In today's guest post, novelist Louise Cole shares some advice about overcoming your fear of book marketing and talks about her participation in the Kindle Scout program.
Unfortunately for writers, the days when a publisher had a large professional marketing team to introduce your books to readers is long gone. More than 99% of the writers published today end up doing the bulk of their own marketing. And that marketing is more personal, more revealing of who we are than ever before. Why? Because it takes place in the social media arena where people do not just want to buy your book, or ask shyly for an autograph. They want to be your friend, to discuss things with you, to have a relationship based on equality.
Writers therefore need to be prepared to see themselves as a brand but a brand whose values are egalitarian, sociable and welcoming. I had to face up to this myself not so long ago. I decided to put one of my novels on Kindle Scout. I did this for two reasons. One, I actually think Amazon is offering a pretty good deal to writers, if their campaign is successful. And two, I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone and be forced to have a marketing strategy. Kindle Scout takes a relentless 30-day campaign, and you need to reach readers in ways you have never tried or thought of before.
It's important to have a strong foundation in place for promoting your book.
The first step is to start "building your author platform" – in other words you need to develop a reputation, connections, and online followers.
Write a strong author bio and get a good author photo made.
Create accounts and profiles on all relevant social networks.
Buy the right domain name(s) for your website.
Build an author website. It can be improved and expanded over time, but it's best to at least get the home page up early.
Buying your domain names and creating social network accounts as early as possible increases the odds of you getting the names that you want, and it allows you to coordinate the branding across networking platforms.
Once you have these pieces in place, begin developing your platform by networking, commenting on blogs and forums, and writing articles for blogs and publications. Over time your reputation and following will grow.
Once your book is published, be sure to write compelling sales copy (the book description), optimize your Amazon sales page, and continue to improve and add content to your website.
With this strong foundation in place, your book launch and ongoing promotions will be much more effective.
If your book has already been out for a while, review these steps and see if there are any areas where you might make improvements. And remember to do something every day to promote yourself or your book!
Photo courtesy of RBerteig on Flickr, via Creative Commons License.
Sell More Books This Year!
Each new year brings the promise of new beginnings and new opportunities. As you make the usual resolutions (lose weight, get into shape, save more money) be sure to add one more: develop an effective book marketing plan and take action to implement it.
Now is the time to write your book marketing plan, or update your existing plan. Once you have a strategy, then schedule promotional tasks for specific days, weeks and months of the year. For help with your plan, get my free report, Create a Book Marketing Plan That Sells Books.
If you're a long-time follower of the Savvy Book Marketer, you've probably noticed I haven't been around much the past year, due to family issues. I'm excited to be back and looking forward to sharing lots of new book marketing tools and advice to help you sell more books.
I've just completed a "makeover" for my website, with a brand-new header and new elements in the sidebar. After six years, it was time for a change!
This month I'll resume regular blogging and email newsletters. Subscribe here to get updates via email or RSS feed each time a new article is posted on this blog.
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During the year I'll be updating some of my existing book marketing guidebooks and author training programs and adding several new ones. Stay tuned for more details.
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It's going to be a great year and I hope you'll join me as we continue to explore the best ways to sell more books.
And don't forget to get your book marketing strategies down in writing now and do something every day to promote your book – even if it's just a quick email or social post. Each action you take moves you closer to your goals.
I wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous new year – and lots of book sales!
The weight-loss business is a booming industry that makes billions of dollars a year, and yet the people trying to lose weight often feel isolated, frustrated, and confused. Sound like any other industry you know?
Authors trying to market their books share a lot of characteristics with people who are trying to lose weight - and successful strategies for weight-loss are surprisingly transferable to successful book marketing.
In the following post, we'll show you how using these strategies can help you lose your book marketing anxiety – and keep it off!
It's natural to want to set a big, audacious goal for yourself so that when you achieve it, you feel like you've really done something amazing! The problem is that big goals are really hard, and take a long time – and can sometimes even make failure more likely.
So many authors write for their love of writing or their desire to share their story or message, but if we want to sell books, it's important to treat publishing like a business. In today's guest post Stacey Aaronson discusses the mindset of thinking like a publisher.
The majority of self-publishing authors don't realize that they can't merely think like a writer; they must think like a publisher—if, that is, they want to sell books.
The thing is, it's not easy for writers to shift into this mode of thinking—and I would venture to guess that most writers don't even know they should be thinking this way before they even begin a manuscript. As a writer myself, I confess I didn't consider the publisher's mentality until I became a book production professional in the indie publishing realm, so I know firsthand how foreign it can seem.
But here's the unsavory truth: the various self-publishing portals that have opened the door for would-be authors to get a book into readers' hands are great, but many writers are running to upload all degrees of manuscripts—from the languishing and rejected, to the unedited and poorly designed—without honoring the legacy of traditional publishing. In short, thousands of substandard books are entering the literary marketplace because a multitude of writers are sadly stuck not only in ego mode, but in the belief that producing a book is somehow not a craft and an art. If we don't want to destroy the reputation of books altogether—and if we want to reap a financial benefit as an author—this mindset has to change.
Adding subtitles to books is an effective way to appeal to potential customers and increase the odds of a book being found online. Subtitles are useful for both fiction and nonfiction and they can even be added to books that are already published.
I'm pleased to welcome back Ellen Cassedy with today's guest post on how to plan for a successful book promotion party. Book parties are often used as part of the launch of a new book, but keep in mind that you can also plan a party to celebrate a book that's been out for a while.
I recently hosted a book party for my poet friend, Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, whose new book is Prayers of a Heretic (Plain View Press). A big success! Follow these five steps and you can't go wrong.
Ask a friend to host. The emotional support is priceless, and you won't have to worry about cleaning up your own place. Instead you can focus on getting ready to present your book.
Choose a convenient time. Ours was Sunday afternoon from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Don't be afraid too few people will come. Right from the start, Ahron and I agreed that we'd go ahead with the party even if numbers were small. A book party is great practice for talking about and reading from your book, and the contact with supportive listeners – no matter how many or how few – supplies you with energy and confidence for doing more.
Don't worry that too many people will come. If some guests have to stand, that's fine – and exciting! My place isn't huge, and we didn't have a chair for everyone, but we made it work.
In today's guest post, author and online marketing expert Kathleen Gage shares her top book promotion strategies. This post is part of the launch for her terrific new book, Power Up for Profits.
"Writing the book is the easy part. Then begins the work," went a recent conversation I had with a new author.
Peggy (not her real name) was incredibly excited about her recently released book. Like many first time authors, she was convinced the book would take on a life of its own and somehow, someway be found by an agent. The agent would then find a big name publisher. The big name publisher would get Peggy on a bunch of major shows.
I have watched this scene unfold countless times with naive authors. The fact is, as an author it is up to you to take control of marketing and promoting your book.
If you're serious about selling books you have to put more effort into marketing your book than writing it.
Sadly, even when many authors are told they must market their book they fail to get into massive action to raise awareness about their works.
In today's guest post, Shannon from Duolit shares some words of wisdom for planning a successful book launch. Keep in mind that book launch tactics are not just for new books - they can also be used to jump-start sales of books that have been out for a while.
I made a huge mistake with my first book.
I got caught up in the excitement of finally finishing my manuscript that I rushed straight through to the publishing part, ready to share my book with the world and watch the sales roll in.
A few purchases from family and friends took me through my first week, but then things took a nosedive. In the absence of anything close to a marketing strategy, my big book launch was less like the roar of a space shuttle lift-off and more like the fizzle of a bottle rocket dud.
Like all the kids say these days, it's all about YOLO: You Only Launch Once.
So how can you take control of your book launch and make it count? How can you set the proper tone and put your sales on a good growth trajectory from the outset?
You just need to follow these four steps and the sky's the limit for your book launch (pun intended).
In today's guest post, book publicity expert Sandra Beckwith shares some great ideas for enlisting friends (and colleagues) to help spread the word about your book, without being a pest.
I recently read an article that detailed seven ways people could support their author friends. It was well-done and offered the type of specific information I'm always looking for, but honestly, it felt a little . . . well . . . self-centered. I mean, really, am I supposed to expect my friends to ask me how they can promote my book? Or, worse, am I self-absorbed enough to think that my friends are using Google to find ways they can support my book marketing? I could never send any of them a link to that article with a note saying, "Please read this and see what you can do.
1. Share information about your book with the "right" people in their e-mail address books.
Remember that you didn't write your book for everyone. You wrote it for a specialized audience, whether it's fiction or nonfiction. (Not everybody likes mysteries, right?) It's okay to ask your friends to share information about your book with their networks, but when doing so, make it clear that you realize .that they might want to be selective about who they share the information with. Send an e-mail that describes the book, explains who will find it interesting, details how they will benefit from reading it, and includes a link to an online purchase site. Suggest that they forward that information to appropriate people.
In today's guest post, book marketing expert Terry Cordingley shares his wisdom on the process of book marketing. In developing your marketing plan, remember that everything you do builds your platform and momentum and moves you to the next level.
"Well, that's all well and good, but how do we get my book into Walmart? They would sell a million copies of my book!"
I then explained that marketing a book is like rolling a snowball down a hill. When it first starts rolling, it is a small snowball. As it continues to roll down the hill, it gradually gets larger and larger. By the time it reaches the bottom of the hill, it is significantly bigger than it was when it started.
When a new, unknown author first becomes published, their book is the small snowball. It may go unnoticed at first, but with persistent promotion it will continue to grow. It may not grow as fast as the author wants it to, but in order to keep the sales and exposure going, the author and publisher must continue to keep pushing it down the hill. If the author stops promoting their work, what happens? The snowball isn't going to get any larger, and neither will the book sales.
1. Identify the places that your prospects turn for information about your topic.
Search the internet to compile a list of the top websites, blogs, ezines, magazines, newsletters, online forums, books, ebooks, clubs and association that cater to your target market or cover your topic. For example, if your book is about fly fishing, search on terms such as "fly fishing blogs" and "fly fishing magazines." Placing the search term in quotes may yield better results.
You can determine the popularity of a website, relative to other sites on your list, by looking at its Alexa rank. Click the Alexa Toolbar link on the Alexa site to download the toolbar. Blog directories such as Technorati and Google Blog Search are great for locating blogs on a specific topic.
To find forums and discussion groups, search Yahoo Groups and Google Groups. Search Amazon and Google for books and ebooks on related topics that appeal to your target markets, but don't compete directly with your book. Then locate the author's website.


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An ode to our longtime naturalist contributor, who went out among the stars Sept. 22
By the Anderson Family
Jim was born James Oscar Anderson Jr. on March 27, 1928, in West Haven, Connecticut and raised on a small farm. For 16 years, he never had cold hands or a cold forehead—thanks to his grandfather teaching him how to milk cows.
He leaves wife Sue, who has lived with him for nearly 50 years, six children: Kristen, Dean, Ross, Reuben, Caleb and Miriam, 16 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
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Jim Anderson with one of his beloved owls. Anderson passed away Sept. 22.
It was on the farm that Jim learned the Conservation Ethic at the age of 11. "You eat what you shoot," his grandfather said, as he inspected a great horned owl Jim had shot and taught him the positive role of owls in the environment.
It was also in West Haven that Jim began a long love affair with airplanes and flying. He used a horse-drawn mowing machine to cut the grass on a small airport close by, and took his wages in flying time. (This experience eventually led him to become an FAA Certified Commercial Pilot and flight instructor in gliders).
Jim rolled into Bend on his Harley-Davidson in September of 1951, after spending four years in the U.S. Navy serving on sub-chasers in the Caribbean. The day after he arrived in Bend he was fighting forest fires, using his motorcycle for transportation on mountain roads.
In the mid-'50s Jim spent time with Fort Rock, Oregon, horseman Reub Long, author of "The Oregon Desert," to see if he wanted to be a buckaroo. After pulling calves at 16-below zero, he decided he didn't.
Jim logged, mined pumice and studied coyotes—especially the response to poisons (and subsequent impact on non-target species, such as raptors) and what effect "control" had on reducing livestock damages. He also became involved with the Oregon State Police and Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, apprehending criminals shooting raptors and other wildlife. In later years, he contributed to studies for ODFW on bats, eagles, hawks, owls, cormorants and osprey.
Jim worked for the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland as a naturalist for several years, implementing outdoor education and scientific activities for families, students and teachers. He took hundreds of children on field trips throughout the Northwest in the OMSI Space Cruiser bus. He was also involved in operating OMSI's science camps. He then became the director of the Children's Zoo and Conservation and Education Programs in what is now the Oregon Zoo in Portland.
Jim has been involved in studying and banding raptors in Central Oregon for over 50 years. He and wife Sue recently completed their part of a 10-year survey of the Golden eagles in Oregon that took them to many remote places in Oregon's outback where they loved to spend their time.
Jim has been writing a nature column for "The Nugget Newspaper" in Sisters and the "Source Weekly" of Bend for many years. He is also the author of a book, "Tales from a Northwest Naturalist." He was a self-taught naturalist. (In his case a "Naturalist" is a biologist who flunked chemistry.)
Jim traveled to Australia and lived with Aborigines in the Northern Territory for a time and studied spiders in Melbourne. He was the manager of the Nature Conservancy's Ramsey Canyon Preserve in Southeast Arizona for three years. He then originated the nature programs at Sunriver in the early '70s, working with John Gray and the original landscape architect, Bob Royston.
He conducted Elder Hostel programs for Central Oregon Community College, Sunriver Nature Center and Southern Oregon University for several years, and enjoyed working with OPB and the crew with "Oregon Field Guide." One of his favorite activities was taking a Great Horned Owl into a classroom and introducing children to the wide world of nature.
He died, reluctantly, on Sept 22 and his final resting place will be in full view of his beloved Fourt. Rock in Central Oregon. A celebration of life is planned for the near future.
Those wishing to honor Jim with a donation can send it to the Deschutes Land Trust, one of his beloved organizations for preserving Central Oregon special lands for future generations.
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New proposal for Preston city centre includes a Station Gateway
Posted on - 26th April, 2017 - 2:49pm | Author - Ed Walker | Posted in - Business, Housing, Preston City Centre, Preston Council, Preston News, Redevelopment
Preston city centre is 'ripe for investment' according to the report Pic: Tony Worrall
Preston now has a 'sixth quarter' as the strategy for enhancing the city centre continues to take shape.
The original plan from the Autumn of 2014 has been relaunched as Preston City Living.
As well as proposals for a 'Harris Quarter', 'Horrocks Quarter' and the regeneration of Winckley Square there's now a plan to create a 'Station Gateway'.
Five original areas were in the 2014 strategy but the Railway Station and the section of Fishergate near the station are now included.
Documents released at the launch of the strategy at the Harris Museum and Art Gallery on Wednesday state: "The city and its partners are developing a new vision for the station and its surrounding areas – a new business district that will deliver a step change in the city's office, retail and leisure offer. As the proposals are refined new residential development is likely to form part of the exciting mix."
The updated strategy has been put together by global retail experts Cushman and Wakefield.
Preston City Council's director of development Chris Hayward said: We are committed to delivering a step change in our residential offer and we are in a strong position to support developers who share our vision.
"Our city is full of opportunities for investors and we are already seeing major public/private initiatives taking place in the hotel and leisure sectors.
"We want to see the homes built for the people who want to live in the beating heart of the city and live, work and play in Preston.
"We will work with developers to support new investment in the city and help them access public and private sector finance opportunities.
"In terms of planning, Preston City Council and its partners have established a clear strategy to enable City Living to move quickly forward.
"We recognise the value of our architectural and heritage assets and open space and we want these to be the catalyst for high quality residential development."
Artist impression of the new Markets complex and Mike Horner from Muse developments
The city centre has seen a number of high profile schemes be completed or submitted for planning in recent months, with £50million being ploughed into the Markets area, a warehouse down Guildhall Street likely to become flats and Simon Rigby's redevelopment of the Guild Hall complex including plans for an apart-hotel.
Read more: Luxury apart-hotel opening in the city centre
City Living Strategy is aimed at providing a 'coherent plan' for investors to be attracted to the city.
The city council says the potential of HS2 coming to Preston triggered the adding of the Station Gateway proposal.
Partner of Cushman and Wakefield in Manchester Caroline Baker said: We have advised a number of cities, including Manchester, on the critical factors for creating a platform for residential investment.
"Manchester became the success it is today because of the public sector setting its vision and working hard to deliver it.
"The institutional investors bought into the vision and momentum has now been achieved. However, the initial impetus to build a vibrant city centre was underpinned by public sector vision, determination and public sector funding.
"Preston has enormous advantages – fantastic green spaces and parks, quality and improving public realm, beautiful historic buildings – and the intention of the public sector is to try to make development viable to drive the residential market and kick-start a city living boom."
Enjoying the sunshine in the new Winckley Square seating area Pic: Tony Worrall
Preston and South Ribble is currently seeing more than £430million invested in major housing and road projects through the City Deal for the region.
Read more: A ten-point plan for Preston city centre in 2017
Chairman of the Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire City Deal said: This is a powerful incentive for commercial developers to deliver housing and other wealth-creating schemes.
"£51 million has already been invested or earmarked for a range of commercial, leisure and residential projects in the City Deal area.
"The City Living Strategy clearly sets out the attributes Preston already offers as a place to live and the opportunities for investors and developers to work with us to deliver new homes across the city centre."
What are the six quarters?
Here's the areas they want to see developed in the city centre
Station Gateway – as you've already heard about
Winckley Square – recently revamped with £1.2million of Heritage Lottery money it has potential for further investment according to the report and be the 'catalyst for a new wave of city living'.
Corporation Street – stretching up to the university this is likely to see more student accommodation created leading to the university's new square.
Harris Quarter – a 'high density' area around the museum, likely to see more leisure activity
Stoneygate – this is the area in need of the most work, includes a large stretch of Church Street. New build homes would be created for young professionals and families.
Read more: From the depressing embers of Tithebarn we now feel like a city going somewhere
Horrocks Quarter – the Queen Street Retail Park is the main draw here – although this area includes a big chunk of Church Street too.
What do you make of the City Living Strategy? How do you feel about Preston's future? Let us know in the comments below


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Podcast: Shelley Duncan
For a long time, no matter who the Yankees called up or signed it would work out. In the summer of 2007, needing some additional right-handed power to add to a lineup that was trying to overcome a double-digit game deficit in the standings to reach the postseason for the 13th straight year, the Yankees dipped into Triple-A for a 6-foot-5 version of Shane Spencer.
Former Yankee Shelley Duncan joined me to talk about hitting home runs for the Yankees, the 2007 ALDS against the Indians, the midges in Cleveland, playing under Joe Torre and Joe Girardi, the differences in playing at the old and new Yankee Stadium, his patented forearm bump and brawls in baseball.
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Wellenkotter, George Washington
February 22, 1921 – September 28, 2015
Age 94 of Princeton, MN passed away on September 28, 2015 at Sterling Pointe Senior Community in Princeton after his final battle with Alzheimer's. George was born on February 22,1921 in Janesville, WI, the youngest child of Louis and Rosetta (Yahnke) Wellenkotter. On May 30, 1953, he married Priscilla Alden Mills in Janesville. George served in the 28th Infantry 8th Division in World War II in the European Theater and received the Purple Heart. He was a co-owner of the A&W Grocery Store in Madison and then owned The Suburban Super Liquor Store for many years. George loved duck hunting, gardening and cooking on the grill. He is preceded in death by his wife, Priscilla; parents; sister, Thelma Swanson; brothers, Gerhardt (Gay), Earl, and Harold. Survived by daughters, Sandra (Darwin) Parker of Richland, WI and Jane (Tom) Moore of Zimmerman, MN; grandchildren, Melanie (David) Vance, Ginger Parker, Nicholas (Jamie) Parker, Alexander (Catherine) Parker, Brigitte (Nicholas) Thorne, Samuel (Jill) Moore, Emily (Lucas) Cameron, Kimberly (Brian) Freiberg, and Gregory (Brandy) Moore; 21 great-grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends. Graveside service at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis at 1 p.m. on Thursday, October, 15, Lane #2. Memorials preferred to the Alzheimer's Association.


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Molecular Medicine Institute (IMM/FM/UL); University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Medicine (UM); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW).
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); microRNA-21; bile acid activated receptors (BAARs); PPARalpha.
There is still no established, evidence-based treatment for patients with NAFLD and the biological mechanisms underlying the occurrence of steatosis and its progression to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis are not entirely known. We hypothesize that miR-21 is a specific miRNA involved in NAFLD pathogenesis and that its inhibition may halt disease progression. We further postulate that targeting of BAARs can also constitute a protective strategy.
The identification and characterization of miR-21 as an active, determinant player during NAFLD pathogenesis, as well as its targeting in conjugation with safe BA-derived BAAR agonists, will embody new molecular targets that can potentially become the object of therapeutic interventions. Ultimately, it may enable us to inhibit NAFLD pathogenesis and its progression towards hepatocellular carcinoma or liver failure.


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What can't Oscar Isaac do, really? The Miami-raised, Cuban-Guatemalan actor received a Golden Globe nomination for "Inside Llewyn Davis," and he'll star in the next "X-Men" and "Star Wars" movies. And right now, he can be seen in "Ex Machina" portraying Nathan, a CEO and tech genius who creates the world's first humanoid robot with artificial intelligence. We caught up with the actor, singer, and sexy beard-grower to unlock the secrets behind his sexy smolder and acting skills.
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It was the fourth quickest Test century of all time, a record he now shares with Shivnarine Chanderpaul and his knock of 104 not out helped Australia close on 149 not out having earlier dismissed India for just 161.
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Lads
BY JIM WEBSTER
I remember an old farmer commenting about lads 'helping out.' "One boy is one boy. Two boys is half a boy, three boys is no boy at all."
I know of a couple of farms round here that used to get a lot of lads 'helping out.' With village farms where the village was a community, not a dormitory suburb, it was common. I remember talking to one chap, he commented that of all the lads who'd passed through the farm, all were in work but not one was in farming. As far as he could tell, all of them would be earning more than him. Most were working for plant hire companies, or on the highways or in similar trades.
What is noticeable is just how switched on and flexible you need staff to be, and if nothing else the lad working a bit will pick up self-reliance, learn that there's no such thing as demarcation, and nobody is too important to push or pull when pushing or pulling is called for.
I can remember a farmer locally who was also a local councillor. He hit the roof when one boy in a local school told the careers master that he wanted to go into working on farms. The teacher told him, "Then that's a total waste of an education."
The farmer went into the school and formally complained. After all could the teacher work out the Metabolisable Energy of a dairy cow diet, spot and treat Ketosis, deliver a calf and stomach tube it with Colostrum, work out a breeding programme to take advantage of modern genetics, or trim a cow's feet?
But there's another side to this issue. In simple terms, nowadays there isn't a lot of room on a farm for the person who isn't on top of their game. The days when you could have a lad who was willing but not too bright spend a day mucking out bullock hulls with a fork and a barrow have long gone. Now when the job's done, because of fewer staff, less money and larger farms, the lad with a barrow might be a contractor with a skid steer loader combined with a serious tractor and a big muck spreader. The contractor could be paying the leasing on £100,000 worth of kit. He's a businessman and his phone hopefully never stops ringing as people are booking him.
But we still have the not too bright lads. Intelligence is the classic bell curve.
When I was a lad I can remember the bin lorry coming. It had a plank on the back and the crew stood on that. I suppose this was fair enough when it was just slowly working its way down the street, but they used to stand on it as it drove three or four miles out down the main road to start picking farms up. I remember my Dad chatting to the foreman who he'd know from farm work. The foreman and the driver were both bright enough. The others in the crew, perhaps six or seven of them, were distinctly below average.
But they had a job, they were paid a wage, they were independent, and they had homes and families. They had their self-respect and they had the sheer exhilarating joy of riding on the back of the bin lorry on a plank at a hair raising thirty miles an hour on the main road.
But what do they do now for a living? I know one chap, I remember him saying, 'I'll never be anything but semi-skilled.' He's never held down a paid job, but has worked in charity shops etc. He never will hold down a job. He's in his forties, living with his parents and when they die, the council are most unlikely to house him in their house so he could even finish up homeless. He doesn't need to be in an institution. He might even have made it to being foreman on one of the old bin lorries. He could certainly aspire to that job.
He'll never have a family, no woman is going to marry him, they can do better. Indeed I suspect his only family will be his sister and her children. His sister, a one parent family, managed to get a flat. Ironically she too has never really worked (a little casual bar work or temporary shop staff) but she's made a cracking job of rearing her children, the oldest of whom has gone to university and they will all hopefully do well. But with increasing automation and the arrival of the robot, what's going to happen? Is perpetual unemployment going to be pushed further up the bell curve? What is going to happen to these people? Because the lad who's a bit slow but can sweep up with a brush can already be replaced by a robo-vacuum cleaner.
On the other hand the accountant, the middle manager and the journalist can also be replaced by algorithms.
Now I've spent enough time doing dirty jobs in the rain. I'm not going to wax lyrical about the dignity of labour at this juncture. It's surprising how often those who do have an indoor job with no heavy lifting talk about such dignity.
But people need a reason to get out of bed in a morning. If you're going to decide that fifty percent (to pluck a figure out of the air) of your population exist purely as consumers, then frankly, lockdown has given us an unwanted insight into that world. If you're offering people a life which consists of benefits, a flat, and a Netflix subscription, wouldn't it just be kinder to suggest they open their veins in the bath?
Jim Webster farms at the bottom end of South Cumbria. Jim was encouraged to collect together into a book some blog posts he'd written because of their insight into Cumbrian farming and rural life (rain, sheep, quad-bikes and dogs) It's available here.
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Transfer News: Northampton Saints to bring in England coach
Northampton Saints have announced that coach Sam Vesty will make the switch to Franklin's Gardens from Worcester Warriors this summer.
The former Leicester Tigers and Bath Rugby utility back has been cutting his teeth at Sixways as a coach since retiring from playing in 2013 – progressing from Transition Coach to Backs Coach two years later.
And after proving his mettle at the very highest level as Skills Coach in Eddie Jones' England set-up for last summer's Tour of Argentina, the 36-year-old caught the eye of new Saints director of rugby Chris Boyd.
Vesty will become Saints' Attack Coach next season and will focus on continuing to progress Northampton's backs division.
"I'm absolutely thrilled to be joining a massive Club in Northampton Saints, and to be given the opportunity to work with and learn from Chris Boyd," he said.
"This is a brilliant opportunity and one I jumped at taking.
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"There are already a top-quality set of backs in Saints' squad, and the prospect of adding the likes of Dan Biggar and Taqele Naiyaravoro to those ranks is thrilling as a coach.
"All the building blocks are in place for us to be very successful at Franklin's Gardens.
"I hope to be able to contribute towards a side that plays really exciting rugby; I want to encourage players to express themselves, and to back themselves to be able to go out and execute positive rugby."
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Q: How to attach domain name to my server? I have a small problem, looked here & other forums, but could not find solution.
I have site at my-domain.com, site is on shared host. In my domain register I added DNS servers which hosting provider gave to me when I opened hosting account for my-domain.com and all that works for 1 year. Since traffic to site increased, hosting company told me to move my site to vps or dedicated server on their hosts or some other hosts, so I found good offer on another provider and bught 1 vps with tech specs that I need with ubuntu 10.10.
On the other side, I makde on my computer ubunutu 10.10 installation and rewrited application for better performance (web server/mail server/database etc...) When I make backup on my home machine, and upload and extract on remote VPS everything is as it should be, but I ma testing using VPS IP address, site that users and search engines access is on old shared hosting still.
Now I want to add new remote vps IP to my domain register NAME servers, but I don't know:
-should I add my VPS ip?
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-what I need to do on my remote VPS with complete site(app) to edit so it can be accessible to my-domain.com?is that hostname, or what?
I hope that You understand what is problem, and I am sure that this is something simple for people who are doing with those stuffs,so please help me.Thanks

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All of these can be hosted with separate providers, but depending on your provider you might have different management options.
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Your domain name has a registrar (who you bought it from). That registrar will keep a list of 1-3 'nameservers' which are the addresses for the provider that hosts your DNS.
DNS nameservers
Your DNS is like your address book. That needs to be hosted somewhere, and if your old host didn't let you edit it, it's probably just part of their shared hosting service, and not something you can manage. You will need to change your domain name to point to another set of nameservers at a provider you can manage. Your VPS provider probably has a DNS service, but possibly not free (although many are). If needed you can use a free DNS host like XName or ClouDNS, but depending on your level of knowledge you might find these difficult to use.
A basic web server record you will want to add is known as an A record, and will point my-domain.com. and/or www.my-domain.com. (using a separate record) to your web server's IP address.
Web server
Your server has an IP address. If you need to load-balance for performance reasons you'll need your hosting company to provide you a 'virtual IP' or a load-balancer service, behind which you can have multiple servers.
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One part of the process leads onto the next, so you need to make the 3 things work in harmony to get your site to function.

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Do we have a tree surgeon in our club or does anyone know of a good one?
I use Mark Warbouys based in Wimborne.
Just googled Mark Worboys and he now lives in Creekmoor. You can contact him via his website or phone directly from his google business site.


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NEWS: AquaFish welcomes its highest enrollment
Students under the Aquafish centre pose for a group photo
The Africa Centre of Excellence in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science (AquaFish – ACE) has welcomed the highest intake since its establishment in August 2016.
Fifty-three students from African countries including Rwanda, Zambia, Mozambique, Namibia have enrolled in different programmes being offered at the centre.
Speaking in an interview, the Centre Director, Professor Emmanuel Kaunda said the centre is very proud with the increase in enrollment.
"This year the numbers of enrollment have risen. It only shows that the centre is now growing and it is gaining international recognition as we have seen students coming from different countries across the region," he said.
The leader echoed that the center's mission is to advance innovation and entrepreneurship by producing fit-for-purpose critical mass of agricultural scientists who will help enhance the food, nutrition and economic security of primarily the Eastern and South African region.
Commenting on the development, The AquaFish Deputy Director, Professor Daud Kassam said that one of the reasons that has led to this achievement is partnerships with other institutions.
"Some of the students who have come are being sponsored by our partners to study here especially students from Zambia. This is a good development as we can see that our partnerships with other institutions are now bearing fruits," Professor Kassam said.
Professor Kassam also added that having regionally accredited programmes has played a major role in attracting students from the region to the centre.
The students will be studying PhD and Masters programmes which are offered at the centre.
The new students are equally overjoyed to join the center in pursuit of quality postgraduate education. Kauluma Ndamononghenda, a PhD student in Aquaculture and Fisheries from Namibia said she is so excited to finally be here at AquaFish.
"I have been hearing a lot of stories about how great the centre is with some of the best learning and research facilities in the region so to finally be here is very exciting," she said.
Further, Uwase Maric Lovise, a Master's student in Aquaculture from Rwanda also expressed her joy for finally being at AquaFish.
"I have been seeing pictures and videos of the centre on internet but I never expected it to be this good. I am definitely loving it here and I hope I will get the best education," she said.


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Average Size
Newborn calf : 35 pounds (16 kg)
Cow : 500 pounds (225 kg)
4-1/2 feet (1.3 m) at the shoulder
6-1/2 feet (2 m) from nose to tail
Bull : 700 pounds (315 kg)
5 feet (1.5 m) at the shoulder
8 feet (2.4 m) from nose to tail
Animalia [kingdom]
Vertebrata [phylum]
Mammalia [class]
Artiodactyla [order]
Ruminantia [suborder]
Cervidae [family]
Cervus [genus]
Elaphus [species]
Other North American Members of the Deer Family
Moose, caribou, mule deer, white-tailed deer
Body: Varies from deep copper brown to light tan, depending on location and season
Rump Patch: Light beige
Legs and Neck: Often darker than body
Weight: Up to 40 pounds for the pair (18 kg)
Purpose: Males grow them annually to display dominance and occasionally for defense
Body postures
Vocalizations such as squeals, barks and bugles
Season: Mate in autumn
Gestation: 8-1/2 months
Birth: Mid-May through early July, depending on location
For most of the year: Cows, calves and yearlings live in loose herds or groups; and bulls in bachelor groups or alone.
During the rut: Cows and calves form smaller groups, called "harems," with one or two mature bulls; yearling bulls may form bachelor groups or stay near harems.
Elk live in a variety of habitats -- from coastal forests to alpine meadows, from dry desert valleys to snowy mountain ridges -- as long as they find enough food, water, shelter and space.
Varies with season and location. Generally, elk eat grasses and parts of woody plants in winter; grass in spring and fall; grass and forbs (low-growing, soft-stemmed plants) in summer.
Humans, bears, mountain lions, wolves, coyotes
"Neighbors"
Elk coexist with predators and a variety of other animals, depending on their specific ecosystem and habitat. Their neighbors include, but are not limited to:
Mule deer, white-tailed deer, bighorn sheep, pronghorn, bison
Domestic sheep, cattle
Chipmunks, squirrels, beaver, other small mammals
Grouse, eagles, woodpeckers, chickadees, numerous other kinds of birds
Mosquitoes, dragonflies, numerous other insects and arthropods
Trout, salmon, other fish
Salamanders, snakes, other amphibians and reptiles
Prior to the 1800s, elk ranged throughout North America, except Alaska and Florida.
Today, elk live in the following states and Canadian provinces:
Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming
Canadian Provinces:
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Yukon Territory
Today, elk number about 1 million in North America. This represents roughly 10 percent of the estimated population before European settlement of North America.


Snapshot: The 2018 model has only risen the bar, and is surely on point this time, but turns out to be a more expensive deal as well.
Harley-Davidson has been fascinating riders ever since motorcycling became a lifestyle. The heart-throb from America has not only grown in India significantly within the last decade but has also introduced a couple of new motorcycles specifically for developing markets like ours, hence making owning a Harley-Davidson quite affordable. The company started 2018 with a bang and introduced a number of modern and exciting range of new motorcycles and brought big changes to its whole line-up. The Street Bob is one of the new and improved motorcycles, but how different it really is? Well, I already tested its previous version sometime back and found myself fairly impressed with it. And you can click here to see my views on the same. Now, it's time to ride the new one and see if the cards have fallen in favor of the new Street Bob or not.
Street Bob's design is inspired from the old school bobbers, which means saddling up on the bike and leaning back while holding the long and extended handlebar that looks more like a custom accessory than a stock part. Nonetheless, this laid-back look gives a certain attitude to the rider and is way more appealing than any other cruiser bike on the road. In fact, I was stopped by cops a couple of times and none of them were interested in seeing the papers, not once. Back at the office, all my colleagues were drooling over its looks and wanted a picture with it. Some of them complained of it not having a rear seat because they wanted a ride on it, to which I replied with a devil's grin, not today, not on this, not ever!
Talking about the updated Street Bob, the bike has gone through a number of small and big changes, and on the outside, all the previous chrome bits have been swapped to the dark finish. It gets dark handler bar, exhaust, air-filter box, and at the front sits a new LED headlight that certainly looks more charming than before. It also gets black fork covers that protects all the dust and muck from entering the suspension seals, and hence extending its life.
What's also new to the package is the fully digital instrument cluster, well, it's a bit small I'll say and I am not really a fan of it. I mean, the old one looked just perfect. It had a needle, and it was that semi-digital pattern that looked better on a motorcycle like this. But still, the new panel is modern and informative and some may even like it more than before. It has all the necessary information that can be toggled with a switch given to the left side of the handlebar. It's just the size of it that may not appeal to everyone.
Leave the looks aside, and there is much more that's going on inside the new Street Bob. First of all, it gets a bigger and significantly more powerful Milwaukee-Eight 1,745 cc engine which generates close to 144 Nm of peak torque at 3,000 rpm. The engine comes mated to a 6-speed transmission that certainly feels more precise and easier to use. The torque figures are up by 20Nm which is a significant number, also the peak torque is now available at lower revs.
The engine feels smooth when running at around 1600rpm to 2400rpm, which is the sweet spot for this engine. Shift the bike in the topmost gear and cruise around 2000rpm, you will be all smiles doing close to 100kmph. The sweet V-twin sound from the exhausts certainly feels a bit calmer than before which I don't like, and also the on-off transitions felt better on its predecessor. But other than that, Street Bob now feels way more aggressive and ready to sprint as soon as the clutch is released. More power is clearly visible right from the slightest of throttle inputs and all this aggression only makes the Street Bob more fun to ride.
Also, the gear ratios are so set that you won't have to downshift to the lowest gear in bumper to fender traffic, even a gear higher will do. These altered ratios allow you to ride the bike in comparatively higher gears, making the ride easier.
Apart from the engine, one of the major upgrades the Street Bob carries comes in the form of new single mono-shock suspension at the rear which sits at the place of earlier twin-shocks. The front twin heavy duty fat forks remain the same, which does its job well. The suspension has been tuned to keep the riding comfortable without compromising on the handling part. This setup surely impressed me when it came to firmly taking abuses from rough and unpredictable Indian roads which show no mercy.
Well, it has always been a heavyweight motorcycle weighing close to 298 kgs in running order. The bike handles with confidence and corners very impressively. The lean angle on both the sides is 28.5 degrees which is decent by cruiser standards. Ground clearance on the new bike has been updated from 110mm to 125mm, which makes quite a big difference when negotiating with tall speed breakers.
The single seat design remains the same which is decently comfortable, and the icing on the cake is the significantly reduced heating from the engine. I remember it riding in the dense Delhi traffic when coming back from office, yet the Street Bob surprised me by not getting as hot as it used to. And the single biggest issue is now resolved. Talking of the brakes, 4-piston fixed front and 2-piston floating rear disc brakes have a decent bite and stopping power, but still can use slightly more progression and braking force, as its weight anyways makes it harder to stop. The brakes come linked with ABS, which does a decent job of keeping the bike up straight while stopping on slippery surfaces.
This new Street Bob has improved majorly in terms of riding dynamics and handling, while the new powerful engine only makes it a more fun machine. It comes out as one of the most enjoyable Harleys you can buy that will let you cherish your occasional weekend getaways more than ever, and if you want to cruise around the downtown in swag, the bike will be more than happy to take you around. The 2018 model has only risen the bar, and is surely on point this time, but turns out to be a more expensive deal as well.


File photo: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Student Cameron Kasky addresses the March for Our Lives rally on March 24, 2018 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTONN – A survivor of last year's mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, will attend President Donald Trump's State of the Union address next week as a guest of Rep. Eric Swalwell, the congressman said Friday.
Swalwell, who is weighing a 2020 presidential bid, has also proposed banning military-style semiautomatic weapons and establishing a mandatory buyback program.
"Too many families, friendships and communities across our nation have been torn apart by gun violence. It's time this epidemic be met with real action – not moments of silence and thoughts and prayers," Swalwell said.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., announced that they will bring D.J. and Wendy Corcoran of Knoxville, Tennessee, whose son Pierce was killed in December in a multi-vehicle car crash. The driver, charged with criminally negligent homicide, has been identified by prosecutors as an undocumented immigrant.
A number of Republicans invited significant figures from their states and communities.
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., will bring Republican Gov. Bill Lee of Tennessee, who was sworn in last month.
Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., will bring Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart, the first woman ever to hold the job. Hart was appointed by Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, a Democrat.
Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., has invited Mike Crews, the fire chief of Taylorville, Illinois, who helped lead recovery efforts after a tornado struck the town in December.
Rep. Drew Ferguson, R-Ga., will bring Jeffrey Willis of LaGrange, Georgia, the chief executive of a company that manufactures car floor and cargo mats.
Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Conn., said he will bring Regina Moller, executive director of a nonprofit group in Groton, Connecticut, that provides shelter for child refugees and minors who may have been separated from family members at the border, his office said.
Guests will also include two women who worked at Trump's Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club while undocumented. They were invited by Reps. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., and Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J.
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., who launched her White House bid last month, will bring Trisha Pesiri-Dybvik, an air traffic controller from central California who lost her home in the 2017 Thomas fire and was furloughed during the 35-day shutdown. Pesiri-Dybvik's husband, also an air traffic controller, worked without pay during that time, Harris' office said.
Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., will bring Bethlehem Gronneberg, founder and CEO of uCodeGirl, a nonprofit group based in Fargo, North Dakota, that encourages young women to pursue careers in technology and engineering.
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., who is co-president of the freshman class, will bring Jean Buller of Commerce Township, Michigan, a recently retired science teacher.


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It is out of question that we added this Canada top spot in our geography quiz. You will find nice hotels and restaurants there. So when do you start? Even if you are not planning to travel there, you can check your geography knowledge now. Surrey in Canada is an attractive destination for holidays and weekend trips. Before starting your trip to Surrey, make sure you know some facts about Surrey or at least Canada.
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The 3 Hail Mary chaplet is also known as the 3 privileges of Mary Chaplet, and the Ave chaplet too. This beautiful devotion was strongly advised for regular daily prayer, especially in the morning, by many of our greatest saints.
The focus of the chaplet prayers is the three graces given to the Blessed Virgin Mary by the Most Holy Trinity; Wisdom, Power and Mercy. This handmade chaplet is as lovely to look at as it is to use, and is well made for many years of prayer.
The 3 prayer beads are stacks of cushion-shaped agate beads, black onyx rondelles and gold accents. I've wire-wrapped the beads for extra strength and to give this little rosary that distinct had-crafted look.
At one end of the strand is a large gold pewter medal our Our Lady of Grace, the medal of the Immaculate Conception. This well-known image of the Virgin Mary is often called the Miraculous Medal. At the other end is a gold pewter "lily" style crucifix.
Crucifix: 5cm / 2 inches tall.
This is an attractive chaplet suitable for gifting or a presentation on a special occasion, and perfect for regular personal use. It comes nicely packaged with a card of the traditional prayers.


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FINAL Coral Sea Marine Park Proposal Released - What does it mean for Spearos?
The final Coral Sea Marine Park proposal has been released - and there are mixed feelings on the outcome. It was inevitable that some compromise would have to be made between the Greens and us spearos.
The new proposal does eliminate some of the ridiculous rules such as 'you can only take what you're going to eat on the trip' - instead, spearos are now allowed access in those areas, restricted only by the usual Queensland size and bag limits. This is a great result and opens up reefs like Saumarez again. Adreno recently did a week long charter trip to Saumarez and had an unreal time with Dogtooth Tuna, huge Yellowfin Tuna, and more reefies in shallow water than you could poke a spear at. It was amazing and so we are very glad that we will be able to return to this pristine spot in the future.
However, it is with great sadness that we announce that some of the best reefs in the Coral Sea will no longer be open to spearfishing. Reefs where many, many World Record and Australian Record species including monster Dogtooth Tuna have been taken. Reefs like Osprey, Shark, Vema, Bougainville and Marion will all be included in the 'Green zone' on the map. The compromise reached here is that we are still allowed access to the deepwater Western sides of these reefs - however, how productive these areas are is open to debate and some have said that this area is basically a bunch of nothingness anyway.
So with this announcement, Adreno has decided to run a charter trip to these reefs - a final farewell to the BEST that the Coral Sea has to offer. It is sure to be a trip to remember forever and while we are sad that it will be our last time there, we are at least happy to have the chance to say our goodbyes to the world's best diving spots. There are very limited spots available, but if you would be interested in joining us on this trip in February 2012, simply send an email to kahlee.andrews@gmail.com or get in contact with me via Facebook.


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Q: Angular directive parameter as an object Travellers :)
Here is an example as I think directive parameters should be working, but they don't. http://jsfiddle.net/z1m3gar5/
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A: You are using two-way binding for directive2 and for this you are not require to use {{ }}.
<my-directive2 options="dir2"></my-directive2>

and it will work fine!
Here is updated jsFiddle


Zmanda Forums > Amanda community forums > Operating Systems & Hardware specific issues with Amanda > Solaris 10, x86, amrestore: Error reading Amanda header.
View Full Version : Solaris 10, x86, amrestore: Error reading Amanda header.
I have a set of LTO4 tapes, created with Amanda 2.6.1 on a RHEL 5.2 server, using a 2048K (2MB) block size. The tapes could successfully be restored on that server.
amrestore: Error reading volume label: Error reading Amanda header.
It looks like anything that tries to read from a tape device gets ENOMEM returned from read() at any blocksize.
This server has 32GB of RAM and it's almost entirely free. The server is essentially idle except for my attempts to get Amanda working. Amrestore does other large reads from files as it is loading without ENOMEM errors, it only errors when performing reads on the tape device.
There is a tape loaded, it is one of the previously tested good tapes. I have tried several known good tapes to be sure.
So my question is, has anyone seen this ENOMEM problem when trying to read tapes on Solaris before?
This sounds like a Solaris kernel parameter that should be adjusted. I'm no Solaris admin, so I have no idea what that might be.
You may want to try asking on the amanda-users list -- there are a number of sharp Solaris folks there who may be able to help out.


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Joe Rogan's Podcast Shows Horrifying Slave Conditions Used To Mine Materials Needed For Electric Cars
Podcast giant Joe Rogan used his show this week to shine a light on some of the horrifying slave conditions that are used to mine the raw materials used to make electric car batteries and batteries for other devices like cell phones and laptops.
Rogan brought on activist Siddharth Kara to talk about what happens at these mines in Africa, specifically in the Congo.
"Throughout the whole history of slavery, I mean, going back centuries, never, never in human history, has there been more suffering that generated more profit, and was linked to the lives of more people around the world, ever, ever in history than what's happening in the Congo right now," Kara said. "And the reason I say that is this: the cobalt that's being mined in the Congo is in every single lithium ion rechargeable battery manufactured in the world today, every smartphone, every tablet, every laptop, and crucially, every electric vehicle."
Kara noted that mining conditions in the country are so bad that people are forced at gunpoint to dig for these materials by hand.
"Cobalt really took off about 10-12 years ago," he said. "And it's in another part of the country in the mining provinces in the southeast of the Congo. And cobalt took off because it started to be used in lithium ion batteries to maximize their charge and stability. And it just so happens that the Congo, just as it was sitting on more than half the world's reserves of coltan and of course, a lot of gold and diamonds and other things, is sitting on more cobalt than the rest of the planet combined. And it's in a small little patch of the Congo, southeastern corner — a part that used to be called Katanga, and before anybody knew what was happening, Chinese government, Chinese mining companies took control of almost all the big mines, and the local population has been displaced, is under duress, and they dig in absolutely subhuman, gut-wrenching conditions for $1 a day, feeding cobalt up the supply chain into all the phones, all the tablets, and especially electric cars."
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SIDDHARTH KARA, ACTIVIST: We can dig into this in more depth. Throughout the whole history of slavery, I mean, going back centuries, never, never in human history, has there been more suffering that generated more profit, and was linked to the lives of more people around the world, ever, ever in history than what's happening in the Congo right now. And the reason I say that is this: the cobalt that's being mined in the Congo is in every single lithium ion rechargeable battery manufactured in the world today, every smartphone, every tablet, every laptop, and crucially, every electric vehicle. So you and I, we can't function on a day-to-day basis without cobalt, and three fourths of the supply is coming out of the Congo. And it's being mined in appalling, heart-wrenching, dangerous conditions. And so that's why people need to know because by and large, the world doesn't know what's happening in the Congo.
JOE ROGAN, HOST: It's something that people sort of know, peripherally, that, you know, they call them conflict minerals. And, you know, they know that they're coming from an area of the world that's very poor, but I don't think people are aware of how horrible it is. There has been, have been some documentaries that have been done, and they're all terrifying.
KARA: Yeah. So. So, conflict minerals was phase one. And that's actually not cobalt.
ROGAN: What does it refer to, conflict minerals?
KARA: So, conflict minerals, also called the 3TG minerals are tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold. And those are in the eastern Congo. And that catastrophe started around the year 2000, late 1990s, 2000, shortly after the Rwandan genocide. The militias moved in and Eastern Congo is sitting on some of the largest reserves in the world of those 3TG minerals, especially tantalum. And those are all used in microprocessors. And you can think back to, you know, around the year 2000. Mobile phones first started coming out and gaining traction. I still remember my little StarTAC flip phone that I had from Motorola, you remember that? And all that supply was coming out of Eastern Congo, militias and warlords were forcing the local population at gunpoint, machete point, to dig this stuff out. And it was flowing up into the formal supply chain into mostly those first generation cell phones. And that became known as conflict minerals. Cobalt started later. Cobalt really took off about 10-12 years ago. And it's in another part of the country in the mining provinces in the southeast of the Congo. And cobalt took off because it started to be used in lithium ion batteries to maximize their charge and stability. And it just so happens that the Congo, just as it was sitting on more than half the world's reserves of coltan and of course, a lot of gold and diamonds and other things, is sitting on more cobalt than the rest of the planet combined. And it's in a small little patch of the Congo, southeastern corner — a part that used to be called Katanga, and before anybody knew what was happening, Chinese government, Chinese mining companies took control of almost all the big mines, and the local population has been displaced, is under duress, and they dig in absolutely subhuman, gut-wrenching conditions for $1 a day, feeding cobalt up the supply chain into all the phones, all the tablets, and especially electric cars.
ROGAN: And we're looking at a video now. Jamie, is this the mines?
JAMIE: It's his video.
ROGAN: This is so crazy to see.
KARA: This is the bottom of the supply chain of your iPhone, of your Tesla, of your Samsung. I mean, I'm just naming those companies, it's all of them, right? All of them. We're not just picking on them. And here's what you need to know, Joe, about this video. I was the first outsider to get into this mine. And that's why it's just a really short video that I was able to take. This is an industrial cobalt mine, where there's not supposed to be one artisanal miner. Now, that's the term use for people who are just digging by hand as opposed to tractors and excavators. There is not supposed to be one here. That's what the story is told at the top of the chain. This mine, and I can name it, it's called Shibaura, there is not supposed to be one artisanal miner here, according to the consumer-facing tech companies and EV companies buying this cobalt. Low and behold, I walk into this place, and this is what I see. There's more than 15,000 human beings crammed into that pit, digging by hand. And if you have sound, you hear the mallets, you hear the shouting, you hear the the grunts, it's a mass of humanity, you might expect to see a scene like this.
ROGAN: So, there's a term that gets used, "clean cobalt"?
KARA: There's no clean cobalt.
ROGAN: It's not real?
KARA: No, no, it's all marketing. It's all PR, it's a fiction, just like that place. There's not supposed to be any artisanal mining there. It's all done industrially. That's the story told at the top of the chain. And people assume, people I mean, the marketing teams at big tech and EV companies, assume, well, who's gonna go down there and actually walk into the place and grab a video that shows no, it's actually all raw human force that is clanking that cobalt out of the ground? So there's no clean cobalt. There's not a single company on planet Earth that makes a device that has a rechargeable battery in it that can reliably and justifiably claim that their cobalt isn't coming from sources like that. And that's the truth that needs to get out there. That's the truth people need to understand. Because this is a story that goes back generations. There's these fictions told at the top of the chain about what conditions are like at the bottom. And truth seekers have to go find that truth and enlighten civilization so that people, people get agitated about it, and want to do something about it. So there's no clean cobalt, let's just make that totally, abundantly clear. And anyone that claims otherwise is either peddling in falsehoods or is recklessly ignorant of the truth.
ROGAN: Are there any industrialized cobalt mines that use machinery and don't use slavery and don't use child labor and don't use these people that live in unimaginable poverty?
KARA: I've never seen one. And I've been to almost all the major industrial cobalt mines. Here's why I say that. Number one, they all, or almost all, will have scenes like that on them. Thousands of individuals clanking away for $1 or two $2 a day, okay? They don't have safety equipment. All that stuff, cobalt is toxic, toxic to breathe. They're breathing it in all day.
ROGAN: No masks, no filtration systems?
KARA: No masks, no gloves, no — half those guys are in flip flops, all right? So almost all the industrial minds will have scenes like that.
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Canada's foreign affairs minister is confident Canada and the USA can land a settlement on the softwood lumber trade war, after the Trump administration placed big, new tariffs on our lumber exports.
On Tuesday a US-Canada trade dispute intensified as Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump clashed over softwood lumber and dairy tariffs.
According to the White House, Canada has been subsidizing its softwood lumber industry thereby putting the industry in Wisconsin and the upper Midwest at a competitive disadvantage. The step escalates an economic battle among neighboring countries that normally have one of the friendliest global relationships in the world.
U.S. Commerce Department officials say it's been a tough week for trade relations with Canada.
That trade skirmish helped promote the idea of a broader North American Free Trade Agreement, which was signed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and took effect in 1994.
His appointment comes immediately after the USA was preparing to impose countervailing duties on Canadian lumber exporters that could range between three and 24 per cent, and could impact some of Canada's biggest producers, including Resolute Forest Products.
The two warned that the action would create a negative effect on families in the USA who must now pay more to have their homes built or renovated. "But they've outsmarted our politicians for many years, and you people understand that", he said.
Canada has signaled that it is open to renegotiation, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowing to work closely with the new USA president on the trade deal.
The US lumber industry has argued for decades that because most Canadian timber is harvested on Crown lands, and the way provincial governments manage and set prices results in cheaper lumber. Last year Canada exported $5.7 billion (nominal) in softwood, and for the year Canada had a trade surplus of $5.5 billion for this category.
He further said that the sell of dairy products were not allowed from Wisconsin, New York and other border states to Canada.
He added: "Any two countries are going to have issues that will be irritants to the relationship".
Freeland said she had had long conversations with Ross on Sunday and Monday about lumber. "We will only accept an agreement with the United States that's good and that is fair for BC workers". Despite remarks from the president and his cabinet secretary, neither lumber nor dairy are actually part of the current NAFTA.


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RNG Coalition Names Legislative Affairs Manager
July 13, 2017 • by Staff
Kapoor
The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) recently named its manager of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs in Sacramento, Calif.
Nina Kapoor will look to bolster the RNG Coalition's advocacy and education efforts on behalf of the North American RNG industry in California and on the West Coast, according to the coalition.
Before joining the RNG Coalition, Kapoor provided strategic planning and public affairs consulting as principal of Kapoor Consulting. Prior to that she served as vice president of Legislative Affairs at the California Forestry Association (CFA), the statewide trade association that represents California's forestry sector. There, she was instrumental in leading key stakeholder coalitions and coordinating strategic media campaigns for the association.
Kapoor also previously represented a number of high-profile energy and transportation clients at KP Public Affairs, a lobbying firm in Sacramento.
The RNG Coalition represents the renewable natural gas industry in North America, including companies that produce, or otherwise support production and distribution of biogas-derived renewable natural gas, which is a domestic, clean, low-carbon, and renewable source of power, heat and fuel that makes up the predominant share of cellulosic biofuel in North America.
Read more about New Hire Consultants RNG


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Diversified Royalty earns $6.2-million in Q1 2022
DIVERSIFIED ROYALTY CORP. ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 2022 RESULTS
Diversified Royalty Corp. has released its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2022 (Q1 2022).
Revenue of $9.7-million, up 28.0 per cent compared with the three months ended March 31, 2021 (Q1 2021).
Adjusted revenue of $11.0-million, up 24.4 per cent compared with Q1 2021.
Distributable cash of $7.2-million, up 22.4 per cent compared with Q1 2021.
Payout ratio of 93.6 per cent based on dividends of 22 cents per share on an annualized basis, an improvement compared with 103.1 per cent in Q1 2021 based on dividends of 20 cents per share on an annualized basis.
On March 30, 2022, Diversified Royalty closed its bought deal offering of $52.5-million principal amount of 6-per-cent convertible debentures resulting in net proceeds of $50.4-million. The net proceeds along with cash on hand were used to partially redeem the company's existing convertible debentures on May 4, 2022.
In Q1 2022, Diversified Royalty generated $9.7-million of revenue compared with $7.6-million in Q1 2021. After taking into account the Diversified Royalty royalty entitlement (defined herein) related to Diversified Royalty's royalty arrangements with Nurse Next Door Professional Homecare Services Inc., Diversified Royalty's adjusted revenue was $11.0-million in Q1 2022, compared with $8.8-million in Q1 2021. Adjusted revenue increased primarily due to positive trends experienced by most of Diversified Royalty's royalty partners, as discussed in further detail herein. COVID-19 and the related government restrictions more adversely impacted Diversified Royalty's royalty partners in Q1 2021, compared with the current quarter. In addition, incremental revenue was generated from the addition of 13 locations to the Mr. Lube Canada LP royalty pool and the 0.5-per-cent increase in the Mr. Lube royalty rate on May 1, 2021.
Royalty partner business updates
Mr. Lube: Mr. Lube generated same-store-sales-growth (SSSG) of 16.3 per cent for the Mr. Lube stores in the royalty pool for Q1 2022, compared with SSSG of 3.9 per cent in Q1 2021. The increase was due to a variety of factors including continued growth in Mr. Lube's maintenance services, tire services and sales carried over from the fourth quarter of 2021, the effectiveness in Mr. Lube's targeted multimedia marketing campaigns, the addition of 13 new stores to the Mr. Lube royalty pool and the 0.5-per-cent increase to the Mr. Lube royalty rate on May 1, 2021.
Air Miles: Air Miles reward miles issued decreased by 4.2 per cent in Q1 2022, primarily due to the non-renewal of two sponsors in the first quarter of 2021. Air Miles reward miles redeemed increased by 43.0 per cent in Q1 2022, primarily reflecting pent-up demand for travel as COVID-related restrictions abated.
During the first quarter of 2022, Air Miles renewed top five sponsor, American Express, activated a national marketing campaign to drive greater collector enrolment and engagement and launched several additional marketing campaigns in conjunction with the Air Miles 30th anniversary.
Sutton: During the first quarter of 2022, 100 per cent of the fixed royalty was collected from Sutton. The fixed royalty payable by Sutton increases at a rate of 2 per cent per year, with the most recent increase effective July 1, 2021.
Oxford: Oxford locations in the Oxford royalty pool generated SSSG (on a constant currency basis) of 14.2 per cent in Q1 2022, compared with SSSG of negative 19.3 per cent in Q1 2021. In March, 2022, most Ontario-government-mandated COVID-19 restrictions were lifted (with Ontario being Oxford's largest market), including most mandatory vaccination, masking requirements and distance restrictions. During the quarter, Oxford saw a transition back to in-person tutoring for many locations. March, 2022, was the strongest March in Oxford's history and is the third strongest month ever on the basis of system sales.
Mr. Mikes: Mr. Mikes reported that SSSG, for Mr. Mikes restaurants in the royalty pool was 24.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2022 compared with the first quarter of 2021, which included stores that were temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Q1 2022, Diversified Royalty granted royalty and management fee relief to Mr. Mikes in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, collecting 67 per cent of the contractual royalty amounts. In addition, in March, 2022, Mr. Mikes made a one-time payment of approximately $550,000 to Diversified Royalty and its subsidiary MRM Royalties LP representing partial payment of deferred contractual royalty fees and accrued management fees, which has been recognized as revenue upon collection.
Most Mr. Mikes locations are in British Columbia and Alberta. In March, 2022, some B.C.-government-mandated COVID restrictions were lifted, including masking requirements in public indoor settings; however, the proof of vaccination requirements for restaurants remained in place until early April, 2022. In Alberta, the proof of vaccination program ended earlier in 2022, and the mask mandate was lifted on March 1, 2022, as part of the government's easing of COVID-19 restrictions. As such, the management team at Mr. Mikes expects a measured return of system sales toward prepandemic levels.
Diversified Royalty is in discussions with Mr. Mikes and its lender regarding additional royalty and management fee relief for Mr. Mikes, which Diversified Royalty expects may be required until such time as all government restrictions impacting the operation of Mr. Mikes restaurants are lifted and the business stabilizes
Nurse Next Door: The royalty entitlement to Diversified Royalty from Nurse Next Door was $1.3-million in Q1 2022. The Diversified Royalty royalty entitlement from Nurse Next Door grows at a fixed rate of 2.0 per cent per annum during the term of the licence, with the most recent increase effective Oct. 1, 2021. In Q1 2022, Nurse Next Door signed 16 new franchises primarily in major metropolitan markets (three in Canada, 11 in the United States and two in Australia). Nurse Next Door continues to make its fixed royalty payment to Diversified Royalty in full, which Diversified Royalty expects will continue.
First quarter commentary
Sean Morrison, president and chief executive officer of Diversified Royalty, stated: "We are very encouraged with the strong start to 2022. Mr. Lube, our largest royalty partner, produced continued robust results, generating SSSG of 16.3 per cent for the period ended March 31, 2022. The outlook for Mr. Lube remains strong with tire and minor maintenance services continuing to drive growth. Oxford Learning had its third best month in its history (based on system sales) in March, 2022, while dealing with COVID-19 spacing restrictions in Ontario up to March 21. These strong results are indicative of the pent-up demand for tutoring services and Oxford's strong outlook now that core COVID-19 restrictions in Ontario have been removed. With the recent removal of COVID-19 vaccine passports mandates in Alberta (February, 2022) and in B.C. (early April, 2022), Mr. Mikes is positioned to continue its recovery towards pre-COVID sales levels. Air Miles has stabilized, and Sutton and Nurse Next Door continue to make their fixed-growth royalty payments."
Distributable cash and dividends declared
In Q1 2022, distributable cash increased to $7.2-million (5.87 cents per share), from $5.9-million (4.85 cents per share) in Q1 2021. The increase in distributable cash was primarily due to higher adjusted revenue (including the one-time payment of approximately $550,000 made by Mr. Mikes to Diversified Royalty and its subsidiary MRM Royalties noted herein) partially offset by higher current tax expense, salaries and benefits, and interest expense. The increase in distributable cash per share was primarily due to the increase in distributable cash, partially offset by a higher weighted average number of common shares outstanding.
In Q1 2022, the payout ratio was 93.6 per cent, a decrease when compared with the payout ratio in Q1 2021 of 103.1 per cent. The decrease was primarily due to higher distributable cash, partially offset by higher dividends declared per share.
Net income for Q1 2022 was $6.2-million, compared with net income of $4.1-million in Q1 2021. The increase in net income was primarily due to higher adjusted revenues, and a higher fair value gain on financial instruments partially offset by an increase in tax expense and salaries and benefits.
Diversified is a multiroyalty corporation, engaged in the business of acquiring top-line royalties from well-managed multilocation businesses and franchisors in North America. The company's objective is to acquire predictable, growing royalty streams from a diverse group of multilocation businesses and franchisors.
Diversified currently owns the Mr. Lube, Air Miles, Sutton, Mr. Mikes, Nurse Next Door and Oxford Learning Centres trademarks. Mr. Lube is the leading quick lube service business in Canada, with locations across Canada. Air Miles is Canada's largest coalition loyalty program with approximately two-thirds of Canadian households actively participating in the Air Miles program. Sutton is among the leading residential real estate brokerage franchisor businesses in Canada. Mr. Mikes currently operates casual steakhouse restaurants, primarily in Western Canadian communities. Nurse Next Door is one of North America's fastest-growing home care providers with locations across Canada and the United States as well as in Australia. Oxford Learning Centres is one of Canada's leading franchised supplemental education services in Canada and the United States.
Diversified intends to increase cash flow per share by making accretive royalty purchases and through the growth of purchased royalties. The company expects to pay a predictable and stable dividend to shareholders and increase the dividend as cash flow per share increases allow.


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Eulalia Esperanza Llufriu Esteva (Ciutadella de Menorca, 21 de gener de 1964) és una empresària i política menorquina, diputada al parlament de les Illes Balears en la VIII legislatura.

Ha estat administradora de diverses empreses del sector mecànic i nàutic. Militant del Partit Popular de Menorca, fou escollida regidora de l'ajuntament de Ciutadella de Menorca a les eleccions municipals espanyoles de 1999 i 2003. Fou escollida diputada a les eleccions al Parlament de les Illes Balears de 2011. De 2011 a 2015 ha estat Secretària Primera de la Mesa del Parlament Balear, secretària de la Comissió de Reglament i de la de Medi ambient i turisme.

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Diputats menorquins al Parlament Balear
Polítics ciutadellencs

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