has received numerous messages from women that have suffered the same fate.


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There's a bug in 2.7.0 setup that throws an error if the MIDIMapper registry does not exist (up to Windows 7); it will be fixed in 2.7.1 soon.
Meanwhile you could workaround it by running the .reg file included in the attached ZIP file (extract it on desktop and double click hotfix.reg file).
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Thanks for your help.
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I did register but I cannot see any button or place to log in.
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The error is indeed gone!
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Bio:Kurt Glosser serves as the Director of the Curriculum and Testing Office. His job responsibilities include maintaining the integrity and quality of the Institute's curriculum, supervising the revision of existing curriculum, overseeing curriculum compliance. He also works with subject matter experts to develop new curriculum and assists staff with professional development.
Kurt received his Bachelors of Science in Business Management from the Eastern Illinois University in December 2001. He was a Military Police Officer with the Illinois Army National Guard from 1996 to 2004, during which he was deployed to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom from February 2003 to April 2004. He received his Master's degree in Education, concentrating in Training and Development from the University of Illinois in 2004. In February 2005 he combined his passion for adult education and his love for the fire service by accepting a full time position with the Illinois Fire Service Institute.
Kurt is a third generation volunteer firefighter and has been an active member of the fire service since 1996. He holds a state license at the EMT - Basic level and Fire Officer I certification. He currently serves as a Engineer and Chaplain for the Savoy Fire Department and continues to advance his training, education, and experience.


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Ruth Langsford, presenter of ITV's This Morning and Loose Women, will be starting the Ealing Mile this Saturday, 23rd May at 11am, in aid of the Alzheimer's Society.
The Alzheimer's Society is the Headline Charity of the Award-winning Ealing Half Marathon and organisers decided to support Dementia Awareness Week, by hosting a one off FREE MILE SPECIAL!!
Ealing Half Marathon organisers hold regular Mile Series events and are making the Mile event this Saturday free for all runners, asking instead that everyone makes a donation to Alzheimer's Society.


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Our divine recipy of the month.
See what is fresh and seasonal in our kitchen
Khichari is Ayurvedic comfort food and comes with a warming as it's so yummy you may be wanting more. Its quick and easy to make and the flavors will melt on your tongue. This dish is very versatile you can also try cooking with quinoa instead of rice or using mung instead of split mung or red lentils. Try adding veggies of choice half way through cooking.
Khichari recipe
How to make khichari
Traditional Kitchari
serves 4 people
cooking time 30 mins
1 cup white basmati rice
½ cup split mung or mung
2 tsp ghee
Spices (or 1 tablespoon khichari spice mix)
¼ tsp black mustard seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
½ tsp turmeric powder
1½ tsp coriander powder
½ tsp fennel powder
1 pinch Hing (asafoetida) not for pitta instead use desiccated coconut 1/4 cup
1 tsp fresh grated ginger
1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
1 tsp Himalayan salt
6 cups water
1 cup of Fresh Cilantro to garnish
1 spoon of lemon pickle and fresh mint leaves and yogurt or keffir (optional per person as a topping).
Wash and sort the split yellow mung and put on a boil 3 cups of water in a heavy bottomed pan.
After 15 mins you will see the creamy inside of the mung open up, scoop off any white form which has formed at the top of the split mung.
Next add the rice with 2 cups of water, salt and the blended desiccated coconut with powdered spices and cinnamon, coriander powder, fennel & turmeric, also add the fresh ginger. Combine all the spices into the dhal.
In a small frying pan melt the ghee and add the mustard seed on a medium heat wait till they pop and add the cumin, coriander, and ginger for 30 sec on a low flame.
After this, add the ghee with the curry powder to combine with the mung and rice.
Now pour over the mung dal mixture, let them cook on a medium high flame for 5mins.
Add a little liquid throughout to get to the consistency you prefer. Serve with a sprinkle of cilantro and yogurt.


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Council plans to 'reclaim our streets' from graffiti taggers
A major crackdown on graffiti and tagging could soon by launched by the city council.
Town hall bosses are determined to halt the rising tide of graffiti that makes parts of the city ugly eyesores, while 'reclaiming our streets and neighbourhoods from the vandals'.
Detailed plans have been drawn up which bring together the council, police, businesses, community groups, residents and even the taggers themselves to rid the city of the unsightly scrawls.
The plans include setting up an online database where anyone can report graffiti with times, dates and locations.
As most taggers are repeat offenders, the database will enable the council and police to show a history of criminal behaviour and help prosecute graffiti vandals more successfully – with a maximum 10 year jail sentence.
Graffiti and tagging, usually a spray painted name or logo, has risen so dramatically in the last year that figures show almost 10 per cent, or one in every 10 streets in the city, have high levels of graffiti on them. Last year the figure was just three per cent.
Cllr Gill Mitchell, chair of the council's environment, transport and sustainability committee, said: "Graffiti tagging is a terrible and escalating blight on our beautiful city.
"Not only does this type of vandalism create ugly eyesores in our streets and neighbourhoods, it costs the council, and therefore our taxpayers, thousands of pounds every year to clear."
At present the council spends £75,000 a year removing graffiti, but is only responsible for clearing its own buildings and property, and not private property, unless the graffiti is obscene or offensive.
Cllr Mitchell added: "This strategy addresses the concerns of our residents, businesses and tourist by setting out a clear and achievable plan for how the city council and its partners will tackle the graffiti scourge, halting this tide while reclaiming our streets and neighbourhoods from the vandals."
The strategy focuses on four key areas: prevention, enforcement, removal, and monitoring and reviewing. In addition to the online database, the strategy sets out how the council will:
- work with universities, schools and youth clubs to develop and deliver information on the impact of graffiti
- work with youth services, local artists and residents to create opportunities for young people to become involved in urban art projects that will enhance the environment
- share intelligence with the police, community groups and other council services to track down and prosecute offenders
- work with the police, probation and youth offending service (YOS) to use restorative practices to remove graffiti, ie those responsible being made to clear their scrawls
- develop an online resource, providing information for residents, businesses and private property owners on how they can help the council tackle graffiti
- set up greater surveillance at known hot spots
- remind and educate shop owners on the law relating to the sale of aerosol paints to those under 16.
The report, which goes to the environment, transport and sustainability committee next Tuesday (27 Nov), also recommends starting talks with businesses, private property owners and utilities providers like gas, electricity and Royal Mail on the best way to quickly remove graffiti on their buildings, junction boxes, post boxes and other property.
This could include a new enforcement process requiring property owners to remove graffiti within an agreed timeframe, and the setting up of a council-run graffiti removal service to help owners of private and commercial buildings and property.
Both of these options would only happen after consultation and feasibility studies are carried out and would need further approval from a council committee.
Historically the council has not used legal powers to enforce removal of graffiti by the owners of privately owned or commercial owned property. But with the vast majority of graffiti being on private buildings, the council is having to review this process.
The strategy also makes clear the council is not targeting proper art that is commissioned or given permission by the property's owners.
More information
The police and the council do attempt to identify and prosecute graffiti vandals, however this can be very difficult as most offenders work at night and away, or hidden from, from CCTV cameras.
The police have powers to prosecute for graffiti. The local authority may also prosecute. Graffiti is criminal damage under the Criminal Damage Act 1971. If the value of criminal damage exceeds £5,000, the maximum penalty for those aged 18 or over is 10 years imprisonment.
For those aged 12-17, the maximum custodial penalty is a detention and training order of up to 24 months.
Where the damage is less than £5,000, the maximum sentence is three months imprisonment or a fine of £2,500 for adult offenders.


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name shirts!
Before our first pre-school, I decided to make painting shirts for all the kids this year. I got some t-shirts at the dollar store.
supplies: Tshirts (dark colored) bleach, tape, squirt bottle, plastic grocery sacks.
put the grocery sacks into the tee-shirts (so the bleach won't soak through to the front)
Use the tape to put names onto shirt - I ripped the tape in half to make the letters thinner, and give it an antique look.
Spray bleach onto the backs of the shirts over the names, then immediately rinse the bleach off in a sink. then remove tape.
This is a shirt where the tape was not ripped in half:
These are the letters where I ripped the tape in half (I think this way looks a lot better)
tomorrow I'm going to let the kids paint the fronts of their shirts with material paint - then through the year they cane use the big shirts to cover their cloths when we have messy projects (art, cooking, gardening etc. etc.)
The front of the shirt:
the center was made by dribbling a line across the shirt, and then using a comb to comb the paint up and down - then of coarse putting paint on their hands and doing hand prints - all supplies came from the dollar store!
They're some pretty crazy shirts, 4-5yo's make the best modern art!


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Tallinn - Baltics culture club
With its perfectly preserved medieval Old Town, towering church spires and charming cobbled streets, Tallinn has every reason to bask in the limelight as European Capital of Culture 2011. What I hadn't banked on was actually becoming one of the many head-turning sights.
As our guide Kristina urged us to pedal faster, and the "conference bike" gathered speed, curious Estonian drivers slowed down to take a look and bemused tourists turned their cameras from architectural gems tofocus on our novel mode of transport. While walking is the best way to discover Tallinn at leisure, the circular bikes made for seven illustrate that this is no city stuck in a time-warp and it's easy to combine history with a decidedly different experience.
After cycling past the wood-boarded houses of the Kalamaja neighbourhood to the coastline that was out of bounds to citizens under Soviet occupation, we reluctantly turned for home, wishing we'd signed up for the 32 euro one-hour tour. We'd opted for 30 minutes based on pre-ride nerves that were quickly dispelled with Kristina firmly in charge of the steering – and brakes.
Tallinn's focal point is the Old Town square, a great place to start a city tour. The town hall is a Gothic masterpiece and the main sights are within walking churches and unique attractions such as the Town Hall Pharmacy with ancient lotions and potions on display.
After stopping for coffee in one of the many cafes lining the square, we set off to Toompea, once the preserve of the city's aristocracy and home to the president's residence and parliament building. It's well worth the walk to the Patkuli viewing platform overlooking the stunning UNESCO-listed Old Town and we stopped for a breather at the Cathedral of St Mary, where countless coats of arms adorn the white walls.
Spring is the start of the main tourist season and midsummer, with up to 18 hours of daylight in June, is another popular time to visit and also a good time to enjoy some of Tallinn's many festivals.
One of the biggest celebrations takes place at the beginning of June. Old Town Days is a week-long streetparty packed with medieval characters, musicians, dancers and entertainers. In July there's Beer Summer (www.ollesummer.ee), the largest outdoor festival in the Baltics. Despite its name it actually incorporates a huge music festival, albeit with plenty of beer on the side.
By the end of October things quieten down. But if time to visit, especially during Tallinn's Christmas market that starts in the last week of November.
After the cycling and walking, we had worked up an appetite and the next stop was Cafe Moon (www.kohvikmoon.ee) in the Vorgu district. Far removed from your average cafe, talented Tallinn chef Roman Zashterinski has teamed up with two fellow chefs to serve fantastic food worthy of a designer restaurant but in an informal setting. Although Estonia waved goodbye to its kroon and joined the eurozone at the beginning of the year, it's still an inexpensive destination for UK visitors.
My borscht soup with beef was three euros and the main course of duck in a honey lemon sauce was under 10 euros, a fraction of what you'd pay for similar food at home.
When it's time for shopping check out the Rotermann quarter (www.rotermannikaubamaja.ee), whereold industrial buildings have gained a sophisticated new lease of life and rub shoulders with striking modern architecture. Loovala is an open-plan craft studio and the place to find unusual gifts, accessories, art and jewellery – although getting a rocking chair made of bricks back on the plane is probably a souvenir too far! Bright hand-made knitwear and butter knives and bowls made from sweetly-scented juniper wood make excellent and more portable gifts.
Round the corner, and part of Rotermann, we discovered the equally fascinating Soviet Technology Exhibition, which reinvents itself each spring and is only open during the summer. Housed in a cavernous former grain store, household appliances, motorbikes, food packaging, clothes, leisure items and industrial equipment are among the eclectic exhibits.
Teenagers will love things such as the conference bike and these more off-beat attractions. However, Tallinn is not an obvious destination for younger children and best suited to couples and groups of friends. A big draw is its good value nightlife, much of it centred in the Old Town, and we spent an entertaining evening at Olde Hansa (www.oldehansa.ee). The candlelit restaurant serves hearty medieval-style dishes including wild boar, elk and even bear, although some Brits might be reluctant to try the latter. Huge plates of food were interspersed with beer, wine and rather questionable "medieval" shots served up by jovial staff in period attire. Set menus start at 35 euros a head, which is pricey for Tallinn but it's a fun night out.
The many nearby watering holes include everything from atmospheric wine vaults and cellars to karaoke, sports and 70s-style retro bars. Try Viru beer, which comes in distinctive tall bottles, and other local brews.
This year is a particularly exciting time to visit the smallest Baltic state and one of northern Europe's oldest capitals. To celebrate its European title, Tallinn is hosting one of the biggest cultural events in Estonia's history with a host of special exhibitions, festivals and attractions on the theme, "Stories of the Seashore", highlighting the legends and inspiration the sea has given to generations of Estonians. That said, there's always plenty to see whenever you decide to visit and if you set off on a conference bike you'll probably end up being the centre of attention.
tallinn facts
when to go
The main season runs from April to October and summer is pleasantly warm with long hours of daylight. Snow-covered Tallinn is beautiful in wintertime but it gets very cold.
getting there
Estonian Air (www.estonian-air.ee), easyJet (www.easyjet.com) and Ryanair (www.ryanair.com) fly from London to Tallinn.
For a luxury hotel near the Old Town try historic Hotel Schlössle (www.schloesslehotel.com) or Swissotel Tallinn (www.swissotel.com/tallinn), which has a spa. On Saaremaa, the modern Go Spa hotel is by the sea (www.gospa.ee).
tour operators
Baltic Holidays (www.balticholidays.com) features Tallinn short breaks, Estonia tours and spa holidays and Regent Holidays (www.regent-holidays.co.uk) offers city breaks and a Tallinn and islands tour.
getting around
The best way to enjoy Tallinn is on foot. The Tallinn Card, available at the Tourist Information Centre and starting at €12 for six hours, offers unlimited free public transport.
tourist information
Tallinn City Tourist Office: www.tourism.tallinn.ee Visit Estonia: www.visitestonia.com
All prices and details were correct when published in tlm - the travel & leisure magazine, please check before you travel to Tallinn.


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Welcome to Tumblebugz, we are a kid's party venue situated in Benoni. We offer a range of children's entertainment and provide kids a safe, clean and secure indoor play centre. Our facilities are suitable for children up to 12 years of age.
We believe in preserving childhood through play and supporting healthy childhood development. We are all for connecting families and enriching children's lives whilst keeping them entertained.
At Tumblebugz, our play centre consists of the following specialty facilities:
- Tumble town: Consisting of 6 small pretend play shops. Tumble Town is a hand on learning experience which encourages role playing and social skills. Tumble Town includes our bicycle track, road signs, petrol station and fake grass.
- Tumble Zone: 100 square meter structure full of tubes, slides, balls, climbing structures, trampolines, stairs, ramps and obstacle courses. Perfect for kids 2 years and older.
- Tumble Tots: A smaller play area for kids 2 years and younger. Consisting of mirrors, sensory boards, toys, soft play equipment and ramps.
- Tumble Crafts: Interactive crafts designed for kids to develop their motor skills and hand eye coordination.
- Tumble Café: At Tumblebugz we offer a variety of foods for kids and parents. Children can also build their own pizza at the pizza counter.
At Tumbebugz we have 2 private party rooms than can host 24 children each. We provide a range of packages for parents to choose from so as to accommodate for each parents needs and budgets.
For a great kid's party, come visit us at Tumblebugz where we believe that play changes the world.


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Please join team Family Law Center and accept the challenge to raise donations to support the Komen Sacramento Race for the Cure on May 8, 2010 in the fight against breast cancer.
You can help by registering to walk or run with us, or by donating generously to the Komen Sacramento Race for the Cure. Your tax-deductible donation will fund innovative outreach and awareness programs for medically underserved communities in the Sacramento Valley and national breast cancer research.
It is faster and easier than ever to support this great cause – you can make a donation online by simply clicking on the link at the bottom of this blog post. Every donation helps.
When you sign up, please select our team "Family Law Center" – we need at least 20 people on our team.
Thank you so much for your time and support in the fight against breast cancer. Every step counts!
Follow This Link to visit the Komen Sacramento page, click "Register Here" and then "Join A Team" (select team Family Law Center) to help us in our efforts to support Susan G Komen for the Cure here in Sacramento.


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After babies turn 6 months of age, solid food should be introduced to complement their diet as milk alone may not contain enough iron for their growing needs. Milk should still be their main source of diet till they are about 1 year of age though!
This simple tool lets you find out whether your baby is consuming enough iron for their needs.
When Elise turned 6 months, I introduced solid food to her by feeding her bits of fruit and steamed pumpkin. She took to it quite well! Then again, it's at the stage where she puts everything into her mouth.
The good thing about skipping the puree stage is that they learn that they need to chew their food before swallowing. I have no qualms feeding her larger pieces of food now because I have confidence that she can deal with it without choking. This has incurred a lot of doubt and disbelief from the elders I meet, but everyone has their own methods of doing things.
On most mornings, I prepare her porridge before leaving the house using the laziest method possible – I put oats together with vegetables, meat or fish and some water to boil for a few minutes before placing everything into a thermal jar to cook with the residual heat until she's ready to be fed at lunchtime.
Infant cereals are another popular choice because preparation is as easy as it gets – just add water and other ingredients, or if you're really pressed for time, just water will do! A well-fed baby is a happy baby.
About Nestlé CERELAC
Nestlé CERELAC has been in the market for 150 years and was created by Henri Nestle who was a pharmacist with a passion for science who created the first milk-based nutritional food for infants and saved the life of a young infant with his recipe.
Since then, it has grown to become a trusted brand by many generations of mothers.
- It is the FIRST and ONLY infant cereals with BIFIDUS BL probiotics – helps to fight against harmful bacteria, thereby maintaining a healthy digestive system.
- Iron-fortified along with essential vitamins and minerals
- Contains DHA – an important building block for brain and eye development
- Made with baby grade ingredients that are grown especially for babies
- Cereals hydrolyzed enzymatically (CHE) is a unique technology used in CERELAC® to breakdown carbohydrates in cereal into smaller pieces for easier digestion
They've also made it really easy for parents to select the right type of cereal with different stages – After 6 months, 8 months and 12 months. Just grab and go. It cannot get easier than that.
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Weaning Recipes
Here are some weaning recipes you can try for your child. You can choose to follow the recipes or create your own recipe! Note that babies below 1 should not consume egg whites as it contains 4 proteins which range from mildly allergenic to highly allergenic, so it's best to wait it out.
Raw honey should also not be fed to children below 1 as it is known to contain Clostridium botulinum spores linked to infant botulism. The good news is that the spores are killed and prevented from growing in Nestlé CERELAC cereals containing honey, so your baby can safely get a taste of honey before the other babies do!
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Banana Blueberry Cereal
Nestlé CERELAC
1/2 Banana
A few blueberries
1. Add cereal to warm water. The recommended amount is 5tbsp cereal to 150ml warm water but I just go by feel. Adding cereal to water eliminates clumps. I've been making my Milo and Nestum the wrong way all along…
2. Stir after adding each spoonful of cereal to the water to get your desired consistency.
3. Throw in whatever you want. Result? It is Elise-approved! It's easy to prepare and nutritious for your little one.
|Feeling very comfortable in her holey-tee from the market
Start creating your own recipes with a free sample! 🙂
Nestlé CERELAC is readily available for purchase at leading supermarkets and the following online stores:
Nestle E-shop
Lazada (One Mart)
Q10 (One Mart)


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Recognized as a special land for conservation of endangered monkey species, Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary is a privately owned land having an area of 400 acres. The area was conserved in 1994 and was opened later to the public, where it is home to around 60 monkey species. Visitors can feed the monkeys and catch a glimpse of them in their natural habitat, however there are fixed feeding timings which are usually twice a day.
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Third Party News: DMY Studio shows off War Within Optimus prototype
Third party toymaker DMY Studio has posted some prototype images via Weibo, showcasing an upcoming figure that bears a striking resemblance to an older design many fans will be familiar with, War Within Optimus Prime! We've mirrored the pics for you after the cut.
Shown alongside Combiner Wars Optimus Prime in one photo, the all-white prototype stands head and shoulders above the latest official Optimus figure, making this one a good deal bigger than the War Within Optimus Prime Hasbro released as part of the Titanium series back in 2006.
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Maria Luisa de Moreno International Foundation hosted the "Spring Day for Kids" event in the 2012, bringing joy and happiness to 75 kids. They had a day full of fun and learned the value of donating.
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Online discussion: Sustaining the impact of capacity development initiatives for African youth in agriculture
The Regional Initiative on Sustainable Production Intensification and Value Chain Development in Africa of the FAO Regional Office for Africa (RAF) organized the online discussion Sustaining the impact of capacity development initiatives for African youth in agriculture. The discussion was held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition in Africa (FSN Forum Africa) in October-November 2017 with the aim to solicit opinions on capacity development sustainability initiatives for young agripreneurs in Africa, and to contribute to identifying challenges and opportunities related to sustaining the impact of interventions aimed at developing capacities and engaging youth in agriculture.
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Everyone faces bank risks. For retirees the lack of time to recover from bank defaults increases the risk.
Bank risk is a problem of demographics and bank management and the nature of democracy.
The Nature of Democracy
The Capitalistic democratic system has proven to be one that is most in tune with nature. However like all systems it has loopholes and flaws as do all systems.
Part of the driving force in such a socio-economic system is that the public's mindset is linear and is based on the idea that if we work hard and save, life will be better later. We, in the Western world expect life to keep getting better. We are taught to sacrifice the here and now for the future.
My "Child's World", a Gift of 60 years.
When I was very young, my mom and dad stretched their meager budget to buy me a set of "Child's World". This was a great sacrifice and I treasure these tomes. The plan was to pass them on to our children and grandchildren. Rapid advances in technology ended that plan. They sit in my library as a fine memory to dwell upon and I especially love Book One, filled with nursery rhymes, stories and fables, including on page 111 Aesop's story of the "Ant and the Grasshopper".
The Child's World – Book One- Page 111.
You probably know the story… the moral being "Make hay while the sunshines Nelly! Work hard and save in good times because bad times will come."
This thought process is understandable since most of the world's industrialization began far up in the northern hemisphere where winters are harsh and cold. However in democracies many of the voters just want to be grasshoppers and enjoy the good times. They enjoy the ups so much that they have nothing but their ability to vote during the downs.
Politicians being politicians… their first goal must be"get elected". This forces them to promise, "We'll let the good times roll!"
Then they feel required to keep those promises and to pay for them they tax the ants… who did work hard and save.
This is fine as long as more and more younger ants are born to continue caring for the aging grasshoppers. Then the party gets interrupted by the forces of nature.
Industrialized Demographics
Perfect demographic pyramid in a Western Style Capitalistic Democracy.
An apparent rule of nature is an inverse relationship between material wealth and birth rate. The richer a nation is, the fewer children per family are born.
Japan's pyramid is more typical of a mature industrialized demographic pyramid.
You can feel the instability just by looking at the chart. There are too few people aged 20 and 30 and 40 to support those in the retirement range.
That's the good news because the bad news is that these pyramids are growing worse.
All the mature industrial nations have an insufficient birthrate to support a healthy demographic pyramid.
Yet to the polls remain open and the grasshoppers still vote. This forces politicians to think up new ways to take savings from the ants to share with the grasshoppers.
Politicians can only raise taxes so much because grasshoppers do not like to pay tax. Plus although there always seems to be fewer ants than grasshoppers, the ants do get to vote as well. Thus the politicians use other ways to fool the grasshoppers into thinking the party is still on. They devalue the purchasing power of the currency. They raid current social savings (like the Social Security Trust). They raid private pensions. Finally when these options are exhausted, they rob the banking system.
Here is how this demographic problem is now affecting the safety of banking… everywhere.
A US News article struggled to explain the severity of a growing global banking problem in an article entitled "The Cyprus Bailout Does the Unthinkable, Vaporizes Bank Deposits" by Rick Newman.
Here is an excerpt: Apparently folks can stop worrying about the financial crisis in Cyprus. But there's one startling development in the tiny island nation that's worth paying attention to. Unlike an earlier plan that would have "taxed" bank deposits, no matter how small, the new bailout protects all deposits up to the insured limit of €100,000. But above that limit, depositors with accounts in Cyprus's two biggest banks—both essentially insolvent—will lose some of their money, which will be used to help pay the bailout costs. Officials in Cyprus have estimated that depositors could lose 30 percent of their money above the insured limit.
That article missed the cost by quite a bit. Within a month a BBC News article "Bank of Cyprus big depositors could lose up to 60%" revealed the true loss to depositors. That article said: Bank of Cyprus depositors with more than 100,000 euros (£84,300; $128,200) could lose up to 60% of their savings as part of an EU-IMF bailout restructuring move, officials say. The central bank says 37.5% of holdings over 100,000 euros will become shares. Up to 22.5% will go into a fund attracting no interest and may be subject to further write-offs. The other 40% will attract interest – but this will not be paid unless the bank performs well.
The Forbes article "The Cyprus Bank 'Bail-In' Is Another Crony Bankster Scam" by Nathan Lewis shared the capitalistic worlds disgust and said: A new strategy has been unveiled around the world, with the first test run in Cyprus. Despite early denials, the "bail-in" strategy for insolvent banks has already become official policy throughout Europe and internationally as well.
At first glance, the "bail-in" resembles the normal capitalist process of liabilities restructuring that should occur when a bank becomes insolvent. Equity investors and most-junior creditors lose everything; less-junior creditors get a debt/equity conversion, and senior creditors get 100%. The bank can remain in operation, and does not have to liquidate any assets. No public money is required.
I have been an advocate of restructuring insolvent banks according to these basic capitalistic principles, which requires no public funds.
The difference with the "bail-in" is that the order of creditor seniority is changed. In the end, it amounts to the cronies (other banks and government) and non-cronies. The cronies get 100% or more; the non-cronies, including non-interest-bearing depositors who should be super-senior, get a kick in the guts instead.
All insured deposits (individuals and legal entities) up to €100.000 have, as of 26 March 2013, been transferred from Laiki Bank to the Bank of Cyprus. In addition, the entire amount of deposits belonging to financial institutions, the government, municipalities, municipal councils and other public entities, insurance companies, charities, schools, educational institutions, and deposits belonging to JCC Payment Systems Ltd have been transferred to the Bank of Cyprus.
All other deposits exceeding €100.000 remain in the 'bad' Laiki Bank. Did you get that? Financial institutions (e.g. German banks, and central banks including the Bundesbank) get full repayment, along with government entities, while everyone else gets to eat sand.
Cyprus – The Tip of the Iceberg
Governments pick up these bad habits quickly. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation published an article entitled "Ottawa weighing plans for bank failures" by Neil Macdonald. This is a bit frightening that one of the world's safest countries for banking is considering adding this type of program into its law.
The article says: Departing Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has been calling for some kind of convertible bank bond to strengthen reserves. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty looks to follow. But who gets the 'haircut' in the event of default?
Buried deep in last month's federal budget is an ambiguously worded section that has roiled parts of the financial world but has so far been largely ignored by the mainstream media.
It boils down to this: Ottawa is contemplating the possibility of a Canadian bank failure — and the same sort of pitiless prescription that was just imposed in Cyprus.
Canadians tend to believe their banks are safer and more backstopped than elsewhere in the world. The federal government enthusiastically promotes the notion, and loves to take credit for it.
It may well be true, even if Canada's six-bank oligopoly isn't terribly competitive, at least in comparison to the far more diverse American banking universe.
But in the ever-more insecure world that has unfolded since the financial meltdown of 2008, it is also increasingly clear that nothing is safe anymore, not even blue-chip bank stocks and bonds or even, in the case of the Cyprus bail-in, private bank accounts.
And now, Canada is making a bail-in official government policy, too.
"The government proposes to implement a bail-in regime … designed to ensure that, in the unlikely event that a systemically important bank depletes its capital, the bank can be recapitalized and returned to viability," says Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's March 21 budget, on page 144.
That would be done, the document says, through the rapid conversion of "certain bank liabilities."
Ottawa's budget document leaves the definition of "certain liabilities" to the reader's imagination.
New Zealand is apparently kicking the tires of this bandwagon too. A Scoop.co.NZ article entitled: "National planning Cyprus-style solution for New Zealand" says: The National Government are pushing a Cyprus-style solution to bank failure in New Zealand which will see small depositors lose some of their savings to fund big bank bailouts, the Green Party said today. Open Bank Resolution (OBR) is Finance Minister Bill English's favoured option dealing with a major bank failure. If a bank fails under OBR, all depositors will have their savings reduced overnight to fund the bank's bail out.
Bank Management
This leaves good bank management as a last line of defense. If there are no bank failures, then there won't be a need for this type of bail-in.
Let's look at three of the largest US banks…. JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Citigroup and see how well they have been managed..
Vikram Pandit recently exited as CEO at Citibank. He ran Citibank for a little less than five years. During that time there was nearly a 90 percent decline in the bank's stock price,
Numerous costly setbacks were directly tied to Pandit. For example the bank bought Pandit's Old Lane hedge fund for $800 million and shut it down less than a year later, taking a $200 million write-down.
Citibank also last $3 billion in one quarter alone writing its interest in the brokerage firm Smith Barney,
Yet during this time Pandit was took home some $260 million in pay — even after collecting a token $1 salary for a couple of years after the financial crisis.
Bank of America
In 2011 the FDIC took over coverage of losses on $75 trillion worth of Bank of America derivative bets.
The bank was saved once by a $45 billion bailout during the financial crisis, and had $1.04 trillion in deposits as of mid 2011 ranking it second among U.S. firms.
Instead of curtailing derivative trading as FDIC suggested, the major banks expanded risky trading. Bank of America, with $75 trillion in gross derivatives had a crisis on its hands.
However in 2012 the bank paid its CEO $7.4 million, a little less than the $7.5 million in 2011.
Plus he received $520,513 in perks like use of corporate aircraft and secured parking.
JP Morgan Chase
In 2012 JPMorgan Chase revealed a trading loss of about $6 billion from making risky bets.
The bank said it would dock CEO Jamie Dimon's pay, largely because of the $6 billion loss. They kept that promise and Dimon saw a 19 percent pay cut in 2012 earning only $18.7 million down from his $23 million pay in 2011.
However there has been some controversy because his father, Theodore Dimon, 82, earned more than three-times his usual salary from JPMorgan Chase that same year, taking away $1.6 million. His dad joined his son's firm in 2009 as a broker, earned $1.6 million in 2012, up from $447,000 the year before and only $425,000 in 2010.
Management Dilemma at All the Big Banks
Let's suggest that the intentions of management at all the big banks must be suspect. Their hearts seem to be focused on enhancing the girth of their own wallets rather than those of account holders. The system encourages them to take risks. If they win… they get huge bonuses. If they lose, they get golden handshakes. This is not a new trend… just one that is more exposed as excesses in the entire system are stretched by the nature of democracy and aging demographics. Few rational people will trust big bank management anywhere.
The Solution
I do not know if there is any solution to this natural drift of the modern global social-economy. The demographics are hardly likely to change. History suggests there will always be plenty of grasshoppers which leaves democratic systems vulnerable to politicians who will promise anything to attain office. I doubt that we can depend on guys in white to arrive and save the banks.
This leaves many of us in a new environment… not seen since the 1920s . Banks cannot be trusted. We each have to look after our savings and protect our purchasing power.
There are five steps that create the ultimate protection against bank risk.
Step #1: Bank in more than one country. If accounts are frozen or taxed in one country… your second or third accounts may be safe. Just be sure to correctly report these accounts.
Step #2: Hold some gold as insurance. Hope you do not have to use it. Having tracked gold for over 40 years I have seen and heard it all. My conclusion is that gold should be held as insurance and as a store of long term purchasing power protection.
If you want to hold gold outside the country where you live or in a safe place check with ASI Precious Metal Direct. Or call 877-339-8472.
There are five steps that create the ultimate protection against bank risk.
Step #1: Keep all deposits below government guaranteed levels. In the case of Cyprus, if a depositor had one account for $290,000, he would now have $176,000 ($100,000 plus 40% of $190,000). If he had three accounts (one in his name, one in a company and one in wife's name for example) he would still now have $300,000.
Step #2: Bank in more than one country. If accounts are frozen or taxed in one country… your second or third accounts may be safe. Just be sure to correctly report these accounts.
Step #3: Hold some gold as insurance. Hope that you do not have to use it. Having tracked gold for over 40 years I have seen and heard it all. My conclusion is that gold should be held as insurance and as a store of long term purchasing power protection.
If you want to hold gold outside the country where you live or in a safe place check with ASI Precious Metal Direct. Or call 877-339-8472.
Step #4: Invest in collectibles.
One way to invest in collectibles is through Stanley Gibbons. This 150+ year old firm expanded into Asia in 2011 and the USA in 2012.
Here are excerpts from their investing brochure:
We are living in a world where you could genuinely lose almost everything you have worked for; many people have. Diversifying into rare stamps, rare coins and other prestige collectibles could help you anchor part of your portfolio through the storms in other markets.
The world is uncertain; rare stamps have proved themselves not to be. So, if you're looking for potentially the best place to put your money over the next 5-10 years, the stability offered by a historical, alternative asset like rare stamps could be your answer.
To illustrate the potential of rare stamps as an investment vehicle, we have made a comparison with what are considered to be two of the UK's safest assets, property and gold. Look at the graph below, which clearly emphasises the volatility of gold and property (as well as other conventional investment vehicles) and the strength of the premium stamp market. It demonstrates the rise of the GB 30 Rarities Index on Bloomberg, the index of the top GB rare stamps:
As you can see, increases in the GB 30 stamps have been consistent and, in some cases, dramatic.
Just as a snapshot of the strength of the market, in the recent crash of 2008, when the value of traditional asset classes plummeted, the GB30 Rarities Index increased.
Located in the heart of London at 399 Strand, Stanley Gibbons has been the home of rare stamp collecting since 1856. Stanley Gibbons is a globally recognised name and a brand synonymous with quality and expertise.
We were awarded the Royal Warrant by King George V in 1914 –an honour that we still hold proudly today and we maintain by trading with the Royal household.
Stanley Gibbons – quality, expertise & reassurance for you
What that means for you is that you can rely on over 150 years' experience and skill in appraising, buying, describing and selling stamps; in today's uncertain times, trust and security may not be flashy, but they are fundamentally important to preserve your wealth. When it comes to investing, it is vital to go with a name you can trust.
Look at the examples below; our experts know the difference between an investment grade stamp and 'just another stamp' or a worthless forgery.
One of these stamps is worth £240.The other is one of Britain's most expensive stamps worth £375,000.
Can you tell which is which?
Look at how their prices (taken from Stanley Gibbons published catalogues) have risen in the last 10 years.
Here is a selection of the type of rare stamps that Stanley Gibbons offers for investment purposes.
Look at how the prices (taken from Stanley Gibbons published catalogues) have risen in the last 10 years.
The prices of rare stamps is fully trackable with the prices recorded in Stanley Gibbons official, annually-published catalogues, the first of which was published in 1865.
They represent the selling price of Stanley Gibbons Limited at the time of publication and are an expert estimate of market value, taking into account prices realised at worldwide auctions and reported private sales.
As well as rare stamps, Stanley Gibbons also offers you investment opportunities in rare coins, wartime medals and historical manuscripts as further options for diversification and portfolio growth.
No previous stamp knowledge is required, and your only decision is when to sell and whether to re-invest your investment returns with us.
For more on Stanley gibbons investments call 877-340-2247 or click here for Stanley Gibbons information.
Step #5: Have a micro business that provides a valuable service to a community of like minded souls. As long as you have the ability to serve, you have the ability to earn.
This is why pinnacle careers that fulfill our destiny and take more responsibility for our individual social, spiritual and financial needs grow in value for us all.
Bank risks have expanded and the Cyprus Bail – In adds a higher level of concern. We can no longer trust our governments or our bankers totally so consider the five steps above so your economics remain more secure.
Whatever type of micro business you create, you'll be able to use writing to sell.
We offer an online course. Self Fulfilled – How to Write to Sell for $299. See details here.
Even Better! We offer a year long program including attendance to a Writer's Camp. You receive the online course "Self Fulfilled – How to Write to Sell" free and save $299.
Writer's Camps – Recorded on MP3Learn how to learn how to wrote and self publish from our recorded Writer's Camp…
Seven P Secrets of Self PublishingWhen you write, you can work anywhere.
Here I am working poolside in the winter, at our Florida farm.
Here I am with our hound Ma, working during the summer at our North Carolina farm.
Learn how to earn everywhere, while living anywhere you choose. I have been able to earn by writing in Hong Kong, England, the Isle of Man, Dominican Republic and Ecuador to name a few of the places I have lived. Anywhere I am, I am able to work.
All I need is my laptop.
That's all you need too… a laptop to be free!
Before computers, a pencil and pad did the job.
Freedom is just one benefit you can gain from a laptop business.
Another benefit is income. Writing has brought me both our farms in Florida and North carolina, free and clear… plus a lot more.
Another good example of earning potential is my friend Hugh Howey. He was working for $10 an hour in a book store when he self published his novel Wool, typing in a storage room during his lunch breaks.
Soon he was earning over $100,000 a month on Amazon.com. This helped secure a six-figure book deal from Simon & Schuster, and an option for film by Ridley Scott, director of Blade Runner and Alien.
That's what he's doing now.
Hugh and I playing chess (he beats me badly).
Writers like Hugh are great inspirations.
A couple of years ago Hugh left Florida, and moved to South Africa. He had a sailing catamaran built for him and now can sail the world while he continues to write.
Hugh explained it like this: And that's the miracle of working as a writer: I can do it from anywhere and everywhere. The past few years, I've done a lot of writing from airplanes and airports while on business trips abroad. SAND was entirely written overseas while traveling through seven different countries; I think it's a better story because of those inspirations. In upcoming years, I may be writing near your home port.
Hugh's a super star writer and his success could not happen to a more deserving and talented person. He pours enormous energy into being worthy of his readership. But you do not have to be a million dollar a year earner or a traveler to benefit from writing.
The good news is… you do not need a huge success to have a rich and fulfilled lifestyle. Self Publishing can bring you a life that most people only dream of, as a journeyman writer, instead of a super star.
May I hastily add that the path to stardom begins as a journeyman… so the journeyman's path brings success without stardom… but can also lead to stardom.
What most success stories like Hugh's rarely explain is the many hours of writing that was devoted before their self published book sales soared. Hugh, like most writers were journeymen first. Stardom came later.
Here are sevens secrets that can help you become a journeyman writer.
The secrets are a writer's armory of tools that allows almost anyone to create successful publications for income, freedom and fulfillment.
Take Merri's and my publishing business as an example.
Merri and I are not writing stars. We are journeymen who have for more than 40 years, year in and year out, earned solid income writing and self publishing dozens of publications about multiple subjects.
Some years that income has been more than solid… over a million dollars. Yet in terms of stardom, we are hardly known.
In a moment you'll see why that's fine for us and probably will be for you too.
First some history.
Merri became involved in self publishing over 40 years ago… first helping a veterinarian publish a book on a very specific market… animal acupuncture. Then she showed a needle point artist how to sell more books to an even more specific audience… "needle point enthusiasts" about her needle point work to an audience larger than the population of the city she lived in. This led Merri to eventually become Executive Editor of an award winning magazine in Florida.
My story allowed Merri and me to work and live from Hong Kong to London to Europe to Eastern Europe, then the Caribbean and then Ecuador… making millions in the process of following our adventures… having fun… while helping a large readership adapt to a rapidly changing world.
That's what self publishing can bring, profit, adventure and fulfillment, a great feeling of worth and wonder.
Self Publishing has created exactly the lifestyle we desire allowing us to span the world and work with meaning and purpose.
Self Publishing has become a new business art form.
The seven secrets can help you start your own self publishing business now.
Everything in publishing is new and exciting and changing. Publishing is being recreated by the wonderful power of destructive technology.
Everything is new… except the seven secrets.
Change in the publishing industry is disturbing many. We love this evolution due to these seven secrets we call the 7Ps. The 7 Ps are so fundamental to writing and publishing that new technology enhances rather than reduces their power.
The First P is Passion.
Whatever your passion, you can immerse yourself in it AND create income with self publishing. This can be your direct ticket to the kind of fulfillment you've always wanted.
Whether you want to travel the world or live as a recluse, work 12 hours a day or not work much at all, you can set your schedule to succeed, if you're willing to learn these seven secrets.
You can start part-time with any dream, passion, and budget. Once you've created a product, you'll enjoy the "multiple effect" of producing profits over and over again.
So the question is… What do you love to do?
What's Your Passion: An example is that thirty years ago, a client of Merri's had a passion to help people who were in pain? He published a series of pamphlets explaining various chiropractic disorders in very simple terms. For example: "What Is Whiplash?"
The pamphlets contained solid information, but were simple 5″ x 7″ brochures with drawings and explanations. He sold them with a rack to chiropractors, who put them in their offices for patients to read. These little self-published items sold year in and year out for decades.
There are thousands of ideas of this sort that can lead to big business. It's just a matter of defining and then acting on your passion.
Although I can work when I please and go where I wish, for me the most important reason for being a publisher is the satisfaction it brings.
I love the projects I take on, so work doesn't feel like, well… work.
What do you love? If you love golf, then you can write and sell publications about golf. Love travel, fishing, dogs, dolls, or art? Write and sell publications in these fields.
Are you concerned about crime, war, poverty or environmental issues? You can publish information products that help reduce these concerns.
Would you like to help the world be a more spiritual place? Publish a newsletter, write a book (or hire someone to write it for you), record a tape… publish something that enlightens people.
Whatever your passion, you can immerse yourself in it and earn income by publishing for ereaders, print on demand, CDs, lists, bound books, or any format you choose.
Be immersed in your passion and get paid well for it.
This is why stardom is not the main goal for most writers and self publishers. Extra income, more freedom and fulfillment are usually more than enough enough.
The seven Ps are:
#1: Passion
#2: Problem
#3: Person
#4: Profitably Priced Product
#5: Prospecting Pathway
#6: Promise
#7: Presentation
The first time I exposed others to the secrets in Self Publishing was in a weekend "Writer's Camp" seminar. We offered the camp for $1,500. 80 delegates enrolled. People from all walks of life attended—chiropractors, businessmen, investors, doctors, realtors, inventors, airline pilots, engineers, and housewives.
Merri and I were so overwhelmed by the response, we decided to make it available to a larger audience. We created a written course based on our current self publishing activity called "Self Fulfilled – How to be a Self Publisher." Then we recorded the weekend "Writer's Camp" seminar.
Thousands have used the course as it has evolved over the decades.
You can receive both the written course and the recorded weekend seminar, in an MP3 file, in a special "Live Well and Free Anywhere" program I am making available to you. The normal fee is $299 for the written course and $299 for the recorded workshop. I'll send you both the course and the recorded workshop and my course on how to expand the profits of what you write called "Eventful Business" (also $299) all for $299. You save $598.
We are so confident that you'll gain from this offer that if you are not fully satisfied, simply email us within 60 days for a full refund .
These courses are not theoretical. They describe, step-by-step, how Merri and I built a million-dollar international business and how we are running this self publishing business right now. We use the 7Ps today just as we did four decades ago to create a strong annual income.
This correspondence course is for those who would like their own international self publishing micro business for fun and profit. If you want fun, freedom, extra income and fulfillment with your own full or part time writing or want to build your existing business, by writing to sell you can profit from this course. The course can help who want their own business or who want to have a business together or a family business. This is the perfect course for those who can no longer find employment, who are looking for ways to earn abroad and who wish to retire and supplement their income.
Whether you are retired, an investor, chiropractor, doctor, dentist, professional or already own your own business, this offers another way to make money, to turn your passion into profit. We guarantee that we have shared all we know to help you start and run your own international business. Enjoy and live a life of following your Passion to Profit… through writing.
Here is a special offer.
Whatever your passion, however you do business, chances are you'll be writing either to create a product or to sell a product.
You save more than $598 because you also receive a recorded webinar conducted by our webmaster David Cross (at no extra cost).
David Cross
David has been our webmaster since our website began in the 1990s. He is Merri's and my business partner. We could not run our business as we do without him.
Learn the tactics we use in our web business that condenses 27 years of practical experience about search engine optimization, and writing for search engines.
For the last 27 years David has worked with companies large and small – IBM, Agora Publishing, AstraZeneca and many small business owners. He has worked in 22 countries, and lived in six of them.
David's clients span the globe and represent companies and charities both large and small. From corporate giants to small, one-woman businesses and everything from finance, healthcare, publishing, technology, real estate, veterinarians, alternative health centers and everything in between.
David is an essential part of our web based business.
Myles Norin, CEO of Agora, Inc. wrote: "I have found David's knowledge and experience unmatched in the industry. Without David's expertise and guidance for the past 7 years, we would not be nearly as successful as we are."
As Senior Internet Consultant to Agora Inc. in Baltimore, MD, he worked closely with Agora's publishers and marketers and – over a 7-year period – helped to propel Agora's online revenues from around $20 million to well over $300 million.
David's webinar will help you gain benefits in your micro business that large internet marketing companies use. In this practical recorded workshop you will learn valuable skills to help your micro business.
There has never been a time when the opportunity for small businesses abroad has been so outstanding. Expand your borders now! Increase your economic security freedom, independence and success.
If you are not fully satisfied that this offers you enormous value simply email us for a full refund within 60 days. You can keep all three courses as our thanks for giving our courses a try.
You also receive a report "How to use Relaxed Concentration to Brainstorm Business Ideas" and a recorded workshop "How to Become and Remain Rich With Relaxed Concentration" at no additional cost.
Plus you get more in the program.
You receive regular writing and self publishing updates for a year. Businesses usually need to evolve. Merri and I continue to publish and have our independent businesses. Some basics have remained for decades, but new strategies occur all the time throughout the year. We'll be sending along updates that share our most recent experiences as we learn and continue to grow our international micro business from Smalltown USA.
My special offer to you in this "Live Well and Free Anywhere Program", is that you receive:
- "Self Fulfilled – How to Write to Sell" course
- Video Workshop by our webmaster David Cross,
- The entire weekend "Writer's Camp" in MP3,
- MP3 Workshop "How to Gain Added Success With Relaxed Concentration"
- The business course "Eventful Business"
- Any updates to any of the courses, workshops, reports or recordings for a year
We are so confident that you'll gain from this offer that if you are not fully satisfied, simply email us within the first three months for a full refund.
Order "Self Fulfilled – How to Publish to Sell" and a full year of update lessons $299. Click Here.
See success stories from Self Publishers and a few who have attended the "Writer's Camp" that you will receive on MP3.
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US News The Cyprus Bailout Does the Unthinkable, Vaporizes Bank Deposits
Forbes The Cyprus Bank 'Bail-In' Is Another Crony Bankster Scam by Nathan Lewis
BBC News Bank of Cyprus big depositors could lose up to 60%
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Ottawa weighing plans for bank failures
Scoop.co.nz National planning Cyprus-style solution for New Zealand


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In this edition we talk about phase one of our Charity Auction with Jan Schroeder. In depressing TV news, V gets a second season, FlashForward gets the ax and Heroes dies an unheroic death.
Possible new shows for the Fall Season
NBC – The Cape, Undercovers, The Event
ABC – No Ordinary Family
FAUX – Terra Nova
CW – (is this really a network?) Betwixt, Nikita
Chris Proulx dropped in to talk about The Granite State ComiCon and some of the special events happening. "Pat, can I get a ruling" is the new catch phrase. Discussion was somber about the death of Frank Frazetta, an artist who will be sorely missed. In the second half of tonight's cast, we were joined by Ed & Adrienne Ludvigsen, creators of the alternate history internet game site, What Happened to Sarah.


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CSIRO looks to Britain to outsource climate research
CSIRO is considering outsourcing climate modelling work to Britain - a step a senior executive conceded would reduce Australia's strengths in the field.
Grilled by Labor and Greens senators at a Senate inquiry in Hobart over cuts to up to half its climate research workforce, CSIRO executive Alex Wonhas said the organisation was considering contracting some work to counterparts in the British Met Office.
"I don't think that I can credibly claim that everything [we are doing now] will continue," Dr Wonhas said. "There will be a reduction in our activity."
It is understood CSIRO executives hope signing a contract with leaders in international climate change research at the Met Office will blunt international criticism of its climate research cuts.
That criticism included a New York Times editorial on Friday, which described the cuts as based on "a deplorable misunderstanding of the importance of basic research into what is arguably the greatest challenge facing the planet".
A CSIRO spokesman said the organisation was looking to deepen its existing collaboration with the Met Office, rather than outsourcing work. "It is part of consultation and discussions with stakeholders about how research in the climate area can be maintained and maximised in the future," he said.
In a sometimes testy exchange at the Senate inquiry, Dr Wonhas revealed agency officials had used private email addresses, outside the the CSIRO server, to discuss plans to cut climate and other programs ahead of the announcement.
The CSIRO spokesman later explained: "There was concern that distress may be caused to staff if options for staff reduction, which are not yet finalised, were leaked or distributed."
Opposition industry spokesman Kim Carr described the evidence of the CSIRO executives who appeared before the committee - Dr Wonhas, who oversees environment, energy and resources, and chief financial officer Hazel Bennett - as startling.
"It's extremely concerning that senior executives think they could increase the security of documents about the latest round of cuts by directing staff to use personal emails," he said.
"The motive might have been innocent, but it is just incredibly inappropriate and potentially a breach of the law."
The inquiry had earlier heard that managers at CSIRO's major research partners, including the Australian Antarctic Division and Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, learnt of the cuts either just before or as they were publicly announced.
They agreed they had no idea what the ramifications of the cuts would be, but feared they could dismantle or dramatically reduce scientific programs in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.
Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies executive director Richard Coleman said: "I've had discussions with some of the key people at CSIRO in Hobart ... but they can't really tell me."
Senior CSIRO scientist John Church told the inquiry that CSIRO chief Larry Marshall's suggestion that climate change research was no longer needed was "incorrect, naive and misleading".
He said Australia had long been an attractive play to work for the world's leading scientists, but that had already begun to change since the announcement.
"Our reputation is now trashed internationally," Dr Church said. "We could not attract those people again at this time."
Appearing in a personal capacity, Dr Church and fellow CSIRO scientist Richard Matear questioned the leadership of the organisation, saying they did not appear to understand how science worked.
Dr Matear said of the cuts and the way they had been handled: "It's just a really crazy way to run a scientific organisation."
Committee chair Peter Whish-Wilson, a Greens Senator from Tasmania, said the hearing exposed the "catastrophically haphazard nature" of the decision-making process that led to the cuts.
He said the Australian Antarctic Division was still yet to be consulted on the cuts and about 50 doctoral students at the University of Tasmania did not know if their CSIRO co-supervisors would still have a job in coming weeks.
"The idea that CSIRO management are now looking to reduce the impact of the climate cuts by outsourcing climate modelling work to the UK is alarming," Senator Whish-Wilson said.
"How can Australia gain the innovation dividends from our investment by sending the work overseas?"
The Senate inquiry was jointly convened by the Greens and Labor. No Coalition Senators appeared on the committee on Tuesday. The next hearing is in Melbourne on Friday.


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Israeli biotechnology company Kadimastem has received approval from the IRB (Helsinki Committee) of the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital for the phase I/IIa clinical trial in ALS patients using the cell therapy product developed by the Company. The commencement of the clinical trial is subject to the approval of Ministry of Health's Supreme Committee for clinical trials in humans, which is expected to convene in the upcoming months.
After receiving the Ministry of Health's approval, the Company intends to commence the trial in ALS patients under the Ministry's supervision. The trial will include 21 patients and will be conducted by the Department of Neurology of the Hadassah Ein-Kerem Medical Center in Ein-Kerem, a world-leading center in the field of ALS.
Kadimastem's product, AstroRx® is a cell-based treatment for ALS, based on astrocytes produced from stem cells. Kadimastem's unique technology enables large-scale production of the cells according to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) standard. The cells will be injected into the patients' spinal fluid using a standard injection procedure, performed routinely in hospitals worldwide.
Yossi Ben-Yossef, the company's CEO, noted, "The approval of the Hadassah Hospital IRB is a very important milestone towards the clinical trial and for the company. During the trial, ALS patients will be treated for the first time using the unique cell-based product developed by the company, which is the result of years of innovative research. We believe that we can introduce a breakthrough in the field, and we are hoping to repeat the good results we have demonstrated so far in humans as well".
Prof. Michel Revel, the company's Chief Scientist, added, "The Hadassah Hospital IRB's approval is very encouraging for the Company, as this is an important step in the clinical trial's approval process. This is a significant milestone in the company's progress towards reaching its goals."
Kadimastem is a biotechnology company, operating in the field of regenerative medicine – a groundbreaking field in which the malfunctioning of organs which leads to diseases is repaired by external cells, tissues or organs. The company specializes in the development of human stem cell-based medical solutions for the treatment of diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases, such as ALS and Multiple Sclerosis. The company was founded in August 2009 by Professor Michel Revel and Yossi Ben Yossef, and is traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: KDST). Kadimastem employs 35 people, of which 11 are PhDs, and its 1,700m2 offices and labs are located in the Ness Ziona Science Park.
Kadimastem was founded based on patent protected technology that was developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science, in Prof. Michel Revel's laboratory. Prof. Revel, who serves as the company's Chief Scientist and director, developed Merck KGaA's blockbuster drug, Rebif® for the treatment of MS (sales of around $2.4 billion sales in 2014).
Based on the company's unique platform, Kadimastem is developing two types of medical applications: A. Regenerative medicine, which repairs and replaces organs and tissue by using functioning cells differentiated from stem cells. The company focuses on transplanting healthy brain cells to support the survivability of nerve cells as cell therapy for ALS, and transplanting insulin-secreting pancreatic cells for the treatment of insulin-dependent diabetes; B. Drug screening platforms, which use functional human cells and tissues to discover new medicinal drugs. The company has two collaboration agreements with leading global pharmaceutical companies.
The company is headed by Yossi Ben-Yossef, an entrepreneur with extensive experience in life sciences companies. The company's chairman is Dr. Eli Opper, formerly the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Labor and Trade, and its investors include Altshuler Shaham Investment House, foreign investors (Julien Ruggieri and Avi Meizler), and the company's founders.
Kadimastem has an extensive scientific advisory board, featuring prominent scientists and pioneers: in the embryonic stem cells field, Professor Benjamin Reubinoff and Professor Joseph Itskovich, in the neurodegenerative disease field, Professor Tamir Ben-Hur, and in the diabetes field, Professor Shimon Efrat and Professor Eddy Karnieli.


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text: THE erection of a perimeter fence around the giant Gonarezhou National Park to curb the spread of foot and mouth disease has stalled owing to shortage of funding. This has left cattle belonging to villagers in nearby areas at the risk of contracting foot and mouth disease. Buffaloes transmit the disease. The Parks and Wildlife Management Authority started erecting the perimeter fence five years ago. Parks public relations manager Ms Caroline Washaya-Moyo on Monday said shortage of funding was hampering progress. She said there was need to bring in partners to complete the project. "The issue of the spreading of foot-and- mouth from buffaloes to cattle around the Gonarezhou National Park requires a holistic approach involving all the key stakeholders including the parks authority, the Veterinary Department and others," she said. There has been a significant increase in the number of villagers staying around the Gonarezhou National Park, which is part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, raising fears of the swift spread of foot and mouth from the mixing of wildlife and cattle.


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free will astrology's take on my week:
Joshua trees, native to the Mojave Desert, are both hardy and delicate. While they may live as long as ten centuries, their flowers blossom just one night each year and can only be pollinated by the Yucca moth. At this moment, Leo, you remind me of a Joshua tree. Very soon, there will be a brief window of opportunity for you to be psychically fertilized, and you will need a specific agent to do the job. If all conditions are right, a blessed awakening will occur. Even if the beauty that sprouts is visible for just a short time, its effects will last for years.


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Organizing what you are going to cook before you shop can help you use your time more efficiently and help you save some cash. These 5 Meal Planning Tips for the Everyday Busy Mom can help you keep everyone fed. Even on days it feels like there's no time.
As baseball season is quickly approaches I realize I have to get my life together. And when I say my life I really mean my meal planning. I've bee pretty lazy about meal planning lately and it's been getting me into trouble. I try to keep a pretty tight grocery budget and the best way to do that is to meal plan and make sure i'm using our pantry staple
5 Meal Planning Tips for the Everyday Busy Mom
There are several things you can do to keep your meal planning on track so that you can spend quality time with your family. These are just some of the things we do in our house to make sure everyone is fed when we are short on time.
Ask Your Family
I have to be honest. If the kids don't want to eat it then I'm probably not making it. Getting a good idea of what everyone has a taste for can help to make meal planning easier. And don't worry if the kids want pizza or chili. There are always ways to up the nutritional value of dishes by adding extra veggies. Like this pumpkin turkey chili recipe. I especially, love it when I can turn yesterdays dinner into a brand new meal. Like turning a roasted chicken into a delicious ancd healthy Waldorf Salad.
Make A Calendar
Sometimes getting it all done is at once is just easier with a plan. When our schedule is really busy I whip out my handy Monthly Meal Plan calendar. Jotting down ideas helps me meal plan and shop for groceries.
Feel free to download this monthly meal plan template with themes. You can also subscribe to the blog to receive additional meal planning templates and first dibs at freebies.
Use The Pantry
While I'm figuring out what to make for the month. I always head to the pantry. Making use of what's in the pantry means that I shop less and save more. Hey, you bought it. Might as well make good use of it. I love to whip out a can of black beans and make black bean burgers. Another staple I always have in my pantry, is pasta. My littles love mac n cheese and will eat it at any meal.
Get Out The Gadgets
We recently got a new stove and it's really been a gift. Especially, because there's this button on it that says cooking time. You won't believe it, but this button turns the oven off when once the cooking time has finished. This works well when you know the exact cooking time of your food. But even if you don't have a fancy pants oven (I know it may not be fancy to you but it is to me) there are still plenty of other gadgets you can use to get dinner (or lunch) done in a hurry. Whip out the slow cooker or pressure cooker. I love making a whole chicken in the pressure cooker. Mostly because of how quickly you can cook it. That's the point of these gadgets to get a meal done quickly and/or efficiently without you having to stand over a stove. So use it to your advantage.
Theme Night for the Win
When I'm at my wits end I turn to themes for dinner. Not having to think about what to make, makes life easy. We don't do Taco Tuesday much but we love Pizza on Fridays. You can check out some of my favorite pizza recipes for kids over on the FamLee of Four blog.
Life can quickly get hectic but these meal planning tips will help you stay on track. Do you have any meal planning tips I should add to this list? Please share it with me. You can tag me on Instagram @els.kitchencomforts or visit the El's Kitchen Comforts page on Facebook. Or just leave a comment below. Whatever works for you.


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Smith and Bybee Lakes Wildlife Area
Wetland Habitat
Recreation at the Lakes
Environmental Education
Smith and Bybee Lakes Wildlife Area
The Smith and Bybee Lakes Wildlife Area, comprising about 2000 acres, makes up one of the nation's largest urban freshwater wetlands. Located near the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, the lakes function as a flood absorption system for the lower Columbia River. Hidden within an industrial area and just minutes from downtown Portland, the wetlands provide for diverse communities of plant and animal life. Numerous local schools use Smith and Bybee Lakes for a variety of outdoor education programs.
Metro Regional Parks and Greenspaces manages the wildlife area. The Friends of Smith & Bybee Lakes works closely with Metro.
The wetlands provide habitat for wildlife, including mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds. Mammals include beaver, nutria, river otter, mice and blacktail deer. The only reptiles found at the lakes are turtles and garter snakes. Amphibians include salamanders and frogs, including the pacific chorus frog and the non-native bull frog. The lakes also contain non-native fish such as largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill and carp.
Over 100 species of birds have been recorded in the area. Ospreys, who excel at fishing, nest here and bald eagles, those expert scavengers, winter here. You can regularly see great blue herons, red-tailed hawks and several species of waterfowl. Many songbirds and shorebirds stop in for a while along their migration routes.
In the spring and summer you may see western painted turtles basking in the sun on logs in the sloughs and ponds adjacent to N. Marine Dr. With over 200 turtles living in the wildlife area, this may be the largest population of this species west of the Cascades. The western painted turtle is listed as sensitive-critical by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). This species has been declining in Oregon, but not enough is known about them to warrant a threatened or endangered listing. Turtle studies, using many volunteers, are being performed in the wildlife area by Metro.
The lakes also support a large population of beavers. Although beavers are generally nocturnal, evidence of their presence abounds: fallen trees with the characteristic beaver munchings, beaver lodges and dams. Sometimes you can observe beavers in the summer evenings or you may hear the slap of a tail on the water, warning other beavers of possible danger. It is easy to confuse beavers and nutria, an exotic from South America, that has a round rat-like tail.
Wetland Habitat
The Smith and Bybee Lakes Wildlife Area consists of several different wetland plant communities. Many plants and animals can be found in more than one plant community.
Riparian Forest is dominated by trees, including cottonwood, Oregon ash, alder, big leaf maple, willows, along with an understory of shrubs. The Interlakes Trail passes through this habitat.. The south shore of Bybee Lake sports some old-growth Oregon ash trees that are over 100 years old.
Wetland Forest may be seasonally flooded and is dominated by willow and ash trees. Much of this habitat at Smith and Bybee Lakes has been lost because it was immersed in high water for too long. The high water levels were caused by impoundment by the water control structure.
Shrub Swamp includes willow thickets, red-osier dogwoods, spiraea and other small shrubs. This habitat is seasonally flooded.
Wetland Prairie, which may be seasonally flooded, includes the open meadow seen from the Interlakes Trail. This community includes grass-like plants such as the scarce Columbia sedge, many other sedges, rushes, beggars tick, rice cutgrass and the invasive reed canary grass.
Submerged and Floating community contains truly aquatic plants, which are adapted to life totally in or on top of the water. This habitat exists in the sloughs and ponds in the wildlife area. Pond lilies, duckweed and algae are typical plants in this community.
Recreation at the Lakes
The lakes are a popular area for wildlife viewing, fishing and non-motorized boating. The Interlakes Trail, less than 1 mile in length, provides an opportunity to walk through the riparian forest with many small birds chattering away. The forest opens up as you walk towards the lakes. Two wildlife viewing platforms exist, one on Smith Lake and one on Bybee. If you are observant you may see waterfowl, great blue herons and raptors. Walking or bicylcing along the old N. Marine Dr., now part of the 40-mile loop trail, can be quite enjoyable.
Canoeing and kayaking have become popular at the lakes. Many people fish for the non-native fish species at the lakes, including prized largemouth bass.
Check out our Paddle Trips and other Activities.
To get to the Interlakes Trail see How to Get There.
Environmental Education
Metro's Regional Parks and Greenspaces Department offers a number of programs. Guided walks featuring painted turtle and birds occur from spring through fall. Programs, including field trips, are offered for school groups throughout the school year.
For further information see Metro's Education Resources.


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Based on the i MiEV, the pinnacle of Mitsubishi Motors's environmental technology, the i MiEV SPORT maximizes the sporty possibilities of the zero-emissions electric vehicle.
The concept of high performance electric vehicles is gaining more momentum as high-capacity battery technology advance. Mitsubishi is keen to emphasize this with its i MiEV Sport Concept. As another variation of Mitsubishi's i MiEV (Mitsubishi innovated Electric Vehicle) research vehicle, the i MiEV Sport uses a "fastback" roof line to express its sporting intentions, although not as sporty as the Mitsubishi Concept-CT which also uses MiEV technology with gasoline hybrid engine but not nearly as sporty as the Lancer Evolution MiEV.
The i MiEV Sport also uses a similar powertrain to the i MiEV which has two electric motors inside each of the front wheels while a single motor drives both rear wheels. Through a series of electronic controllers, ABS and stability control, motor output at the front wheels can be controlled and torque can be regulatied from left to right on the rear wheels. As a result, the i MiEV sport essentially has an all-wheel-drive system which independently controls power output, traction and braking at all four wheels.
Besides producing zero emissions, the i MiEV has no engine, transmission and auxiliary system to slow it down. As a result, the electric motors with a direct connection to the wheels ensure an efficient transfer of power with little loss.


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Kesha was nervous before her first live performance of Rainbow cut "Woman," which marks one the first times she's performed new music in close to five years.
The "Praying" singer told the audience it could **** before thanking fans for their support. The overwhelming response reduced the pop star to tears. It's been a windy road for Kesha, but she's well on her way.
Watch the moment unfold below:
Kesha also had a message for Dr. Luke: "THAT SOMEBODY F–KED WITH THE WRONG WOMAN!"
"Because I see youre wearing a free Kesha shirt & I just love you It means the ******* world to me you have no idea" @KeshaRose #freekesha ? pic.twitter.com/2T4gzcOjwY
— Justine Dunphy (@xoxojustineeee) October 30, 2016
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Winchester police looking to hire new officer
WINSTED >> In order to help find a new police officer, Winsted's Civil Service Commission has taken what they hope -- and are told -- will be a more efficient path.
The commission discussed the recent posting of a patrol officer job on the Connecticut Police Officer Standards and Training Council website. The listing calls for officers who already hold a Police Officer Standards and Training Council (POSTC) certification, which is part of the simplified process that Winchester is pursuing to hire police officers. One of the steps in this path is using a broad certification test, rather than a chief examiner.
"It is their intention to sign on to this deal, which is kind of the Wal-Mart of police officers," said Civil Service Commission chairman Fran Delaney.
Delaney continued by remarking that the chief examiner in charge of hiring police officers had actually suggested that Winsted sign on to this certification. For a nominal fee, Delaney said, municipalities such as Winsted can access these tests and efficiently whittle down the pool. The test would replace the evaluations that a chief examiner would perform.
"I see no reason," Delaney said, "if they want to enter into that agreement, to object to it."
The POSTC certification is received after completing training at the state police, or another POST-certified, academy. The new police officer would receive a salary between $50,328 to $61,616, depending on police experience, according to the application advertisement. The department is currently staffed by 20 full-time officers.
The position in Winchester was not posted until after the February deadline, due to a medical emergency involving Winsted police chief Robert Scannell. Scannell returned to work in late February and was on hand Thursday night for the municipal budget workshop, but town manager Dale Martin said at the Board of Selectmen's Feb. 19 meeting that the police chief will be sidelined in April due to surgery regarding the medical issue.
"He's doing as well as can be expected at this time," Martin said.
Scannell's input will also be incorporated in the decision-making process regarding the hiring of this new police officer. Delaney noted that the panel reviewing candidates for the position could either be comprised of independent police-related personnel or could include persons affiliated with the Winchester Police Department. Commission member -- and former town manager -- Wayne Dove said that "that should really be done in discussion with the chief."
While the Civil Service Commission was advised by one examiner to circumvent their own services, the commission also voted unanimously to approve an increase in Dove's rates. Since retiring as town manager, Dove has served as the town's chief examiner, and has performed many of those services without billing the town. Dove requested a rate increase, bringing his fees up to $50 per hour, but Delaney noted that most chief examiners would charge $60 per hour for the same services.
"That would be a bargain and a half in Winchester," Delaney said.
Those interested in the officer position can obtain an application at the town's website or at the town manager's office, located at 338 Main St., Winsted. A copy of the POSTC certification is required along with the completed application.
Reach Jason Siedzik at (860) 489-3121, ext. 321 or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RCjsiedzik.