Russian president Dmitry Medvedev (center) signs a declaration with president of Azerbaijan Ilkham Aliyev (L) and Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan following their talks on a Nagorno-Karabakh settlement, Mayendorf castle outside Moscow, November 2, 2008. The Moscow declaration states that any agreement must include "legally binding international guarantees."
The key obstacles to settlement are Armenian distaste for Azeri rule, Azeri dislike of Karabakhi independence, and an inability on either side to commit themselves to sustaining difficult concessions over time. There is, therefore, a need for a third party to intervene, but it is hard to find anyone to play this role. The Goble Plan, first advanced in 1992, proposed that Azerbaijan surrender its claim to most of Nagorno-Karabakh in exchange for Armenian withdrawal from all other occupied territories and the establishment of an internationally monitored travel corridor between Nakchivan and the rest of Azerbaijan. This has so far proved unworkable. A full settlement may only be achievable if one side concedes status (i.e., control of Nagorno-Karabakh) unilaterally, but this is unlikely to happen. However, smaller-scale agreements, such as an exchange of Armenian withdrawal for removal of sanctions by Azerbaijan, could make both sides better off and reduce the likelihood of another war.
Nagorno-Karabakh was a predominantly Armenian region within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR). At the end of the Soviet era, the region tried to leave the Azerbaijan SSR and join the Armenian SSR, and in 1988 intercommunal violence broke out. As the Soviet Union collapsed, the conflict expanded into an interstate war between the new states of Armenia and Azerbaijan. The war was complex and dirty, pitting neighbor against neighbor and featuring informal militias as well as two national armies and remnants of the Soviet military. Fighting ended in 1994 with Armenian and Karabakhi forces in control of most of Nagorno-Karabakh and substantial swaths of Azerbaijani territory outside the contested region.
More than seventeen thousand people died in the fighting, and more than one million were displaced. During the fighting, Nagorno-Karabakh was effectively ethnically cleansed—forty thousand Azeris lived in the region prior to the conflict and almost none remain. In addition to controlling 95 percent of Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian forces also occupy a buffer strip of territory around Karabakh that constitutes 13 percent of the territory of Azerbaijan.
The initial ambition of the Karabakh Armenians was to merge their territory with Armenia, but following the fall of the Soviet Union, this became politically untenable. Nagorno-Karabakh declared its independence in 1991, and Armenia finally lent its official support to this goal in 1998.
The persistence of unrecognized statehood in Nagorno-Karabakh is puzzling, as it is elsewhere, because unrecognized statehood is inefficient. Enormous inflows of capital from the Armenian diaspora have succeeded in propping up the Karabakh economy, but the costs of non-settlement remain high. Rail links between Azerbaijan and Armenia have been closed since 1989. Turkey closed all land connections with Armenia in 1993, and Azerbaijan has continued its efforts to isolate Armenia and Karabakh economically. Estimates of the total cost to Armenia of the blockade range from 10 percent to 30 percent of Armenia's gross domestic product (GDP). The constant threat of renewed violence has hampered the rebuilding of private enterprise in Karabakh, and the region remains dependent on economic support from the Armenian diaspora. Two thirds of the region's population has been displaced. A 2005 Crisis Group report estimates that roughly 70,000 ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh are currently living in third countries (in addition to 40,000 displaced Azeris, mostly now in other parts of Azerbaijan).
Azerbaijan too bears costs of non-settlement though not such high ones. The risk of a recurrence of hostilities hinders foreign investment, particularly in non-energy sectors, and the costs of military mobilization have diverted spending away from other domestic priorities, such as infrastructure and education.
As regards negotiations over Nagorno-Karabakh, direct bargaining has most often taken place between the government of Armenia (the patron state) and the government of Azerbaijan (the home state). It was not until 1993, five years after the outbreak of violence, that Azerbaijan, newly under the leadership of President Heidar Aliev, first recognized the Karabakhi government in Stepanakert as a party to the conflict. While most high-level talks have continued to take place between the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents, the Armenian presidency has been held by a Karabakhi since 1998, rendering the distinction nearly moot. The current round of negotiations, known as the Prague process, is being conducted primarily between the foreign ministries of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
The Prague process is a series of negotiations between the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministries that began in 2004. The process is mediated by France, Russia, and the United States. Both sides have agreed that if a settlement is reached, five of the seven districts adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh that are currently occupied by Armenian forces will be returned to Azerbaijani control and international peacekeepers will be deployed.
International mediators would like to see Armenia and Azerbaijan shake hands on an interim status for Nagorno-Karabakh. This would create a temporary legal framework under which the territory could trade, receive foreign aid, and represent itself at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and other international bodies. Unfortunately, the effect of lowering the costs of nonrecognition for Nagorno-Karabakh would be to decrease the Karabakh Armenians' willingness to make concessions to avoid a continuation of the status quo. So an interim status agreement is not in Azerbaijan's interest unless it receives something in exchange.
According to the International Crisis Group, agreements on the referendum must give Azerbaijan some form of security that the referendum will not necessarily result in secession but at the same time allow Armenians to believe it is possible to achieve independence for Karabakh. Status is deemed so difficult to resolve at the bargaining table that any resolution can only be achieved later. However, unless the ethnic Armenian distaste for Azerbaijani rule and Azerbaijani antipathy for Karabakhi independence are alleviated, the prospects for a resolution of the issue of status are not likely to improve with time.
In 1989, ethnic Armenians made up an estimated 77 percent of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh. After the forced displacement of most Azeris, the 2001 population was estimated to be 95 percent Armenian. Political dominance of ethnic Armenians in the region is complete. If Karabakh rejoined Azerbaijan as an autonomous region, Azerbaijan could promise to preserve total local political dominance of the Karabakh Armenians, but the promise would not be credible. This is because the right of return for displaced Azeris is a demand not just of the government of Azerbaijan but of the international community. Given that large numbers of Armenians have emigrated from Karabakh as well, a return of even half the Azeris would dramatically alter the ethnic makeup of the region. The return of Azeri citizens means the return of Azeri voters; under any democratic arrangement, Karabakh Armenians would lose control, not just to national Azeri politicians but also to Azeri interests in local politics.
In bargaining terms, the issue of status raises a problem of issue indivisibility. Either Nagorno-Karabakh is a part of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijani sovereignty extends to its territory, or it is independent. There is no half way. In order for one side to concede status at the bargaining table (or to accept rules for a referendum that allow the other side to win), it must be compensated by concessions on other issues.
If the Karabakh Armenians were to concede the issue of status, side payments might, for example, include a favorable revenue-sharing agreement with the oil-producing regions of Azerbaijan, the promise of infrastructure and other state investment in Karabakh, strong Karabakhi representation in the central government, and robust local autonomy. But promises like these are unenforceable. Once the issue of status is conceded, the Azeri government would have no incentive to act on any of its promises. Infrastructure projects might never materialize, revenue sharing could be renegotiated, and autonomy and central government influence would vanish. Negotiators from Karabakh would be foolish to concede status in exchange for concessions on which Azerbaijan would likely later renege.
For an example of a likely outcome, the Karabakh Armenians need look no farther than Adjaria, a region that enjoyed de facto independence from Georgia from 1991 to 2004. Once Georgia reestablished control of the territory, no meaningful autonomy was given to the region. Prior to reunification, secessionist control was total; after reunification all meaningful regional autonomy was eliminated. The same occurred after the unrecognized state of Gagauzia rejoined Moldova. Authority promised to the Gagauz in the settlement was gradually reclaimed by the central government.
One possible solution to problems of credible commitment is the participation of a third-party guarantor. To be effective in this role, however, the third party must be both neutral and credible. According to Thomas de Waal, a journalist and Caucasus expert, Russia advocated aggressively for this role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the 1990s, but Azerbaijan resisted the presence of Russian troops in its territory because it did not view Russia as neutral. While a more neutral international force might now be available, it is hard to see how international peacekeepers would enforce the type of provisions that would be necessary to convince Nagorno-Karabakh to rejoin Azerbaijan. How would an international actor force the Azerbaijan government to invest sufficiently in Karabakh's development or respect the right of Karabakh Armenians to be educated in their own language?
If side-payments from Azerbaijan to Nagorno-Karabakh prove difficult to enforce and the option of Nagorno-Karabakh conceding the issue of status is thus unworkable, perhaps an agreement in which Azerbaijan concedes the issue of status is more promising. The Goble plan, introduced in 1992, establishes a framework for such a deal. The plan requires Azerbaijan to surrender its claim to Karabakh and the Lachin corridor in exchange for Armenian withdrawal from all other occupied territories and the establishment of an internationally-monitored travel corridor between Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan.
While the deal has the benefit of being enforceable, it has a number of problems. First, it requires that Armenia surrender territory in exchange for independence for Nagorno-Karabakh, an exchange many in Armenia do not support. Additionally, while Armenia is loath to compromise control over its border with Iran, it is not clear that easing travel between Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan is nearly as important to Azerbaijan as control of Nagorno-Karabakh. De Waal suggests that Heydar Aliev, then-president of Azerbaijan, also had trouble selling this compromise in Azerbaijan because the gap between his public rhetoric, which promised reconquest of Karabakh, and his private negotiating positions, in which he appeared prepared to concede the issue of status, was simply too great.  Perhaps, however, if the proposed Armenian concessions were greater, the rhetoric gap would have mattered less.
Azerbaijan has imposed economic sanctions on Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia since the early stages of the conflict, both to limit Armenia's military capabilities and to raise the costs of non-settlement. The sanctions impose economic costs on Armenia, which therefore has incentives to make concessions at the bargaining table. The sanctions represent one of Azerbaijan's primary bargaining chips in current negotiations. Unfortunately, they have also had counter-effects that make a negotiated settlement more difficult to reach.
First, while sanctions impose costs on Armenia overall, some groups actually benefit economically; the sanctions have generated profitable import monopolies for politically connected actors in Armenia, giving them an economic incentive to oppose settlement. In the 2008 presidential campaign, opposition candidate (and former president) Levon Ter-Petrossian, campaigned on allegations that his successor Robert Kocharian and his proposed successor, Serzh Sargasyan, run a "kleptocracy" that provides economic benefits to politically connected oligarchs. Many of these benefits derive from market distortions created by the sanctions and border closures associated with the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Second, the cutting of economic ties between Armenia and Azerbaijan ended cooperative economic relationships between actors across the border. At the root of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh is the antipathy of ethnic Armenians for Azerbaijani rule and of ethnic Azeris for surrendering any territory to Armenian authority. Economic cooperation and the daily interactions of trade and business represent one of the clearest channels through which these subjective preferences can be changed. Sanctions and border closures all but eliminate this vehicle.
The primary contribution of bargaining models to the study of unrecognized states is that they demonstrate that two rational, well-informed actors can fail to reach an agreement, even if an agreement exists that could make both sides better off. Because the issue of status is indivisible and most options for side payments would occur in the future, status agreements in Nagorno-Karabakh are unenforceable. The prospects for negotiated settlement hinge, then, on one side being willing to concede the issue of status almost unilaterally. This is unlikely unless the costs of non-settlement become much higher than they appear to be at present.
The costs of economic isolation for Karabakh are large but are substantially muted by support from the large Armenian diaspora community. Many of those hurt most by non-settlement have left Karabakh and begun other lives outside the disputed territory. Non-settlement has hurt them, but settlement now would not help them. For Azerbaijan, the costs of military mobilization and lost investment are substantial, but public pressure to resolve the conflict peacefully is weak. Because the cost of non-settlement is relatively low, the Azerbaijani public seems unprepared to surrender its claim to Nagorno-Karabakh.
The intractability of the central issue of status does not entirely preclude the possibility that a negotiated agreement might be reached that both mitigates the costs of the conflict and reduces the chance of renewed violence. Setting aside the issue of status as irresolvable in the near term is an important first step toward reaching such an agreement. In 2007, when the so-called Madrid principles were formally presented, the International Crisis Group recommended that if a comprehensive agreement could not be reached, the sides should "agree what can be agreed and clearly identify points still in dispute." The Madrid principles have not been accepted by the two sides, and the exact nature of the principles is not public, but negotiations would clearly benefit from focusing on an agreement that is expressly agnostic about status itself and any of the future methods that will be used to determine status.
Armenia currently occupies around 13 percent of Azerbaijan's territory while Azerbaijan-lead economic sanctions impose high costs on Armenia. An agreement in which Armenia withdraws from some of the occupied territory in exchange for an easing of economic sanctions would be in the interests of both sides. Likewise, while the withdrawal of Armenian forces would induce a commitment problem (Azerbaijan would have incentives to reinstate sanctions after the withdrawal is completed), it might be easier to find a third-party enforcer for this more modest agreement; there would be less to enforce. Domestic interests within Azerbaijan and Turkey would also benefit from the opening of trade with Armenia, helping to generate domestic political incentives for Azerbaijan to maintain economic relations once established.
In 1992, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe created the Minsk Group to encourage a peaceful, negotiated resolution to the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh. The group consists of a co-chairmanship (France, Russia, and the United States) along with Belarus, Germany, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. The most productive step that could be taken by the members of the Minsk Group would be to offer the means to enforce any agreement that is reached. The Moscow declaration, signed by Armenia and Azerbaijan in November 2008, states that any agreement must include "legally binding international guarantees." No such guarantees will be binding if one or more of the Minsk Group does not commit itself to enforcing them. Beyond the distraction of the status issue, the largest impediment to an agreement is its enforceability.
Such an agreement, if enforced, would not only reduce costs to both sides in the near term, it would reduce the risk of war and could pave the way toward eventual resolution of the issue of status. Besides imposing economic costs on both sides, the closing of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan has reduced interaction between Armenians and Azeri citizens, preventing human contact from mitigating the hostility between the two populations. The normalization of economic ties across the border could go a long way toward reducing animosity over time and eventually making a compromise on the issue of status more palatable to the public on both sides. Similarly, a withdrawal of Armenian troops from much of the currently occupied territory would reduce the willingness of the Azerbaijani public to support a return to war.
Any potential agreement between an unrecognized state and a home state that requires either side to concede the status of the disputed territory is unlikely to succeed. Neither the states themselves nor the international community have the incentives and capabilities to enforce the side payments necessary to induce one side to voluntarily make such a concession. Efforts at a negotiated settlement must therefore be more modest, focusing on the parties' mutual interest in mitigating the costs of unresolved conflict and reducing the risk of renewed violence. In the case of Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian withdrawal from Azerbaijani territory, coupled with the easing of economic sanctions by Azerbaijan, would significantly reduce costs to both sides in the near term. It would also encourage an opening of trade and normalization of economic relations—a promising means to produce the eventual softening of positions necessary for resolution of the issue of status.
Benjamin A.T. Graham, a Ph.D. candidate in political science at University of California San Diego, was recently in residence at the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies and the Peace Research Institute of Oslo. A previous version of this paper was presented at the conference After Kosovo: Whither Karabakh? at the University of Michigan.
 Vicken Cheterian, War and Peace in the Caucasus (New York: Columbia University Press, 2008), pp. 97-142.
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 De Waal, Black Garden , pp. 285-6.
 Christoph Zurcher, The Post-Soviet Wars (New York: New York University Press, 2007), pp. 157-69.
 "Nagorno-Karabakh: Risking War," International Crisis Group, Europe Report, no. 187, Nov. 14, 2007, p. 4.
 "Armenia: Country Profile," The Economist Intelligence Unit, Jan. 2007.
 "Nagorno-Karabakh: Risking War," ICG, p. 11.
 Eurasia Insight (New York), July 26, 2003.
 Lev Frainkman, Evgeny Polyakov, and Carolina Revenco, "Costs of Closed Borders for Armenia's Trade," Economic Policy and Poverty, no. 8, pp. 6-9.
 "Nagorno-Karabakh: Viewing the Conflict from the Ground," ICG, pp. 12-3.
 Ibid., pp. 4-5; de Waal, Black Garden, p. 285.
 "Nagorno-Karabakh: Risking War," ICG, pp. 12-4.
 De Waal, Black Garden , p. 226.
 "Nagorno-Karabakh: Risking War," ICG, pp. 2-4.
 David Laitin and Ronald Grigor Suny, "Armenia and Azerbaijan: Thinking a Way Out," Middle East Policy, Oct. 1999, pp. 145-76.
 "Nagorno-Karabakh: Viewing the Conflict from the Ground," ICG, p. 4.
 De Waal, Black Garden , pp. 284-9.
 Kimberly Marten, "Dislodging Warlords: Cases from Post-Soviet Georgia," Proceedings of the International Studies Association, Feb. 2009, pp. 21-6.
 Ibid., p. 2; Valerie Bunce, "Minority Politics in Ethnofederal States: Cooperation, Autonomy, or Secession?" working paper, June 14, 2006, pp. 10-11.
 Steven D. Roper, "Regionalism in Moldova: The Case of Transnistria and Gagauzia," Regional and Federal Studies, Autumn 2001, p. 118.
 Barbara F. Walter, "The Critical Barrier to Civil War Settlement," International Organization, 51 (1997): 335-64.
 De Waal, Black Garden, pp. 253-6.
 Paul A. Goble, "How the 'Goble Plan' Was Born," Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Caucasus Report, June 8, 2000.
 De Waal, Black Garden , p. 265.
 Dov Lynch, Engaging Eurasia's Separatist States (Washington: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2004), pp. 63-4, 82.
 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Mar. 5, 2008.
 "Armenia: Picking up the Pieces," International Crisis Group, Europe Briefing, no. 48, Apr. 8, 2008, p. 10.
 Benjamin A.T. Graham, "Unrecognized States: A Bargaining Model Analysis," Social Science Research Network working paper, 2009.
 "Nagorno-Karabakh: Risking War," ICG, p. ii.
 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Nov. 3, 2008.
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The skin on the shoes longer retain marketability, take care of it after each wear. To do this, take a sponge or soft cloth soaked in clean water and wring well so she was barely wet. She wipe the leather surface of the Shoe. After that, dry the boots away from hot radiators and any other heat sources.
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To restore the color of leather shoes will help coloring tools, which can also be found in Shoe stores. With their help you update your aged shoes or boots, "refreshing" the main color or giving them a different hue. Pigments will mask the scratches and if the tool is really high quality, will protect the shoes from cracking. Before use, do not forget to read detailed instruction.
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Leather clothing and shoes: convenient, practical and easy to care for. It is not necessary to wash and wash, just sporadic, light, surface treatment. But sometimes under the influence of water skin soubelet. Not to throw a thing, you can try the skin softening.
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You can certainly give something to the dry cleaners with a request to soften the skin. But this is not always possible. It is best to try to solve the problem yourself.
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If your shoes have stains, you can display them by rubbing with a cut onion or a swab moistened with petrol. Before this procedure, make sure in an inconspicuous area that the bow itself or the gasoline does not leave unwanted spots.
Shiny spots on suede shoes should be cleaned with a special rubber brush. If you don't have one, you can use a normal eraser. If the suede is very dirty, you can clean it with a brush dipped in a solution of warm soapy water with ammonia (1 tablespoon alcohol to 5 tablespoons of water), then washed with cold acidified water (1 teaspoon of vinegar per liter of water). Then hold the shoes over the steam to restore the texture of suede.
The genuine leather shoes can not be cleaned with gasoline or acetone. Strong pollution delete the first dry cloth, then wet. White shoes can be washed with a weak solution of washing powder.
Shoes made of artificial leather should be treated in the manner specified by the manufacturer. Usually artificial and synthetic leather wipe with a sponge or cloth, sports shoes are allowed to be washed in cold water.
Colorless sprays and creams for versatile shoes of any color, but using color tools, you can make invisible small scratches and cracked places.
Almost everyone at least once to buy leather shoes. But some face an unexpected problem: the backs on too tight, the socks are too hard. But the model is very fancy, and want to buy it. In addition, some footwear articles of leather tend to become more stringent over time. Are there ways to soften the shoes, to make it more comfortable and wearable?
To soften leather shoes have special patented lotions, sprays, and waxes from well-known manufacturers of means on care of footwear. Also, there are folk ways. To soften shoes, massaging it a little glycerine. It should be left for a few minutes. Subsequently, the product must be carefully polished. This method will not only soften your shoes, but also prolong its service life.
Castor oil is also a great way to soften footwear. To do this, drip it on a cotton swab and carefully wipe them with leather shoes. Another popular method is linseed oil. They need a few times to wipe the joints, thereby softening the shoes, but note that this product is slightly stretched.
If your new shoes "burning" feet, to get rid of this problem will help a three percent solution of vinegar. They need to wipe the product from the inside, and then leave for a few minutes until dry.
If leather shoes are too wet, its not waiting until it has, should be lubricated with vaseline, and only a few hours, you can use the cream to clean and then Polish.
Winter, spring and autumn shoes can be lubricated "national cream - unsalted lard. In the cold this product has excellent softening effect for footwear products and is also protected from moisture.
If it is necessary not only to soften leather shoes, but also to stretch, it should be pre-wet, and then treated with kerosene. After this you need to dry your shoes.
A good way to mitigate the hard backs new shoes is rubbing them with paraffin candle. You can prepare a special ointment to soften, melt in a water bath beeswax and add castor oil and turpentine. It will give Shine and softness, and lustre, and become a barrier to moisture.


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How to Become an Instagram Influencer
There is nothing more exciting than the prospect of being an Instagram celebrity, influencing thousands of people through social media about some topic or lifestyle. You may be familiar with such Instagram personalities as Jay Alvarrez (@jayalvarrez), Cameron Dallas (@camerondallas), or Huda Kattan (@hudabeauty); who seemingly live their lives travelling the globe, receiving free products, and earning a nice living without a conventional job. Well, this is because they are examples of successful Instagram influencers, or people who earn money by partnering with brands/organizations to promote them within their Instagram accounts. Whether this takes the form of a free sports car, a free week-long stay at a Bali resort, or a direct cash payment; when it comes to the good life these Instagram influencers seem to have it all figured out.
Jay Alvarrez (@jayalvarrez) promoting a Bali Resort in his latest Instagram post.
What many people don't realize is that you don't need to be a former celebrity or have over 1 million followers to become an Instagram influencer. In fact, a study found that many brands follow a 'one-cent per follower' rule to dictate how much they are willing to pay Instagram influencers per post. The same study also found that 66% of brands surveyed pay less than $250 per post, indicating that the majority of Instagram influencers average less than 25,000 followers. For those influencers who manage to break the threshold and join the Jay Alvarrez's and Huda Katan's of the world; the reward is even more lucrative. At this level (>5 million followers,) the average influencer brand-partnership campaign generates $150,000 in revenue.
Huda Kattan (@hudabeauty) promoting her personal beauty brand through an Instagram post.
Finding Your Influencer Niche
The first step in becoming an Instagram influencer is to decide what you want your niche to be. Do you want to be a beauty blogger and review various products to your followers? How about a travel influencer who captures the essence of various resorts, activities, restaurants, and other sites through their Instagram posts? Maybe you wish to create an identity around financial literacy and dedicate your account to educating people about personal financial management. The possibilities are essentially limitless, and given the rapid expansion of Instagram in recent years you can be assured that there is demand for almost every type of content imaginable. Choosing a niche is about finding what you're most passionate about. Don't simply try to emulate what you think will be most popular, as most successful Instagram influencers only got to where they are by demonstrating true knowledge and a passion for their content.
Adam Gallagher (@iamgalla) created his account around the Men's fashion niche.
Why can't you become an Instagram influencer by just posting what you usually post? Think about it. How many non-celebrity Instagram accounts (aside from friends and family) do you follow that don't specialize in some sort of niche? Chances are not many. Focusing on a niche makes it easier to gain Instagram followers beyond your inner-circle, which is the second component in becoming an Instagram influencer.
Getting Instagram Followers
Once you have determined your niche, you must next focus on growing your Instagram followers. There are several different ways you can get Instagram followers. The goal is not only to get lots of followers, but also make sure that a good portion of those followers is: a) not bots, and b) potentially interested in your niche. Many services claim to be able to sell you Instagram followers, however most times the followers they sell turn out to be shell accounts. Brands will only be willing to work with you if you have exposure to a large, targeted, and real group of followers who are interested in the niche focus of your account.
Instead, we recommend employing strategies to get Instagram followers organically. There is a strategy that you can use right now to get real Instagram followers without paying a cent. First, you should search niche-related keywords and hashtags to find relevant content and accounts of those who might be interested in your account. For example, if you are trying to become a hockey-related Instagram influencer, you might search 'hockey,' 'nhl,' 'slapshot,' or the names of some famous sports teams. Next, you interact with the content to promote your own account. Liking and commenting on niche-related posts and following niche-related accounts are the primary ways to generate awareness and get Instagram followers. The more you do this, the more followers you will get to your account.
This is a time-consuming strategy, however, due to the drawbacks of buying followers, it is really the best way to get real, quality Instagram followers. Luckily, the larger your follower list is, the easier it becomes to get new followers. As your account grows, it naturally gains reputability, as people are more willing to follow an account with more followers than less. Thus 90% of the work you put in will go towards getting the first 10% of your followers. Certain platforms have arisen to assist small businesses and organizations looking to grow a quality Instagram following whom don't have the time to invest in doing it themselves. Instagram automation platforms such as Social Bloom allow up-and-coming influencers and small businesses to hand-off their Instagram accounts to a machine learning system, which automatically follows, likes and comments on content and accounts according to pre-specified criteria. This remains a popular option for Instagram influencers looking to get a head-start on the follower list-building process.
Monetizing Your Instagram Account
Once you have built an adequate Instagram follower list, it is time to start partnering with brands, businesses, and organizations in order to monetize your efforts! The good news is, the use of Instagram influencers as a form of marketing has dramatically increased in recent years. In fact, another study estimates that total spending on Instagram influencers in 2017 amounted to $1 billion, and projects that advertisers will spend $1.60 billion on Instagram influencers in 2018 and $2.38 billion in 2019. In other words, the odds are in your favor.
Projected Instagram influencer market growth 2017 – 2019.
Voila! You are well on your way to becoming the next Kim Kardashian. Of course the process doesn't stop here. To maintain your Insta-fame, you will need to continuously employ strategies to gain new followers, continuously produce fresh/interesting content to maintain your current followers, and actively seek out new brand partnerships wherever possible. Want to learn more about how you can grow your followers to get started? Visit our comprehensive guide here.
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OZZY OSBOURNE RECALLS THE TIME HE TRIED TO KILL SHARON OSBOURNE
During his new documentary The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon Osbourne recalled the time he tried to kill her when he was on drugs. Sharon said revealed that one night, she put their kids to bed before sitting down to read. She explained,"He came into the room. I had no idea who was sat across from me on the sofa but it wasn't my husband. He goes to a stage where he gets that look in his eyes, the shutters were down and I just couldn't get through to him. And he just said, 'We've come to a decision that you've got to die.'"
She continued, "He was calm — very calm — then suddenly he lunged across at me and just dived on me and started to choke me."
Ozzy, who said that the moment was "not exactly one of my greatest achievements." added, "I felt the calmest I had ever felt in my life. I was just peaceful. … All I remember is waking up in Amersham jail and I asked the cop, 'Why am I here?' And he says, 'You want me to read your charge?' So he read, 'John Michael Osbourne, you have been arrested for attempted murder.'"
Ozzy was sentenced to six months in medical detention.
OZZY OSBOURNE SAYS HE WON'T DO ANOTHER BLACK SABBATH SHOW
In other news, Ozzy Osbourne has shot down the idea of doing another Black Sabbath show. During an interview with The Rolling Stone, Ozzy said, "Not for me. It's done."


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Home Politics What Can the Army Do Under Martial Law?
What Can the Army Do Under Martial Law?
Armed soldiers on duty in Bangkok after the military declared martial law on Tuesday, 20 May 2014.
BANGKOK — In a political development that came as a surprise to many on Tuesday, the Thai army announced at 3am that the country is now under martial law.
Thailand's martial law was written in 1914, before the country was a constitutional monarchy. It grants the military extensive powers — including "superior power over the civil authority" in order to maintain public order — and also curbs a number of human rights.
Under the century-old piece of legislation, the military is now authorized to:
Search any "body vehicle, dwelling place, building or any place and at any time." [Section 9:1].
Inspect any letter, package, printed matter "or other things transmitting within the area under the Martial Law" [Section 9:2].
"Force labor for supporting military service in all respects" and demand from any person "any conveyance, beast of burden, provisions, arm, instrument and tool for use in military service" [Section 10].
Impose a curfew, prohibit any meeting or assembly, control transportation in any public area, and "prohibit any person from conducting any act or having any prohibited undertaking or thing as determined by the Minister of Defense during the period of the Martial Law" [Section 11].
Prohibit dissemination of any printed material and television or radio broadcast [Section 11].
"Burn any house or thing which may be useful to the enemy" and "alter the nature of the country or village … for the purpose of fight or preparation for the defense at the discretion of the military authority" [Section 14].
Detain for inquiry any person that the military has "reasonable ground to suspect" is the "enemy or violates the provisions of this Act" [Section 15].
In addition, the law bars people from claiming any compensation for any damages that result from the exercise of these powers [Section 16].
The sweeping powers granted to the military under martial law are significantly more far-reaching than the authority enjoyed by the government under the Internal Security Act, which was previously in place.
As a result, the army's move has already come under harsh criticism from groups like Human Rights Watch.
"Thailand is using a century old law with draconian provisions that permit the military to exercise essentially unlimited authority to violate human rights if they are so inclined," said Brad Adams, the Director of HRW's Asia Division.
"It's a law that pre-dates the creation of all international human rights standards, and it shows," Mr. Adams said.
The military has already begun excerising some of its new powers. This morning, the army's newly-formed peace-keeping operation, the Peace and Order Maintaining Command (POMC), shut down ten politically-affiliated TV stations in order to prevent the dissemination of "misleading" information that could cause "confusion" and unrest.
The POMC also ordered that all unlicensed community radio stations, which are often operated by hardline Redshirt activists, be taken off the air.
In addition, troops have been deployed to oversee both anti-government and Redshirt rally sites, with orders to prohibit activists from marching anywhere.
Government officials say they were not informed of the army's plan to announce martial law until it was declared on television at 3:00 a.m. this morning.
The army has insisted that they have not staged a coup. If that proves to be true, this would be the first time in Thailand's history that a nationwide declaration of martial law has not been followed by a military coup d'état.
UPDATE: The military launched a coup on 22 May.
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12. November 1924 +2° – Staatsfeiertag! 1 – ich halte ihn nicht.
— Vormittag Diktat: Kleines Präludium No. 6 2 – nach Tisch Tagebuchrückstände. — Lie-Liechen holt die Zwiebeln aus dem Keller, wo sie von Mäusen angefressen wurden u. bewahrt sie in meinem Zimmer auf einem Bücherschrank.
November 12, 1924 +2° – National holiday! 1 – I do not take off work.
— Dictation before noon: Short Prelude No. 6 2 – backlog of diary after lunch. — Lie-Liechen brings up the onions from the cellar, where they were being nibbled on by mice and stores them in my room on a bookshelf.
1 On November 12, 1918 the Republic was officially called into existence from the ramp of the Parliament. On April 25, 1919, the National Assembly unanimously and without debate declared November 12 a national holiday. When the Parliament was dissolved in 1933, the national holiday on November 12 was also jeopardized; on April 27, 1934, it was eliminated.
2 "Joh. S. Bach, Zwölf kleine Präludien, Nr. 6," Das Meisterwerk in der Musik, vol. I (1925), 99–105; Eng. transl., II, pp. 54–57.


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Schwab to Launch First Global Real Estate Mutual Fund to Track a Fundamentally Weighted Index
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Monday, September 8, 2014 6:00 am PDT
"We're pleased to be the first firm that offers investors a low cost way to access this foundational asset class by using this approach."
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM) announced today that it will expand its index mutual fund lineup with the launch of the Schwab Fundamental Global Real Estate Index Fund (SFREX). The new fund is the only U.S.-based real estate fund to apply the Russell Fundamental Index® Series to a broad-based, global portfolio of real estate securities.
Managed by CSIM, the Schwab Fundamental Global Real Estate Index Fund will track the Russell Fundamental Global Select Real Estate Index. The index, which comprises more than 200 real estate companies in 20 countries, measures the performance of residential and commercial real estate companies and real estate investment trusts (REITs) in U.S. and non-U.S. markets, including developed and emerging markets, using a fundamentally weighted methodology. Products using fundamentally weighted strategies generally fall into the category of smart or strategic beta investing; they break the link with price by weighting securities based on economic factors such as adjusted sales, retained operating cash flow, and dividends plus buybacks, rather than by market capitalization.
"This new addition to Schwab's index mutual fund family marries the diversification and dividend potential of global real estate with the intelligence of the Fundamental Index methodology, which we believe is a powerful combination," said John Sturiale, Senior Vice President of Product Management at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. "We're pleased to be the first firm that offers investors a low cost way to access this foundational asset class by using this approach."
In a whitepaper released today by the Schwab Center for Financial Research, Anthony Davidow, Alternative Beta and Asset Allocation Strategist, explores the role of global real estate within an investor's portfolio and the rationale for gaining exposure to the asset class using fundamentally weighted indexing.
"Global real estate represents a valuable addition to a diversified asset allocation model and has historically delivered strong performance, attractive yields, and diversification benefits relative to traditional investments," noted Davidow in his research. "Fundamentally weighted indexing can provide a great complement to traditional cap weighted indexing, and we think that applying these strategies to global real estate makes a lot of sense."
The Schwab Fundamental Global Real Estate Index Fund will have a net operating expense ratio of 0.49 percent and is available for a $100 minimum investment. The subscription period for the fund will begin on September 8 and continues until October 21, 20141. For more information on how to subscribe, investors can call 877-870-7271 or visit schwab.com/globalrealestate. The fund will be available for general purchase beginning October 22, 2014.
CSIM is the only asset manager to offer mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking the Russell Fundamental Index® Series, which is compiled and calculated by Russell Investments in conjunction with Research Affiliates LLC. Schwab launched its first Fundamental Index mutual funds in 2007 and its first Fundamental Index ETFs in 2013. These five mutual funds and six ETFs now have $7.1 billion in total assets under management as of July 31, 2014.
More information about Schwab's line-up of Fundamental Index funds is available at schwab.com or by calling 877-870-7271.
Agnes Hong, Managing Director and Head of Passive Equity Strategies for CSIM leads the portfolio management teams of Schwab's passive equity funds and ETFs, which comprise the Schwab Equity Index Funds, the Schwab Fundamental Index Funds, and the Schwab Equity ETFs. She also has overall responsibility for all aspects of the management of the funds. Ferian Juwono, Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager for CSIM, is responsible for the day-to-day co-management of the Schwab Fundamental Index Funds, Schwab Equity Index Funds, and the Schwab Equity ETFs.
Founded in 1989, Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM), a subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation, is one of the nation's largest asset management companies with $241.7 billion in assets under management as of July 31, 2014. It is among the country's largest money market fund managers and is the third-largest provider of retail index funds. In addition to managing Schwab's proprietary funds, CSIM provides oversight for the sub-advised Laudus Fund family. CSIM currently manages 76 mutual funds, 22 of which are actively-managed funds, in addition to two separate account model portfolios, and 21 ETF offerings.
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More information is available at www.aboutschwab.com. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and our Schwab Talk blog.
Investors should consider carefully information contained in the prospectus, including investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses. You can request a prospectus by clicking Investor Information or calling 800-435-4000. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
The investment adviser and its affiliates have agreed to limit the total annual fund operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes and certain non-routine expenses) of the fund to 0.49% for so long as the investment adviser serves as the adviser to the fund. This agreement may only be amended or terminated with the approval of the fund's Board of Trustees.
For the period October 21, 2014 through January 31, 2015, the investment advisor has agreed to waive the fund's net operating expenses to 0.00% (excluding interest, taxes, and certain non-routine expenses).
Investment value will fluctuate, and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
Diversification does not limit the risk of investment losses.
International investments involve additional risks, which include differences in financial accounting standards, currency fluctuations, geopolitical risk, foreign taxes and regulations, and the potential for illiquid markets. Investing in emerging markets may accentuate these risks.
Risks of investing in REITs are similar to those associated with direct ownership of real estate, such as changes in real estate values and property taxes, interest rates, cash flow of underlying real estate assets, supply and demand, and the management skill and credit worthiness.
Russell Investments (Russell) and Research Affiliates LLC (RA) have entered into a strategic alliance with respect to the Russell Fundamental Index Series. Subject to RA's intellectual property rights in certain content, Russell is the owner of all copyrights related to the Russell Fundamental Index Series. Russell and RA jointly own all trademark and service mark rights in and to the Russell Fundamental Index Series. Schwab is not affiliated with Russell or RA. Schwab Fundamental Index Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Russell or RA, and Russell and RA do not make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in shares of the fund. Research Affiliates is the owner of certain intellectual property (see all applicable rights disclosures and notices at www.researchaffiliates.com/Pages/legal.aspx#d, which are fully incorporated herein.)
None of the Schwab Fundamental Index Funds are promoted, sponsored, or endorsed by, nor in any way affiliated with, Russell Investments or Research Affiliates, LLC. Russell Investments and Research Affiliates, LLC, are not responsible for and have not reviewed the Schwab Fundamental Index Funds nor any associated literature or publications, and Russell Investments and Research Affiliates, LLC, make no representations or warranties, express or implied, as to their accuracy, or completeness, or otherwise.
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. ("CSIM"), the investment advisor for Schwab's proprietary funds, and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. ("Schwab"), the distributor for Schwab Funds, are separate but affiliated companies and subsidiaries of The Charles Schwab Corporation. SCFR is a division of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Schwab ETFs are distributed by SEI Investments Distribution Co. (SIDCO). SIDCO is not affiliated with the Charles Schwab Corporation or any of its affiliates.
1 Schwab is seeking investors for the fund during an initial offering period. As of the date of the prospectus, Schwab anticipates that this period will begin on September 8, 2014 and end on October 21, 2014, although the period may be extended or otherwise changed. During the initial offering period, orders may only be placed through Schwab. Payment for shares of the fund will not be accepted until the completion of the initial offering period. Orders received after the initial offering period will be executed at the next share price calculated for the fund.
Alissa Carter, 212-403-9240
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Friday App Sales: Combat Mission: Touch, Per-App Modes, Star Walk – Astronomy Guide, and More
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Earned some dough through Google's Opinion Rewards app and need some apps and games to blow it on? First, go buy Domo, the latest icon pack from our friend kovdev. Next, take a look at this week's list of deals on Google Play. Our list this week is fairly...
Friday App Sales: Beautiful Widgets Pro, Riptide GP2, Root Toolbox PRO, and More
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On the hunt for a way to fill up your new HTC One (M8)? Or perhaps your soon-to-be Galaxy S5? Look no further than this week's app and game sales, where we find a couple of noteworthy apps to take up your phone's storage. Beautiful Widgets Pro (an app which...
Friday App Sales: Paper Camera, Colin McRae Rally, TuneSync, and More
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Hooray, it's Friday again - it has come time to hook you all up with a few deals on apps and games for the weekend. This last list of March includes titles like Paper Camera, Colin McRae Rally, plus much more, which means finding an app or two to pick up...
Friday App Sales: Osmos HD, PVSTAR+ PRO, franco.Kernel Updater and More
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In case you're low on cash, but still need a weekend app or game to keep you company, look no further than today's app sales list. This week's rendition is quite short, even when compared to last week's show of modesty, but among the sale apps are some jewels....
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What time is it? Oh, time for another rendition of Friday App Sales! This week's list is fairly modest compared to gargantuan lists of the past, but that doesn't mean there aren't quality apps and games up for grabs. Right off of the bat, we have Rayman Jungle...
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It's that time of the week again, when we scrape together the best deals on Google Play for you all to enjoy. This week we have a wealth of quality apps with price chops, including Deus Ex: The Fall and Square Enix's Final Fantasy V. We also have two great...
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Local Government and PoliticsCity of MuscatineMuscatine Area News
Streetscape Project moves to 200 block of East 2nd Street
By City of Muscatine
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MUSCATINE, Iowa – With the Mulberry Avenue and 2nd Street Roundabout along with the intersection of 2nd and Cedar streets open to traffic, the focus of construction activity in Downtown Muscatine is in the 200 block of East 2nd Street where the second stage of the 2nd Street Streetscape Project is underway.
Along with the opening of the roundabout and the Cedar Street intersection Monday evening came the removal of the detour around the construction sites.
Only one construction detour remains in Downtown Muscatine as the eastbound lane of the 200 block of East 2nd Street is closed with traffic diverted south on Sycamore to Mississippi Drive.
Westbound traffic will be permitted through the construction area and parking will be permitted on the north side of the street. The lane restrictions will be reversed once work begins on the north side of the street, which is tentatively scheduled to begin in late August.
There will still be some activity in the roundabout area as landscaping is completed and items on the post-construction punch list are addressed. However, the City does not anticipate closing any portion of the roundabout for any extended periods of time as these items are addressed. There is also landscaping and brickwork to be completed at the Cedar Street intersection but those will be completed under traffic.
The second stage of the six stage 2nd Street Streetscape Project began Tuesday, July 28, in the 200 block of East 2nd Street as KE Flatwork, Inc., began to remove sidewalk and Muscatine Power & Water removed light poles that will be relocated to the 300 block of East 2nd Street. The final five stages of the Streetscape Project will include replacing the curb, gutter, and sidewalks on both sides of the street along with some full depth patching in the driving lanes from Cedar to Pine and from Walnut to the Roundabout.
The second stage also includes the reconstruction of the intersection of 2nd and Sycamore streets to match the work completed at the 2nd and Cedar intersection. The intersection work is tentatively scheduled to begin after sidewalk replacement in the 200 block of East 2nd Street is completed. The south side of the street (river side) will be replaced first with each side expected to take three to four weeks to complete. The north side (city side) is tentatively scheduled to begin on August 24 but all dates are dependent on the weather.
The contractor and City project managers meet with business owners and other interested individuals at 9 a.m. every Thursday to provide an update on the work, and to answer any questions that the business owners might have.
Since the contract with the City does not allow work to continue past October 1 in each year of the two-year project, work on the Sycamore Street and 2nd Street intersection may be postponed until the start of the 2021 construction season. The contractor indicated that, depending on available time, replacement of the curb, gutter, and sidewalks in the 100 block of East 2nd Street may occur before the intersection work.
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Muscatine Power & Water (MPW) will be continuing underground work as part of the Mississippi Driver Corridor Reconstruction Project by closing Linn Street sometime between July 13 and August 17 from Mississippi Drive to the #1 Alley along with a portion of the #1 alley. Sections of Mississippi Drive will have lane restrictions at different times with flaggers present as MPW will be moving the overhead 69kV power lines underground.
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Golden Lions to 'buy' a winning team
Written by Andre Bosch (KSA Shark ©)
Posted in :In the news, Lions on 29 May 2009 at 14:21
Tagged with : Currie Cup, Eugene Eloff, Jake White, Manie Reyneke
Golden Lions Rugby Union Chief Executive Manie Reyneke has hauled out the chequebook, saying that he will "buy" a team capable of winning the Super 14.
Speaking to rugby365.com, as the fall-out over the controversial sacking of popular coach Eugene Eloff continues, Reyneke revealed that he is ready to enter the transfer market to replace a host of senior players that are on their way out.
The senior management, led by GLRU President Jannie Ferreira and Reyneke, managed to avoid a player strike on Thursday, following a meeting with players to explain the reasons behind a sudden about turn and the axing of Eloff.
As rugby365.com reported earlier, the GLRU were facing a possible player strike, following their decision to axe Eloff, on Wednesday.
The strike would have placed in jeopardy the Golden Lions' match against the touring British and Irish Lions, scheduled for next Wednesday, June 3. The match will now go ahead.
Reyneke, like Ferreira, said the reports of a strike threat was "over dramatised" by the media, but admitted that there was a certain amount of unhappiness as a result of Eloff's axing and the manner in which it was done.
"There will always be players for a coach and players against a coach," Reyneke said.
At the heart of the player unhappiness was a sudden about turn by the union over the future of Eloff. On Monday the players were still given the assurance that Eloff would be coach for the match against the B&I Lions next week.
However, following a decision to appoint World Cup-winning coach Jake White to "audit" the union, the decision was made to send Eloff packing – with the announcement coming on Wednesday, just 36 hours after players were given assurances that Eloff's job was safe.
This caused great unhappiness, especially amongst the core of players loyal to Eloff, and the strike threat was relayed to the union – with a number of players, initially, refusing to train under interim coach Hans Coetzee and his back-up staff, Wimpie Vermeulen and Ian McDonald.
While Reyneke and Ferreira managed calm the situation down and got all the players to return to training, reports of a mass player exodus continued to gain momentum.
Reyneke, while confirming that a number of senior players are on their way out, denied that it was indeed linked to the coaching drama and also revealed to rugby365 that he already has in place a plan to replace them.
Already lock Anton van Zyl has announced his decision to return to Cape Town, while regular captain and No.8 Ernst Joubert has signed with Saracens in England – the same club that had earlier signed the Lions' Vodacom Cup captain and hooker Ethienne Reynecke.
Star Springbok centre Jaque Fourie has been linked to a move to French club Clermont – while other senior players like Willem Alberts, Jano Vermaak, Louis Ludik, Doppies la Grange and Willie Wepener have also been listed among those looking for an early exit. Most of them are looking to move abroad.
To counter the departure of players like Van Zyl, Joubert and Alberts, the Lions have apparently offered 34-year-old second row forward Willem Stoltz a chance to resume his stalling career in Johannesburg.
Boland's journeyman lock Brad Mockford is also on trial in Johannesburg, while University of Cape Town centre Pieter Engelbrecht has joined the Lions ahead of their showdown with the B&I Lions next week. He has been offered a contract.
But Reyneke says the quality of the players he will be chasing will be good enough to ensure the team can win the Super 14.
"We were aware of those [senior] players leaving before the coaching drama unfolded this week," Reyneke told rugby365, adding: "The two issues are totally unrelated.
"We are planning to replace them with players of the same quality or even better.
"I have to get together a squad that can win the Super 14 and that doesn't just mean players, a coach as well."
Reyneke added that while Coetzee and his back-up team have been listed as "interim" coaches, they do have an opportunity to book themselves more permanent posts.
"If all goes well he [Coetzee] may well stay on," he said of the game against the B&I Lions next week.
"He could stay on for the Currie Cup competition and maybe even the Super 14 next year."
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Boland's journeyman lock Brad Mockford is also on trial in Johannesburg
Now THAT will be a good buy. He had an awesome CC last season.
Comment 1, posted at 29.05.09 14:27:49 by KSA Shark ©
Never heard of the guy, but if I had a choice between JW and this new guy, the decision would be dead easy.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 2) :
JW??
Comment 3, posted at 29.05.09 14:34:32 by Prof. Ice
@Prof. Ice (Comment 3) :
Jake White.
Dont think this oak realises juts how far off the pace the Lions were this year.
He has no idea what it takes to win the Super14.
Comment 5, posted at 29.05.09 14:45:20 by VinChainSaw
Nee man – I know who JW is…I am not THAT stupid – contrary to popular belief…
I was asking if your would have gone with JW…
Oh well – I either just shot myself in the foot or gonna hit it bIG time…chose the Chiefs for a win on SB…
why cant Adolf whip out his cheque book? Id10t!
Comment 8, posted at 29.05.09 15:10:52 by JarsonX
Agree on Mockford.
Comment 9, posted at 29.05.09 15:17:37 by Salmonoid
@JarsonX (Comment 8) :
I think Reyneke is going to find that talk is easy and in this case very necessary to save what can be saved at the Lions. This is one big PR article to placate Lions supporters, and sponsors and their few remaining loyal players, who are mostly the crowd that managed to win one Vodacom Cup game. Not to forget that next week they take on the real Lions in what is the single biggest game they, as the Lions, would have played till now.
Take note that in this whole PR excercise its not once stated why Eloff was redeployed. I know Im hammering the point but surely there must be a valid reason.
Comment 10, posted at 29.05.09 15:29:20 by Salmonoid
going to go out on a limb here… there isn't a team of players out here, available to be snapped up, who are capable of winning the Super 14.
If there was, the Sharks would already have bought them. Or wait – maybe Toulon would have!
Comment 11, posted at 29.05.09 15:32:38 by robdylan
@robdylan (Comment 11) :
Toulon doesn't play Super rugby dumbass!!!
Comment 12, posted at 29.05.09 15:44:32 by wpw
@wpw (Comment 12) : I didn't say that Boudjalel would have bought them to win the Super 14, numbnuts…
@wpw (Comment 12) :
it boys!!!!
Comment 14, posted at 29.05.09 15:59:39 by Me2
If these guys had actually retained the talent they had there team would be pretty shit hot -talk about going about things the wrong way.
And to be honest given the cheetahs and the Lions predicament – they should join again and allow the Eastern Cape to have there bloody franchise….
Then again WP could also fall out given the only highlights in the past eight years are in the players frikken hair
Comment 15, posted at 29.05.09 16:01:38 by Worcestershire Sauce
@Worcestershire Sauce (Comment 15) :
I think I'm with you on that limb.
I'd go further and say there arent even 5 players that are currently available and willing to be bought that are good enough to even play in the knock-out stages.
Any player worth his salt is tied up in a contract or would anyway not want to go anywhere near the sinking red and white.
I mean, really, do you think any decent rugby player, upon hearing that the players are unhappy and leaving en masse, would be willing to move there?
The only players available to be bought are young guys playing secodn fiddle at other unions or hasbeeners looking for a seaosn or two to top up their pension.
AJ might be available for another season if they ask nicely…
Comment 17, posted at 29.05.09 16:47:53 by VinChainSaw
@VinChainSaw (Comment 17) :
AJ has ambitions of getting involved with the Ballito Dolphins, who are playing 4th division rugby, and that is only in a year or 2s time, according to a report I read.
I think we will be seeing a lot more of AJ as a Super Sport presenter / host.
@VinChainSaw (Comment 17) : eg-fakin-zacktly!
if the money is there the players may come
Comment 20, posted at 29.05.09 18:52:49 by JarsonX
@JarsonX (Comment 20) : i dont believe that each and every decent player is tied up for more than a year
happy birthday gareth and biscuit wherever you are
In all honesty I don't think a joint franchise will work if the unions are on equal footing.
I think the Lions should stay in the competition and the Cheetahs told that they fall UNDER the Lions region. The lions have the coke money and will be certainly the more financially viable option
Comment 23, posted at 29.05.09 19:50:05 by KSA Shark ©
So u working tomorrow morning?? Eish!!
Yip.
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Q: Do multiple flash movies on a web page download and run in parallel or in sequence We have a flash website built using flex and CS3. Majority of the site has been done using flex. We have multiple flash movies on a page and we obviously have the page loading very slow. Now that we are looking into options for making the page fast, we are trying to understand whether we can run these flash movies in parallel ? Is there some provision in CS3 to make the flash understand that this object will be loaded and ran first and then the second object.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

A: You could try bulk-loader library.
http://code.google.com/p/bulk-loader/

A: I guess the swfs are run as they are loaded, but I think you can have something to say about that.
As far as I understand you have multiple swfs displayed in one HTML file.
If that is the case, you can use LocalConnection to establish communication between swfs and control the way each and every one initializes.
Another option would be setting a variable (be it js variable, js cookie, local SharedObject, etc. ) to keep track of the currently loaded swf's ID (e.g. 1 of 13 ). Working with js and flash is done using ExternalInterface.
If I didn't understand, and you only want to load multiple swfs into one swf and manage that, BulkLoader is the way forward as mentioned before.
Goodluck!

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Greene History Notes: The Life of General Nathanael Greene
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By David Dorpfeld, Greene County Historian
I imagine that many people don't give a lot of thought to how Greene County got its name. Some people might think it is because we have so much forested land that it makes us green with an extra "e." A recent internet search disclosed 13 other states that have Greene counties including Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia. These counties — including our own — are all likely named in honor of the famous Revolutionary War General, Nathanael Greene.
As a matter of fact, in Greeneville, Tennessee there is even a Nathanael Greene Museum. It is unlikely that Nathanael Greene ever visited any of the states not included in the original 13. We also lack any hard evidence that he ever visited Greene County, New York. But, we do know that he spent time in the state. So, why was General Greene so important that so many places decided to name counties after him?
Fortunately, quite a bit is known about Nathanael Greene. He was born to a Quaker family in Rhode Island in 1742 and was largely self-educated. In his early adult life he operated a mill owned by his father and in his spare time read and studied books on military tactics. Despite the fact that the Quakers were pacifists, Greene also joined and drilled with a local militia known as the Kentish Guards when difficulties began to arise between England and the colonies.
After the battles of Lexington and Concord, the Rhode Island General Assembly named Greene a Major-General and ordered a force of 1,600 men be formed under his command. By June 1775, Greene had his troops in position around Boston and in July George Washington arrived. Now, being part of the Continental Army, his rank was reduced to Brigadier-General. He served General Washington on Long Island, in New Jersey and at the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown in Pennsylvania during 1777.
During the winter of 1777 and 1778, General Greene was with Washington at Valley Forge and was appointed Quartermaster General of the army.
He reluctantly agreed because he wanted to be in active service as a line officer taking the battle to the British. After General Gate's severe defeat at Camden, South Carolina, General Greene was appointed by Washington to take over the southern command which stretched from Delaware to Georgia. Greene took command at Charlotte, North Carolina on December 2, 1780. Over the next two years, the General successfully led his troops in several battles that ultimately drove the British from the Carolinas and aided the American cause in Georgia. Greene, always short of men, money and supplies, frustrated the British General Cornwallis to the point that he no longer headed an effective fighting force. When Greene heard that Washington had Cornwallis trapped in Yorktown, he wrote: "We have been beating the bush and the General has come to catch the bird."
Nathaniel Greene and George Washington are the only two Continental Army generals to serve throughout the Revolutionary War.
Greene was also considered by many as Washington's successor to lead the army should Washington fall in battle. The southern states were so grateful for Greene's efforts that the legislatures awarded him the following: South Carolina 10,000 guineas (equal to about 1 British pound), North Carolina 5,000 guineas and Georgia 24,000 acres of choice land. In addition, Greene was the recipient of one of only six gold medals struck in Paris under the supervision of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin to honor significant actions in the Revolutionary War. Nathanael Greene resigned his commission in August 1783 and moved to Georgia in 1785 to develop a plantation there. Unfortunately, he died suddenly from what may have been a heat stroke on June 12, 1786 at the age of 44. We will never know what heights he may have obtained had he lived a longer life. His remains and those of his son, George Washington Greene, rest beneath an obelisk in Johnson Square in Savannah, Georgia.
Several years ago, Raymond Beecher, former Greene County Historian, was instrumental in acquiring a magnificent oil painting of General Greene which now hangs in the main reading room at the Vedder Research Library in Coxsackie. A photographic copy of the painting was made by the Greene County Historical Society and presented as a gift to the Greene County Legislature. It now hangs on the fourth floor of the new Greene County Office Building on Main Street in Catskill.
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