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Buy Marijuana Seeds in Vallejo

Vallejo is a waterfront city located a half hour outside of San Francisco. It sits on the northeastern shore of Pablo Bay, northwestern shore of the Carquinez Strait, and is surrounded to the south by the Napa River. All this water makes it an ideal destination to grab your swim trunks and head down for some fun in the sun at the beach. With all this time in the water, you will want to ensure you grab a waterproof canister for the chronic you grew from seed at home. The mellowing effect of a supreme indica can enhance the picturesque views at your disposal.

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I49 Seedbank: A Great Choice for Seeds!

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Marijuana seeds have always been legal as a novelty item across the USA but thanks to Prop 64, weed seeds are now legal for possession and cultivation in California. You can start growing cannabis at home for medicinal or recreational purposes but are limited to 6 plants per residence. Feel free to share your bountiful harvests with friends and family but don’t be a dork and try to profit by selling your ganja, as that remains illegal for home grows. So, when you’re ready to buy cannabis seeds in Vallejo, California feel free to come check us out at I49 Seeds California.

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CBD Seeds: A Buyers Guide

CBD has been offering many people a natural alternative to pharmaceuticals for many, many years. Thanks to legalization efforts, it has become more popular and practical to use. CBD is a non-psychoactive cannabinoid that can provide relief from a variety of ailments, such as anxiety, pain and inflammation among others. When buying cannabis seeds in Vallejo, California you might be looking for CBD seeds. You will want to pay attention to the CBD to THC ratio which will help you decide if it’s right for you. For some, a 1:1 CBD to THC ratio works but will provide more psychoactive effect while more novice users prefer an 18:1 or 8:1 CBD to THC ratio which provides relief with very little to no psychoactive effects. At I49 Marijuana Seeds we have all types of high CBD seeds to fit every preference.

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Growing your own marijuana indica seeds or sativa seeds can be satisfying and give you a sense of accomplishment. Farm to table restaurants have been cropping up everywhere and knowing where your maryjane comes from can be just as important. Getting your 420 seeds online is easier than ever and avoids the need to jump in the car and head out in an attempt to source weed seeds. Order from the convenience of wherever you are and know that a reputable seed bank like I49 is going to discreetly deliver them to your door.

How to Buy Marijuana Seeds Online in Vallejo

When you want to buy cannabis seeds in Vallejo make sure to check us out at I49 USA. Our online ordering system is simple to use and can be accessed from anywhere you have internet service. Whether that be at Thurmon Field, having a dip and BBQ at Blue Rock Springs Park, or on the Bay Area Ridge Trail. Heck, you can even order our premium cannabis seeds from the comfort of your bed! Peruse our five-star reviews from expert growers to learn tips and tricks, then scroll through our extensive online catalogue to find the strains that fit your growing space and the benefits you’re wanting to experience.


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Public Protector’s Fight Against Impeachment Rules Continues

FILE: Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN.

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fight against Parliament’s impeachment rules continue.

Speaker of the National Assembly Thandi Modise is expected to respond to Mkhwebane’s claims of bias and unfairness.

The Public Protector wants the impeachment rules to be declared unconstitutional.

She argues they that don’t protect her from MPs who are biased against her.

In October last year, Mkhwebane lost her bid to stop Parliament from continuing with the impeachment process.

The motion was brought by the DA following several scathing court judgments and findings against her.

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to the ones we owe so much

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2018 Brewers Cup Preliminary

I had a total blasty working the Brewers Cup Preliminary event at Buckman Coffee Factory last weekend (September 9-10).

Working at the Brewers Cup Preliminary event in Portland, OR.

Watching everyone put so much work into their presentation and recipe was fun, sometimes comical, and definitely exciting. There were lots of baristas and home brewers who came to Portland for the weekend from all over Washington, Oregon, and California.

I most frequently posted up at the front desk, throwing gang signs and dishing out the highest of fives. Everything was pretty high energy and yet, the La Marzocco and Modbar Lounge was a cozy corner to chill in between presentations and while the judges debated over the scores and standings.

This was the first event of its kind – a preliminary event for the Qualifying round of Brewers Cup with the purpose of making the event more accessible. It can be super difficult for folks who maybe don’t have the backing of a cafe or roaster to help provide funds for travel, coffee to practice with, or coaching and advice.

Everyone who competed can still shoot for a spot at the Qualifiers, but only those top 4 winners of the Prelim are guaranteed a spot, as well as travel costs covered by Pacific Foods.

To get the full rundown, check out the Sprudge US CoffeeChamps article!

Why Specialty Coffee = Appreciating People

This post is going to be one I elaborate on in multiple phases, bringing more thought to the topic throughout many experiences.

Appreciating Specialty Coffee, Appreciating People

i heart specialty coffee

Since becoming an enthusiastic coffee fan from the sidelines for many years now, and subsequently delving deeper into the coffee scene,  I’ve developed a strong passion for what the specialty coffee industry and its customers do to improve the quality of life for people throughout the entire supply chain of the bean.

The specialty/modern coffee industry and those who buy and share the end product, are such a powerful community, capable of having such a positive influence on producers and workers in developing countries. When we appreciate what’s in our cups, and hold it to a higher standard, we can all help lift each other up, allowing for more sustainable practices, respectable living wages, and lower environmental impact.


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Phil Mickelson distracted by spectators who kept their cell phone cameras on at U.S. Open

SAN DIEGO — Phil Mickelson‘s quest to complete the career Grand Slam was not aided Thursday by the numerous instances in which he was distracted by spectators who did not switch their cell phone cameras off during the first round of the U.S. Open.

Mickelson was visibly and audibly irritated during one instance on the 13th hole — his fourth — in which he three times backed off a shot from just off the fairway to ask that a cell camera be switched off.

The third time resulted in a police officer being summoned, and while Mickelson did not use it as an excuse, he pushed his approach well left into a bush and had to take a penalty stroke.

Mickelson, who turned 51 on Wednesday, managed just one birdie in a round of 4-over-par 75 that left him eight shots back of clubhouse leader Russell Henley.

“It’s part of professional golf,” Mickelson said. “You have to learn to deal with it. I don’t understand why you just can’t turn that little button on the side into silent. I probably didn’t deal with it internally as well as I could have or as well as I need to. It’s part of playing the game out here at this level. Certainly I didn’t do the best job of dealing with it.

“It did it the next three or four shots thereafter too, so it’s not like that’s the first time, it’s just that you had to ask three times. Again, it’s part of the game. It’s part of professional golf. You have to be able to let that go and not let it get to you and be able to kind of compose yourself and regather your thoughts and so forth, but they certainly didn’t do me any favors, either.”

The par-5 hole — which Mickelson has criticized in the past for the tee that was added, calling it a “waste of money” — epitomized his day. He hit a good drive and was in the first cut of rough, then tried to blast his 2-wood into a greenside bunker but pushed it into a bush. From there, he took a penalty drop, had to navigate an overhanging tree and hit his pitch onto the green, where it hit the flagstick and bounced off the green. From there, he chipped on and settled for a bogey 6.

The reigning PGA Championship winner, who became the oldest major champion last month at Kiawah Island, South Carolina, had hopes of transferring that confidence to Torrey Pines in his hometown.

Mickelson, who has six runner-up finishes in major championships, spent time last week practicing at the course where he won three times prior to an extensive renovation in 2001.

But Mickelson’s only birdie of the round came at the 17th hole, where he knocked his approach to 6 feet. He three-putted the 18th for a par, and then made a series of solid pars before bogeys at the sixth and seventh holes dropped him to 4 over par.

“I was fighting hard throughout the round,” Mickelson said. “I wasn’t really getting anything going, and I fought really hard, and then to let two bogeys slide on 6 and 7 when I really shouldn’t have, like they weren’t that hard of pars — you probably saw the disappointment there.

“Look, it’s part of this tournament, and I was able to go without any doubles, I just didn’t make enough birdies to offset it. Like I said, I’m hitting enough fairways to give myself chances, and I’m optimistic that I’ll put together a good round tomorrow.”

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Ladies Hand Bag Essentials….

Table for three; You, me and my bag. – Author Unknown

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A woman’s handbag is like her best friend. It goes with her everywhere and holds all her secrets. Permit me to say secrets because if you poured all its content out, she might be embarrassed as to what one would find.

For most ladies, the bag has tons of stuff in it. Some things that are useful everyday like her keys, pressed powder and lipsticks, while other items may be in that bag for months and will never be used. So why let your shoulders get bugged by tons of items you don’t need? These are the top essentials every woman should have in her bag.

Makeup Bag:
Your makeup bag should include at least, a pressed powder, a lipstick, a hairbrush, if you want to mascara, and an eyeliner. Sometimes you’ll need to make a quick dash to freshen up your look after a long day or just before an important meeting.

A makeup bag

A Nail file:
This is definitely an item for your bag. It will save you the hassle of clenching your fist because of a broken or chipped nail(s).

Your Wallet:
It’s a no brainer, right? Your bag is not complete without your wallet for your cash, I.D cards, Debit cards and other cards. The size of your wallet is up to you.

A Wallet with Bank cards

Hello Sis. It’s not because you have bad breath. It’s because some food you eat turns you into a culprit. Bad breath after a meal is really a turnoff that is why a lady should always have some mints or gum in her bag to freshen up her breath.

A USB flash drive:
You can only realize how much having a USB flash drive at hand can be a miracle when you need to transfer a file. Whether it is to take the latest movie your friend downloaded, or to transfer documents easily at work, it is a must have item in your bag.

Mini Perfume:
Your sweet-smelling bottle of fragrance is a super important item. Smelling nice and fresh can give you a powerful edge.

A travel-size perfume

Hand Sanitizer:
That small bottle can keep your hands germ free. Keep your hands clean. They’re closer to your mouth than you think.

Hairband and Bobby pins:
Sometimes you just want to get the hair out of your face. Maybe the humidity and the heat is messing with your hair from time to time. Keep hair accessories in your bag to avoid a bad hair day.

If there is one thing that should always be found in a woman’s bag, it’s got to be tissues. It is unattractive and disturbing to keep breathing in heavily because you don’t have a tissue in hand to clear your nose, quickly get rid of used items like gum etc.

Mini Tissue

Sanitary Pad:
Except you have been visited, one is enough. There is always a lady in distress that needs a pad.

Portable Charger:
Always keep a portable charger in your bag for recharging your battery. You don’t want to start looking for a friend to borrow one from.

Some headaches, pains or cramp don’t announce their arrival. They just show up. With a couple of tablets in your bag, you can she can take care of herself like a pro.

A woman in pain

This is non-negotiable for asthmatic patients. Never ever leave your house without an inhaler in your bag.

Every woman should have some hand lotion in her bag to give her hands the attention they deserve.

Shield your eyes from the fierce light of the sun. You sure don’t want to squint and leave your arms aching because you’re protecting your eyes from the harsh rays of the sun.

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A Pen and a note pad:
Sometimes you will need to write things when you least expect it.

Your Business cards;
Networking is now a survival skill. Always keep a bunch of business cards in your bag. If possible let it be in your wallet.

Power bank:
Having your phone battery drained is not a nice place to be since most of the communication we do these days is via the phone. A power bank in hand will be of so much importance on that fateful day.

Other items can include headphones, floss, flats and snacks.

Dear lady, these items don’t have to be individually bulky. Luckily, there are now smaller versions of everything. Get rid of the non-essentials that make your handbag so burdensome and arm yourself with these essentials.

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Two B’s that M S Dhoni likes about Hyderabad

Ace cricketer M S Dhoni attended the audio launch of Telugu version of the film 'M S Dhoni: The Untold Story'. It was launched today (September 24) in Hyderabad. The film is a biopic on M S Dhoni. Speaking on the occasion M S Dhoni said that he loved two things about Hyderabad.

One is the Hyderabadi biryani and the other is S S Rajamouli’s Baahubali. He further went on to say that when he is in Hyderabad he never misses relishing the biryani and the Osmania biscuits. His wife loves the bangles at the chudi bazaar. Susanth Singh Rajput has enacted the role of M S Dhoni in the film.


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Name Bryan Cox

Profile URL https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryandcox

Summary More than 20 years experience in public affairs and journalism leadership positions across the public-and-private sectors with significant strategic planning, crisis communications and social media experience.

Job Title Senior Advisor

Start Date 2017-12-01

End Date 2018-03-01

Company USCIS

Job Location Washington D.C. Metro Area

Current Position No

Job Title Southern Region Communications Director

Start Date 2015-01-01

Company U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Job Location Greater Atlanta Area

Current Position Yes

Description Directs the Southern Region of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Office of Public Affairs overseeing a nine-state area of responsibility spanning from the Texas line to the Carolinas and Puerto Rico while supervising three public affairs officers geographically dispersed across the region.

Job Title Public Affairs Officer

Start Date 2012-01-01

End Date 2015-01-01

Company U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Job Location Greater New Orleans Area

Current Position No

Description Cultivated and managed agency media presence across a five-state area of responsibility encompassing operations in the Gulf South. Served as the principal agency spokesperson for the region.

In addition to performance of primary duties, PAO simultaneously filled a second position via telework as the ICE public affairs officer for New Jersey from January 2014 to January 2015 and was additionally detailed physically to ICE Headquarters in Washington D.C. for half of FY14 where he served as acting ICE Deputy Press Secretary managing field media operations across the nation.

Job Title News Director

Start Date 2009-01-01

End Date 2011-01-01

Company WACH Fox

Job Location Columbia, South Carolina Area

Current Position No

Description Served as the senior news executive of South Carolina's capital city FOX affiliate (not affiliated with FOX News) responsible for all station broadcast and multimedia programs while employing and supervising dozens of news department employees. Developed and managed a multi-million dollar annual budget, supervised all aspects of station news content on air, online and via social media.

Led the station to its first evening news ratings win in 13 ratings periods along with multi-year highs for station viewership. Implemented, supervised workflow restructuring resulting in more than 70 percent website traffic growth in 12 months; fostered interactive culture among staff resulting in a 1,500 percent increase in station Facebook fans over 18 months and grew the station's Twitter brand more than 400 percent to exceed 7,000 followers – the most of any Columbia, S.C., broadcast news platform at the time.

Job Title Public Relations Manager

Start Date 2007-01-01

End Date 2008-01-01

Company Nathan Adelson Hospice

Job Location Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Current Position No

Description Served as the primary spokesperson in a non-profit healthcare setting for the then-largest hospice provider in Southern Nevada supervising the development and distribution of media outreach efforts, earned media, community relations events and the agency's public website. Established and maintained ongoing relationships with news media, industry representatives and community groups in order to communicate and disseminate information to expand understanding of the agency's mission and activities while ensuring compliance with all relevant federal and state policies on healthcare communications.

Job Title Chief of Media Relations/Internal Information

Start Date 2004-01-01

End Date 2006-01-01

Company United States Air Force

Job Location Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina

Current Position No

Description Supervised ten staff members executing the commander’s media relations, internal information and community relations programs while producing a 28-page weekly newspaper and maintaining 24-hour programming/support for a closed-circuit base television channel.

Served as the base's principal spokesperson; supervised the development and distribution of press releases, fact sheets and white papers advocating base interests and fostered placement of key messages throughout media; led internal information personnel to win 2005 Air Force Newspaper of the Year over more than 70 worldwide entries and was selected as Defense Information School Public Affairs Officer Course Honor Graduate over 48 fellow officers.

Degree Bachelor of Arts

Start Date 2000-01-01

End Date 2004-01-01

School Attended University of South Carolina-Columbia

Field of Study Journalism and Mass Communications

Job Title Producer/Multi-Media Journalist

Start Date 2000-01-01

End Date 2004-01-01

Company WIS-TV

Job Location Columbia, South Carolina Area

Current Position No

Description Wrote and selected news content for on-air delivery; supervised all aspects of in-show content including timing, graphics and story order; managed website content and ensured compliance with AP style; led team as final on-air authority for content decisions in control room during broadcast; gathered information in the field to include videography and conducting interviews

Job Title Broadcast Journalist

Start Date 1996-01-01

End Date 2000-01-01

Company US Army

Job Location Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Bosnia and Herzegovina

Current Position No

Description Coordinated 50+ national and international media visits during two deployments to Bosnia; hosted four-hour daily American Forces Network radio broadcast with a listening audience of 80,000 U.S. military and civilian personnel; maintained commander's access channel and produced video content and news programming; developed and disseminated information material about organizational programs and activities; interpreted public affairs policies and practices; released information regarding organizational participation in programs and events involving the public

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The ICLG to: Sanctions

Kenya: Sanctions 2022

ICLG - Sanctions - covers legal basis/sanctions authorities, implementation of sanctions laws and regulations, enforcement, and general topics in 16 jurisdictions

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Home World Places to Explore 4 Low-Budget Foreign Destinations To Visit This Year

4 Low-Budget Foreign Destinations To Visit This Year

If you are bitten by the bug called wanderlust but tight on budget, this list can help you plan that vacation you have been waiting for so eagerly. Here’s bringing you destinations across the world which will fix your travel longing without burning a hole in your pocket. These are countries where Indian currency maintains a fit effectiveness.

Costa Rica

In 2016, Costa Rica was recorded amid the happiest most 15 countries in the world. It is a must visit destination for thrill-loving globetrotter. The country holds the power to fascinate any traveler with its unblemished convenience to travel as it takes roughly 3 hours for tourists to travel the entire place and offers many appealing adventure activities like surfing, deep sea diving, canopy touring, etc. Costa Rica is cheapest during November.

Let’s be honest, who doesn’t want to go to Bali? Especially after watching movies like, Eat Pray Love! Indonesia (the largest Island country in the world) is like heaven on earth for any beach lover as it is the homeland to some beautiful ultramarine beaches, and it has always been one of the most sought after holiday destination for most Indians. The most cost effective time to visit Indonesia is May.

Zimbabwe is rightly often called as the ‘heaven of wildlife’, and amazes the Indian visitors as the value of Indian currency in the country lets you enjoy a luxurious holiday. Visit Zimbabwe and get ready to be spellbound by the beauty of prodigious Victoria Falls (the biggest drape of the waterfall in the world), wildlife sanctuaries and other archeological locations. Plan your holiday in February to get the best deals on air fares.

Sri Lanka

Situated not too far away from India, Sri Lanka offers effortless and economical stay for Indian travelers. The island’s affluent ancestry, distinct wildlife, and breathtaking beauty attract travelers from all over the globe. May and June are considered the cheapest time to book for Indian Tourists.

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How to Speak in Sound Bites

Have you ever seen a veteran politician be interviewed by the press? You’ve probably noticed a few things that they do in an interview. Skilled politicians will never directly answer a question. No matter what a reporter asks, most politicians will continually give the same answer over and over again.

To the average voter or viewer, this may be frustrating. Why can’t they simply answer the questions? The answer is a strategic one. The politician’s goal is to deliver his/her message. They have crafted what they believe to be an effective sound bite to deliver their message. And they deliver their message consistently no matter the question.

Right now, republican legislators who took a hard stance against the Affordable Care Act are being asked questions about the positive impact ACA is having in their home states or how not applying for Federal Medicaid funds is hurting seniors. What sound bite are republicans using? “I’m not a doctor.” Regardless of whether you believe this to be an effective message, the fact is this sound bite evokes a frame in voters’ minds. They’re politicians, not doctors. Doctors could be expected to be an expert on healthcare issues, but not politicians. Will this sound bite work? Time will tell.

The effective sound bite follows these key rules:

Be Clear.  Speak in simple language that can be easily spoken and understood by people from all different backgrounds.

Be Concise.  A good sound bite should be no more than 20-30 words and can be said in 7-10 seconds.  It will convey your message easily.

Be Consistent.  Repeat the values you want to get across constantly and consistently.  Everything you say should move your message.

Limit your facts.   If you are including a fact in your sound bite use only one and remember the previous two rules: concise and consistent.

Be Convincing.  Use stories or metaphors to illustrate your points and make it “real” to your listeners.

Using Metaphors to Deliver Your Message

Metaphors can be an effective means of delivering your message to your audience and connecting with their core values. Many Americans view specific words and phrases as being unique to life as an American. When you use these words and phrases to tell your story your audience will have a deeper understanding of your message making them more inclined to agree with your organization.

Here are several examples of common phrases and metaphors and the frames they evoke for most Americans.

SPORTS: Play by the rules, level the playing field, targeting something. SPORTS metaphors are often applied to topics in BUSINESS, POLITICS or WAR especially.

BUSINESS: Watch the bottom line, get a competitive advantage, invest in x, full disclosure. BUSINESS metaphors are often applied to topics in POLITICS, SPORTS, WAR, and to personal life as well.

THE ECONOMY & THE MARKET: Grows, shrinks, balloons, deflates, crashes, a bubble about to burst.

WAR: Acceptable losses, acceptable risk, the war on—, collateral damage, preemptive strike, the good fight. Some WAR metaphors move back out again to POLITICS, SPORTS, and BUSINESS topics.

TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE: Drive, roll, slide, online, offline, progress. These terms are also used in POLITICS, SPORTS, WAR, BUSINESS, as well as personal life.

AMERICAN POLITICS AND POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS: Whistle stop tour, all politics is local, Joe Six Pack, it’s the economy, stupid, dance with the one that brung ya, big government. More metaphors may be transferred into this category than out of it.

AMERICAN HISTORY: Don’t Tread On Me, the New Deal, the Greatest Generation. These metaphors are usually applied in POLITICS.

WORK: Pay your dues, put in your time, sweat equity, join the union, work hard, pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

CRIME: outlaw, thug, crook, thief, bait and switch, shell game, con. CRIME terms are also used in WAR, POLITICS and BUSINESS.

RELIGIOUS MODELS AND TERMS: Have faith, on a wing and a prayer. Metaphors drawn from this category are used everywhere else.

LITERATURE: all the world’s a stage, pure poetry, an open book, acting a part, taking a role.

ENTERTAINMENT: ‘Go ahead, make my day.,’ ‘We don’t need no stinkin’ badges., ‘ ‘May the Force be with you!,’ ‘Beam me up, Scotty. . .,’ ‘Make him an offer he can’t refuse.’

COMICS, CARTOONS, VIDEO AND COMPUTER GAMES: Any popular video and computer game or anime characters. This category also includes all other video or computer plot, setting, or gaming terms.

SLANG, CATCH PHRASES, AD SLOGANS, AND BRAND NAMES: Don’t go there, be cool, no such thing as a free lunch, on the wrong track; wham, bam, thank you, Ma’am, bun in the oven.

Framing and Messaging

Framing is your analysis of the issue. The frame defines what’s in your story

Use your frame to advance your position:

Use your frame for maximum media impact:

There are two sides to a story. How is the issue currently framed? How would you like it framed?

Hooks for your frame

Framing Steps

“Frame” the issue by answering these questions:

What is this issue really about? Broader subject and theme.

Who is affected? Bigger, wider potential audience, more drama, and reach.

Who are the players? Good guys, bad guys.

What hooks does this frame contain? Controversy, human interest, trend, etc.

What pictures and images communicate this frame?

What’s a message for?

Anatomy of a winning message

A winning message contains:


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IWF Seminar Aims to Demystify Urban Wood Use

Three entrepreneurs who operate businesses capitalizing on the largely untapped stream of urban wood will share their passions and diverse point of views for putting felled community trees to their best possible use at a free seminar scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26 at the International Woodworking Fair in Atlanta.

The 90-minute session, “Urban Wood Utilization: Making Wood Products and Profits from Landscape Trees,” is being presented by the Full Circle Urban Forest Network, a group made up of urban wood utilization teams in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri and Wisconsin funded by a grant from the USDA Forest Service. Wood-Mizer and the Southeast Urban Wood Exchange have signed on as major sponsors of the seminar. Additional sponsorship support is being provided by Dovetail Partners.

The expert panel includes:
Rick Siewert, owner of Wood From The Wood and Siewert Cabinet of Minneapolis, MN, and a member of the Architectural Woodwork Institute, will discuss how his commercial cabinet shop made its way into the urban wood business.. WFTH has quickly grown to where it now collects, mills and dries more than 100,000 board feet from urban logs.

Jennifer Alger, CEO of Far West Forest Products of Sheridan, CA, will discuss the differences and similarities between urban salvaged and reclaimed urban forest lumber. She’ll also provide a brief history of her family’s business, how it got into urban wood, why it’s good for the environment and her goal to see that “urban lumber becomes a household name and a go-to product.”

Dwayne Sperber, owner of Wudeward of Milwaukee, WI, will address his long involvement in the urban wood movement including with Wisconsin Urban Wood. He will explain how Wisconsin Urban Wood has forged a market by creating a network made up of professional arborists, sawyers, architects, municipalities, woodworkers and more.

Rich Christianson, communications director of the Illinois Wood Utilization Team and former long-time editor of Woodworking Network, will moderate the panel.

“Far too many valuable trees felled by insect infestation, storm damage, urban development and other causes are being chipped and landfilled with little or no thought instead of being repurposed as high-value lumber and slabs,” Christianson said. “I strongly encourage IWF attendees and exhibitors to attend this free session to learn more about this incredible wood resource that literally grows on the trees that shade their yards and line their streets.”

Attendees of this session will learn:
• How to find sources of urban wood;
• The unique source local/buy local marketing appeal of urban wood products and the interesting stories they tell;
• The environmental advantages of utilizing urban wood; and
• An opportunity to get answers to their questions posed seasoned urban wood product experts.

While the seminar is being presented free of charge, attendees must register to guarantee a seat at the program. Learn more and register at www.IWFAtlanta.com/Education/nbs6.

For information about becoming a seminar sponsor and general inquiries, contact Rich Christianson at 773-822-6750; richc.illinoisurbanwood@gmail.com.

About the Seminar Sponsors
Major Sponsor: Wood-Mizer LLC of Indianapolis, IN, is a manufacturer of portable sawmills, sawblades and other wood processing equipment and accessories. Visit Wood-Mizer during IWF 2016 at booth #6773.

Major Sponsor: the Southeast Urban Wood Exchange is preparing to launch a new website to support the creation and promotion of urban wood networks in Region 8 of the U.S. Forest Service which encompasses 13 States from Virginia to Florida and Oklahoma, plus Puerto Rico. Its Exchange’s mission is to help increase awareness of urban forests as a sustainable source of wood suitable for processing, thus increasing demand for urban wood.

Sponsor: Dovetail Partners of Minneapolis, MN, provides authoritative information about the impacts and trade-offs of environmental decisions, including consumption choices, land use, and policy alternatives. One of its areas of expertise is urban forestry and urban wood utilization.

About the International Woodworking Fair
The International Woodworking Fair, owned by the Woodworking Machinery Industry Association and the Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America, is North America’s largest woodworking event. IWF 2016 is scheduled for August 24-27, 2016 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. It is the “must attend” show for supplies, manufacturing and processing of materials for the furniture, cabinetry, flooring, door and window, plastics, solid surfacing and machine tooling industries. IWF 2014 attracted more than 23,000 woodworking professionals and industry suppliers from the U.S., Canada and beyond. Learn more at iwfatlanta.com.

About the Full Circle Urban Forestry Network
The Full Circle Urban Forestry Network operates from funding provided by the USDA Forest Service Northeastern, State and Private Forestry Landscape Scale Restoration Grant Program. The four state partners include:
Illinois Wood Utilization Team;
Southeast Michigan Resource Conservation and Development Council;
Missouri Department of Conservation; and
Sustainable Resources Institute, Wisconsin Urban Wood and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

About the USDA Forest Service
The Full Circle Urban Forestry Network’s IWF urban wood seminar is made possible through grant funding by the Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, U.S. Forest Service. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20250-9410, or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

For information to become a sponsor, contact Rich Christianson, 773-822-6750.


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Leftover Turkey BBQ Tortilla Soup with Thick Corn Tortillas

Sooo if you’re like me, perhaps you have a mountain of turkey leftover.

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If you do.  AND you’re sick of turkey sandwiches, then it’s time to Tex-mex-ify your leftover turkey with this turkey tortilla soup.

The best thing about this soup, other than you use up turkey, is the doughy corn tortillas you create.  Do you have to make your own corn tortillas? No.  But it’ll be optimal tastiness if you do.

Speaking of tastiness, what was the most delicious things you ate this Thanksgiving?  Mine had to be Andrew’s mom’s sweet potato casserole.  It was made with orange juice and cognac and topped with brown sugar and pecans.  So delish that when it was time for pie I was trying to decide between having more sweet potato casserole or a slice of pecan pie.

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Our Thanksgiving this year is split 2 days with Andrew’s parents and 2 days with my parents.  Do you have a holiday routine? Tell me your ways while I tell you about this soup.

In goes any veggies you have in your fridge + leftover turkey + the raw corn tortillas you whipped up.  Some of the raw corn tortillas will break apart and make the soup turn creamy, which is always good.

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These thick corn tortilla strips are pretty much like doughy cornbread dumplings.  Which means you will be pleased if you like doughy things.  Which I do.  This we know.

May your soul be cozy.

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Leftover Turkey Tortilla Soup with Thick Corn Tortillas

Yield: serves 6

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

leftover turkey tortilla soup
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 small yellow onion, roughly chopped
1 tablespoon garlic, finely minced
1 red bell pepper, minced
1 zucchini, sliced into 1/2" rounds and quartered
1/2 cup your favorite salsa
1/3 cup BBQ sauce
3 tablespoons chili powder
1 1/2 teaspoon cumin
5 cups chicken broth
2 cups leftover turkey

doughy homemade corn tortilla strips
1 cup masa
3/4 hot water
1/4 teaspoon salt

In a large pot, heat olive oil over medium heat.  Add in onion and cook for 10 minutes, stirring frequently, until soft.  Add in zucchini, red bell pepper and garlic.  Cook for 2 minutes.  Stir in chili powder, cumin, turkey, salsa and BBQ sauce.  Pour in chicken broth and bring to a simmer.  Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, make your dough corn tortilla strips.  In a bowl, combine masa and salt.  Stir in hot water and mix until a dough forms.  Roll into a ball and place on a floured surface.  Using a rolling pin to roll out into 1/2" thickness. Cut into strips and add into your soup after the soup has been cooking for 30 minutes.  Add in strips and cook for 10 more minutes.  Serve warm.

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  1. Where do you get these recipes….all so fabulous!   Wish I had leftover turkey.
    It’s just me & my husband…although last year I cooked a turkey just so we could have leftovers …not this year.  My kids and my husband’s kids are scattered all over the place.  Mike mostly doesn’t really care…but for me, I miss my kids so much!  Every Thanksgiving I go into a funk…wishing I was with them, cooking and doing the Thanksgiving thing…actually, my son & daughter in law are both chefs having graduated from Culinary Institute in NY.  I miss out on thei wonderful cooking every year…..but I always get through it!  I get the entire food lowdown from my daughter…..maybe next year I will travel up North to be with them.   Still going to make this soup one day!  Yum!  BTW, love to hear all your stories…..I was actually thinking about you one day when I was buying cookies in the grocery store….Fresh Market now carries these fabulous cookies from the Hamptons…Tate’s. I was thinking when I bought a bag…oh Kylie would NOT like these…they are too crisp & crunchy!  Lol.  ❤

  2. This is by far the best leftover turkey recipe I’ve seen! Creativity to the max ;)

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Inner Mentor Visualization

About a year ago I came across Tara Mohr on this podcast.  I don’t remember exactly what was said in that podcast, but I remember thinking, “I love a lot of what this girl has to say, I’m gonna read her book.” I ended up listening to her book, Playing Big, on Audible.  I hate reading and am in love with Audible.  It reads one book to me a month and it reminds me of when my mom would take us to the public library for story time.  Love it.

One thing Tara encourages you to do in her book and on the podcast is the Inner Mentor Visualization.  I’d done other visualization in the past, but this was/is one of the few I really find helpful.  From time to time -whenever I feel like I need a bit of a reset- I lay down, hit play and repeat this inner mentor meditation.  Tara offers this visualization for free on her website, which is how I first found it.  You just have to join her email list (here) and you’ll receive an email with the inner mentor visualization.

The idea of this visualization is that you’re visiting yourself 20 years in the future and seeing who that person is.

  • Who would she be friends with?
  • What would she do for self care?
  • What does she do for a living?
  • How does she think about her body?
  • What would her house look like?
  • How do you feel when you’re around her?
  • How does she handle stress and feelings of overwhelm?
  • What would she do for joyful movement?

Once you visualize/journal on who your inner mentor is, your inner mentor is supposed to feel like a north star guiding you in the thought patterns you’re stuck in and/or the behaviors you are choosing to engage in.

I recently came across the following advice: “Go towards what feels like relief.”  After this meditation I always feel like I am moving towards relief.  It feels like the right direction.  I highly recommend having the above meditation sent to your inbox if you enjoy meditation exercises<3

  1. Thank you for sharing this. Wow, the effort it takes to really connect with your true inner self. I have a meditation practice and I have truly found that the more I connect with my true inner self, the easier it is to move towards ‘relief’. What a great way to think about it…moving to what feels like relief. I really appreciate your blog. Well wishes.

  2. Thanks for this! I really struggle with meditation and calming my monkey mind, but this might be helpful; I’m gonna give it a try!

    • I’m with you, Emily! I actually have a name for my mind when it feels like it’s exploding and jumping from place to place. It’s been helpful in helping me identify when my mind is not being helpful. I have one other meditation that’s been good! Gonna share that one soon too! I hope you enjoy this one<3

  3. Thanks for sharing I’m going to check this out! I’m at a big crossroads in my life, deciding what type of job I want, where I’m going to live, etc. as I just finished grad school and have nothing tying me to any place yet.

  4. So glad you enjoyed the podcast I did with Tara! She’s an incredible woman.

  5. Needed this today! Thank you!

    Side note/question – Have you written any blog posts (I’ve only been reading your blog a few months now) in the past on dealing with negative family members or any naysayers when starting Intuitive Eating? Or do you have any advice about this? I am confident that I am above my natural weight, so when I’ve talked about the Intuitive Eating process to a few of my really close family members, I often even get some ridicule about the whole idea of it. Aside from no longer talking to them about Intuitive Eating (keeping that for my therapist) I’m at a loss of how to handle this.

  6. I love that phrase…”Go towards what feels like relief.” Because I feel SUCH a relief since adopting a body positivity, HAES approach. I have not felt this much comfort and less stress in my entire younger and adult life. It feels SO GOOD to do what feels right for my body. To think back at how much stress I was putting myself under by torturing and tormenting my body with restriction and exercise just makes me ask WHY now. What was the point? Great post!

  7. Thanks for sharing! I love finding new meditation techniques and this one looks so great. I’m excited to try it.

  8. I love this so much. Thinking about the person I wanted to be in 20+ years, both for myself and for other people, helped me so much in my eating disorder recovery. And “go towards what feels like relief” is such a good life mantra. I think it relates to something one of my fave authors, Emily P. Freeman talks about, which is “paying attention to your tears.” For example, if reading about rest makes me want to cry, it probably means I need to slow down. Signing up for Tara’s email list now! <3

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People with learning disabilities “extremely vulnerable” to the effects of COVID-19

16 July, 2021

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People with learning disabilities with COVID-19 are five times more likely to be admitted to hospital and eight times more likely to die compared with the general population of England, according to a new study in The BMJ.

Led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the University of Oxford, the research found risks were particularly high for those with severe to profound learning disability, Down’s syndrome and cerebral palsy.

The researchers say prompt access to COVID-19 testing and healthcare is warranted for this group, and prioritisation for COVID-19 vaccination and other targeted preventive measures should be considered.

Read more about this study, co-produced with HPRU researchers, on the LSHTM website here.

Read the article published in The Guardian on 15th July 2021 here.

Elizabeth J Williamson et al. Risks of COVID-19 hospital admission and death for people with learning disability: population based cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform. The BMJ. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.n1592

An easy read summary of this research is also available.


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Let me tell you the story of two self-employed professionals…

It was in the year 2021, in a galaxy really close by…

Professional 1 is a consultant.

(Or a coach? I forget – but for this story, it doesn’t matter.)

What does matter is that she is not a happy bunny. Not happy at all!
Because she loves her work and she KNOWS she’s good at what she does.

But still…

Corporate clients are hard to find.

She looks high and low, joins networking groups, posts lots of value on social media.

But – Nada.

Every now and then, she gets excited: a call with a prospect!

The call goes really well.

She hears: send us your proposal.

She is ready to break out the bubbles.

But then – nothing.

No response to the offer.

So she blames the economy. The lack of budgets. The pandemic! Considers chucking it all in…

And then there is consultant #2. She’s in a similar field as poor #1.

But her calendar is filled with exciting prospect meetings.

Her emails ping with responses to her proposals.

She’s raising her prices – and clients cannot wait to throw their budget at them…

The difference between these two?

Is it talent? Is it experience? Is it inside connections?

All of those play a role.

But the most important difference is that our #2 consultant knows all about the Hierarchy of Needs for corporate offers.

Now some of you, dear reader, might be nodding sagely but for those who are in the category of WTF? let me explain:

To sell successfully to corporates as a consultant or coach (or trainer or other services provider), you need to make them an irresistible offer.

  • And an irresistible offer is not what you do.
  • it’s not enough to have something they need. I
  • It’s not enough to have a great method, approach or tool.
  • It’s not even enough to have the expertise.

An irresistible corporate offer consists of 7+1 elements and just like in Maslow’s famous hierarchy of need, each level builds on the previous one.

The levels are (in ascending order)

  1. Your value proposition: what is the value your work brings beyond the specifics?#
  2. Your service/product: what is it they can buy from you?
  3. Your solutions: what specific problem do you solve with this specific offer you’re making
  4. The belief ladder: why should they believe in you, your solution and themselves?
  5. The experience: what is it like to work with you?
  6. The options: give them choices
  7. The price: it has to make sense! (and “sense” is not what you think it is!)

Understanding each element of the hierarchy means you can attract corporate clients who need what you offer AND are ready to buy.

It means you can sell to them without having to negotiate on price. And means you never hear crickets again…

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Local Online Marketing in Colorado Spring

Impressions Agency offers local online marketing solutions to businesses looking to increase their web presence in Colorado Spring. Specializing in web design, SEO and social interaction, the team at Impressions can create a personalized plan to get your products and services in front of potential customers, all while improving your search engine positioning along the way.

Attract New Clients and Make Your Business Grow with Impressions Agency

While the Internet has made it easier for companies to promote their products and services, many small business owners feel overwhelmed when it comes to creating an online solid image and positioning. Any attempt to make a splash in their area begins to seem like a lost cause, as it can be very difficult to gain traction in today’s fast changing online world.

This is where we come in and help our clients give a new perspective to their company’s online marketing strategy, getting them in front of all the potential customers searching the web to find the products or services they are looking for. Our many years of experience in local online marketing allow us to apply the latest online marketing strategies to your website, giving you an advantage over your competitors in Colorado Spring.

Solid and Competitive Online Marketing for Your Business in Colorado Spring

Building a web presence and creating brand recognition requires a combination of skills and knowledge, two important attributes that our team at Impressions Agency definitely has. Our committed members specialize in the different areas needed to develop a smart online marketing strategy that can ensure an effective web presence, plus also guaranteeing better positioning in the internet’s search engines to make your brand much more visible.

Our web services includes local online marketing solutions and can be customized based on your business’ needs. If you want to learn more about the services we provide and how we can help you make your company grow, do not hesitate to contact us so we can create a marketing plan that fits your company’s needs.

So, if you are looking to boost your business online, or you are simply not happy with the web presence you currently have in Colorado Spring, let Impressions Agency help you get your product in front of the people you want with great local online marketing services. Give us a call today, and let’s discuss which marketing strategies will have the biggest effect in getting more eyes on your products.


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Marketing vs. Smart Marketing

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So you’ve got a marketing plan in place. You love your business, you want it to succeed, and you’re sitting here reading this blog because you want to become an even better marketer and business owner, yes?

If you answered yes, then we want to give you major props for understanding the importance of online marketing when it comes to promoting and growing your business. Not all business owners do, so that right there is a great start!

Unfortunately, not all marketing is smart marketing. Some business owners who do marketing themselves are trying the best they can but are making some critical mistakes that are holding them back from unlocking the power of online marketing.

The truth is, smart marketing is all about sharing information or an idea with your customers instead of your product. This concept can be hard for many business owners to grasp who don’t fully understand how inbound marketing works.  These business owners market with a self-focused mindset instead of focusing on the wants, needs, and pain-points of their customer.

We see this problem all over the internet, so we’re writing this post to all you devoted, hardworking, and self-starting business owners out there who just need a little education when it comes to really smart marketing.

Smart Marketing Focuses on the Customer

Because of the saturation of online businesses in every industry, your marketing efforts need to be smarter than your competitors. Your efforts need to be sharp, personalized, strategic, unique, and above all, customer-focused. The truth is, your customer doesn’t care one bit about what you want. They care about their needs and wants.

In turn, when you build your marketing strategy, content, and blog post around what your customer wants, it improves how your prospective lead feels about you and your brand. They look at you less like a shark, and more like a friend… And who doesn’t like supporting their friends?

Get the idea? That my friends, is smart marketing.

How to Start Marketing Smart

Step one in smart marketing is to reevaluate your current marketing strategy. Edit and revisit any content that focuses on you instead of your customer.

Also, if you haven’t already, we recommend creating some buyer personas so each time you sit down to write content, you have your ideal customer in mind. As you’re writing, think of them and their needs. Write to them as if they are your most cherished friend. This might sound a little cheesy and over-the-top, but trust us, it works.

What strategies do you implement to market smarter than your competitors? We’d love to hear your experiences!

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The Inbound Brew Affiliate Program

Last week we were so pleased to announce the upcoming release of Inbound Brew Pro, a premium SEO and marketing tool you can ACTUALLY afford.

With that announcement, comes more exciting news! We are currently rolling out an affiliate program for agencies, freelancers, marketers, theme developers, industry influencers, WordPress guru’s, bloggers, or anyone else who loves our plugin and wants to make some passive income each month.

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PDA Search and Selection Ltd
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Job Title: Mobile Small Building Works Technician

Location: Covering Preston and the surrounding areas

Salary: £27,467 per annum (on call / standby equates to an additional £1,950 per annum)

Benefits: Company Vehicle, company pension scheme, BUPA (single cover), 33 days holiday (including bank holidays). Overtime available at time and a half. Technicians are paid DOOR to DOOR.

On Call / Standby: 1 week in 4

Hours: 40 hours a week - Monday to Friday (8.30 until 5 pm)

Our client is one of the UK's leaders in providing innovative construction and engineering solutions for clients within a variety of sectors including Retail, Health, Education and Commercial.

Due to a new contract win with a national supermarket retailer, our client is now looking to recruit a number of experienced Small Building Works Technician to look after a number of Small/Medium/Large retail stores across Preston and the surrounding areas.

Job Purpose:

This is a key position, carrying out planned and reactive building maintenance across a number of retail stores. The role will involve basic joinery, changing lights, changing locks etc.

The purpose of this role is to carry out non-technical repairs and minor PPM's. You will also assist in carrying out planned and reactive maintenance, electrical, and mechanical plant works at various sites with your Regional Electrician.

All work will be completed to the highest standards in an efficient and cost-effective manner, whilst complying with the laid-down company Health and Safety policy.

Key Accountabilities:
  • Undertake planned and reactive maintenance building maintenance / fabric works in accordance with contractual KPI's.
  • Advise the building manager of any repair and maintenance issues that are likely to affect the running of the building.
  • Carry out minor alterations and installations in accordance with current specifications.
  • Complete general repairs and maintenance to the building as designated by the Maintenance Manager, e.g. repairs to the building fabric, such as, plumbing, joinery, changing locks, painting, PAT testing and drainage
  • To assist other Technicians / Engineers on site when requested to do so
  • To ensure all tools and equipment necessary to complete maintenance and repairs are available and serviceable at all times
  • To represent the company in a professional manner at all times and develop a good working relationship with company and clients colleagues

Candidates background & experience: -
  • Suitable candidates should hold a building trade qualification (NVQ / City & Guilds), ideally in Joinery / Building / Plumbing
  • Ability to maintain / repair a range of building fabrics
  • Willingness to work flexible hours
  • Good communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Ability to work at heights and competent in the use of steps and ladders
  • Customer focussed and helpful / friendly manner

To apply for this role please submit your full and up to date CV to Paul Davidson at PDA SEARCH & SELECTION LIMITED.
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Sabarmati Ashram – a visit to fearlessness and truth

    Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmadabad, Gujarat

    “This is the right place for our activities to carry on the search for truth and develop fearlessness. For on one side are the iron bolts of the foreigners, and on the other, thunderbolts of Mother Nature”. – This is how Gandhiji described the site of Sabarmati Ashram when he first visited the place for assessing if it was suitable for carrying out his work.

    The site of 36 acres was a wasteland full of snakes, but the order was not to kill them. The Satyagraha Ashram, later renamed as Harijan Ashram, was started in with a two-fold purpose; one was to carry on the search for truth, and the other was to create a non-violent group of workers, who would organize and help to secure freedom for India.

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Dealing with customers from High Risk Countries

Globalisation is storming ahead and businesses are looking beyond their domestic surroundings. They have to expand beyond the domestic markets if they have to remain competitive in global marketplace. It is important to understand the country risk while transacting internationally. Customers from high risk countries pose reputation risk before financial institutions. Dealing with high risk customers may end up in inviting transactions that are either fraudulent or corrupt.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body. Its purpose is to develop and promote policies, to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. FATF identifies jurisdictions having strategic deficiencies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.

The global fight against money laundering has led many countries to develop strict AML CFT regimes. These regimes are designed to build programs that identify, trace, and prevent financial support to criminals, terrorists, or fraudulent merchants.

Countries that don’t have a fully developed regime are considered a high risk. These countries pose a threat to international efforts on AML/CTF. Foreign Corporations, Offshore financial centers, international business corporations located in the high risk countries pose greater challenge before the financial institutions.

Financial institutions are likely to screen transactions from FATF high-risk countries closely but besides Financial Action Task Force (FATF), high risk country information is also compiled by European Union Blacklist (EU), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) andTransparency international (TI).

OFAC country list is compiled on the basis of the national security goals of the United States, whereas TI publishes the Corruption Perception Index.

Due Diligence on customers from high risk countries

Financial Institutions are required to deal with the customers from high risk countries. Global AML CFT compliance regulations requires to conduct the enhanced due diligence on following client relationships where

  • Domicile of the contracting party, controlling person or beneficial owner in a FATF risk country;
  • Nationality of the contracting party or beneficial owner in a FATF risk country;
  • Business activity of the contracting party/beneficial owner in FATF risk country;
  • Recurring payments from and into a FATF risk country.

This will bring a substantial population of client relationships into the high-risk client bucket, subject to recurring reviews and senior management approvals.


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by Katherine Gould, Associate Curator of Cultural History

What is your most memorable movie-going experience? We all have them: the epic love story that made us cry as we gazed up at that big screen; the first special effects experience to blow our minds; or the first make-out session in the back of a darkened theater (confession: Top Gun, 1986, his name was Sean).

For me, it’s not any one particular movie that is most memorable, but rather my overall movie-going experience as a kid. I grew up on Army bases across the county and most would have a single-screen theater that showed second-run films. I remember the seats being filled not only with kids and parents in civilian clothes but also men and women in uniform. Before the start of each movie, the theater would darken and everybody would rise and remove their caps for the national anthem. The screen would be filled with rousing, patriotic images of tanks rolling across rugged terrain, Navy destroyers smashing through the high seas, and fighter planes soaring over the mountains. Even now, quite a few years later, the memory of those experiences is as clear as day.

I queried the staff of the Indiana State Museum to find out about some of their favorite movie-going experiences. Because sometimes the best part of history is not researching important artifacts or examining “old-timey” photographs, but rather simply recalling our own experiences with the past, and what it means to us. That’s what makes history fun. That’s what makes it personal. So, for some of you, your memory of going to a theater to see Top Gun may involve squealing at seeing Tom Cruise playing beach volleyball or gripping your seat while watching the action-packed fighter jet scenes. For me, the memory is something completely different. Continue reading


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Erdogan announces historic Turkish gas find in Black Sea

If the gas can be commercially extracted, the discovery could transform Turkey's dependence on Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan for energy imports.

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NATO, US-Turkey relations, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Joe Biden, world news, Indian expressErdogan described his talks with Biden as comprehensive and productive and said the two agreed to meet again. (AP/File)

Turkey announced its biggest ever natural gas discovery on Friday, a 320 billion cubic metre (11.3 trillion cubic feet) Black Sea field which President Tayyip Erdogan said was part of even bigger reserves and could come onstream as soon as 2023.

If the gas can be commercially extracted, the discovery could transform Turkey’s dependence on Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan for energy imports.

Erdogan said his country was determined ultimately to become a net energy exporter.”Turkey has realised the biggest natural gas find of its history in the Black Sea,” he said in a widely anticipated televised address from an Ottoman palace in Istanbul, linked by video to a drill ship in the western Black Sea.The ship made the discovery about 100 nautical miles north of the Turkish coast.”This reserve is actually part of a much bigger source. God willing, much more will come,” Erdogan said.

“There will be no stopping until we become a net exporter in energy.” Analysts said it was not clear whether the 320 billion cubic metres he announced referred to total gas estimates or amounts that could be extracted, but that either way it represented a major discovery.”This is Turkey’s biggest-ever find by a wide margin, and one of the largest global discoveries of 2020,” said Thomas Purdie of consultancy Wood Mackenzie.

Any reduction in Turkey’s energy import bill, which stood at $41 billion last year, would boost government finances and help ease a chronic current account deficit which has helped drive the lira to record lows against the dollar.”We will remove the current account deficit from the agenda of our country,” Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said, speaking from the deck of the Fatih drill ship.

The lira has strengthened since Erdogan first told energy executives on Wednesday that he had “good news” to
announce. It slid however as he detailed the find and was down 0.6% at 1500 GMT. Many officials and analysts have cautioned that it could take up to a decade for gas from the Black Sea find to come online, and would need billions of dollars of investment to build up the infrastructure for production and supply.

But Sohbet Karbuz, director of hydrocarbons at the Paris-based Mediterranean Observatory for Energy, said Turkey may move ahead swiftly with investment decisions.”The process will move very quickly, in terms of financing, time and procedures. Help will probably be needed from foreign companies from a technical and technological perspective but I see 2023 as a reasonable target,” Karbuz said.The gas find is located in waters 2,100 metres deep, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said, with drilling extending another 1,400 metres below the sea bed. “We will go down a further 1,000
metres … and data shows we will probably reach gas there too.”

A Turkish source told Reuters on Thursday that the discovery contains expected reserves of 800 billion cubic metres. As well as the Black Sea, Turkey has been exploring for hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean, where its survey operations in disputed waters have drawn protests from Greece and Cyprus.

Greek and Turkish warships shadowing a Turkish survey vessel collided there last week. Erdogan said operations in the Mediterranean would accelerate. “Nobody should question Turkey’s determination or its will to pay a price when necessary,” he said.

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The Award-Winning, Female-Fronted Rockers To Release Their Record Good Fight The Day

They Kick Off Cross-Country Tour

On the heels of five, back-to-back hit singles, including “Setting Sun,” which Music Indie Plus hailed as a “heartbreaking scorcher,” award-winning, female-fronted rockers Limberlost have found themselves, once again, at the forefront of the music scene as they unveil details for their much-anticipated sophomore album and U.S. national tour.

Good Fight, which will feature all five previously-released tracks, plus three never-before-heard songs, will be available on all DSPs starting Friday, August 6, just in time to kick off the band’s 13-date “Good Fight Tour.”

The album, which follows Limberlost’s successful 2018 debut Limberlost Vol.1, is described by Drummer Mike Burt as “energetic, melodic rock with powerful, soulful vocals, captivating hooks, deep grooves and classic rock undertones.” Burt says their sophomore effort embodies a more mature and diverse sound, with more lyrically-driven songs and complex melodies, and even a few cover songs as an added bonus.

This is the first record featuring the sextet’s current lineup. “We really expanded ourselves creatively and musically with Good Fight,” said Burt. “Krystle (Pyette)’s crushing vocals and Brittany (Lauren)’s mesmerizing harmonies are amplified 10-fold on this record thanks to the heavy-hitters we now have in place for the band. This year brought out a lot of emotion in all of us and we wanted to convey it in a meaningful way through our music. Our mission was to show our fans that were all in for a good fight – no matter what life throws at us.”

The “heavy hitters” Limberlost has enlisted include such musical stalwarts as Guitarist Ricky Dunn, Bassist Ben “Thor” Beman, Keyboardist Anthony Ciarochi, and Burt on drums. Recorded at Crash Bang Booom Productions, all original songs featured on Good Fight were produced and engineered by David Smith with the exception of the “Good Fight” and “I’ll Stand By You” singles, which were produced by Timothy Eaton, mixed by Jakael Tristram and mastered by Ric Vaughn.

The official tracklisting for Good Fight is as follows:

The Real Thing

Good Fight

I’ll Stand By You (Written by Thomas Kelly, Christine Hyde, Billy Steinberg)

See What You Want (Features Cirke Cherokee on backing vocals and Raymond Hayden on keyboards)

Setting Sun (Written by Wayne Perry and Tommy Barnes)

Jolene (Written by Dolly Parton)

In The Garden

Limberlost will be supporting the release of the new album with the “Good Fight Tour,” which kicks off Friday, August 6 in Lewiston, ID at the Snake River Rock Festival. The routing will take the band to

My Buddy’s Place Bar in Sheridan, WY on Saturday, August 7before it stops at The Knuckle Saloon in Sturgis, SDwhere the group will perform a five-day residency from August 8 – August 14 as part of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally 2021. After that, they will crisscross the country playing at such esteemed venues as the Hard Rock Las Vegas, Pub Rock in Scottsdale, AZ and many more.

The official “Good Fight Tour” dates are as follows:

*Dates are subject to change.

Friday, August 6                      Snake River Rockfest              Lewiston, ID

Saturday, August 7                  My Buddy’s Place Bar             Sheridan, WY

Sunday, August 8                    The Knuckle Saloon                Sturgis, SD

Monday, August 9                    The Knuckle Saloon                Sturgis, SD

Tuesday, August 10                The Knuckle Saloon                Sturgis, SD

Thursday, August 12               The Knuckle Saloon                Sturgis, SD

Saturday, August 14                The Knuckle Saloon                Sturgis, SD

Sunday, August 15                  Herman’s Hideaway                Denver, CO

Tuesday, August 17                Hard Rock Café                        Las Vegas, NV

Thursday, August 19               Pub Rock Live                         Scottsdale, AZ

Friday, August 20                    Liquid Joes                             Salt Lake City, UT

Saturday, August 21                Roadhouse Saloon                  Idaho Falls, ID

Wednesday, August 25            Allen York Park                       Bonney Lake, WA

Additional Fall dates will be announced shortly. For the latest schedule information, visit

For information about Limberlost, visit https://www.limberlostmusic.comor follow on social @Limberlost (FB) | @Limberlostmusic (IG) | @Limberlost_Band (Twitter) | @Limberlost Music (You Tube).

About Limberlost

Limberlost is an American rock band from Seattle, WA. Behind the crushing vocals of Krystle Pyette and the mesmerizing harmonies of Brittany Lauren, the band, consisting of Ricky Dunn on Guitar, Ben “Thor” Beman on Bass, Anthony Ciarochi on Keys and Michael Burt on Drums, uses captivating hooks and tenacious grooves to grab your heart and invade your soul.


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Spousal abuse is a traumatic experience that can be covered up and ignored by the abused and the family they live in. Dawn Milson has written an open and heart wrenching book about the abuse she and generations of her family have gone through. Hostess Charlotte Canion interviews Dawn and brings out highlights about her story in this episode of Indie Beacon Radio.

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EFF: Viacom-You Tube lawsuit threatens DMCA “Safe Harbors”

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of advocacy groups filed an Amicus (friend of the court) brief Thursday, arguing that the infringement claims made by Viacom in the appeal of Viacom v. YouTube threaten the “safe harbor” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The EFF argues that  services like YouTube have enabled political and other speech to flourish online. Citing the in protests across the Middle East, the EFF fears that user-generated expression could face stifling litigation, which would encourage content-blocking or even the shutting down the services.

“If the DMCA safe harbors are undermined in the way Viacom and the other content companies would like, the free flow of information will be seriously threatened,” said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Abigail Phillips. ”

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1 in 4 have $100,000 stashed away

1 in 4 have $100,000 stashed away

Younger Americans get a bad reputation when it comes to managing their finances, but it turns out they’re stashing money away for retirement earlier than previous generations, according to a new Bank of America survey.

Millennials – Americans between the ages of 24 and 41 – started saving for retirement at 24 on average, well before Generation Xers at 30 and baby boomers at 33, according to the bank’s 2020 Better Money Habits Millennial Report released Thursday, which surveyed 1,903 respondents.

Significantly more millennials are socking money away despite facing debt woes.Nearly 3 in 4 of them are saving, up 10 percentage points in two years. Roughly a quarter of millennials have $100,000 or more set aside, up from 16% in 2018.

They’re also practicing positive money habits. Over the past year, nearly 40% of millennials boosted their credit score, 29% secured a raise and 24% saved more money for retirement.

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Stocks drop as investors weigh record private-sector job losses in April

The coronavirus (COVID-19) is impacting the global economy and raising fears of a recession. What causes a recession and what are the signs?

U.S. stocks snapped two consecutive days of gains Wednesday as hopes for an economic recovery were tempered following a historically weak report on U.S. payrolls.

The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 218.45 points to close at 23,664.64. The Standard & Poor’s 500 fell 0.7% to end at 2,848.42, as gains in technology shares were offset by declines in energy and financial shares.

Private-sector companies shed a record 20.2 million jobs in April, according to payrolls processor ADP, as businesses were forced to shutter following a shutdown to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus. That marked the worst decline in the survey’s history.

The data comes ahead of Friday’s closely-watched jobs report for April from the Labor Department.

“April was nothing short of disastrous for the job market,” Ken Berman, strategist at investment advice platform Gorilla Trades, said in a note.

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Investors are monitoring shares of small-capitalization companies for further clues on the direction of the economy. Those stocks are typically more closely tied to the domestic economy than their larger counterparts. Small caps, along with financial firms, have shown signs of weakness recently, signaling investors remain “wary of the outlook for the global economy,” Berman says.

Investors are also monitoring financial shares because bank stocks are perceived to reflect the health of the broader U.S. economy. On Wednesday, shares of JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley fell at least 1.8% apiece.

Investors have been optimistic recently as some countries and U.S. states allow businesses to reopen despite warnings virus infections still are rising in areas. Texas and South Carolina have allowed restaurants and some other businesses to reopen. California might allow some retailers to resume serving customers this week.

The S&P 500 has recovered more than half its losses in a sell-off earlier in the year. To be sure, some analysts are skeptical about the recent rally in stocks. They say it is overdone given uncertainty about how long the recession will last.

“We expect stocks to remain volatile as markets struggle to find a balance between announcements on the lifting of lockdowns, data on potential treatments and vaccines, economic releases, news on the course of the pandemic and changing political dynamics,” Mark Haefele, chief investment officer at UBS Global Wealth Management, said in a note.

Energy stocks were also down after oil prices gave up some of their gains from earlier in the week.

Benchmark U.S. crude oil fell 57 cents, or 2.3%, to settle at $23.99 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude oil, the international standard, fell $1.25, or 4% to $29.72 a barrel. That helped drag Chevron down 3.1% and Exxon Mobil down 1.9%.

Disney shares dipped 0.2% after the company said earnings in the latest quarter tumbled by more than 90% after the pandemic wiped out $1 billion in theme-park sales. The Dow component’s stock has shed about 30% this year.

Shares of CVS Health fell 1.3% despite reporting a surge in profits, as people rushed to fill medicine cabinets and pantries ahead of the arrival of the coronavirus.

In Europe, London’s FTSE 100 gained 0.07%. The DAX in Frankfurt fell 1.2% and France’s CAC 40 lost 1.1% after the European Commission said it expects the economy of the 19-country eurozone to shrink 7.75% this year, a recession of “historic proportions.”

In Asia, the Shanghai Composite Index climbed 0.3% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 1.1%. The Kospi in Seoul was 1.8% higher and India’s Sensex gained 0.7%. Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 lost 0.4%.

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Is it possible to Read an entire Review of These Marriage-Recruitment Websites?

Yes, you are able to legally buy a wife these days. It’s called buying wife via the internet since the guy makes the actual order and pays for the girl s dowry, then cash her home to her end. Some of that money goes directly to her family, while the buy a bride remainder visits the marriage-buying agency which sets up the first meeting and everything other strategies of marital life migration and dating. When she says in her should that this girl wants a divorce? Well, there was be getting in front of ourselves in this article.

There are now a lot of this kind of websites, many with a major international readership, that must be no longer stunning when 1 opens up an email folder stuffed with junk mail and finds countless numbers of ads for mail-order brides. Indeed, many of the websites that offer mail-order brides carry out advertise extremely actively, but they are not pretending to be something they’re not. After all, anyone who is even moderately adept at using the internet may realize that these sites are scams. There is no hiding from them.

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