We have this little tradition now when we have big cooking extravaganzas – we make scone dough, but we don't bake it. Instead, we each keep half of the dough and freeze it. That way, on some boring weekday where we're overwhelmed with school work and all the other things we have going on, we can pull a scone out of the freezer, put it in the oven, and have a delicious dish without much effort.
It's a great tradition, and every time I (Amanda) have one of these suckers, I'm elated. There's something so lovely about eating a fresh scone that reminds me of a cooking party already past (with the dishes long since washed and put away!). It's like an edible scrapbook. And the best part is the surprise of it – all the effort's already been put in, but we don't yet know whether we like the recipe until days later!
We snagged this recipe – as we snag so many recipes – from Smitten Kitchen (the blog that brought us together). It is my favorite scone of all time. And I say this as a scone aficionado, a lover of all baked goods, and most importantly a person with absurdly high, perfectionist standards befitting one with significant amounts of German genes and Catholic schooling.
So here's the recipe. We added a little bit of some straight up lemon juice to the lemon zest for two reasons. First, I almost always do that when recipes call for lemon zest, perhaps because I don't regularly eat lemon rinds the way I drink lemon juice, and I'm weirdly unconvinced that a little lemon zest will add sufficient lemony-ness to baked goods. Second, I don't have a zester, so we were stuck using my cheese grater, and it doesn't produce as much zest. This is why I've put a microplane on my Christmas wish list – of course now I'll wind up with 5 of them.
If you're making these right away as opposed to freezing them for later like us, preheat the oven to 400°F. and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
First, zest your lemons. Then chop your cranberries into large-ish chunks (don't dice them). We lovingly sliced each cranberry in half by hand – but probably only because one of us was trying to make herself look busy while the other did dishes (ahem, that would be Em). Feel free to stick the cranberries in a food processor and pulse a couple times if you're not using mundane tasks as part of a grander scheme.
Put the flour, 1/2 cup of the sugar, baking powder, salt, butter and lemon zest in a food processor and pulse until it resembles a coarse meal (like when you make pie dough, if you are such a person). Transfer this mixture to a large-ish bowl.
Mix the cranberries (and 3 extra TBSP of sugar if you're using fresh cranberries), and put all this into the large bowl with the flour, butter, etc.
In yet another bowl, because you must dirty everything in your kitchen if you want these delicious scones, lightly beat the egg and yolk and then stir in the cream. If you happen to be making these scones late at night after a long day of work and studying, you might mess up the egg part, since you have to have one whole egg and one yolk. You might accidentally put one egg white and one whole egg into the bowl, and be glad that it's a separate bowl. What do you do? You remember that the second rule of your Smitten Kitchen cooking club is: waste nothing. So you put the messed up egg yolk + two whites in a baggie and have it later, as an omelette.
Once you've got the right amoung of eggs and have stirred in the cream, add that to the flour, butter, cranberry mixture, and stir it until combined, but don't overstir. Or the cooking gnomes will come for you in the night and punish you, because overstirring is a mortal sin, second only to over-kneading bread.
Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface, such as a big ol' wooden cutting board. Flatten the dough down with your hand and pat it until it's flat, round, and about 1-inch thick. Using a cookie cutter (about 2-inch in diameter), cut up all that dough. If you're saving the scones for later, put each scone in tupperware, separating each scone with wax paper or some such thing.
Once you're ready to bake the scones, arrange them on a parchment lined sheet, leaving about one inch of space in between each scone. Bake in the oven at 400 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes, or possibly a little bit longer if you're baking frozen dough. Once they're pale and golden, pull those suckers out of the oven and serve them warm and delicious. I found that the scones were done at almost exactly 15 minutes, even though I'd frozen the dough. Maybe my oven is hotter than Deb's, but usually my oven doesn't run hot.
On the advice of Deb (queen of Smitten Kitchen, inspiration to us all), we did not make square scones. Instead we used this adorable little flower cookie cutter that my brother gave me – though admittedly after baking, the flower shape sort of . . . wilted, and they looked like normal round scones (see above). Side note about these cookie cutters – my 13 year old brother is amazing at getting me cooking things for birthdays and Christmas. It may be that my mother feeds him ideas, or it may just e that he is thoughtful beyond his teenage years. I don't much care, because as thoughtfulness/adorableness goes, nothing will top the bracelet he made me out of nuts and bolts and springs and bungee cords when he was 8. And as far as cooking stuff goes, as long as I have it, I'm happy no matter who picked it out. But these cookie cutters are fantastic because they come in a set of four or five different shapes and sizes, and they nest in each other for easy storage, so they don't get all jumbled up and tangled like all of my other cookie cutters. Plus, they actually CUT stuff, unlike most plastic cookie cutters, and they're "tall" ("deep"?) enough that they can cut thick scone dough without making a mess. Beautiful + functional = worthy of my love. I just wish I knew who made them, although I'm betting it's either Kitchenaid or Rubbermaid. One of those -aid's.
Whatever shape scone you make, and however you cut them, enjoy!
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These look amazing! You can't even look at the pics without craving strong tea and multiple helpings.


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Q: Add type triple to rdf document using D2RQ If I use the default d2rq mapping file (ttl) all my colums are mapped to rdf properties. E.g. the colum ID becomes the Property "hasID" (after renaming).
  <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.semanticweb.org/adoxx/ontologies/2016/5/untitled-ontology-24#hasId">
    <rdfs:label>hasId</rdfs:label>
    <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property"/>
  </rdf:Description>

I want to replace the rdf property triple or add a further type triple so that my result is
      <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.semanticweb.org/adoxx/ontologies/2016/5/untitled-ontology-24#hasId">
        <rdfs:label>hasId</rdfs:label>
        <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property"/>
        <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#DatatypeProperty"/>
      </rdf:Description>

The documentation [1] states that types are generated automatically.
Do you have an idea how to get such a result? I need the distinction between  DatatypeProperty and ObjectProperty so that they are correctly imported in the OWL-API [2].
[1]http://d2rq.org/d2rq-language
[2]https://sourceforge.net/p/owlapi/mailman/message/35333117/

A: I found a solution for adding a second (OWL) type triple to the property (a solution for replacing the auto generated property seems not to be available without touching the code).
You have to update your ttl file by adding an additional Property triple (owldatatypeproperty was not created by d2rq, it was introduced by me!):
map:owldatatypeproperty a d2rq:AdditionalProperty;
    d2rq:propertyName rdf:type;
    d2rq:propertyValue <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#DatatypeProperty>;
    .

Then you have to extend the property bridge definition by referencing to the additonal property:
map:abc_ID a d2rq:PropertyBridge;
    .....
    d2rq:datatype xsd:integer;
    d2rq:additionalPropertyDefinitionProperty map:owldatatypeproperty;
    .

Thats it.
A short description is provided at [1]
[1] http://d2rq.org/d2rq-language#additionalproperty

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Katja Hose blev i 2004 kandidat i datalogi fra Ilmenau University of Technology. I 2009 opnåede hun ph.d.-graden i datalogi også fra Ilmenau University of Technology i Tyskland.

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Katja Hose har været tilknyttet Aalborg Universitet siden 2012. I 2018 blev hun udnævnt til professor i datalogi efter bevilling fra Poul Due Jensens Fond. Katja Hose beskæftiger sig i sin forskning med webvidenskab og bevæger sig i et krydsfelt mellem big data, maskinlæring og semantiske teknologier.
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Love is the greatest risk of all.
After seven days in a coma, Hannah Parker remembers nothing about the accident that landed her in the hospital--or how she ended up pregnant with Brannon's baby, the man she's loved since high school. Her body and heart have burned for him for years, and when she wakes up, he's sleeping by her bedside, anxious to keep her safe at all costs. But as Hannah struggles with her amnesia, a threat looms closer--one that could have deadly consequences if she recovers her memories. She will have to trust Brannon completely if she is to keep what haunts her at bay…and their baby safe….
Once again, we have a lot going on in The Trouble with Temptation and we're taken on a roller-coaster of emotions throughout the book. I loved Hannah and Brannon and how much he loved her. I'm upset that we still don't know what happened (the mystery from Headed for Trouble), but I guess we'll find out in The Right Kind of Trouble. But dang! We have to wait until August for that!


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Charging, Tolling & Road Pricing / September 29, 2021
By Ben Spencer
UTA One also supports toll systems in Belgium, Germany, France, Italy and Norway (image credit: UTA)
UTA has integrated the Polish e-Toll system into its UTA One on-board unit (OBU), enabling tolls on motorways, expressways and main roads to be settled electronically.
Collectively, the company says UTA One now encompasses 15 toll contexts in 14 European countries.
The e-Toll system – which uses GNSS satellite positioning technology – will replace the legacy viaToll system on 1 October following a transition period.
Under the e-Toll system, tolls are charged electronically for vehicles with a gross vehicle weight over 3.5 tonnes and buses with more than nine seats on sections of motorways, expressways and national roads managed by the state operator GDDKiA. The toll road network in Poland remains unchanged.
The toll can be processed in the new e-Toll system using either an OBU, telematics device or the e-Toll app. In the near future, it will be possible to use a fuel and service card such as the UTA Full Service Card so customers to choose the best option for them.
Companies can set-up an account via the Internetowe Konto Klienta (IKK) e-Toll online portal. They can then manage numberplates, vehicles, equipment and methods of settlement such as their UTA card. Customers can also create an account in person at IKK customer service points or through selected fuel card providers such as UTA.
UTA CEO Carsten Bettermann says: "With each toll context expansion, UTA One better meets the needs of international freight forwarders and transportation companies. In the coming months, we'll add even more countries to UTA One and supplement it with a telematics solution to help our customers achieve better cost efficiency."
According to UTA, accessing the e-Toll context does not require any administrative effort as it is applied to UTA One OBUs via n Over the Air update. Customers can perform activation in the UTA customer portal for each desired country. The update is available immediately.
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The Dow was up a good bit yesterday and Ure's truly blew out of his latest long (bet the market would go up) position. We may get one – or several – more good runs prior to an all-time high that leads to a huge recession/depression. Or, we may not. Futures were flat when I checked.
"The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.6 percent in January, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices rose 0.2 percent in December and 0.5 percent in November. (See table A.) On an unadjusted basis, the final demand index climbed 1.6 percent for the 12 months ended January 2017.
In January, over 60 percent of the advance in the final demand index is attributable to a 1.0-percent increase in prices for final demand goods. The index for final demand services moved up 0.3 percent.
inching up 0.1 percent in December. For the 12 months ended in January, the index for final demand less foods, energy, and trade services climbed 1.6 percent.
Final demand goods: Prices for final demand goods moved up 1.0 percent in January, the largest rise since a 1.0-percent advance in May 2015. Three-fourths of the January increase can be traced to the index for final demand energy, which jumped 4.7 percent. Prices for final demand goods less foods and energy climbed 0.4 percent. The index for final demand foods was unchanged.
Toss in tomorrow's Consumer Price Index and life could become interesting. Gold is up on PPI perhaps expecting more inflation to come.
In long wave economics terms, I continue to believe Donald Trump is walking in the path worn by Herbert Hoover.
Hoover, sworn in March 4, 1929 had about 182-days before the stock market hit its all-time high ahead of the Great Depression whose onset was heralded by the Crash just less than three months later. Trumps timeline would be late July. He was sworn in three months earlier.
Hoover was at the leading edge of protectionism. Like Donald Trump, he was a very good communicator who did well with vastly simplified messages. Rich…generous….yep. Echoes there.
He managed to say this the day the day after the '29 Crash.
This little gem popped out about three weeks after the Crash.
Almost six months after the Crash, Hoover was still optimistic and in denial.
But the biggest Hoover boondoggle was the Revenue Act of 1929. Which was what?
Come on! What is Trump pushing hard for? What did I tell subscribers recently? Tax Cuts at this time in our economic history are a bad – very, very, very bad – idea.
My study of the Hoover-Trump Parallels brings along some interesting points.
First, Hoover went for the 1929 cuts in the same mistaken belief that tax cuts are always good. As we explained in detail in last weekend's Peoplenomics.com report, they are not. In fact, improperly timed, they bring disaster.
While the right-wing radio bloviators sing high praises of the Ronald Reagan tax cuts and cite it as evidence, they universally ignore the true economic background of the time.
The all-time high of interest rates had passed in 1980-1981.
Rates were going down and they would through 2016 when viewed over the ultra long-term.
Reagan was the beneficiary of the Personal Computer Revolution.
He also benefited from huge numbers of women entering the workforce. Remember, Gloria Steinem's Ms. Magazine had been on the racks for more than a decade and feminism and women in the workforce in general, and in upwardly mobile middle management positions was on the increase.
Reagan was just damn lucky.
And with good reason. Despite what far-right commentators believe, Reagan could have done NOTHING – or actually reduced the federal deficit – and still have enjoyed a thriving economy: Women were now working (beginning to), computers were going mainstream, the ATH of interest rates was past and rates were coming down, and there was the consumer explosion as the "Echo Baby Boom" got consumptive.
Like I said, he was lucky.
This is where the trip wires are for Donald Trump.
"By the late 1920s the economy of the United States had made exceptional gains in productivity due to electrification, which was a critical factor in mass production. Horses and mules had been replaced by motorcars, trucks and tractors. One-sixth to one-quarter of farmland previously devoted to feeding horses and mules was freed up, contributing to a surplus in farm produce. Although nominal and real wages had increased, they did not keep up with the productivity gains. As a result the ability to produce exceeded market demand, a condition that was variously termed overproduction and underconsumption. Senator Smoot contended that raising the tariff on imports would alleviate the overproduction problem; however, the US had actually been running a trade account surplus, and although manufactured goods imports were rising, manufactured exports were rising even faster. Food exports had been falling and were in trade account deficit; however the value of food imports were a little over half that of manufactured imports.
With this as the foreplay – and realizing that Hoover was forced into a tax increase in 1932 (Revenue Act of 1932) which arguably turned the potentially short but sharp Depression into a longer-term disaster, we can look at the morning's headlines and apply a little Plug & Play logic.
TAXES: You'll remember a few days back the story was Trump promises a major tax announcement in a few weeks. Bingo: Rhyme on the Revenue Act of 1929.
PRTECTIONISM: "EU and others gear up for WTO challenge to US border tax." This promises to be the biggest deal in the history of the World Trade Organization.
There is some debate about whether the the U.S. can be bound by the WTO. In fact, it's a hot enough button that the WTO's website here offers a whole page of rebuttal of the assertion that WTO membership was undemocratically adopted.
But, of course, what else would they say?
There is the matter of the Senate vote in December 1994 – which bound us on a 76 (yes) to 24 (no) margin. Text of the law is here.
Still, that leaves a very interesting legal debate that could go something like this: If the U.S. joined the WTO in 1994, (Jan 1, 1995 to be exact) can Congress bind us to an organization that continuously modifies it's own rules without voting to conform to the new rules?
In a sense, you can see it as an abdication of power.
Trump is likely to go back to the 1994 state of affairs and toss out anything added to the WTO gameplan since – and this might be his basis of challenge.
So we get back to the point: Given that Trump will likely do a tax break, and that Congress will approve such, then in addition to a trade mess (presently evolving) we can also predict that within three years any tax breaks in the short-term will be reversed – just as the Revenue Act of 1932 reversed the 1929 Act.
So here we sit – ahead of a Greater Depression – with the LBGTQ groups rerunning the Flapper role of sexual liberation as the whole country goes through a serious replay of previous events.
And last but not least, we look at an 88-year economic cycle that may coincide with the blow-up of the nation's currency. Just like it did in the Depression.
Who cares? Yeah, Flynn's out for not telling all on his Russia talks.
And yes, the next 10-days will see another 4-inches of rain at the Oroville, California dam.
But compared to the apparent reality of the firming of our Replaying 1929 approach, those items are far less worrisome and don't server much headspace.
I think George should email his daily commentary every morning to Trump and have someone read it to him and then explain it.
soooo—- who do you propose as an alternative ?
George, before you go all weepy over Pres. Reagan again, don't forget that he TRIPLED the National Debt.
I've been concerned about Trump's support of Clinton earlier. Makes me wonder if this wasn't all planned out. He gets in office as a republican and pushes us to depression giving republicans the blame.
Now why would Trump WANT to push us into a depression??? Did Obama WANT to keep our borders open and invite in millions of illegals??? Did Obama work for George SOROS and Merkel? Makes one wonder now, doesn't it?
I really like the concept that tax cuts have different effects at different points in the economic cycles, and it is true that Reagan inherited a flushed out economy ready to grow, but crikey, they doubled revenues in three years with the 1986 tax reform act. The Dem. congress just raised sending more than that, and Reagan let them.
What we need, imho, is something like the '86 act again. Virtually all deductions were eliminated, other than home mortgage deductions, so economic choices became closer to market choices rather than micromanaged, political ones. And no prosperous country had a simpler system, so here was the best business climate. 30 years later, we are back in the social engineering/corporate lobbyist morass of the '70s. Probably even worse.
You hear no complaints from bloated management types about this, and collectivists love the "fairness". But it is misguided class envy to make management super rich, while squeezing pensioners and small investors with a double tax, more than twice what the management pays. Sometimes I wonder how few people noticed that, during the Bush/Clinton era, corporations changed from an income and asset value vehicle for the middle and upper classes, to a rigged casino for the tiniest fraction of the 1% and their minions?
How many corporate jets would be flying the super rich to tropical paradises, deducting the costs from taxable income, if that was not deductible, yet shareholder dividends were taxed only as capital gains? Ask a shareholder what they think about that. I suggest that if we just taxed sales at a flat rate, and eliminated artificial incentives to fatten the controllers' wallets, our businesses would return to being efficient and productive, rather than playthings for plutocrats – and China would have a hard time competing.
I'm sorry, but the double-taxation canard is just that. It drives me nuts that folks think there is double taxation. Business people made a choice to set up the fiction of a separate limited liability entity. It's a separate entity and should be taxed the same as you or I. Dividends are new income flowing to different taxpayers and taxes should be paid on that income too. If someone doesn't want the glory of limited liability then they can forgo the Inc or LLC and not worry about having to pay taxes at the entity level.
Now you want to talk double-taxation look at all of the taxes we pay on already taxed income – sales, gas, sin and some others that we get deductions for like property taxes, excise, etc. That's true double-taxation.
I disagree that cap gains should be taxed at a lower rate than the income of lunch bagging alarm clock waking folks.
Considering you talk on worldview, who are some people to look up on how to survive and thrive through the next great depression? I figure looking at the past and applying a modern version of their tactics would help… I may be wrong but its worth a shot as what I see coming, I am not sure I can prepare enough for what is coming and I don't want the people I care about starving but I am scared it will happen.
Ok, sorry to break it to ya, but you haven't done your homework. You get a "D" for effort. Get busy reading this site!!!
Hello 'MC', I do not any names for you.
What I will say, " To help your loved ones you need to start by preparing yourself".
Ensure you are acquiring/improving a 'hands on' skill daily.
SKILL=carpentry, plumbing, farming, sewing, welding, etc. Even fishing will help support others. The ability to can/dry foods is an important skill too.
Get out an find people with the skills you want to develop. With the right approach many would be willing to help start you off in learning that skill.
It is important to ensure your loved ones come together as a strong group. A group with shared responsibilities/skills is a wonderful thing.
Do not let your fear hold you back. Your love of others will be your energizing strength. I know you will succeed!!!
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Karma applies to groups as well as individuals, hence, we, the USA populace group, are replaying 1929. Karma is a teaching tool used by Universe/Source to ensure we learn our lessons. If we don't pass the first time, the lesson repeats with greater urgency and pain so as to get our attention and perhaps make a different decision. IMO each individual can have a unique experience within the group lesson, so be good to one another, prepare and trust that you may walk through the mine field unscathed.
Ah huh, tell that to the hundreds of millions killed all over the world since the year dot. Recycled schoolhouse.
I had bet for years that it would start in march.. if it started on march 15 then I would have hit it on the head.. since that was my first prediction.. that I expanded from march to the fall of 2017.. I figured we would be deep in a war to since war makes money.. and still think that would have been how it played out if Hillary had gotten into office.. but Trump is there and he is working night and day to turn the titanic USA away from the iceberg .. depending on whether or not congress stops his progress he might just succeed.. I had one person give me guff the other day because the deficit will be growing.. I answered.. have you ever heard of compounding interest .. just imagine what the compounding interest on the national debt is.. it is going to double no matter who is in office.
Me,too, I saw Easter time, sometimes that falls in March sometimes in April, but China and Russia and other trading partners are going to drop the dollar as the world reserve currency.
After living half of my life worshiping at the feet of Reganomics, it grates a little to read any disparaging words directed at Ranauldus Magnus. Lafler is settled science. You should be prosecuted for denying it.
So, Chicken George is 'gone with the wind' in his long stock positions. I think it's a good time for extreme caution. It's hard to crawl up to the edge of the cliff while fear increases, as the volatility index is showing. I keep thinking we are close to the top but the market pundits keep dangling hope and optimism to entice a few more skeptics into capitulation. Don't miss the coming wave! Hard to buy low and sell high at these levels.
Your contention that Reagan was lucky omits one factor, he was a charismatic speaker with an uncanny ability to communicate with the common man. I'm trying to decide how that squares with the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. In some respects there are parallels, but the difference in levels of articulation is 'tremendous'.
However, the actual economic impact of advanced industries in the eighties was relatively small in comparison to 90's and beyond. I think 'lucky' might describe a confluence of positive factors that were multiplied by public optimism and unwavering leadership.
I am 57 and I can pull a 38 hour shift to get the job done with minimal down time afterwards, that's a day and a half days without sleep, coffee or drugs. It is called work ethic, and determination and persistence. It is very sad to see a generation growing up without exercising their multiple spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional character building muscles. But you know the saying, when the going gets tough, the tough get going. They'll move it to eat.
It's very simple. The USA is not coming back. The view from Ecuador says civil war, then the breakup of the USA to get out from the unpayable federal debt. Then economic colonization of the USA by Chinese and other monied interests. Stability comes when USA wages equals Chinese wages. Prison labor, currently around 30 cents per hour, will be a factor in the USA becoming internationally competitive again. Service industries, now about 70% of the USA economy will mostly disappear. Those of you who are not part of the economy actually producing physical goods need to consider yourself simply too small to save. If you want to know how it goes, refer to Argentina in the 1990's, or Venezuela today where at least 30% of the population has foraged the trash for food, and pets and zoo animals have long since disappeared into the food supply. Or perhaps Greece or Portugal where amateur women today are prostituting themselves for $5 in order to eat.
You left off Russia, gloater!
I will second that and I am constantly astounded at the level of mental acuity that George displays.


No matter if you're a freelance writer, designer, consultant, or voice artist, you already know the importance of testimonials for business success. You likely do many jobs with clients you've never met before, and they have to know you're the right choice before they decide to work with you.
Luckily, there are a lot of easy and creative ways to get the testimonials you need to stand out and be credible. Here are seven of them.
Whenever you finish a big project with a client, ask them to do an exit survey. This is a common practice freelancers use to improve their services, and it's a great way to garner a testimonial.
Setup your survey using a tool like Google Forms or Survey Monkey. Leave an option for them to write something about the project. If they say something positive, shoot a quick email asking to use it as a testimonial.
You see this strategy all the time at restaurants, for example. Leave an online review and enter to win a prize.
You can easily do this with your freelance business thanks to social media. Share special offers (such as a free consultation or logo touch up) for your Facebook fans if they leave a review. Some search directories where clients can leave reviews also allow you to share coupons and discounts as an incentive.
Most people working in the digital sphere use Twitter, so it's easy to shoot out a tweet praising your favorite freelancer in 140 characters or less.
When putting client testimonials on your site, you have to face the fact that some visitors will think you just made them up yourself. Some freelancers do this. But if you get a tweetermonial and embed the tweet on your site, then people know it's the real deal, and not something you wrote yourself.
Testimonials aren't much help if no one sees them. By asking for a tweetermonial, you're also reaching your client's followers with the positive review. They may be shorter than your average testimonial, but the reach makes up for it.
LinkedIn recommendations are a great option if you're just starting out as a freelancer and don't have any clients. If you're already on LinkedIn hand have recommendations from past employers, these are free game to use on your freelance website. Just make sure you check with the recommender to get permission to paraphrase it.
You can also solicit character references on LinkedIn if your previous work history is sparse. Then get permission to use these elsewhere.
If you've been freelancing for a while, it's more than likely your email inbox is already filled with glowing testimonials waiting to be showcased.
Fish through your emails and find these gems, then ask whoever wrote them for permission to use it on your site. It's already written, so no extra work for them.
There's always the possibility that people are already talking about your business online. You can find out with tools like Google Alerts, Social Mention, or Buzzsumo to track mentions of your name or business around the web. Just go to Google Alerts, set up an alert using your business name as the keyword, and you'll receive email notifications whenever Google finds a mention of your brand.
Track your mentions, and you may find someone already singing your praises on a message board or forum. Ask permission to use this as a testimonial on your site!
At the same time, not everything people have to say will be positive. But this is another opportunity to step in and fix bad client relationships, turning a negative review into a positive one.
Chances are you're working with other businesses that need their own testimonials to stand out online. If you're happy with the client, you can always offer to trade testimonials as well. Giving a helping hand to their business is a great way to get a positive review about yours in the process.
These are just a few of the many ways you can get testimonials from your freelance clients. Get creative and you'll have way more glowing recommendations than you'll ever need.


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Équiterre and the CQDE pleased with the Court of Appeal for Ontario's ruling on carbon pricing -Yet another Court confirms its constitutionality
Ottawa, June 28, 2019 – Équiterre and the CQDE are pleased with the Court of Appeal for Ontario's ruling in favour of the constitutionality of the federal government's carbon pricing system today. It's the second time that provincial governments opposed to this essential measure in the fight against climate change lose in court, with the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling the same way in May. The federal government therefore has a constitutional right to put a price on carbon pollution.
This is good news for Quebec, which has a price on carbon since 2013 through a cap-and-trade system, the système de plafonnement et d'échange de droits d'émission (SPEDE). "Insufficient carbon pricing measures in one or more provinces have a real impact on other provinces, like Quebec, which are taking action to reduce their GHG emissions," says Annie Bérubé, Director of Government Relations at Équiterre. "Economists agree: consistent carbon pricing policies across the country increases the effectiveness of Canada's GHG reduction efforts."
According to Geneviève Paul, Executive Director of the CQDE: "The Court acknowledged that this carbon pricing scheme respects the important balance between federal and provincial powers. We are hopeful that the Supreme Court of Canada will also confirm the scheme's validity."
Équiterre and the CQDE defending carbon pricing
Équiterre and the Centre Québécois du droit de l'environnement (CQDE), represented by constitutional expert David Robitaille, intervened in Court last April to defend the federal carbon tax, in response to the government of Ontario's court challenge. They argued that this measure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is in the national interest and in the interest of Quebec, and is an example of cooperative federalism that is respectful of provincial interests.
Legal challenges remain
There have been two rulings in favour of the constitutionality of federal carbon pricing. The governments of Manitoba and Alberta have filed their own similar legal challenges and the government of New Brunswick has also announced its challenge. The Supreme Court will hear the case in December, a process that could close the debate.
About the CQDE
The CQDE plays an essential role in the evolution of law and access to justice in environmental affairs. The CQDE contributes to the development of a legal framework that responds to emergent environmental challenges. Through its actions, the CQDE acts as a guardian of environmental laws, and ensures that these laws are respected.
About Équiterre
Équiterre provides concrete solutions to accelerate the transition towards a society in which individuals, organizations and governments make ecological choices that are both healthy and equitable.
For more information or to organize an interview:
Ryan Worms, Director of Communications, Équiterre
rworms@equiterre.org, 514 605-2000
David Robitaille, Lawyer, member of the Legal Committee of the CQDE
david.robitaille@uottawa.ca, 819-598-3814
Marc Bishai, Lawyer, CQDE
marc.bishai@cqde.org, 514 991-9005
Le Collectif COP15 rappelle l'urgence d'adopter un cadre mondial ambitieux et juste
Press release 9 décembre 2022
Canada takes significant step towards ending public fossil finance
Bay du Nord: A threat to Atlantic marine biodiversity


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Die Synagoge in Launceston, einer Stadt des australischen Bundesstaates Tasmanien, wurde 1844 errichtet. Die Synagoge in der St. John's Street ist seit 1989 ein geschütztes Baudenkmal.

Die Synagoge im orientalisierenden Stil wurde nach Plänen des Architekten Richard Peter Lambeth (1807–1877) erbaut. Sie ist die zweitälteste Synagoge in Australien und ein seltenes Beispiel ägytisierender Architektur des Landes.

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Bauwerk des Historismus in Australien
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Erbaut in den 1840er Jahren
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Partido Renovador Democrático (deutsch etwa Demokratische Erneuerungspartei, PRD) war eine gemäßigte Mitte-links-Partei im portugiesischen Parteienspektrum.

Geschichte

Gründung und Aufstieg
Der Partido Renovador Democrático wurde 1985 gegründet, unter maßgeblicher strategischer Ausrichtung von Präsident António Ramalho Eanes, und seiner expliziten Forderung nach Bewahrung moralischer Grundsätze im zunehmenden Wertewandel der Landespolitik. Der General und Staatspräsident Eanes hatte das portugiesische Parlament aufgelöst, als mit der Privatisierungs- und Deregulierungspolitik der PS/PSD-Regierung (1983–85) Unruhe in der politischen Landschaft Portugals aufkam, nachdem immer mehr der, nach der Nelkenrevolution 1974 eingeführten, vor allem wirtschaftspolitischen und sozialrechtlichen Neuerungen relativiert oder zurückgenommen wurden. Bei der folgenden Parlamentswahl 1985 wurde die PRD mit 17,92 % der Stimmen auf Anhieb drittstärkste Kraft.

Abstieg und Auflösung
Es gelang der PRD nach 1985 nicht, ein überzeugendes Format in der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung zu entwickeln, und konnte so keine feste Wählerbasis gewinnen. Mit ihrer maßgeblichen Beteiligung am Sturz der PSD-Minderheitsregierung 1987 führte die PRD die folgenden Neuwahlen dann selbst herbei. Bei der Parlamentswahl 1987 erhielt die PRD dann nur noch 4,9 % der Stimmen und verlor ihre Bedeutung in der Politik des Landes. In der Parlamentswahl in Portugal 1991 bekam sie nur noch 0,6 % und verlor damit auch ihre letzten sieben der ursprünglich 45 Sitze.

Im Jahr 2000 löste sich die Partei endgültig auf, nachdem rechtsextreme Kräfte, mit Massenübertritten von der aufgelösten kleinen rechtsextremen Partei Movimento de Acção Nacional, die PRD zunehmend übernommen hatten. Diese gründeten in der Folge die Partei Partido Nacional Renovador.

Einzelnachweise

Historische Partei (Portugal)
Gegründet 1985
Aufgelöst 2000
Historische Organisation (Lissabon)


Before you begin, you will need to download the Mac version of the BlackBerry Desktop Manager. Perform the following steps to install the software on your computer.
Navigate to the BlackBerry website. Select to download the BlackBerry Desktop Manager. Make sure you select the Mac OS X version and not the Windows version of software. Drag the BlackBerry Desktop Manager software into the Applications folder on your Mac.
Connect your BlackBerry to your Mac via the USB cable. Plug one end of the cable into the port on your phone, and the other end of the cable into an available USB port on the front or back of the computer.
Click Applications, and then click BlackBerry Desktop Manager from the list of programs to open the software on your computer.
Name your device whatever you wish, and select the startup sync options. You can choose whether you want the media on your BlackBerry stored in the device memory or on a media card. You can also select if you want to sync other devices with your computer. Click OK to save the changes.
Click Calendar on the left, and then click Sync Calendar from the drop down menu. Select a calendar, if any, you want to sync with. Repeat this procedure with the other options showing under Sync, select what you want to sync, if any.
Click Sync to sync your BlackBerry. Click Backup to backup the data that is stored on your BlackBerry. If you have never performed a backup of your device before, this would be a good time to do it. If, at any time in the future, you have a problem with your BlackBerry and lose the data on it, you can use the BlackBerry Desktop Manager to reinstall all of your data if you have a back up of your phone.
If you purchase a new BlackBerry, you can switch the data and settings on your old BlackBerry to your new BlackBerry using the Desktop Manager software. This includes email messages, third party apps, and organizer data.
Connect your old BlackBerry to your computer via the USB cable.
Open the BlackBerry Desktop software on your computer by clicking the icon in the Applications folder.
Click Switch Device from the Device menu.
Using a second USB cable, connect the new BlackBerry to your computer if you have one.
If you want to install updated BlackBerry Device Software on your new BlackBerry, check the Update software for my new device, if available check box.
If you want to move the third party apps from your old device to your new BlackBerry, if compatible, check the Copy third-party applications check box.
5. Click the Start button to back up your BlackBerry. If you did not connect your new BlackBerry to your computer in the previous step, disconnect the old BlackBerry and connect the new one, and then click OK.
If your new BlackBerry has the BlackBerry Device Software 6.0 software installed on it, you can install the Wi-Fi music sync feature on your phone. Check the Turn on Wi-Fi music sync check box, and then click Continue.
To add an application to your BlackBerry device perform the following steps.
Connect your BlackBerry Smartphone to your Mac computer via the USB cable. Connect one end of the cable into the port on your BlackBerry, and the other end into an available USB port on the Mac computer.
Open the Applications folder, and then click BlackBerry Desktop Software on the Mac computer.
Click Applications from the BlackBerry Desktop Manager toolbar at the top.
Select the check box next to one or more apps listed that you want to add to your phone.
Click Start and follow the onscreen instructions to add the app to your phone.
Click Applications from the BlackBerry Desktop Software toolbar at the top.
Clear the check boxes next to each application that you want to remove from your BlackBerry Smartphone.
Click Start and follow the onscreen instructions to remove the apps you selected from your phone.
You should not have any problems following these steps, but if you encounter any please leave a comment and I will be glad to help you.


(/>w>)/ Hi! There isn't much to say about me except that I'm incredibly shy, and it took me months to work up the courage to try and post part of a fan fiction on this site.
Feel free to take a look around and enjoy!
Summary: "Nine words. That's all I have to remember. Maybe I wouldn't be such a bad person if I just remembered them."
Mari has just began cram school for exorcists in order to better herself as a person, but soon she realizes that even now she could not escape her true feelings and attitudes as they change with the disturbance of her "Reminder" as she calls it.


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Preview of the 19th annual "The Orchid Show" at the New York Botanical Garden in New York
Designer Jeff Leatham' speaks about his orchid flower exhibition "Kaleidoscope" inside the New York Botanical Garden's Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, during a press preview of the 19th annual "The Orchid Show" which runs through May 1, 2022, in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Segar
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