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Sex ed mandate sparks bitter Washington state ballot fight

Democrats in the Washington state Legislature thought they had passed a routine sex education requirement for public schools earlier this year. But a coalition of Republicans and religious conservatives launched a swift, historic backlash that's led to a bitter partisan fight and an effort to overturn the measure on the November ballot.

State budget scrimps on replacing salmon-blocking culverts

Washington faces a federal court order to fix under-roadway pipes that block migrating fish by 2030, but a budget passed by lawmakers puts the state at risk of missing the deadline and could delay salmon recovery even as the Pacific Northwest’s endangered orcas are starving.

Senator Walsh apologizes for nurse comments

Washington State Senator Maureen Walsh apologizes for her comments about nurses "playing cards" on duty, made during debate over a bill requiring breaks for nurses. She was talking to KING 5 News in Seattle.

Spin Control: Math, civics pointers for the Occupy folks

OLYMPIA – It may be pointless to offer advice that hasn’t been requested, but should some leader of the Occupy movement ask I’d be happy to give it. This assumes, of course, that this is a movement and has a leader, the first of which is debatable and the second often denied. Still, minor problems like that never keep a reporter from sticking his nose into something.

Lawmaker wants successor rejected

OLYMPIA – An Everett lawmaker who argues she was unfairly defeated wants the state Senate to reject her successor while Attorney General Rob McKenna pursues a campaign-finance lawsuit. Sen. Jean Berkey, D-Everett, was narrowly defeated in August’s primary for the state’s 38th Legislative District. But the state Public Disclosure Commission later found that Democrat-aligned interest groups and a liberal political consultant conspired to hide who was paying for anti-Berkey campaign materials.

Agencies told to outline duties

Washington state agencies have been ordered to compile a list of their tasks – and whether they’re required by federal law or the state constitution – in preparation for budget cuts next year. An Oct. 15 memo from the state Office of Financial Management, the governor’s budget agency, tells all agency directors to describe the work their agency does, the number of employees the work takes and the amount it costs the state’s general fund.

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Session Notebook

Panel passes GOP transportation bill The Republican plan to raise $2.4 billion for highways without boosting the gasoline tax heads for a Senate vote after barely clearing committee Tuesday night. The measure, the centerpiece of the majority party's agenda this session, cleared the Ways and Means Committee without a vote to spare. Sen. Shirley Winsley, R-Lakewood, one of three moderates who are skeptical about the plan, voted with a solid bloc of Democrats in opposition.


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Prohibited List

The List of Prohibited Substances and Methods, updated annually by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), is the International Standard defining what is prohibited In-Competition and Out-of-Competition. The List also indicates whether particular substances are banned in particular sports. WADA reviews and updates the List annually and the most current edition of the List is posted on WADA's website at: . The updated Prohibited List comes into effect on 1 January every year.

For easier access, the List is now available on the various mobile devices and platforms. Visit the Prohibited List mobile site or download the application for iPhones.

Athletes should know that, under the Code, they are strictly liable whenever a prohibited substance is found in their urine or blood sample. This means that a violation occurs whether or not the athlete intentionally, knowingly or unknowingly, used a prohibited substance or was negligent or otherwise at fault. It is therefore very important for athletes to understand not only what is prohibited, but also what might potentially cause an inadvertent doping violation.

Athletes should always check with their International Federation or Anti-Doping Singapore (ADS) to find out what additional substances and methods are prohibited in their sport.  Athletes should always make their doctor aware that they are athletes and about using drugs in the List. Those who are unsure of what a product contains should not take it until they are sure it is not prohibited. Ignorance is never an excuse.

MedicationAthletes, like anyone, may at times experience a medical condition that requires them to use particular medicines.  The substances that an athlete may be required to take to treat a condition could fall under the List. However, by applying and obtaining a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) from your International Federation or ADS, an athlete may be allowed to take the necessary medicine.

Athletes who need to apply for a TUE should request more information about the TUE application process from their International Federation (for international-level athletes) or ADS (for national-level athletes). For information about applying for a TUE from ADS, please refer to the Therapeutic Use Exemption  section.

Athletes can check if the medication is a Prohibited Substance or the method of treatment is a Prohibited Method under the List by one of the following ways:

  1. Anti-Doping Singapore's (ADS) Check Drugs Database
    For list of medications registered in Singapore

  2. Global Drug Reference Online
    For list of medications registered in Australia, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, the USA and Switzerland

  3. Hong Kong Anti-Doping Committee's Drug in Sport
    For list of medications registered in Hong Kong

  4. Irish Pharmacy's Drug in Sport Database (endorsed by the Irish Sports Council)
    For list of medications registered in Ireland

Athletes planning to travel abroad are advised to:

  • Take enough medication to continue any treatment for the duration of the trip

  • Check the medication is permitted in the country of travel and whether it is permitted to bring through customs

Any products purchased overseas should be carefully checked. The ingredients in common medications can and do contain different substances to those available in Singapore.

Some countries have different customs laws that may prohibit the import of certain substances into a particular country. Athletes carrying a prohibited substance for a legitimate medical condition, should carry the following documents at all times:

  • The prescription from the prescribing doctor including the name of the substance, the dose and the frequency of use

  • The TUE Certificate to demonstrate that an authorised anti-doping organisation has permitted the use of a prohibited substance for medical purposes
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If you think social media in sports is only booming in the United States, think again. Europe’s first sports social media site is now up and running, A free site that combines the best videos, blogs, news, and debates from the world of sports is now in one central location, where fans have the ability…

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The Chicago Blackhawks are the Stanley Cup champions, after beating the Boston Bruins on Monday. The Hawks won their fifth Stanley Cup in franchise history and their second in the last four seasons. The Windy City representatives rode a dominating regular season into the playoffs and – aside from having some trouble with the Red…

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Best Catches in IPL

There are have been many outstanding catches taken over the years since IPL has started. It is tough to say which is the best out of all as all of them are magnificent. Here are some of them, being the best considering the situation of the match.

#5) David Hussey

We know Australians for their exceptional fielding. In the match against Delhi Daredevils, Hussey showed an exceptional piece of brilliance near the boundary. Paul Collingwood hit a ball to deep mid-wicket where Hussey was stationed. He timed his jump and held onto the ball but couldn’t keep his balance and went out of the boundary ropes.

David Hussey made sure he kept the ball in play, came back to play, and takes it with one hand before diving to his front. He showed a magnificent presence of mind around the boundary there. It was a lovely piece of cricket at the periphery of the ground and was considered as one of the best catches of the tournament.

#4) Dwayne Bravo

The West Indian is known for his all-rounder abilities across the globe. He took an incredible catch to dismiss Shane Watson. He put up a perfectly timed jump to pull a stunner with his right hand. “It was a fluke, I stuck my hand out and the ball stuck there,” he told to the press after the match.

Dwayne Bravo is a wonderful fielder and has taken many more wonderful catches all his career, but this stands at the top of the list.

#3) Kieron Pollard

The big man from the Caribbean has never failed to impress the crowd from his skills on the field. It is very difficult to say which catch is the best among all the catches the big man has held on to. In the match against CSK Suresh Raina had already hit two boundaries and was about to claim the third, but his fortunes ended there as Pollard had come in the way.

This happened when Jason Behrendorff bowled the last ball of the fifth over. Raina slashed the ball from outside off. Kieron Pollard jumped high into the air and took a one-handed stunner and rolled over just away from the boundary ropes.

#2) Trent Boult

Usually, fast bowlers are not great fielders, but there are exceptions like Boult who took a stunner in the match against RCB. Virat Kohli had hit a full toss of Harshal Patel to deep square and was expecting to collect another six into his pile.

But something else was destined as Trent Boult had put up a perfectly timed jump and had extended his right hand to pluck it out of nowhere and landed on his tummy only inches away from the ropes. Even Virat told he doesn’t mind getting out to such catches. Imagine the level of that catch for that sentence to come out of Virat’s mouth.

#1) Ab de Villiers

As we all know AB is stunning to watch on a cricket field, there are only a few players in the world who can do what AB can. In the match against SRH, RCB had put up a mammoth total and SRH was behind the asking rate. Alex Hales in order to pick the scoring rate up went for a shot towards the deep mid-wicket. But it seemed as if he was not aware of who was protecting the ropes there, and at the end, he paid for it.

Actually, AB de Villiers had got into a dangerous position as the ball had some curve on it. The second he took the jump he realized his body was a bit outside, so he had to put his right arm out and pulled out a blinder. “That was spiderman stuff,” Kohli said. The gravity-defying act proves his fitness and the legacy he has in the game.

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You may have seen Cat Cafe Manila try to claim as the first cat cafe in Metro Manila, only to be beaten to the punch by Miao. But they’re not giving up, no.

Cat Cafe Manila is targeting an April launch in the Maginhawa strip of Quezon City. Their attempts at Kickstarter (has since been deleted) and Thunderclap has given them more than enough resources to get started.

Most of their cats will be sourced from CARA, an animal welfare organization in the Philippines, similar to PAWS.

Keep an eye on their development at https://www.facebook.com/catcafemanila and subscribe to their twitter at https://twitter.com/catcafemanila.

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Multitasking – not so bad for you after all?

Study uncovers a possible positive effect of using multiple forms of media at the same time

Our obsession with multiple forms of media is not necessarily all bad news, according to a new study by Kelvin Lui and Alan Wong from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Their work shows that those who frequently use different types of media at the same time appear to be better at integrating information from multiple senses - vision and hearing in this instance - when asked to perform a specific task. This may be due to their experience of spreading their attention to different sources of information while media multitasking. Their study is published online in Springer's Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
To date, there has been a lot of publicity about the detrimental aspects of media multitasking - using more than one form of media or technology simultaneously. Especially prevalent in young people, this could be instant messaging, music, web surfing, e-mail, online videos, computer games or social networking. Research has demonstrated impairments during certain cognitive tasks involving task switching, selective attention and working memory, both in the laboratory and in real-life situations. This type of cognitive impairment may be due to the fact that multitaskers tend to pay attention to various sources of information available in their environment, without sufficient focus on the information most relevant to the task at hand.
But does this cognitive style have any advantages? Lui and Wong's study explored the differences be-tween media multitaskers' tendency and ability to capture information from seemingly irrelevant sources. In particular, they assessed how much two different groups (frequent multitaskers and light multitaskers) could integrate visual and auditory information automatically.
A total of 63 participants, aged 19-28 years, took part in the experiment. They completed questionnaires looking at their media usage - both time spent using various media and the extent to which they used more than one at a time. The participants were then set a visual search task, with and without synchro-nous sound, i.e. a short auditory pip, which contained no information about the visual target's location, but indicated the instant it changed color.
On average, participants regularly received information from at least three media at the same time. Those who media multitasked the most tended to be more efficient at multisensory integration. In other words, they performed better in the task when the tone was present than when it was absent. They also per-formed worse than light media multitaskers in the tasks without the tone. It appears that their ability to routinely take in information from a number of different sources made it easier for them to use the unex-pected auditory signal in the task with tone, leading to a large improvement in performance in the pres-ence of the tone.
The authors conclude: "Although the present findings do not demonstrate any causal effect, they highlight an interesting possibility of the effect of media multitasking on certain cognitive abilities, multisensory integration in particular. Media multitasking may not always be a bad thing."
Lui FH & Wong ACN (2012). Does media multi-tasking always hurt? A positive correlation between multitasking and multisensory integration. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. DOI 10.3758/s13423-012-0245-7
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Video – Ex-Spurs star believes he knows the root of the unsettled dressing room

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Tottenham Hotspur have certainly reached a new level in the past year under Mauricio Pochettino after reaching their first-ever Champions League Final.

When the Argentine first took over, Spurs were on the brink of achieving Champions League football, but they have since becoming regulars and now even challengers.

As the stature of the club increases and the prize money with it, new contracts tend to include increased wages for the players.

Ex-Spurs star, David Bentley, believes that putting the likes of Kane on top money while leaving others like Eriksen on a lot less can cause dressing room unrest.

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SQL Server: Resolving DateTime Conversion Errors

Sometimes your queries may return errors when using DateTime values. Consider the following select statement

select cast('19/12/2000' as datetime)

This statement will fail with the following error message:

Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 2
The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value.

The reason is that SQL Server either does not recognize the input date format or the date is invalid. It is important to know the Server's date setting before using any date formats in your queries.

There is a DBCC command which can be used to determine the current date format

When you run the code, the third row gives you the current dateformat. It is mdy on my machine, so you should input dates in mm-dd-yyyy format. If it is dmy, you should input it in dd-mm-yyyy format. The input format in most cases, should be based on the server's date format.

Now when you run the following code by formatting dates in mdy format (in sync with your machine format), it works fine:

select cast('12/19/2000' as datetime)

Note: It is also better to use an unambiguous date format YYYYMMDD HH:MM:SS which will work for all date settings.

About The Author

Madhivanan,an MSc computer Science graduate from Chennai-India, works as a works as a Lead Subject Matter Expert at a company that simplifies BIG data. He started his career as a developer working with Visual Basic 6.0, SQL Server 2000 and Crystal Report 8. As years went by, he started working more on writing queries in SQL Server. He now has good level of knowledge in SQLServer, Oracle, MySQL and PostgreSQL as well. He is also one of the leading posters at www.sqlteam.com and a moderator at www.sql-server-performance.com. His T-sql blog is at http://beyondrelational.com/blogs/madhivanan

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Smith, Wadada Leo / Douglas R. Ewart / Mike Reed: Sun Beans of Shimmering Light (Astral Spirits)

Brass, winds and percussion bring a beautiful dialog of spiritually rich improvsations from the trio of Wadada Leo Smith on trumpet, Douglas Ewart on reeds & wind instruments, and Mike Reed on drums, recording in the studio in 2015 for five contemplative, often meditative, yet always bold dialogs that use spacious and free timing that showcases each player's masterful skills.

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"Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith: trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist, composer and improviser has been active in creative contemporary music for over forty years. His systemic music language Ankhrasmation is significant in his development as an artist and educator.

Born in Leland, Mississippi, Smith's early musical life began in the high school concert and marching bands. At the age of thirteen, he became involved with the Delta Blues and Improvisation music traditions. He received his formal musical education with his stepfather Alex Wallace, the U.S. Military band program (1963), Sherwood School of Music (1967-69), and Wesleyan University (1975-76). Mr. Smith has studied a variety of music cultures: African, Japanese, Indonesian, European and American.

He has taught at the University of New Haven (1975-'76), the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, NY (1975-'78), and Bard College (1987-'93). He is currently a faculty member at The Herb Alpert School of Music at California Institute of the Arts. He is the director of the African-American Improvisational Music program, and is a member of ASCAP, Chamber Music America, and the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.

Mr. Smith's awards and commissions include: MAP Fund Award for "Ten Freedom Summers" (2011), Chamber Music America New Works Grant (2010), NEA Recording Grant (2010), Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2009-2010), Other Minds residency and "Taif", a string quartet commission (2008), Fellow of the Jurassic Foundation (2008), FONT(Festival of New Trumpet) Award of Recognition (2008), Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Award (2005), Islamic World Arts Initiative of Arts International (2004), Fellow of the Civitela Foundation (2003), Fellow at the Atlantic Center for the Arts (2001), "Third Culture Copenhagen" in Denmark-presented a paper on Ankhrasmation (1996), Meet the Composer/Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Commissioning Program (1996), Asian Cultural Council Grantee to Japan (June-August 1993), Meet the Composer/Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Commissioning Program (1990), New York Foundation on the Arts Fellowship in Music (1990), Numerous Meet the Composer Grants (since 1977), and National Endowment for the Arts Music Grants (1972, 1974, 1981).

Mr. Smith's music philosophy Notes (8 Pieces) Source a New. World Music: Creative Music has been published by Kiom Press (1973), translated and published in Japan by Zen-On Music Company Ltd. (1976). In 1981 Notes was translated into Italian and published by Nistri-Litschi Editori.

He was invited to a conference of artists, scientists and philosophers "Third Culture Copenhagen" in Denmark 1996, and presented a paper on his Ankhrasmation music theory and notational system for creative musicians. His interview was recorded for Denmark T.V., broadcasted September 1996.

Some of the artists Mr. Smith has performed with are : Muhal Richard Abrams, Anthony Braxton, Leroy Jenkins, Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Richard Teitelbaum, Joseph Jarman, George Lewis, Cecil Taylor, Andrew Cyrill, Oliver Lake, Anthony Davis, Carla Bley, David Murray, Don Cherry, Jeanne Lee, Milton Campbell, Henry Brant, Richard Davis, Tadao Sawai, Ed Blackwell, Sabu Toyozumi, Peter Kowald, Kazuko Shiraishi, Han Bennink, Misja Mengelberg, Marion Brown, Kazutoki Umezu, Kosei Yamamoto, Charlie Haden, Kang Tae Hwan, Kim Dae Hwan, Tom Buckner, Malachi Favors Magoustous and Jack Dejohnette among many others.

Mr. Smith currently has three ensembles: Golden Quartet, Silver Orchestra, and Organic. His compositions have also been performed by other contemporary music ensembles: AACM-Orchestra, Kronos Quartet, Da Capo Chamber Player, New Century Players, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Contemporary Chamber Players (University of Chicago), S.E.M. Ensemble, Southwest Chamber Music, Del Sol String Quartet, New York New Music Ensemble, ne(x)tworks, and California E.A.R. Unit.

Mr. Smith's music for multi-ensembles has been performed since 1969. "Tabligh" for double-ensemble was performed by Golden Quartet and Classical Persian ensemble at Merkin Concert Hall (2006) and by Golden Quartet and Suleyman Erguner's Classical Turkish ensemble at Akbank Music Festival in Istanbul (2007). His largest work "Odwira" for 12 multi-ensembles (52 instrumentalists) was performed at California Institute of the Arts (March 1995). His Noh piece "Heart Reflections" was performed in Merkin Concert Hall, NY (November 1996)."

-Wadada Leo Smith Website (http://www.wadadaleosmith.com/pages/bio.html)

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"Perhaps best known as a composer, improviser, sculptor and maker of masks and instruments, Douglas R. Ewart is also an educator, lecturer, arts organization consultant and all around visionary. In projects done in diverse media throughout an award-winning and widely-acclaimed 40-year career, Mr. Ewart has woven his remarkably broad gifts into a single sensibility that encourages and celebrates--as an antidote to the divisions and compartmentalization afflicting modern life-the wholeness of individuals in culturally active communities.

Born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1946, Douglas R. Ewart immigrated to Chicago, Illinois in the United States in 1963. His travels throughout the world and interactions with diverse people since then has, again and again confirmed his view that the world is an interdependent entity. An example of his efforts both to study and to contribute to this interdependence is his use of his prestigious 1987 U.S.-Japan Creative Arts Fellowship to study both modern Japanese culture and the traditional Buddhist shakuhachi flute, and also to give public performances while in Japan.

In America, his determination to spread his perspective is part of the inspiration behind his often multi-disciplinary works and their encouragement of artist-audience interactions. It is also the basis of the teaching philosophy with which he guides his classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he has taught since 1990, and the basis of the perspective he has brought to his service on advisory boards for institutions such as The National Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer (New York City) and Arts Midwest. Mr. Ewart uses his past experience as chairman of the internationally renowned Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) to celebrate and build upon the history and achievements of the organization, and is from this perspective a natural extension of the activities he has been engaged in for the past four decades.

His administrative, teaching and other duties have not prevented Ewart from maintaining several musical ensembles, the Nyahbingi Drum Choir. the Clarinet Choir, Douglas R. Ewart & Inventions, Douglas R. Ewart & Quasar and Douglas R. Ewart & Stringnets. Nor has it prevented him from releasing some of the resulting music on his own record label, Aarawak Records (founded in 1983), which has released his Red Hills and Bamboo Forest, Bamboo Meditations at Banff, Angles of Entrance, New Beings, and Velvet Fire.Always seeking new ways to be an agent of transformation, and convinced that compositions should change, just as their performers do, Ewart has created new or revised musical forms, such has his suite "Music from the Bamboo Forest," which is in a state of constant evolution (its score currently comprises six movements employing a cornucopia of flutes, reeds, percussion instruments--many of them handmade -- and significant audience participation). Each performance or production by Ewart reflects time-tested structures, but each also incorporates his most immediate experiences of America and the world, and taps his many creative engagements with collaborators such the master musicians as Muhal Richard Abrams, Amina Myers, Beah Richards, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Anthony Braxton, Alvin Curran, Anthony Davis, Von Freeman, Fred Anderson, Joseph Jarman, Yusef Lateef, Roscoe Mitchell, Ajule Sonny Rutlin, Rita Warford, Dee Alexander, Robert Dick, George E. Lewis, James Newton, Cecil Taylor, Richard Teitelbaum and Henry Threadgill.

Beyond sound itself, Ewart's music finds natural extensions (in every sense of the word) in the instruments he makes, which run the gamut from unique wind instruments to percussion instruments. Beyond these are sculptures, sound sculptures, and individually handcrafted masks that have been exhibited at Museum of Contemporary Art and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others. All these elements of his art are on display every year in Chicago and in other cities in stagings of "Crepuscule," which in Ewart's own opinion best represents his celebratory spontaneity and commitment to organic inclusivity. A massive collective composition, "Crepuscule" is a celebration of sunset that brings together diverse musical groups, dancers, artists and activist for a musical and visual event that has become one of the signature programs of the Jazz Institute of Chicago, being held annually at the city's Washington Park. Ewart improvises with the scores of other performers who come together for "Crepuscule" by using not only well-known wind instruments but also his own wondrously inventive percussion instruments (crutches, oars and skis transformed by cymbals and bells). In addition to having been adopted as an annual ritual in Chicago, "Crepuscule" has been performed in Philadelphia, PA and Minneapolis, MN, and employed by the Banlieues Bleues Festival in Paris, France to unite the diverse artistic and ethnic cultures of Paris' inner city communities.

Ewart is the winner of the Bush Artists Fellowship (1997), Minnesota ComposersForum/McKnight Foundation fellowships, Jerome Foundation grants, Mayor Harold Washington's Outstanding Artist Award and a Naropa Institute residency among many other honors. He has performed at the Moers International Festival (Germany), at the University of Puerto Rico San Juan, throughout Brazil, in Tokyo, Perth, Havana, Paris, Stockholm, London, Düsseldorf and Berlin; in the U.S. he has performed at Mobius (Boston), The Contemporary Art Center (New Orleans), the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), the Science Museum (St. Paul), 1750 Arch Street (Berkeley), Painted Bride (Philadelphia), Creative Arts Collective (Detroit), Lincoln Park Zoo and the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago), Merkin Hall, the Public Theater, The Kitchen and Carnegie Hall (New York). He has led workshops and lectured at Louisiana Nature Center (New Orleans), University of Illinois Unit One (Champaign), the Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC.), Northwestern University (Evanston), University of Chicago and the Banff Center for the Arts (Alberta, Canada)."

-Douglas Ewart Website (https://douglasewart.com/bio)

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"Mike Reed (b. Bielefeld, Germany May 26, 1974) is a musician, composer, bandleader and arts presenter based in Chicago. Over the last two decades he has emerged as a dominant force within Chicago's diverse artistic community, both through the music he makes and the live events he produces. In addition to leading or co-leading several working bands, all rooted deeply in jazz and improvised music, he's founding director of the Pitchfork Music Festival, the current programming chair of the Chicago Jazz Festival, and the owner and director of the acclaimed performing arts venue Constellation. He is a devoted cultural advocate committed to providing platforms for artistic expression unhindered by commercial pressures. In 2016 he also became the owner of the Hungry Brain, a cozy neighborhood tavern that's been a fulcrum for live creative music and socially-driven public programs.

His long-running post-bop quartet People, Places & Things has collaborated with guest musicians like Ira Sullivan, Julian Priester, Art Hoyle, Craig Taborn, and Matthew Shipp over the years. An expanded iteration of that project called Flesh & Bone, augmented by additional horn players and vocalist/poet Marvin Tate Reed, has pushed the project in new directions. The endeavor was initiated by the leader's deeply personal reaction to a race riot he found himself in the midst of in the town of Prerov in the Czech Republic during a 2009 tour. Reed also leads an improvisation-heavy quintet called Loose Assembly as well as the expansive octet Living by Lanterns (with includes guitarist Mary Halvorson, cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum, drummer Tomas Fujiwara, and saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock). Over the last couple of years he's played in Artifacts, a collective trio with flutist Nicole Mitchell and cellist Tomeka Reid, devoted to interpreting music by members of the AACM-a body of work rarely interpreted by musicians other than the composers.

In addition to forging ongoing collaborative relationships with first-wave AACM figures like the legendary reedist Roscoe Mitchell and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, Reed remains a lynchpin in his native city, working as a key member of vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz's trio Sun Rooms as well as the octet led by bassist Jason Roebke. Over the years he was worked with Chicago musicians like guitarist Jeff Parker, flutist Nicole Mitchell, saxophonists Fred Anderson, and cornetist Rob Mazurek. He's a member of Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), where he served as vice-chairperson between 2009-2011. Downbeat Magazine has regularly recognized Reed as Jazz Artist, Rising Star in in its annual Critics Poll since 2009, and one of the 80 Best Things About Jazz in its 80th Anniversary issue. In 2010 The Chicago Tribune named Reed as one of its Chicagoans of the year and in 2014 Chicago Magazine cited him as the 94th most powerful and influential person in the city. In 2016 Reed was awarded a prestigious United States Artists fellowship from the Doris Duke Foundation, recognized for his "unique artistic voice that expands the creative environment of the United States."

Reed's organizational talents first surfaced when he and cornetist Josh Berman launched the Sunday Transmission series at the Hungry Brain in 2000. That weekly series as remained a crucial nexus of performance and socializing for jazz and improvised musicians in Chicago, and it opened the door for Reed's entrepreneurial side. In 2005 he parlayed his increased experience into large multi-day music festivals in partnership with the influential music website Pitchfork; the event is now one of the most important summer music festivals in the world. Soon he joined the committee that programs the annual Chicago Jazz Festival-the largest free jazz festival in the world. He also helped launch the city's Downtown Sound music series, a free weekly concert program presented in Millennium Park that has featured an eclectic mix of indie rock, world music, and contemporary soul, and he remains involved with its programming.

His interest in programming a widening range of performance reached its apex in the spring of 2013 when he opened Constellation, a multi-room venue that rapidly made its mark on the local arts scene. From the outset he partnered with the renowned Chicago dance organization Links Hall to program nightly events. As a building partner, Links Hall brings decades of experience fostering artistic growth in dance, performance art, film and other media, while Reed has quickly established Constellation as a hothouse for jazz, improvised, experimental, and contemporary classical music. Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune has called it, "one of the most important rooms in the city," and in its first year in business, the Chicago Reader named the space the Best New Music Venue."

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"Three significant forces spanning two generations of the forward-thinking Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians meet in a poised recital on Sun Beans of Shimmering Light. Although recorded in 2015 at drummer Mike Reed's Constellation arts space in Chicago, the concert's genesis lies some five years earlier and 700 miles to the east.

When Reed's band People, Places & Things played the 2010 Vision Festival in NYC on the same evening as Wadada Leo Smith, the trumpeter said that they must get together. As Reed told writer Howard Reich, he thought Smith was being polite and thought no more of it. But during a subsequent encounter with multi-instrumentalist Douglas Ewart, the elder man reiterated Smith's desire. All three finally united in 2012, an occasion so successful that further meetings occurred in the following years, the last of which furnished this live recording.

While none of the pieces is credited on the sleeve, Smith and Ewart both brought charts to earlier dates, and it's easy to imagine preconception at work in the ordered but spacious interplay which makes up the five selections on the 45-minute program. The presence of three form-seeking improvisers means that where notation ends and individual expression begins is deliciously unclear. Such ambiguity and unpredictability hallmarks some of the finest music, and it's stamped all over this session.

Smith's ethos that the silence around a note is as important as the note itself is evidently shared. His trumpet mingles in measured counterpoint with Ewart's bassoon in a chamber sensibility at the start of "Constellations And Conjunctional Spaces," not disturbed by Reed's small percussion grounding. Reed buoys up further elegant interaction as Ewart's sopranino saxophone ululations threads through Smith's declamatory brass as the track proceeds. The beautiful plaintive air of the title cut constitutes another of the high points in a consistently rewarding performance.

Smith's sound exudes gravitas and a blues feeling, even though the structure is never invoked. He filters the lyricism of Miles Davis through an abstract prism. Ewart matches him with lines which variously recall hymns and folk music, while also using an array of horns and small instruments to vary the colors and balance. Reed shows himself to be a wonderfully crisp and precise drummer, evidencing an almost orchestral conception in his placement of rhythmic elements, although none of the pieces displays a steady pulse.

Setting aside the question of whether the title is a typo (it appears often enough on the sleeve to imply intent), its suggestion of an organic entity growing out of something ineffable is an apt metaphor for the consummate artistry contained within. While the repeatability of this threesome remains unknown, this set provides an account to treasure."-John Sharpe, All About Jazz

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When visitors to the Minnesota State Capitol view a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr., Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey or author-environmentalist Sigurd Olson, they may not be aware that these statues–and many more like them–were created by George Bassett, a now 92-year-old artist who lives in Winnebago, Minn. His work is on exhibit throughout Minnesota and beyond, and he’s still working.

In Winnebago, his local claim to fame is the life-size bronze statue of a golfer at the Riverside Town and Country Club, located between Winnebago and Blue Earth. As with many of his sculptures of more famous people, Bassett had a live model for the statue. Derek Abel, who was 14 years old at the time, played golf on the course and was a member of the Blue Earth varsity golf team. The bronze statue was unveiled 10 years ago.

“Derek was the perfect model,” Bassett said. “I like to use live models when I can. I usually make a small sketch first to get proportions. The model poses for the sketch if possible, including Hubert Humphrey, who later wrote me a nice letter.

George Bassett with his original sculpture of John Paul II from which rubber molds were made. Photo by Carlienne Frisch

“Using the sketch, I make an armature of wire and pipe, fill it in with Styrofoam and put a thin layer of clay over the Styrofoam. When that sets, I make a silicone rubber mold of that, brushing on the rubber thinly, maybe one-half inch thick. Then I cut the rubber and peel it off. I put wax into the rubber mold, about one-quarter inch thick. After I peel off the rubber from the wax, I apply ceramic mold over the wax, then burn the wax out, hence it’s called the ‘lost wax method.’”

At that point, the heated mold is ready for Bassett to put the hot bronze into it. He used to do this in his workshop, just across the yard from his rural Winnebago home. For the past many years, though, he has taken the wax or the clay mold to a foundry, Casting Creations in Howard Lake, where the process is completed. The body parts are welded together, and Bassett applies a patina to give the sculpture color–light brown, dark brown or reddish–and helps mount it on a pedestal.

As Bassett rubbed shoulders with quite a few notables, he made a number of “kicking Democratic donkeys,” all from the same mold. Over time, the Democratic symbol found a home with Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Sen. Ted Kennedy, and Minnesota governors Rudy Perpich and Wendell Anderson.

Bassett’s work has not focused solely on well-known persons. His pride of workmanship is evident when he discusses the statue of Danish immigrants that he created for the city of Albert Lea. He also designed the pool and mermaid at that location, using his daughter as a model for the mermaid.

Bassett could be described as a “Renaissance man.” In addition to sculpting, he has made stained glass windows and etchings, and he paints in a variety of mediums. The Winnebago Museum displays two of Bassett’s works–Ten Thousand Years Ago, a mural that depicts the area around Winnebago during the glacial period, and Four Thousand Years Ago, a mural that illustrates a buffalo hunt. In 1990, he created a 6-foot by 8-foot mural, depicting scenes from each of the wars in which Americans fought, up through the Vietnam conflict. The mural is on display at the American Legion Club in Blue Earth.

Bassett’s patriotism has deep roots. His French-Canadian ancestors settled in the American colonies and served with the colonists during the American Revolution. His great-grandfathers came to Minnesota in covered wagons.

Bassett grew up in Blue Earth during the Great Depression. After graduating from Blue Earth High School, he entered the U.S. Army and served in Europe. When WWII ended, he took the opportunity to remain in Europe to study European art and architecture. He lived in Naples, Italy, where he took art lessons.

When Bassett returned to Minnesota, he enrolled at St. Thomas College in St. Paul. There he studied art under Dr. Hugo Reny, a portrait artist and medical illustrator. After obtaining a degree, Bassett returned to the family homestead on the banks of the Blue Earth River, where he farmed while teaching art in public schools. He always pursued his own varied creative interests, for which payment came from a variety of sources.

Rubber molds were made of this original clay sculpture of Little Crow. Photo by Carlienne Frisch

“For any artwork being done, doors in a church for instance, you apply for a commission,” Bassett explained. “It’s publicized for applicants by a committee or a private person who wants something done. Many commissions come from historical societies. Right now I’m seeking a sponsor for a sculpture of the Dakota Chief Little Crow. I’ve been working with the Lower Sioux in Redwood Falls.”

Displaying in a gallery is another means of marketing. Bassett used to be with a Twin Cities gallery. Direct marketing is another outlet. Bassett has sold bear figures to Cargill and a horse figure to Pillsbury.

The subjects of Bassett’s sculptures vary. They include the American West, the circus, ballet figures, children, animals, birds and sports. Many of his smaller sculptures are displayed in his home, while others are displayed around the state. The St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Blue Earth boasts a Bassett sculpture of Pope John Paul II. There’s a Bassett-created bust of Sigurd Olson in Ashland, Wis. Since 1986, the Sumner Library in Hennepin County has displayed a smaller version of Bassett’s Martin Luther King, Jr., sculpture. It had served as a model for the larger sculpture that was destined for the state Capitol. Bassett donated the original smaller sculpture to the library because it served a growing African-American population.

With more than seven decades of creativity behind him, Bassett isn’t about to close up shop. His current labor of love is an in-progress bust of his wife, Irene, when she was about age 50. The Bassetts, both 92 years old, have been married 68 years. They met as children, attending the same church and the same grade in school. But, that’s another story.

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Product authentication and brand recognition can also be implemented to prevent the usage of low-quality or hazardous batteries, or other non-suitable accessories.

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WOMEN IN SPORTS By Jonathan Komen | April 16th 2021
Malkia Strikers when they left Cameroon for Nairobi. [File, Standard]

It’s every sportsman’s dream to compete at the biggest multi-sport bonanza –the Olympic Games.

And Malkia Strikers centre blocker Joan Chelang’at now has her work cut out.

One of her best shows was when she led the national team to victory at the 2015 African Games in Congo Brazzaville.

That year, she also wore the Africa Nations Championship crown with Malkia Strikers.

Leading Kenya’s second tier side in Congo was no mean feat for Chelang’at. It no doubt silenced her critics.

“I had the best feelings. It stands out as my biggest achievement in my sports career,” said Chelang’at.

Malkia Strikers have been in a bubble camp at Kenyatta University for three weeks in preparation for the Summer Olympics that starts on July 24.

It is now less than 100 days to the games and no one is assured of a slot in the last 12, not even head coach Paul Bitok knows if he will lead the national team, but the coach is promising a good show when players like Chelang’at are in his team.

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“If I am retained as the head coach, then I can promise you that we’ll win at least a game in Japan,” said Bitok.

Malkia Strikers and Kenya Prisons centre blocker Joan Cheleng'at. [Courtesy]

That uncertainty is understandable, especially after the International Volleyball Federation - FIVB seconded two Brazilian coaches to aid Kenya’s preparations with hopes that the national team will improve performance in her third Olympic appearances.

This is a normal practice anyway. It has been done before, even when Bitok handled the team at the 2011 FIVB World Championship in Japan.

Kenya is in the same group with hosts Japan, Brazil, South Korea, Serbia and the Dominican Republic.

It appears a tough national assignment for a team that has finished bottom in all their appearances at the Olympics.

But Chela, as she is fondly known in volleyball circles, has promised to immerse herself into the deep and crucial centre blocking position if named in the final squad to Japan.

“I am in a good form at the moment and Olympics is one championship that I have been looking forward to in my career. I will give my all for the nation,” says Chelagat, who studied at Lugulu Girls High School.

Like her team mates, the mother of two must sacrifice a lot. Being locked in a bubble training means she cannot meet her two sons –Wayne Rooney and Ryan Kiprop –for the next three months.

Prisons volleyball players Joan Chelangat (8) and team-mate Elizabeth Wanyama (right) attempt to block a spike by Naomie Too (left, 14) of KCB volleyball during a ladies volleyball match on November 29, 2015. KCB won 3-2. [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

To the Kenya Prisons wardresses, service to the nation is a greater call and sacrifices must be made.

“We’ve been here for the last three weeks and I don’t see us coming out of the camp anytime soon. But this is a worthy sacrifice even though I would admit that it is challenging for mothers to be away from their families for long,” said Chelang’at, who will also miss the burial of her uncle who died on Wednesday.

Malkia Strikers are set to depart for Brazil on May 1 for a month’s training. The team will then return to Kenya for a 10-day training session before departing for Turkey for another two-week outing.

From Turkey, they will head to the Japanese city of Kurume City for mandatory three-week training.

Chelang’at has won almost all the medals at the continental stage.

With six Africa Club Championship titles, seven national league titles with Kenya Prisons; time is now ripe for her to make a mark on the international stage.

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SUSC: You seemed to have a different kind of start then most comics. You got into the club system early on. You started hitting mics after college?

Kathleen: I didn’t do any comedy in college. I bartended in college and waited tables and we would drink across the street at the comedy club. We would watch a lot of open mic night and the people were terrible. We thought, we could do better than that. People say, “You’re career has worked out great. It’s a dream come true.” But, it wasn’t my dream, it might have been somebody elses dream, but it wasn’t mine.

Was there a group of you doing it, or were you the brave one?

There was a couple of us. We were doing it for fun, goofing off. I didn’t know it was a job, I didn’t know you could make money, I didn’t know any of this. I would see Roseanne on Johnny Carson and I just thought they were funny people. I didn’t know they were getting paid.

Did you just keep hitting that one mic on a lark, and other people told you that you were funny?

That’s exactly what happened. There was a guy who was famous on local radio and TV ads and comedy stuff and he was encouraging, He said, you keep doing this, you can make money. I started doing MC and hosting and the money was terrible, it was like $200, but for me it was easy money.

This was the end of the comedy boom, so if you had started ten years earlier you would have retired by this point. But you had to keep the grind up.

It was definitely the end of all those stories about comics making crazy money without having TV credits. Or, all the partying. There were little bits of it left, but it was entering a new era. It got oversaturated by the time I got there. But I didn’t know that. It’s like if somebody starts comedy right now and on the road they are not even hiring out of town feature acts or MCs, new comics didn’t know that they used to. So it won’t seem weird to them.

Did you get your chops in this club, or did you hit the road early on?

I was really lucky. I was doing shows all around St. Louis or the mid-west or wherever I could. A year and half into it I wanted to quit my dayjob, but I wanted to make sure I had paid work. St. Louis was the headquarters for all the Funny Bone clubs in America. There was like 15 of them. I asked if they could book me as an MC twice at each club over the year. They said yes. I got lucky because now I had 30 weeks filled. The other weeks I filled in with one-nighters  or college gigs or whatever I could find.

Who blew your mind early on?

There were people who impressed me for very different reasons. I remember watching Ron White and just thinking, “He’s my kind of funny.” He was charming, his timing and he was just a funny human. Then I would watch Lewis Black and Lewis is not like me. I mean I can get in a car with Lewis and feel totally comfortable. But the way Lewis was doing politics back then, and still is, it’s a very ballsy thing to do. He says things onstage I would never say. I hate confrontation. I don’t want anything to do with a problem. Or Rich Jeni. I didn’t particularly laugh at Rich Jeni, but he was the greatest comedian I have ever seen. So there was something to learn from everybody in weird, weird ways. John Pinette. Pinette was like an old time showman. He was old timey. He was like a time traveler. He loved putting on a show. He always wore a suit and tie even in some shitty comedy club. I always tell the younger comics, “Go watch everybody.”

When you started working with Lewis Black in 1990 and ’91 was his character already fully formed? Was he the angry guy?

Yeah. He came from New York where he was an MC in the weird offbeat theatres, not necessarily comedy. I think that’s one reason he’s so original. He didn’t start in comedy clubs. Like in New York at The Westbank Café they have a theatre downstairs where they would do everything. From Broadway singing people to comedy, but not like a comedy club. I think he was afforded more patience then he would have gotten by drunks at a comedy club on the road on a second show on a Friday. So he was able to take more chances. He’s an anomaly, he’s a weird one. Even Foxworthy was in the clubs, but Lew came from a weird place and jumped in.

Political comics, and there aren’t very many of them, have a short shelf life on jokes, that must be angering and frustrating at times.

It is, but some of the bigger issues are still there. That’s what Lew and I laugh about. The big issues. Whether its gun control or abortion or racial equality it’s all still on the table. Nothing has been resolved. It’s like Lew was yelling about having to decide if he was going to cancel his Mississippi shows because of the Religious Accommodations Act, like didn’t we already settle this matter? Didn’t we already do this in the 60s, 70s, 80s? So whether if Trump stays or goes, who knows. That stuff has to be updated.

Considering what you said, do you find it hard to keep your sense of humor?

Lewis gets more wound up about it than I do. I always joke at him that he’s a hippie and he’s hopeful. I’m 20 years younger than he is. My first political memory is the president crying and quitting. I saw that and thought, “This isn’t working. Why is he crying? Why is he quitting? Is he taking the dog?” I was in a bar with Lewis a week and half ago, I had enough wine that I wanted to get him going. I said, “Trumps getting the nomination.” He went on a tirade about there is no way the GOP would allow it, blah, blah, blah. I told him, “Lew, that’s what Donald does. Don’t get mad the beagle is barking. Beagles bark. It’s what they do, they bark. It’s your reaction to him that is the problem. Not him.” Lew can’t get comfortable with that. I sit in the cynical observer chair. Lew still holds out hope, I’m like, “Rome is burning.”

You are an anomaly also! Your stand-up career has been a singular passion. Nowadays, comics have the podcast, the series, the multi-platform approach.

I don’t have any interest in the rest of it. I truly don’t. It’s an educated decision. I don’t want a sit-com that says Kathleen in giant letters. Life is too short to put up with those people. And by those people I mean network executives and idiots in charge. It goes on and on and on. Unless you have a passion for it don’t do it. It’s a tedious process. And even if you get there, the network can screw up who you are and then the whole thing fails. I can tell you a million comedians that are funny, that had a sit-com for one year and now you just wasted two years of your life for something that didn’t work. There are too many variables that are out of your control. I don’t want to give up that control. Besides, I don’t care about acting, it’s boring. Really boring. There are a few of us left who only care about stand-up. Pinette, but he died. Brian Regan, we have parallel careers. Gaffigan until recently. But some of the newer comedians think they have to have these podcasts, think they have to have web series and I see the ones doing it and I don’t understand how its helping. Just go tell jokes. Write more jokes. Jokes, jokes, jokes. It’s an old school way of doing it, but it works. I don’t think people put the trust in it anymore. I got to have something on Funny or Die. You can, but you don’t have to. It’s too splintered and fractured. There’s so many outlets and that’s a good thing and I think eventually it will become focused, but right now its chaos. Younger comics don’t even know what to do. “Should I be funny on Twitter or Facebook?” You won’t get new fans from that. Sure, I tweet all the time, but I have 75,000 people that already like me and I’m just entertaining them at work for free. I’m completely aware of what it is. I choose to do it. It’s too distracting for young comics to figure out what they should be doing. If you’re not sure if you should be doing something, you probably shouldn’t be doing it. Just go write jokes.

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Start A Boutique

Startup Costs

Wondering how much it costs to start a boutique?

  • The minimum startup costs for a boutique: $6,967
  • The maximum startup costs for a boutique: $80,180
  • The average startup costs for a boutique: $43,573

Here's a detailed list of a boutique startup costs:

Retail Business Expenses

If you plan to have a brick & mortar location for your boutique, you must weigh the costs of your rent, as it may be the most expensive part of running your business.

Rent costs for your boutique very much depends on your location. This cost will vary by both region and specific areas of town: a lease in the heart of Manhattan could cost over $80,000/month in rent. Meanwhile, a storefront lease in Florida or Tennessee could cost less than $1,000/month.

Cost Min Startup Costs Max Startup Costs
Shop Decor $0 $5,000
Utilities (storefront business) $0 $1,000
Building improvements and remodeling $0 $950
Storefront Property Rent ➜ $0 $8,000
POS System $0 $1,200

Business Formation Fees

There are a few key costs associated with forming your business entity, such as setting up an LLC and getting trademarks, copyrights, and patents sorted.

Cost Min Startup Costs Max Startup Costs
Small Business Insurance $500 $2,000
Permit and License Fees $50 $700
Trademarking $0 $700
Lawyer Fees $0 $1,500
A Patent ➜ $5,000 $15,000
Set up business: LLC & Corporations $50 $500

Software Expenses

Your boutique needs software to run efficiently!

Why spend money on software? Because it can help you save time and automate certain parts of the business, so you can focus on the most important matters. Software and technology can help you grow your business, and save you from expensive personnel costs.

Cost Min Startup Costs Max Startup Costs
Design Programs & Software $0 $50
Email marketing tool $0 $100
IT Support ➜ $150 $2,000
Accounting & Invoicing Software $0 $50
CRM Software ➜ $0 $250
Project Management Software $0 $25
Internal Communication Tool $0 $20
Social Media Management Tools $0 $50
Payroll Software $0 $200
Online data storage $0 $299

Office Space Expenses

It will be your call to determine if you need office space. It is not a requirement but may be necessary as your boutique grows.

Cost Min Startup Costs Max Startup Costs
Rent $0 $2,000
Utility Costs (office space) $0 $150
Office Supplies $25 $1,000
WiFi $10 $100

Employee & Freelancer Expenses

Cost Min Startup Costs Max Startup Costs
Payroll $0 $4,000
Other Employee Expenses $0 $1,000
Employee Reward Ideas $0 $500

Equipment & Supply Expenses

Starting a boutique may require purchasing some equipment, whether that's for producing the product or packaging the goods, or equipment needed in the back office.

Cost Min Startup Costs Max Startup Costs
Technology Office Equipment $500 $5,000
Cleaning Supplies $25 $500

Website Costs

Every business should have a website, and it's worth spending a bit of money to set it up right.

Cost Min Startup Costs Max Startup Costs
Website builder $15 $100
Web Design ➜ $200 $6,000
A Domain Name ➜ $12 $200
Email hosting $5 $75
Server Hosting $0 $50
Website chat function $0 $75

Inventory Expenses

If you sell a physical good, you'll likely have to start with some inventory.

Cost Min Startup Costs Max Startup Costs
Upfront Costs For Inventory $300 $5,000
Inventory Storage $0 $5,000
Package Design ➜ $50 $3,000
Shrinkage $0 $1,000
Distribution costs $0 $750

Advertising & Marketing Costs

Cost Min Startup Costs Max Startup Costs
Business Cards $0 $50
Customer Research & Surveys $0 $300
Business Signage ➜ $75 $2,486
Direct Campaigns, Printing and Mailing $0 $300
Affiliate Marketing Commission & Fees $0 $250
Influencer Marketing $0 $750
Google Ads $0 $300
Facebook & Instagram Ads $0 $350

Other Expenses

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Credit Card Processing Fees $0 $300


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HEARNE — For the final 27 minutes played Friday night, the Cedar Park boys basketball team was neck-and-neck with second-year varsity program Montgomery Lake Creek.

But those first five minutes were a doozy.

Pierce Spencer, Hudson Boyd and Jordan Fitch scored nine points and Cedar Park (27-6) couldn’t make a shot before finally getting on the scoreboard with 2 minutes, 56 seconds left in the first quarter. The Timberwolves never could complete the comeback, falling in the Class 5A Region III area round 52-44.

With four minutes left to play, Cedar Park trailed Lake Creek (26-11) just 46-44.

“Obviously, it’s not the way we want to start a game,” Timberwolves coach Blake Brown said. “But we did finish it hard. … We made up some ground, but just not enough.”

Spencer, headed to Nicholls State in the fall, finished with 12 points as he fought through a shoulder injury suffered in Thursday’s practice. Boyd was a big reason Cedar Park could never get over the hump, going 6-for-6 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter and finishing with 14 points. Fitch added 10.

“We knew it was going to be a battle,” said Lake Creek coach Shannon Spencer, Pierce’s father. “Cedar Park has been to state twice the last nine years. They’re well-coached. We knew it was going to be a battle of a lot of runs.”

The Lions had the first run, and it proved to be just enough. Cedar Park nearly evened the game in the first half, cutting the gap to four points, but each time the Timberwolves looked to take the lead or tie, Lake Creek responded.

That theme continued in the third quarter, when the two programs traded big shot after big shot but every time Cedar Park would force a stop or a turnover to tie or take the lead, Lake Creek’s zone defense came up with one of its own.

“They hit some big shots, and we didn’t,” Brown said. “I thought our effort was there. I thought we had a good scheme going in. We didn’t make enough shots, and they hit some big ones.”

Lake Creek built the lead back to nine points late in the third quarter, and once again Cedar Park chipped away as Jacob Swoboda, Jacob Hester and Mathew Minor combined to score 19 points in the second half. Minor finished with 10 points, and Swoboda had 11.

With 4:05 left, Hester went 1-for-2 from the line to make it 46-44.

“We knew it was going to be a game of runs,” Shannon Spencer said. “You just got to weather each run. I think we had a few more runs than them tonight.”

Cedar Park, which reached the state semifinals under Brown in 2011 and 2015, won the District 17-5A championship this season with a record of 11-1.

“We weren’t a selfish team,” Brown said as he reflected on the season. “I think we played with a lot of class and character, so at the end of the day that’s more important than a bunch of wins.”


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Did You Know...

  1. Money, drugs, women, drinks are the bane of Nigeria problems.

    They will never learn

  2. That's very bad. Other countries come to our country to invest and employ our citizens, but we go to their own country to do drugs?

  3. Two December abroad marriages quashed?

  4. They keep disgracing theirselves

  5. These things will continue till we stop worshipping money in Nigeria.
    When we can question the source of an individual’s wealth before hobnobbing with them in anyway, then we’ll be on to a good start.

    1. P.s 100% correct the Nigerian society worships money and as a people we don't ask questions this is even enhanced by social media,blogsand the sad part the main stream media which ought to uphold the tenets of good journalism fairness,objective,Accuracy,Balanced and Verifiable

  6. You mean with all these recent XENOPHOBIC killings, these idiots remain and still CHOOSE TO DO DRUGS? Let them just kill them or jail them for 1,000 years with very HARD LABOUR. What nonsense?

  7. Na wa. This is not good at all.

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Stella Dimoko Bauch State Gov Bala Abdulkadir Muhammed Hospitalised In London For Un-named Ailment

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Bauch State Gov Bala Abdulkadir Muhammed Hospitalised In London For Un-named Ailment

Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Muhammed has been hospitalized in London for an undisclosed illness.

A statement signed by Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Mukhtar Gidado and made available to newsmen yesterday in Bauchi, quoted a special message sent to the people of the state by the governor from his hospital bed in London ahead of the supreme court hearing of the appeal against his election as the governor of the state.

The statement reads “I am in hospital in London but we strongly believe that Allah is sufficient for us and He is Able and Capable to give us victory! Cheers, success shall be ours InshaAllah! Cheers to you all.”

The statement reaffirmed the administration’s commitment to the lofty ideals of new Bauchi Movement, pledged to lead with justice, equity and humility. He however promised to recognise and reward those who contributed positively to his movement and show loyalty to him and the Bauchi Project.

According to him, the period of the supreme court judgement is a moment that God has shown him his real supporters while “it is also the time when detractors, within and outside his fold are exposed”. The Governor expressed gratitude to those he called patriotic supporters.

  1. M A Mohammed want to kill our able governor oooh. Father Lord thwart the evil works of the state enemies.

  2. Undisclosed illness after marrying new Lebanese wife.
    When their asses won't seat in one place. Polygamy breeds competition and jealousy. 1st wife will be giving you jaruma to love her more,2nd wife will be visiting Alfa to be your favourite. Eating all sorts on concoction and kayamata laced veejay.

    1. lol...was just thinking same and dia randy self in the guise of religion. at least he has two full time women praying and fasting for him. wish him soonest recovery

    2. too get mouth sha, see how you narrate everything like say na true true, hope you are not a man, if not i pity your future wife oo. that is if you are not married already.

  3. While the masses die for lack of well equipped hospitals because this bastards politicians enriched themselves..I prayed you never come back alive.

  4. The sickness will kill him for sleeping with people's wives. Especially a now divorced Nigerian popular actress who he was sleeping with when he was the minister of the federal capital territory.

  5. I pray for divine healing for him.

  6. He has shoulder pains and recovering.

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How I built a Multimillion Dollar Speaking Business Part 1

How do I build a million-dollar company? Better yet, how can someone build a multimillion-dollar public speaking company? Well, although I have done both of those things, I wouldn’t suggest anyone try to do what I did. I made every mistake in the book. In fact, every mistake showed me what “not to do.” Then, I’d use that lesson to get me closer to what “to do.”By the way, the reason that I am not the best role model for building a business is that I’m pretty hard-headed. It is both a blessing and a curse. Hopefully, if you are a business owner and you are looking to grow, you can use my example to help save you time and effort. I spent 12 years putting everything back into my business before I crossed the million-dollar per year threshold. However, I was able to generate the second million dollars in less than six months after that.Hopefully, a few of these lessons-learned can help you in your journey.Learn from Experts Who Already Have “Fruit on the Tree.”I was teaching a class in Boston long ago and was staying in a hotel out by Logan Airport. There were no restaurants in or around the hotel. However, the airport shuttle dropped me off in a little village that had three eating choices. One of the three was a barbeque place. Being from Texas, I’m pretty picky about my BBQ, but the line was out the door. While waiting to get a table, I began to read the press-clippings posted in the lobby.It turns out that the owner of the BBQ joint was a Korean Doctor who came to the US to practice medicine. Shortly after he arrived, he attended a meeting where the caterers served barbeque. He loved it. A few years later, he was traveling to a different state and saw a BBQ place. Hoping to get a similar meal, he stopped in. However, he was shocked that although he had ordered the same type of meat, it tasted fantastic but totally different from what he remembered. This started a 10-year quest to travel the US collecting BBQ recipes. He experimented with Texas brisket and Tennesse pulled-pork. Then he perfected the St. Louis baby-back ribs.When I was finally seated at a table, I ordered the brisket. I loved every mouthful. In fact, I felt like the food critic in the movie Rattatoui. The meal made me think of home. The point is that this Korean doctor didn’t invent Texas BBQ brisket. He just traveled to Texas and learned how to do it properly from someone who was already an expert.That is what I did as well.You Must Invest Time and Resources into Your Craft to Become the Expert.For those of you who don’t know, my college degree is in the Oil & Gas industry. My first big break was with Atlantic Richfield as an intern. However, at the end of the summer, I had to give a presentation and I totally bombed it. I hated public speaking and knew I needed help. So I read books, attended Toastmaster, and took presentation classes. Nothing really seemed to work, though. That is until I came across an expert in the industry.Eventually, I found a professional speaker named Mary Ann Smith who was offering classes to the general public. The fee that she was charging for a seat in her class was about what I made in a month. I was desperate, though. I had already tried so many things and nothing worked. But this coach had built a company that was generating about a half-million dollars in income in a city of about 89,000 people.For full show notes, visit How I Built a Multimillion-Dollar Speaking Businesshttps://www.fearlesspresentations.com/how-i-built-a-multimillion-dollar-speaking-company/
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A Cotton Tale: The United States' First Industrial Revolution (1790-1840)

It is widely accepted within the study of history that cotton played a crucial role in the United States in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This lesson allows students to understand the specific causes and consequences of the dramatic increase of cotton production in southern states and its influence on the emergence of the nation’s first major manufacturing industry—textile production. Students will read both primary and secondary sources detailing the growth of both northern industrialization and southern cotton expansion. Additionally, students will develop data literacy skills using FRED® (Federal Reserve Economic Data) and other statistical information to analyze the development of the two regions further. Finally, students complete the lesson by responding to an AP U.S. history exam short-answer, three-part question.

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