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Lizzy Tong, UNC Director
Class of 2020, UNC-Chapel Hill
Economics & Computer Science Major
Lizzie Tong is a Morehead-Cain Scholar. From a Chinese-American family, she grew up immersed in culture, politics, and family history that encourage her to promote a strong relationship in US-China relations.
Cecilia Wu, Duke Director
Class of 2020, Duke University
Political Science & Economics Major
Having grown up in Shanghai China, Cecilia has a strong passion not only in studying the contemporary Chinese politics and society, but also in studying the history, literature, philosophy, and arts of ancient China. She interned with the National Committee on US-China Relations this past summer. In her spare time, Cecilia loves traveling, acting, riding horses, writing fan-fictions and playing guqin (a Chinese instrument with more than 2000 years of history).
Tucker Craven, UNC Deputy Director
Class of 2021, UNC-Chapel Hill
Political Science & Chinese Major
Having taken Chinese on a whim his first semester at UNC, Tucker quickly developed an interest in Chinese language, culture, and society. He has a particular interest in the political implications of China's rise on the world political stage.
Dennis Wang, Duke Deputy Director
Class of 2021, Duke University
Political Science & Economics Major
From experiencing the Arab Spring to witnessing a Nepalese Maoist movement to being accused of a petty crime in North Korea, Dennis has been passionate about global affairs at a young age. His expertise lies specifically at the intersection between US-China relations and technology. Dennis Wang studies economics and political science and has worked at China Central Television (CCTV) in Beijing and Huawei Technologies in West Africa. He has been involved with the Duke-UNC China Leadership Summit for two years. Dennis is also the author of the Phone Wars, to be published by New Degree Press in December, 2019.
Peng Xu, Logistics Chair
Class of 2022, UNC-Chapel Hill
Neuroscience & Computer Science Major; Astronomy Minor
Having spent his first 19 years witnessing the fast development of China, Peng is dedicated to bringing a real and vivid picture of current Chinese society. He is eager to uncover the emerging voices of China's Generation Z, especially focusing on topics such as feminism/LGBTQ+ identities/ACG/pop-culture. During his free time, Peng enjoys playing jiu-jitsu, swimming, dancing and trying good food.
Selina Shi, Logistics Member
Class of 2023, UNC-Chapel Hill
Business Administration Major
Selina Shi is a Morehead-Cain Scholar. She grew up in a Chinese-American family in Detroit who emphasized the importance of understanding the intersection of culture, politics, and people of China and the United States.
Evan Finley, Logistics Member
Class of 2023, Duke University
Evan Finley is a Robertson Scholar. His political interests range from the intricacies of US-China business relations to the conflict over Taiwan. In summer 2018, Evan traveled to China as a volunteer English teacher and taught Hakka aboriginal children. This experience instilled in Evan a sense of globalism and desire to further connect our two worlds. Evan is interested in majoring in political science and philosophy.
Shuning Xin, Publicity Chair
Class of 2022, UNC-Chapel Hill
Media and Journalism Major; Computer Science Minor
Shuning grew up in Qingdao, China, a delightful and poetical seaside city. She is passionate about social justice and the right of minority group. For this year's conference, Shuning is excited about the inspiring perspective from every dimension.
Alice Chen, Publicity Chair
Class of 2023, Duke University
Public Policy Major
Alice is interested in education reform and international relations. Born and raised in Nanjing, China, Alice went to a high school in Thousand Oaks, California and lived with Vietnamese, Irish, Hispanic and white host families. Those experiences inspired her to explore cross-national communication and understanding. Alice loves popcorn & movie nights.
Yvonne Feng, Publicity Member
Class of 2022, UNC-Chapel Hill
Business Administration & Philosophy Major
Yvonne grew up in China and came to America when she was 13. Having spent her last 7 years in four different US states, Yvonne was able to experience how people from different states may have different perspectives on her Chinese backgrounds. Therefore, she would love to learn more from people who are interested in China. Yvonne is particularly interested in how the Sino-China relationship may influence the business world.
Luka Xu, Publicity Member
Class of 2021, UNC-Chapel Hill
History & Global Studies Major
Luka grew up in Huzhou, China, a small city on southeast coast. Interested in both American history and Chinese history, she especially likes exploring how US-China relationship has been shaped and changed over the past few decades. During her free time, she likes watching documentaries about American presidents, and her favorite one recently is about Richard Nixon's presidency.
Yifei Wang, Publicity Member
Class of 2020, Duke University
Chemistry Major; Political Science Minor
An anime addict, a food enthusiast, a world politics fan, and a premed, Yifei is interested in traveling and tasting the good foods the world has to offer. As a sickly child, Yifei grew up in hospitals in both China and the US, and she hopes to apply her skills in chemistry and political science in her future career as a medical doctor. Focusing on public health, she wants to study how environment exposure, food intake, stress level, and socioeconomic status impact population health. In her spare time, she loves to ice skate, watch Japanese anime, and play xiangqi.
Qintian Zhang, Fundraising Chair
Class of 2022, Duke University
Raised in China, formed in Singapore, and molded in the US, she is interested in how dominant narrative changes as it moves through continents. In addition, she is intrigued by China's involvement in Africa. The past summer, she spent 2 months in Togo, West Africa, learning about their fascinating culture and complex attitudes towards China and the US. In her free time, she enjoys improvising with the viola, swing dancing, and visiting her friends at UNC.
Ruoyu Zhang, Fundraising Member
Class of 2023, UNC-Chapel Hill
Statistics Major; Japanese Minor
Growing up in a diplomat family, Ruoyu was exposed to the different cultural identities and political perspectives in a young age. He is interested in global public health and international relations. His Chinese background and experiences propelled him to promote a healthy Sino-US relationship.
Patrice McGloin, Fundraising Member
Class of 2023, UNC-Chapel Hill
Global Studies Major with Southeast Asia Focus
Patrice is a Morehead-Cain Scholar. Patrice started studying Chinese at the beginning of highschool and has had the opportunity to visit China for cultural exchange programs and leadership conferences. Her desire to engage with Chinese culture and foster strong Sino-American relationships has only grown with her language study and personal experiences in China.


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Eli Wolkenberg For his fourth birthday, Eli Wolkenberg told his friends not to bring gifts to his party. Instead he asked for donations to save an Australian endangered species – the brush-tailed rock wallaby. Animal lover and aspiring builder-astronaut-zookeeper, Eli was so happy with the response from his friends that he asked for donations again for his fifth birthday this year. In total he raised $150."Many of his classmates donated money and one child and his sister did odd jobs around the house to earn pocket money for their donation," says Eli's mother, Karen Winter.Karen says that Eli happily spends hours watching David Attenborough documentaries and likes to borrow non-fiction and fiction books from the library about animals. "He has many questions about endangered animals and the threats they face, how these are prevented and what we can do to prevent further risk to animals – both in Australia and overseas," she says. Dr David Taggart, affiliate Conservation Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide and founding member of the Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby (BTRW) Recovery Program team, says that in his experience, most Australians know very little about their own wildlife but they can easily name many non-Australian mammal species."This is a big problem for conservationists in Australia as we must comprehend before we can conserve," he says. "The brush-tailed rock wallaby is an animal most Australians would never have heard about – the fact that Eli and his family have is amazing."The BTRW was once abundant throughout the mountainous country from western Victoria up the Great Dividing Range and into southern Queensland. Numbers declined dramatically from 1850-1920 when pelt-hunting for the fur trade in Europe saw hundreds of thousands of animals shot. The establishment of foxes and cats in Australia have continued their steep decline.The BTRW is now so few in number that it has become Victoria's most endangered species with less than 80 remaining. Fewer than 1,500 individuals survive nationally and the species has been nick-named the shadow, after the main character in a 1940s children's book, entitled Shadow the Rock Wallaby.David and his team have been actively involved in monitoring wild BTRW populations along the Snowy River in eastern Victoria, in captive breeding, and through the reintroduction of captive-bred animals back into the Grampians National Park. He says that the generous gesture by Eli and his family speaks volumes about their values and appreciation of our unique Australian environment and the wildlife it supports."Eli's gesture touched his many friends and their parents and has helped improve the profile of the endangered brush-tailed rock wallaby within their community," he says."It can be so easy in this field to feel dejected as the problems we face are so overwhelming. It gives me and others in my field great hope when we cross paths with someone like Eli and his family, that there are good people out there who care about our wildlife and who are prepared to do their bit to help turn things around."The University sent Eli a certificate of appreciation and photos of the BTRW which Eli has put up on display at his school in Melbourne.He was told by David that his donations would be used to purchase a camera for documenting the wallabies and to support the captive breeding program at the Waite animal facility. At Waite young wallabies are reared ready for release to the wild or sent to other breeding facilities.If you would like to support the BTRW, just like Eli, please contact the University on +61 8 8313 5800 or email email@example.com To find out more about the Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby Recovery Program, email email@example.com by Genevieve Sanchez
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Balboa Park, with its eucalyptus trees overlooking downtown San Diego, is a magical place near the heart of one of my favorite cities. The timeless architecture of the museums is as interesting as the history within their walls.
This photo, taken during a recent visit, is of the West Arcade between the California Building and the Plaza de Panama. Converting the photo to black and white adds a hint of mystery to the attractive design.
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Seven of Pentacles this tarot card indicates that you will have something very good waiting for you in the future. Leo you are one who often likes to conserve and save up as much as you can, you may find yourself thinking and planning ahead for the future all the time, this card indicates a type of financial earning on the future. This week is the best time to invest in something, start a goal, start a company, and push your limits a bit. Stay positive and open minded, don't over analyze too much this week.
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Nemean Lion was known to be a very large,strong,and brave lion. Hercules crossed paths with Nemean Lion one day and thought that Nemean was vicious, so Hercules takes his arrow and shoots the Lion. However, Nemean did not die as the arrow did not do any harm to his body being that he was so powerful. Nemean lion got very angry. The two get in a brawl, Nemean goes into a cave and is then strangled by Hercules. Hercules, with alot of difficulty takes out Nemean's pelt and takes it to Eurystheus,but on the way there Hercules decides to keep this strong pelt for himself as a piece of armor.
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Looking for healthy breakfast catering ideas to order into your office?
Foodee has you covered in every major city across North America for the best, trendiest local restaurants. Here are a few top breakfast ideas—and tips on how and where to get them. Some of these breakfast ideas are sure to turn any "I'm not a morning person" and "I hate Mondays" colleagues right around.
Before we dive into top healthy breakfast catering ideas, let's look at how to find and order them for your office, no matter where you're located.
How to find healthy breakfast catering near your office
- Go to food.ee.
- In the top left corner of the page, select Cities and find your location in the drop-down list.
- Click the red Dietary & Cuisine Filters button.
- Tick Breakfast and Healthy.
- Scroll down.
- This list shows our local, trendy owner-operated restaurants, including those that are exclusive-to-Foodee office catering. We've filtered to find all restaurants that offer breakfast and/or healthy options.
- Once you've selected a restaurant that offers the healthy breakfast catering you're looking for, go ahead and select menu items or create a team order for individual employees to order what they want. Here's more information on how to order with Foodee
Healthy breakfast catering ideas
1. Fresh fruit platter
Fruit platters are the perfect healthy breakfast treat, especially when paired with healthy baked goods like whole wheat muffins. They're packed full of Vitamin C which will help your team stave off the cold and flu season and stay healthy.
2. DIY granola, yogurt and fruit bar
If you live in Boulder or Denver, you're in luck because we've partnered with Prosperoats. This local breakfast catering joint has nailed healthy yogurt bowls down. They serve up Greek yogurt bowls with fresh honey and homemade granola. They have steel cut oat bowls or quinoa oat bowls with fresh fruit and warm spices. They have acai bowls with dried fruit, nuts and seeds.
Do yourself a favour and plan ahead, choose the team order and let your employees pick what they want for breakfast.
In Toronto? Don't miss Astarté Fresh Yogurt Bar. Try their Greek Yogurt (0% Fat) with 100 percent Ontario honey, walnuts and all natural granola. You'll thank us. Or go bulk and let us set up a DIY yogurt bar for you.
3. Fresh-pressed juices
Think of fresh-pressed juices as the fresh fruit platter equivalent but contained in one easy drink.
Rawsome in Atlanta, for instance, makes delicious raw, vegan juices that are packed with all of the vitamins, minerals and essentials to boost your team's productivity and get them started—without weighing them down. These are fresh and refreshing. Go for a team order if you don't want to have to choose from the brilliant array of fresh-pressed vegetable and fruit drinks. Let your employees decide ahead of time.
In Denver? Don't miss World Juice Bar. Your team will thank us for these premium cold-pressed juices.
In Vancouver? Check out Vancouver's special, The Juice Truck. You're welcome.
4. Delicious cafe-style coffee
Rather than have your entire office leave mid-morning to grab to-go coffees, why not take them on a local coffee tour by bringing the best into the office? For example, Lucky Lab Coffee Company in Austin specializes in coffee and worked with us to create menu items specifically for modern offices like yours. Plus they have treats like muffins and homemade pop-tarts.
In Vancouver? Try Quantum Coffee Vancouver's freshly made and delicious coffee.
5. Breakfast sandwiches
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We can't talk about breakfast in Vancouver without mentioning Yolks, a breakfast catering staple. Depending on what you order, you can find so many deliciously healthy options. Take the Portobello Mushroom Egg Sandwich, as an example. Okay, it has real hollandaise on a double toasted English muffin, but there's a perfectly poached free-range egg, fresh arugula, and mushrooms on top. Plus you could order a Fresh Cut Fruit Platter (Serves 10-12) with seasonal fruit, lemon, honey, and mint. Win-win.
6. Healthy breakfast smoothies
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Smoothies are a perfect breakfast catering idea for your on-the-go colleagues. They are healthy, easy, delicious and filling, especially if you choose the right ingredients. Take Bolt Fresh Bar in Toronto, for example. Their Almond Delight smoothie is packed with essential fatty-oil-heavy seeds, spices and proteins to fill you up for the morning. That one has almonds, cinnamon, maca, vanilla, chia, banana, almond milk and, of course, being Canadian, maple syrup. Yum.
7. Breakfast wrap
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Breakfast wraps are always a huge hit among hungry staff, trust us. Let's look at Vancouver's Peqish, for this purpose. They have a Fiesta Breakfast Wrap (which you have to order with a bit more notice) that is very good. It has their housemade roasted egg topped with green and red peppers, black beans, corn, carrots, red onion, vine-ripened tomatoes, cilantro, and pickled jalapenos. Savoury, spicy and healthy. Yes, please.
8. Hearty brunch platter
Having a late breakfast meeting in the office that goes over lunch? Why not try a brunch platter with all the delicious fixings we know and love for breakfast? Flying Biscuit Cafe in Atlanta, for example, makes a southern style Flying Biscuit Power Breakfast for groups of ten or more. It's packed with all the protein and goodness to get your team through the workday.
Think farm-fresh scrambled eggs, chicken breakfast sausage, crisp turkey bacon (which is leaner and healthier than pork bacon) and creamy southern-style grits over roasted rosemary potatoes. Plus they throw in their famous Flying Biscuits with cranberry apple butter. Okay, maybe this isn't super healthy, but skip lunch and bring in a vegetable platter for the afternoon.
9. Whole grain muffins
Muffins were made for breakfast catering. They're quick and easy to eat and—when you choose the right ones—can be healthy and good for you. They have a bad reputation because many of them are high in calories, fat, and sugar. But go for whole grain muffins and ones with value with nuts, seeds, vegetables, and fruits. For example, The Alternative Cafe in Toronto has delicious homemade carrot coconut muffins and Mast Coffee Bar in Toronto has a seasonal blueberry bran muffin that is full of antioxidants and good-for-you fiber.
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Buying means borrowing… not for everyone, but for the vast majority of consumers. So, now that you have decided it is time to start looking at properties, it is time to examine your current financial circumstances.
Prep work should be started prior to beginning your home search. It serves no purpose to look at properties which you cannot afford; nor is it desirable to find "the home of your dreams" only to have your offer rejected by the Seller because it is not accompanied by a pre-approval letter (NOTE: this is particularly true in a "seller's market", when many Sellers will not entertain an offer unless it is accompanied by a pre-approval letter).
Where should you start? Order a free credit report that provides your FICO credit score (Equifax? Trans Union?). Now, thoroughly examine it… and then begin the process of "cleaning it up". Dispute errors. Pay off debt obligations with small balances, and pay others down as best as you can. Do NOT open new lines of credit or close old lines of credit (either may impact your credit score).
Nearly all loan programs will require you to have a minimum score of 600… the vast majority will require a score of 640+. If your credit score is less than those thresholds, talk to someone about steps you can take to increase your score (NOTE: you would be well advised to follow the steps set forth below to select a mortgage broker, and then seek guidance from that person with respect to increasing your credit score).
Your credit score will have a significant impact on your forthcoming purchase. It will impact which loan programs you qualify for and what the corresponding interest rate will be… which determines what your monthly interest and principal payments will be… which determines what your maximum purchase price can be.
Part of this initial examination should include an assessment of your financial resources: that is, how much money do you have for a down payment, if any? Do you have resources available to increase the amount of your down payment (ie, parents who will provide you a monetary gift)?
Assuming your score is 640 or higher, it is time to find a mortgage broker and secure a pre-approval letter. It is typically quick and painless process that will take only a couple of days to complete, though it can take longer depending on your particular circumstances. You should begin interviewing prospective lenders as soon as you choose a REALTOR (NOTE: most consumers have little or no experience with mortgage brokers, and REALTORS can almost always provide informed input on the brokers with whom they have worked).
The pre-approval process includes: 1) meeting with a lender or mortgage broker, 2) providing them with an assortment of documentation and information, and 3) authorizing the lender to examine your credit history and current financial circumstances (employment, wages, debt, etc). Upon completing this analysis, the lender will determine your eligibility for a mortgage. They will provide you with a statement setting forth the loan program(s) for which you qualify and the maximum amount you can borrow to purchase your home, assuming you qualify.
The pre-qualification is a cursory examination of your financial condition. It does not guarantee you will ultimately receive the loan. The final loan commitment will come much later in the process after a more thorough examination of your financial circumstances, a review of the property (condition and value), etc.
The pre-approval letter conveys to the seller that you are motivated, that your financial condition has been vetted by a lender, and there is a significant likelihood you will be able to complete the intended transaction. The letter will dramatically increase the possibility an offer may be accepted.
Do you NEED to wait until you have interviewed or selected a REALTOR to start preparing? No. The sooner you start preparing, the better off you will be when it really matters. Your REALTOR can be an invaluable resource when selecting a lender or mortgage broker, but you should begin have no impact on your preparations.
Buy an expanding file folder. Start gathering all of your documents and put them in the folder in an organized fashion… placing them all in one spot will prove to be a great advantage. And, importantly, being organized will help minimize the stress you will experience when the home-buying process gets underway.
What documents should you start to collect? Tax returns (two years) for anyone who will be on the mortgage. The most recent pay stubs (eight weeks) for all borrowers. Bank statements. Auto loan statements. Credit card bills. Investment, life insurance and retirement records.
Another note on the pre-approval process: don't be afraid to shop around! When a lender pulls your credit bureau, the inquiry will lower your credit score by a few points. If additional lenders request additional credit reports for the same purpose (a mortgage application) within thirty (30) days of the date of the first report, then your credit score should experience no further reduction. (NOTE: laws and regulations change, so please confirm this fact with your lender at the time you meet with them)
A final comment on your financial condition: You have begun the home buying process – now is not the time to make decisions that will significantly alter your financial condition. Thinking about changing jobs? Doing so will likely take you out of the market to purchase a new home for at least 12 months (and perhaps quite a bit longer)… so you may want to wait until AFTER you have purchased your new home. Want to buy a new car or truck… or maybe new furniture for your new home? Those purchases will significantly alter your debt to income ratio, which will impact – and possibly prevent you – from being able to buy your home. In this instance, discretion is the better course of valor. Wait until the day AFTER you close on your new house to go shopping!


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The nanny state commies in New York City are at it again, this time preparing to ban all sales of fur clothing. And the hip hop community ain't happy 'bout it.
It looks like hip hop star Safaree (of Love & Hip Hop fame, natch) has jumped on board a group of black pastors and Hasidic Jews who have gathered to oppose the city's budding ban on animal fur coats, vests, hats, and other clothing.
According to black fashion site, The Glow Up (which is a part of the black extremist site The Root), the rapper has joined the group to urge the city not to introduce the ban.
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The bill under consideration would ban the sale of fur, except for used fur or new clothing made from used fur. Violators would face fines between $500 and $1,500 and having any money made selling banned fur confiscated by authorities.
The bill would not ban people from wearing fur, but it would prevent any retailer from selling it in the five boroughs.
"I think killing animals for fur is morally wrong," Council Speaker Corey Johnson said. "We are more evolved and it is unnecessary. So many designers don't use fur so we should focus on alternatives and stop killing animals just to make luxury items."
Naturally, the animal rights wackos like PTEA are agog over the ban. They are hoping that they can use New York as a precedent to begin spreading the ban to other cities.
But the retailers and people whose religions hold fur-trading and wearing traditions are not so happy with the speaker forcing his version of morality on the whole city.
But the fur trade, joined by a diverse group of supporters including Hasidic Jews, African-American pastors and Safaree, say not so fast. They cited the traditions and jobs created by a decades-old industry, as well as the religious and cultural traditions of various ethnic and religious groups.
The ban would put hundreds of people out of work and close down businesses that are decades old.
For his part, the rapper was infuriated by the ban proposal.
"My stylist let me know about it and I was like, a fur ban in New York City? How could they do that in one of the fashion capitals, if not the fashion capital, of the world?" he said.
Another worry that the Jewish people have is that the fact that they wear fur as part of their religious garb (especially in hats) would turn them into a target of people who hate fur users. If the ban occurs, that would make them a greater target than they already are.
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Daily Mail has deleted an article revealed the U.S. plan to use chemical weapons to blame Bashar al-Assad that was published on January 29, 2013.
The article was titled 'U.S. backed plan to launch chemical weapon attack on Syria and blame it on Assad's regime'. Article author Louise Boyle claims a chemical attack was supposed to be a pretext to increase military intervention in Syria.
According to Boyle, several e-mails revealed the White House plan have gone viral. The report said Washington had approved the use of chemical weapons to blame the Syrian government on it. The e-mails allegedly uncovered a correspondence between two officials from UK-based Britam Defence Limited. Also Boyle said Qatar should have funded a chemical attack organized by rebels.
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October 2019 YahooNews; In Hawaii, instances of the sexually transmitted infections chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis are the highest they've been in 30 years, according to the Honolulu Star Advertiser, a trend that's in line with national and global STI rates. A June 6 report from the World Health Organization found STIs — bacterial, viral, …Read More »
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October 2019 Reuters; Transforming diets around the world is key to unlocking better human health and limiting the impact of climate change in tandem, but time is running out. With a rapidly increasing global population, and extreme weather threatening food production around the world, the question is not whether a food revolution needs to …Read More »
MSF demands Johnson & Johnson reduce price of lifesaving TB drug
October 2019 MSF; Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched a global campaign calling on pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to lower the price of its anti-tuberculosis medicine bedaquiline to no more than US$1 per day for people everywhere who need it, in order to allow scale-up of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) treatment …Read More »
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October 2019 DW; Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Paris on Sunday in protest to a government bill which allows single women and lesbians to become pregnant with fertility treatments. If passed, the women would receive access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and related fertility procedures. The demonstration began outside …Read More »
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Working closely with a custom CMS development partner ConnexionSW we were asked to design a responsive website that was optimised across desktop, tablet and mobile while also rebranding Hampton Place Dental to position them as a premium dental practice.
Our process began with an initial consultation and continued with a brand workshop and logo design. We then proceed with UX design for wireframes of the website followed with creative design for the website. We concluded with the design and print of a stationery pack that included business cards, letterhead, compliments slip and an A5 folder.
USP focus
A new simplified home page that focuses on Hampton Dental's unique selling points
Clear CTA
A modular design with a clear call to action on every page, encouraging the viewer to book an appointment.
Stationery pack
The offline stationery pack included business cards, letterheads, compliment slips and an A5 folder to hold welcome pack information.
Brand development
Starting with a branding exercise to define who Hampton were and who they were not – then led into the logo design process. Working through a series of mood boards, sketches, initial concepts, and a number of iterations, the final monogram logo was created.


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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.
Spring starts later this week so now is the time to prepare for possible flooding.
Monday marked the beginning of Flood Safety Awareness Week.
The Indiana Department of Homeland Security says you should create a family emergency plan and put together a kit with food and other supplies.
A basic disaster supplies kit should include:
- One gallon of water per person per day for at least three days
- At least a three-day supply of non-perishable food
- A battery-powered or hand crank radio and a NOAA weather radio with tone
- A first aid kit
- Flashlights
- Manual can opener
- Whistle to signal for help
- Dust mask
- Cellphone with chargers, inverter or solar charger
- Extra batteries for radios and flashlights
You should also clear brush from nearby storm drains to help minimize damage on your property.
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The significance of PCB boards can neither denied nor ignored as they are certainly the backbone of modern electrical and electronic devices. The thickness of a PCB board holds enormous implication for a designer during the design process of a PCB board. The thickness holds essential gravity as by ignoring it the PCB board might not function or may result in damage or sparks which might also cause harm to the components connected to the board. Because single-sided, double-sided and multi-layered PCB boards exist in the market so does the thickness of these boards also varies with the type of PCB board. The commonly used PCB trace thickness include PCB trace thicknesses ranging from 0.008 inches to 0.240 inches and they include 0.2 mm (0.0079 inch), 0.4 mm (0.016 inch), 0.5 mm (0.020 inch), 0.6 mm (0.024 inch), 0.8 mm (0.032 inch), 1.0 mm (0.04 inch), 1.2 mm (0.047 inch), 1.5 mm (0.062 inch), 1.6 mm (0.063 inch), 2.0 mm (0.079 inch), 2.3 mm (0.091 inch), etc.
Figure 1 shows a table that elaborates the different thicknesses of PCB board that used b the designers.
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1.PCB Trace Thickness
1.PCB Trace Thickness
The PCB trace thickness of any PCB board is chosen by the designer while designing the PCB board. Commonly the thicknesses chosen by the designer while designing four layers of PCB board are 0.020″, 0.031″,0.040″, 0.047″, 0.062″, 0.093″ and 0.125″ inches . The user may select ½, 1 or 2-ounce inner layer copper foil for your board. Figure 2 shows the visual representation of PCB trace thickness and how it varies before and after the components are etched to the surface of the board.
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The thickness of copper used plays a vital role in the selection of PCB thickness as they are dependent on each other. The unit of copper thickness used in PCB board is ounce rolled on the area of 1 square foot. Commonly the PCB board that uses 1 oz copper has a thickness of 1.4 mils. Figure 3 shows the relationship between the width of copper used in PCB board and the overall PCB trace thickness.
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The significance of PCB thickness is equivalent if not less than that of a PCB board. The PCB thickness holds of immense importance. The designers perform a lot of complex calculations to reach the depth of PCB board that could deliver accurate results. In fact, PCB trace thickness calculators are available to the designers to calculate the thickness of the PCB board immediately. In case of wrongly calculating the PCB trace thickness, this may result in either not gaining the accurate results that the PCB designed for or it may also result in damaging the components attached to the surface of the PCB board.
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In part two of the highlights of our coverage from Davos, we look at the faces and themes that grabbed headlines at the World Economic Forum 2018. From US President Donald Trump's closing speech to the two major themes in DAVOS this year- climate change and gender parity.
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Tom Oliphant started to look increasingly comfortable in his Redline Racing, Porsche Carrera Cup GB steed, after an impressive Silverstone weekend.
Fifth in the championship after a respectable opening event at Brands Hatch, and fifth on the grid following the abandonment of qualifying due to inclement weather, Oliphant looked set to do battle at the front of the field.
Unfortunately the first battle involved his own car, which rotated on the slick surface at the Abbey Curve. From seventeenth a dizzy and fired up Oliphant charged back through the field to fifth position. An incredible performance in difficult, treacherous conditions.
On Sunday, Oliphant again was the focus of TV cameras. As the race entered its final two tours, the 2015 Ginetta GT4 Supercup champion was charging onto the back of Tom Sharp (IDL Racing) and Stephen Jelley (Team Parker Racing).
A staggering lap and half saw Oliphant storm past both drivers, only to be slapped with a track limits penalty post race and demoted from fourth to fifth.
Oliphant remained pleased with what was ultimately a very successful weekend. He reflected, "This weekend has been a step forward for us. Fifth was as high as we could have got in the first race so I was pleased with that, and I made two opportunistic moves at the end of race two. I feel we have the potential to be regularly challenging for podium finishes from now on."


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Blogging, making money online, having an online business. It's all in here. This is the beginners' guide to monetizing your blog to the max.
As a new blog owner or even if you haven't yet started a blog (you may want to read How to start a blog after this post), you might have heard how people make money online by blogging.
Writing and creating content and earning money in automation.
There are multiple ways to monetize your blog, and this post is all about that. Showing you all kind of ideas you can make money with blogging.
Blogging becomes an online business when you start making money with your blog. It's not just blogging anymore, it's running a business and that kind of mentality you should have from the very beginning.
If you think that making money online is easy or that the money comes your way just by writing blog posts. Nope, it doesn't work like that. At the beginning at least. Later though, it works just like that.
It's tempting just to get into the blogging world and get things rolling, but there are steps you should take. So you can avoid some basic mistakes, you should read: 35 Mistakes Beginner Bloggers Make.
However, when you have finally started your blog, and you are ready to make some cash. You need to know what options and possibilities there are.
Thankfully there's a bunch and if you utilize these all, as many successful bloggers do, like Pat Flynn (Smart Passive Income), and Michelle Gardner (Making Sense of Cents) just to name a few. You will be making some serious income.
It's about combining different income streams to make that cash flow in. You have to build your blog one step at a time. Slowly but surely, you will gain traction, and ad income, affiliate income, and other income types start to flow in.
Below is the beginners' guide to monetizing a blog:
- Using display advertising
- Affiliate Marketing for Blogging
- Creating digital products and services to make money
- Freelance blog and website
But first, you have to start with the fundamentals. You have to know what makes an excellent blog.
If your foundation is crippled, so will be your income.
Make a strong foundation for your blog, and the whole monetization process becomes so much easier.
Blogging fundamentals
With these few basic fundamentals, you are able to build a strong foundation for your blog.
You need a clear foundation, as that is what ultimately decides your blogs destiny. Traffic is built on top of the foundation, an email list is built on top of traffic, money is created from the list.
But to keep it at the beginner level.
Focus on the following topics:
- Picking a niche that makes money
- Creating better than amazing content
- Generating engagement
- Building your audience
Picking a niche that makes money
Niche is the market area or your expertise on a specific topic. Brainstorm on this as this will be the thing you will be blogging about. What is the thing you would like to talk about? Blog about.
Not every niche makes money the same way. Some niches have little monetization opportunities while other niches have massive potential.
The following niches are somewhat proven to be so-called money niches (or more like sub-markets) (source):
The common factor is that they apply to many people and helps people to achieve something.
1. Fitness and Weight Loss
People like to stay fit and look good. There are blogs about yoga, keto diet, bikini fitness, muscle building, gym training programs and so on. The list is pretty huge, and the niche is pretty huge.
2. Health
Eating healthy and finding new recipes to stay fit is very popular. This niche is very closely related to the above fitness niche. However, this niche is more about being healthy from the inside.
3. Dating and Relationships
I remember when I was lonely and searching for a partner, online was one place to find them. Luckily, I found my wife from the same workplace, but many find their life companion from online and this niche is all about that. We can easily see why this niche is one that lasts from time to time. Love.
4. Pets
Dog lovers, cat lovers, lama lovers. There are so many people with pets and sharing your own experience and expertise with other pet lovers is an excellent choice for a blog niche.
5. Self-Improvement/ Personal Development
I'm all over personal development and online business of course. Personal development is all about you sharing your experiences surrounding life and how one can become the best version of themselves.
6. Wealth Building Through Investing
One form of making money online. One of the biggest investing blogs out there is Seeking Alpha which I use to get top tips on stock investments. Seeking Alpha has users that have blogs inside the platform. However, the best way to approach this is to create your own blog about investing like Investopedia.
7. Make Money on the Internet
My blog is part of this niche. Sharing tips and tricks on how you can make money online. This article is one of many. People are always fascinated to find out different ways they can make money (I am at least) it's safe to say this niche is here to stay.
8. Beauty Treatments
Skin care products, hair stylists, make-up reviews and all things beauty. This falls under the category of people wanting to look their best and wanting to look young forever. As long as there's a demand for beauty products, there's demand for blogs to share information on these products.
9. Gadgets and Technology
As a man, I like all things technology (yes, I know women also drool over these, but maybe the amount of drool is smaller?). I just can't help myself. I'm always interested to see a new TV and read a review about it. New headphones, new smartphone, new video game console. There's always happening so much in the technology industry, so there's a lot to talk about.
10. Personal Finance
I love money, and I guess you do too. I guess you wouldn't be reading this article if you weren't. Saving money, debt management, budgeting. How you handle your finances? Blogging about it is lucrative and giving advice for handling it is always in demand. People like to save more money and earn more money. Making personal finance a niche worth looking for.
What to think about all this
As you can see these niches make sense. There's a logic behind these niches, and it's that all these niches are something people want.
If you think about monetizing a blog that talks about used car headlamps. It could be that there are some difficult times ahead. It's not said that you can't make money with pretty much any topic.
It's how difficult that is. The above 10 niches are niches that have money market carved in them.
Creating better than amazing content
I have stated this before, but in case you haven't heard this before. Content is king!
It means that when you create content that is damn right amazing and that content has helped your reader, you have created amazing content and you will rank for it.
Without great content, you don't get long lasting traffic, and you can say goodbye to your monetization efforts.
You need traffic to get money. Traffic is people, and people click to your ads and affiliate links. If you don't have traffic, you don't have a business.
Generating engagement
Good content generates engagement. Whether it be social media engagement or comments to your blog. Engagement is essential and the more engagement you have, the more growth you will see to your blog.
Engagement is part of the whole SEO (Search Engine Optimization) game.
It's logical too (maybe I should have named this blog a 'logical blog'). Let's say your content is shared multiple times in social media and there's a bunch of comments from users. This all tells Google that your content is something worth showing on page 1 search results.
People are interested in your content, so it must be good?
Building your audience
As the last quick fundamental, there's your audience. You are always speaking to someone when you are writing your blog posts.
When you make a connection with the reader, the reader most likely wants to know more about you and read more of your content.
When that awesome thing happens, they might subscribe to your blog updates and this way you are slowly building an audience for yourself.
Your job is to provide value through your blog and by providing value, you will slowly have your own group with whom you will be talking with.
Using display advertising
So let's get going with the monetization. Hopefully, you read the fundamentals as you won't be making any money if you don't get the foundation right.
First up is the display advertising which means the ads you see on some websites. It's always a decision the website owner makes, whether to include ads or not.
Ads can be intrusive and distracting, or they might feel like a breath of fresh air if done correctly.
Ads might not disturb your readers experience about your site, they might even give the blog post a much-needed breather.
Let's see what kind of ad networks there are what are the ones you should aim for.
Ad Networks
There are a bunch of ad networks available, but I will list only the ones you should know or care about.
Not every ad network is the same and not every ad network bring you the same results.
Basics of ad networks and how they work
How ad networks work and how you get paid. There are a few methods, and those will be explained below.
CPM / Cost Per Mille (per thousands of impressions)
CPM pricing model is based on how many impressions an ad gets. You might have heard this term in Facebook ads, and it's the same thing here. Impression happens when people see your ad.
CPM is an excellent choice when you have a huge blog following and get a lot of visitors per month. Let's say you have 200 000 visitors coming to your blog every month and that you get $10 for every thousand impressions, 200 x $10 = $2000.
When the CPM value is at $10, you will get a nice paycheck just by getting the traffic. Even if the people wouldn't even click your ads.
CPC / Cost Per Click
As the name says. You get extra income when someone clicks an ad they see on your site. If you have a highly engaged audience, this kind of pricing model might work for you.
Typically CPC is in the range of $1-5 per click. This is the same with Facebook ads, where you might be paying Facebook by the clicks. When your ad is highly optimized, you can get away with smaller click prices.
CPA / Cost Per Acquisition
Cost per acquisition means that you get paid when someone clicks on the ad shown in your site and also signs up to the service that was advertised.
As you might already figure out, this kind of ad income might be hard to get, however, if and when you have high traffic coming to your site, you might just get these clicks and signups.
CPA usually brings in way more money than CPC and CPM models. Just because the advertisers want those signups and not just create brand recognition like in CPM model.
The 5 Ad networks you should know
Google AdSense
Might be the most known ad network there is. However, this might also be one of the worst there is.
The thing is that AdSense doesn't bring enough money for the exchange of you making your site look ugly by the ads.
You can make money with AdSense but I think the visual aspect of those ads have to be taken into account and I would steer away from this platform.
You should also consider your brand and your sites bounce rate with these ads. AdSense does not open a new window but instead takes your reader away from your site. This increases bounce rate (which is not good) and the ads, in general, look awful and usually won't blend well with your branding.
AdSense uses CPC pricing model.
You can get started with these as you don't need a specific amount of pageviews to be accepted.
Your site will look pretty ugly and takes your readers away from your site.
Monumetric offers 4 different programs which you can join. All 4 programs have different traffic limits that have to be reached. The lowest starting at 10K visitors per month, however, in this traffic limit you have to pay $99 to set up the ads to your site.
I wouldn't invest that kind of money just to get ads to my site. I'm better off with ads in this case.
Monumetric does offer a free setup (I think, it's not stated in their site) when you have 80K or more pageviews per month.
Monumetric pays by PPV Pay-Per-View (which is pretty much the same as CPM). PPV means that you get paid by just showing your ads. This is different than with the AdSense where there is a CPC pricing model.
Digino had some remarkable ad revenue increase just by switching from AdSense to Monumetric: earning more than $400 in one month, compared to AdSense £130in one year.
Even if the above is the only example, you can be sure there are plenty more, and the majority of those examples say AdSense sucks.
Media.net does not have any minimum amount of traffic to be accepted into the program. This could mean an excellent opportunity for you if you want to put ads right away to your site.
Authority Hackers increased their ad revenue 5x when moving away from AdSense to Media.net. Earning around $2K from ads, though it should be mentioned that they have approximately 200 000 pageviews per month and you won't be having that when you start your blog.
Media.net uses CPC, CPM and CPA pricing for advertisers, while you use the CPM model to receive your income. Media.net has a payment model of around $1/10K impressions.
It could be higher or lower this year but seems like, you should have quite a lot of traffic to get anything out of this platform.
Mediavine is widely popular among bloggers and can't blame. It is rather targeted for bloggers. Their ads are also not too intrusive and look good. Ads also blend well with articles and are somewhat nice to look at.
You can get into Mediavine if you have more than 25 000 sessions (not pageviews) in a month. You can read more about pageviews and session in this article: Google Analytics for Bloggers. So Mediavine is a bit different from the other ad networks, as it's using sessions and not pageviews like so many other.
Mediavine also includes a cookie notice for you, so you don't need another cookie notice plugin for your site. Check the cookie policy with Mediavine just to be sure.
The network works in the CPM pricing model, but you can easily hear people talk about RPM, which is basically the same. RPM meaning Revenue Per Mille. You can read a good example of RPM usage from the Mediavine site.
Adthrive is a bit more demanding with their acceptance procedure. You have to have around 100 000 pageviews to be accepted into the program. You also have to have the majority of the traffic from the U.S.
They claim on their website that the average increase in ad revenue is around 3x, but it's always different for every blog.
AdThrive works in the CPM/RPM pricing model.
Customized ads with affiliate links
You can also place images with affiliate links to your site and more preferably to the side banner of your blog.
Many affiliate programs offer you custom images that you can then include to your blog, usually with HTML code. However, you don't have to write any code, you just copy and paste the code to your side banner. So don't worry.
This custom image usually has your affiliate link and code already attached to the image so you only have to paste HTML code and that's it.
You can easily do this with Elementor Pro. To be honest, Elementor is possible the world's best drag and drop builder. Adding custom images and other to your blogs side banner is a breeze and fun when you really get into it.
Affiliate Marketing for Bloggers
When I started blogging, affiliate marketing was something I had never heard of. I knew sponsored posts and promoting products, and affiliate marketing are closely tied to these concepts.
Affiliate marketing in simplicity is when you promote and sell a product, service a course or something for a company and get a commission for that promotion. In affiliate marketing, you get your own affiliate code for each affiliate program you join.
To give you a brief example of affiliate marketing. Let's say you buy a service you really like ConvertKit. Now, ConvertKit has its own affiliate program that you can join. They offer you a 30% commission each month from everyone you refer.
Referring means that someone has clicked your affiliate link and signed up to use their service.
Think about the earning potential these affiliate programs offer you. I mean, your only job is to add an affiliate link to different products and services that you are talking about.
This is not about tricking people buy the products and services you promote. I, for example, I am not doing that, I stand behind the products and services I use. There's zero problems for me to promote companies which services and products I use.
I'm happy to promote them because I'm a happy user of their services.
So you see, for you to do this ethically, you should stand by the products you are promoting. You don't want to go and cheat people just for the sake commission.
Affiliate networks
Affiliate networks have a collection of companies listed in them. These companies work with a particular affiliate network, and by signing up to an affiliate network, you are able to sign up inside the network to a bunch of companies.
I, for example, like to use ShareASale as they have Tailwind, Grammarly and WP Rocket in their list. I use all the mentioned three product and service, so it was natural to join ShareASale and sign up to these affiliate programs.
To list a few networks for further studies:
CJ Affiliate by Conversant
Amazon Associates
eBay Partner Network
Single program affiliate links
Even though the affiliate networks have a lot of companies under their belt. You can't find every company from there, and that's because they have their own affiliate programs.
I also have my own affiliate program for my online courses and products. If you use Gumroad, you can easily create an affiliate program for your users. I've done so.
Elementor, Bluehost, and Memberpress are great examples of single program affiliates. You can usually find an affiliate program with any company you are working with.
Some companies have strict rules you have to fulfill before you are accepted to the program. If you can't get into a program, just wait some time, grow your blog, and try again.
Info Product affiliate programs
Part of growing your blog and expertise is buying yourself courses and info products. More than often you are able to become an affiliate for the product or for the course you just bought.
Michelle's affiliate marketing course is a perfect example. If you buy her course, you are able to become an affiliate for her course, if you follow the guidelines set for becoming an affiliate, that is.
These online course creators affiliate programs are usually very lucrative as you can usually earn in the range of 30-70% of the full course price. Now, that's quite a lot of money as the courses are usually in the range of $97-$1497 or more.
Selling a course priced at $697 with 40% commission rate gives you over $270, and you only had to promote the course. Insanely cool, right?
Affiliate marketing is one of the most lucrative business models there are. Ads coming second. However, even affiliate marketing can't stand against the power of your own products.
Creating digital products and services to make money
This is the holy grail and also the thing you should go for. If you want to make serious money online. Creating your own products and services is the way to go. Trust me.
Yes, you can make insane amounts of money with affiliate products like Michelle does (some $100.000/month) but with your own products, you define the profit margin, and that's the key here.
The sky is not the limit when it comes to making money with your own products.
So let's go through what kind of products you could sell.
Ever thought of writing your own ebook? I have and will write one. Ebooks are so convenient and easy to use, and they come with you everywhere (assuming you use Kindle as I do or some other eBook reader service).
The ease of use and the price is what makes ebooks so desired.
However, in the blogging world, there's also another form of eBook, and it's the one which you create by yourself and not publish it on Amazon Kindle but in your own website.
I have bought ebooks that cost around $47, and that is not your typical $7 ebook price. Yet again, as mentioned before, the beauty of your own products is the fact that you set the price and as you can already say the profit margin is around 98%.
When you are at the very beginning of your blogging career, an ebook could be one of the first products you could be creating.
Digital products and downloadables
I'm always amazed by how many different companies there are that sell digital products and downloadables. Even the Elementor Pro plugin is a digital downloadable, even though it's a service at its heart.
Digital art is a perfect example of a digital product. You can sell PSD-files (an Adobe Photoshop document that includes the artwork and everything), art tutorial videos, etc.
Yet again, the sky is not the limit when it comes to digital products. You can even sell excel spreadsheets if you want to. If you have outstanding powerpoint templates, put them to sale.
I think imagination is the only limit here.
You need a platform to upload your digital products, and the service I use is Gumroad, but you can also use a service like Easy Digital Downloads.
Online courses
The only platform that comes to my mind is Teachable. If you have thought of creating your own online course, Teachable could be the best platform out there to do just that.
Creating an online course might not be the best place to start when you have just started your own blog. I would wait just a bit to get the hang out of blogging and online business in general.
You can always get a course for yourself or sign up to a program that gives you inside info on course creation if you want to jump right in.
And as you can see, there's the beauty of online courses. They are easy to get into and they more than often provide insight that you just can't get anywhere else. Even if you could get, it would take time.
So online courses are a quick way to get in-depth knowledge about a topic, and if you can create a course that is invaluable to your audience, you can expect to make a nice amount of money from it.
Membership sites
Membership sites more than often work in a subscription-based pricing model. Though I do know membership sites that also has a one-time payment.
If you want to create a membership site and start collecting monthly income from your services. Memberpress is probably the best membership plugin in the industry of membership plugins.
I use Memberpress for my own membership program and love the plugin. It has everything you need and even more to be honest.
What is so cool about membership sites is that you get monthly income from them. You also have to set them once and then update it as necessary or as promised.
By creating a membership site, you have created yourself a passive income stream and something you can rely on.
Freelance blog and website
I was once very doubtful of creating my own website, I thought that it's only for some serious businesses and you know, you only have a website if you are a business. In the beginning, you might not feel like you are a business so you might not be too into building your own website.
Building a website isn't so difficult. You can read my 'How to start a blog' article if you are unsure of how to do it. It's super easy and fun.
A website gives you almost unlimited possibilities that you can do with it. If you are not into blogging but more like wanting to build a freelance website, you can do that too.
Here are a few examples you can build your site for
Writing: build yourself a freelance writing site. Where customer and companies can hire you to write for them.
Website designer: Build a fantastic website and use it as a reference to land clients for yourself. With Elementor Pro you can build websites with premade templates in hours. It's really that powerful.
Coaching: You are great at something and can offer coaching services for individuals and companies. There's a bunch of ways you can do coaching, group coaching through Skype, personal coaching, coaching for businesses.
Consulting: you are an expert at some topic and can give consulting for that topic. Let's say you are working in a certain company that by working there develops your skills in a specific area. Making you an expert in it. Why not start your own consulting business around that area of expertise? Make sure it's in your companies policy for you to be able to do that.
A final note
Blogging and online business is possibly the best thing that has happened to me. I love the possibilities a single website can give you.
You can monetize a single website in so many ways that it's just astounding to me.
To recap the monetization opportunities mentioned in this article:
- Display advertising
- Affiliate marketing
- Digital products and services
- Freelance blog and website
Even if the above list is small, the opportunities all those categories have is almost unlimited.
There are so many great services and ways you can monetize your blog that once you get the hang of all these, I'm pretty sure you are sold for blogging.
Your job now is to create excellent content that brings traffic to your site, which you then monetize.
Yes, you monetize the traffic, not your site. You monetize the expertise and knowledge you have. Your job is to create multiple income streams and use many of the ways presented here.
Just by relying upon only one source of income is never a good idea.
I'm not relying on only one income stream. I have more than one income stream and will build more and more income streams over time.
Why should you only rely on one income stream? Why would you make that kind of decision? If that one income stream vanishes for some reason. What happens then?
Monetizing your blog is a must in my opinion, and the reason is that it's so easy to do that.
So there you have it, quite a long article but then again this is a guide you can save for later and come back to it now and then. You can also pin this to your board for others to find it too. That would be great!
Want to save this? Post this 'How To Monetize A Blog' post to your Pinterest board for later reading!
Bring in the discussion
Have you monetized your blog yet? Is there something that left you questioning or is there something that should be added. Please do comment below and share your thoughts. Would be awesome to hear more monetization ways for blogs.


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Amazon, Facing a Backlash From Longtime Warehouse Workers
Workers Say $15 Hourly Minimum Wage Wouldn't Benefit Them
By JOSEPH PISANI , AP Retail Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon, facing a backlash from longtime warehouse workers who say its $15 hourly minimum wage wouldn't benefit them, will now provide a bigger raise.
The company said Wednesday that "slight adjustments" are being made this week, and workers who already made $15 an hour will get more than the $1 an hour raise promised last week. The company said the raise will differ by warehouse and affect a small amount of employees, but declined to say how many.
A worker at a Maryland warehouse, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity for fear of being fired, said employees were told Tuesday that they would now get a raise of $1.25 an hour after Nov. 1. That's 25 cents more an hour than what they were told last week.
The worker said they were also told they would get cash payouts for reaching certain milestones. They'll receive $1,500 for staying with the company for five years and $3,000 after reaching their 10-, 15- and 20-year anniversaries. Previously, the company gave those workers one or two shares of Amazon stock after each of those anniversaries.
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J. G. Crowston, G. Y. Kong, I. A. Trounce, R. N. Weinreb, A. J. Vingrys, B. V. Bui; Intermittent Fasting Reverses Age-Related Vulnerability of Retinal Ganglion Cells to Pressure-Induced Oxidative Stress. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009;50(13):1672.
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Glaucoma prevalence increases exponentially with increasing age. The pathophysiology underlying this is not clear. Calorie restriction extends life-span and retards diseases associated with increasing age. We have recently demonstrated that aging in mice increases the vulnerability of retinal ganglion cells to acute IOP elevation. The aim of this study was to determine whether calorie restriction through intermittent fasting restores retinal ganglion cell resistance to IOP elevation in aged mice.
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The functional and biochemical response to acute IOP challenge (50 mmHg for 30 minutes) was compared between old (18-month) diet restricted C57BL/6mice (alternate day fasting from 12 months, n =10) to old (18-month) and young (3 month) ad-libitum fed mice (n = 10 per group). The dark-adapted scotopic electroretinogram (ERG) was measured before, during and after IOP challenge. Statistical analysis of ERG responses (challenged/baseline %) across time was performed using ANOVA. Retina and optic nerves were further analyzed for markers of oxidative stress (HO-1) by Western blot.
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Diet restricted old mice responded similarly to young mice and showed significantly less ganglion cell dysfunction during IOP challenge (p=0.009) and faster recovery (p=0.001) compared with old AL controls. One hour following IOP challenge, ganglion cell function for AL and CR mice had returned to 28±7% and 49±12% of baseline respectively. Oxidative stress in retina and optic nerve of old diet restricted mice was also significantly lower in CR mice (78 ± 21% vs 182 ± 47%, p = 0.008).
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These data demonstrate that age-related vulnerability of the optic nerve to IOP-induced oxidative stress can be modified by diet manipulation.
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Climate change will alter hydrological regimes in different ways across Africa. Economies, livelihoods, and ecosystems are all highly water-dependent. Building up their resilience to climate change takes effective water management systems composed of strong information systems, institutions, and infrastructure, at all levels—local, national, and regional. And, when it comes to transboundary waters, resilience entails a cooperative approach. Fewer options are available if they are limited to the actions of individual countries, which run the risk of being counter-productive on a regional scale.
Since transboundary cooperation is complex, and investment in it is often more for
To draw attention to the critical role of transboundary water cooperation, CIWA has produced a report entitled Climate Resilience in
Drawing from CIWA's work on transboundary water projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, the report proposes a framework for cooperation and climate
Economies, livelihoods, and ecosystems across Sub-Saharan Africa are highly dependent on their water resources for irrigation, ecosystems, and energy. Aspects of climate change threaten to disrupt these.
Proactive improvements to the three "Is" of water management—information systems, institutions, and infrastructure—can reduce a region's vulnerability to climate change by integrating climate change into water management practices and decisions.
Climate finance donors now have an opportunity to counter the market failure that limits the supply of regional
Building systemic resilience
By specifically targeting the 3Is, cooperation in transboundary water management helps:
- Improve people's readiness to cope with short-term shocks and long-term change;
- Build-in redundancy to make sure things continue to work; and
- Connect water-related sub-sectors and geographic areas to optimize water use, expanding the benefits of this into areas beyond water and harnessing the benefits of scale.
All these contribute toward systemic resilience, which enables economies and ecosystems to grow more suited to a changing climate and be better prepared for further change.


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Every child lucky enough to have an entire room dedicated to letting their imagination run wild will likely have the space piled high with toys, games, and other playthings. The challenge for parents is finding the perfect way to keep the play area totally safe and tidy, while still accommodating the need for fun and games.
Prevent Accidental TV Tipping
In a child's playroom, the two most important elements are safety and organization. Safety hazards can lurk in unexpected places, and the TV is one item that often gets overlooked. Unsecured TVs can easily tip at the slightest bump or nudge. Keep the kiddos safe by securing the TV on the wall with a mounting bracket. A TV wall mount is the perfect solution for keeping the television set secure. By getting the TV mounted and no longer reliant on an old piece of furniture, you not only ensure the screen is out of reach from little hands, but you'll also free up tons of extra space for children to enjoy.
Conceal All Cables
Once the TV is mounted, another important thing to address is what to do about cables. Cables hanging down from the TV to an outlet is a big "no-no". Who Dangling cables can look very interesting and enticing to small children, creating a significant risk of being ripped or pulled out. Conceal cords and cables behind the wall using a SANUS on-wall cable management system. You can install this yourself without an electrician's help. A simpler yet still effective solution is a cable tunnel that keeps cables tight to the wall and is paintable to match your wall color.
Create a Fun Organization System
Incorporate an organization system that is fun and empowers the kids to help keep their playroom clean. Fabric storage bins can be added to cubbies or shelving units that you already have and are a relatively inexpensive upgrade from plastic storage tubs or boxes. Fabric bins can be purchased in almost any color or personalized with DIY fabric bin tutorials, so you can match or create a color scheme that fits your (or your child's) personal style. Use them to store remotes, gaming accessories, and toys. You can even make a fun game out of clean-up time or color-code the bins for an easy reminder of which things go where. Toy trucks go in the blue bin, and building blocks go in the green bin, etc. With some simple and effective solutions, you'll soon have a neat and safe playroom your kids will also love.
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Call for Applications: Sussex Graduate Scholarship (2020)Fellowship 20.03.2020
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Sussex University Scholarship is available for undergrad and master and doctoral degree students with different funding options and student loan programs.
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Check how the performance can be improved in this scenario. The StyleGallery is taking much time to load, the GetUsedCellRange method is called multiple times.
Steps to reproduce: - Open RadSpreadsheet -Put 1 in B2 and B6 -Put 0 in B3, B4, B5 -Add filtering on columns A and B -Filter on column B to have only rows with 1. The rows 3 to 5 will be hidden. -Paste "1234" as cell selection in the Range A2:A6 Note: It is important to enter 1234 in another cell, make a cell selection and then paste it -Remove the filter Expected: "1234" in pasted in cells A2 and A6 only. Actual: "1234" in pasted in cells A2, A3, A4, A5, A6.
At the moment when any of the properties are changed, e.g. the frozen panes, the UI is not notified and you have to export and import the file in order for the UI to pick them up. Workaround: There are several workarounds: 1. Change the active worksheet and return to the old one 2. Export and import the document 3. Change the workbook of the RadSpreadsheet to a new one, and return the old one after that
When filtering a big range of values, the performance is low. The whole UI is re-created.
ArgumentException is thrown ("Error: Argument1" message box in case of importing through RadSpreadsheet) when importing document containing cell with applied custom data validation rule restricting the value of the cell to empty values only - '""' (two double quotes).
Borders can overhang 1 px from the corresponding cells. The issue is reproducible only on some zoom levels, and is most probably related to WPF layout rounding. The issue is mostly visible when borders are missing. On different zoom levels, different borders are hanging.
Value of a cell is visualized outside of the cell boundaries, or the value is clipped and partially visible, when the cell is updated (from code-behind), while being in an inactive worksheet, and is referenced by another cell from the active sheet. Workaround: get a value of some cell in the active sheet and set it again to the same cell. The issue is reproducible after the official release of Q1 2015.
The number format [hh]:mm causes ArgumentException on import.
If you set "[h]:mm" as a custom format to a cell which has time set to it the calculated value in the cell is wrong for the minutes. The minutes part is interpreted as months.
If plain text is pasted in a cell, and the text is automatically recognizable as date, number, percentage, formula or other format, the text is always converted to the recognized number format. Instead, the cell's current number format should affect the convertion in the following way: - If the current format is General -> parse the value with the automatically recognized format, and set the value with the automatically recognized format - If the current format is Text -> set the value as text, and preserve the current format (Text) - If the current format is any other format -> try parse the value with the current format - Successful -> set the parsed value with the current format - Unsuccessful -> parse the value with the automatically recognized format, and set the parsed value with the current format. As a result, strings which are recognizable as dates, for example, are pasted as their numeric representation instead of with their Date formatting. Also it's not possible to paste something as plain text. Workaround: for always pasting plain text: Create custom Paste button and executes the following code: this.radSpreadsheet.ActiveWorksheetEditor.Selection.Cells.SetValueAsText(Clipboard.GetText());
Images inserted in RadSpreadsheet are resized when the active sheet is changed. The set size is very small, making them almost invisible. Workaround: Remove the two RadNumericUpDowns in the Picture contextual tab in the ribbon UI. They can be recognized by their bindings, to SetShapeWidth.SelectedValue and SetShapeHeight.SelectedValue respectively. Steps to reproduce: - Open RadSpreadsheet with the default Ribbon UI present. - Insert image using the button in the Ribbon -> Illustrations -> Pictures. - Add new sheet using the Sheet Selector (+) button, or change the sheet to another sheet - Return to the initial sheet. Expected: The image retains its original size. Actual: The image size is changed to very small one.
var layer = ((NormalWorksheetEditorPresenter)radSpreadsheet.ActiveWorksheetEditor.ActivePresenter).UILayers.GetByName(WorksheetPredefinedUILayers.CellInput);
CellInputUILayer cellInputUILayer = (CellInputUILayer)layer;
When the VisibleSize property of the spreadsheet control is set (for example new SizeI(10, 10)) and column is selected via its header (click on it), the IsColumnSelection property of the ActiveWorksheetEditor's Selection returns False. This applies also for the IsRowSelection property.
NullReferenceException is thrown when the VisibleSize property of RadSpreadsheet is set more than once on two (or more) adjacent lines. For example: spreadsheet.VisibleSize = new SizeI(1, 1); spreadsheet.VisibleSize = new SizeI(5, 5); To work this around you can increase the time between the settings of the VisibleSize property. For example you can use the ActiveSheetEditorChanged event of RadSpreadsheet and the ActivePresenterChanged event of the ActiveWorksheetEditor, and the UIUpdated event of the ActivePresenter. Each time the VisibleSize is changed, the ActiveWorksheetEditor will be recreated along with its ActivePresenter. You should make sure the second, third, etc. setting of the VisibleSize is executed after the new ActivePresenter is loaded. This can be done in the UIUpdated event.
When the PrintPreview has to show many UIElements at once, the performance is slow.
Selecting a column with two or more merged cells, selects not only the selected column but the rest of columns that the merged cells are from. The behavior when working with rows is analogical.
The exception is thrown when the color for the borders has been previously set using the colors from the predefined palette. The next attempt to set a border color using the ShowMoreColorsDialog leads to error. A message appears to the user saying "Specified cast is not valid".
The scroll exceeds the visible area when using the auto-fill.
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Milliken Chemical has collaborated with the China Plastic Housewares Association to help broaden awareness of the energy consumption reductions that can be achieved using its Millad NX 8000 in a transparent PP product.
The independent organisation UL Environment, a business unit of Underwriters Laboratories(UL), has documented the use of Millad NX 8000 clarifier can result in energy savings of between 8-12 percent in injection moulded, transparent PP products.
Milliken first earned UL validation for the energy-saving benefits of Millad NX 8000 in 2013 and says downstream moulders and brand owners are beginning to embrace the value of the concept.
Its step-change to the performance and haze of PP supports the development of high-clarity, high-quality plastic houseware products.
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Asian housewares makers embracing use of UL eco-label for PP products made using Milliken's Millad NX 8000 clarifier.
The use of the additive also allows conversion temperatures to be lowered in injection moulding, reducing processors' energy use and any accompanying CO₂ emissions.
Various industrial trials also indicate that use of Millad NX 8000 can lower required processing temperatures from 235°C to 190°C (455° F to 374° F).
Kurt Xu, China Business Leader, Milliken, said: "While this effort is still in its early stages, five of the association's leading member companies have now agreed that they will get the UL label authorisation for those plastic parts they produce using Millad NX 8000 as clarifier."
Rui Guo, China Downstream Leader, added: "We are pleased to see more and more brand owners and customers embrace the environmental benefits of Millad NX 8000-clarified PP resin and realize how they can leverage that to differentiate themselves in a crowded, competitive marketplace by displaying the ECV label on their products."


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This Sunday, the Patriots will face off against the Eagles in Minnesota for one of the game of all games. As we gear up for the weekend here in Boston, we thought we'd share the best local bars for grabbing a bite and tuning in to watch. From big screens to loaded nachos and brews on tap, check out our top picks as recommended by our team here at HQ. Head out and enjoy, and we'll make sure you get home safe. Go Pats!
Tavern in the Square
161 Brighton Ave., Allston
While we love trivia here on Tuesdays, it's also a great place to catch a game. Call ahead to snag a reservation for Sunday – and be sure to order the buffalo cauliflower.
City Tap House
10 Boston Wharf Rd., Boston
With lots of 80-inch screens to catch all the plays, this Fort Point venue is offering a special tailgate platter for the game with Philly cheesesteak spring rolls, wings and potato skins.
Coolidge Corner Clubhouse
307 Harvard St., Brookline
A favorite local haunt for Fasten's Brookline natives that boasts 20 HDTVs, order the the Bill Bellichick sandwich to show just who you're rooting for on Sunday.
The Hub Pub
18 Province St., Boston
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Sophia's Grotto
22 Birch St., Roslindale
If you're in the mood for Italian – and a crowd that's slightly less rowdy – grab a seat in front of the TV at the cozy bar and ask for the stuffed eggplant.


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Release Year: 1979
Cast: Morgane, Daniele Troeger, Brigitte Lahaie, Dawn Cumming, Diane Dubois, Erika Cool, Jocelyne Clairis, Laurence Thibault, Siegried Cellier, Valerie Martin's
Genres: Classic, All Sex
Video language: German
Morgane goes to visit a private detective. Her nymphomaniac sister is missing. She describes her sister's sexual activities. But Morgane's purpose is really to seduce him – she had previously met him in the street (only in the original French version). The tales turn them both on and they have sex together. This is repeated on her second visit. The tales are an excuse to use archive footage.
Archive footage is taken mainly from Les Plaisirs fous, Fantaisies pour couples and Tout est permis. The Mike Hunter release gives the director as Monique Carrera, but this choice of archive footage, plus the fact that the private detective has a plush office in what seems to be the same large house used as the brothel-cum-swingers' club in Les Plaisirs fous, suggests that the director was Georges Fleury.
Format: mp4
Duration: 1:16:44
Video: 696×524, AVC (H.264), 1186kbps
Audio: 62kbps