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By: Jeff Hoffman
Field salespeople have one major advantage over inside reps: Establishing relationships with your prospects is far easier when you're sitting across the table from them rather than talking to them through a computer screen.
But face-to-face meetings come with their own challenges.
Thanks to subtle body language cues you're probably not aware of, it's much trickier to disguise any nervousness or anxiety. You also might feel thrown off by presenting on your prospect's territory, not your own.
Over the past 20 years, I've developed three highly effective ways to make in-person meetings go smoothly. Once you see for yourself how successful these are, you'll always use them.
1) Arrive Early
Ask your prospect if you can arrive 15 minutes early to set up. This has several benefits. First, it guarantees your meeting will take place in a conference room, rather than their office — which will balance the power dynamic.
Second, this strategy ensures you won't spend your pre-meeting time sitting in the lobby waiting for someone to come get you. Your nerves will be much calmer if you're focused on getting ready.
Third, it lets you settle in and familiarize yourself with the space. You can figure out how the projector works, which whiteboard markers to use, and where you should sit. Knowing these things in advance — rather than learning them while everyone's in the room — will make you more confident and less likely to fumble during your presentation.
Lastly, when the attendees walk in, they'll subconsciously feel like you're receiving them in your office. You'll instantly seem more authoritative and credible.
Wondering how to phrase this request? Try something along the lines of, "I'd like to get the room ready before our meeting. If I come at [time], is there someone who can show me to the conference room?"
2) Request a Tour
During the initial small talk phase of the meeting, casually request a tour. Hear me out: People find it much harder to act aggressively or unfairly toward you when they know they'll be showing you around their company in an hour. Plus, a tour gives them a chance to show off what they're proud of. You might even get additional insight into their priorities, motivations, and challenges.
This is also a great opportunity to get referrals. While you're walking around, you'll probably run into someone your contact wants you to meet. A face-to-face introduction is extremely powerful — and you'll be getting that intro hours, if not entire days, before the competition.
I usually phrase this as an aside: "By the way, I'd love to see [the rest of the office, the floor, the plant]. If we end early, can you show me around?"
The prospect says sure, usually thinking, "Salespeople never end meetings early." Well, you will.
3) Finish on Time
On a similar note, never let your meeting run long — even if the customer asks for it. As soon as you go over, you lose control. The extra time is for your prospect, so they're the one driving the conversation. And that's the absolute worst time they could be in charge. When the discussion ends, they should remember you as the authority.
Let's say your prospect says, "I know we only have 10 minutes left, but this is really interesting and I'd love my coworker Brad to jump in. Can you stay a little longer?"
Reply, "I'm glad you want to continue, but unfortunately I have another meeting." Then look at your watch and add, "If you want, I can actually come back in a couple hours."
This response accomplishes two things. You imply that your product is in-demand and your time is highly sought-after, both of which raise your status. You also get two additional hours to prepare for your second meeting. (Always treat a request for more time as a second meeting, not a continuation of the first.)
It took many meetings for me to hit on these strategies — they're not intuitive. Luckily, you don't need to go through the same learning process: You can start using them right away.
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A Wyee man in his 20s has had the "best wake-up call ever", discovering he won $100,000 in the today's Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw.
The man won the guaranteed first prize of $100,000 in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw 10305, drawn today (Thursday).
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When asked how he planned to enjoy his windfall, the now wide-awake man admitted he would pay off some loans and shout his mum a holiday.
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"I am going to pay off my loans first. I would love to take my mum on a holiday, too. She deserves it.
"She's been saying she wants to go on a holiday overseas for ages, so I'd love be able to do that for her."
The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, purchased his winning entry of two random numbers online at thelott.com - Australia's official lotteries.
It follows news of a couple from Hamlyn Terrace who won $200,000 in Lucky Lotteries Mega Jackpot draw 1423, drawn on Monday.
"Oh my God! I'm in tears," the man said on receiving the news from NSW Lotteries.
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Fleur McDonald lives on a large farm east of Esperance in Western Australia, where she and her husband Anthony produce prime lambs and cattle, run an Angus Cattle and White Suffolk stud and produce a small amount of crops. They have two children, Rochelle and Heyden. Fleur snatches time for her writing in between helping on the farm.
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What would you be doing if you weren't a writer? Well, I'm a farmer and a mum first, then a writer, so I do plenty of other things when I'm not writing.
What was your toughest obstacle to becoming published? Actually it probably came after I was picked up. The first edit I ever did with my publishers, Allen and Unwin, was very confronting. The editors are really very good – they never use red pen to make you feel like you've done anything wrong (!) but when you see every page of the manuscript covered in writing suggesting changes, it can give your self confidence a serious bashing.
What's the best aspect of your writing life? The fact I get to tell stories, kill people if they annoy me and make it rain when it won't in real life!
—the worst? Trying to pull all the threads of every subplot I have going together into something that is plausible.
What would you do differently if you were starting out now as a writer? To be really honest, I wouldn't change anything. I was so naïve back then, I wasn't daunted, so I could get in and have a go without knowing what I was doing wasn't 'the norm'.
What do you wish you'd been told before you set out to become an author? Writing is actually bloody hard work!
What's the best advice you were ever given? Never plot or plan. If you don't know where the story is going then your readers will find it hard to work out too.
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Laura Murphy will need to call on all her grit and determination to retain her beloved farm… But will her fierce self reliance close her off to the possibility of love?
Since inheriting Nambina, the property that's been in her family for generations, Laura Murphy has worked wonders. Rather than just focus on farming she has set up a successful school teaching women the basics of managing a property – from fencing and mustering to handling the financial side of the business.
But the notoriously self-reliant Laura is lonely and still scarred by a tragedy from her past. She's also grappling with the hostility of her nearest neighbour and former best friend, Meghan Hunter. The fact that Laura's ex-boyfriend Josh is Meghan's brother only makes things worse.
When a solicitor contacts Laura saying his clients may have a claim over Nambina, her entire world is turned upside down, and she has to call on all her determination to hold on to the property she's worked so hard to build. In the process she realises she must reach out to friends and loved ones or risk losing everything.
By the bestselling author of Red Dust, this inspirational novel celebrates strength in the face of adversity as well as the enriching power of love.
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Guru Dattatreya continues his narration to Parashurama in Tripura Rahasya "Hemalekha started telling a story to Hemachooda to illustrate the futility of endless discussion 'Once there lived a saint named Kaushika, on the banks of river Godavari, near Sahya hills. He was serene, pure, pious and a man knowing the supreme truth. He had several disciples attending on him.
Once when he was out, the disciples started to discuss philosophy, according to their own understanding. At that time a very learned man of great intellect, named Soonga came and he also participated in the discussion. He was a great debater but a man without faith. He refuted all the arguments of the earnest disciples by his skill in logic.
In a logical argument, everything has to be ascertained by reference to some standard. To start with the correctness of the standards must be established. How to do it? One has to have some other standard to check them. Are they in their turn infallible? Proceeding this way, no finality can be reached.
This he applied to spiritual Truth and on the basis of unending series of standards, he refuted the existence of Truth.
His argument is as follows. There are no applicable standards for ascertaining merits or demerits and thus arriving at truth and erroneous standards are no good for tests and can not be the base for conclusions. Therefore no tests are possible. Ascertainment of truth being impossible without being tested, nothing can therefore be truth. This statement itself cannot be true, nor the one who states this. What then can we arrive at? It can only be said that all are nothing, void. This too can not be supported by reliable facts. Hence the statement all are void also ends in void.
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The aim of this study is to examine the effects of the 2008 financial crisis on the functional income distribution in Turkey by conducting a comparative analysis of various labor share measures using different data sources. Four different labor share measures in the total market income were calculated using micro data from the 2006 -2011 Income and Living Conditions Survey of Turkey. The results of microdata calculations indicated a substantial and permanent increase during the crisis due to the labor hoarding in the labor market, leading to an increase in skilled employees' labor income share at the expense of unskilled employees' labor income share. The results obtained from aggregate data-based labor share calculations with two different measures were relatively smaller than micro data-based labor shares, due to the large share of informal employment in Turkey. Further, the labor shares obtained from aggregate data decreased during the 2008 financial crisis, in contrast to the labor shares from micro data.
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Time to travel and explore the tropical regions of the world. A collector of 'souvenirs' from different places, he has his eclectic mix of taste and style. From straw hats and silk scarves of ethnic influences, to street rebel skull motif t-shirts, 'ammunition' belt reminiscent of war torn eras and space age Gladiator sandals from modern metropolis. Oh and an oversize duffel bag to carry all the bric-à-brac he can find on his trip! It's a guerrilla combination of influences from different cultures that he sees during his worldly exploration. Except, all done in the name of high fashion... Alexander Mcqueen, Balmain, Balenciaga, Dries Van Noten, Lanvin and Versace are his favourites. Comfort is key, trendy is paramount. It's summer wanderlust time!
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OMG!!! The Alexander McQueen Sandals are driving me crazy! I need to have them!!!!!
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Which collection is that Versace bag from? It is a MUST HAVE.
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TuneIn Radio is a fantastic radio app, providing about 40000 different stations at home and abroad. It is compatible with almost all of the cell phone operating systems. And it is manipulated easily, so it has already owned a large user group. Since the programs are available through the network, you had better use it with WIFI.
But for a super fun of it, you may not be satisfied with that. What you really want is to listen to the radio whenever you like, without paying too much. So how about recording the TuneIn radio to broadcast offline? Maybe the TuneIn App works. But it leaves you with a job that you should convert the recorded files to make it playable on the computer.
Another way of finalizing the captioned task is to record TuneIn Radio on the computer first and then transfer it to the mobile devices for playback easily with a professional TuneIn Radio Recorder – iMusic. iMusic is able to record audio data without quality loss and store it in a format of MP3, which means that you can simply transfer it without converting. Here is a tutorial as follows:
1.Download and Install the TuneIn Radio Recorder
Run your computer, and download and install the best TuneIn Radio Recorder – iMusic. Launch it to familiarize yourself with it. You will see the "Record" button on the left of the primary window, and click it.
2.Record TuneIn Radio
After step1, you can begin to choose a radio station. To do this, you should go to tunein.com first. Then it will help you to record the audio data of the radio station automatically and immediately. If there is a silence lasting a long time, the software will stop to record the next file. Each file is stored as MP3 and an independent and complete audio file.
- 1) You need to make certain that the network is steadily and strongly connected, or you may get audio data with background noise.
- 2) Make sure that there is no other sound on your computer during the whole process.
3. Transfer the Audio Files Recorded to iTunes
This is an alternative step, for people who want to listen to the radio recorded on your Apple device, you can have a look at it. There is a button reading "Add to iTunes" on the window. Make the choice of files and click it. Then they will be all imported to iTunes, and you will find it with ease.
The TuneIn Radio Recorder – iMusic does really well in solving the problem for you. After you install it, you will certainly find some bonuses of it:
- 1) It can record music of 1:1 good quality.
- 2) It can filtrate the advertisement.
- 3) It can serve as a player.
- 4) It can customize the details of the audio data.
- 5) It can make the telephone ring out of an audio file.
Let's take ringtones customization for example. You click "Ring" at the bottom of the window, before the very start point of the ring ready to be created. After finishing, you can save it as an MP3 or M4R file on your computer. Then you can transfer to the iTunes as the previous Step3.
More tutorials are available online. So Don't be hesitate anymore. Raise your hands and move your fingers and get it to download.


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NNPC: Buhari's Autumn As Moral Czar?, By Louis Odion
If we are to believe that President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) didn't know or couldn't have sanctioned all these all along, as being canvassed by his advocates, then there can only be a more frightening certainty: the president must be utterly oblivious of key happenings around him, being technically out of power, even though ceremonially in office.
An iron-clad integrity was the chief credential General Muhammadu Buhari flaunted to win power in 2015. Today, that golden badge appears under grave erosion in view of the rising tide of sleaze and tales of apparent presidential indifference.
Last week's leaked memo by scorned junior oil minister, Ibe Kachikwu, provides what potentially may now be the tipping point.
In a rather rambling response yesterday, the NNPC boss, Maikanti Baru, could not but admit that approval was still needed from a superior for any big transaction he entered. The big question then: was President Buhari granting such behind Kachikwu's back?
In any case, that a man supposedly saddled with overseeing the nation's fattest "cash cow" (as a Presidency official recently classified the NNPC) could not access the principal for more than seven harrowing weeks until the confidential letter leaked cannot be a compliment. It perhaps best describes the squalor of the prevailing governance process in Abuja.
Before now, we saw a pathetic president unable to muscle the way for the EFCC boss Ibrahim Magu. Twice, he nominated him to the Senate. Twice, the congress torpedoed him, utilising ammunition supplied twice by no other than Buhari's own appointee at the Department for State Services (DSS).
Now, a national outrage has been spreading since Kachikwu's epistle became public last week, with many still unable to understand how a tiny circle could incinerate the Procurement Act and, within few months, consummate a raft of contracts whose $25 billion value is more than the nation's entire budget for 2017 and only a little less than Nigeria's current foreign reserve.
Now, official spin doctors appear to have pushed the gear to overdrive. We are, for instance, told that "no cash involved in the $25b transactions" at NNPC's expense. Does that foreclose the prospect of bribes exchanging hands before or after the sweetheart deals?
But Nigerians would probably have gotten even madder had they the presence of mind to contemplate the words left unsaid between the lines in Kachikwu's petition. Although the junior oil minister didn't mention names, only a few Nigerians are in doubt about the character allegedly blocking him from seeing Buhari as no other than Chief Of Staff Abba Kyari who, interestingly, doubles as a NNPC board member and, tellingly, is known as the dean of the now notorious cabalin at the Villa. Wasn't the president being briefed by the CoS about happenings at the NNPC all along?
After listening to his sweet tale, the story is told that someone then sought a clarification of that honesty since, as they continued to hear, the same man was finding it exceedingly difficult to share with his fellow countrymen the nature of the ailment that was keeping him on a foreign soil indefinitely at taxpayers' expense.
It was in anticipation of conflicts of interest like this that many had questioned the propriety of Buhari's own CoS being involved in the NNPC board in the first place. Now, it is a open secret that out of the ten slots allotted to the North in the recent appointment bazaar by Baru, two went to ex-employees of a commercial bank which Kyari once led. So, who does not know how to hide meat in the mouth and pretend otherwise?
After the NNPC scandal blew open, a rather wild allegation has been circulating linking the head of the Villa cabal to one of the firms that cornered the multi-billion dollar contracts at issue. In fairness, this remains only an allegation. But public suspicion will fester with the officer referenced refusing to deny or confirm this.
According to Kachikwu in the same letter, attempts earlier by Baru to smuggle some illegalities in through the backdoor while "Mai Gaskiya" was with his physicians in London were stoutly rebuffed by then Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, insisting that due process must be followed.
Again, Kachikwu stopped at faulting Baru's recent appointments in NNPC procedurally. A review of the particulars hints of something worse than sleaze. The South-East, where Abia and Imo States bear oil, got nothing, but the section of the country that does not produce even a drop of oil cornered the lion's share. And when recruitment was to be made into the DSS much earlier, more than fifty percent of the slots were reserved for the president's native Katsina.
If we are to believe that President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) didn't know or couldn't have sanctioned all these all along, as being canvassed by his advocates, then there can only be a more frightening certainty: the president must be utterly oblivious of key happenings around him, being technically out of power, even though ceremonially in office.
This might sound apocryphal. Recently, a top-flight media player tried to apprise foreign professional colleagues at a workshop in London of the progress report at home, stressing that Buhari's honesty was making all the difference. After listening to his sweet tale, the story is told that someone then sought a clarification of that honesty since, as they continued to hear, the same man was finding it exceedingly difficult to share with his fellow countrymen the nature of the ailment that was keeping him on a foreign soil indefinitely at taxpayers' expense.
If Kachikwu was truly found wanting before Baru was handed the rein of power in NNPC last year as already being whispered around presently, the question is: Why was he kept a day longer? Let him face the music squarely in the name of equity. Or, the more unsettling probability: Is his continued retention merely a cosmetic to seduce the militants in his native Niger Delta from resuming the sabotaging of oil exploration?
…PMB's continued silence almost two months after the submission of the probe report on suspended SGF, Lawal Babachir's alleged scam and Ayo Oke's $43 million mystery cash haul only refreshes the sad memory of the 53 suitcases scandal of 1984.
Amid this raging moral storm, it is quite instructive that Buhari's longtime advocates like Tam David-West have kept a studied silence thus far.
Just how did a supposed nun get diagnosed of STD? This certainly was not the promise of 2015.
Given the sheer enormity of these charges, it is doubtful if the old professor of Virology, himself an implacable apostle of truth, transparency and all that is noble, would not have been sufficiently provoked to shoot someone right away before even bothering to ask further questions. Again, PMB's continued silence almost two months after the submission of the probe report on suspended SGF, Lawal Babachir's alleged scam and Ayo Oke's $43 million mystery cash haul only refreshes the sad memory of the 53 suitcases scandal of 1984.
A deadline had been announced for the change of currency notes. Against the prevailing official order seeking to choke out currency traffickers then, Buhari's ADC would storm the Lagos international airport to smooth the way for the evacuation of the curious foreign cargoes said to be filled with naira notes. The owner was a powerful northern figure. Even after the facts became established by the crusading media, no heads rolled.
Also, an obscure professor who claims to be PMB's townsman was in July accused of immersing himself in incestuous contracts award at the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to the tune of N1 billion. He only accepted to go on suspension following a national outcry, while the president was still undergoing medical treatment abroad.
He was only recently suspended indefinitely. But what does that mean? Another dirty laundry stored in a crowded closet?
As if that is not enough, an ethical storm is also engulfing the Nigeria Police today with the No. 1 cop at the centre. So far, only a few are convinced by the Inspector General's response through fumbling aides to weighty allegations of promotion racketeering and untidy payment by big corporate players for protection leveled by Senator Misau. A charge corroborated in the Vanguard last Saturday by no less a credible figure and insider than the Crime Fighter boss.
Misau lobbed in more hand grenades last week with another expose that the IG has been putting serving police women in the family way against service rule and granting one of them accelerated promotion and a wedding band. If any doubt ever existed about the veracity of the latest salacious story, it was removed with a photo splash by The Sun newspaper last Saturday of the who is who at the lavish wedding thrown by the love-smitten IG (already mischievously interpreted online as the "Inspector Genital"), including serving governors and some of those known to be standing trial for corruption.
The puzzle: didn't PMB also hear or read about this? Is he not worried at all?
Edo Cultural Icon In Bondage
Maybe, OJ's abduction and the brutal harm done his wife were in error. So, the least expected of those holding the people's Ambassador today is to set him free, unconditionally.
In the last four decades, he has relentlessly deployed his talent in anti-establishment activism, forever seeking a fairer deal for the downtrodden. The reason it came as a supreme irony, if not a rude shock, a few days ago that Osayomore Joseph (a.k..a The Ambassador) had been seized in Benin City by kidnappers cruel enough to also shoot his wife in the head.
No sacrilege could be more abominable.
By so doing, it is not only the law that the abductors have broken; they would also seem to have betrayed the custom of the very underworld they inhabit – obligation not to harm the poor nor their advocates. On account of his countless runs-in with successive military administrations and their civilian successors over the years, the Ulele Power Sound exponent has undoubtedly been the consistent spokesman of the oppressed. Little wonder he became known also as the "Fela of Benin".
Indeed, people of my generation grew up enamoured of his portraiture of Benin's rich culture, to say nothing of the prodigious facility at making melodies of transcendental folk-tales.
Overall, in contemporary times, no other performing artiste in Edo musical industry adopting "pidgin English" as vehicle would appear to possess his reach in the propagation of Edo culture outside its borders.
In terms of output, only the much older Victor Uwaifo could be said to surpass him in the cultural arena. But then, he clearly stands head and shoulders above "the guitar boy" in material sacrifice by being overly political in his songs. He sings not to make himself rich, but to free the poor. It is obviously more lucrative to praise-sing power; OJ would rather haul missiles at thieving politicians.
So, why hurt a man like that?
Maybe, OJ's abduction and the brutal harm done his wife were in error. So, the least expected of those holding the people's Ambassador today is to set him free, unconditionally.
Louis Odion is a Fellow of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (FNGE).


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The lawsuit contends that more than 600 Walgreens stores throughout the state [of California] including 36 in San Diego unlawfully handled and disposed of hazardous waste for more than six years. The hazardous waste included pesticides, bleach, paint, aerosols, automotive products and solvents, pharmaceutical and bio hazardous waste, and other toxic, ignitable and corrosive materials.,,
During the summer and fall of 2011, investigators from the San Diego District Attorney's Office Environmental Protection Unit and County Department of Environmental Health regulators, along with other district attorney investigators and environmental regulators statewide, conducted a series of waste inspections of dumpsters belonging to Walgreens' stores. The inspections revealed that Walgreens routinely and systematically sent hazardous waste to local landfills….
Under the final judgment, Walgreens must pay $16.57 million in civil penalties and costs. It also funds supplemental environmental projects furthering consumer protection and environmental enforcement in California. The retailer will be bound under the terms of a permanent injunction prohibiting similar future violations of law. Under the settlement, Illinois-based Walgreen Co. will pay $223,000 in civil penalties and cost recovery to San Diego County Department of Environmental Health and $507,750 in civil penalties and cost recovery to the San Diego County District Attorney's Office.
Stores are now required to retain their hazardous waste in segregated, labeled containers so as to minimize the risk of exposure to employees and customers and to ensure that incompatible wastes do not combine to cause dangerous chemical reactions. Hazardous waste produced by California Walgreens stores through damage, spills and returns is now being collected by state-registered haulers, taken to proper disposal facilities and properly documented and accounted for….
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Hey everyone,
I trust you have all well and truly enjoyed the silly season.
Starting a new year is always exciting, let's kick it off with some simple steps which will help you ace your 'Back to Work Makeup Look' for 2015.
1. Use a primer! Your skin needs to be protected from everyday free radicals, especially from the air conditioning that most of us have in our offices or schools. You also want to look as fresh as possible come 3pm, so do yourself a favor and PRIME. Napoleon Perdis does a great primer for $59 and if you're looking for a more affordable option, try the Australis primer which also has chamomile and vitamins. Don't just prime sometimes, commit to it everyday.
2. Ensure the foundation that you were using last year is still the correct shade for you now. Some lucky holiday goers have been sipping Pina Coladas on a beach and enjoying the sun. If this was you, I suggest to add some bronzer to your look. Simply use a big powder brush on your forehead, cheeks and jaw line. This saves you from having to purchase a whole new foundation.
3. Use concealer around your eyes – not foundation! I know we all have zero time in the mornings, however, I promise you that concealer around your eyes instead of foundation will actually hide dark circles and prevent the aging process (most foundations have SPF in them, which is a big 'No No' for the eye area, as it can cause creasing). Plus, who doesn't want to look more fresh and awake returning from holidays?!
Last but not least,
4. Wear lipstick! Lipstick is the fastest and easiest way to transform yourself from 'Sheets to Streets' in seconds. Remember when selecting a lip colour, if you have cool toned skin to choose a cool tone lipstick and a warm tone if you're warm toned. Putting in that little bit more of an effort, will make you feel fresh and ready to tackle another year head on – day by day of course!
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Gentle Invasions - Adaptive Touristic Facilities Along the Albanian Riviera
Register/Submit Deadline: Tuesday, Jul 17, 201811:59 PMEDT
Design for "gentle invasions". Adaptive touristic facilities along the Albanian Riviera.
The competition is one of the many events organized for the Tirana Architecture Week 2018.
CONCEPT: The main idea of the Architecture Competition is to gather speculative architectural proposals addressing the topic of adaptive design strategies for tourism and unpredictable landscape mutations caused by climate change. The challenge is to design a hybrid system capable of responding to different coastline scenarios influenced by sea level rise. The new architectural object must be seen as an opportunity to experiment design solutions on the Albanian Riviera landscape, protecting and enhancing its extraordinary beauty.
OBJECTIVE : The main objective of the design completion is the design of a facility for coastal tourism that also responds to the hypothesized future water sea level rise. The main purpose is to set new strategies for coastal development, in terms of landscape valorization and sustainable tourism promotion. The participants are asked to organize a strategy for the proposed coastal area to guarantee the accessibility and use of the site also in case of sea level rise. The projects must serve both as touristic facilities and, in case of future sea level rise, remain active as selfsufficient structures, and offer an opportunity to reconnect and create a network with the now isolated inland settlements.
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There were 11 people in attendance, and there were 13 bottles of wine available (make what ever assumptions you want to here about our consumption and the quality and volume of our ensuing discussion). There were several bottles of wine with expensive, ivory colored, papery-looking labels, with Italian sounding names (like Chateau Leoville Las Cases) embossed in either dark burgundy or black. You see, back in the old days, I would have bought those bottles of wine because: a:) I know nothing about wine, and as we have been taught by the likes of People Magazine, the more expensive looking, the better quality; and b:) the older it looks, the better is to supposed to taste (you know, that whole aging thing) more expensive it actually is.
The rest of the bottles of wine had glossy, irregularly shaped labels and sported names like Red Truck, Tin Roof, Pure Evil, Pillarbox Padthaway Red, and Boarding Pass Shiraz. I mean, for under $20, why wouldn't you try one of these bottles, for the name alone? As a matter of fact, I tend to discount the "fancy name" bottles of wine that are under $20.
Then comes the label design itself. Here are a few of my favorites:
Then comes the label design itself. Here are a few of my favorites:
I know that I have certainly spent $20 on worse looking things that can't even be consumed. I mean, really, how poor can these wines be? If they have someone in their employ that can come up with these designs, don't you suppose they have a tiny little bit of wine making talent?
I don't know who was the first winemaker to "break the mold" when it came to naming and labeling their wines, but I can tell you this: they have sold many a bottle of wine to this thirty-something consumer (and many of my friends) by name and label alone. Happy drinking! (and shopping!)


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July 31, 2017
The media landscape has evolved significantly since the birth of the first fashion magazines in the 1840s.
Digital and, in particular, social media, has revolutionized how media is consumed. Here is how the fashion media scene is changing:
1. Consumer clustering
Rather than typing in the webpage address of their favorite magazine, consumers are clustering in multi-functional social media and messaging applications to access all the fashion content that is relevant and interesting to them.
Publishers must grab attention in Instagram, Snapchat Discover or Twitter feeds to ensure their content is seen.
2. From programmatic to performance
Fashion retailers are shifting in budgets towards direct response marketing.
Programmatic spend has increased five-fold between 2013 and 2016 and now represents more than 70 percent of advertising spend.
Going forward, fashion retailers will need to re-balance brand and performance marketing spends to grow or defend brand affinity.
3. Customized content
Personalized custom content can create engaging brand experiences, early on in the consumer journey.
From smart, data-driven video messaging in mobile using real-time data, to digital baggage carousel screens in airports, there are now multiple ways to effectively target consumers using smart data.
4. Driving footfall via geolocation
Though traditionally seen as separate ecosystems, the digital world can be used to drive bricks-and-mortar purchasing through geo-targeted mobile advertising.
5. Publisher/retail convergence
Editorial storefronts with seamless fashion purchasing straight from editorial content will be popularized by publishers and retailers, with both competing for fashion customer eyeballs.
It is no surprise that Amazon is commissioning and producing its own shows for Amazon Prime, with its eye set on driving sales direct from programming.
6. Programmatic TV
Programmatic television is set to transform a category traditionally overlooked by luxury fashion brands.
TV advertising is the most talked-about form of advertising, and viewership remains stable with only a four-minute drop in average viewing times since 2006.
Advertising within clearly predefined audience segments will open up this crucial category for the industry.
7. Instant order
Consumers are increasingly in pursuit of instant gratification.
Partnerships with Like2buy and Amazon Pay allow Moda Operandi's Instagram followers to buy from their feed with minimal clicks.
Pinterest's Lens feature allows consumers to visually search for an item and purchase it, all without having to leave the app.
8. Shareable, influencer
To break through consumers' cluttered social media feeds, posts must have a purpose. They must be FUBI: funny, useful, beautiful or informational.
In-store and online content and experiences are underpinned by social influencers, which consumers want to share within their own social groups.
Brands are spreading their message via earned media.
9. OOH, out of the box
High impact, out-of-home advertising remains a major tool for driving brand awareness or delivering a revised brand image.
Real-time data can now be used for smart scheduling, based on weather or daypart, while anticipation can be built for launches and events such as fashion shows with live countdowns and reporting.
10. Print is dead, long live print
While it is often assumed that the Internet has killed print media, the category remains key within the fashion industry.
Print titles are evolving to heighten and maximize the readership experience, whether it be with the use of technology, as seen with Garage magazine, or through investing in iconic collectible issues.
FASHION MEDIA have now reached a strategic inflection point.
With the advent of mobile, consumers are spending two more hours per day – 10 hours and 3 minutes per day, up from 8 hours and 2 minutes – providing brands with an exciting yet increasingly complex set of opportunities to engage customers.
Tammy Smulders is global managing director of Havas LuxHub, London. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Preparing to enter the real world? Whether you're still in college or you've just graduated with a sports management degree in hand, get excited! Take your college education and combine it with your love of sports for a successful career in sports management that you'll love.
There are some great career options for someone with an educational background in sports management, including many where you can work your way up the ladder as a college grad.
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What kind of jobs can a sports management degree get you?
In short, this college degree gives you the chance to work in sports. Whether you're a school athlete looking to work in the sport you love, or you just enjoy watching games, a sports management degree is a gateway to a fulfilling sports management job.
Many graduates studying for a degree in sports management will most likely pursue a career in collegiate, amateur, or professional sports organizations. In North America, the sports industry is continuing to grow.
What does this mean for you? You might find yourself with a local sports club, college athletics program, or major professional sports team. As an athlete or sports enthusiast, this is a great way to find a dream job.
How much money can you make with a sports management degree?
According to PwC, the North American sports market was worth more than $71 billion in 2018. This includes more than $20 billion in sponsorships – fees paid to have a brand associated with a team, league, facility or event, including naming and category rights. Would you like a piece of this with a sports management job?
An athletic administrator that oversees some of the most important parts of an organization will hire new staff, coaches, and player personnel. Administration could lead to one of the best jobs in sports management as an athletic director. According to Payscale.com, the average U.S. salary is $59,000 a year, and depending on the location and school, you could earn upwards of $100,000.
As a sports mediator and/or arbitrator helping people (organizations, players, or coaches) involved in conflict come to an agreement, you're the peacemaker. According to Recruiter.com, the average U.S. salary for a mediator is about $65,000, but your salary will likely depend on where you live.
On the lower end of the pay scale, but a great option for recent graduates is the sports camp director. According to JobMonkey.com, the average U.S. salary of this sports management job is about $40,000. As camp director, you enable young athletes to learn the skills and values of sports via coaching, mentoring, and training. With a high volume of sports camps these days, it's likely you'll find a director position near you for many sports.
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What jobs can I get with a master's in sports management?
1. Financial manager
A financial manager in sports is responsible for an organization's funding and money. Just like a typical business wants to be financially stable, so does a sports team. In this sports management job, you may oversee player contracts and determine if the organization has the appropriate funds. Other responsibilities can include reviewing contracts and offers from local vendors. A financial manager for a sports team or organization is an important role, and a master's degree is an ideal asset for succeeding in this type of position.
2. Professor
After earning your master's degree in sports management, you can become qualified to then teach sports management to others. A path that comes full circle. Experience as a professor can, of course, lead to plenty of other college or university teaching positions if you wish to remain in education. As a professor in sports management or something similar, you'll help shape the next generation to pursue their own jobs in sports management.
3. Public relations
A master's degree can lead you to a job with a collegiate or professional sports team's public relations (PR) department. Working in PR is one of the best sports management jobs for those who thrive in an organization with various types of people – the public, the sports team, and the media. As a PR professional you'll look to increase the local interest and maintain the reputation of the team you represent. Advertising, marketing campaigns, and events raise the profile of your organization.
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Turbine Access System wins Carbon Trust Funding
Houlder and BMT Nigel Gee have announced they have been awarded a contract from The Carbon Trust as one of the selected participants in the Offshore Wind Accelerator Access (OWA-A) Competition. The competition, backed by the Trust and eight leading wind farm developers, challenged industry to think beyond traditional approaches, to enable access to the turbine structures for engineering personnel and equipment in further offshore windfarms that are being developed.
The Houlder / BMT Nigel Gee team has been selected to develop the existing Turbine Access System (TAS)® design to extend the concept's operability further offshore and into more onerous conditions.
The Turbine Access System (TAS)® is a lightweight motion compensated gangway that will provide safe and reliable access to turbine structures in seas of up to 2m significant wave height. The TAS is currently being fabricated and enhances safety by utilising a damped roller system which allows the vessel a degree of vertical movement at the foundation. It then executes crew transfer via a lightweight, motion compensated gangway. In contrast to other motion compensated systems, the TAS does not require dynamic positioning (DP) of the vessel and neither the TAS nor the vessel is connected to the turbine at any point. The First sale of the system, to operator Turbine Transfers Ltd, has recently been announced with sea trials expected before the end of the year.
Additional funding from the Carbon Trust enables Houlder and BMT Nigel Gee to develop a 'Mark II' concept and meet the challenges outlined by OWA-A programme. Specifically, this means providing operation and maintenance (O&M) access in seas of 3m significant wave height, as expected in the Mid-North Sea locations planned for future windfarm developments.
Rupert Hare, MD of Houlder said: "We are delighted that our commitment to helping windfarm developers overcome key challenges has been recognised and celebrated by this award. The Turbine Access System is a key project for both Houlder and BMT. It showcases our structural, mechanical, electrical and control system engineering skills in particular. The opportunity to continue to innovate and develop a solution for more onerous conditions is one we relish."


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On November 8, China shocked markets with its latest targeted stimulus in the form of an "unprecedented" lending directive ordering large banks to issue loans to private companies to at least one-third of new corporate lending, said Guo Shuqing, chairman of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission. The announcement sparked a new round of investor concerns about what is being unsaid about China's opaque, private enterprises, raising prospects of a fresh spike in bad assets.
Guo's comments were the latest attempt by authorities to try to improve funding access for China's non-state companies, which have been struggling to get bank loans in the aftermath of China's crackdown on shadow lending. More importantly, it was the first time financial regulators had given targets on private lending, confirmation that earlier efforts hadn't sparked the necessary credit activity.
More importantly, this is the first time China set formal goals for private lending, a step it refrained from even during the financial crisis of 2008 according to Bloomberg. The stimulus package it implemented at the time swelled bad debt levels, which now threaten to swallow any new money poured into private companies. Non-state firms defaulted on 67.4 billion yuan ($9.7 billion) of local bonds this year, 4.2 times that of 2017, while the overall Chinese market is headed for a year of record defaults in 2018.
According to commentators, the new policy was prompted by the need to ensure that China's private firms, already challenged by China's state-owned behemoths, survive amid a plunging stock market, record corporate defaults and a cooling economy. At the same time, the target for small and medium-sized banks is higher, at two-thirds of new corporate loans, with Guo adding that he wants to see loans to private companies account for at least half of total new corporate loans in three years.
But most importantly, this targeted lending will increase market concern on banks' "civic duty" with Huatai Securities predicting a new sharp spike in NPL ratio amid the accelerating economic slowdown, which would prove negative for short-term sentiment.
"There is desperation among regulators, and sometimes muddled polices are difficult to avoid under this kind of pressure," said Jiang Liangqing, a Beijing-based fund manager at Ruisen Capital Management. "Investors are voting with their feet."
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Also this week, PBOC Governor Yi announced a policy combination of "3 arrows" to support additional liquidity to the private sector, including bank loans, debt and equity financing. The arrows, per Goldman, were the following:
- Firstly, PBOC is looking into the possibility of promoting equity financing for private firms. The central bank is working with various financial institutions such as fund managers and brokerages on this initiative.
- Secondly, PBOC will expand a recently launched scheme to promote private firms' bond issuance in collaboration with financial regulators. Three companies have already raised 1.9 billion yuan of bonds with over-subscription, and 30 more private enterprises are preparing for bond issuance.
- Thirdly, PBOC will add a new metric in the MPA formula to encourage lending to private companies. They will also increase the supply of long term and reasonably priced funding for financial institutions (further RRR cuts would fit this goal, in our view).
As Goldman notes, "it is rare for a senior official to openly acknowledge previous policy missteps." As a result, this is likely in response to the recent meetings hosted by President Xi, especially the one with entrepreneurs. That meeting was unique in that it carried the highest political authority and at the same time was very specific in terms of the measures to be taken.
As such, it likely put the onus on senior officials who attended the meeting to act in a timely manner. While the governor stated there is no change in the overall monetary policy stance, which is described as prudent, and more support for the real economy via more bond issuance had been stated previously, his comment on past policy missteps suggests a change in policy stance. Rather, the reiteration of the current policy stance should be read more as an indication that the PBOC will be measured in terms of the size of additional loosening. In terms of more tangible measures, Goldman now sees a higher probability that TSF growth will accelerate from now, but likely at a very measured pace. Worse, many of these new funds will end up funding underperforming assets, resulting in a spike in on-performing loans and more bad debt.
Sure enough, overnight the Shanghai Composite was hammered again, sliding 1.4% to the lowest level since the end of September, and back below 2,600...
... while the Shenzhen Financial index sliding 2.2%, following another drop the previous day.
The Friday drop followed a Thursday rout when the news was first announced which saw the major banks tumble as a result of this latest government intervention in capital allocation, with the following results: Bank of Shanghai -4%, China Merchants Bank -4%, ICBC -3.3%, Agricultural Bank of China -2.9%, Industrial Bank -2.5%, Bank of China -1.6%, Bank of Communications -1.3%


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|"It all just went wrong"
Without going into essential detail, and admittedly, reliable reports became rare near the end, we have an unparalleled example of mass hysteria forever immortalized in the fervent, chaotic, hateful, romantic communications that characterized this tragic event, but whose grizzly aftermath reminds us of the senseless violence information can cause, and how it needs to be controlled for the good of the masses, and that honest communication between lovers is a good first step towards averting future twitter related massacres that afflict the innocent and guilty alike.
|Scrappy likes to have fun, do you like to have fun?
While a simultaneous possible hoax, sex tape of Shia Lebeouf/Justin Bieber with Scrappy The Wonder Dalmatian might have added fuel to the fire, as Scrappy The Wonder Dalmatian was a local hero from Volunteer Fire Troop No. 10, whose inaction allowed fire to consume the towns once vibrant city center, but instead a series of old but still poignant vendettas that came to life as the town lined up around the issue of Billy Mansetti who was paraded through the town with a decapitated cows head placed over his own with a haphazard straw based breathing apparatus, collapsing from aspirating "beefy chunks", who perished the following week when Anti-Mansetti partisans torched the hospital and several other pieces of vital infrastructure.
|It was an old warehouse that all the kids spent an entire weekend on...
While the adults of New Gamla Nebraska turned against their neighbor the Charismatic young drifter Timothy "Master Grievance" Parcel led a series of rap battles, whose original content centered around our common drives and dreams, along with his signature Moonwalk/Robot dance and hardluck past, interweaved with the towns recent tribulations. After an especially emotional set at the Mitchet Residence, Sally Mitchet had the emotional strength to confront her emotionally abusive father who responded by torching Parcel's Rap Capoeira Dojo and Lynching him on a street lamp outside as an"Example".
The rest of the story being fire, civilizations petty attempts to reassert itself, and a local bowling alley marketing itself as a fortified, wi-fi free structure for families to ride out the crisis while working on their game, which was partially destroyed when besieged by feral townies, before being rescued by the national guard, discovering they where the sole survivors of their once typical town.


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My Prince George summer
August 12, 2019 3:45 pm
Welcome to the fifth and final installment of my Green Dream blog. My original intention for this blog was to showcase some 3D visualizations in Esri's ArcGIS Pro, but, I can't seem to get my computer to cooperate.
Instead, I'd like to recap some of the adventures I've had this summer in Prince George and the surrounding area.


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First of all, is it just me, or do kids get a little class gift for every holiday now? In Sadie's school at least they get for Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day and I'm sure there's another one I'm forgetting. Anyway.
I always try to give something cute vs straight up candy all the time because I know they are going to get SO MUCH as it is. This year I saw these cute little
Adorable. I want them all for myself.
I paired the cute little
Came out pretty cute, if I say so myself. 🙂 I love Canva – it's the easiest tool to use for graphics! I also had these little cellophane bags from a previous gift for one of Sadie's classes and they were
I just cut out and folded the cards along the line I had made and it was a perfect bag topper! Come on – how cute are these?
I'm kind of obsessed and can't wait for Sadie to give them out to her classmates for Valentine's Day.
I also found these cute Krazy Straw Valentine's in my archives from when Sadie was only a couple years old. If you're stuck for
You just need the straws, a print out (found in the link above), a hole-puncher, scissors, tape and a sharpie or pen!
Sadie will also get some goodies just for her on Valentine's Day from Dave and I, but I love coming up with cute ideas for her class.
I remember back in our day only swapping those perforated paper Valentine's day cards and that was it! You were lucky if you got a package of candy conversation hearts (which were SO GROSS.)
How will you celebrate Valentine's Day?
If you have children, do they do class gifts? Do you remember doing them yourself?


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Dubai is located on the Eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, in the south west corner of the Arabian Gulf. It is extremely well known for its warm hospitality and rich cultural heritage, and the Emirati people are welcoming and generous in their approach to visitors. With year-round sunshine, intriguing deserts, beautiful beaches, luxurious hotels and shopping malls, fascinating heritage attractions and a thriving business community, Dubai receives millions of leisure and business visitors each year from around the world.
The local currency is the dirham, which is pegged at AED 3.67 to 1 US dollar. Dubai is tolerant and cosmopolitan and all visitors are welcome. However, Islam is a way of life in the city, and therefore tourists should adopt a certain level of cultural and religious sensitivity for the duration of their stay.
Attractions: Although Dubai is seen as a relatively young destination, it has a fascinating history and a vibrant heritage that offers visitors an intriguing glimpse into Arabian culture. A good place to start exploring the history and heritage of Dubai is the Dubai Museum: it is located inside Al Fahidi Fort, one of Dubai's oldest buildings dating back to 1787. There are other museums in Dubai and in surrounding emirates that also offer important insights into the history and growth of the city and of the United Arab Emirates.
City Attraction