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Move Over, Southfork
A house with nineteen bathrooms may sound excessive, but to Theodore B. Shanbaum it was home. For $2.75 million, it can be yours.
By Alison Cook
Oversized yet comfy, the Shanbaum house is a treasury of sixties Americana.
It's not so much the $2.75 million price tag that has Dallas real estate circles twittering about the Shanbaum house on Inwood Road. And it's not that the flagstone ranch house looks radically different from any number of lumbering, low-slung mansions in this megabucks neighborhood. What nobody can get over is the size of the place. At more than 28,000 square feet it could be the biggest house in Texas, large enough to condo into twenty 1400-square-foot units. My entire forties bungalow would fit into the largest of the Shanbaums' three living rooms.
More astounding still, Casa Shanbaum flies smack in the face of the traditional American nuclear-family dwelling. It's really two enormous houses connected by a set of sliding glass doors. Make that two and a half houses. The second wing, started four years after the original 1964 wing, contains a complete upstairs apartment. Along with the three kitchens and three dining rooms and nine bedrooms and two dens and kids' playroom and barbershop and sauna and exercise room and massage room and office suite and his-and-hers dressing rooms and countless closets and outdoor pool and cabanas (you practically have to pack along a lunch if you plan to see it all), the purchaser will get a heated indoor pool enclosed by a two-story atrium. That'll put him one up on neighbor Ross Perot, who has no indoor pool to call his own. Neither can Perot boast such a battalion of bathrooms. They number either sixteen and a half (according to the official Ellen Terry Realtors brochure) or nineteen (according to Ted Shanbaum, who begat the residence).
Now, some people, contemplating the Shanbaum abode, might ask, "Why?" Theodore B. Shanbaum, who hit Dallas during the Depression with $300 in his pocket and parlayed it into the nineteen-state Lee Optical empire, asked, "Why not?" Shanbaum grew up on the fourth floor of a Chicago tenement in company with parents, five siblings, and five other families. There was one bathroom for the whole floor, and according to the ebullient, talkative Shanbaum, "There was always a line." One day he felt sick. His mother administered a dose of castor oil. When nature called, Shanbaum ran to the washroom, only to find it occupied. His mother marched him out to the stoop, pulled down his trousers, and indicated the back yard four stories below. Later, Shanbaum resolved that if he was ever in a position to build his own home, "there would be a washroom within five feet no matter where I sat in that house."
Ted got his washrooms and a lot more besides. What he wrought on Inwood was nothing less than the house the Jock Ewing should have lived in: a fiesta of fabrics, a circus of surfaces, a whopping aggregation of sixties and seventies artifacts. It's an unpretentious place that the goat-cheese-and-Architectural-Digest crowd would never go for, but the house has an innocent exuberance; it expresses the old-fashioned Texas ideal of comfort and expansiveness rather than sophistication. The color scheme runs to lime greens, blues, aquas, golds, and lots of sensible browns. In accordance with that deepest of erstwhile-poor-boy impulses, there is seldom one of anything where two will do—two costly Sub-Zero refrigerators in each kitchen, two ovens, two dishwashers, two garbage disposals in two sinks. There have been as many as 27 television sets on the premises.
As for those multiple living quarters that Dallasites love to speculate about, Shanbaum—who built wing number two over the protests of his immediate family—explains, "We always had big families on both sides, so when there were parties or marriages or bar mitzvahs, they all would stay with us instead of having to stay in a hotel." He says he wanted to be able to provide a home for his three sisters and his father, should they ever want to live with him. It didn't work out that way. The Shanbaums often used all that space to play host to the Dallas Jewish community; during the Yom Kippur War in 1973, says Ted, they raised $8 million from 150 people at one Sunday breakfast. Then there were the three Shanbaum children. Whether they were busy at Hockaday, St. Mark's, Wellesley, Colorado, or Wesleyan, Shanbaum figured "they'd always come home because they had the pleasures of the house. There was no need to go to a nightclub or a resort." On any given weekend, there might be ten kids staying overnight. Shanbaum's daughter and son-in-law lived briefly in the second wing while waiting for their own house to be built. But the extended family that Shanbaum envisioned on Inwood Road did not come to pass as any student of American culture could have predicted. Now the Shanbaums have scattered, and the house is on the block. "It breaks my heart not to be in a position to keep it," Ted says. "That house smiled. I even planned the doors big enough so when I died, we could have the services there." In the fifteen months the house has been listed with real estate agent Betty Godwin, there have been nibbles from an Iranian and a Thai (both from cultures where extended-family compounds are more the norm than they are in Dallas). A film production company made inquiries. "It will take a very special buyer," understates Godwin, who is currently touting the house as a "corporate retreat."
Should that special someone fail to show, perhaps Dallas might want to float a bond issue to establish the house as a museum of the sixties and seventies—just about the only era remaining unpillaged by collectors and connoisseurs. Of course, the place will lose some of its resonance without the hundreds of Shanbaum family photographs—a capsule history of fashion and hairstyles in those decades. Still, the first Jacuzzi that was ever built into an indoor swimming pool in Dallas is on the premises, along with furniture, fixtures, gadgetry, and objets d'art that embrace the entire design vocabulary of the period. If any of our descendants ever want to see real cypress, Formica, smoked mirror glass, birch, oak, metallic wallpaper, parquet, cedar, Arizona flagstone, faux bamboo, bronze mirror, gold tile, walnut, linoleum, and marble, why, there it will be. Dallas, the ball's in your court.
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The team of Great Britain is very much on song to beat the all-time record for Olympic medals at Rio Olympics after officially touching the best overseas Games tally with a haul of 50.
Another shower of medals in sporting events on Day 11 would eventually mean that Great Britain has overtakenthe Beijing tally of 47 medals, and with five days of action still to go, a lot more medals are still expected to come Great Britain's way. They are continuing to maintain their good run in Olympic games and hence expectations from great Britain are on a high. By the time, the Rio event comes to an end, Great Britain will be having a lot in their hand as per the expectation and prediction.
As per the predictions, the team of Great Britain was probable to overtake their last performance of the London 2012 tally of 65 medals, and is already ahead of where it was four years ago i.e in London Olympics. After the 11th Day in the home Games, London Olympics 2012, the country's total tally of medals was 48.
50-up – and more importantly for the standings, 19 golds – puts Britain ahead of China despite having a fraction of the population. This is a huge achievement for the Great Britain team and their lovers.
As a matter of fact, if all the swimming medals were subtracted, Great Britain would be having more gold than the mighty US – and would have topped the medals table.
Day 11 witnessed Laura Trott win gold, sailor Giles Scott take gold, cyclists Rebecca James and Katy Marchant grab silver and bronze respectively in the women's sprint, and gymnasts Amy Tinkler and Nile Wilson lay their hands on bronze. It eventually turned out to be a really happy day for the Great Britain and their fans and it came with the happy news of medals of all three colours in plenty.
Boxer Josh Buatsi's lose in his light-heavyweight semi-final officially earned him a bronze medal, which was Britain's 48th of this Olympic Games.
Minutes after Buatsi's medal was finalized, cyclist Jason Kenny won in the men's Keirin to take Team GB's tally of gold medals to 19 in Rio, which equals the number of medals they won in Beijing.
Later on, diver Jack Laugher grabbed silver in the 3m individual springboard to the gold he won with Chris Mears in the synchronized event, and brought up Team GB's half century of medals at Rio Olympics.
The target for the entire Rio games was 48. But the the team of Great Britain is well on course to win a handful of many more.
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When it comes to curling up with a bowl of something warm and satisfying, you really can't beat pasta. It tops practically every "comfort foods" listicle out there: It's incredibly versatile and can easily be made healthier without sacrificing flavor. Don't believe us? We'll prove it.
The secret to this cream-free cream sauce? Cauliflower! Puréed with milk, garlic, and olive oil, it gives this whole-wheat pasta bake an extra serving of veggies. A hefty sprinkling of Gruyere on top makes sure that no cheesy flavor is sacrificed.
Think of this as the pasta version of a tuna melt. This fish is sautéed in a light pink sauce of puréed tomatoes and milk (no cream necessary), with plenty of mozzarella for that necessary bubbly, cheesy topping.
Blanketed in a nutmeg-spiced butternut squash and peppered with sage-speckled breadcrumbs, this is the quintessential fall pasta. It's the perfect way to satisfy a mac and cheese craving while keeping things nutritious.
Who needs butter, cream, milk, or cheese when you can get the same Alfredo-like results with just one ingredient: sunflower seeds. The tiny but healthy fat- and vitamin E-packed powerhouses give this bake a fantastically nutty flavor that pairs perfectly with the roasted Brussels sprouts.
Sometimes a nip in the air calls for a stick-to-your-ribs meal. This one fits the bill, with sausage, mozzarella, and Parmesan teaming up for a hearty dinner that takes just 15 minutes of prep before the oven does the rest of the work for you. Go for lean meat and part-skim cheese if you're looking for healthier swaps.
You may not think that something with "three-cheese" in its title could ever be made healthy, but when those cheeses involve lower-fat Neufchatel (or cream cheese), 2% mozzarella, and just two tablespoons of Parmesan, it can be done. Increase the fiber count by using multigrain penne and plenty of spinach, and this dish can easily become part of your usual dinner rotation.
This bake fits right into the season of pumpkin-spiced everything, except it relies on pure pumpkin instead of artificial flavorings—win! The beta carotene-rich veggie is stirred with tofu and chopped kale to become a delicious nondairy filling for the pasta shells.
Who needs dairy when you've got creaminess from the puréed squash, tons of garlic flavor, and depth from the caramelized onions and white wine? It does take a while to make (most risotti do), but a good chunk of the cooking time is spent in the oven, meaning you're not stuck at the stovetop, stirring constantly.
You don't even need to boil the orzo beforehand for this bake—just sauté the dry pasta in some spices before putting it in the oven, where it'll actually cook. Topped with chicken pieces and juicy cherry tomatoes, it's a well-balanced, insanely tasty one-pot meal.
Whoever said that fish and cheese don't go together needs a big ol' helping of this recipe. Not only does it take just 35 minutes and nix the cream that's usually poured by the cupful into gratins, but the seafood and white sauce mixture tastes like something out of a fancy French restaurant. Far from mismatched, the combo is meant to be.
Take eggplants out of the Parmesan rut and use them as the base for easy vegetarian meatballs. Mixed with egg yolks, cheese, and breadcrumbs, they're a wholesome way to make a simple meal of spaghetti and jarred marinara sauce a bit more exciting.
If you're always looking for outside-the-box flavor combos, this recipe is a must-try. Figs and onions are caramelized in coconut sugar; spiralized zucchini allows for more volume without going overboard on the carbs; and roasted walnuts add healthy fats plus a nice, crunchy contrast to the melt-in-your-mouth fruits and veggies. Did we mention it's ready in less than 30 minutes?
It may have been meant as a side dish, but we'd say this recipe is filling enough for a quick-fix meatless main. With only four main ingredients—most of them pantry items like canned pumpkin and dry pasta—it's what you make when you're short on time and groceries but refuse to give in to takeout.
If you haven't used broccoli rabe much before, this is the recipe to introduce the vitamin A-rich veggie into your kitchen. It's swirled into pasta, topped with cheese, and bacon is involved. What's not to love?
With cream cheese, grated Parmesan, and plenty of chicken, this is the ultimate bowl of pasta to curl up with on a chilly evening. There are a few healthy tweaks, like whole-wheat pasta and the addition of spinach to give it some more fiber, but really, this one's got "treat yo-self" written all over it.
In most carbonaras, you'll find at least three egg yolks and no shortage of pancetta. This vegetarian version skips the bacon entirely, slashes the yolk count down to one, and is still as tasty as ever, proving that a few quality ingredients can go a long way when it comes to making rich recipes healthier.
Vegan pastas can often fall short in the protein department. Not this one! Quick-cooking red lentils are a unique way to give this recipe some more staying power. Sautéd in a garlicky tomato purée, they make the sauce taste like a plant-based Bolognese.
Olive oil is a good fat, but this traditional Sicilian pasta usually requires the eggplant to be soaked in it—not quite so healthy. This recipe cuts down the oil to just 1/4 cup, which turns out to be more than enough for the veggies to become tender and keep the sauce from drying out.
Skip that finicky assembly process of baked lasagna with this "deconstructed" stovetop version, which requires no pre-boiling and no layering; short-cut pasta cooks right in the sausage and tomato sauce, with big dollops of ricotta melting on top. It also takes just 30 minutes from start to finish—no waiting impatiently by the oven.
Crab may be an unusual ingredient in a pasta sauce, but there ain't nothing fishy about this Bolognese. Flavored with fennel, basil, and lemon, this single-serving recipe shows you that there's no reason not to eat well just because you're eating solo.
Roasted butternut squash and soft goat cheese. Crispy strips of bacon and crunchy pecan pieces. Caramelized onions and sage. Need we say more?


Mexican blindcat, Prietella phreatophila, described in 1954 from a cave system near the town of Múzquiz in central Coahuila state, and considered a Mexican endemic, was listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a foreign endangered species (protected "wherever found") in 1970. Explorations in the 1990s discovered many new localities extending nearly to the international border, and in 2016 the species was discovered in Amistad National Recreation Area (ANRA) in Texas, just north of the international border near Del Rio. Not only does the discovery support the aquifer of this fish being an internationally shared resource, but the stygobitic invertebrate biota found with the fish indicates a potentially large extent of the aquifer, and thus possibly the fish, in Texas. Invertebrate faunal connections (historic or current) extend from the Amistad Lake area of the new occurrence west into the Trans-Pecos region and east into the Edwards Aquifer of central Texas. We explore implications of this for both water management and evolutionary history of this and other blind ictalurids, and suggest that population genetic studies of both stygobitic fishes and invertebrates could help hydrogeologists better define often difficult to map aquifer extents and interconnections. While NPS is continuing to support the cave explorations of ANRA that produced the Texas discovery, we propose a broader bi-national sampling effort for both the fish and invertebrates extending well beyond the current known distribution of P. phreatophila. We also pointed out questions about phylogenetic relatedness of P. phreatophila and P. lundbergi further south, as well as the possibility of a monophyletic clade of blindcats, including those of the Edwards Aquifer, Satan and Trogloglanis. If substantiated, that evolutionary history would imply broader historic inter-aquifer connections ranging from the San Antonio area as far south as southernmost Tamaulipas. Finally, we report establishment of a small captive population of Prietella phreatophila at San Antonio Zoo for research and possibly eventual conservation applications.
Paper presented July 15, 2017 at the annual Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in Austin, Texas, USA (http://conferences.k-state.edu/JMIH-Austin-2017/). The oral presentation of this content mentioned questions about the taxonomy and phylogenetic position of Prietella lundbergi and the only specimens attributed to P. lundbergi apart from the holotype. Since the presentation, we obtained high resolution CT scans of both the holotype and a specimen (TNHC 25767) from Cueva del Nacimiento del Río Frio, not far north of the type locality. The anatomy revealed in those CT scans suggests that these specimens represent a single species, and that P. lundbergi is only remotely related to Prietella phreatophila, which would be consistent with results of Wilcox, T.P., F.J. Garcı́a de León, Dean A. Hendrickson, and D.M. Hillis. 2004. "Convergence among Cave Catfishes: Long-Branch Attraction and a Bayesian Relative Rates Test." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31 (3): 1101–13. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2003.11.006). Thus, further research is in progress by Hendrickson, Lundberg, Luckenbill and Arce that may result in taxonomic revision removing P. lundbergi from Prietella.


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Q: JSON.NET use empty string when data is not available I'm querying the Google Books API, and I'm parsing the books into a custom object like this:
foreach (JToken item in items)
{
    try
    {
        FoundBookViewModel viewModel = new FoundBookViewModel
        {
            Title = item.SelectToken("volumeInfo.title").ToString(),
            Isbn13 = item.SelectToken("volumeInfo.industryIdentifiers[1].identifier").ToString(),
            Authors = item.SelectToken("volumeInfo.authors").Select(x => x.ToString()).ToList().Aggregate((i, j) => i + ", " + j),
            Pages = item.SelectToken("volumeInfo.pageCount").ToString(),
            ImageUri = item.SelectToken("volumeInfo.imageLinks.smallThumbnail").ToString()
        };

        newList.Add(viewModel);
    }
    catch (Exception)
    {
        newList.Add(new FoundBookViewModel());
    }
}

However, sometimes not all data is available. Sometimes there is no 'pageCount', sometimes there is no 'ISBN13', etc. In those cases an exception is thrown at the ToString() part.
So what I want is this: when an exception is thrown for one of the properties, I just want it to be an empty string. But I don't know a clean way to accomplish this.
I tried multiple things:

*

*I wrapped the whole thing inside a try catch, but then I don't know what property was empty, so I can't 'fill' it with an empty string.

*I tried using safe casting ('as string') but that operation is not available on SelectToken().

*Couple of other things that didn't work anyway.

Of course I could put every operation inside its own try catch, but that will result in 5 try catch blocks in this situation, so that's not what I'm looking for.
Who knows a clean way to solve this? Btw. I choose to use LINQ to JSON instead of materializing it directly because the Google Books API doesn't neatly map to simple entities (the JSON contains lots of nesting).

A: If you don't want to throw exception - don't...
I.e. you can change item.SelectToken("volumeInfo.pageCount").ToString() into:
item.SelectToken("volumeInfo.pageCount") == null?
   String.Empty : item.SelectToken("volumeInfo.pageCount").ToString()

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Kozhikode District has four types of administrative hierarchies:
 Taluk and Village administration managed by the provincial government of Kerala
 Panchayath Administration managed by the local bodies
 Parliament Constituencies for the federal government of India
 Assembly Constituencies for the provincial government of Kerala

Legislative constituencies

 Balussery
 Beypore
 Elathur
 Koduvally
 Koyilandy
 Kozhikode North
 Kozhikode South
 Kunnamangalam
 Kuttiady
 Nadapuram
 Perambra
 Thiruvambady
 Vatakara

Villages in Kozhikode Taluk

 Kasaba
 Katchery
 Panniyankara
 Nagaram
 Feroke
 Ramanattukara
 Kadalundy
 Karuvanthuruthy
 Beypore
 Puthiyangadi
 Valayanad
 Cheruvannur
 Chevayue
 Nellicode
 Chelavoor
 Elathur
 Thalakulathur
 Vengeri
 Kakkodi
 Olavanna
 Chelannur
 Pantheerankavu
 Kunnamangalam
 Perumanna
 Peruvayal
 Kumaranellur
 Thazhecode
 Kakkur
 Nanminda
 Kakkad
 Chathamangalam
 Poolacode
 Kuruvattur
 Kodiyathur
 Mavoor
 Kuttikkattur
 Madavoor
 Kottuli
 Raroth

 Puthiyangadi, Valayanad and Cheruvannur

 *     Chevayur, Nellicode, Chelavoor and Elathur

 Thalakulathur, Vengeri, Kakkodi and Olavanna

 *     Chelannur, Pantheerankavu and Kunnamangalam

 *     Kakkur, Nanminda, Kakkad and Chathamangalam

Villages in Vatakara Taluk
      Azhiyur, Onchiyam and Chorodu
      Eramala, Villiappally and Kottappally
      Ayancherry, Thiruvallur and Maniyur
      Palayad, Nadakkuthazhe and Velom
      Chekkiad, Edacherry and Thuneri
      Nadapuram, Purameri and Kunnummal
      Narippatta, Kayakkodi and Kuttiady
      Kavilumpara, Maruthomkara and Valayam
      Vanimel, Vilangad and Tinur

Villages in Koyilandy Taluk

Koyilandy is the thaluk headquarters of 34 villages. They are: Arikkulam, Atholy, Avitanallur, Balussery, Chakkittapara, Changaroth, Chemancheri, Chempanode, Chengottukavu, Cheruvannur, Eravattur, Iringal, Kayanna, Keezhariyur, Koorachundu, Koothali, Kottur, Kozhukkallur, Menhaniam, Meppayur, Moodadi, Naduvannur, Nochad, Palery, Panangad, Panthalayani, Payyoli, Perambra, Sivapuram, Thikkodi, Thurayur, Ulliyeri, Unnikulam , Viyyur and Muchukunnu.

Villages in Thamarassery Taluk

There are 20 villages in Thamarassery Taluk. They are

     Koodaranji, Thiruvambady and Nellippoyil
     Koduvally, Puthur and Kizhakkoth
     Narikkuni, Raroth and Kedavoor
     Kodanchery, Puduppadi and Koodathai
     Kanthalad, Vavad and Eangapuzha
     Kinaloor, Panangad and Sivapuram

Kozhikode Parliament Constituency

Assembly segments
Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:
 Balusseri
 Koduvally
 Kozhikode North
 Kozhikode South
 Beypore
 Kunnamangalam
 Elathur

Members of Parliament
Madras
 1951: Achuthan Damodaran Menon, Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
 1957: K.P. Kutti Krishnan Nair, Indian National Congress

Kerala
 1962: C.H. Mohammed Koya, Indian Union Muslim League
 1967: Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait, Indian Union Muslim League
 1971: Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait, Indian Union Muslim League
 1977: V.A. Seyid Muhammad, Indian National Congress
 1980: E. K. Imbichi Bava, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
 1984: K.G. Adiyodi, Indian National Congress
 1989: K. Muraleedharan, Indian National Congress
 1991: K. Muraleedharan, Indian National Congress
 1996: M.P. Veerendra Kumar, Janata Dal
 1998: P. Sankaran, Indian National Congress
 1999: K. Muraleedharan, Indian National Congress
 2004: M.P. Veerendra Kumar, Janata Dal (Secular)
 2009: M. K. Raghavan, Indian National Congress
 2014: M. K. Raghavan, Indian National Congress

Indian general election, 2014
Veteran parliamentarian A. Vijayaraghavan will be the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate from Kozhikode constituency in the Lok Sabha Elections 2014. Sitting MP M. K. Raghavan will contest as the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate and C. K. Padmanabhan as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate.

Election results
Percentage Changes are based on numbers from the 1999 elections.

Vatakara Parliament Constituency
Vatakara (or Badagara) is a Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala.

Assembly segments
Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:
 Tellicherry
 kuthuparamba
 Vatakara
 Nadapuram
 Kuttiady
 Koyilandy
 Perambra

Members of Parliament
 1957: K.B. Menon, Praja Socialist Party
 1962: A.V. Raghavan, Independent
 1967: A. Sreedharan, Samyukta Socialist Party
 1971: K.P. Unnikrishnan, Indian National Congress
 1977: K.P. Unnikrishnan, Indian National Congress
 1980: K.P. Unnikrishnan, Indian National Congress (Urs)
 1984: K.P. Unnikrishnan, Indian Congress (Socialist)
 1989: K.P. Unnikrishnan, Indian Congress (Socialist)
 1991: K.P. Unnikrishnan, Indian Congress (Socialist)
 1996: O. Bharatan, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
 1998: A.K. Premajam, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
 1999: A.K. Premajam, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
 2004: P. Satheedevi, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
 2009: Mullappally Ramachandran, Indian National Congress
 2014: Mullappally Ramachandran, Indian National Congress

Indian general election, 2014
Mullappally Ramachandran, the incumbent, was the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate while A N Shamseer of the CPI(M)  contested as the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate in the Lok Sabha Elections 2014. VK Sajeevan was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and Ali Akbar was the candidate for the Aam Admi Party (AAP).

See also
 Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)
 List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
 Kozhikode (Lok Sabha constituency)
 Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency)

References

External links
 Election Commission of India

Politics of Kozhikode district

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We currently operate two Kuhn power harrows at varying widths, allowing us to choose the best width to efficiently cater to individual client's needs. Our power harrows are used to effectively break up the soil and evenly redistribute it over the entire working width. Best used after the plough or rotary hoe, the power harrow is perfect for secondary tillage to create the optimal seedbed.
Our PTO driven Breviglieri Rotary Hoe B200v300 allows both firm and preworked soil to be loosened and mixed, effectively breaking up the earth to create a seedbed which generally won't require anymore additional soil preparation before seeding, and can be used as an alternative to ploughing.
Our New Zealand designed and built, James Engineering, Soil Aerator is used to help overcome the compaction of soil, which results in excess moisture on pasture surfaces, shallow root systems, and restricted plant growth. The Aerator works the top 25cm of the soil, draining the pasture surface and increasing the work population and activity. Using the Soil Aerator before planting allows a seedbed and cropping base with increased potential for root growth, and in turn pasture growth, while retaining fertility on the pasture surface. The increased depth root structure also increases the crop's ability to maintain growth in dry weather conditions to suit your needs.
Our leveller is used after a paddock's initial cultivation to level and smooth out rough areas and create a better overall contour. This results in an easier worked field, and also helps to produce a more consistent seedbed.
Operating a Hooper '204' Series Cultivator allows our customers the option for a machine that effectively cultivates the seedbed, controls weeds, mulches ground stubble, levels the worked ground and breaks down heavy soil clumps to produce an excellent base for seeding.


The 2019 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has announced its 2019 lineup featuring Childish Gambino, Cardi B, Post Malone, the Lumineers and multiple sets from Phish.
The lineup was released Tuesday for the June 13-16 outdoor music festival held in Manchester, Tenn.
Other acts include Solange, the Grand Ole Opry, Gucci Mane, the Lonely Island, Hozier, Kacey Musgraves, Brandi Carlile, Juice WRLD, the Avett Brothers and Brockhampton.
Several DJs and electronic artists such as GRiZ, RL Grime, Odesza and Illenium are also playing the festival for its 18th year.
Bonnaroo has a history of booking legacy rock acts like U2, Elton John and Pearl Jam, and this year, jam band icons Phish will return to the stage for the first time since 2012 to perform two nights during the four-day festival.
Many people took to social media to discuss the 2019 Bonnaroo lineup.
Bonnaroo lineup has dropped and for the 3rd year in a row, I'm unimpressed. I'd literally only pay money to see Solange & and Childish Gambino.
Tickets for the music festival go on sale Thursday on the festival's website.


In response to the requirements of top pharmaceutical companies, CAM has designed the high-speed monobloc LR105 for labelling of vials, ampoules, carpules, and syringes.
CAM have recently supplied a RM/1, intermittent automatic packaging machine for wallet, with production speed up to 100 wallets per minute.
CAM has recently supplied a complete line for packing syrup into glass bottles, one of the most important pharmaceutical manufacturers in South Africa.
CAM line has been connected by direct link to the blowing filling and sealing machine packing unidose strips.
Cam widen their range of thermoforming machines with model nMXF for vials and ampoules.
Due to their vast experience in handling cardboard packaging materials and in collaboration with carton manufacturers, CAM have developed a simple, cheap and environmentally-friendly type of tray for ampoules.
Model nMX/S. nMX/S is a thermoforming machine for syringes with web mechanical transfer by means of 4 grippers and the cutting station that minimizes material scrap and assures considerable cost saving.
New mechanical positive inhaler assembly system with overload control and related machine stoppage.
WHY AQUABAG In any disaster area where normal water supplies are interrupted or cut off, Aquabag is the fast, economical method to supply drinking water where it is most needed.
Sachet packaging line, for pharmaceutical industry, to pack four side sealed sachets into carton fed in continuous web form, by an upstream sachets machine, working on 4 lanes.


Vimeo.com is a unique and widely popular video-sharing site. The site maintains a usual clean "web 2.0" CSS layout and is very simple looking from a U.I. standpoint. Vimeo was created by Connected Ventures, LLC based in Manhattan and Portland for the personal enjoyment and entertainment of the users. Vimeo came into existence in November 2004. Visitors can upload video to share with people and friends via a contact's list.


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Boca Insurance Agency Raises Profile With Indy Sponsorship
by Ali Kessler | May 28, 2018 | Insurance News
Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty, the Boca insurance agency that has been expanding aggressively, also worked this weekend to raise its profile by sponsoring Indianapolis 500 driver Takuma Sato.
The Boca insurance agency was an associate sponsor on the No. 30 Mi-Jack / Panasonic entry for 2017 Indianapolis 500 champion Takuma Sato for the 102nd Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.
"It's great to have Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc. join our team for the Indy 500," said Bobby Rahal, co-owner of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing with David Letterman and Michael Lanigan.
Seeman Holtz branding appeared on Sato's race car as well as on the sleeve of his race suit and in view on the in-car camera.
"We are excited to partner with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing to continue to expand our business, raise awareness of our services and deliver on consumer-focused strategies," said Marshal Seeman, President of Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty. "We have a history of connecting top professionals and their clients with leading insurance solutions. We look forward to building a long-term business with RLL and delivering on the services the team needs."
Seeman and Eric Holtz started Seeman Holtz in 1998, to help people with pre- and post-retirement planning. Since then, the Seeman Holtz family of company has expanded to include coverage for home, life, auto, boat, private client and business insurance. And it continues to expand through acquisitions.
The Boca insurance agency has been on a major expansion push. Earlier this month, Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty announced the acquisition of First Choice Insurance Agency of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. It was the latest in a series of acquisitions.
The company announced the acquisitions of 24 companies in 2017. This year, the company has continued that growth. The Boca insurance agency has announced the acquisitions of Xponent Employer Solutions of Scottsdale, Arizona; Fifth Avenue Healthcare Services of Tulsa; Missouri-based Tri-Star of Sikeston, Inc. DBA Self Insurance; the Federal Employee Insurance business of Federal Employee Services, LLC, of Edmond, Oklahoma; and Elton Porter Insurance Agency of Houston. Earlier this Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty announced it had acquired the book of business from Affiliated Insurance Managers, Inc., headquartered in Morgan City, Louisiana.


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Francesco Podesti, né le  à Ancône et décédé le  à Rome est un peintre italien considéré à la fois comme néoclassique et de la mouvance du Romantisme Historique.

Peintre très prolifique, il a réalisé de nombreux portraits de prélats, des sujets mythologiques et historiques, ainsi qu'un certain nombre de fresques à Ancône, au Vatican et dans les Eglises les plus importantes de Rome.

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Francesco Podesti est né le  à Ancône, d'une famille modeste. Il étudie à Pavie, il a treize ans, quand sa mère meurt, et seize quand son père meurt à son tour.

Il étudie par la suite à l'Accademia di San Luca (fondée par Federico Zuccari) à Rome, puis Francesco Podesti devient l'élève de Gaspare Landi et de Vincenzo Camuccini. Il est aidé financièrement par le sculpteur Antonio Canova, qui devient également son maître. Il y fait la connaissance de Jacques-Louis David avec lequel il partage sa vision de la Peinture.

Il peint pour la ville Ancône en 1824.

En 1826, il voyage à travers l'Italie.

Il retourne à Rome en 1835 et 1836 où il se spécialise dans la peinture de Fresques. Il devient membre de l'Accademia di San Luca en 1835.

Par la suite, il se spécialise dans les portraits de nobles et de cardinaux. Il peint également pour la Maison de Savoie, à Turin, il se marie avec Clotilde Cagiati avec qui il a 6 enfants.

Sa grande toile (385x510 cm) du Serment des Ancônitains fut récompensée à l'Exposition universelle de Londres de 1851 puis à l'Exposition universelle de Paris de 1855, et en 1856. L'œuvre lui vaudra une grande renommée et l'inscription parmi la ville patricienne

En 1855, il est chargé de peindre le hall de la basilique Sainte-Marie-Majeure au Vatican, travail qui dura 11 ans.

Sa femme meurt en 1865, il réalise à la suite de cela son unique sculpture pour sa tombe sur le Campo Verano. En 1870, Martyre de Saint-Sébastien puis Stamira, en 1877.

Francesco Podesti meurt à Rome en 1896.

Œuvres

 Etéocle et Polinice , 1824 (Pinacothèque Civique Francesco Podesti d'Ancône )
 Ritratto di Mariano Plomer (Pinacothèque Civique Francesco Podesti d'Ancône)
 Torquato Tasso déclamant la Jérusalem Libérée (Pinacothèque Civique Francesco Podesti d'Ancône )
 Il Serment des Ancônitains , env.1850, (Pinacothèque Civique Francesco Podesti d'Ancône )

 Portrait de Giuseppe Girometti , 1831, (Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna de Rome )
La Rencontre de Vénus et Galatée, 1854, (Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna de Rome)
Le Triomphe de Vénus (Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna de Rome)
 Portrait du cardinal Angelo Mai (Mairie de Bergamo)
 Les déclamateurs du Decameron (Musée civique Luigi Bailo de Trévise)
 Torquato Tasso à Ferrare (Brescia, Musée Civique d'Art et d'Histoire)
 Jugement de Salomon (Palais Royal de Turin )
 Leonard présentant l'idée du cénacle à Ludovic le More (Reggia di Caserta )
 Portraits des Marquis Busca , huile sur toile, 1825 (collection privée)
 Portrait de la poétesse Elizabeth Barrett Browning avec son petit-fils Robert (Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Palazzo Pitti , Florence)
Fresques en l'église du saint-Sacrement à Ancône.

 Fresque du Martyre de Saint Stéphane , 1851, (Basilique Saint-Paul-hors-les-Murs à Rome )
 Fresque du Martyre de Saint Sébastien , 1870 (Basilique San Maurizio à Imperia )
 Stamira incendiant les machines ennemies , 1877 (résidence civique de Bertinoro )
 Jésus-Christ en gloire avec San Faustino et Santa Giovita, 1844 (Duomo de Chiari )
 L'Olimpo, esquisse préparatoire pour une fresque (Pinacothèque civique de Fabriano )
 Chapelle de Santo Stefano dans la Basilique San Paolo fuori le Mura , Rome.
Le Hall de la Basilique Sainte Marie Majeure, Rome.
Fresques du Plafond de la salle de l'Immaculée, Musées du Vatican

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Naissance en mars 1800
Naissance à Ancône
Décès en février 1895
Décès à Rome
Peintre italien du XIXe siècle
Peintre fresquiste
Peintre portraitiste italien
Décès à 94 ans


We advocate for, educate and serve people whose lives have been touched by Spina Bifida.
Throughout the year, we like to celebrate all the good that is being done with some very special events and outings. Please check back often as we are always adding to our calendar!
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Disaster Management falls under the jurisdiction of the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Pathankot. The DC, as the head of the administration in Pathankot, has been entrusted by law to take appropriate measure in case any natural or man-made disaster takes place in the areas under his jurisdiction. It may not be out of context to add that flash floods are very common occurrence in Pathankot and hence one should not hesitate to contact the authorities if .he/she has to face such a situation any time any day.
Other than ambulance and blood, to counter any health related emergency, one needs to get medicines as fast as possible. Fortunately, there is no dearth of chemists in Pathankot. Every locality of the city has a number of chemists, which keep every types of life saving medicines.


Use this bag at the market, the beach or on any other occasion!
Its strong enough to run all kinds of errands, the eco-friendly way. This reusable bag will last years and reduces the amount of plastic in the environment with each use.
Why do our bags have Merci written on them?
Merci means thank you, because for every bag sold Dans le sac gives back 1$ to the Environnement Jeuness Organization.
The money collected will allow them to sponsor waste reduction projects lead by young students.
Merci, for encouraging a local company, and for this environmentally friendly gesture!


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La tercera guerra messènica fou la rebel·lió nacional dels ilotes messenis contra la dominació dels espartans.  Els ilotes foren derrotats en una batalla i foren assetjats al puig Ithome com havia passat a la primera guerra messènica.

Esparta va demanar ajut a Atenes que va enviar quatre mil homes sota Cimó II, però com que al mateix temps Efialtes d'Atenes va introduir reformes democràtiques a la constitució atenenca, els espartans es van alarmar i van rebutjar finalment l'ajut atenenc.

La guerra va acabar amb un acord el 458 aC pel qual els assetjats van poder sortir amb la condició de no tornar mai més al Peloponès. La majoria es van establir a Naupactos, sota protecció d'Atenes, ciutat que van arrabassar als locris ozolis.

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Història militar de l'antiga Esparta


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Study: Car accident fatalities more common in rural areas
On behalf of Johnston Law Offices P.C. | Oct 16, 2017 | Car Accidents
Car accidents are one of the leading causes of death for drivers across the country. While we have slashed car accident fatalities over the last several decades through stricter laws and safer vehicles, we are still facing a significant number of accidents every year.
The risk of getting in a car accident is higher in densely populated cities, as the roads are smaller and there are more cars on the road. But one study suggests that while more accidents happen in cities, more car accident deaths occur in rural areas.
A study by the CDC has found a significant difference in the number of car accident deaths in urban versus rural regions. The numbers range from 3.5 deaths per 100,000 people in several northeast urban centers to 29.2 deaths per 100,000 people in southern rural areas that contain less than 2,500 people.
Put in simpler terms, there are over 8x more car accident deaths in the nation's most rural areas than in cities.
The cause of rural car accident fatalities
The study attributes most of this difference to seat belt use. In rural areas, drivers may feel safe enough to not wear a seat belt. They also tend to drive faster, as there are not as many cars on the road.
This is exasperated in the South, where states tend to have more lenient seat belt laws. Even in the Northeast, however, where seat belt laws are more heavily enforced, death rates were higher in rural areas.
The study has also highlighted several other factors that may help to explain this trend:
It is easier to drive faster on rural roads
There is an increased percentage of impaired drivers
There are fewer medical centers, spread farther apart, for drivers to go to following an accident
Lower wages and higher unemployment could force people to drive older vehicles lacking modern safety features
The study found that stricter laws and enforcement surrounding seat belt use had a positive effect, saving lives in states that have implemented these measures.
No matter where you live, seat belt use is critical to prevent the risk of death in a car accident. Even if you are in a state that has lax seat belt laws, always be sure to buckle up before you hit the road.
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This weekend I got to spend time practicing some lettering and refining some designs in photoshop and illustrator.
I started out working on"happy birthday" because it was our friends birthday friday. I wasn't able to complete it in time for his party however, so you can see what I made below instead.
After I made my happy birthday sketch in pen I scanned it in and used my Wacom Cintiq in photoshop and made edits and touch-ups with the brush tool. First with a red brush on a new layer to show where I wanted to change my scrolls and flourishes, then refined switching between a black and white brush.
Here is the final happy birthday lettering.
For our friend tim's birthday card I used an idea I had for a beer tasting party invitation and ended up turning it into the birthday card.
For the birthday card I created the elements in illustrator based on the sketch and ended up reworking it into the final composition. (With the help of my husband). Thanks honey.
The final card is printed on watercolor paper. I laid it out in the lower right corner of an 8.5 x 11 page so that i could trim and fold it properly.
Seems like so much work put into such a common gesture as giving someone a greeting card. I hope your friend appreciated it. Thanks for including what type of paper you used for it, I would asked what it was otherwise.


Omg, did you here about BF3!?
Is there anyone out there that has noticed how horrible the BF3 graphics were? They're horrible... Worse then BC2 I must say... BUT. That dang beta was the funnest thing none the less I have played in flipping months.
I loved the beta so much that I was SERIOUSLY ready to cry when the beta ended. No I'm not kidding at all... I seriously "SERIOUSLY" almost cried. So since I couldn't PLAY the game anymore, I did some research on it. I found something that made me poop my pants. <--- Okay, that's me not being serious... Back to the point... I almost pooped my pants when I read: The Beta graphics are NOWHERE near as good as the actual game graphics will be.
We mean 1000x times better. You know of the new Elders Scrolls? That kind of graphics. The Beta had "SERIOUSLY AGAIN" 1% of the actual games graphics.
Gosh... a game that I was addicted to... with horrible graphics... is getting AMAZING graphics and is going to knock out every first person shooter known to man kind... "Says in reviews, that it'll be better then Arma 1, 2..."
Midnight release, here I freaking come!
I thought the graphics in the BETA were ok but then again, who plays a game for its graphics?
You messed up the flow.
OT: From what I have read everything had to be dialed down because of MS/Sony limitations on file sizes. Everyone harped on the beta graphics but they looked fine to me. I was more upset with no vehicles.


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Good Company » Ask the Board
How Do I Raise Money Crowdfunding?
In this edition of "Ask the Board," CO— consults Elan Lee, the professional game designer behind Exploding Kittens, Kickstarter's most successful project that beat its fundraising goal – by 87,000%.
By: Denise Power , CO— Contributor
Exploding Kittens, the original card game, has spawned other related products and games. —
If you could create your own fantasy Board of Directors, who would be on it? CO— connects you with thought leaders from across the business spectrum and asks them to help solve your biggest business challenges. In this edition, a CO— reader asks how to create a successful crowdfunding campaign.
Elan Lee, creator of the card game Exploding Kittens, which has one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns of all time, answers...
Community is the most important part of any campaign, Lee told CO—. He would know. When Lee, with partners Shane Small and cartoonist Matthew Inman, sought to raise enough money to print decks of playing cards for a game featuring whimsical characters like magical enchiladas and yes, kittens that explode, their success was almost immediate.
Just eight minutes into their crowdfunding campaign, Los Angeles-based Exploding Kittens exceeded its $10,000 fundraising goal and went on to raise nearly $9 million in the next 30 days, shattering records and attracting 219,382 backers. That was 2015. The company would embark on three more Kickstarter campaigns, with the latest project launching this month (February 2019) for a new tabletop game that injects a little Dodgeball action.
The word is 'crowd'
As backer of 449 crowdfunding projects undertaken by others, Lee has seen firsthand what works and what doesn't.
Kickstarter is a rewards-based platform that offers incentives – not equity – in exchange for pledges. Supporters pay up only if the project meets its fundraising goal within a specified timeframe. Other types of crowdfunding platforms are strictly charitable ('fund my spring break trip") with no reward for donations while equity-based platforms offer part ownership in exchange for capital.
"So many people spend all their focus on funding and that really is not the word to pay attention to," Lee told CO—. "The word is 'crowd.' You are not raising funds. You are raising a crowd, a community of people who will help you start something brand new, something the world has not seen before."
Give the community a genuine voice, even as collaborators, he said. That means engaging with supporters at every stage of a campaign – even after fundraising has ended – to stoke dialogue on social media platforms, invite suggestions, criticism and feedback, while building exposure for the new product or business across several digital channels.
"The whole reason you engage is based on the fundamental premise of 'I have an idea. I need your help making it real.'" Lee said this mindset captures the authentic spirit of crowdfunding, which is very different from commerce. "On Amazon and in stores, it's 'I had an idea. I made it. Please buy it.'"
The word is 'crowd.' You are not raising funds. You are raising a crowd, a community of people who will help you start something brand new, something the world has not seen before.
Elan Lee, creator of Exploding Kittens
A reciprocal relationship
Exploding Kittens developed a fundraising page and a charming video to introduce its idea for its first card game using an entertaining voice and style – and the community responded. Supporters spread the word; they were inspired to create costumes of the card game's animated characters and post photos on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Lee and his team shared and retweeted those posts to keep momentum going and so supporters could bask in the limelight.
The relationship between Exploding Kittens and supporters is reciprocal.
"We say, 'Give us your ideas. What should the cards look like? What should the box look like?'" Lee explained. "We want you to play around with us. We want you to tell us your crazy ideas."
Exploding Kittens will enlist input for its newest project, a card-playing game called, "Throw Throw Burrito," whose Kickstarter fundraising campaign recently launched. The tabletop game involves a deck of playing cards and a soft burrito toy players throw at each other, in the spirit of dodgeball. To ensure the final product is fun – and safe for players aged 6 and older – the most enthusiastic supporters will receive samples of raw material to play with and report what they like and don't like. Should the burrito be made of a foam-like material? Or rubber or fabric? Exploding Kittens will look to supporters to guide decisions for material used in the finished product.
Elan Lee, creator of Exploding Kittens, says the key to crowdfunding is engaging with the community by inviting feedback and stoking dialogue. —
Don't focus on the money
Platforms like Kickstarter grant rewards in exchange for pledges. Rewards can be exclusive content like insider news, token tchotchkes or even the finished product, all determined by whomever is raising funds. Rewards of increasing value can motivate bigger pledges and meet stretch goals.
It's here that Lee advises caution: "People go crazy with reward tiers and it often buries them," he told CO—. Fundraisers who incentivize pledges with a complex system of rewards such as T-shirts, posters or other products soon find themselves grappling with logistical nightmares to secure and deliver those awards and that distracts from the initial project.
"T-shirts? Holy crap. You've got to send out surveys to understand the range of sizes," Lee explained. "People dig horrible holes for themselves and they lose sight of a simple premise: You are starting a new business. Not a business…plus a T-shirt business. Not a business…plus a poster company." Supporters trust a company to make good on its promises. Fail to deliver a reward and confidence is lost, followed by pledges and the whole project collapses because Kickstarter pledges are collected only if the fundraising goal is met.
"If you stay focused, you will get through it," Lee said. Engaging the community is vital regardless of whether a new business is in a fun category, like tabletop games, or whether it falls on the serious end of the spectrum.
"Everything must be a celebration of the community," he added. "They are the first people to trust you, to try your product, invest in your success."


An icy blast from Antarctica has enveloped the country, but with the cold weather comes extraordinary beauty. Sunrise this morning was a medley of pink and purple. A good time to be painting the soft colours of early winter. I have been continuing the bright blues of late March but adding soft mauves and deeper shades as the days shorten.
The new double glazed windows in my studio have made a huge difference to the light quality and warmth. Feeling very snug as the rain pelts down outside. I have been doing a large number of small painted sketches in preparation for the next batch of paintings. I'm starting to get a very big pile of these, might have to exhibit them one day. The large blue painting above my desk is an earlier work and unusually has never been titled, perhaps the time has come to remedy that. Here's another photo of that beautiful showery dawn today.


This car has been maintained to the highest standard.Very rare and desirable.Just had service and on the button.
The first owner Jean Sage.Four owners in total. European taxes paid.
The Ferrari GTO was built to compete in the new Group B Race series and a minimum of 200 cars were required for homologation. The 288 GTO never raced and all 272 cars built remained road cars.
The GTO was based on the mid-engined, rear wheel drive 308 GTB. The 288 refers to its 2.8 liter V8 engine. The 288 has twin IHI turbochargers, intercoolers, and Weber-Marelli fuel injection fitted.
Unlike the 308, the engine was mounted longitudinally, using the 308's rear boot space. The GTO is an impressive performer. 0-60 mph times are in the upper 4 second range and Ferrari claimed 0-125 mph (201 km/h) in 15 seconds flat. Top speed was a staggering 190 mph (306 km/h).


Muthoot Finance Limited and Maj Invest Financial Inclusion Fund, a Denmark-based fund, have invested around $28 million in Belstar Investment and Finance Private Limited.
J Sagar Associates (JSA) was the legal advisor to Belstar for the fund raising.
The money was infused by the existing strategic shareholder, Muthoot Finance Limited and a new investor Maj Invest Financial Inclusion Fund.
While Maj has picked up an 11 per cent stake in the company, Muthoot, which had around 71 per cent before this round of infusion, now has 74 per cent.
Maj Invest Financial Inclusion Fund is a Denmark-based fund. Muthoot Finance Limited is a listed non-banking finance company (NBFC) based out of Kochi, Kerala, with a special focus on gold loans.
Belstar is an NBFC and subsidiary of Muthoot Finance Limited.


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Huge Lightning Fest to Host National, Local Improv Comedy
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Rodeo Book Club are among the hometown heroes that will be representing the local comedy scene among the national acts coming to town for the fest.
At this rate, 2016 in Fayetteville will soon be heralded as the year of the first-annual festivals.
In an effort to highlight the growing and promising comedy scene in Fayetteville, the brand new Huge Lightning Comedy Festival is hosting comedians, long and short-form improvisers, writers, musicians and general funny people for a two-night, four-event comedy extravaganza.
Huge Lightning is happening Friday, May 6, and Saturday, May 7, at The pAth Outfitters, behind Tiny Tim's Pizza and across from Jammin' Java on the Fayetteville downtown square at 21 W. Mountain St. Shows will run from 7 to 11 p.m. each night, and audiences will be able to purchase wristbands for specific two-hour time-slots, either 7 to 9 p.m. or 9 to 11 p.m. for $10 each, or a four-hour "all night" wristband for $15. The venue holds about 80 people. Tickets can be bought at hugelightning.com.
During the performances, there will be $1 bags of popcorn sold, and local brewers Fossil Cove and Core will be doing a suggested donation bar.
The shows will feature a combination of local talent and groups and 35 out-of-town performers from Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. Many improvisers present will have performance experience and training from Second City improv school in Chicago and New York. A couple local groups such as Rodeo Book Club, Phunbags, UofA's Laugh Track and Field, The Mr. Palooka Boat Show and Ft. Smith's Naturally Improvable.
Long-form improv, pictured here from performers going to be at Huge Lightning Comedy Festival, is a series of scenes that are made up on the spot by the performers based on a random suggestion from the audience.
Much of the festival will consist of long-form improv comedy. Essentially, long-form is a series of scenes that are made up on the spot by the performers based on a random suggestion from the audience. The entirety of the improvised "play" depends on the chemistry, imagination and quick wit of the performers involved, which leads to one-of-a-kind performances and hilarious, occasionally awkward moments.
Each night will feature a performance of ROUGHHOUSE! that features a mix of improv comedy from a mix of performers, music, spoken word and an improvised painting. The production happens monthly at The Backspace in Fayetteville for free.
Jordan Haynes, co-creator of the festival, said he got the idea for the festival upon returning to Fayetteville after living in Chicago and noticing the potential in the local comedy scene. He said he hopes the festival will act as a spotlight and a catalyst for the Northwest Arkansas comedy scene.
"There's a growing scene of stand up comedians now who perform at stand up mic night at Ryleighs, and there are people here who are willing to collaborate and do fun stuff. I think it reflects the town well," Haynes said. "We're only scratching the surface now of where it's going to go. We're fortunate to have a hyper creative and supportive community."
Ten years ago, Arkansas didn't have any long-form improv comedy or much of a stand up scene, said Thomas Hunter, a Rodeo Book Club performer.
Torque, a long-form improv comedy troupe from Playground Theater in Chicago, will be performing at Fayetteville's new Huge Lightning Comedy Festival, May 6 and May 7.
"It's pretty crazy, there's so many stand ups here now," Hunter said. "There's three different improv groups in town. I think it's exciting, and it's cool that we live in a town that wants to see live theater and entertainment. You don't see that in a whole lot of towns. I'm pretty sure there's more here than there is in Little Rock or any other part of the state. That's something we need to improve upon."
Craig Tommey, a former El Dorado, Ark. resident and current Chicagoan, will be performing alongside fellow Improv Olympic colleagues in his group Morning Gents.
"The most exciting thing for me is these are all top tier performers," Tommey said. "We've been in Chicago cutting it for seven to eight years, mostly performing for other performers. You don't normally get the kind of energy you get from performing for people who haven't seen a live improv group before. It will be great for us to introduce that to new people. Most importantly, it's just a bunch of fun and goofing off."
Charles Pettitt, a touring Second City performer, will be performing a bit of solo sketch comedy as well as group improv. A longtime friend of Haynes, Pettitt said he's looking forward to returning to the "storybook picturesque" Fayetteville to perform.
"One of the things that I love about live performance is that element of surprise, especially in a comedy show, it's hard to get that in TV or YouTube," he said. "You're experiencing it all together. It's something I love about performing and comedy."
For more information about the Huge Lightning festival and its lineup, visit hugelightning.com.
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copyright administration
live & concert royalties
mechanical & DPD form
synchronization form
live performance & concert royalties
collecting performance royalties earned from concerts outside the United States
As strange as it may sound, outside the United States, a public performance license must be purchased in order for artists to perform songs, including songs they have written and own, at live venues, concerts and festivals.
Typically, the license is purchased by the promoter of the event, and the cost of the license is shown as a deduction from the settlement payment due the artist for his/her performance.
The good news is that much of the cost of the license can be collected as a live performance royalty and returned to the artist-writer as well as his/her publishing entity. These live performance royalties can be significant, however the process of maximizing these royalty collections is both time-consuming and detailed as each territory has different rules. Bluewater Music made it a mission to learn the rules, apply the rules, and follow-up with all parties to ensure proper payments to its clients.
As the first step in Bluewater Music's mission, we contacted over 35 foreign performance societies around the world where Bluewater holds a direct society membership. We requested specific data regarding live performance royalties, and with this data we were able to build a model for each territory.
With our model we now know the percentage of gross ticket sales paid into various PROs as a license fee, the portion of the license fee that is paid out as a live public performance royalty, the distribution split between the writers and publishers, the allocation of payments between the supporting act and the headlining act, and the timing of the royalty payments relative to when the live performance occurred.
Bluewater Music can quickly review the timing and accuracy of payments received from a society for a live performance and request additional funds should an underpayment from a society occur. We do this for our clients on a continuous basis.
Below are examples of how the foreign live performance royalty is calculated in Canada, Brazil and Italy. In these examples we assumed the following: (a) gross ticket sales for each concert total $500,000 US; (b) all songs performed were written and owned by the acts performing them; and, (c) two acts are performing, a headliner and a supporting act.
live performance royalties
Canada: SOCAN
Gross Ticket Sales
SOCAN Licensing Fee (3%)
SOCAN Administration Fee (15%)
Amount Distributed to Songs Performed by Headlining Act (90%)
Amount Distributed to Songs Performed by Supporting Acts (10%)
$11,475: $5,737.50 to publishers/ $5,727.50 to writers
$1,275: $637.50 to publishers/ $637.50 to writers
Show Date: July 10, 2022
Distribution date: February 15, 2023
Brazil: ABRAMUS
ABRAMUS Licensing Fee (10%)
ABRAMUS Administration Fee (15%)
Amount Distributed to Songs Performed by Headlining Act (80-90%)
Amount Distributed to Songs Performed by Supporting Acts (10-20%)
$34,000 (80%): $17,000 to publishers/ $17,000 to writers
$8,500 (20%): $4,250 to publishers/ $4,250 to writers
Distribution date: September 8, 2022 (60 days)
Italy: SIAE
SIAE Licensing Fee (10%)
SIAE Administration Fee (22%)
$33,150: $16,575 to publishers/ $16,575 to writers
$5,850): $2,925 to publishers/ $2,950 to writers
Distribution date: July 2023
To learn more about foreign live performance royalties and how we can help you, please contact us today.
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A select group of American voters have boarded the Trump train, but it may run out of steam thanks to the digital ad spend of the opposition. Trump's comments have provided Hillary Clinton's campaign with plenty of fuel for attack ads.
According to Pathmatics data from January 1, 2016 to July 31, 2016, Hillary for America—the candidate's PAC—launched 484 unique creatives on desktop that garnered more than 2.3 billion impressions over that time period. The campaign's total ad spending topped more than $17.8 million on desktop and $364,000 on mobile. Several popular ads—some launched during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Cleveland, Ohio—brought the hammer down on Trump personally.
Trump must currently be spending his vast fortune elsewhere: the Trump organization Donald Trump for President, Inc. only spent $336,000 on desktop ads and $12,000 on mobile in the same time period.
Keep reading to see the top anti-Trump creatives released by the campaign in 2016.
Editor's Note: We'll detail Trump's creatives and ad spending in a future post.
Most of the ads attacking Trump personally were launched in July as conventions occurred and the race heated up. However, this anti-Trump ad happened much earlier; it was first seen on March 17, 2016. The ad ran on sites like Politico, AOL's homepage and the Huffington Post.
As July literally and figuratively heated up, so did the ads. This one was launched early in July before the conventions, but was last seen as the RNC ended. It encourages viewers to simply "Stop Trump," and features a bright yellow box over his mouth.
The ad ran on sites like The New York Times, NBC News, Politico and CBS News. It sent visitors to the "Stop Trump" landing page detailed above.
Debuting on the tail end of the RNC, this ad takes aim at Trump's incendiary rhetoric. It generates buy-in from viewers by encouraging them to support the statement "Trump doesn't speak for me." The ad ran on sites like Mediafire.com, MSN, AOL and CNN.
What Does Trump Say About People Like You?
One of the more powerful ads uses Trump's negative comments about different types of people against him.
It asks the viewer "What does he have to say about people like you?" The ad then offers the ability to "Trump my photo," a call-to-action that leads to a "Trump Yourself" page. This page takes a photo from a visitor's Facebook profile and overlays it with a less-than-polite quote from Trump.
The ad was matched with an appropriate platform: it ran on The Onion, a popular satirical news site.
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Built by Consolidated at San Diego. Delivered to the U. S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as B-24J-50-CO "Patches" Serial Number 42-73474. Ferried overseas via Hickam Field to the South-West Pacific Area (SWPA).
Assigned to the 5th Air Force, 380th Bombardment Group, 531st Bombardment Squadron. Nicknamed "Patches".
On April 20, 1945 took off on a bombing mission against Saigon. When this B-24 failed to return the entire crew was declared Missing In Action (MIA).
"James F. O'Brien was my cousin and was shot down over Indochina and was captured, tortured and killed by the Japanese. I am trying to find out more information about him. I was 12 years old at the time and never got the complete story of what happened to him..or where he took off and what mission he was on. He was a very nice young man..and I am his last living relative.hope you can help me. I have run into many dead ends."
The entire crew was officially declared dead the day of the mission. The entire crew memorialized on the tablets of the missing at the Manila American Cemetery.
"73474 (380th BG 'Patches') MIA Apr 20, 1945 after aborting during mission to Saigon. MACR 14303"


Forty students at Year 8 and Year 9 from Kingsford Community School took part in the YCT language exam and achieved good results. YCT stands for Youth Chinese Test and is a Hanban-organised Chinese language proficiency level test aimed at beginners to intermediate level learners of Mandarin Chinese.
Schools can contact the Hanban UK office to set up a test at their school. Hanban UK representatives can be contacted at hanban@chinauk.net, or telephone 020 7388 8818.
To read more about the YCT language test, click here.
To read about the YCT exam at Kingsford Community School in Chinese, click here.


Construction crews Monday finished demolishing the old timber-frame structure of the historic Joske's building as part of a renovation of the Rivercenter mall.
Part of the demolition included removing the roof of the former department store at Alamo and Commerce streets so crews can begin building 75-foot concrete piers to support the new structure, which soon will house a multilevel H&M store and several other retail tenants.
The mall's grand reopening is still on schedule for spring, Manager Chris Oviatt said.
The "vast majority" of the timber taken out of the Joske's building has been reclaimed and sold to a company that plans to sell it to other businesses, Oviatt said.


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KENYA: Africa Plantation Capital to supply bamboo biomass to Bidco Africa
By Jean Marie Takouleu - Published on July 25 2018 / Modified on September 28 2019
Africa Plantation Capital, a company that owns several plantations in East Africa, has entered into a bamboo biomass supply agreement with Bidco Africa Group, a consumer goods multinational based in Thika, Kenya. Bamboo biomass will be used to produce energy to run Bidco Africa Group's plants in Kenya and East Africa.
"The most important aspect of this memorandum of understanding is the commitment of Bidco Africa Group and its employees to an environmentally responsible policy. The group has circular business models and we are now ready to invest in providing bamboo as a source of green and sustainable energy," said Kosta Kioleoglou, CEO of Africa Plantation Capital, the African branch of Asia Plantation Capital. The company has just signed an agreement with Bidco Africa Group to supply bamboo biomass to Bidco Africa Group, a company specialising in the supply of consumer goods (edible oils, fats, margarine, laundry and detergents, personal care products, animal feed, etc.).
Africa Plantation Capital will supply at least 200,000 metric tons of bamboo biomass to plants in Kenya and Uganda over the next five years. This volume represents $10 to $14 million in annual sales. To achieve this goal, Africa Plantation Capital, with the support of Asia Plantation Capital Group, is now investing in a collection centre with a drying and shredding facility to meet the demand for dry bamboo biomass in Kenya.
A beneficial project for local populations
According to Vimal Shah, the president of Bidco Africa Group, his company, which has 1,800 employees, needs at least 200 tons of dry biomass per day, or more than 60,000 metric tons per year, to cover the energy needs of the Thika plant alone, a city located 40 km north of Nairobi, the capital Kenya. To fulfil its part of the contract, to supply Bidco Africa Group's biomass plants in Kenya and Uganda, Africa Plantation Capital needs to use external suppliers.
Bamboo plantation in Africa © Raw Pixel / shutterstock
The company therefore decided to integrate the local populations in this rather profitable operation. The company, which employs 100 full-time (and 150 part-time) employees, plans to involve Kenyan farmers in bamboo production, offering purchase contracts for a minimum of 15 years to growers. The company also plans to invest $1.2 million, notably to develop its biomass plants.
This project will enable Bidco Africa Group to limit the use of wood as an energy source. A boon for the Kenyan government, which is very committed to the fight against deforestation. Both companies have declared their intention to support the 10% forest cover target set by Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta for 2022. To reach it, 1.8 billion trees will have to be planted over the next five years.
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Ivory Coast: USTDA allocates $1m for the Boundiali biomass plant project
GHANA/SIERRA LEONE: SEFA finances studies for 2 biomass plants
KENYA: $3 billion to be invested in irrigation development in 4 years


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Paul Goodman (* 9. September 1911 in New York; † 2. August 1972 in North Stratford, New Hampshire) war ein US-amerikanischer Autor, Dramatiker, Dichter, Literaturkritiker und Psychotherapeut. Bekanntheit erlangte er als Sozialkritiker und Mitbegründer der Gestalttherapie.

Leben und Werdegang

Paul Goodman wurde geboren als viertes Kind jüdischer Eltern. Der Vater verließ die Familie vor seiner Geburt, so dass die Mutter als Handelsreisende arbeiten musste, um die Familie zu ernähren. Aus diesem Grund wurde Goodman als Kind großteils von seinen Tanten und seiner älteren Schwester betreut. Er besuchte die Hebräische Schule und schloss 1927 die High School als Jahrgangsbester ab. Goodman begann dann am City College of New York ein Studium der Philosophie, welches er im Jahre 1931 abschloss. Nach dem Studium schrieb er Gedichte, Theaterstücke und Kurzgeschichten. Nebenbei besuchte er Lehrveranstaltungen an der Columbia University.

Im Jahre 1936 begann Goodman ein Postgraduales Studium der Literatur und Philosophie an der University of Chicago. Er arbeitete während dieser Zeit als Forschungsassistent und Teilzeitlehrer. Im Jahre 1938 heiratete Goodman seine erste Frau Virginia. Aus der Ehe, die im Jahre 1943 beendet wurde, ging seine Tochter Susan (* 1939) hervor. Im Jahre 1940 verlor Goodman seine Anstellung bei der University of Chicago, weil er offen homosexuelle Affären mit Studenten hatte und er kehrte zurück nach New York. Es folgten erste Veröffentlichungen, wie seine Novelle The Grand Piano, welche später der erste Teil der Reihe The Empire City war. In den Jahren 1943 und 1944 war Goodman Lehrer an einer fortschrittlichen Internatsschule, wo er wegen Homosexuellen Verhaltens entlassen wurde. Vom Militärdienst im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde er zurückgestellt. In dieser Zeit schrieb Goodman Artikel für libertäre Zeitungen und Journale. 1945 veröffentlichte er The Facts of Live, ein Buch mit Kurzgeschichten. Im selben Jahr heiratete er seine zweite Frau Sally. Sein Sohn Matthew wurde 1946 geboren.

Im Jahre 1946 veröffentlichte Goodman die Novelle The State of Nature, welche später der zweite Teil der Reihe The Empire City wurde. Im Jahr darauf veröffentlichte er Communitas, ein Buch über Stadtplanung, welches er zusammen mit seinem Bruder Percival Goodman geschrieben hatte. Außerdem veröffentlichte er in dem Jahr das Buch Kafkas Prayer. Die Jahre 1948 und 1949 verbrachte er schreibend in New York und veröffentlichte das Buch The Break-Up of Our Camp, in welchem er in Kurzgeschichten seine Erfahrungen in Sommercamps verarbeitete. Weitere Veröffentlichungen waren im Jahre 1950 die Novelle The Dead of Spring, später Teil Drei der Reihe The Empire City, und 1951 die Novelle Parents Day.

Nachdem Goodman bereits Mitte der 1940er Jahre Erfahrungen mit der Psychoanalyse gesammelt hatte, vertiefte er diese Anfang der 1950er Jahre. Im Jahre 1951 veröffentlichte er, zusammen mit Fritz Perls und Ralph F. Hefferline, das Buch Gestalt Therapy. Eine Anstellung am Black Mountain College wurde ihm gekündigt, wiederum wegen sexuellen Fehlverhaltens. So kehrte er 1951 wieder zurück nach New York, um zu schreiben und sich seinen therapeutischen Studien zu widmen. Im Jahre 1954 schloss Goodman seine Dissertation an der University of Chicago ab, die unter dem Titel The Structure of Literature veröffentlicht wurde. In dieser Zeit veröffentlichte er auch weiterhin Artikel in verschiedenen Journalen. Die anarcho-pazifistische und postdramatische Theatergruppe The Living Theatre begann Theaterstücke von Goodman aufzuführen und eine umfassende Ausgabe seiner mehrteiligen Novelle The Empire City wurde 1959 veröffentlicht.

Größere Bekanntheit erlangte Goodman mit seinem 1960 erschienenen sozialkritischen Buch Growing Up Absurd. Eine Phase relativen Wohlstands setzte ein und es eröffneten sich akademische Möglichkeiten, die zu Lehraufträgen an verschiedenen akademischen Institutionen führten. Unter anderem lehrte er am Sarah Lawrence College und veröffentlichte Our Visit to Niagara, eine Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten. Er kaufte sich eine Farm in North Stratford, New Hampshire, welche sein zweites Zuhause wurde. In dieser Zeit veröffentlichte Goodman verschiedene sozial- und literaturkritische Schriften. Im Jahre 1962 stellte er The Community of Scholars fertig, eine Kritik der akademischen Lehre. Außerdem veröffentlichte er Sammelausgaben seiner Gedichte und Artikel. Im Jahre 1963 wurde Goodmans Tochter Daisy geboren und er wurde Fellow des Institute for Policy Studies. Im selben Jahr erschien die autobiographische Novelle Making Do, gefolgt von Compulsory Mis-education 1964 und People or Personnel 1965. Außerdem nahm Goodman an den Friedensprotesten der 1960er Jahre teil und wurde 1966 von Studenten an das San Francisco State College eingeladen, um dort zu lehren.

Goodman hatte weitere Lehraufträge in London und an der University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Er produzierte eine Reihe kritischer Sendungen in Kanada, veröffentlichte weitere Kurzgeschichten und den Gedichtband Hawkweed. Der Tod seines Sohnes Mathew, im Jahre 1967, stürzte Goodman in tiefe Depressionen. Anfang der 1970er Jahre schrieb Goodman New Reformation, Speaking and Language und Little Prayers & Finite Experience. Aufgrund einer Herzerkrankung verschlechterte sich sein Gesundheitszustand und am 2. August 1972 verstarb er in New Hampshire. Das Werk Little Prayers und eine Sammlung seiner Gedichte wurden erst nach seinem Tod veröffentlicht.

Ansichten über Sexualität

Die Offenheit, mit der Goodman über sein bisexuelles Leben und seine Liebschaften schrieb und sprach (insbesondere in seinem Essay The Politics of Being Queer (1969)), erwies sich als einer der wichtigsten kulturellen Sprungbretter für die sich in den frühen 1970er Jahren entwickelnde schwule Befreiungsbewegung. Seine eigenen Ansichten liefen jedoch der modernen Konstruktion der Homosexualität zuwider. Er war der Meinung, dass beides krank sei: nicht mit einer Person des anderen Geschlechts sexuell zu verkehren und keine homosexuellen Freuden zu kennen.

Weiterhin war er der Ansicht, dass sexuelle Beziehungen zwischen Männern und Knaben natürlich und gesund seien und die Grundlage für eine langandauernde Freundschaft sein könne. Goodman bedauerte, dass die heutige (1971) Jugend nicht mehr die "großzügige Haltung" gegenüber den sexuellen Wünschen Älterer habe, die er als Jugendlicher hatte. In Bezug auf seine eigenen sexuellen Beziehungen mit Knaben, die die Öffentlichkeit verdamme, stellte er fest, dass das eigentlich Obszöne sei, dass die Gesellschaft einen wie einen Kriminellen Scham fühlen lasse für etwas, was menschliche Wesen wirklich brauchten.

Die Probleme der modernen Erziehung diagnostizierend – die Lähmung der Energie der Schüler und die Abtötung ihrer Neugier und Kreativität – unterstrich er, dass eine gute Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung unvermeidlich auch sexuelle Aspekte habe und dass ein Eingestehen und geeignete Kanalisierung der daraus entstehenden Spannungen zu einem besseren Erziehungssystem führen würde. In einem Interview sagt er 1971 diesbezüglich: "Der Aspekt des Verliebtseins zwischen Schülern und Lehrern scheint mir ein wichtiger für die pädagogische Beziehung im allgemeinen zu sein."

Schriften (Auswahl)
 Aufwachsen im Widerspruch: Über die Entfremdung der Jugend in der verwalteten Welt. Verlag Darmstädter Blätter, Darmstadt 1971, ISBN 3-87139-011-9.

 Anarchistisches Manifest. Büchse der Pandora, Telgte-Westbevern 1977, ISBN 3-88178-007-6.
 Taylor Stoehr (Hrsg.): Natur heilt – psychologische Essays. Edition Humanistische Psychologie, Köln 1989, ISBN 3-926176-17-2.
 Stossgebete und anderes über mich. Edition Humanistische Psychologie, Köln 1992, ISBN 3-926176-37-7.
 Communitas – Lebensformen und Lebensmöglichkeiten menschlicher Gemeinschaften. Edition Humanistische Psychologie, Köln 1994, ISBN 3-926176-59-8.

Literatur
 Stefan Blankertz: Kritischer Pragmatismus: zur Soziologie Paul Goodmans. Büchse der Pandora, Wetzlar 1983, ISBN 3-88178-054-8.
 Peter Parisi (Hrsg.): Artist of the actual. Essays on Paul Goodman. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, N.J. u. a. 1986, ISBN 0-8108-1843-4.

Weblinks

 Biographie (englisch)
 Biografische Informationen und ein Interview von Robert W. Glasgow im Jahre 1971 von Stefan Blankertz
 Paul Goodman changed my Life Dokumentarfilm über Paul Goodman

Einzelnachweise

Autor
Gestalttherapie
Reformpädagoge
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1911
Gestorben 1972
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eBiz Profile: Buy Greenergy
By Michelle Megna | Posted August 11, 2006
D.I.Y. Web Maintenance Made Easy
Don't Just Sit There: Optimize Your Web Site
Shifting Auto Parts Service into High Gear
Budget for launching new Web site: $1, 500. Being your own boss: priceless.
That's how Jeff Radecki, 21, a college student from Penetang, Ont., could sum up his summer, but he doesn't. He's more thrilled that he put his passion — environmental conservation — into practice by unveiling Buy Greenergy, an online resource for people wanting to limit their household energy consumption.
Intrepid Internet-meister:
Jeff Radecki, Buy Greenergy
"Alternative energy solutions have basically been a hobby of mine, so I came up with the idea of selling energy-efficient products," says the Confederation College student, who majors in multimedia production and graphic design. He applied for a small business grant and received $1,500 for start-up money, with promise of another $1,500 at the end of the summer for meeting all the requirements.
Even though Radecki's skill set is an obvious asset for creating an online store, the new e-tailer still had to overcome the usual challenges. He had to incorporate his business, decide what products to sell, create the site, hire a drop-shipping company, set up secure payment and market his fledgling enterprise — with a dial-up modem and a shoe-string budget.
"High-speed isn't available where I live, so I work at home and take my removable hard drive into town to my friend's office and upload my stuff," says the young vendor.
To keep costs down, he used OS Commerce to host his site. "It's a free, open-source content management system for shopping carts, and I customized it. The new OS Commerce costs money, but it's suppose to be pretty good so I might migrate to that later," says Radecki. "But for now I get pretty good tech support through the forum, and it's pretty user-friendly for adding products."
And when it came to choosing a fulfillment company, he picked Doba. "I checked a few and did quite a bit of research. The one main thing I look at is the design of the Web site, especially since that's what I do, and Doba's was better than the others. If it looks good, you can tell they're going to be professional." He pays a membership fee and then pays an additional $1 to $3 per item shipped.
As for marketing, Radecki used PhotoShop on a computer he built himself to create his own brochures and business cards, and he says the sales of t-shirts he designed with his corporate logo are doing well. He enlisted the help of a friend to draft a press release to announce the site, which has so far received 4,300 unique viewers.
For now, the young business owner is happy to raise awareness, even if sales don't jump. "If people don't buy a product, but they get an idea for how to save energy and limit their household consumption, that would still be good," says Radecki, but he is not without long-term goals. "I'm hoping to get enough exposure to get into the solar panel and wind generator sources of energy and sell those, but it's hard to do that on a $1,500 budget so we'll see how it goes."
Any plans for his end-of-summer $1,500 pay off? "Right now I'm thinking I might split it three ways, $500 to my Visa bill, $500 for tuition and $500 for myself. But I might just end up buying a computer with it."
Adapted from ECommerce-Guide.com, part of Internet.com's Small Business Channel.


Whether you want to ferry from North Island to South, take a train through the mountains, or experience the rugged landscape of the Central Plateau - let train journeys in New Zealand be your connection.
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Department for Education written question – answered on 15th March 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of looked after children in children's homes inside and outside the borough who were reported missing by a) duration of missing incident and (b) age of child at the start of missing incident and (c) went missing more than once during the year for each year since 2015.
A further breakdown of data regarding looked-after children who go missing in children's homes is available in the attached tables. The data in the attached tables are experimental statistics and are not comparable between years as changes may be due to improved data recording. Local councils have improved their reporting of missing incidents through increased collaboration with partner organisations and carers, updated recording systems, and further training for carers to improve understanding of reporting processes.