they keep reinventing the wheel.
You launch a course, you put in so much blood, sweat, and tears… You get customers for it, you get feedback… And then you move on and create a whole second course!
I know because I've been that business owner, and in the past I've tried to keep feeding my creative beast by creating new courses and programs… instead of taking a more profitable route: selling courses to companies instead of individuals.
It sounds counterintuitive, but spending less time creating content can earn you more money.
The key to good business growth is being able to leverage what you already have.
[Checklist] Is Your Membership Site Ready To Sell training To Companies?
1. Make a list of companies that would benefit from your training courses.
So here's the point: you need to become more profitable with the courses you already have. Without adding more.
…or maybe there's a third option.
Sell your courses to corporate teams and start earning more per sale.
By offering your existing courses to a new clientele – one that will purchase multiple course licenses in a single sale – you position your business for an entirely new level of growth.
The most successful online training courses have already hit on this opportunity – and are enjoying the results.
Repositioning your existing online courses to use for selling as corporate training tools opens up new growth opportunity on so many levels.
Compare the effects of making a single sale. When selling as training to a corporate company with ten team members, the revenue of this sale is ten times greater than with one-off, individual sales.
The change is transformational: instead of trying to achieve a large volume of single-client sales to meet your income goals, you only need a few to really make a big dent in your income goals.
When you have the right positioning to focus on making big sales instead of smaller ones, it's much easier to make (and reach) accurate goals.
For example, you might need 1,000 individual sales to reach your revenue goals… requiring your sales team to focus more on ways to reach a large volume of potential clients. Depending on your industry (and competition), this may not be feasible year after year.
It's a less daunting and more efficient way to project and attain your revenue needs.
All marketing efforts find their success in a focused, calculated message.
But when you decide to license out your membership site to teams, you focus on a niche within your niche. The smaller your target clients, the easier it can be to identify the decision-making benefits and pain points they have.
The personal trainer who works 1-1 with clients in the gym.
The trainer who markets himself out to training Olympic teams?
Their training methods and mentality might be the exact same… but positioning yourself a little higher on the playing field is a great way to keep building your brand's reputation.
When you leverage this new positioning, you may be pleasantly surprised at some of the big players in your niche who would love to work with you.
Although not every online course or membership site can be packaged and sold to corporate teams, most can with just a little bit of work.
The good news is that it's often not the content itself that needs to be tweaked – but the management side of things.
Is it easy to share the material with their team members? Does each person get a unique login? Can the team leader control access – or delete someone if they leave the company?
If your course is focused on corporate training, many team leaders would love to see how their company users are actually progressing through the course.
Are they completing course material? Do they understand it?
Providing the right statistics and user tracking is a game-changer for your corporate clients.
Fun fact: the same Mark Wayshak mentioned earlier specified that the ability to offer quizzes inside his online courses was the turning point in his ability to market and sell to corporate clients.
A client might start off with a basic 5-person membership subscription… but after realizing how amazing your content is, they want to add more team members.
Giving them flexibility to do this automatically (i.e. without having to put in a phone call to your customer support) is a huge bonus to busy clients who don't have a ton of time to spare during the workday.
Using the above method of licensing your membership site/online course material to teams means that you can automatically tag them in your marketing automation system as "team clients".
Everything from unique funnels and resources become much easier to manage and grow.
Speaking of those funnels… coming up with the best way to advertise a training course for companies might follow a similar online marketing funnel as selling to individuals… with a few tweaks.
Who are the big fish in your industry – the ones that you're dying to have as testimonials to use on your site?
Do your research and make a note of who you want to approach… and why you picked them. The additional "why" should add enough context for you and your sales team to tailor your sales pitch.
Huffington Post … because our editorial training can improve X, Y, Z in their process and give them an edge on their competitors.
Work with your copywriter, marketing strategist, and anyone else on your team to come up with the right angle and pitch for the initial outreach email campaign.
This should be primarily designed to explain the benefits of your offer and get you in touch with the decision maker for purchasing training.
How much are the sales worth to your business? If you're approaching big enough clients, it may be worth worth going beyond the basic merge fields to personalize outreach email content.
Systemize this and make it an easy process to duplicate or even automate for ongoing outreach efforts.
Businesses don't want to hear fancy language or promises. They want to see results.
Always showcase other companies who have benefitted from your training in the form of powerful, numbers-based testimonials.
This is a key difference between selling to individuals and smaller businesses and selling to larger corporations.
With a smaller business, testimonials like "My team LOVED working with Sarah, and we noticed such a difference in our sales confidence after taking her course" are just fine.
I repeat: BE VERY AGGRESSIVE.
Following up with corporate clients is a bit different than your individual or one-off sales.
There's a lot more noise out there that you have to be heard above.
Keep in mind that being aggressive does not mean that you toss out the human element. It's a tough balance for the best of copywriters, but you have to be personable, likeable, and persistent enough to make a hard sale.
Big sales make more sales.
Each and every time you close a big sale marketing training to corporate teams, your customer retention team has to step it up and ensure that the experience for them is positive and impactful from start to finish.
But the testimonial that you receive from a single client – if they're big enough – can influence a dozen other decision-makers to also buy from you.
The final piece of the puzzle is extremely practical: making sure you have the technology in place to deliver on your promises.
It's kind of amazing, and for the longest time it was hard to license your courses and provide the right user experience for a corporation or group of participants.
AccessAlly offers easy licensing options for when you start selling your online courses to corporate clients and teams. Essentially, this works the same as a regular membership subscription… except with a team "manager" who can add (or delete) team members under the account.
Available user stats include quiz results, how far they've gotten in a course, the last time they visited the site, and even questions or notes from each member.
Embarking on the venture of learning how to sell training courses to companies – instead of one-off sales – is a huge shift. And granted, it's not one that every business can or should make.
But if you're looking for new ways to grow and mature as a company, now might be a good time to learn how to sell training to companies – and quadruple your revenue.
Brilliant article Maria. Can't wait to see what I can do with teams. Is the team aspect part of the Pro version or an additional upgrade?
Hi Sarah! The Teams functionality is part of AccessAlly Essentials, but if you opt for AccessAlly Pro you get all of the additional progress tracking and quizzing added too. :) No extra upgrades needed!


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Blind Guardian - Twilight Orchestra: Legacy of the Dark Lands
Genre: Symphonic/Orchestral - 2019-11-10 12:00
Released under the moniker Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestra, exactly how to go about approaching Legacy of the Dark Lands is a thing of mystery. It is the fruition of Blind Guardian's age old dream to produce a symphonic album set to a full orchestra, and oft voiced idea since some twenty years ago with the success of Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1999). Even the label seems uncertain how to approach the project, being as how it's been marketed as would a regular Blind Guardian release when it's anything but. The biggest game changer – and one that will be the deal breaker for many hardcore fans – is the exclusion of most traditional metal elements; gone are Frederik Ehmke's bombastic double bass beats and André Olbrich's furious guitar harmonies. All replaced by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, and joined by Hansi Kürsch's operatic baritone.
The only two members of the band present are in fact Kürsch and Olbrich; the former obviously handling the vocals, and the latter arrangements. Thing is, these guys are no beginners and this most certainly is not their first dance. Legacy of the Dark Lands is a well crafted work of art. The melodies, progressive structuring and vocal harmonies are so undeniably Blind Guardian that any fan should find some familiar footing. A lot of the stuff here wouldn't be amiss on a regular Blind Guardian release; the ominous Harvester of Souls or heavy sounding single This Storm could be tossed into Beyond the Red Mirror (2015) without feeling misplaced. Kürsch, always a master of his trade, gives some of his best performances ever and is the guiding star on the album; daemoniac, deep and growly at parts, heavenly and epic in the overdubbed choruses. As a tie in to a fantasy novel released around the same time - Markus Heitz's The Dark Lands - which is an entirely new story, this isn't the easiest task in the world, but in all likelihood rewarding for those prepared to venture there.
If ones interest in Blind Guardian is strictly with the speed metal days of yore - or if one is strictly a metal fan and nothing else - then Legacy of the Dark Lands is likely to float exactly zero boats. Fans of the more symphonic elements of the band's music however, will find that much more. Given the ambition, structure and theme, the obvious comparison point would be Nightfall in Middle-Earth, but in truth the album has more in common with the band's latter day releases in terms of the musical style; they've already included many orchestral and symphonic elements - beyond the traditional keyboards - on albums like At the Edge of Time (2010) and Beyond the Red Mirror. Meticulous and powerful in its own right, the album proves very much the versatility of their art, and how their style transcends genres. But it is also an extensive album that will require the listener to immerse themselves into the mythos and the music. Obviously, Legacy of the Dark Lands isn't easy listening; you need to submerge yourself to appreciate it in full, and for so many - myself included - the lack of metal elements will make the album suitable for an occasional taste rather than overindulgence.
Standout tracks: War Feeds War, Harvester of Souls, This Storm
Lyrikvideo: Blind Guardian - Point of No Return
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DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Either-side passing fine in 3 lanes
January 11, 2020 at 9:09 a.m.
Dear Mahatma: Arkansas is now blessed with six lanes between Conway and North Little Rock. Unfortunately, a few drivers believe they should spread out and assure that all lanes are used at the same speed. When will signs announce and troopers enforce that inside lanes are for passing only? Some people apparently think the third lane was built just for them. -- Backa Da Line.
Dear Back: We were fixin' to get outraged on your behalf, but then remembered that the admonition to get over into right lane to let faster traffic pass does not apply to interstate highways with six lanes, or three in each direction.
In such a circumstance, drivers may pass on either side. Enforcement would not apply. Neither would those yellow signs regarding the matter be placed on Interstate 40 where there are three lanes in each direction.
As for drivers who seem to work in tandem, three abreast, let's hope they remember that it's not their job to restrict the flow of traffic.
Their job is to drive courteously and safely.
Dear Mahatma: I have called ArDOT and the city of Little Rock multiple times regarding the inoperable lighting in the vicinity of Interstate 30 and its junction with Interstate 630, particularly southward past Roosevelt Road. ArDOT says it's Little Rock's responsibility; Little Rock says the reverse. My 0600 commute is in complete darkness. In the rain and fog, it's dark and dangerous. Fix the bulbs, the wires, the programming, or whatever it takes, please. Also, turn on your headlights, people! -- Bryan
Dear Bryan: The way it works with highway lighting is that the Arkansas Department of Transportation buildeth, and municipalities maintaineth. It's been this way since memory runneth to the contrary.
Having confirmed this with ArDot, we further learned via Bill Henry, the city's chief traffic dude, that the lighting problem is being worked on, and the problem is rats chewing on the wires.
In Young Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein put it this way: "A filthy, slimy rat!"
Dear Mahatma: I have to take a test to acquire a commercial driver's license to drive a small commercial truck but I can buy a 40-foot camper almost as large as a tractor-trailer rig and not have to take any kind of test. I know some older people that have very large campers and they are all over the road most of the time. When I say older I don't mean I am young. I am 79. -- Phillip
Dear Phillip: State law requires a CDL to drive a vehicle greater than 26,000 pounds. We did some "investigative reporting" and discovered that some RVs are that big and bigger. Our thought was: Holy cow!
But a CDL indicates commercial activity. An RV is made for personal, recreational use, and not for hire. Presumably, anyway.
The hope here is that new RV owners get some practice before hitting, pun intended, the road.
Vanity plate: LUVWINS.
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Q: How to make an iPhone web app only available to certain iPhones im making an iPhone web app but only certain people need access to it. whats the best way to make it secure without having to get people to login every time they open it.
could i do something like http://www.domain.com/iphone/index.php?a=1234&b=5678 but make longer strings to make it more secure then on the index.php page get it to check that they all equal the right string?
like: if($_GET["a"] == '1234' and $_GET["b"] == '5678' { echo 'blah' } ...etc etc.
or is there a way to check serial numbers or MAC addresses of the iPhone?

A: You could do a ip whitelist?
Or make them login once, and save a persistent cookie with a session id.

A: The only way to make a web app available on certain iPhones is to distribute it as ad-hoc. You could use Phonegap which is just html/css/js.
-> http://phonegap.com/

A: You can use client side ssl certificates to authenticate the device on your web server. testflight is doing that, for example.

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JoJo Siwa Reveals She and Her Entire Family Have Recovered From "Dreaded" Coronavirus
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JoJo Siwa is opening up about her experience with the coronavirus.
In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, the former Dance Moms star shared that her whole family contracted the virus, with her the last one to test positive.
"I did end up getting it, the big, dreaded COVID-19. It got through my whole family," JoJo explained. "We had headaches, we were tired, we had shortness of breath, we had all the things. All my family actually lost their taste and smell, but all have it back. But I never did."
She added, "Everyone who gets this virus, it's gonna affect them differently. We were all, like, three days apart."
JoJo isn't the only celebrity who shared they recently tested positive for COVID-19. Earlier in November, Larsa Pippen shared she was battling coronavirus, while rapper Bad Bunny had to sit out of the 2020 American Music Awards due to testing positive.
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San Diego, CA– Volunteers of America Southwest (VOASW), a nonprofit, faith-based organization with a mission to change the lives of vulnerable individuals by providing services and tools to improve their quality of life, is celebrating 123 years of service during the month of April.
Each year, Volunteers of America Southwest serves more than 8,000 individuals, children, and families in the areas of education, behavioral health, and housing. Its programs offer assistance in San Diego County, Imperial County and Southern California's Inland Empire. It helps homeless veterans with disabilities achieve self-reliance, help men and women to return to their families clean and sober, care for elders and those struggling with mental health challenges, and support the futures of our community's children through education and overall family well-being.
As the organization moves forward, it has many important opportunities. Its' schools are expanding use of technology in the classroom to facilitate better learning opportunities for students and greater access and involvement for parents. This is especially crucial for low-income families. Its' new Resource & Recovery Center is still expanding services offered to include more group-centered and family-centered approach to the later stages of addiction recovery and community re-entry. Volunteers of America Southwest is also upgrading its Hawley Veterans Services Center to help facilitate veteran transition back to normal life.
Supporters have helped to co-create thousands of life-changing success stories. Volunteers of America Southwest encourages you to unite in its' effort. As little as $35 can feed a senior for a week. A donation of $100 can fund a month of case management services for three seniors. $250 can pay a month of rent for a senior. Please visit www.voadonate.org and help the organization transform lives from vulnerable to vibrant.
Volunteers of America is one of the nation's largest and most comprehensive human service organizations, touching the lives of almost two million people each year in hundreds of communities across the nation. Volunteers of America is a national nonprofit, faith-based religious service organization founded in 1896 as a church by social reformers, Ballington and Maud Booth. Its mission is to inspire hope through its ministry of service by providing individuals and families with tools to improve their quality of life. It is committed to assuring a safe, healthy, and productive community where families are strengthened, people live with dignity, and human potential is realized.
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Find A Cheap Scarf And Bad Hair Days Are Gone!
Find a cheap scarf here!
Looking for new ways to glam-up your style? Consider a cheap scarf! But why pay a fortune when you can find a cheap scarf, available for under $10.00 to add flair to your hair!
How you choose to wear a scarf can either add a splash of girlie-glam or a classy sophistication to your look. A colorful scarf adds a playful touch and when paired with sunglasses and earrings it makes a statement. A scarf is the perfect way to dress up your hairstyle!
You can wear a scarf literally with any outfit and there are more than 50 ways to tie a scarf, from casual earthy looks to femme fatale! Nicole Ritchie creates a boho style above with a multi-colored, textured, scarf. Basically you only need to pair up the color(s) of your scarf and how you choose to tie it, to create a distinctive look.
The beauty of a scarf is its diversity and you don't need to break your budget for this hair accessory . . . you can find a cheap scarf for under $10 at a number of places, including your local garage sales. Square scarf, rectangular scarf, silk scarf, chiffon scarf, textured scarf . . . here are a few looks you can create with a scarf and the directions on how to tie different styles. You can also find a cheap head scarf at local department stores like Target, Wal-Mart or T.J. Max. Or online at forever21.com.
Here is a great instructional video.
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Wow, those looks are incredibly chic and stylish… definitely not the way my mom always wore her scarf. Thanks so much: I'm off on vacation tomorrow and I'll definitely pick up a couple of scarves to hide my beach hair!
Who says scarves need to be just for winter? I love using accessories several different ways. My favorite idea is to take a long necklace and wrap it around your wrist as a bracelet.


First of all, it is important to understand that getting pregnant without having a vasectomy surgically reversed is very rare, but not unheard of. In fact, getting pregnant after a vasectomy is rarer than getting pregnant after having your tubes tied.
However, if you want to have a better chance of getting pregnant after a vasectomy, you might want to consider having a vasectomy reversal. Some women do end up getting pregnant by "chance" after their guy's vasectomy, but there is no way to tell who that will be, it is just a game of chance as to which vasectomies "fail" and which ones "stick".
Vasectomy reversals are basically a surgery to reattach the tubes that allow a man to impregnate a woman. Around sixty percent of vasectomy reversals are successful, meaning 3 out of 5 men go on to impregnate a woman after a reversal.
It usually takes around a year from the time of the reversal for a woman to become pregnant, but that is only an average, and everyone's experiences are different. Vasectomy reversal is also relatively low risk, and usually just uncomfortable rather than painful for the man.
However, you should definitely be aware that vasectomy reversal is a very expensive procedure. The average cost is between $3000 to $5000 and it is often not covered by insurance. So make sure you're certain of your future plans when planning that vasectomy in the first place.
There is also another option for getting pregnant after vasectomy, and that is sperm retrieval combined with in vitro fertilization. You should be aware, however that this method is even more expensive than a vasectomy reversal.
Basically, the bottom line is to be very sure if you want to get a vasectomy, because having children after that can be difficult, not to mention expensive. Also, keep in mind that the more time passes between the vasectomy and the reversal or the desire to have children, the less likely it is to happen.


Sports and science go together like Beast Mode and Skittles. Throws, collisions, sprints, and kicks are all dependent on the Laws of Physics.
The Big Bang Theory sitcom is so successful, if you Google "Big Bang Theory" It precedes the actual creation of the Universe.
And constantly merges science with his other love: sports.
A 50-yard field goal in MetLife stadium will deflect nearly 1/2 inch due to Earth's rotation — meet the Coriolis force.
At 200mph, a nice @NASCAR speed, it'd take 1200hrs (50days) to drive to the Moon. And drivers would never need to turn left.
I like stuff like this. I think a lot of other folks do too. All too often we accuse academics of being lofty holier-than-thous who refuse to come down to the public's level. And all too often that accusation has merit.
That's why things like Sports Science are so entertaining and useful; they take purportedly high-minded concepts and apply them to fun, real-world examples.
Rhett Allain over at Wired does this better than anyone. He has a great piece up right now that adds to his bevy of fun ruminations on pop-culture science. His new article is a guide to understanding the Super Bowl by way of physics. Allain tackles subjects such as collision force, gravity's effect on a field goal attempt, and (wearily) Deflategate/Ballghazi. For example, did you know that it's easier to kick a field goal in Denver due to the rarified Mile High air? Physics!


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Mercer sets out to further understand the drivers of female advancement and identify concrete steps organizations can take to change or improve their trajectories. The result is a holistic look at the future of women in the workforce — from the headwinds impeding progress, to the system accelerators that provide great hope for sustained improvement.
Understanding the underlying forces driving women's representation in corporate leadership in Latin America.
Latin American women have made significant progress over the last three decades, increasing their labor force participation and receiving more university degrees than their male counterparts. A full 64% of the organizations surveyed by Mercer understand the business imperative behind gender diversity, yet progress is stagnating and women continue to be underrepresented across industries.
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Candace Bushnell on dating, sex and mid-life mischief after Sex And The City
Sex And The City creator Candace Bushnell talks to Hannah Stephenson about dating dilemmas in middle age – and how she found her Mr Big.
Sex And The City creator Candace Bushnell is back – and admits she's older, wiser, but still young enough to enjoy, well, sex and the city.
Yet just a few years ago, the writer found herself divorced in middle age, so she took herself off to the countryside for four years and became celibate for a while.
"It wasn't like, 'Oh, I'm not going to have sex'," she says, sighing at the word 'celibate'. "It was circumstances and wanting to focus on other things rather than looking for a sexual partner, which requires a bit of effort."
Bushnell, 60, has now written about her experiences since her divorce – including her move to the countryside and return to New York and how the dating culture has changed since the days of Sex And The City – in her latest memoir, Is There Still Sex In The City?
This is what #IsThereStillSexintheCity is really about: Friendship. Duff, my best friend from when I was a kid came to see me @rjjulia! I feel so blessed to have girlfriends who have been there for me for fifty years! If you feel the same way tag a friend and share the Is There Still Sex journey. Check out my website www.candacebushnell.com for tour info 😎 #writersofinstagram #bookstagram #booktour #friendship #girlfriends #sexandthecity
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It takes a witty, sometimes acerbic look at society's attitude towards women as they reach middle age, covering sex, looks, dating and partnerships, based on her own experiences and those of her friends.
The book has been picked up for a new US TV series, which Bushnell will be producing, focusing on a group of women in their 50s and 60s navigating their love lives in New York City, with a completely different cast.
This is not your mother's middle-age! 😎 Find out more in Is There Still Sex in the City 📖 #bookstagram #writersofinstagram #IsThereStillSex #sexandthecity #august2019 @groveatlantic
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There are hilarious passages about the techniques older women use to enhance their sex lives – including the Mona Lisa treatment (a vaginal restorative therapy) – as well as the ever-increasing lengths they will go to to stay young, from boob jobs to excruciatingly expensive face creams (Bushnell herself spent $4,000 on face cream in one sitting, she reveals).
If the dress fits … I'm sure lots of you have experienced this in middle age – all of a sudden nothing fits. It's a good metaphor for the bumpy passage I call MAM when you feel like your own life doesn't quite fit. The great news? It's only temporary. Believe in yourself, keep doing you, and you'll once again find that it all fits together. #IsThereStillSexintheCity #writersofinstagram #books @hamptonsmag @roland_mouret for @neimanmarcus #fashion
The age dynamic of partnerships has also shifted, she says, with younger men chasing older women. "These are women who are not looking for younger men."
She recalls the hilarious scrapes her friends get into with younger men, talks about 'cubbing' (younger men pursuing older women) and 'catnips' (nice, sensible older women who are pursued by cubs), as well as the 'cub pounce' (which is self-explanatory).
'It's a whole new world out there when it comes to middle-aged mating. Take the cubbing phenomena. Cubs are young men in their twenties or early thirties, who are on the prowl for older, sensible women. I call them catnip's. They're Mrs. Robinson's in reverse.' #istherestillsexinthecity #sexandthecity #sex #nyc #bookstagram #writersofinstagram @groveatlantic #august #summer #books #authorsofinstagram #fun #friyay
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The fact women look younger than they used to and that middle age comes in your 50s rather than your 40s has had an effect, she reckons, although not so much with men of her age.
"Some young men have grown up on the idea that the older woman is sexy, which is a very different message to what young men were getting 40 years ago.
"Older men in their 50s or even 60s don't think a woman in her 50s is a potential candidate. That mentality is just ingrained."
Bushnell herself experimented with the dating app Tinder after her divorce and spoke to women who had been on it.
"When I went on Tinder, it was all guys in their 20s and 30s, not looking to get married but looking for an adventure. The chances are that older women aren't looking to get married either. For women it really can be a way to get back in the saddle."
And sometimes I get up in the morning and do this: working on #presidentsday #happymonday #bahamas #lyfordcay #mondaymotivation #writersofinstagram #books #bookstagram #istherestillsex
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Tinder, she says, turned out to be exactly what the young women she interviewed warned her it would be.
"I interviewed a group of women in their 20s who were really down on Tinder and who told me all kinds of things, like the men don't call back, they don't show up, they can have mental health issues, drug issues, all kinds of things.
"I met a guy in his early-30s who I thought was very nice, attractive, and I thought, 'This proves that you can meet great guys on Tinder'.
"He asked me to go to the theatre, I went, he never showed up. Then he sent me a text saying he took drugs and ended up in the hospital. So he turned out to be exactly what the young women had warned me about.
"The reality is that all of these apps are created by men for a male advantage," she continues. "Tinder really plays into the most simplistic aspects of a personality, so you get a lot of people who go on it and get hooked."
The internet has changed the whole framework of dating, she agrees, largely removing initial physical contact.
"Dating changes because of technology and mobility. Technology has taken away a lot of face-to-face interaction. People text instead of talking on the phone. Before that, people were talking on the phone instead of meeting up in person.
"We have all kinds of social media to keep up with friends, whereas at one time, keeping up with friends meant physically in some way you had to be there.
"That's true of dating now. It takes away the possibility of randomness, the possibility of meeting someone. In New York in the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties, everybody was out and there wasn't a lot of technology competing for people's time."
She has reservations about liaisons with relative strangers.
"People are really opening themselves up and giving themselves access to random strangers, people who often have very different values, so there's a lot of disappointment."
What would her advice be for middle-aged women who are looking for love?
"At this point, what helps in having a proper relationship is having a proper life. This is not a time when a man's going to come along and rescue you. When you are younger, you have that thought, 'Maybe Mr Big's going to come along and that's going to work'. That's probably not going to happen.
"You've got to make your own life before you find somebody else. People in their 50s and 60s are not looking for a lot of drama. There are so many other things that one has to handle."
Bushnell, though, has found love. She met her partner, millionaire property developer Jim Coleman, who she refers to as MNB (My New Boyfriend) in the book, through mutual friends – but they don't live together as they both have properties in and outside of the city.
A beautiful #thanksgiving Made Jim's mother a German Chocolate cake complete with yummy coconut pecan frosting and Pepper helped!
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"We've done the whole 'let's live together' but I always ended up schlepping back to my place. Unless we are going to completely review our real estate, it's easier if I stay at his and he stays at mine. We go on dates. The excitement is still there.
"We are kind of in the same crowd. Jim is friends with Chris Noth who plays Mr Big – that's how we met.
"It's great because we see a lot of the same people and we both like to travel. He's a terrific guy. He's sensible, he's very considerate, he often thinks about me. He's a bit of a Jewish mother!"
While she has so far refrained from having the Mona Lisa treatment to boost her own love life, she says: "My sex life is important to me. That's the bottom line of the Mona Lisa. It's really easy to make fun of women who want to maintain these things, but a good sex life is healthy."
Will she marry again?
Candace Bushnell in New York (AnnaMaguire/PA)
"I don't know. I suppose I could, or not. He's never been married and I don't know if he ever will be, but I don't have that expectation.
"The one thing about being in a relationship at this age is that there's no goal. When you're younger, you're pushing, you've got to take the next step, you've got to get married and have kids. Now, there's no pressure to take the next step. If it's working, you're lucky."
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Is There Still Sex In The City? by Candace Bushnell is published by Little, Brown, priced £16.99. Available now.
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Only one more state needs to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Will it be Virginia?
By: Ned Oliver - July 25, 2018 6:14 am
A 1979 demonstration in support of the Equal Rights Amendment in Florida. (State Library and Archives of Florida)
In May, Illinois became the 37th state to sign off on the federal Equal Rights Amendment, leaving the decades-long effort to guarantee men and women equal stature in the U.S. Constitution just one state shy of ratification.
Now advocates are looking to Virginia as the most likely candidate to tip the effort over the edge.
"It just seems like we're poised to push it through this next session," said Kati Hornung, a leader of VAratifyERA, a group that plans to roll out a renewed state-wide ratification campaign next month. She cited increased momentum following Illinois' vote, a Republican chief patron for the legislation in the Virginia state Senate and efforts to address objections raised by opponents in years past.
The amendment was first proposed 95 years ago. Advocates say it remains important even as women have gained other important legal protections because women are still vulnerable in the federal judicial system, where, for instance, allegations of sexual discrimination are held to a lesser standard than allegations of racial discrimination.
But the measure has not fared well historically in the General Assembly, where Republican leaders have said they support equal rights for women but cited technical concerns that the Congressional deadline for ratification expired in 1982. The amendment's supporters argue that Congress has the power to extend or eliminate the deadline and that it should not be a barrier to the measure's consideration.
The chair of the Senate Rules Committee, Sen. Ryan T. McDougle, R-Hanover, told a packed hearing room during this year's session that an official at the National Archives and Records Administration has informed him that the "the ERA is a 'failed amendment' and therefore improper for the General Assembly to vote on it," according to The Washington Post.
The measure died in the committee on a 9-5 vote.
Since then, supporters have confirmed that the National Archives and Records Administration has not taken such a position.
"The Archivist of the United States has not taken such a stance and has never issued an opinion on this matter either officially or unofficially," said the agency's director of communications, James Pritchett, in a statement.
McDougle did not respond to a phone call seeking comment.
This year, advocates are also encouraging Republican supporters to play a more prominent role in the debate.
Among them is Sen. Glen Sturtevant, R-Richmond, who has agreed to shepherd the legislation through the Senate during the next session as its lead patron. He's also hosting a screening of "Iron Jawed Angels," a film following Alice Paul and other suffragists as they pushed for the right to vote.
"I'm hopeful that it will have a broader base of bipartisan support," Sturtevant said. "It is truly one of the most common sense good things that we can and should do and that should be enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. It's in the Virginia Constitution. It's in the Code of Virginia. But it's something that is not truly fully protected unless it's in the U.S. Constitution."
In past years, Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax, has carried the Senate version of the bill. Like Sturtevant, he says he's hopeful for passage in the coming session.
"I think there's going to be tremendous pressure," he said. "There's going to be national interest. I've already had people from around the country calling me asking what needs to happen to get Virginia over the line.
"I think the issue is going to become a lot bigger than which committee it should be heard by or whether it should technically be ratified. If nobody's noticed, women are pretty pissed off right now."

Only one more state needs to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Will it be Virginia?

by Ned Oliver, Virginia Mercury
July 25, 2018

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When the Sirens Are Gone
by Harry Kollatz Jr.
After a couple dozen house fires and dealing with their aftermath and consequences, Richmond firefighter Jesse Baust wanted to do something about the plight of families left devastated.
"You run into a burning building, you put that fire out," Baust says, "and you come out to see the
homeowner on the curb in tears. Everything is lost."
Sometimes owners are of limited means and are left with few choices for resuming their lives. "When an accidental fire happens, they have nothing but the shirt on their back. Let them start fresh."
In late 2011, he began forming the idea for what became Fighting More Than Fire. As a third-generation firefighter, Baust knew about putting out blazes but not as much about what happened after the trucks pulled away.
He spoke with fire insurance investigators and discussed possibilities with his wife, Lauren, a teacher. He enlisted the help of neighbor Sandy Appleman whose financial, business development and urban planning experience — in addition to serving on the board for the nonprofit To The Bottom And Back bus — fit the vision.
"I just happen to like filling out all that compliance paperwork that a nonprofit has to go through," Appleman says. "And I enjoy serving in the community. This is another way of doing that."
Board member Kyle Bradley, whose background is in construction and development, provided nitty-gritty details. Fighting More Than Fire came to life as a nonprofit in April 2012. The mission: to rebuild lives and restore dreams of those forced out of their homes by fire.
"It'll be a kind of 'extreme makeover' for a house," Baust says. "Tear everything out of it and start over."
But this — and also providing a scholarship for firefighters' children — requires money, at least $150,000 to start.
A golf tournament is slated for June 10 at the Federal Club, and a Tough Man-esque competition is being planned, among other fundraising events. For more details, visit fightingmorethanfire.org . —


Start the Year's Last Day Off Right — Brunch at Communal!
The last day of the year deserves to be a great one so jump down to old town Provo and join us for brunch at Communal. The message we just got from Chef while he's conjuring up some chef voodoo has our mouth watering. Here's what's in store for the brunch crowd. Hope to see you there!
Communal for New Year's Eve!
This just in from Communal executive chef Justin Soelberg — an invitation to deliciousness on New Year's Eve! Justin has created a menu worthy of this final Mayan year.
Bring in the New Year P712 Style!
I have gone with a set menu this year, but different than those in the past. This year's will be three courses, plus a few surprises. Guests will have options for all courses, perhaps four or so. The main course will be a pizza, as we are the Pizzeria. We will feature new menu items as well as some all-stars making a come back.
Reservations are recommended though not required. Enjoy our P712 New Year's Eve 2011 Bash for $33 per person.
Merry Christmas from all of us at Heirloom Restaurant Group! Like you, we are joyfully preparing for marvelous celebrations with our loved ones. We hope you have a most peaceful Christmas!
Pizzeria 712 and Communal will both be closed all day on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Monday, 12/26. We will resume our normal hours Tuesday, 12/27. LOVE!
Hey, word on the street is there is an ongoing poll by Salt Lake Magazine to determine who loves whom! If you'd like to give us something sweet for Christmas, take a moment to vote for your favorite Heirloom joint!
No pressure … vote your conscience and Season's Eatings to all!
Our thanks and much appreciation to Ted Scheffler for taking the time to experience not one, but two, meals with us at Communal. Take a look at his review, make your reservation for brunch or drop in and grab a spot and meet some new friends at our communal table.
We're also hearing rumors of apple pie ala Damien but cannot confirm or deny anything. Have a marvelous weekend and we'd love to be a small part of what you put together.
Heirloom Cafeteria Co. Loves Mona Vie!
A business focused on health strives to provide it's associates with onsite eating options that reflect that same vision of care and quality. Mona Vie is just such a company. Heirloom Restaurant Group's Cafeteria Co. was established to support local businesses in their efforts to improve the quality of everyday life in our community.
We have very much enjoyed the past year and a half operating the employee cafe at Mona Vie in South Jordan, Utah. Our partnerships with Mona Vie, and now Vivint, are founded on and strengthened by a vision we share with both of these local businesses.
Build community in partnership with companies that value their employees and recognize a place of work is another home.
Provide nourishment through delicious, fresh and locally sustainable foods to energize people in body and mind.
Create common ground in places where people gather to develop relationships and generate new ideas.
We hope to continue serving our community at work and at play for many years to come.
An Heirloom Instructional Dinner for the Holidays!
We were very pleased to have Jenny Eckton of formerlyphread in attendance at November's instructional dinner. Check out what she had to say about her experience and don't wait to reserve your spot for December's dinner which is just a few days away.
Sprouting Love at Pizzeria 712!
Looking for a new and delicious twist on the brussel sprout? We love the fresh, new approach Taylor Mason has taken with these pretty green pearls. People may be reluctant to order a brussel sprout dish as they are often sadly overcooked, leaving the sprouts limp, with a slightly bitter taste. We know you won't be sorry when you stop in to Pizzeria 712 soon and let us rekindle or awaken your love of these beautiful sweet babies!
A most Happy Birthday to you Joseph, from your family, friends and crazed super fans! We've proclaimed today, December the 5th, Heirloom Restaurant Group's McRae Day! Don't you think it has a nice ring? We do.


Starting his career in the RAAF, Dave has worked and flown in several countries and spent ten years in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. He has extensive flying experience in high altitude operations, long ling, fire bombing, military and peace keeping operations. During his time at Rotor-Lift Dave has received several commendations for rescues conducted in Tasmania.
Directly responsible to CASA for all aircrew flight and duty/operational planning and regulatory requirements.
Peter is a very experienced IFR Instructor with over 8,000 hours in helicopters and holds an Air Transport Pilot License for helicopters. He has been flying helicopters for 35 years throughout Australia and overseas. Peter started to fly helicopters in the Australian Army and in 1980 he gained acceptance into the RAF (UK) Central Flying School. He has flown extensively throughout Australia, as well as China, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, UK and Germany. Peter has had experience in most types of helicopter operations including; Military, EMS, SAR, Fire Fighting, Police, Offshore and Gas, Tourism and Training. As a CASA Authorised Testing Officer (ATO), Peter has testing delegations for FIR, CIR, CPIR, NVFR, CPL, PPL & GFPT.
Peter has held senior positions in industry, including Director of Training for Australian Aerospace (Eurocopter) and General Manager of Helicorp and Aviation Services for Toll Holdings.
Manage the day to day operations of the Advanced Flying Academy.
CASA delegate for Instrument Flying Training and Testing.
Oversight of instructional standards and course outcomes.
Develop current and future business opportunities for the Advanced Flying Academy.
Manage the Registered Training Organisation (RTO) for Rotor-Lift Aviation.
Rod has a Commercial Pilot Licence with Grade 1 Flight Instructor Rating and is also a CASA Approved Testing Officer (ATO) for all grades of Instrument Ratings.


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Gurevich Yevgeny
Born in 1977, a U.S. citizen.
Former general director of ZAO MGN Group, a businessman who has business experience in management consulting, commercial and investment banking and asset management. Evgeny founded MGN Group in 2008. In April 2009, Evgeny was elected a member of the Board of Directors of OAO "International airport" Manas ", the largest company in Kirgizia providing air services, and OAO "Electric stations", a state monopolist of electricity production.
Prior to founding MGN Group, Mr. Gurevich created and managed several successful businesses. In 2001-2007 he was president and a founding member of the North American company Virage Consulting Ltd., providing management consulting primarily in emerging markets. He also co-founded several well-known investment funds managing assets worth over 200 million. Evgeny also launched a number of new businesses of high technologies. One of his last projects was the company Adotube Inc, which he supported by attracting financing on several stages.
Evgeny Gurevich held a bachelor in Business Administration from the University of California in Berkeley (Haas School of Business).
Sources: Mgncapital.com, who.ca-news.org
Gurevich's name was most often mentioned in the media in connection with the colossal fraud scandal. The Rome court issued a warrant for his arrest in March of this year. It is assumed that Gurevich has been involved in fraud due to which 2.7 billion dollars had been illegally transferred from the departments of Internet providers Telecom Italia Sparkle and Fastweb SpA in the period of 2003 and 2006.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle on 07/03/2010
In the case of fraud the Italian prosecutors issued arrest warrants for a total of 56 people. The statement implied that Fastweb and Telecom Italia Sparkle had been providing telecommunication services for fictitious companies, that had funds deposited on their accounts which were not supposed to be involved in the transaction by the law on VAT. Fictitious companies had been set up in the UK, Switzerland, Panama, Luxembourgor for purchasing services. Italian partners of Gurevich allegedly used bogus receipts for telephony services, so that they could require of the Italian authorities a payment of more than $ 400 million in a form of VAT through the so-called "carousel fraud" . It is assumed that Gurevich used his international contacts and financial expertise to help launder illicit profits.
Source: Vedomosti on 25/02/2010
The indictment of Gurevich states that he transferred and laundered huge sums of money through a number of companies. It was reported that Gurevich had opened a bank account in Vienna to launder money from the two companies - Planetarium Srl and Global Phone Network Srl.
In 2003-2007 Calabrian faction ndrangeta was implicated in financial fraud by Gurevich. Scheme of the fraud was as follows: money from abroad was transferred to the accounts of Fastweb and Telecom Italia Sparkle under the guise of payment for their services. These companies deducted a part of the amount as premiums and transferred the balance on the accounts of front companies, which in turn did the same thing and transferred money on the accounts of other fictitious companies. Prosecutor's office in Rome believed that the leadership of Fastweb and Telecom Italia Sparkle was aware of those operations. The Head of the Board of Fastweb Silvio Skalia was placed to the remand cell in frameworks of this case.
Source: Kommersant Ukraine # 54 from 10.03.2010
An international scandal involving Gurevich highlighted some of the activities of "AsiaUniversalBank"; Gurevich was member of the board of directors there from 2006 to 2009, and also cast suspicion of financial fraud. Head of the bank Michael Nadel turned it into the largest commercial facility of the Republic in a few years. Along with Gurevich there were former Senators of the U.S. Congress in the Board of Directors - Bob Dole and Jay Bennet Johnston. It turned out that Dole had been involved in the bank's activities nonrandomly: in 2008, Gurevich made a donation to the unsuccessful campaign of his wife Elizabeth Dole. Russia also became interested in the bank's activities - "AsiaUniversalBank" led large cash transactions with Russian banks. Central Investigation Department of the Moscow police carried out searches in the two companies associated with the largest Kyrgyz "AUB" in the frameworks of investigation on questionable financial transactions. The main Bank of Russia appealed to the banks working with AUB with estimation that behind its financial transactions payment of gray imports was concealed. However, Nadel said that neither the tax police, nor prosecutors, nor the National Security Service of Kirgizia had any claims against the bank's activities.
Source: www.centrasia.ru
Gurevich also denied in his statements on the Internet that he had laundered money through "AUB", as well as a revision of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic and the international detective agency Kroll Associates had not confirmed that.
One of the accomplices of Gurevich was Gennaro Mokbel, who used his relations in the Calabrian mafia ndrangeta in order to vote Gurevich into the Senate.
The Italian press claimed that the criminal group had established friendly relations with the officers of the secret service, police and political leaders.
Mokbelya implied in intercepted telephone conversations that he had connections with the leadership of MIB, the British domestic intelligence service.
Prior to issue warrants for Gurevich's arrest being the head of the financial group MGN, he had become a leading international consultant under the leadership of Kirgizia. The company won the tender of the Development Fund of the Kyrgyz Republic as a financial advisor managing its assets. Under the management of Gurevich the government ofKurmanbek Bakiyev passed over $ 300 million loan from Russia.
Source: the Ferghana.ru on 09/03/2010
When the news of the arrest warrant of Gurevich appeared, Development Fund disowned of Gurevich and announced the termination of the contract with the company MGN. Kirghiz authorities said they had not used the services of companies involved in financial fraud. However, as announced, the official reason for terminating the contract appeared to be the fact that since the conclusion of the contract they had not used the services of the company as risk management policies had been reviewed, and they had been solving all the issues by themselves. However, that was quite doubtful, as it was known that the Development Fund was in trust of the Central Agency for Development, Investment and Innovation ("TsARIII"), headed by President Bakiyev's son - Maksim Bakiyev. Gurevich was the personal financial advisor to Bakiyev family, helped them to establish control over the most profitable sectors of the economy.
In general, journalists assumed that the Maxim Bakiev together with MNG actually had made a financial seizure of the country. He did not manage to get to Russia's loan just because of the problems of Gurevich.
Source: Around the news "on 01/09/2009
The youngest son of President Bakiyev - Maxim and his friends from MGN Group actually carried out the seizure of financial Kirgizia. After Bakiev entered the office of President of the country in 2005, the holding MGN Group had gained new opportunities for the business, the top managers of MGN joined the boards of directors of a number of strategic enterprises of the republic, such as the international airport "Manas", "Kirgiztelecom", "Severelektro" , Kirgizgaz. In January 2009, a subsidiary of the holding MGN Asset Management won the competition for the asset management of shareholding companies of the Social Fund of Kirgizia. After that, no business in the country was possible to establish without substantial kickbacks and personal approval of Maxim Bakiyev. The company MGN also acted as an adviser to the Government on privatization of AO "Severelektro" and "Kirgiztelecom", the results of which caused a scandal in the Kirgiz society.
As soon as Gurevich was accused of financial mismanagement, the loan from Russia had become the core asset of the Development Fund; and that was a sore point for the authorities of Kirgizia. Prime Minister of Kirgizia Daniyar Usenov said in the official statement that the government had no relevance to the holding of Gurevich.
Source: www.dw-world.de on 17/03/2010
Director of the Development Fund Igor Chudinov said that Gurevich and his company had not appropriated Russia's credit. He said the current Cabinet had no relation to MGN Group. It sounded strange considering the fact that the company managed all the assets of the Development Fund. Those attempts by Chudinov to justify were caused by the fact that the prospect for Bishkek to obtain the remaining part of the loan from Russia then seemed hazy.
Source: www.madein.kg on 18/03/2010
In response to the charges against him, Gurevich placed the statement in the media; then he categorically denied all the accusations, and drew attention to the fact that the charges were unrelated to his activities in the company MGN Group in Kirgizia, as they referred to the period of time when the company did not even exist. He noted that protection of his business reputation from accusations took a lot of time and effort, so he was forced to resign from all the management positions, including the post of general director in MGN Group, which he resigned on March 1, 2010.
Source: UZINFORM on 11/03/2010


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I'm agreeing with Alex that a nuclear reactor of some time, at least in the initial stages of the mission, is the most feasible idea with our technology. Perhaps fusion will be online by then. I doubt it will be compact enough for us to use.
What about LENR? Let's ignore the controversy for now over whether Rossi is a charlatan or not, since others are working on this technology and it looks to be close to becoming a reality anyway. Does anyone know the expected energy output of such a device, and how much resources it would require to fuel a lifetime long mission? Might it be more or less reliable than nuclear?
Cold fusion (LENR) has zero repeatable evidence and no accepted theoretical framework among physicists.
I would love to see some good peer-reviewed papers supporting the viability of the technology, and if you have some, please share.
Yeah, I freely admit not having the suitable knowledge of nuclear physics to defend it with any authority. My understanding about the processes that have been researched lately is that "fusion" is actually a misnomer, and that cold fusion is not what is actually happening (leading to attempted re-branding as LANR or CANR), but it's got that label now and it's gonna stick.
Aside from the sketchy Rossi device, Brillouin http://brillouinenergy.com/ seems like the most promising rival. Supposedly they have sold a working device and regional rights to a Korean developer, though I don't know that it's been independently verified.
My layman's impression is that the detractors and supporters alike tend to be equally irrationally zealous about their positions, but that there is realistic potential in the tech.
I'm interested and open to the possibility, and I love to see new research. I'm just waiting for peer reviewed evidence, because that's how science works. Just because someone has a hypothesis and funding does not mean they will get results.
A rectenna is a rectifying antenna, a special type of antenna that is used to convert microwave energy into direct current electricity.The rectenna was invented in 1964 and patented in 1969 in USA.
And Now, New invention 'harvests' electricity from background radiation and could be used to beam power to remote locations. If you talk about efficiency, Engineers at Duke University have designed a breakthrough gadget that 'harvests' background microwave radiation and converts it into electricity, with the same efficiency as solar panels.
Radiation mitigation may also be achieved this way.
Concentrating on a single thing results in high efficiency and results.
Idea of Cold fusion is not Bad, However new discoveries may be done in the future.
Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have now proven that it's possible to power engines instead with a cheap, convenient supply of fuel: seawater.
Scientists have spent nearly a decade laboring to turn the ocean into fuel. The breakthrough, demonstrated in a proof-of-concept test, was made possible by a specialized catalytic converter that transforms carbon dioxide and hydrogen from seawater into a liquid hydrocarbon fuel.
It is Latest News. If that is True, Electricity and Energy can be produced through the underneath Ocean of the Europa.
Right now Nasa is steadfast in their pursuit of Mars. They are working on converting garbage into energy. I think these ideas can help in the spacecraft. Also, any advantage which can be acquired from the biosphere 2 experiment?
I can see where the radiation breakthrough above will help power the basic electronics, but I do not see they would have the efficiency to power something like a drill or transporting tons of material through space or on the surface of the Moon.
Also, any advantage which can be acquired from the biosphere 2 experiment?
Probably we can take advice from what did not work.
1. It is hard for amateurs to run a highly technical project.
2. Biological systems are complex and they are hard to control and to predict what will happen with them.
4. Growing your own food takes a lot of time and energy.


Beleaguered dairy farmers in Northern Ireland want the Prime Minister to help resolve their "worst crisis in living memory".
The Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) is seeking an urgent meeting with David Cameron to discuss the devastating impact of falling milk prices.
Chris Osborne, UFU senior policy officer, told Stormont's agriculture committee: "We feel that the situation is that severe, David Cameron needs to be considering this as well.
Around 200 farmers in a convoy of tractors picketed Parliament Buildings where MLAs convened an emergency meeting of the agriculture scrutiny committee.
They claim the continued decline in milk prices means production costs can no longer be met.
Farmers get an average of 19 pence for every litre of milk compared to the 26 pence they received around 18 months ago.
They have called for the European Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan to review the "outdated" intervention price which was set at 16 pence in 2003.
Farmers will go out of business if the EU Commission does not act, union representatives have claimed.
Mr Osborne said milk prices in Northern Ireland were the seventh worst in Europe, behind Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and a number of the Balkan states.
He added: "I have been in this job since 2009 and this is the third crisis we have faced.
The committee was also told that farmers in Northern Ireland have been suffering losses for longer than their counterparts in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.
The Russian trade ban, a reduced demand for powdered products in China and an unfavourable exchange rate were highlighted as major causes of the problems.
Agriculture Minister Michelle O'Neill was also called to give evidence to the committee.
She said the UK Environment Secretary Liz Truss has failed to fully grasp the gravity of the local situation.
The minister also described the response from Europe as "unacceptable" and called for farmers, unions, MLAs, MPs and MEPs to collectively pressurise the commission.
"The solution to the crisis cannot be found at a local level," Ms O'Neill said. "What we need is a concerted effort by all the players.
Meanwhile, DUP MLA William Irwin appealed for representatives to exploit the hardship which was now expanding across the continent.


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