text:
To The Editor:
As we begin another summer of fun activities in our parks, I want to express my gratitude  to the dedicated Fanwood Recreation Commissioners who did such a tremendous job in staging the Annual Party in the Park held on Tuesday June 24th.
Hundreds of our neighbors participated at the La Grande Park event which served as a fantastic kick-off to our weekly Summer Movie Series. Children and adults alike were  happily entertained with food, drink, games and rides until Disney’s “Frozen” began at dusk. Adding to the fun, this lively crowd sang along with the soundtrack throughout the movie and filled the whole neighborhood with song!
The evening could not have been possible without the dedication of our volunteer commissioners.  They put heart and soul into this event and do the same for every other event we stage throughout the year. I cannot thank them enough. Bravo for a job well done!
Here's to a safe and enjoyable summer for all and many more happy gatherings together.
Mayor Colleen Mahr


Content-Type: application/http; msgtype=response

WARC-Identified-Payload-Type: text/html

WARC-Type: response

text:
UNION, NJ – More than 500 students, parents, public officials, and activists marched and gathered in Union Saturday morning for the Union County ‘March for Our Lives’ event. The student-led march, which called on the U.S. government for stricter gun laws and memorialized the 17 people killed in Parkland, FL, last month, was one of hundreds of 'March for Our Lives' events around the nation.

Beginning at Burnet Middle School, the hundreds of marchers strode up Morris Avenue, chanting “enough is enough”, “this is what democracy looks like", and "come November, we'll remember."

The event was led by student organizer Colin Sumner, a 16-year old sophomore from Westfield, with the support of Senator Joseph Cryan, Moms Demand Action, Union County Chapter, and the Union County Freeholders.

Sign Up for E-News

“Students are the reason for change – the change we will be seeing in the near future,” said Sumner.  “Today we stand here in solidarity for all of the victims of school shootings.”

“As a parent raising two small children, I’m at a loss at the realization that, because of the world we live in, there now exists a fear that our children may not even make it home from school,” said Union Mayor Suzette Cavadas.  “It’s a realization so powerful that it could render a person hopeless and incapable.  But after seeing so many of you here today – students, parents, activists – I’m reminded that we are not alone in this fight.”

“I’m proud to be here in Union County today to say, enough is enough,” said Congressman Donald Payne, Jr.  “Ninety-three Americans are killed by guns each day.”  Payne said more than 26,000 children and teenagers under the age of 18 were killed by guns in the United States between 1999 and 2016.  “Guns have killed more Americans at home than in war. What does that say about our government.”  Payne went on to say, “nobody wants your guns.  The Second Amendment is clear.  But nobody needs an AR15 that was meant to kill people.”

Union High School student Abby Hagen spoke to the crowd.  “In the wake of the tragic shooting in Parkland, it is promising to see a such a strong presence of activists and community members coming together to change the world we live in. The students and residents in New Jersey and around the country are being heard.”

“I apologize to the young people out there because we adults haven’t heard you,” said Cryan.  “We have not listened.  It’s up to us together to change the fear you are facing now.”

Also attending the march were State Senator Nicholas Scutari, Assemblywoman Annette Quijano, Cranford Mayor Thomas Hannen, Hillside Mayor Dahlia Vertreese, Roselle Park Mayor Carl Hokanson,  Assemblyman Jamel Holley, and Union County Freeholders Sergio Granados, Bruce Bergen, Alexander Mirabella, and Angel Estrada.

"This reminds me of the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young song, 'Teach Your Children,'" said Hannen.  "In the second stanza, the song says, 'teach your parents well'.  That's what this is about."

“What I keep hearing and what disturbs me most,” said Scutari, “is not ‘if’, but ‘when’ and that is an absolutely unacceptable statement as an elected official.  You need to continue to raise your voices and raise your hands.  Enough is enough.”

“After all that has gone on, you would think that our government would do something,” said Linden High School student and steering committee member Isabella Suarez.  “But, no. Once again, a gun is a priority over a child’s life.”

warcinfo:
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-39
publisher: Common Crawl
description: Wide crawl of the web for September 2018
operator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)
hostname: ip-10-37-160-190.ec2.internal
software: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)
robots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)
format: WARC File Format 1.1
conformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/


text:
Gimmie S'more

Gimmie S'more

All 195 categories

Shop for snacks: Buy snacks at Amazon

Taste test: This bar had a 2x5 section grid, with diagonal lines atop each section. I broke off two sections and bit in to find that the interior had a cavity filled with something that was sort of liquidy and whitish. That surprised me, because marshmallow is typically spongy or melty, not quite liquidy, though I suppose if it were to be liquidy, it would be in the context of a s'more. There also seemed to be some sort of crunch, presumably from bits of graham cracker, but not much of it. The chocolate was pretty good, and I could taste some marshmallow, but all in all it didn't taste that much like a s'more.

Aroma: Nice milk chocolate smell, some marshmallow too.

Manufacturer: DeMoulas Supermarkets, Inc./Market Basket

All 1603 snack companies

Online store: Buy snacks at Amazon

From the package: "Rich milk chocolate bar filled with marshmallow & graham cracker" ... "Limited Edition"

This snack was discovered by Jeremy at Market Basket. Review published .

Latest snack reviews

Still hungry? Check out the 100 latest reviews

What We're Eating

Lay's finds an odd way to roll out a dozen new flavors

Twinkies everywhere!

Hold the chicken!

Turkey potato chips are taking over!

It's Cheetos everywhere!

"Cheetos Popcorn" has revolutionized baseball

Mac n' Cheetos comes to BK's deep fryer

Lay's chips replacing Wise at Fenway Park

Oreos morph into churros!

More ...


text:
Loading, please wait...

product description page

American Political Party System : A Reference Handbook - by Michael C. LeMay (Hardcover)

American Political Party System : A Reference Handbook -  by Michael C. LeMay (Hardcover) - image 1 of 1

About this item

This reference documents the history of the American political party system. The first chapter analyzes why and how two major parties dominated it since the early 1800s, through discussion of six transformative presidencies from 1790 to the present day--those of Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan--as well as current party developments and the question of whether the 2008 and 2012 elections of Barack Obama mark a lasting change in the party coalitions or whether the election of Donald Trump in 2016 shows a shift to Republican dominance with an appeal to national populism. The second chapter addresses problems, controversies, and solutions related to voting, candidates, campaigns, state systems, the parties, and the media. Other chapters consist of essays by scholars and activists on topics like activism, Donald Trump’s immigration policies, barriers to third-party candidates, libertarians, and homeland security; profiles of 60 organizations and 70 individuals; and data and documents like laws and court cases. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Number of Pages: 368
Genre: Political Science
Series Title: Contemporary World Issues
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc
Author: Michael C. LeMay
Language: English
Street Date: June 22, 2017
TCIN: 52772504
UPC: 9781440854118
Item Number (DPCI): 248-47-6627
If the item details above aren’t accurate or complete, we want to know about it. Report incorrect product info.

Guest reviews

Prices, promotions, styles and availability may vary by store & online. See our price match guarantee. See how a store is chosen for you.


text:
Loading, please wait...

product description page

Easton 25" T Ball Bat Gray/Blue

Easton 25" T Ball Bat Gray/Blue - image 1 of 1

About this item

Easton is the #1 bat in Baseball. Any Little League player can play with confidence, when using this high quality Easton bat. Approved for all Little League play, 1.15 BPF, Aircraft Alloy, padded grip
Material: Aluminum
Dimensions (Overall): 1.0 inches (L) x 1.0 inches (W)
Weight: 1.0 pounds
Sporting Goods Item: T-ball bats
Care and Cleaning: Hand wash
Sport age category: Youth
Warranty: 1 year limited warranty. To obtain a copy of the manufacturer's or supplier's warranty for this item, please call Target Guest Services at 1-800-591-3869.
TCIN: 14499834
UPC: 035011929613
Item Number (DPCI): 088-09-0627
Origin: Imported
If the item details above aren’t accurate or complete, we want to know about it. Report incorrect product info.

Guest reviews

Prices, promotions, styles and availability may vary by store & online. See our price match guarantee. See how a store is chosen for you.


text:
Loading, please wait...

product description page

Socially Responsible Capitalism and Management (Hardcover) (Henri Savall & Michel Peu0301ron &

Socially Responsible Capitalism and Management (Hardcover) (Henri Savall & Michel Peu0301ron & - image 1 of 1

About this item

In the current crisis context, capitalism is questioned by its detractors or defended by its partisans. The concept of Socially Responsible Capitalism (SRC) is based on the entrepreneurial spirit. It encourages exemplary behaviors, such as effective, efficient and ethical behaviors, by stimulating social responsibility of companies and organizations. This is combined with the development of economic empowerment and legitimate efforts of each citizen-actor.

Socially Responsible Capitalismand Management does not confuse financial capitalism and entrepreneurial capitalism. The first one improves the creation of artificial value which leads to financial bubbles that periodically burst and bankrupt the real economy. Quite the reverse, entrepreneurial capitalism creates both solid economic value and employment. This is justified by the production of goods and services that meet legitimate needs of consumer-citizens.

This book shows that by putting Human Beings at the heart of action enables producing sustainable economic value, and anthropological values which are inseparable. The innovative aspect of this book lies in its analysis starting from the macro-economic level to the individual one, by presenting a detailed analysis of the micro-economic level of companies within its managerial issues. Socially Responsible Capitalism and Management is dedicated to present the different aspects of SRC for the Society, companies and organizations and also individual actors, as citizens, producers and consumers.

Number of Pages: 151
Genre: Business + Money Management
Sub-Genre: Management
Series Title: Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Author: Henri Savall & Michel Peu0301ron & Veu0301ronique Zardet & Marc Bonnet
Language: English
Street Date: September 30, 2017
TCIN: 51771513
UPC: 9781138282001
Item Number (DPCI): 248-34-1285
If the item details above aren’t accurate or complete, we want to know about it. Report incorrect product info.
MSRPwas $150.00

Guest reviews

Prices, promotions, styles and availability may vary by store & online. See our price match guarantee. See how a store is chosen for you.


text:
Fitness Meal Planning

Chef and restauranteur Erwan Heussaff shares his passion for fitness and healthy living with these 5 lessons. Packed with energy, nutrition and flavor, these meals and drinks are sure to fuel your fit and healthy lifestyle.

What's Included

  • Shopping List

  • Equipment List

  • 5 In-depth Lessons

6 Videos
  • 1. Fitness Meal Planning Introduction (Free)1:12
  • 2. Carbo Loading Pasta - L 13:57
  • 3. Natural Energy Drink - L 25:51
  • 4. Recovery Chicken Rice Bowl - L 37:06
  • 5. Banana Protein Recovery Shake - L 44:22
  • 6. Protein Pancake Snack - L 54:17

Meet the Instructor

Erwan Heussaff

Erwan Heussaff embodies a healthy and active lifestyle. He is passionate about good food and inspiring his audience to enjoy the finer things in life. His Bushwhack Cooking series takes viewers to the tops of a gorgeous mountain to create a gourmet meals outside the kitchen. Erwan is passionate about food, travel, and pushing the boundaries on everyday living.

Upgrade to Plus

Unlock all classes, shows & features with a 7 day free trial

Start your free trial


text:
Now booking Tate Modern Talk

Films of Our Lives

Christian Marclay The Clock 2010. Single channel video, duration: 24 hours © the artist. Courtesy White Cube, London and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York

Hear an all-star panel explore how cinema shapes our daily routines and notions of love, work and life

Responding to Christian Marclay’s 24-hour film installation The Clock, this special discussion considers how particular movies continue to influence our lives. Contributors discussing their favourite film moments include artist Larry Achiampong, with the conversation chaired by Gaylene Gould, Head of Cinemas and Events at the British Film Institute.

Larry Achiampong

His solo and collaborative projects employ imagery, aural and visual archives, live performance and sound to explore ideas surrounding class, cross-cultural and post-digital identity. With works that examine his communal and personal heritage – in particular, the intersection between pop culture and the postcolonial position, Achiampong crate-digs the vaults of history. These investigations examine constructions of ‘the self’ by splicing the audible and visual materials of personal and interpersonal archives, offering multiple perspectives that reveal entrenched socio-political contradictions in contemporary society.

Achiampong has exhibited, performed and presented projects within the UK and abroad including Tate Britain/Modern, London; The Institute For Creative Arts, Cape Town; The British Film Institute, London; David Roberts Art Foundation, London; SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin; Bokoor African Popular Music Archives Foundation, Accra; Logan Center Exhibitions, Chicago; Prospect New Orleans, New Orleans; Diaspora Pavilion – 57th Venice Biennale, Venice; and Somerset House, London.

Gaylene Gould

Gaylene Gould is Head of Cinemas & Events at the British Film Institute. Previously she worked as a programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival and Hot Docs Film Festival amongst others, and creatively directed a number of large-scale exhibition projects for the BFI, FILMCLUB, the Museum Service and Arts Council England. She was founder of an independent projects company and consultancy, WriteTalkListen, designing multi-media projects for the Tate, Vivid Projects, Malmo Moderna Museet and Selfridges. She also worked as an organisational consultant for cultural venues and companies such as the National Theatre, Young Vic Theatre and the Southbank Centre. She is an accredited coach, published writer, and broadcaster for BBC Radio.

Organised in collaboration with the BFI.

Tate Modern

Starr Cinema

Café entrance

London SE1 9TG
Plan your visit

Date & Time

24 October 2018 at 18.30–20.00

Related events

Tate Modern Talk

Artist’s Talk: Christian Marclay with Erika Balsom

24 Sep 2018

Join us for a special evening with the creator of The Clock

Tate Modern Film

Christian Marclay: The Clock: 24-hour Screening

6–7 Oct 2018, 3–4 Nov 2018, 1–2 Dec 2018

Join us for an overnight screening of the 24-hour cinematic masterpiece

Free entry
Tate Modern Course

About Time: Creative Writing Around The Clock

Every Mon, 22 Oct – 19 Nov 2018

Experiment with new ways of writing inspired by Christian Marclay’s celebrated installation

Tate Modern Film

Christian Marclay: The Clock: Tate Collective 24-Hour Screening

24–25 Nov 2018

Tate Collective are invited to an exclusive overnight screening of the 24-hour cinematic masterpiece

Free entry
Tate Modern Talk

Remix, Rewind, Play: Experiments in Narrative

27 Nov 2018

How are artists, musicians, writers and film-makers experimenting with narrative form?


text:
Time saving tip: Register to save this search, your favorites, and to receive alerts when new and similar properties of interest to you become available. Feel free to contact us with any and all your questions!

275 Beach Road, Tequesta, FL 33469

MLS Number RX-10443272

  • Rental
  • Subdivision SEAMIST CONDO
  • Year Built 1977
  • Bedrooms 2

Views of the intracooastal waterway. Nicely appointed with tile floors, updated bath & kitchen. Lovely courtyard entry. Enjoy a private path to the beach. Other amenities include boat dockage, kayak and paddleboard right out your back door.Available August 1st.

Listing courtesy of The Keyes Company - Tequesta

$/month over payments
Federal 30-year interest rate: 4.6% last updated on Sep 13, 2018
* All Figures are estimates. Check with your bank or proposed mortgage company for actual interest rates.
This product uses the FRED® API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Save FavoriteSchedule A VisitAsk A QuestionMore Details


text:
Free US shipping on orders $25+*

Lotus Loose Tea Canister

Introducing Lotus, a curated collection of relaxing teas for mind, body & spirit. Tea Forté is proud to present the next elevation of tea. This unique and unprecedented gourmet collection of highest-grade, small-lot, certified organic teas have been difficult to source as they are rarely exported. Reflecting the creativity and craftsmanship of this ultimate tea experience, Lotus comes exquisitely presented in an unapologetically modern design evoking the sophistication and sensory experience that these teas offer. Each recyclable canister is air tight and filled with the same blends offered in our signature pyramid infuser. 35-50 servings per canister. All teas are organic.

You may also like


text:
Thermaltake Commander GS-III Casing
 Thermaltake Commander GS-III:*Full black coating with metal mesh appearance*eSPORTS look front..
Thermaltake Spacecraft VF-I Casing
Thermaltake Spacecraft VF-I:*Build-in latest USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Connector. (For VN600A1W2N only)*Sup..
Thermaltake Versa II Casing
Thermaltake Versa II Casing:* Ventilated front panel enhanced superior airflow* Bottom-placed PSU de..
Showing 1 to 3 of 3 (1 Pages)

Our brands


text:
Privacy Policy

This web site is owned and operated by Barry Enterprises, Inc. The following Privacy Policy demonstrates our commitment to full disclosure regarding privacy issues. Since we gather certain types of information about our subscribers, we want you to fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.

Information we collect.
We collect the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail, information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information and/or site subscriptions. We also collect information provided to us in the course of a subscription. A "subscription" occurs when a consumer registers for the TechMajesty.com services, either via registration at our website, via opt-in or opt-out co-registration at a marketing partner's website, or via an opt-out permission pass / opt-out mailing. The TechMajesty.com collects personally identifiable information about subscribers, based on information provided to us at the time of registration, subscriber interaction and response to subsequent electronic mailings and website use, and perhaps information provided by marketing partners or data aggregators. Information collected may include, but is not necessarily limited to: name, email address, postal address, gender, birth date, telephone number, activity, interests, and other demographic information. This information enables us to better tailor our content to subscribers' needs and to help our clients to promote and sell their products and services.

The information we collect is used by us to contact consumers for marketing purposes. If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please let us know by sending us e-mail at the above address

Information gathering.
With respect to cookies, TechMajesty.com currently minimizes the use of cookies to only those necessary to properly route subscribers, and customize the subscriber's experience. TechMajesty.com provides links to advertiser and partner websites and these sites may choose to use cookies to better promote their products and services. However, we also reserve the right to use cookies to store visitors preferences, to record session information and to customize Web page content on visitors' browser type or other information that the visitor sends. With respect to contact with our subscribers and their inquiries, subscribers have the ability to contact TechMajesty.com to provide us with their feedback. TechMajesty.com uses this information to respond to the subscriber and analyze customer service issues. With respect to usage tracking, UsedPhoneforsale.com tracks information related to the electronic mailings and web pages viewed by subscribers, as well as the hyperlinks clicked by subscribers, while viewing our emails or visiting our websites. Log Files are used to track and monitor subscriber usage.

Sharing of Information and unsubscribing.
E-mail. From time to time, we make our subscriber or general e-mail lists available to other reputable organizations whose products or services we think you might find interesting. All information provided by you, as well as any additional information we may lawfully collect, may be shared or used to support our services and data sharing with marketing companies, advertising agencies, compilers, and data companies. If you do not want us to share your e-mail address or subscriber information with other companies or organizations, or if you wish to prevent your information from being used for purposes other than those for which it was originally collected, please let us know by e-mailing or writing to us at the above address and telling us that you wish to "unsubscribe" or opt out of receiving future e-mails. Currently, TechMajesty.com does not offer subscribers a means by which to completely delete personal information from our databases. Instead, subscription status is set to "unsubscribed" to suppress inclusion from future TechMajesty.com e-mails. TechMajesty.com unsubscribe process impacts only the future delivery of electronic mailings disseminated by TechMajesty.com on its own behalf. Former TechMajesty.com subscribers may still receive electronic mailings sent on behalf of third parties who may have received your information prior to your opt-out notification.

Direct Mail. If you supply us with your postal address on-line you may receive periodic mailings from us with information on new products and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please let us know by e-mailing or writing to us at the above address. In the event you decide to write us, please provide us with your exact name and address so that we may remove your address from the list we share with other organizations.

Telemarketing. Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers may receive telephone contact from us or from other reputable companies regarding new products and services. You can, however, have your name put on our do-not-share list by sending us an e-mail or by writing to us at the above address. If you do not wish to receive any telephone calls unrelated to the service or product you subscribed for, please let us know by sending an e-mail to us or by writing to us at the above address. Make sure your message provides us with your name and phone number so that we may remove such information from the list we share with other organizations.

Ad Servers. As of this time, we do not partner with or have special relationships with any ad server companies.

Modifications To Privacy Policy. From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change in the future, we will post the policy changes to our Web site to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check our Web site periodically to review this Privacy Policy and any changes thereto.

Security. We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site.

We Do Not Intend To Collect Data From Children. The information and services this site provides is not intended to be viewed by children under 18 years of age. No information collected from children is knowingly used for any marketing or promotional purposes whatsoever, either by us or by any company we work with.

Special Notice To Vermont Residents. Vermont has adopted new consumer privacy regulations that may require financial institutions to obtain your consent prior to sharing nonpublic personal information about you with non-affiliated companies. If you are a resident of Vermont, by subscribing to our site, you will be deemed to have consented, or opted in to use of your information consistent with this Privacy Policy.

If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us at our E-mail or physical address below.

We can be reached via e-mail at support@techmajesty.com

We Accept We Accept

Why Buy From Us? Why Buy From Us?


text:
Explore GitHub Pages, a web developer's playground

GitHub provides a vehicle for hosting and sharing your Git-based code and resources. Here's how to use the feature called GitHub Pages.

Image: GitHub

Setting up an online presence has never been simpler, as there are hosting options with a variety of cloud platforms as well as free options. The service to use depends on requirements, costs, and so forth.

GitHub provides one option for static sites that includes the power of Git and GitHub, thus the perfect solution for developers. Learn what GitHub Pages offers, and how you can get this feature up and running in no time.

Store and serve your code

You store files, usually code, on GitHub. These files can include web content (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, etc.), and this content can be served via the GitHub Pages feature. The added bonus is the site's resources are source controlled with all the power of Git via GitHub.

GitHub Pages can be implemented a few ways. You can have one site for the complete repository, along with individual sites for each project. Let's begin with creating a site for user repository.

Create a site for repository

A GitHub repository may have one site called a user site; the syntax for it is [username] My repository is under my username aspatton, so my GitHub user site is This is set up by creating a new public repository with the [username] (Figure A). Once the new repository is created, the screen in Figure B is presented. The GitHub Pages feature is accessed via repository settings — click Settings (lower right in Figure B) to access the page shown in Figure C.

The GitHub Pages section of repository settings is visible in Figure C — it includes a page generator to quickly get your site up and running. You can choose to create your own pages, but the automatic page generator (button shown in Figure C) is a nice feature. Once it is selected, the create page displayed in Figure D is presented. You can edit the page name (shown in the banner at the top of the page) along with the tagline and body of the HTML page.

Figure A

Creating a repository for the GitHub Pages feature

Figure B

A new GitHub Pages repository is created.

Figure C

The GitHub Pages feature is available via repository Settings.

Figure D

The Create GitHub User Pages site page

The final part of automatic site creation is layout selection — click the Continue To Layouts button, which you see at the bottom of Figure D. Figure E shows the layout options across the top; select one of the options, and the site is created. Figure F shows the newly created GitHub User Pages repository opened via the standard GitHub interface. Figure G shows the site opened in Chrome.

Once the site is created, you may choose to edit the site or add pages/files via the GitHub interface or your favorite set of tools. GitHub does provide an online editor, so it can be used to edit files like HTML. Figure H shows the index.html file viewed via the GitHub site with the many edit options available as buttons — the Edit button takes you to the online editor shown in Figure H. If you would rather edit locally, a local clone can be created where you make the changes and push the changes to the GitHub repository when ready. This can be accomplished via the command line or using the GitHub client.

Figure E

Layout options for the newly created GitHub User Pages site.

Figure F

The newly created GitHub Pages repository.

Figure G

Viewing the GitHub User Pages site in Chrome.

Figure H

Viewing the file via GitHub with various edit options (buttons).

Figure I

Editing the site page via the GitHub online editor.

Project sites

While GitHub Pages only allows one user site, you can create multiple sites under it for each of your projects. Creating a site for a project repository can be accomplished a number of ways.

The simplest approach is what has been covered so far. You create a new repository or access an existing repository and go to its settings and work with the GitHub Pages section (Figure C). The end result is the GitHub Pages files (Figure F) within the project repository. Project repositories that use GitHub Pages will use the special gh-pages fork instead of the master fork used for the main repository.

Another option for creating a site for a GitHub project repository is manually creating a new fork called gh-pages, adding any necessary resources, and pushing the changes to the GitHub project repository. Also, you should go to the project repository settings and set the Default branch to the newly created gh-pages branch (this option is visible at the top of Figure C). The GitHub Pages site for projects works the same as the main user site, so you can add and edit resources as necessary. The project site is accessible as a directory under the main site, so a project called TechRepublic under my main site is accessed via the following URL:

A great option for developers

I stumbled upon the GitHub Pages feature while working with the many other features of Git and GitHub. It's a great resource for creating sites for your GitHub projects, and it provides an excellent free resource for building and playing with code in a static website.

The basic features of GitHub Pages just scratches the surface, as there are many options and much more to learn. One caveat with GitHub Pages is its static nature, but you can use other tools like Jekyll to extend it. Also, you may want to learn more about GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM), as it is included in generated pages and is used throughout GitHub.

Have you used GitHub Pages? If so, how did you use it, and what did you think of the feature? Post your feedback in the discussion.

About Tony Patton

Tony Patton has worn many hats over his 15+ years in the IT industry while witnessing many technologies come and go. He currently focuses on .NET and Web Development while trying to grasp the many facets of supporting such technologies in a productio...

Editor's Picks

Free Newsletters, In your Inbox


WARC-Identified-Payload-Type: application/xhtml+xml

text:
Wednesday 19 September 2018

Budget 2008: Dozing with Darling, the Napoleon of dullards

Let us start with the good news. Alistair Darling managed by a comfortable margin to avoid outshining his predecessor. There was also no danger that the Chancellor would set the Thames on fire.

We would urge Mr Darling's family and friends to stop reading here, for the bad news outweighs the good. To describe the Chancellor's manner as pedestrian would be unfair to walkers, while to call him sluggish would be unkind to slugs. From his opening sentence - "The core purpose of this Budget is stability now and in the future" - Mr Darling's lugubrious tone put one in mind of an undertaker, except that undertakers are often quite cheerful.

Mr Darling employed the word "stability" so often that for a fleeting moment we wondered whether he was trying to parody Gordon Brown, or even to parody himself.

When one thinks of the slow and stumbling way these inhibited Scotsmen handled the Northern Rock crisis, one fears they have locked the stable door long after the stability has bolted.

A hurricane is sweeping through the financial markets, threatening to uproot everything in its path, yet Mr Darling thought it was enough for him to dare in his first (and probably last) Budget to be dull. He is the Napoleon of dullards.

It does not help that Mr Darling's instincts, when under attack, are those of a submarine captain who thinks the safest thing is to lie on the seabed, shut down all systems and wait until long after he has heard the danger pass safely over his head. There was a fatal passivity about the Chancellor's performance.

When he rose at 12.31?pm the eyes of the world were upon him and he had the greatest opportunity of his life to surpass the low expectations of what he would do.

But the eyes of the world very soon began to droop.

By 12.37 it appeared to us that Lord Howe, who was watching from the gallery and as Sir Geoffrey Howe was one of the great post-war Chancellors, had fallen asleep.

Lord Howe may have closed his eyes in prayer, or to concentrate better, but he was far from being the only observer whose head fell forward in the way that it does when one is nodding off. All round the chamber we saw pained looks, smothered yawns and desperate struggles to remain awake.

The Labour benches listened in glum embarrassment. As for Mr Darling, he looked deathly white. By the time he announced the increases in duty on drink, he had established himself as the most un-Merry-England Chancellor since Sir Stafford Cripps.

This was a Budget for Calais. David Cameron rose and blamed Mr Brown: "The Chancellor was put in a hole by the Prime Minister and they both kept digging." Ed Balls, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families and one of Mr Brown's closest lieutenants, heckled Mr Cameron, who said: "I know he's Minister for Children but he doesn't have to behave like one." Mr Balls laughed, and so from time to time did Mr Brown.

But what is the Prime Minister to do? For having appointed a man who will not outshine him, Mr Brown has lumbered himself with a Chancellor who shows no sign of being able to rise to the level of events.

Back to top

© Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited 2018

Terms and Conditions

Today's News

Style Book

Weather Forecast


text:
The ultimate 4G experience

With simPATI, you can look forward to generous amounts of data, voice calls and video downloads so that you’ll always be connected, whatever your lifestyle is.

  • 4G USIM ready

  • Starting from 10.000

  • Can’t wait to get started?
    We have Starter Packs
    just for you.

  • Check It Out

Overflowing Quota for 24 Hours Browsing!

Activate #InternetVaganza to enjoy browsing with best internet quality any time, anywhere, on all networks. Get up to 12GB quota starting from Rp99,000/month.

Activate Now

Choose from a Wide Range of Packages

With a variety of packages for every digital lifestyle, find the one that suits you.

TM Jumbo Siang All Opr

TM Jumbo Siang All Opr

  • 6 days

  • 16.500

Talkmania Jumbo Combo mingguan

Talkmania Jumbo Combo mingguan

  • 7 days

  • 27.000

Add a Hot New Handset

Once you have picked the right package, upgrade your phone at the same time. We have all the latest models to choose from.

See Bundles
  • Quick Connect

  • FAQ

  • Terms & Conditions

Check your balance and validity information

Explore voice and SMS package

Browse data package from your phone

How can I see the status of my price plans?

You can do so through the UMB number *999#. Alternatively, you can access the MyTelkomsel app.

How do I check the balance on my simPATI card?

You can check via the UMB number *888#. Alternatively, you can check your balance via the MyTelkomsel app.

How do I purchase data packages?

You can purchase packages via the UMB number *363#. Alternatively, you can purchase via the MyTelkomsel app.

Can I migrate from a KARTU As or Loop subscription to a simPATI subscription?

Unfortunately, Telkomsel does not support migration between our prepaid SIMs. You will be required to purchase a new simPATI starter pack and receive a new number.

Can I migrate from the simPATI Everyday Discoveries starter pack to the simPATI Go Discover starter pack, or vice versa?

Unfortunately, Telkomsel does not support migration between our tariff schemes. To enjoy the benefits and privileges of the Everyday Discoveries plan, users have to purchase the Everyday Discoveries starter pack.

Does the tariff for simPATI include taxes?

Yes, the tariff for simPATI includes tax (VAT) of 10%.

  1. By using simPATI SIM card, you agree to obey all TELKOMSEL services’ terms and conditions from time to time, for every service you get by using simPATI.
  2. TELKOMSEL has the right to change these terms and conditions any time, with a prior notice through mass media or TELKOMSEL’s official website (
  3. TELKOMSEL has the right to stop the whole service or partially, including blocking the simPATI user, if the user allegedly uses simPATI for activities prohibited by the law and TELKOMSEL’s terms and conditions, or due to a request from an authorized party.
  4. The registration of simPATI SIM card has to be done correctly. If the registration is done incorrectly or does not follow the rules, TELKOMSEL has the right to deactivate the simPATI number and all of its services.
  5. PIN & PUK: Please use your private PIN to protect your privacy. Activate your PIN by entering Standard PIN(1234), and change it with your new personal PIN by contacting 04[Standard PIN][NEW PIN][NEW PIN]#. If you enter the incorrect PIN three times, your simPATI number will be blocked. To unblock it, you have to enter PUK (PIN Unblocking Key) number. You can get PUK number by calling TELKOMSEL’s Customer Service.

You can view the complete terms and conditions by downloading them here.


text:
Why Central America is an appealing outsourcing destination

Posted March 16, 2017

When companies and consumers hear the words “contact center outsourcing,” geographically, two places often come to mind: India and the Philippines. But with “nearshoring” becoming a more popular option for North American companies, outsourcing to Central America has been on the rise.

The cluster of seven continental countries — Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Belize and El Salvador, as well as the Caribbean nations — have become some of the fastest-growing destinations for contact center outsourcing.

Business consulting firm Frost & Sullivan anticipates that by 2020, the region will experience an 8.4 percent compound annual growth rate and have an estimated worth of $5.07 billion. And with the United States comprising more than 90 percent of the contact enter service demands, much of that growth is being fueled by North American-based companies.

Why has Central America become such an appealing outsourcing destination, and what should companies expect when outsourcing there?

Learn more about our Central America Operations

Find out more

Cost-cutting and cultural proximity

For many years, companies have turned to India and the Philippines for outsourcing as a lower cost solution. In recent years, however, Central America has become a competitive alternative. “Central America has been improving lately with the price-to-value ratio and cost,” says Juan Manuel González, an enterprise-communications industry manager for Latin America at Frost & Sullivan. “The pricing that these companies can offer is usually between 25 to 40 percent below domestic U.S. rates.”

While cost is often an entry point for outsourcing consideration, it’s not necessarily the deciding factor. Sure enough, to look at Central America solely for cost-cutting purposes is to overlook the other virtues that are driving its success.

One of which is Central America’s close proximity to their biggest customer: the United States. The location can be very appealing to companies, especially those wanting a more hands-on outsourcing partnership. A business trip to the region doesn’t require a 15-hour flight, or the accompanying jet lag. “You can even go and see a call center and return home in the same day,” says González.

Cultural affinity is another benefit to Central America’s location. Residents of the region often enjoy the same television shows, share a similar passion for baseball and often have family in the United States. “There is a deep affinity with the U.S. culture that you will not find in probably any other countries in the world,” says González, and that compatibility can greatly affect both relationships with their clients and the delivery of customer service.

Potential challenges and opportunities

All that being said, cultural affinity doesn’t necessarily mean English fluency — a requirement for any contact center looking to provide support to American customers. Compared to competition in India or the Philippines, González says that English proficiency levels in Central America aren’t always as high.

However, the contact center boom in Central America — and the job opportunities it promises — has led to a rise in English schools. In places like Guatemala, universities have even started making English language classes a prerequisite for graduation. What’s more, with a 17.6 percent Hispanic population in the United States, working with a contact center in Central America can be an added bonus for companies looking to outsource multilingual support.

Local governments are even helping the industry in the interest of encouraging the economic growth that outsourcing can bring to a country. “Governments are investing time and money to bring companies to their countries and help them with subsidies,” says González. “[And] governments are training the agents before the call center companies hire them for the launch of new opportunities.”

While government investment in the outsourcing industry is appealing to many companies, the perception of crime in Central America can serve as a deterrent. Scott Figler, a senior consultant at Jones Lang LaSalle, a commercial real estate company, cautions however, that the media can often paint an exaggerated picture of what’s really happening in the region. “I would advise anyone looking to make a capital investment in these countries to do their homework, and not buy in so much to the caricature that the U.S. media often makes Latin America into,” Figler says. “Yes, some places are more dangerous than others, but so are many American cities. It doesn’t mean something is not worth doing.”

It’s about the people

Focusing too much on crime will also deprive companies from what may be one of the greatest benefits of outsourcing to Central America: its people. One of the major draws of the area is not just how young and educated the workforce is, but their enthusiasm.

Workers often take great pride in their jobs, and eagerly treat them as career growth opportunities. That passion is great for the relationship between company and outsourcing partner, but also between agent and the customer, often resulting in a higher-quality of service, employee engagement and retention. “You start to see a decrease in the cost of training because you’re not losing people, so you don’t need to start from the scratch every time an agent goes,” says González.

With its close proximity to the U.S., tremendous growth opportunities and passionate workforce, Central America is an appealing destination for any company looking to outsource their customer support.

Contact an outsourcing expert Contact an
outsourcing expert

Let us answer your questions, provide more details, or share our industry expertise.

Get in touch

Customer quote

In every interaction we have with TELUS International, they teach us something new about delivering great support. They teach us something new about our processes and capabilities, and how they can be improved.

Director, Enterprise Support
California-based tech giant


text:
Decorma - Furniture Responsive PrestaShop 1.7 theme

  • Type: PrestaShop
  • Item number: 61231
  • Author:
  • Downloads: 22
  • Add to Collection
Latest Customer Reviews
Gourgues Jérémy January 24, 2018
A very good template, I spent an entire night discovering all its possibilities and I'm delighted to see how... Read more
Sandra Ortega June 29, 2017
Prestahop 1.7 funciona mal y no me han dado respuesta sobre que hacer
Decorma is a bright and stylish theme compatible with PrestaShop 1.7. By means of a mega menu, you can easily create complex menus with multilevel layouts and enrich them with banners and videos.Â Thanks to a quick view option, customers can get detailed information about the product and take a closer look at its image. Whatâ€™s cool, thereâ€™s no need to enter a new page. Implementation of Ajax technology lets customers rapidly add products to the cart without page reload. The module of product badges offers an easy way to emphasize different kinds of goods, e.g. new arrivals or best-sellers.

PrestaShop Documentation Version: 1.5
PrestaShop Compatibility: 1.7.x
PrestaShop Engine: 1.7
Additional Features: Sliced PSD, Back To Top Button, Categories Accordion, Cloud Zoom, Commenting System, Crossbrowser Compatibility, Drop Down Cart, Dropdown Menu, Favicon, Google map, Google Web Fonts, Live Search, Sample content, Social Options, Tabs, Tag Cloud, Tooltips, MegaMenu
Additional Info: Well Documented, Customized Modules
Animation: HTML plus JS, Parallax
Bootstrap Version: 3.2.0
Categories View: Grid
Coding: CSS 3, HTML 5, JQuery, Semantic Code, Valid Coding
Currencies: USD, GBP, EUR
Features: Admin Panel, Bootstrap, On-line chat, Responsive, Sample Data Installer, Theme Color Switcher
Functionality: Online Store/Shop
Gallery Script: Carousel, Slider
Installation: Installation and set up instructions are attached (look for Documentation folder).
Language support: English, French, Spanish, Russian, German
Web Forms: Contact Form, Login Form, Newsletter Subscription, User Registration, Search Form
Width: 2050px
Sources Available
Software Required
  • Adobe Photoshop CC+
  • Apache Server
  • MySQL 4.1.14 or later
  • Sublime Text2 or later, Notepad++ or any php-editor
  • For uncompressing a template ZIP package: WinZip 9+ (Windows); Stuffit Expander 10+ (Mac)
  • PHP v. 5 or higher
24/7 Free Support

Your questions will be handled promptly by our support team.

Stock Photos Included

You get 7-15 hi-res stock photos & images for free life-time usage.

Satisfaction Guarantee

You will be completely happy with our products and services.

Latest Update
  • - 1 minor CSS issue fixed
  • - 2 minor back-end issues fixed
  • - 2 minor background bugs fixed
  • - 2 minor database bugs fixed

Looking for Similar Templates? Browse These Categories:

View Similar Templates
Hey, I’m ready to help you!
Live Chat Please, enter your phone number

We help you to choose the right product.

Existing clients free product assistance.

Troubles with checkout? Let us know about it.

Call Back

We can call you in 60 seconds, just enter your number below

We'll get in touch with you!
Our Customer Care manager will call you on %PHONE% during one minute:


text:
Scala Design Patterns: Design modular, clean, and scalable applications by applying proven design patterns in Scala, 2nd Edition

Ivan Nikolov

下單後立即進貨 (1~2週)

Learn how to write efficient, clean, and reusable code with Scala

Key Features

  • Unleash the power of Scala and apply it in the real world to build scalable and robust applications.
  • Learn about using and implementing Creational, Structural, Behavioral, and Functional design patterns in Scala
  • Learn how to build scalable and extendable applications efficiently

Book Description

Design patterns make developers' lives easier by helping them write great software that is easy to maintain, runs efficiently, and is valuable to the company or people concerned. You'll learn about the various features of Scala and will be able to apply well-known, industry-proven design patterns in your work.

The book starts off by focusing on some of the most interesting and latest features of Scala while using practical real-world examples. We will be learning about IDE's and Aspect Oriented Programming. We will be looking into different components in Scala. We will also cover the popular "Gang of Four" design patterns and show you how to incorporate functional patterns effectively. The book ends with a practical example that demonstrates how the presented material can be combined in real-life applications. You'll learn the necessary concepts to build enterprise-grade applications.

By the end of this book, you'll have enough knowledge and understanding to quickly assess problems and come up with elegant solutions.

What you will learn

  • Immerse yourself in industry-standard design patterns-structural, creational, and behavioral-to create extraordinary applications
  • See the power of traits and their application in Scala
  • Implement abstract and self types and build clean design patterns
  • Build complex entity relationships using structural design patterns
  • Create applications faster by applying functional design patterns

Who This Book Is For

If you want to increase your understanding of Scala and apply design patterns to real-life application development, then this book is for you.Prior knowledge of Scala language is assumed/ expected.

Table of Contents

  1. The Design Patterns Out There and Setting Up Your Environment
  2. Traits and Mixin Compositions
  3. Unification
  4. Abstract and Self Types
  5. Aspect-Oriented Programming and Components
  6. Creational Design Patterns
  7. Structural Design Patterns
  8. Behavioral Design Patterns - Part one
  9. Behavioral Design Patterns - Part two
  10. Functional Design Patterns - the Deep Theory
  11. Applying What We HaveLearned
  12. Real-Life Applications


text:
Ingrients & Directions

2/3 c Molasses
1/3 c Butter; melted
2 Egg yolks
1 c Buttermilk
2 c All-purpose flour
1/2 ts Baking soda
2 ts Baking powder
2 ts Cinnamon
1 ts Ginger
1/2 ts Nutmeg
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Crystalized ginger; chopped
2 Egg whites; beaten stiff

Combine the molasses, butter and egg yolks and whisk with fork until
smooth. Blend in the buttermilk.

Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger,
nutmeg and salt into a mixing bowl. Stir in the crystalized ginger. Make a
well in the center of the dry mixture and add the molasses mixture, beating
quickly until smooth. Fold in the egg whites. If the batter seems too
thick, add a little more buttermilk. Bake in your waffle iron until a dark
golden brown. Makes 4 big, thick waffles.

4 Servings

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may use these HTML tags and attributes:   <acronym title="">
      <q cite=""> <s>


text:
Catherine Zeta Jones and Susan Sarandon in Feud
Catherine Zeta Jones and Susan Sarandon in Feud (Photo: FX Networks)

The word “bitch” is on trial. Who will get to reclaim it?

 Olivia de Havilland is suing cable channel FX over its use in the series, Feud. With any controversial word, the context matters, says Lily Peschardt

Added on

By Lily Peschardt on

This week, in a courtroom in California, there are two legal teams fighting in front of a panel of judges over the definition of the word “bitch”.

This is part of the ongoing lawsuit that Olivia de Havilland has brought against FX for their depiction of her in the Ryan Murphy series, Feud: Bette And Joan. De Havilland, now 101 years old and Joan Fontaine’s sister, told The Guardian, “The creators of Feud used my identity without my consent and put false words in my mouth, including having me publicly calling my sister, Joan Fontaine, a ‘bitch’.”

It turns out that a large part of the case hinges on this one rather strange, yet irresistibly salacious detail: whether the fictional de Havilland’s use of the word “bitch” to refer to her sister, Joan Fontaine, is worse than the actual insult the actress used in real life – “dragon lady”. (For future reference, this is the exact reason people make biopics, life is often so much weirder than fiction.)

There’s something so high school-esque about this story. The who-said-whatness of the whole thing – the denials, the exaggerations, the language. The completely bonkers fact that a word sisters often hurl at each other indiscriminately is now on trial in a courtroom in California. But it’s also started a conversation about what it means to use the word “bitch”. Obviously, for de Havilland, this isn’t a word she wants people to think she used in the context of her sister. She is 101 years old and this is not how she wants the world to remember their relationship, it’s not how she wants the world to remember her – and she’s got a court case to prove it. But, for many others, it’s a word they readily use to describe their best friends, a word that represents being independent and empowered and free.

These differing definitions have tripped up the lawyers, both of whom offered up competing dictionary definitions for “bitch” and “dragon lady”, with FX arguing the terms are interchangeable and Smith contesting they harbour vastly different meanings. “Bitch is a vulgarity,” Smith explained. “In my household, if you say bitch, you get your mouth washed out.”

The irony of there being a feud over a biopic called Feud is sweeter than a June-time strawberry. But it does raise an interesting point about the word “bitch” and what, exactly, we mean when we use it

For the record, de Havilland has outright rejected the idea that she called her sister a bitch, saying: “This kind of vulgarity is not language that I use.” To which, FX’s attorneys responded by compiling outtake reels from several classic films, available on YouTube, in which the actress says, “Oh, Christ”, “God damn it” and “son of a bitch” after messing up her lines. De Havilland dismissed those examples, insisting they were “unguarded, impulsive moments, wherein I felt I was in a confidential setting.”

The irony of there being a feud over a biopic called Feud is sweeter than a June-time strawberry. But it does raise an interesting point about the word “bitch” and what, exactly, we mean when we use it.

The word bitch has always been shrouded in sexism – it became a popular slur in the 1920s and was used to insult women who were campaigning for the right to vote, to own property, to have a life outside the home. In short, it was a word utilised by anxious men to try and put women back in their place. But men would have needed more than a canine-based slur to force the lid back on that Pandora’s box of women’s rights.

Since then, slews of women have been trying to subvert the word. In the 1990s, feminist musicians employed the word as a term of empowerment, the most notable example being Meredith Brooks in her hit song, Bitch, which included the refrain, “I’m a bitch, I’m a lover, I’m a child, I’m a mother, I’m a sinner, I’m a saint, I do not feel ashamed.” There are now books you can buy on Amazon that instruct women how to become a “Rich Bitch”. There is Bitch magazine, which refers to itself as “a feminist response to pop culture”.

But reclaiming a word is a tricky business. Especially when it’s a word that’s dripping with a century's worth of sexist connotations – a word that men still yell from car windows to intimidate you, and male rappers still use to degrade the women they sing about. But there is something so alluring about taking the power out of that slur, about turning a word men used to try and keep women down into a battlecry to try and lift women up.

For de Havilland, her relationship with her sister – which was obviously complex and colourful – has been reduced to this word, a word that she insists she never even used. And while this case is in no way clear cut, it feels disingenuous to pretend that the terms “dragon lady” and “bitch” are interchangeable when one is rooted, inextricably, in a long history of degrading and undermining women.

Sign up

Love this? Sign up to receive our Today in 3 email, delivering the latest stories straight to your inbox every morning, plus all The Pool has to offer. You can manage your email subscription preferences at My Profile at any time

Catherine Zeta Jones and Susan Sarandon in Feud (Photo: FX Networks)
Tagged in:
Arts & Culture

Tap below to add to your homescreen

Love The Pool? Support us and sign up to get your favourite stories straight to your inbox


text:
Why Might an Employer Pay a Signing Bonus?

You may want to provide a signing bonus to people you need with hard to find skills and experience.
••• A G Holesch / Getty Images

A signing bonus is a lump sum of money that an employer provides to a prospective employee. The purpose of the signing bonus is to entice the applicant to sign-on with the employer’s organization. The employer hopes that the offer of the bonus will provide extra incentive for the prospect to accept a job offer.

The signing bonus is most often used for executive-level positions or to recruit employees with special, hard-to-find skills and experience. Examples of such prospects include software development experts who work effectively in teams, market research savvy employees, experienced senior managers with prior departmental management responsibilities, and employees who specialize in data collection and analysis.

Family practice physicians and internalists are several more examples as fewer doctors choose to enter into these specialty areas. Their value is expected to escalate in the years ahead so a signing bonus will see more use.

The signing bonus is also used, on occasion, to recruit high potential students out of college. The best and brightest students will have multiple job offers from desirable employers. You can set your job offer apart from the others by offering to pay a signing bonus.

This is an essential tool as the war for specialized talent continues to escalate. Employers may need to offer a signing bonus to attract the talent they need.

The signing bonus is also useful when an employer wants to recruit a candidate when other employers may be competing for the same potential employee. Most candidates are quite open about the fact that they have multiple offers.

You need to determine how badly you want the job candidate, or how difficult it will be to recruit another qualified candidate, and then, determine if a signing bonus is your best bet.

Sample Situations in Which to Use a Signing Bonus

One example might be a female developer who is heavily recruited by the west coast big corporations such as Google and Microsoft who face criticism for their lack of diversity. To engage her services, a midwest employer might use a signing bonus.

A second example is a senior level chief technology officer (CTO). Good ones are in demand and heavily recruited. To compete for the talent, an employer might need to offer a signing bonus.

A third example is a sales manager with a proven track record of sales success. You know that he has received another job offer and you think that he is a perfect fit for your open job. Rather than lose a great candidate, you offer him a signing bonus hoping to seal the deal.

Use the Signing Bonus to Make a Candidate Affordable

A signing bonus is also useful to help a candidate bridge the gap between the salary that he or she wants and the offer that is on the table. This saves the employer from incurring the annual costs of a higher salary than he had decided to pay for the position.

The advantage of a signing bonus for the employer is that it is a one-time payment. The employer has not added that extra compensation to the company’s bottom line as a recurring annual expense.

Employers need to take care with this approach, though. When the next year's salary negotiations begin, the employee who received the signing bonus will expect an increase that bridges the difference between his salary and the salary plus bonus he received on hire.

Even if you told him it was a one time deal, you raised his expectations. And, essentially, the employer has postponed the affordability problem.

You do not want an employee who feels underpaid and unappreciated working in any job for your organization. The employee potentially has a negative impact on other employees and customers in your workplace.

If your salary ranges are fair and you are not discriminating against any protected class of employees, you don't want to pay an employee way out of your range. Employees do talk about money and the employee will know.

A signing bonus is a useful tool for specific employment situations. You should use them judiciously to recruit superior employees in hard-to-fill positions.

Also Known As sign-on bonus, recruiting bonus

Examples: Gerald decided to accept the job offer when the signing bonus raised the amount of salary in the offer to the compensation level he desired.


text:
Property Investment in Worcestershire

Find the best Property Investment in Worcestershire as recommended by local Worcestershire people in thebestof Worcestershire's Property Investment directory.
Property Investment in Worcestershire
Property-Here can stop repossessions and help you to sell your house quickly. Find out how you can have peace of mind once again with your property problems solved. We are based in Kidderminster in Worcestershire and can help you where you live too.
Mr C James said
PropertyRefubHere started the job on time and finished ahead of time. Professionally done and a very pleasing result, at a very reasonable cost. Mr C James
Search Businesses
Search all our Worcestershire businesses below by business name/category:
Latest Reviews
Spotlight Businesses
Anthony Welch Automotive Ltd
Tailor Made Sofas
Bradfords Beds
Chris Warren Photographic
Popular Categories


text:
Practice Areas

The Alderman Law Office, in Washington, D.C., focuses exclusively on intellectual property, technology, entertainment, Internet, content and media law issues, providing services to clients in the United States and globally.

We have more than 30 years of experience representing individuals and businesses dealing with all types of intellectual property, technology, content and media law issues, and are frequently consulted by other law firms and colleagues for assistance with complex intellectual property, technology, content and media matters. Firm principal, Elliott C. Alderman, was chosen for inclusion in the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, in the category of Entertainment law. This peer-nominated publication features the most highly regarded practitioners in the world, in a variety of practice areas.

Contact us to schedule an initial consultation with an experienced Washington, D.C. business and intellectual property lawyer. Our practice areas include:

Law Practice Areas

dc intellectual property copyrights trademarks attorneys iconIntellectual property: copyrights and trademarks.

We represent authors, songwriters, musicians, and visual and performance artists, in addition to software, multimedia, electronic commerce and Internet companies in transactional, counseling and policy assistance. We have broad litigation experience and can call upon a network of experienced attorneys. Finally, we are well-versed with rights clearance matters and have performed numerous intellectual property audits for both creators and users.

computer technology electronic commerce outsourcing law iconComputer, technology, electronic commerce and outsourcing law.

We represent individuals and entities in the following areas:

  • Software development and licensing
  • Copyright and trademark prosecution and counseling
  • Acquisition and asset purchase agreements
  • Hosting and service agreements
  • Electronic commerce contracts
  • Internet of Things
  • Privacy

We provide full-service support to entrepreneurs and established companies, with particular expertise in the contract, corporate, intellectual property, litigation and tax issues that result from computer and technology law.

washington dc entertainment publishing art law iconEntertainment, publishing and art law.

We negotiate, draft, and review royalty and personal services agreements, and also help market both performers and products. Additionally, we have significant transactional experience in the music, publishing, and television, video and motion picture industries, as well as the growing Internet and new media markets. The office has particular experience with art transactions, including escrow services for the sales of significant art works.

district of colombia social media law iconSocial media law.

Social media websites are steadfastly gaining an increasing role in our lives. We assist with cases involving the digital use of content as well as privacy, defamation, libel and related issues.

administrative contract discrimination litigation lawyer iconLitigation

We provide representation for intellectual property, technology and related content and other issues. Through an extensive network of other lawyers, we are able to provide cost-effective resolutions to most disputes. We are also adept at securing favorable settlements in most cases prior to trial.

dc employment discrimination lawyers iconAdministrative law

Our firm has significant experience representing clients before government agencies and tribunals. With extensive public sector legal experience, we are skilled at navigating clients through administrative mazes, whether a case involves legislation or litigation. In our administrative practice, we have assisted clients with a myriad of intellectual property, technology and related issues. We represent both entrepreneurs and institutions.

dc corporation formation dissolution attorneys iconCorporate and business law

We represent small and large businesses from their formation to their dissolution, including, through a seamless referral network, assistance with associated tax, securities and employment issues. Our firm has been instrumental in the creation of a number of business entities, and has negotiated and drafted leases, as well as stockholder, financing and security interest agreements. Additionally, we help with commercial transactions and crafting documents for employment, nondisclosure, consulting and independent contractor relationships. Through counseling and litigation, the firm also has helped resolve trade secret, unfair competition and related disputes.

Contact us for an experienced District of Columbia technology and Internet attorney.
To schedule a consultation, contact us online, or call us at +1-202-596-5682.


text:
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Possible Bigfoot Seen in Lake

Bigfoot in lake
Bigfoot Steps out of Lake?

This report by TCC's Jimmy Craze. Jimmy is an avid outdoors man who enjoys fishing and bigfooting. He conducts field research and witness interviews for The Crypto Crew.

Possible Bigfoot Seen in Lake

This report comes from Georgia and it happened about a month ago. It was at  a lake in Temple, Ga.

While Jimmy was out fishing in his boat one night he seen some bright eye shine next to a house but it appeared to be in the lake.
Upon investigating the area he took the above photo of a very large wet footprint on the edge of the bank of the lake.

In the above photo Jimmy is standing with his heels are on a big tree root that runs across the edge of the bank and from that root towards the lake, it drops down to the water about 1-1/2 to 2 ft.

After doing more investigating and returning in the daylight the next day, Jimmy took this photo for an after picture.

 In the after photo you can see the root running along the bank. I have placed an arrow to show the direction the foot track was going.
And right next to this was a 6 ft fence with knee to waist high weeds and against the fence it was trampled down were something has been walking there quite often.

So, could it have been a Bigfoot in the lake? It is very possible it could have been. It is also highly doubtful that a person would have been wadding around the lake at night. Plus if you think about the eye shine, a person would not give off eye shine.

Has anyone else seen a bigfoot in a lake or stream? If so please let us know.

Of course, we can not say for 100 percent that it was a Bigfoot, but it is very possible.

Jimmy is continuing to investigate the area for other evidence that Bigfoot is visiting this lake.

We hope to have an update at a later time.

This post sponsored in part by
(Interested in sponsoring a story? then send us an Email!

70+ videos & 650+ pictures  on our facebook site check it out by clicking the link below.

Have you had a close encounter or witnessed something unusual?
Send us an Email

We Accept Guest Posts - Send Them To Us!
(All Submissions Subject to Approval)
Send us an Email

Help us!
Help Support The Crypto Crew
Now you can get our blog on your Kindle!

Post a Comment

The Crypto Crew - Submit Sighting - TCC Team
Interactive Sightings Map
Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...


text:
how we sell matters.

our moves.

We are making a series of ethical moves to create a new standard for marketing based on trust + honesty.

Our first pledge is changing our pricing from 'charm prices' ($297) to round numbers ($300).

Judgments of numerical differences are anchored on left-most digits of a number. Charm prices use the left-digit-effect to make a product appear cheaper than it is, bypassing the conscious choice of the buyer. They are only created to generate more sales and do not benefit the buyer in the least.

This is our first pledge because it is a simple choice: 297 is manipulative, 300 is not.

Pricing guidelines

  • Prices have to round up from .8 and above (anything above 8 rounds up to 10, 80 to 100, 180 to 200, etc). We are still researching the effect of prices ending in 5 and 9.
  • Prices can include or exclude tax, as long as it is clearly communicated.
  • Currency has to be clearly recognizable (ie CAD/USD vs $).
  • For people bound by a price box (Amazon, Apple, etc): we accept pledges by businesses that communicate round numbers on their website/marketing materials, even though the price at check out might differ.

This pledge is about taking a stand for an honest marketplace and generating awareness on the pervasive nature of manipulation. We understand that some prices have spiritual or sentimental meaning that have nothing to do with tricking people! Let us know if you find yourself in that situation.

Take the pledge.

Our next moves will be looking at tactics using urgency ('last chance!'), scarcity ('only a few seats left'), comparison (4 packages to sell the 3rd), ...

These pledges are created to start a conversation about manipulation in marketing - not the result of a study (yet!). Marketing without manipulation is unfamiliar and will require a lot of unpacking, which is why we strongly encourage reaching out to us and sharing what you see as a next move.

pledge reel.


text:
48-A Meredith Street Gore Bay, ON P0P 1H0  Local: (705) 282-2020
> select price
Pure Elegance Vase Arrangement
Pure Elegance
Vase Arrangement

All prices shown in Canadian dollars

You might also be interested in these arrangements

Easter Parade

Bashful Blossoms

Blissful Garden

Flower Basket

When you order custom designs, they will be produced as closely as possible to the picture. Please remember that each design is custom made. No two arrangements are exactly alike and color and/or variety substitutions of flowers and containers may be necessary. Prices and availability of seasonal flowers may vary.

Our professional staff of floral designers are always eager to discuss any special design or product requests. Call us at the number above and we will be glad to assist you with a special request or a timed delivery.
Flower Delivery To Gore Bay, ON
See Delivery Areas


text:
Words containing alacoto

Found 3 words containing alacoto. Browse our Scrabble Word Finder, Words With Friends cheat dictionary, and WordHub word solver to find words that contain alacoto. Or use our Unscramble word solver to find your best possible play! Related: Words that end in alacoto

  • Scrabble
  • Words With Friends
  • WordHub
  • Crossword


text:
Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Doctor Who: Steven Moffat on the Absence of Classic Doctors in the 50th

In SFX Magazine, Steven Moffat has revealed why none of the 'classic' Doctors (Doctors One to Eight, or Four to Eight) are in the 50th anniversary special, The Day of the Doctor, and why David Tennant is appearing as the Tenth Doctor:

Moffat said
“The absolute reality was we didn’t have all those Doctors about to come back through the door. There were limitations to who we could get back.They’re all brilliant, they’re all terrific, but time has passed. I think it would be beyond the dignity of all those very fine actors to want to force themselves back into a costume from 20 or 30 years ago.”
“I was thinking more “What would be a grand old story for the Doctor? And what would speak to the generation who are watching it now, while still celebrating the fact that it’s been around for all that time?” Everyone wanted to see David (Tennant) again – that’s just a fact. And David and Matt together are glorious. That’s a joy.”
The classic Doctors will unite in a two-hour audio adventure from Big Finish, The Light at the End, later this year.

[Source: Doctor Who TV]


text:
Changes of Name

2017-12-222017-11-272018-01-09The Borough of Telford and WrekinBritish Nationality Act 1981-2.37638152.774746TF10 7RJTSO (The Stationery Office), St Crispins, Duke Street, Norwich, NR3 1PD, 01603 622211,

Notice is hereby given that a Deed Poll dated 27 November 2017 and enrolled in the Senior Courts of England and Wales on 22 December 2017, I, Oliver Samuel Gale of 78 Greenacres Way, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 7RJ, Single and a British Citizen under section 1(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981, abandoned the name of Oliver Samuel Morgan and assumed the name of Oliver Samuel Gale.

27 November 2017


text:
Late-night hosts on Trump's Israel decision: 'Peace talks roasting on an open fire'

Comics, including Stephen Colbert and Samantha Bee, discussed Trump’s Middle East meddling and the journalists outed as alleged sexual predators

‘He recognized it in a speech but I’m pretty sure he still couldn’t recognize it on a map,’ said Stephen Colbert.
Stephen Colbert” ‘He recognized it in a speech but I’m pretty sure he still couldn’t recognize it on a map.’ Photograph: YouTube

Late-night hosts discussed Donald Trump’s controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel as well as the increasing number of journalists being accused of sexual misconduct.

On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert joked: “Speaking of sexual harassers who should resign tomorrow, Donald Trump.”

He then spoke about Trump’s speech about Jerusalem, adding: “He recognized it in a speech but I’m pretty sure he still couldn’t recognize it on a map.”

Like many pundits, Colbert spoke of the damaging implications of such a decision. “Peace talks roasting on an open fire,” he sang.

He then listed a number of countries that have openly criticized Trump’s speech. “I never thought I would say this but Donald Trump really is bringing the whole world together,” he said.

On Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, the host spoke of the many journalists who are now being met with allegations of sexual impropriety. This week, Lena Dunham claimed that she told the Clinton campaign not to align with Harvey Weinstein due to rumors of his behavior but the advice was ignored.

“Maybe she really did have a stroke, in the specific part of her brain that recognizes shitty men,” Bee said.

She then listed a number of high-profile journalists who are now being accused of predatory behavior. “Virtually every man who ever expressed an opinion about her turned out to be a huge creep,” she said.

She continued to ask: “It’s time to ask ourselves: can men who hate women be objective journalists? That was a trick question. Everyone knows that men who hate women can be anything they put their minds to.”

But as Bee pointed out, this raft of news isn’t really new to a lot of people. “The hardest thing about these revelations is they’re not really revelations,” she said. “These men have been shitty the whole time.”

Bee played footage of how ousted Today host Matt Lauer treated Clinton during an interview that took place as she campaigned to be president. “That was the day my entire female staff started their periods out of their eyes from pure rage,” she said.

Geraldo Rivera came out in support of Lauer, tweeting that news is a flirty business. “News is a flirty business,” she agreed. “For example, I just listened to Geraldo fuck himself.”

She finished by saying: “We’ll never know how much these pubes affected the election but what we do know is their industry gave us four times more coverage of Hillary’s email scandal than they did of Trump’s gross behavior to women.”

The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow)

Trump announces that the U.S. will recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and all hell breaks loose between his tongue and teeth. #DentureDonald
Full episode:

December 7, 2017

On The Daily Show, Trevor Noah returned to Trump’s Jerusalem speech. “Donald Trump just blew up the Middle East so hard that Isis is going to take credit for it,” he said.

He continued: “Moving the US embassy to Jerusalem is like getting an apartment in your ex-girlfriend’s building. It’s not technically illegal but you’re trying to start some shit.”

Noah spoke about the president’s ill-advised attempt to try and bring peace to the Middle East. “Trump probably wants to put out the California fires by throwing Samsung phones at them,” he said.

Noah also played footage of the strangeness of Trump’s garbled speaking during the speech. “Did president Trump just Adele Dazeem the United States?” he said.

He continued to joke: “It seemed like someone hit him with a blowdart just before he did the speech” and “He sounds like he just had a drink with Bill Cosby.”

He then tried to get #DentureDonald trending. “There’s no shame in having dentures but there is shame in Donald Trump having dentures because he’s vain as hell,” he said.


text:
They called it 'the worst job in the world' – my life as a Guardian moderator

Comments on the website can exceed 70,000 a day. Yes, there are trolls, but there is also wit, wisdom and a community worth fighting for, says a former moderator

Marc Burrows was formerly a moderator at the Guardian
Marc Burrows was formerly a moderator at the Guardian Composite: The Guardian

A couple of years ago somebody sent me a link to a tweet. It said: “Moderating comments at the Guardian must be the worst job in the world.” Anyone who has spent enough time “below the line” of articles on the Guardian’s website will understand the sentiment – you will find rants, bile, insults and plenty of trolling.

You will also find genuine insight and brilliant jokes but, somehow, that is not what people take away. They notice the dark stuff, the words that draw blood. Someone telling you that you are wrong is always going to make a bigger impression than someone who agrees with you. Someone telling you that you are both wrong and, to pick a random example, “an utter fuckwit” will have even more impact.

For five years, it was my job. “The worst job in the world,” apparently. I read millions of comments and blocked tens of thousands. As a moderator, you develop a thorough understanding of how online conversation works, how it can be wonderful and enriching and how, if handled badly, it can go very, very wrong.

Good moderation isn’t about setting or controlling an agenda; it is about not letting anyone’s agenda ruin the conversation. Not letting an article about hats get ruined by someone who hates fashion; stopping a heartfelt piece about feeding refugees in Calais being dominated by someone ranting about child abuse in Rotherham; and preventing one man with an axe to grind about the legalisation of cannabis wrecking a scientific conversation about cancer treatment.

There’s more to moderating than that, obviously – there is weeding out legally dicey statements, spam and inappropriate language, but that is straightforward by comparison. What is harder is understanding agendas and how they can wreck a conversation – how a comment dropped like a stone in a still pond can cause tiny ripples that change a thread.

“Trolling” takes many forms. Some of it is actually brilliant, and if we are going to stop people winding each other up on forums, we may as well scrap this whole internet thing now: snark has its place, whether it is to raise a smirk, puncture the pompous, or tear down preconceptions. It is cathartic, it is useful, and often it is just funny. Civility can only accomplish so much.

But there are limits. The anonymous free-for-all of the online world can be damaging. It is easy to misinterpret, to overplay your hand, or become desensitised to the real people behind the screen. You arrive to share ideas, but can end up shaming someone else’s. It is easy to hurt someone else’s feelings and surprisingly hard to step away, as any journalist reading criticism of their article will tell you.

Ultimately, the biggest problems in comment threads come down to “agenda trolls”: the people so convinced they are right that they ride into a conversation not to join it, but to rip it apart.

They are easy to spot: they are the users who will scream “LIAR!” when they mean, “I think you’re wrong”, the ones whose arguments never quite seem to match the comment they are addressing, who resort to insults and TALK IN CAPITALS. You can’t win against those people, because they never truly believe they have lost.

They are comment-thread poison – men’s rights activists who act as if articles about women’s issues are their gender’s single biggest problem, climate change deniers who will drag any conversation about energy policy into murky pseudo-science, and borderline racists for whom there is no issue that cannot be pinned on immigration (UK) or black people (US). It is often known as “whataboutery” and is a tactic designed to throw a conversation off course.

Agenda trolls rarely read an article to its conclusion, because the nuance is not important. To them, this is a battle for a worldview. Here is an example: in a discussion about the need for female voices in Hollywood, one reader commented that unarguable economic forces were behind the lack of women in the industry, stating that “women’s films” didn’t really make money, which is why “Bridesmaids wasn’t a commercial hit”. Bridesmaids grossed $288m (£203m) worldwide, and was nominated for two Oscars, two Baftas and two Golden Globes. A success by any measure. Our agenda troll (presumably male) apparently hadn’t seen the film and hadn’t paid attention to its success because he didn’t care about it. He didn’t know anyone else who had seen it either, so he assumed that nobody saw it. He took his perspective and used it to fill in the bits of the world he didn’t know, like a sloppy kid with a colouring book and a limited tin of crayons. Preventing these sorts of interventions from derailing a conversation is an important part of the moderator’s job.

A scene from Bridesmaids.
A scene from Bridesmaids. Photograph: Suzanne Hanover/PR

Like bitey insects, agenda trolls are at their worst when they swarm. The worst experiences below the line always involve large-scale assaults, either through a natural convergence of like-minded people – a sort of murmuration of awfulness – or by organisation.

Some stories come with their own audience, naturally bringing their agenda with them. Gamergate, the aggressive online campaign against the existence of “social justice warriors” in the video games industry, is a good example. An article on Gamergate would attract organised groups of people with an agreed agenda who specifically come to the Guardian website to disrupt the conversation and discredit the argument. Their agenda isn’t to discuss, but to ruin. There are thousands of other topics subject to this kind of trolling: climate change, the sex industry, the tobacco industry, legalising any and all drugs, criminalising alcohol or tobacco, even the Campaign for Real Bread.

Worse still are the state-sanctioned “propaganda trolls”, paid keyboard armies delivering government-approved messages. The North Koreans’ limited trolling is often given away by the continued use of the phrase “Great Leader”, but the Russian organisation is huge.

Last year the Guardian’s Moscow correspondent, Shaun Walker, wrote an extensive piece about the Kremlin’s paid trolling operations based in St Petersburg, although the exposure did little to deter the practice. Most of the commenters on Russian foreign policy are not paid operatives, but the few who are cause real problems. Commercial and political organisations of all persuasions no doubt do something similar.

Such “astroturfing” – creating a false impression of grassroots opinions – is destructive. It leads to an environment where everyone distrusts everyone else, accusing anyone they disagree with of being a “paid shill”. The result? Every opinion is tainted and meaningful debate is shut down, which, after all, is the point.

As difficult as the organised trolling is to handle, it can be harder to manage when trolls congregate naturally and there is nothing fake about the grassroots opinions. That is what happened with the refugee crisis. In five years of moderating at the Guardian I have never seen an issue bring out as much heartlessness and provoke as many kneejerk, emotive and angry responses, and I have never found a story so hard to work on.

Some commenters weren’t just offering opinions in the “It’s a shame, but we can’t afford to help them” or “Immigration needs control” vein. They were saying: “Let them drown”, “Serves them right”, and worse. According to these commenters, we were believing the sob stories, letting the menace in, participating in our own downfall. The trolling took on a tone of desperation: it was two incompatible agendas clashing, striking sparks that would start fires across the Guardian website. And because these hostile comments were set against articles that were compassionate in tone, they seemed sharper, darker, more horrible.

We moderators do our best to tackle these issues: there are strict “on topic” lines for controversial articles, we have blocked comments that don’t engage with the issue, and blocked commenters from the site entirely if they can’t stick to the rules. Clearly, it is not enough. The Guardian’s community has ballooned in the past few years as our global audience has grown. As we hit more than 100 million monthly users, comments have started to breach 70,000 a day. Has the conversation got worse? Sometimes, when the number of comments becomes unmanageable.

What has not changed is that the writers, the commenters, the readers writing in to the Dear Mariella or Sexual Healing advice columns are humans. Real people, doing their job, passing the time, or even asking for help. When comments are cruel, they are painful.

When something becomes personally hurtful, stressful or annoying, people back away from it in self defence. That is what is happening to comments. Many times you will hear authors and journalists repeating the mantra: “Don’t read the comments”, which, when you think about it, is awful. How are journalists supposed to learn from their readers? How are they supposed to know if they have made mistakes if they refuse to look at the feedback? It would be a great shame if the important messages journalists need to hear aren’t getting through because loudmouths with rancid agendas are drowning them out.

So what can be done? Human moderators are expensive, and no one has the money to keep employing more and more people. Technology can help up to a point, but it is hard to imagine a robot intelligent and sensitive enough to handle such debates.

The other option is to let commenting die; to turn it off and let the trolls wither on the vine, out of sight, out of mind. Many news sites have done just this, and some Guardian columnists have gone on record as saying it’s time, that we have lost the battle. I disagree. There is so much good to be found below the line, so much wit and silliness, so much glorious irreverence and so much knowledge.

No. The conversation has to become better. We need to change behaviours.

News sites such as the Guardian owe it to readers to get this right, because when it works, it really works. On the Guardian, thousands of people spend every day using the platform to discuss the day’s news and the vast majority of those discussions are worth having. Elsewhere on the site, micro-communities have blossomed around single issues: recipes, computer games or county cricket. My absolute favourite is the Quick Crossword community, whose brilliant gang formed from discussing crossword clues and ended up having real-life meet-ups and parties – and even their own theme song. We can’t throw that away. It’s what makes the web work.

I am not arguing against arguing. We should have debates, even extremely heated ones. Winding up the self-righteous is a British tradition, there should be room for it. The only way to fix this problem is for us all to take responsibility for it. That means embracing comments wholeheartedly, it means steeling ourselves for the bad stuff and ignoring it, while engaging with the good stuff. It means believing in our arguments but allowing them to be points of discussion, not rigid, fixed points. It means not letting the trolls win.

As an organisation, the Guardian has to take responsibility too – it has to explore how to best design the site so that it encourages constructive debate; it has to ensure the moderation is relevant and consistent; it has to make sure excellent points made by readers are read and addressed; and it has to treat commenters with respect. Years down the line, we are likely to lose this platform if, collectively, we don’t attempt to fix it.

So here’s to the ranters, here’s to the jokes and the knowledge and the fury, here’s to making it great again, because all things can work if we work at them, and use them … in moderation.

I worked as a moderator at the Guardian for five years. It’s not the “worst job in the world”. It’s the best one I’ve ever had.

The Guardian wants to engage with readers, but the way we do it needs to evolve. Mary Hamilton, the Guardian’s executive editor for audience, has explained that we need to do more to facilitate respectful discussions and constructive debate everywhere on the site, and in order to do that, we need your help. Please share your views with us on how we could improve commenting on the Guardian.

For more information on the moderation of individual comments, please see our Community Standards and FAQs. Further questions should be addressed to or


text:
P-Square’s Net Worth, Performance Fee And Endorsements Deals

P-Square's Net Worth, Performance Fee And Endorsements DealsIf we are to start talking about the duo, we could do that from now till heaven knows when. P-Square though twins claim they are one. Going back to their history. P-Square’s net worth would keep soaring higher; remember P-Square are currently Africa’s biggest music export. They are regarded as demi gods in countries like Benin Republic, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, The Democratic Republic of Congo where they have already sealed up an endorsement deal as stated in this post below and a host of others.

PSquare: Historical Background

P-Square are from a family of four, born into the Okoye’s family, I could imagine the joy in the family being it double joy for the family. They both attended a missionary school (catholic church) the Saint Murumba secondary school in Jos.
Its not difficult sighting talents, Paul and Peter started way back in their secondary school by joining the school’s music and drama club, thanks goodness money was not involved in joining this club as it is a free social club at secondary school level where they started exhibiting the traits of future artistes. They started by mimicking international artistes like Micheal Jackson, MC Hammer, Bobby Brown and James Brown, also, they have publicly dreamt of working with international artiste Usher.
I remember way back as 2006/07 when they came out with their first album, Many would doubt p square’s net worth would be topping the list of richest musicians in Nigeria.
Fast forward to 1999, P-SQUARE in the quest to go professional, thought it wise to return to music school to develop their skills on musical instruments like the keyboard, drums, bass, rhythm guitar and improve their dancing skills most especially peter.
The Twins in that same year applied to the University of Abuja to study Business Administration, I believe this was done majorly to gain a university degree as it was needed even though they know its not needed for their profession, well, you just never say never in this world of constant changes. The Smooth Criminals disbanded when its members left to various other universities. Subsequently Peter and Paul formed their own group, variously called “Double P”, “P&P”, and “Da Pees”, until they eventually settled on “P Square”. They are managed by Bayo Odusami aka Howie T, a seasoned concert promoter and the CEO of Adrot Nigeria Limited.
Though they have been slammed numerous times for remixing foreign songs, and have been tasked with coming up with original beats, they responded by releasing hit albums back to back, yet they still slammed them for their beats being similar, the truth be told, you cannot satisfy the entire populace, that is why you have your fans that would always stand by you at all times.
Just like other artistes, they have had their own fare share of criticisms, especially on the issue of publicly displaying their personal issues on social media platforms. Many see this as immature and totally unacceptable, though still known as P-Square; they have decided to go solo in pursuit of their musical careers. Paul Okoye now known as RUDE BOY and Peter Okoye now known as MISTER P.
Talking about their net worth, we do not just give mere figures on P-Square net worth but break down what makes their net worth why it is that figure.
We are going to break it down in the following order

  1. P-Square’s endorsement deals
  2. The amount the charge per show
  3. Their properties
  4. Their international tours
  5. Their investments and others
ALSO READ  Hotels in Lagos: Top 10 Best Hotels In Lagos, Nigeria

1. P-Square: Endorsement Deals

The twins are not new when it comes to cashing in on endorsement deals. They are a brand already so if you must make them endorse your brand, then you must be ready to cough out a chunk of your earnings.

  • Glo Nigeria Endorsement deal runs in hundreds of million in our local currency (Naira) plus a Glo branded Mercedes Benz G-wagon worth over 25million naira each, which makes it well over 50 miilion naira as add-ons to the cash endorsements.
  • Skol Beer (Congo) that also runs in millions of Naira
  • Olympic Milk and Juice (Though this applies to just Peter Okoye of P-Square, who is the elder of the twins)

2. How Much Fee Do P-Square Charge Per Show/Performance

P-Square charge nothing less than 10 million per show for each of them, which makes it 20million naira per show except it is for charity. This is the main reason very few companies use them for shows.. They are pretty expensive to hire except multinationals or telecom giant like Glo Nigeria and other big players in the economy. These guys are living like princes, they are made men!! Not to talk of international tours.

3. P-Square: International Tour Fees

They charge double of their local fee for international tours; this is excluding flight fees, accommodation, feeding and other logistics, which is to be borne by the organisers of the event. Tell me why P-Square net worth wouldn’t keep skyrocketing.

4. P-Square: Properties

They have a choice property on the mainland known as Square Villa. This magnificent property has all they need. It has in it a recording studio, mini cinema for their leisure, swimming pool, powerful protection, and huge space for parking their exotic cars. The square villa is worth over 200 million naira according to an inside source.

ALSO READ  KCee's Net Worth, Cars, Houses And Endorsement Deals

5. P-Square: Investments

They are investing majorly in their music business, by remaining P-Square while still going solo and signing artistes under their various record labels. Though this is still on going, these guys are going places.
Like I said earlier in this article about P-Square’s net worth, we could write up a full 3 full scalp pages without concluding.
They are a blessing to the Nigerian music industry and Africa as a whole and we ought to be proud of them.
Now to the reason this article was written which is to ascertain P-Square’s net worth, You all know that Forbes list is the most recognized list when talking about net worth of individuals or corporate organization, though this isn’t Forbes, we used their calculation method plus our contacts from the industry to get P-Square’s net worth.

P-Square: Net Worth

P-Square’s net worth is estimated at $128.0 million and are currently the richest artiste in Nigeria.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *