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Valan Luca
VAE-lihn LOO-ka
Katsarida
1. Appearance
2. Personality
Actions During the Story (Spoilers)
a. Actions Before the Story
0. New Spring
b. Actions Between The Books
1. Eye of The World
2. The Great Hunt
3. The Dragon Reborn
4. The Shadow Rising
5. Fires of Heaven
6. Lord of Chaos
7. Crown of Swords
8. Path of Daggers
9. Winter's Heart
10. Crossroads of Twilight
11. Knife of Dreams
12. A Gathering Storm
13. The Towers of Midnight
14. A Memory of Light
Character Summaries (Spoilers)
1. Special Abilities
2. Notable Possessions
3. Legacy
4. In Other Media
Valan Luca is a man of tall stature, dark of hair, broad of shoulder, and handsome. Birgitte refers to him as a "pretty man" and his legs are remarked on as "well-turned" more than once. He dresses extravagantly as suits his occupation, in bright and sometimes clashing colors. He often flourishes his red silk cloak.
Luca's personality is as intense as his style of dress and profession would lead a person to expect. He strives for grandiose and succeeds at vainglorious. Everything is over the top! He has the ability to stir the hearts and minds of people, is always striving to exceed both his competitors and himself, and is quick to see a way to turn situations to his benefit. He is passionate about all that he does.
Spoilers Below!!!
Actions During the Story
Actions Before the Story
Though logic dictates that Valan Luca was born and grew up, no mention of his actions are made.
New Spring
Valan Luca does not appear in this book and has no notable references.
Actions Between the Books
While not specifically mentioned anywhere in the books, at this time Luca would have started gathering his menagerie and traveling across the Westlands.
Eye of the World
Valan Luca is present with the Hunters for the Horn in the Square of Tammaz where they took their Oath.
Fires of Heaven
Valan Luca's traveling menagerie is thrown out of the town of Sienda with large fines due to one of the performers, Cerandin's, "giant boar horses" causing damage to the inn The King's Lancer. The show has set up camp down the road, and it is here that Luca first encounters Elayne, Nynaeve, Thom, and Juilin. He offers to play for the "Lady Morelin" (Elayne), and is turned down.
When the party later returns to the Grand Traveling Show, Luca is displeased with the penny "Nana" (Nynaeve) provided at Elayne's suggestion that they could help him, and initially hostile towards the party. Elayne offers 100 gold marks for them to join with him to Ghealdan, but Luca only accepts after Thom offers to perform. The show gains multiple performers at this point: Elayne and Juilin high tightrope walking and Thom throwing knives with Nynaeve acting as a target. Later Birgitte (who beat Luca at an archery contest) is the one using Nynaeve as a target for her projectiles.
During their travels Luca becomes enamored of Nynaeve, finding ways to spend time with her and flirting. When the Prophet's men start to riot in the town of Samara, Luca goes looking for her. As his show is breaking camp to escape (one of their numbers has been flogged, and another beheaded), he proposes. She rejects him. As a parting gift, he gives her a bouquet of flowers while swearing to remember and love her always.
Path of Daggers
As the world seems to fill with refugees, many flee to the cities. Where there are people there is coin to be made, and Valan Luca would not turn down such an opportunity. He brings his Grand Traveling Show to Ebou Dar where it continues to grow.
Still outside of Ebou Dar, Valan Luca marries Latelle (a bear trainer). His menagerie has drawn the attention of Mat, who is in discussions with the former Illuminator, Aludra. Luca negotiates with Thom and Beslan for a party to join with his show as an escape from the now-Seanchan controlled city.
With negotiations successful, Luca takes on Mat and his group. Valan Luca's Grand Traveling Show and Magnificent Display of Marvels and Wonders stays near the city for a time before slowly moving towards Lugard. Luca's performers experience some close encounters with the Seanchan, including some questions by soldiers about Luca's horses. Regardless, the Show continues to travel at a slow pace, stopping at "every flyspeck village" to perform. Not stopping would be out of character for a menagerie of this sort.
After an escape attempt by one of the former Sul'dam in Mat's party, Luca and Latelle meet with Tuon who sheds her false name and story and provides him with a warrant for his show including a list of those who are under her protection.
While set up outside Jurador, some Seanchan soldiers try to bully their way into the Traveling Show. This interaction discomforts Luca, who has the group pack up to move on. During their travels Luca lets slip to the Aes Sedai Tuon's true identity, causing frustration for all involved as the Aes Sedai follow their nature and try to bully Tuon in regards to the Seanchan Empire.
Farther along the road, the Show approaches a ghost village that sinks into the ground, taking a peddler with it. The performers are frightened and want to turn back, but Luca shows his ability to weave words to bolster the hearts and minds of his people, and convinces them to continue on.
While set up outside Maderin, Mat and his group cause further annoyance for Luca by getting into an affray with several local merchants. Luca wants them gone, and purchases pack horses to hasten being rid of them.
Thom and Elayne discuss Luca and how both of them traveled with his Grand Traveling Show and Magnificent Display of Marvels and Wonders at points in their adventures. Elayne remembers Aludra from her time traveling with the Menagerie.
Valan Luca does not appear in this book and has no notable references. One of the former members of his traveling Show is working as a City Guard in Ebou Dar.
Character Summaries
Luca is gifted with words and the ability to work with people. Gathering performers and artists of the caliber and range presented in Valan Luca's Grand Traveling Show and Magnificent Display of Marvels and Wonders takes quite the project manager. Ensuring that they are able to work together successfully, quelling arguments, and ensuring the peace and contentment of so many is far from a simple task.
Notable Possessions
Aside from the Grand Traveling Show and Magnificent Display of Marvels and Wonders itself, the two most often mentioned items in Luca's possession are his red silk cloak which he often flaunts, and his traveling wagon which is painted in multiple colors, and includes phases of the moon in its detail work.
Though seemingly a character with little direct impact on the story, Luca and his Show are necessary for events to turn out as they do for two significant sets of characters.
Had they not traveled with Luca, Elayne and Nyneave would not have ended up at Samara to run into Galad. The Children of the Light and the Prophet of the Lord Dragon would not have clashed, starting a new conflict and invasion. The boat at the heart of the conflict is the one that brings the girls to Salidar, where they are raised full Sisters and Nyneave learns to Heal Stilling. While traveling with Luca, Birgitte is ripped from the World of Dreams and made Elayne's warder, which also has significant implications for the future.
In the case of Mat and his group, time-traveling with Luca and his show allows for Mat and Tuon to get to know each other and to play their courtship game. This time also presents an opportunity for Tuon and Setalle Anan to have discussions about cultural differences between the Westlands and Seanchan, influencing both of their opinions.
More impactful, it is Mat's interactions with Aludra whose illuminator knowledge and his connections to the Andoran Crown that lead to the creation of the Dragons. This discovery of the use of gunpowder for more than just fireworks changes the face of warfare.
During her time with the Show Aludra also invents matches, which one would expect to be as impactful in their world as they have been in ours.
No announcement has yet been made about casting Valen Luca in the Amazon Prime adaptation of the Wheel of Time.


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Genioglossal inspiratory activation: central respiratory vs mechanoreceptive influences.
Pillar G1, Fogel RB, Malhotra A, Beauregard J, Edwards JK, Shea SA, White DP.
Department of Medicine, Sleep Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Upper airway dilator muscles are phasically activated during respiration. We assessed the interaction between central respiratory drive and local (mechanoreceptive) influences upon genioglossal (GG) activity throughout inspiration. GG(EMG) and airway mechanics were measured in 16 awake subjects during baseline spontaneous breathing, increased central respiratory drive (inspiratory resistive loading; IRL), and decreased respiratory drive (hypocapnic negative pressure ventilation), both prior to and following dense upper airway topical anesthesia. Negative epiglottic pressure (P(epi)) was significantly correlated with GG(EMG) across inspiration (i.e. within breaths). Both passive ventilation and IRL led to significant decreases in the sensitivity of the relationship between GG(EMG) and P(epi) (slope GG(EMG) vs P(epi)), but yielded no change in the relationship (correlation) between GG(EMG) and P(epi). During negative pressure ventilation, pharyngeal resistance increased modestly, but significantly. Anesthesia in all conditions led to decrements in phasic GG(EMG), increases in pharyngeal resistance, and decrease in the relationship between P(epi) and GG(EMG). We conclude that both central output to the GG and local reflex mediated activation are important in maintaining upper airway patency.
Depicted are raw data from the polygraphic recording. The passive breathing condition (on the right) is remarkable for the more negative epiglottic pressures, the greater genioglossus EMG activity and the loss of pre-activation when compared with spontaneous (on the left). The loss of pre-activation is more easily appreciated in . [raw electromyogram in arbitary units, GGMTA: moving time average genioglossus electromyogram in %maximum unit (an increase in activity is in a downward direction on this tracing), Pmask: mask pressure in cmH2O, Pcho: choanal pressure in cmH2O, Pepi: epiglottic pressure in cmH2O]. Only inspiratory values can be seen due to the one way valve used in the breathing apparatus.
Raw data example of the loss of pre-activation in changing from spontaneous breathing to iron lung passive breathing. Note the clear increase in GG activity prior to the onset of inspiratory flow in the spontaneous but not the passive breathing example. The peak GGEMG is higher in the passive example due to the more negative pharyngeal pressure generated by the ventilator as compared with spontaneous breathing.
Peak phasic GGEMG increased significantly with both mechanical ventilation and IRL as compared with spontaneous breathing. In all three conditions, anesthesia was associated with a significant reduction in peak phasic GGEMG. * = P < 0.05 pre- vs post-anesthesia; † = P < 0.05 spontaneous vs negative pressure ventilation; § = P < 0.05 spontaneous vs IRL.
During spontaneous breathing, this individual showed a decline in both the slope and the R value for the GG/Pepi relationship following anesthesia. During passive ventilation, this example illustrates a loss of the GG/Pepi relationship (based on both R value and slope) following anesthesia. During loaded breathing, dense topical anesthesia led to a substantial decline in the slope of the GG/Pepi relationship although the R value was preserved in this individual.
In all three conditions, (spontaneous breathing, negative pressure ventilation and IRL), there was an increase in pharyngeal resistance following dense topical anesthesia. * = P < 0.05 pre- vs post-anesthesia; § = P < 0.05 spontaneous vs negative pressure (passive) ventilation.


Does it take a lot of muscle to open your sliding glass door? Does the door make all sorts of noises when you open it? If so, you'll want to take the time to repair and maintain the door so that you can prevent these issues in the future.
Here are several tips you'll want to know when it comes to maintaining your sliding glass door and increasing its lifespan.
Sliding glass doors operate on a track in order to open and close. When properly situated on the tracks, the door open and close effortlessly.
If you feel the door moving on the tracks, there may be a misalignment between the door and the tracks. This is easily fixed by nudging and lifting the door into place to center it on the track.
To prevent a misaligned door, always open and close the door gently. Never slam the door, as too much force can knock it off the track again.
One of the biggest culprits of a hard to open sliding glass door is dirty rollers. Food, dirt, and other debris can get into the tracks and create friction. As the debris sits in the tracks, it clogs the rollers underneath the door and makes it much harder to open and close.
In order to thoroughly clean the tracks, you'll want to carefully remove the door. This gives you full access to the entire length of the tracks.
Once the door is off, pry the rollers from the bottom of the door. If the rollers are bent or broken, you can replace them. If the rollers are in good condition, clean the wheels with a damp cloth to remove any dirt and debris.
After removing dirt and debris from the rollers and tracks, it's important to lubricate the tracks. For long-lasting lubrication, you'll need to use more than silicone. To start, rub the track using paraffin wax for durable and effective lubrication.
By lubricating the tracks, you can ensure the rollers gently glide across the tracks without any friction.
Worn, cracked, and torn weather-stripping can also cause issues with opening and closing a sliding glass door. If the weather-stripping is the culprit behind a hard to open the door, now's the time to replace it.
Use a flathead screwdriver to loosen the staples. Once loosened, you should be able to pull the weather-stripping off with the help of a putty knife. If there are any remaining staples, remove them using pliers or hammer them in to prevent something from getting caught on them.
You may also have weather-stripping on the jamb side of the door. This strip is often glued and can be removed using the putty knife to break the adhesive.
With the old weather-stripping removed, the next step is to install a fresh new layer. This helps to prevent moisture and water from entering your home while also protecting the sliding glass door.
If the sliding glass door still requires some effort to open it, check the adjusting screw, which is located at the bottom of the door end. By adjusting this screw, you can either raise or lower the rollers. Turn the screw clockwise and try opening the door. If it's even harder to open the door, re-adjust the screw by turning it in the opposite direction.
When adjusting the screw, you may need to re-adjust a few times to get the perfect height.
* Time for a New Door?
Like everything in your home, sliding glass doors do have a set lifespan. After checking the alignment, cleaning the tracks, and checking the rollers, if you still have problems opening and closing the door, it may be because the door is at the end of its life.
After years of wear and tear, your sliding glass door may just be too old and may simply need to be replaced. Remember, some sliding glass doors are made out of wood and after exposure to moisture, water, and heat, the wood is likely to warp and/or swell.
To prevent the swelling and warping that wood is prone to, it's best to avoid wood sliding glass doors and instead choose a vinyl sliding door. Vinyl doors don't rot, warp, or rot, and can withstand a variety of environments.
Taking proper care of your sliding glass door can save you a lot of frustration and effort. Keep these maintenance tips and fixes in mind to make opening and closing your sliding glass door as effortless as possible.
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You can rent a car to take your romantic trip to a new level. Spending quality time with a loved one is one of the most amazing things that you can do in your spare time. America has some gorgeous places that you can go to if you want to let your loved one know how much you care.
We will let you know about some of the most terrific, romantic destinations that you can go to these days in America. These destinations are the cream of the crop when it comes to making the apple of your eye feel super special these days. Therefore, we encourage you to continue reading if you want to have some fun.
Honolulu is one of the most romantic destinations that you may ever visit this Spring. Why? Because Honolulu seems to have it all too. You can go to the famous Diamond Heat State, which is an outstanding monument. This is the fun hike that you have been seeking for a long time too.
Waking up the famous Honolulu's Diamond Heat State is just awesome, and you should do this right away. You will need 35 minutes to reach this summit too.
Providence is one of the most romantic places that you can visit these days. You can go to the Performing Arts Center in this area so you can have the fun you want with your loved one. Yes, Providence seems to have it all and you will have a lot of fun down the road.
Georgetown is another romantic city that you have to see to believe because it also seems to have it all for any couple out there. You will find a wide array of bars and shops that will allow you to love this place right away too. Eating and taking a stroll here is just awesome, but you can do further interesting things if you wish to.
Taking a romantic trip to a new level is easy when you rent a car. Renting a car will allow you to go to amazing places such as Providence in Rhode Island where you will find tons of bars and restaurants that will allow you to feel happy. And your loved one will truly be happy with you too.
Remember also that Honolulu in Hawaii is truly awesome, and your loved one will truly adore this place down the road too. Therefore, take your loved one to the places we talked about above so you can both have fun.


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'Phase 2 x Harold Hunter Foundation' Skateboard
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PHASE 2, ICONIC URBAN ART PIONEER COLLABORATES WITH HAROLD HUNTER FOUNDATION ON LIMITED-EDITION SKATEBOARD DECK
(Just weeks after the release of this board Phase 2 passed away, Rest In Paradise brother)
Proceeds from collector's deck will benefit youth-focused non-profit Harold Hunter Foundation
"When we were kids we used to make skateboards with roller skates and 2x4s and ride on them around the block. As an art piece I like the surface and the shape of the pro boards. In light of those things and my having a major appreciation and respect for the culture as a whole, it's been like common ground to me.
I guess that it was only natural that I ended up getting with Zoo York in its hey day in the 90's to create some products for them from time to time. Thus over the years from doing other custom designs on boards I took to infusing my collages on them.
In respect to Harold who I knew through Zoo York, I have been creating homage art in his honor since his passing... so it's super befitting to get this particular effort out to the masses not only as a homage to him, but keeping his legacy alive as one of those super special and inspirational skaters in his time for all time, one who any youth that aspires to be "That next one " - should be aware of." - P.H.A.S.E2
The Harold Hunter Foundation is proud to announce it has teamed up with iconic urban art pioneer PHASE 2 on an exclusive artist series skateboard deck that will be available in limited quantities at select retailers and galleries.
Only 100 decks are available, all signed and numbered by PHASE 2. Manufactured by New York's Chapman Skateboards. The limited-edition collaborative decks are a philanthropic effort with 40% of proceeds donated to the foundation.
Coinciding with the release, PHASE 2's original hand-cut work-of-art that the deck graphics are based on is also available for purchase exclusively at ACA Galleries 1932 located at 529 West 20th Street in Manhattan.
"We're excited to be working with PHASE 2 on this project because he's one of New York's original style writers whose work helped shape a creative movement that's inspired generations of artists around the world for the past forty years," says Jessica Forsyth, Harold Hunter Foundation Co-Founder and Executive Director.
As a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, the Harold Hunter Foundation relies on financial support from the skate community and related outlets to achieve its mission of using skateboarding as a vehicle to provide underserved youth with valuable life experiences that nurture individual creativity, resourcefulness and the development of life skills. Charitable partnerships like PHASE 2 are vital to the long-term success of the foundation.
Please visit www.haroldhunter.org. for the latest HHF news and events and follow @haroldhunterfoundation on Instagram.
ABOUT HAROLD HUNTER FOUNDATION: Established in 2007 in memory of legendary skateboarder Harold Hunter, the Harold Hunter Foundation (HHF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, community-based organization headquartered in New York City. By leveraging the many positive aspects of skateboarding, HHF provides a network of support, opportunity and advocacy for underserved NYC youth so they can reach their full potential as skateboarders and young adults. Cornerstone programs include Harold Hunter Day, Skate Camp Scholarships, Digital Media Training, and the Legacy Program.
ABOUT PHASE 2: Born and raised in the Bronx, PHASE 2 is a first-generation New York City style writer and a founding father/primary instigator of the basic and wildest typography styles in the subway art movement of the '70s and '80s. Many of the initial components he introduced to the culture have become staples in its format worldwide. His signature "party fliers" played an important role in the spread of hip-hop culture throughout NYC and beyond, and he is among the very first aerosol artists to exhibit in galleries spanning the globe. He also played an integral role in the early days of break dancing and was instrumental in the formation of one of the most prolific B-boy crews ever assembled, which he named The New York City Breakers. From hip- hop fashion to iconic logos, PHASE 2's global impact remains a guiding light for new generations of artists. Today, he continues on an unconventional, socially conscious path using creativity as his vehicle.
For all media inquiries, please contact: Jessica Forsyth | HHF Co-Founder/Executive Director | jessica@haroldhunter.org
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Nicolaus Tideman (né le  à Chicago, Illinois) est professeur d'économie à l'Institut polytechnique et Université d'État de Virginie. Il a obtenu son Baccalauréat en arts, en économie et en mathématiques au Reed College en 1965 et son doctorat en économie à l'université de Chicago en 1969. Tideman a été professeur assistant d'économie à l'université Harvard de 1969 à 1973, période au cours de laquelle de 1970 à 1971, il a été le principal économiste du personnel pour le président du Council of Economic Advisors. Depuis 1973, il a été à Virginia Tech, avec divers postes à Harvard, à la Kennedy School of Government (1979-1980), à l'Université de Buckingham (1985-1986), et à l'Institut américain pour la recherche économique (1999-2000).

Les principales recherches de Tideman portent sur la taxe foncière, la théorie du vote, et la philosophie politique. En 1987, il a conçu la méthode Condorcet avec rangement des paires par ordre décroissant, et en 2000 le mode de scrutin proportionnel CPO-STV. Tideman a également conçu l'effet spoiler dans l'indépendance de critères clones. Il est un associé de l'Institut des droits de la Terre. Son livre Collective Decisions and Voting: The Potential for Public Choice a été publié par Ashgate Publishing en .

Tideman se prononce ['ti:dəmən], au lieu de ['deɪdmən].

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Naissance en août 1943
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It's time to review your game plan for using your credit or debit cards while away from home. Cards rank pretty high on the list of the things you hate to lose, somewhere between your kids and your car keys. Ensure your cards stay safe and ready to use while you're traveling.
Before you leave, let your debit or credit card issuer know you will be traveling. Provide your travel timeframe, destination and any places you're going to stop along the way. This helps card companies monitor transactions for suspicious activity. And they will be less likely to flag your card as stolen when it actually isn't.
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Make sure you pay attention to the card reader before you swipe your card. Thieves attach devices to card readers to copy your personal information as you complete a transaction. This is called skimming. The devices blend in to the card reader and sometimes go unnoticed, especially if you're using an unfamiliar one. If something doesn't seem right about the machine, don't use it.
It's easy to become distracted when traveling. It only takes a split second for your card to walk away. If you lose your card or it gets stolen, contact the card issuer immediately so they can close the account. You'll need to provide the last transaction you made so they can check if the card has been used since. If you identify fraudulent activity, follow your card issuer's procedures to file a claim. Continue to review your statements for a few months after the loss for charges that may come through later or weren't caught upfront.
Never take your eyes off your card. This simple precaution could save you from a lot of headaches later.
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This paper looks at how improvisational actors use multi-modal contextualization cues to create rich and detailed imagined spaces with only the barest of built, material context. Using conversation analytic and ethnomethodological methodologies this paper examines three professional long-form improvisational performances. Beyond speech actors use bodily and visual cues, vocal quality and prosody. These cues become resources for actors to construct the imagined material context, character categories, character relationships and re-contextualize or edit the ongoing action of the overall performance.
Kolberg, Iris Jean, ""What are you doing?": How Improvisational Actors use the Body in the Contextualization of the Imagined Material World" (2012). Linguistics Graduate Theses & Dissertations. 19.


Today I'm going to share a spread that I use very often for myself. It's called the "Nothing More Than Feelings" tarot spread.
It's a tarot spread about feelings between two people. It could be for potential/current/past romantic partners, business partners, colleagues or arch-nemesis.
I use this spread a lot, a bit too much. The reason being I'm chicken when it comes to directly communicating with others.
Still, it's a fun spread.
There are two parts to it, on the left we have Party A (usually yourself) and on the right we have Party B (the other person).
The first level is how you feel about your partner and how your partner feels about you.
The second level is how do you feel about yourself in this relationship, and how your partner feels about themself in this relationship.
Then there is outcome of this relationship.
And at last, we have the card that I like the most: "How to make the relationship better".
You can change the meaning of the last card to: "How to cut ties from this person" if you want to get away from them.
Pick the last card after you have flipped open and explained the other cards.
Using myself and Party B as an example, here's how I read for myself using the Smith-Waite Centennial Tarot Deck.
The Moon is about confusion. I do tend to feel that I don't get this person at all. "Are you who I think you are? Or maybe you're not." He's definitely a riddle or a mystery.
Knight of Pentacles relates to money. It symbolises someone who has plans and is forward thinking when it comes to money.
Party B likely thinks that I have long-term strategic plans about my life when it comes to money.
Nine of Swords which is emotional pain. So much pain that I wake up in the middle of the night crying.
I must admit this is a bit of an exaggeration. I mean, don't do that every night.
Page of Cups is someone who's in the baby/beginning steps of a relationship. He's still not that mature emotionally but is willing to explore.
This is a card about a happy family that is happy and has material wealth. It's usually good when it's a relationship reading.
And if I pair this with the cards related to Party B, this is a positive sign.
This is a really great card when it comes to relationships too. It's about people who start as friends and then they became more.
In the card, one of them is reaching out first. So in this situation, I interpret it as I being the one who needs to make the move.
Tarot reading is also about looking at the big picture. Based on the cards, I'd say that Party A (me) worries too much about nothing since this relationship does have legs.
And if I want to stop worrying, I'd need to make the move.
If you'd like to do a reading with this spread, let me know by emailing hello[at]tarotsingapore.online. Or share your own reading of yourself and another party.
When getting a tarot reading, it's best to be detailed when asking your question so your reader can guide you on what spread to choose or add in details during the explanation.


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Madison Conner
Name: Madison Conner
Grade: Senior (12th)
Hobbies and Interests: Writing in general (Madison is always seen carrying around her diary), Art Club, Self-Defense (has trained in many things, from karate to boxing. She isn't an expert in EVERY field, but she knows enough to take down someone with a weapon)
Appearance: Madison's silky, brown hair flows downwards, reaching her own shoulders. It's the first thing people notice about her, because light always seems to shine off of it, not to mention it's color matches her eyes perfectly. Madison is about 5' 5" in height, and her whole body (weighing at about 136 lbs) is toned like any normal girl's body: a cute pale face with a small nose, a normal sized chest, long slender legs and short feet. Her arms are longer than normal girls her age, and her hands are rather big as well. A black shirt always covers her red tank top. Madison always wears a torn-up pair of jeans to school, with a pair of brown colored sneakers. She looks alot like a normal girl, but her behavior says something completely different.
Biography: Madison is an intelligent, calm girl who has lived her life believing lie after lie, all dating back to when she was five. Elana, her mother, has had Madison under her complete control for almost all of the young woman's life, ever since the divorce from her father. Her daughter knew that her mother was always right, and never questioned her otherwise, even when SHE KNEW that Elana was completely wrong. Due to this, Madison started her elementary school experiences as an empty shell of a girl, almost having no personality whatsoever. She always made decisions depending on what her mother wanted, such as taking all types of self defensive classes. She has rarely tried many things that other kids view as normal fare.
On the first day, she met a talkative girl named Samantha Sorenson, and the two hit it off instantaneously. Samantha was the type of kid who would draw people into a conversation, going as far as to start talking to someone completely out of the blue. Madison began to open up more and more to the other girl, that by the time the both of them entered middle school, her personality showed its true form. She started to become a fun-loving, open minded and kind girl who had a nice mind on her to boot. For about fourteen years of their lives, Madison always pictured her and Samantha as firm friends who were always seemed to be in each others classes. Nothing could ever go wrong.
Well, that was until four months ago, when Samantha hung herself in her room. Madison was completely broken when she did not find out. Neither Madison nor anyone else could have guessed why she would have ended her life the way she did. She felt she was to blame. She should have given a damn. SHE should have been there for her. Samantha was always there to catch her if she fell, so the least Madison could have done was to have done the same exact thing. The brunette began to contemplate going out the same way, deciding that she couldn't live without Samantha's guidance and determination to guide her through life. Before she could do anything, Elana decided that it was best if they move away to a quiet town, where her daughter can cope with the grief and continue to finish high school without any.
Madison has chosen to block out every single horrible memory inside of her own mind, and has become rather ignorant whenever something bad happens to her. Her whole life has been one big lie, and she's too oblivious to even pick up on this. Her mother, sees Madison as some sort of annoying pest; she never gets involved with her daughter's personal life, unless if it has something in it for her. Madison believes she had the perfect friend, but this too, was a lie: Samantha was a very self-centered girl who only let Madison hang around her because there were benefits to keeping her as a friend (test answers, for example). She also had a boyfriend, Charles, but he constantly cheated on her, and she never had the forwardness to confront him about it. Every bad thing that she could recall was pushed into the back of her own head, to make sure it would never come out of her ever again. These sort of things tend to build up inside.
Even though she appears as a shallow person, this isn't to say that Madison has no personality to speak of. She is kind of shy, but when provoked she can chat up a storm like no other. She has also seen her fair share of sadness and angst, moments that she hasn't been able to let go of. When she is reminded of a bad moment in her life, an event that she's been trying her damned best not to conjure up, she could go into hysterics. She cries, she babbles on, and appears as though she has lost her fragile mind. Madison might be seen as calm and collected, but she can get pissed off like no other. It's very rare for her to ever lose her temper at anything, which is when she does lose her cool, she takes on the appearance of the most temperamental and harsh students on the Southridge campus.
Not to mention being a so-called loner, but Madison is an extreme perfectionist, dating back since she was a small child. Elana has taught her that things are not made to be done half-assed. Everything she ever participates in had to be done perfectly, without error. If something that she knows that she could have done flawlessly, is not done seamlessly (like, for example, getting a C+ on a test), Madison will suddenly become even more of a emotional mess than she was when Samantha died.
Madison believes she's very forward, but in truth she's the opposite. Most of the time if someone tells her to do something, she'll do it without complaint or hesitation. Of course there are times where she takes full control of a situation, and she becomes more forward, but most of the time, she's very submissive.
Advantages: Madison has a normal body for a girl her age. Not too overweight, but she's by no means as skinny as a string. That means she won't be held back by her body whatsoever. She also has trained in self-defense for almost three years, so she might be able to hold her ground when she gets into a struggle. Madison tends to blend right into the background, and sticks to following other rather than being the leader.
Disadvantages: Madison is a sort of a loner, and tends to stray away from actually interacting with people. Because of this, she really has no one she could actually call friends. Plus, even though she has no disadvantages with her body, she has no advantages either. Not to mention, she is rather squeamish when it comes to violence. She might adapt to the gritty nature of SOTF, but coming in contact with something very disturbing, who knows what will happen to her? Even though so much has happened to Madison in her life, she's become reserved. If she were given the chance, she probably won't be able to kill someone.
The above biography is as written by AceBandit. Any edits or alterations to this publication have been done via the original author.
Designated Weapon: Fire Axe
Conclusions: Oh look, another meek little mouse. We've seen so very many of them before, but I can say this much -- it's always a treat to watch them crack.
Kills: Sharon Kulikov, Paul Smith, Dane Zygmunt
Killed by: Dorian Sanders
Collected Weapons: Fire Axe (issued weapon)
Allies: Simon Wood
Enemies: Daniel Brent, Keith Jackson, Izzy Cheung, Trey Leyton, Bobby Jacks
Mid-game Evaluation:
End-game Evaluation:
Madison is based off of a friend of the creator's and both share similar appearance and personalities..
Some people might find it surprising, but Madison is a fan of cop movies such as Point Blank, Lethal Weapon and Showdown in Little Tokyo.
Below is a list of threads containing Madison, in chronological order.
Past Memories:
Madison's Diary
One Bagged Lunch
Run On Forever
The Mind of Angelic Ones
Sort of Spell
Just a Mirage
From Serenity To Shame
In God's House
Lady So Divine
Battle of Epic Proportions
What a day, what a day, what a day
A Moment's Hesitation/The Pedestrian
Death and All His Friends
What you are, I was.
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WSJ offers up a new dollar index: Is it better?
News Corp. (NWS) would love to build Dow Jones Industrials-like name recognition for its new Wall Street Journal Dollar Index.
To do that, it must really have something spectacular. The world doesn't need another index unless it's all-out better than what they already have.
My take is that this one is better in some respects, but not enough.
Like most currency indexes, the new index measures the dollar against a basket of other major currencies. In this case, it's the euro, yen, U.K. pound, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar, Swiss franc and Swedish krona.
The WSJ index adds one additional major – the Australian dollar – that the most-watched index out there, the ICE U.S. Dollar Index (USDX), does not have. It's a shortcoming for ICE, as the Aussie/U.D. dollar has been among the most traded currencies in recent years, due to its strong ties to China and the commodities markets.
There is a big difference in philosophy between the new WSJ index and the ICE.
The advantage ICE touts is that its composition has only changd once since it was introduced in 1973, and that was when the euro was launched in January 1999. Even then, the net representation of the European legacy currencies remained fixed at 57.6%.
Keeping the currency weights fixed over a long period of time has arguably allowed for apples-to-apples historical comparisons for those who want to chart the performance of the index.
ICE is not accurately reflecting the changing FX world, the folks at Dow Jones argue. And perhaps that is true.
That's why the WSJ Index plans to rebalance the currencies at 3-year intervals, using the broadest data set out there, from the Bank of International Settmements. That, in theory, would offer a more complete and up-to-date picture of FX volumes.
So which FX index is really better?
That depends entirely on what you really want a dollar index to do.
If your goal is to track forex volume data, this index falls way short. For that, you are going to head over to Reuters. It tracks volume data on 54 currency pairs in real time, and track 1,100 subscriber banks that trade through Reuters (TRI) systems – which to my understanding is up to 70% of the market. It's certainly enough to be a very accurate and representative sample. And, my goodness, it's real time. So for me, forex is still the one market where Reuters data has a clear advantage, and a new index from Dow doesn't change that.
And if the goal is to offer forex markets something that investors in other markets can track to gauge dollar movements, which have a strong bearing on equities, I don't see anything from the new WSJ Index that clearly will threaten ICE.
So bottom line, I cannot see the market getting excited about this.
It's a different mousetrap, not entirely a better one.
Outlook2013.10.03Leclerc: These overseas stocks should outperform the U.S.


"Stimulation-induced responses of the facial muscles and limbs were observed, and were comparable to those obtained with electrodes implanted following invasive surgery," the researchers wrote. "A minimally invasive endovascular surgical approach utilising a stent-electrode array is an encouraging safe and efficacious way to stimulate focal regions of brain."
Lead researcher Dr Nick Opie said the work built on previous research that showed the Stentrode could listen to the motor cortex of the brain. "By adding the ability to speak to the brain using electrical stimulation, we have created a two-way digital communication device," Dr Opie said. "In one application, the Stentrode could be used as a tool to record the onset of an epileptic seizure, and provide stimulation to prevent it." Co-author Dr Sam John said it was the first time such an implant was able to stimulate the brain without needing to perform open brain surgery. He said this work opened the way to making treatment for drug resistant neurological conditions accessible to a greater number of people.
"This offers hope of less invasive treatments for the symptoms of conditions such as Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder," he said. Earlier research, released in 2016, demonstrated that Stentrodes implanted into blood vessels next to the motor cortex could pick up brain signals related to movement. The researchers plan to use the Stentrode to close the loop, making two-way communication with the brain possible.
In their upcoming clinical trial, the recording Stentrode will receive and interpret neural signals and enable a person with Motor Neurone Disease to control communication software. Eventually it is hoped this technology will be used to help all people suffering from paralysis to control computers, wheelchairs and exoskeletons.
"From within a blood vessel in the head, the Stentrode can pick up brain signals when people think about moving", Dr Opie said. "These can be converted into commands that enable direct-brain control of computers, vehicles or prosthetic limbs. With stimulation, sensory feedback is possible, and people may be able to feel what they are touching."


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Web Symposium to commemorate the 'World Intellectual Property Day'
Dheeraj Sharma
Prof. R.S. Dhankar, Vice Chancellor, Apeejay Stya University
World Intellectual Property (IP) Day is a celebration of IP's role in stimulating innovation and creativity. That's why, School of Legal Studies in collaboration with School of Biosciences, Apeejay Stya University organised a Web Symposium on 26th April to commemorate the 'World Intellectual Property Day'. Its theme: "Intellectual Property: Science and Public Policy Perspectives". In the inaugural address, Prof. R.S. Dhankar, Vice Chancellor, Apeejay Stya University linked Intellectual Property to human resource. "An organisation has five capital ends: men, money, machine methods and markets. If these are managed well then an organization flourishes. Among these five capitals, human resource is the most critical one. It's in this context that we have to see the importance of intellectual property." Prof. R.S. Dhankar exhorted students to think freely, be open-minded and question everything. This will create a culture that will foster intellectual revolution.
Dr Shashank Mauriya Former Assistant Director General (Intellectual Property, Technology Management and International Relations) ICAR
In the first session, Dr Shashank Mauriya, Former Assistant Director General (Intellectual Property, Technology Management and International Relations) ICAR talked about 'IP issues in Agricultural Research driven development.' He said in the 1960s, the private sector in the developed world began lobbying for Intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the developing world. The reason was simple; their markets were getting saturated and they were in search of greener pastures. Talking about the current agriculture situation in India, Dr Shashank Mauriya remarked, "On one side there are people who are passionate about the environmental perspective of natural resources and on other side of the spectrum there are people with strong feelings towards much faster realisation of the agro-economic value in natural resources. One side wants to conserve the natural resources, the other side wants to monetise it. For the good of Indian agriculture the two extremes have to find a meeting ground." He concluded the presentation by calling for amendments in the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act (PPV&FR) and Biological Diversity Act.
Dr Shashank Mauriya Former Assistant Director General
(Intellectual Property, Technology Management and International Relations) ICAR
India's Sui Generis System of Plant Variety Protection
Dr Jyoti Kaul
Principal Scientist (Plant Breeding), Maize Genetics Unit (MGU), Division of Genetics, ICAR
In the third session, Dr Jyoti Kaul, Principal Scientist (Plant Breeding), Maize Genetics Unit (MGU), Division of Genetics, ICAR gave a presentation on 'IPRs in agriculture with special emphasis on PPV& FR Act, 2001.' She said the agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of IPRs of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) imposes an obligation on all member-countries to protect plant varieties either by patents or by a sui generis regime or by a combination of both. A "sui generis" system simply means "one that is of its own kind". She explained how India developed a regime for the protection of plant varieties known as "Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmer's Rights Act, 2001" under the sui generis option. PPV&FR Act aims to establish "an effective system for the protection of plant varieties, the rights of farmers and plant breeders, to encourage the development of new varieties of plants."
Balance Between Incentivizing Innovation and Ensuring Vaccines
Ms Archana Jatkar
Associate Secretary General, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance
In the second session, Ms Archana Jatkar, Associate Secretary General, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance gave a presentation on 'Global Developments on IPRs: TRIPS Agreement & COVID 19 Pandemic'. She highlighted how Indian pharmaceutical industry is at the forefront of fighting COVID-19 by ensuring uninterrupted supply of life-saving drugs. India's pharma industry is the third largest in the world by volume and constitutes 20% of total global exports of generic drugs and is valued over 40 billion dollars. India is also critical to global health care as it accounts for 60% of global vaccine production. She cited royalty free licensing agreements by Gilead (an American biopharmaceutical company) and government support to manufacture drugs for COVID-19 present a case for patent relaxation to increase vaccine accessibility. GIlead has signed non-exclusive voluntary licensing agreements with generic pharmaceutical manufacturers based in Egypt, India and Pakistan to expand supply of Remdesivir. The agreements allow multiple companies to manufacture Remdesivir for distribution in 127 countries. She also called for the need to strike an appropriate balance between incentivizing innovation, and ensuring that new products (vaccines) are widely available.
Relevance of Intellectual Property for Business
Dr Santanu De
Vice President, MSN Labs, Hyderabad
In the final session, Dr Santanu De, Vice President, MSN Labs, Hyderabad gave a presentation on 'Understanding and leveraging IP for Business'. He talked about the difference between copyright, patent, trademark, industrial design, geographical indications and trade secrets. He clarified how a thorough understanding of IP can help an organization to protect innovative produce and services, to increase the visibility, attractiveness and value of its products in the market, to distinguish its business and its products from the competition, to access technical and business information and knowledge, to avoid the risk of unknowingly using third party proprietary content or inadvertently losing its own valuable information, innovations or creative output. He also explained the procedure for grant of a patent.
Related Topics:Apeejay Stya UniversityASUIPRSchool of BiosciencesSchool of Legal StudiesWorld Intellectual property day
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Madalena era una freguesia portuguesa del municipio de Amarante, distrito de Oporto.

Historia

El territorio de la freguesia de Madalena fue poblado desde época muy antigua como demuestran los vestigios arqueológicos de la necrópolis de Ataúdes y Maracinho, y donde también se encontraron algunos restos cerámicos de los siglos II y III d. C. que actualmente se exponen en el Museo Amadeo de Sousa Cardoso. Este territorio estaba atravesado por una calzada romana que unía el río Támega con la Sierra de Marão.

La necrópolis romana fue investigada en 1908 por José Fortes y en 1988 José Maia Marques.

Fue villa y sede del municipio de Gestaçô entre 1514 y 1836. El municipio y su sede se designaban como Gestaçô, pasando la freguesia a designarse Madalena en la década de 1930. No debe confundirse con la freguesia de Gestaçô en el municipio de Baião. Esta última, en el  recibía el nombre de Campo de Gestaçô.

Fue suprimida el 28 de enero  de 2013, en aplicación de una resolución de la Asamblea de la República portuguesa promulgada el 16 de enero de 2013 al unirse con las freguesias de Cepelos, Gatão y  São Gonçalo, formando la nueva freguesia de Amarante (São Gonçalo), Madalena, Cepelos e Gatão.

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Antiguas freguesias de Amarante


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The Interlace Project is a practice-based artist research project and workshop series based on the history and techniques of thread and cloth production at the Derby Silk Mill. The project will combine the traditional manufacturing techniques of spinning and weaving with emergent e-textile technologies and open-source design and manufacture.
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After over 2months of doing this interview, I have finally been able to put it up, although i would have loved to put the audio interview with it, but some parts were damaged.
The reason for this interview been amazing was because matt decided to just open up and share some amazing tips for everyone, especially young entrepreneurs, it's truly amazing.
Starting his first business at 10/11 years old, "he started up a bank".
Making money from advertisers during lunch time in high school.
How he manages his time and "he doesn't have a facebook account".
How he manages his employees and keeps them motivated.
His love for his employees.
Why he loves Hawaii and México and has never been skydiving.
How you're doing today matt?
You sounded a bit busy earlier on?
Yeah, my phone been ringing off the hook, but now it's on mute so it's all good.
So how is it going down there?
Umm, we're coming in to winter so it's just rainy and cold, and we have the winter Olympics coming up in 2010 so it should be a lot of fun.
Great, so matt, what inspired you to start sitepoint?
So the pre-courser to sitepoint was actually a website called webmasterresources.com that i started while i was in high school, as i was learning to build websites as a hobby i had to do a lot of research, as in the best tools, the best html entries, SEO, all these other things and whilst going through this process i thought I'm doing all these research I'm sure other people are struggling to find these information aswell so i basically created at the time a directory, a listing of different tools and resources i find useful and i launched the website around it which was called the webmasterresources.com.
I launched on April 1st 1998 and within a few weeks of launching i gained massive massive momentum, the website was featured in USATODAY,LA TIMES, Washington post, i had a full page write up about the website on windows magazine which at the time had millions of subscribers, they actually offered me a writing gig for their magazine which was fantastic as well so definitely being at the right place at the right time, everyone wanted to learn how to build their website, i quickly became the go-to resource for that information.
That's right, we're over 10 years, and we just celebrated our 10 year anniversary.
It was a really good party, We had it down in melbourne, Australia where our headquarters are.
So what was the hardest part in developing a website at that time (1999), for you personally?
Just to point people to best tools and resources to learn about this internet marketing and web design topics.
Great, Great, you mentioned you still being in high school, which is pretty right in the middle of your teenage years, so was entrepreneurship something that was practiced in our family or just something you figured out by yourself?
It just came very naturally to me when i was very very little, even when i was 10 or 11 years old, i actually started up a bank and took money from my parent's friends, so i guess I've always been into business and the internet came along and it made it possible to reach a very wide audience and the great thing about the internet was that i was dealing with everyone over the phone and through emails, no one really knew how old i was, they just knew i had this fantastic website, this massive audience , as a result it went really really well.
What's the shortest way to describe what sitepoint does?
So how did you finance your business?
It was really cheap, probably from $100-$150, basically the cost of the domain name, web hosting and account, everything else i was able to do with free tools, i never really spend anything on marketing, once the website got a little bit of traction in terms of traffic, i started generating advertising revenue, so initially i was selling advertising revenues through ad network, then i started doing it directly aswell especially as the dotcom bubble got bigger and bigger, companies started to call me directly and say i have $10,000, i have $20,000 to spend, what do you have available?
So during my lunch hour in high school, i was in the local starbucks, giving out ad sales and getting a thousand dollars richer.
The Ad Company or the direct advertisers? Where did you make the most money?
Oh by far i made the most money through direct ad sales definitely even till this day we don't run any ad networks on sitepoint, we only do direct ad sales, obviously advertising worked really really well in 1999, 2000 up until the dotcom crash happened and the stock market collapsed, at which point basically all our revenues dried up and we hired a few people, we had bills to pay so we had to go back to the drawing board to figure out another way to make money to survive, at the time a very popular thing to do on website was to print out our articles and our tutorials when people were learning how to program, they wanted to have the piece of paper sitting next to them by the computer so they could follow along.
So we took our most popular tutorials at the time called "Build your database website using MYPHP and SQL", we took this tutorial bundled it up and sold it as a print on demand book for $35 online and sold it to the people on our website, "you know why don't you buy this 250 page book, we'll print it, we'll ship it to you etc its only $35" and we've now sold over 20-25,000 copies of that book, once we figured out it worked, we were like ok, let's do it with another book.
How many hours do spend on a daily basis working on your companies?
Umm..Probably 10 hours i would say, but it's really hard to define because when I'm not sitting on the computer or talking on the phone, I'm always thinking about the business, reading books about business or keeping myself educated and informed so i don't really think a workday really stops for an entrepreneur, for an employee it does, you know start at the office at 8:30am, finish work at 5:30pm and that's it, but as an entrepreneur you're always thinking through problems and challenges, keeping tracks of all the things you have to do, your mind never really stops, it's kind of hard to turn it off, unless maybe you take a vacation for 3-4days to really switch off and relax.
You were talking about educating yourself and keeping yourself informed and always reading books about business? What books would you say has inspired you the most?
What are the so-called qualities do you think an entrepreneur must possess to be successful?
because we had that open mindset, when the opportunity arose we were fortunate enough to test the idea out and find out that it works.
Believe or not, i don't even have a facebook account, it's too much to keep track of, on my desktop i just have mail app, ical, tweet deck and a really cool utility called things.
I've been meaning to get the i-cal for quite a while as well.
i-cal is really really good, most people are using it these days and it's good to keep track of meeting and phone calls and it syncs with my iphone as well so if I'm travelling to san Francisco, new York or los-Angeles i can look up the phone numbers and addresses easily so it's very handy that way.
And the application called things is also really good at keeping tracks of to-do lists and projects and tasks with tiny timelines and reminders, it's really good.
How many employees do you currently have in your business at the moment? Full time and partime.
So between sitepoint, 99 designs and flippa which are my three companies, i think we now employ about 45 people full time or there about plus a number of contractors which do a lot of contents for us such as our bloggers.
Wow, 45 that's a lot, so how do you manage all of them, especially keeping them motivated?
I actually have a general manager for each business who deals with the HR and the hiring so i have actually outsourced that because i don't think i have a good track record when it comes to hiring personally, that been said i think we have a fantastic group of people, the people who work at sitepoint, 99designs and flippa, for most part look at it more than a job and are really passionate about what we are doing, passionate about educating web developers, web designers, preaching web standards, the people at 99 designs and the team are passionate about changing the landscape of the graphics design market, people at flippa are really interested in allowing web owners to basically hold an auction and sell their website through our market place so i think the people that we have at the three businesses are very passionate, yes, they are a fantastic group of people who have been very much a huge part of our success.
As someone in charge of three successful businesses online, what would you say has been the most crucial qualities that you've embraced or developed during your entrepreneurial journey to this moment?
I think perseverance has always served us really really well and obviously trying new things and testing ideas even if they might fail, so for example, back in 2000/2002 we tried selling e-books online, that dint work, we tried selling online video tutorials, like streaming videos, that dint work, but we also tried new things that went really really well, for example, rather than publishing books, i had the idea of putting out this kits, basically binders full of contents weighing 10-12 pounds and selling it for $200-$250 rather than $35-$40 for a kit and we found out that re-packing the product in a new format worked really really well that's something we experienced because of our willingness to try out new things.
What would you say has been the most crucial decision you've made to grow your business?
Bringing on board lots of fantastic people has been absolutely essential to maintaining our growth and trying new things, i see entrepreneurs who try and do too much themselves or don't realise what their weaknesses are, so i think it's important to build a great team.
Do you Guys have any plans in expanding your business further in the next year or two?
Definitely they are lots and lots of things in the pipeline, i can't share them because all our competitors are probably listening or reading.
We're always innovating so, for sitepoint, the thing that always has been successful for us and the biggest challenge for everyone in our community is always getting more clients, getting more work, so whenever we launch a project or information product it helps people their business it's always proven successful for us in the past so we are thinking along those lines for the future, helping people promote themselves, their businesses and getting new clients.
What has been your most effective marketing technique in getting your businesses to this level? You website averages 2M Unique users per month which is Great, so how have you guys been able to draw that amount of users to your website?
To be honest, it's really been about putting out fantastic, high quality contents, we don't do pretty much no out-bound marketing, we don't buy banner ads, we don't buy magazine ads or anything like that, it's all based around repeat visitors, our email newsletter list which help drive a lot of traffic as well and great SEO which comes having a long term established presence, Google obviously values older websites, Google also values in-bound links, so when we publish high quality contents, people will link to it, people tweet about it and that acts as our marketing vehicle so we don't take any short-cuts with our contents, we don't outsource it for $0.05 to India or something like that, we try and do it right, do it well and do something that we can be proud of long term.
Who would you say is your favourite young entrepreneur at this moment under the age of 27?
I m not going to name any names because I've got a lot of friends who are entrepreneurs that are all doing fantastic things so i think people can be successful at many different things.
I know people that are fantastic at direct marketing and sales, selling softwares, i've had other friends that have had great ideas with facebook and figured it out really really quickly and in less than a year's time they basically conquered the fan pages for big corporate, so they are lots and lots of people doing fantastic things so there isn't a particular person that i would single out.
What would your tips be for upcoming entrepreneurs? Either starting up or are looking to build on their businesses especially in this Economic downtime?
I think economic downtime probably bring up more and the best opportunities because they are fewer competitors and the competitors that you do have are cutting back on their marketing and their expenditures are they are laying off staffs, so i think launching in this downtime is probably one of the best things to do and if you can be successful in the downtime, it means when things turn up and the economy recovers, you'll be in a really really good position, so i would suggest to entrepreneurs that they bootstrap their business.
We've never raised any outside funding for three of our companies also that they think creatively, for example, for a few years we dint pay any hosting costs, because we did a deal with our web hosting company for advertising space on our website, so always try harder to negotiate discounts, think creatively about how you can get what you need.
Do you have any mentors, any one you look up to, any role models? Steve Jobs, Bill Gates?
I'm more Steve jobs because i think he's a master of product development and visual eccentrics because i think he's done tremendously well with apple since rejoining the company, basically re-inventing the smart phone segment with the launch of the iphone, Umm and just doing things very differently.
People like dell probably thought that they were in a really really good position, people had no PM, Motorola got really entrenched and though they had the market conquered and apple decided to enter the market and then just blew it up, which was fantastic because they were an outsider, they sat down without any conceptions, and thought if we could build the ideal phone, what would it look like? And they built the iphone which was so different from everything else out at the time.
I believe that focus served them well than anything else at the time, and that's something i would do at sitepoint,99 designs and flippa whenever our teams get too big we try and split them up into smaller groups and divide the tasks up so that people can really focus on what's important at that point in time.
So what should be expecting from you in the nearest future?
Ohh, There's going to be lots of great things happening at sitepoint, and 99 designs is rolling out some really cool things in January as well.
Actually, we haven't really talked much about 99 designs, that's a business that we started about 2 years ago, it's started off at its own separate company out of sitepoint, 99 designs has now actually flourished to become the largest marketplace for crowdsource, graphics designs.
We connect business owners and entrepreneurs needing everything from logos to business cards, to wordpress themes to banner ads, whatever graphic designs, with a group of over 50,000 designers around the world, that business has done tremendously, tremendously well for us since we launched it in feb of 2008, we've completed 31,000 graphic design projects, we've done the book cover for Tim Ferris new book "Becoming superhuman", we've done big projects for brands like mashable, HGTV, for some of the luxury retailers.
Definitely definitely, it's a really destructive model as well because rather than graphic designers bidding on jobs, we have them submit their concepts, they show the business their different ideas, their mock-ups, what the designs will look like, rather than saying, "I'll come up with something for $300", they submit their actual ideas.
So on average now, projects on 99 designs sees over 100 concepts submitted for the price of 3-400 dollars, absolutely fantastic for an average small business owners who have no idea on what they want, to be able to come to our site, put up a couple hundred dollars and see a hundred different versions of their new brochures, new business cards or their new logo and have it all done in less than a week's time, it's a really really cool module.
But, Quickly to an important question, although you have experience and history behind your company but there are so much companies coming out in the web development, designs side practically flooding out right now, How do you keep such a competitive edge for your company and also maintain such high standards?
We try not to outsource a lot of things and try to do all our developments in-house and apply the quality assurance to all the contents in-house so it means the people that work for us have a great deal of pride in our website, in what we publish and what we do, which i don't think you can get when you try and outsource things and we do things with the long term in mind throughout so we do things that we can be proud of 4 years from now as suppose to just taking shortcuts to make a buck "here or there" which i think is another mistake which a lot of entrepreneurs try and make, having the short term rather than the long term in mind.
So Finally, What do you do to kick back and take your eyes off work for a bit?
I try and go on vacation; anywhere sunny or warm is good, a beach with a cocktail or a nice beer is perfect for me.
Any favourite spot or location?
resorts, it can be quite fun.
Any place you visited so far and know you're definitely not returning to any time soon?
Not falling of a bike, or something silly like that?
I spend way too much time over-thinking things, whenever i plan a trip, i spend a lot of time researching everything, researching the hotels, researching the restaurants.
So no skydiving or nothing edgy so far then?
Umm, we'll see, i haven't done skydiving yet but a couple of friends are organising a skydiving trip, we'' see whether or not i get dragged along.
*Laughs"- Alright then, thanks so much for your time matt.
Ok, Thank you for having me.


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I was finally able to get some new goodies from Stampin'Up and organize a holiday card class.
What: We'll be making a total of three holiday cards featuring a lot of dry embossing and you will finally learn how to make those amazing shaker cards. These are not your normal easy cards...they do require some patience and skill but they are well worth it and at the end you will learn how to make cards stand out.
Just wanted to wish you all a very happy and healthy 2015!!!
I am starting to teach private classes as well as some local classes and workshops. Here's the first series of classes "Birthday Bash Cards" Class.
I know...going crazy with the postings but I know it will be quiet here for a little while after today since the kiddos will be home for the holidays.
Tomorrow is Christmas and I am a believer...of Jesus Christ that is and feel so blessed to have the Savior in my life.
Wishing you all believers and non-believers a very Happy Holiday!!!
I had a ton of fun creating this one. The front cover was made with gelatos and stencils. The deer is a digital brush from Stampin'up and cut out with the Silhouette cameo. The embossed snowflake is from Stampin'Up and the joy die cut is from Lawn Fawn. Oh and I know it doesn't show on these pics but the cardstock behind the deer is a gorgeous woodgrain white cardstock. Also used my zutter to distress edges of my panels. Oh, and I have to thank my dear friend Melissa Williamson (who I miss very much since their move to TX) from Mella Bella Photography for taking our treasured family photo (which I also transferred into a big photo canvas).
This is another card I made with the photopolymer stamp set from Stampin'Up titled "Show & Tell #2". I also included another stamp set from my very favorite new hostess stamp set in the Stampin'Up 2013-2014 idea book & catalog titled Postage Collection.
Here's a card I made using the clear photopolymer stamp set from Stampin'Up titled "Show & Tell 2". I love this stamp set and I love how the Stampin'Up inks take so well to it. My 8 year old daughter loves this stamp set and says she likes that she can easily stamp with it since she can see right where she is stamping.
Here's a very simple Valentine card I made for my hubby.
Will try to get going again with my blog...life around me has gotten really busy and the little time I have when I am not working or crafting, I spend documenting my life rather than posting but I think that after this month, I should have that little extra time to actually post...let's hope!
So now that we finally have signed our P&S for the new home, I feel like I can breathe a little easier.
June came and went in a whirlwind...too much in too short of a time and I am a bit tired now.
I have been able to play a bit in my studio this past week and taking a little break while my kids are in summer camp. I finished a big birthday project for my daughter which I will post photos of in a few days and I made thank you cards for some wonderful friends that helped out in making my daughter's baptism really beautiful and special.
Here are some pics I took of my thank you cards before mailing them out today.
I asked my friend Melissa to take photos of this special event and she took wonderful pics one of which is the one you see on this photo card (I cropped it to fit the card). She has her own photography business and you can access it here at MellaBella Photography .
This really happy card is from Adriana Benitez...she used one of my favorite stamp sets from the Occasions Mini called Send Me Soaring.
And this one if from one of my dear friends and Stampin'Up demonstrators, Amy Corr, who lives nearby. She does not have a blog yet but I am trying to find some time to help her out in creating one since she has so much talent and she really needs to share it with everyone.
This beautiful card is from a talented Stampin'Up demo named Mariam Garcia. Ok...so during our e-mails back and forth, we found out we used to be neighbors back in California...seriously from the same town... and we never even met...sometimes life is not fair!!!
The above card was created by Julie Ramos. Don't you just love the embossed border and that adorable blue rose?
Can you tell most of us love this new stamp set? It's called Nature Walk and it is so easy to create vintage cards with it. This delicate card was created by Monika Davis.
Miss me?...just taking time to organize and keep focusing on creating more for you all..
I received wonderful swaps in these past few weeks featuring products of the brand new Occasions Mini that just came out yesterday. To see the full color catalog just go to my side bar and find the catalog blinkie. To see all the products in this catalog you may click HERE to get to the online store.
This amazingly creative card is by a dear friend of mine and Stampin'Up demonstrator Amy Corr. The balloon is actually made from the Blossom Petals Punch and using the new glimmer paper. How stinkin' cute is this? Amy needs to create her own blog and I am going to try to find some free time soon to help her out so you can have the opportunity to see more of her amazing work.
Doesn't this card make you want to go and reach out for the nearest chocolate? Seriously...so yummy!!!
This card is made by another talented Stampin'Up demonstrator, Holly Endress and she is featuring the new Eat Chocolate stamp set. Love these colors!!!
Will be posting more swaps in the next few days so keep on checking here from time to time this week!!!
Sorry for being away for a while but I managed to finish making the final homemade gifts this afternoon and I really needed to get those done.
I don't think I ever posted last year's Christmas card that I sent out to family and friends so I am posting it. And...I did two 2010 Christmas cards this year...one a little bit more time consuming and the other a lot less consuming.
This is last year's card. I instantly had fallen in love with the medallion stamp set and knew I had to use it for my cards. This card is meant to be like an ornament and the back has a pocket where we put our traditional family update letter.
This is this year's less consuming version using those beautiful Deck The Halls papers and the brand new big label punch and the Welcome Christmas stamp set.
This is the more time consuming version of this year's holiday card. Don't you just love that little snowman from the Jolly Old Saint Nick's stamp set? This card is also featuring the gold chunky glitter and the Winter Post stamp set.
I am recording a little video tutorial and hoping to post it tomorrow afternoon so be on the lookout for it!!!
I really wanted to find some time this week to write at least one post but I was really focused on getting all my holiday cards done....and yes, they are DONE!!!
So I had to make this third card before I left for my trip since I will be celebrating nine years married to my hubby on June 20th. I am so happy I bought my carribean blue inventory before it ran out..which reminds me, if you are sad to see some of the retiring colors go, I suggest you get your cardstock, pads, reinkers sooner than later because some colors are already out of stock at Stampin'Up.
Father's Day falls on a different day in Italy but since I basically just follow the American holidays, I have made a card for him as well and this year, I will finally be able to give it to him myself along with a big kiss.
I'm getting ready for a month long vacation and I have been more busy at organizing the new place and involved a bit more in my kids' school.
Anyhoo...since I will not be having all of my scrappin' and rubber stamping goodies with me in Italy, I have made a couple of cards for some upcoming occasions.
Since I know hubby will not be looking at my blog, I think it's safe to share his Father's Day card for the year 2010.
Hubby has been learning to play guitar so, after I saw the tutorial to make this guitar with our punches from the very talented Rachel Capps HERE, I decided to make this card. I am sure going to miss our Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry colors.
Did you guys miss me? Well, here's the deal...we need to move out of our beautiful rental house in Wayland, MA because the owner has decided to put it up for sale. Hubby and I have been spending every weekend and a few weekdays for two full months looking for a new place. Trust me the winter season is not a good time to look for anything.
Anyhoo, we finally signed a lease this past Saturday and I am finally able to sleep at night. Needless to say, I have to admit that I am tired and that this will be our third move in less than a year.
I will be MIA from this blog often in the next few months.
I did want to post some pics of the Valentine's Day card I did for my hubby...a few of you who received my Xmas card in 2008 will notice that it's the same design...just different colors and theme.
And here is the envelope protecting the card...I was inspired by Heidi Swapp's latest creations and decided to decorate the envelope. I made a heart template and used both the positive and negative of my template to create this.
This stamp set can be found in the new Occasions Mini Catalog and is just fabulous!!! Just click HERE or on the two images above to see and order the stamp set.
From now until March 31st, every $2 of this stamp set will go to the Haitian people and help them recover from their tragedy.
I hope you will take the opportunity to support this great program and this great cause!!!
For those of you who are a bit unsure of what cards to make this year for the holidays..here's some eye candy for you.
This card was sent out last year to my family and friends. Used the Basic Gray/Real Red/Whisper White combo to give a very modern look. Used my Stars # 2 Bigz Die to get the big star.
As you can see, the little envelope in the center panel held a letter which my husband likes to write every year summarizing our adventures and updating everyone. He's the creative writer in the family.
So starts the time of the Christmas season!!! Here's a card I made using the Platinum Shimmer Paint and the Petals-A-Plenty Textured Impressions Folder. Used my brilliant blue cardstock..it has been just sitting there forever waiting for me to pick it up...it had been so long!!!
Other cool supplies used: Pretties Kit, Metallic Eyelets, Basic Grey Taffeta Ribbon.
I made this card a little while ago using my newly purchased Lattice Bigz Die. I almost never use the color purple in any of my projects but I wanted to step out of my comfort zone and this is what I came up with.
I am super busy lately and I have a million things to do today so I am skipping the supply list for this project but if you would like to know the supplies for this card, just shoot me an e-mail or comment directly here and ask me and I will provide the complete supply list.
Here's a sneek peek of amazing things to come in the new HOLIDAY MINI that will debut tomorrow. I actually made this card for an invitation-only swap. It was a lot of fun to make it!!!
What is a shoebox swap? It's a swap of any project where all materials are placed in a shoebox or any other type of box...participants meet and make each other's projects.
That is exactly what I did with 5 other amazing and wonderful Stampin'Up demonstrators last week. We met at my place and we all ended up making 5 other cards...we learned a few new things from each other and started building friendships. This is one of the biggest reasons why I love Stampin'Up.
Here is the card I made the girls do...I hope they all liked it.
One participant was not able to make it and will post her card as soon as I receive it.
Hope you enjoyed this eye candy today!!!
I have had a busy time here with my parents visiting. They just left yesterday and that means I am going to do some catch up on a few things that have been left behind like my BLOG??!!!
We have finally begun to see sun and heat here in the North East and I am looking forward to enjoying the short summer.
Here's a pic of the thank you notes I have made for Elisa's Birthday guests. The party was fantastic and miraculously the sun came out so we were able to do it as planned in our back yard.
Just wanted to follow the same theme and coordinate my thank you cards with the birthday cards.
I finally used this gorgeous multi-color satin ribbon a good friend of mine from Japan brought over to me. Stamp sets used were "Pun Fun" and "Short & Sweet". Do you see the new "Modern Label" punch I used over on the top with the Thank You writing? I absolutely love it!!! I have seen people use it in conjuction with the "Word Window" punch.
I'll be back on Monday with a few pics of a new mini album I made a little while ago...in the meantime, have a wonderful weekend!!!
I have had these invitations done for weeks now but have only had the chance to upload them now.
My daughter Elisa will be turning 5 on June 22nd and since we finally have a big back yard we have decided to do our party there...let's just hope it does not rain...it's been raining here all week and I really miss the sunshine.