I like spending money—I like it a lot. I especially like when it means getting to spend quality time with family and friends at some fun activity. However, despite my impulse to always do and spend, lately I'm trying to fight the urge and hold on to my hard-earned dollars.
If you're not careful, friendships can get kind of expensive, as you can see from my real-life examples above. Without watching myself, I could "accidentally" spend hundreds, if not thousands of dollars, all in the name of being social—and all within a single month.
But if you're trying to build up your savings account, as I am, it can be tempting to give up and isolate yourself: ignoring the phone, watching Netflix, and eating grilled cheese in your old pajamas—maybe with your partner or spouse. Or your dog. When you're pinching pennies, trying to be social can be really frustrating.
Recently, and maybe a bit begrudgingly, I started to embrace the word "budget." It's not that I'm necessarily a terrible spendthrift. But being married has given me an accountability partner, pushing me to look at my spending patterns with a far more critical eye than I would on my own. And as finances are a point of contention in most relationships, I realize it's important that we establish good financial habits early in our marriage.
The problem is that in order to put away enough money to serve as a "cushion" or for other future investments, one really needs to learn how to live well within their means. Whether you're single, married, or somewhere in between, it's probably a good idea to get a little financial nest. Friendships, though, are of imperative importance. They shouldn't suffer just because you want to save some dough.
Here are some simple tips on how you can stay on budget without making drastic changes like becoming a Netflix hermit or making others feel awkward about your financial goals.
I don't know why everything seems to revolve around food, but letting it anchor your social life can get pricey quick. When we looked at our Mint.com account, we noticed that a shocking amount of money we spent was on going to restaurants. It was prolific. Sometimes it was the "event" of the night. But more than half the time, it was the preface before the event—be it a concert, a movie, or a night on the town. One way to save dollars is to suggest an alternative. When a friend asks if you want to grab dinner, suggest drinks instead. Or if another friend asks you to dinner and a movie, suggest sharing coffee afterward. Want to get even more frugal? Invite your friend over for cocktails or a nightcap. Simple trade-offs like this won't affect your quality of time and can easily save you $20 to $50—which can greatly lessen your social expenses over time.
02. Take advantage of free events and cheaper alternatives.
Speaking of movies, why go when there's a free concert at the park? Instead of always going along with someone else's suggestion, stay on top of the local news, and see what's happening in your city, week by week. Next time someone asks you out to dinner, mention that there's an event going on at the same time, and you were wondering if they'd be open to checking it out with you instead. As for deals, keep an eye out for lunch specials, happy hours, or routine discounts—and offer those up as viable alternatives. Chances are, your friend will be as open to saving money (without sacrificing on the fun), too.
03. Initiate your own budget-savvy get-togethers.
- $10 Wine Night: Everyone brings a bottle of wine, but it must be less than $10. If you want to add a fun twist, you can have a panel of judges to determine who brought the best wine.
- Clothing Swap: Friends bring five to ten items that have been lurking in the back of their closets to haggle and trade.
- Routine Game Night: Take turns with who hosts, and teach someone your favorite card game.
You don't even need to "host" per se to initiate a get-together. You can suggest playing tennis matches at the public court, or start a book club. Once you start thinking out of the box, the possibilities are endless . . .
04. Get outside and explore.
One of the least expensive weekends we've ever spent was camping with friends. After all was said and done, it cost us $75 for three days—and that included food. However, depending on where you live, the upcoming winter weather may not be very friendly for this excursion. But it can be a beautiful time to get outside and explore. Gather your friends and go hiking, or check out local bike trails. Plan a picnic in the park, and bring a thermos of hot cocoa. If you have friends who are musically inclined, encourage everyone to get together over a warm bonfire, and play some music.
Or sometimes it's fun to take a drive (or a subway ride, for you big-city dwellers) and explore different neighborhoods that you've never been to. Plus, with Christmas season around the corner, it's a perfect time to explore at night and judge who has the best lighting decorations this holiday season.
05. Don't be afraid to say 'no, thanks' or go your own way.
Our resources, unfortunately, are finite. Before you spend, see how much money you can allot for social events, and prioritize. Think of the social commitments you have coming up (bar mitzvahs, weddings, the holidays) that will require a financial commitment. Perhaps you were also invited to your coworker's birthday dinner. While that's fine and good, you shouldn't feel obligated to attend just because you were invited, especially if your sister's birthday is a couple weeks away. Depending on how close you are, you can celebrate instead by bringing a balloon to the office or buying them a drink the next time you're together at happy hour. In a way, budgeting is a lot like balanced eating—there's time to indulge, but if you really insist on having that chocolate croissant for breakfast, maybe you should pass on the bread basket that night.
While these are small tips, they can make big ripples in your financial power—and make you more disciplined, in both the financial and social arenas. Plus, while you might not have to overtly say you're saving money, your more astute friends might notice that you've become a bit more resourceful. If anything, that's a pretty awesome quality to have in a friend, no matter their current socioeconomic clout.
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A Cohort is a tactical unit of a Roman legion. THE Cohort is a light family game with a Roman theme from Jeremie Kletzkine and MAGE Company. Try to collect sets of cards with different abilities, but beware these abilities all work against you!
The idea of the game is this; you collect sets of different unit type, a completed set is called a cohort and once a player has completed three cohorts he is considered the winner of the game.
On your turn you will draw two cards from the draw deck. You take one in your hand and give the other to an oponent. Then you can play a card from your hand. You can start a cohort or you can add a card to an existing cohort in front of you. After you've played a card, or not, you discard cards from your hand until you have four.
There are several different unit types and every unit type needs a different amount of units to complete a cohort, plus it has a different ability. Once you've started a cohort, the ability of that unit applies. Once you've completed it, you can flip the cards and the ability is cancelled.
That is probably good news, because all abilities work against you. For instance the Sagitarri, which needs four to complete a cohort, lets you draw the first card at the beginning of your turn from the discard pile. The Velites, needs five of them to complete, lets you distribute an extra card to your opponents at the beginning of your turn. You also have units that let you play with an open hand, have a maximum hand size of two instead of four, forbid you to receive cards from other players, or give you the choice between using a card as a wild card, but having to give all your hand cards away, or using that same card to destroy a unit from another player.
This is a very cool idea. The abilities are all bad, but it makes you think about which ability you can handle right now and which not. In the beginning of the game you can decide not to play cards from your hand, because you don't have a clear idea on which unit type you want to focus on. This does mean that your hand will clog up with cards you might not want to play. So, it might be better to just play a card and see where it will take you.
This brings me to my next point. This game is very light. You read 'card abilities' and a see a mechanism that somewhat resembles drafting, and you might think going into this game that it's an incredibly tactical game. Well it's not. It's very luck driven and it really has that 'let's just play this card and see where it takes me' feel sometimes. The game does give you choices, like I described above, but you sometimes just draw or get multiple cards from the same type, and while it might not be the best idea for you to play that unit, you just have a lot of them and therefore you play it.
When you think of The Cohort a tactical card game you might be disappointed. When you consider this a quick, family-style, filler you might enjoy it. I know I quite enjoyed playing it.
I must point out that the rules are badly structured. Very bad. You open the rulebook and it starts with the additional rules and detailed explanation of the cards. Where's are basic rules? How do I play the game? On the back of the rulebook of course, where they always are. No, they are not. They should have been on the front or on the first page. This is just weird and confusing. Plus, there were still some grammatical errors in the rules. Bad, bad, bad. I mean, you are going to ask money for that game.
In the end, do not take the game too seriously. The Cohort is an incredibly light, but an enjoyable and quick card game. It can be played in fifteen minutes, so if you've lost, because you did not draw the right cards, play it again and maybe after that you can set up that strategic card game you've longed for.


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Liverpool launches UK's biggest biogas-powered refuse vehicle fleet
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Liverpool has launched the UK's biggest eco-friendly fleet of refuse vehicles powered by biomethane a compressed natural gas (CNG). The 20-strong fleet will help to cut Liverpool City Council's carbon footprint, as they produce 80% fewer carbon emissions and 90% less nitrogen oxide than the previous diesel vehicles.
Each new CNG-fuelled wagon will cover more than 150,000 miles per year and has a Mercedes-Benz Econic chassis with a Faun Zoeller Variopress body and a load capacity of up to 10.5 tonnes. Liverpool Streetscene Services (LSSL), a subsidiary of Liverpool City Council, has invested £3.4 million (€4.04 million) in the new fleet. A CNG fuelling station has also been installed at LSSL's refuse collection depot.
According to a report by the Liverpool Express, the purchase follows the recent announcement that Liverpool is on track to meet its climate change targets three years ahead of schedule. The city has achieved an 18% reduction in carbon emissions since 2012 and is on course to reach 35% by the end of 2020.
"This investment in a new fleet of refuse vehicles is a great statement of intent in our goal to make Liverpool a cleaner and greener city," said Liverpool's mayor Joe Anderson.
"The council inherited a tired and run-down fleet that was inefficient, unreliable and costly. Having a brand new refuse fleet that is bigger, more efficient and safer gives our collection teams the right tools to ensure residents receive a more reliable service. However, we still need residents to take action by reducing, reusing and recycling their waste to enable us to hit our targets and reduce the costs to them."
Stewart Gregory, commercial director at Faun Zoeller, said: "Liverpool City Council and Liverpool Street Scene Services are a valued client to Faun Zoeller. We have enjoyed an excellent relationship with the team at Liverpool over a number of years, and to have been able to assist in the integration of CNG into the fleet has been a valuable experience.
"It is great to work with such forward thinking local authorities, and we are already in discussions with options for the future, including our Bluepower hydrogen-powered vehicles. Collectively, we are now in a position to advise our clients who are looking at alternative fuels to diesel."
Liverpool City Council's cabinet member for the environment and sustainability, councillor Laura Robertson-Collins, added: "It is vital that we improve the air quality across our city. As a council, we will do all we can to move away from the use of diesel and other fuels that compromise health within our own vehicle fleet.
"We are currently looking at a possible 'Clean Air Zone' in the city centre and are encouraging as many families as possible to walk to school. We have declared a climate emergency and all have to change the way we do things."
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GAPS Diet 3-years anniversary
July 18, 2014 SCD - GAPS DietKimberly
It's hard for me to believe James has been grain-free for three years!
Most of the first two years were in Congo. People here in the US often wonder, "How could you do such a limited diet in rural Africa?" But I found the farmer's market (huge likelihood that produce was organic), local grass-fed beef and help in the kitchen truly a blessing. I think the abundance of options is a bit overwhelming here in our world of Whole Foods, co-ops, online orders, etc. Farmers and butchers are few and far between – at least in cities! When I first entered my trusty old friend of a grocery store to realize there were maybe 3 items edible for James – it almost made me panic. I had been looking forward to clean long aisles full of food options, (pushing a shopping cart!), but this heavenly experience was soiled by the realization that there weren't 'food options' in the average grocery store anymore.
Taking our family on the road also provided challenges. Gas-station snacks? Not really. Fast food? Nope. We found a high end steakhouse for a fancy family meal. I called their chef ahead of time. Do you have any grass-fed beef? Nope. Any pastured or organic chicken? Nope. Wild-caught seafood? Nope. So you don't have any meat whatsoever that has not been fed corn & soy? Nope. What oil do you fry in? Soybean oil. ARGH! To their enormous credit, they were willing to let us bring in a raw grass-fed steak from Whole Foods and prepare it special in 100% butter for the special meal. Food is just way more processed and commercial than I ever imagined. It slightly helps that so many others are dealing with allergies too.
James is doing amazing. He grew an inch last week! His feet are officially bigger than mine. This year I have kept him full GAPS and added more dairy and he has been tolerating it for the first time in 2 years! He now does well on ghee, butter, kefir, yogurt, raw sour cream, parmasean, gruyere, comte. The occasional illegal treat of raw whipped cream or raw whole milk doesn't seem to bother him either! No eczema, no chronic illness, no toileting issues, no emotional meltdowns, and lots of gaining ground! We were able recently to return to that steakhouse and order one of their grain-fed steaks (cooked in butter!) without reaction!
In GAPS, as people heal, they often see retracing patterns. Your body is working backward through the healing it wanted to do in the past. So issues that came up recently were dealt with first and issues that had been under the surface from the start are the last to heal. We saw retracing in four of us. James' regression journey began with a chronic UTI and bad case of giardia. His giardia had been popping up every few months even on GAPS. Initially we would continue to treat with the recommended tinidazole antibiotic. After a while, kefir and garlic seemed to make it go back into remission after a few 'windy' days. And the giardia seemed to resurface less and less often. So when it seemed to come back (around a full moon, which is normal for parasites) in February, we began a regime of diatomaceous earth in water (a very inexpensive and gentle parasite/yeast cleanse) before dinner each day. I figured we all might have a few extra stow-aways after so many years in Africa. Within a week his giardia symptoms were gone and within a month he no longer had the bloated tummy that goes with it. We continued for several months. Initially he would feel something around a full moon, but now, 4 months later, we just had a 'super moon' and noticed nothing! Hooray for DE!
I feel like that was one huge last 'frontier' for James' gut. He had to find a way to kill off the last of the parasites and keep things in balance. Healing that his body wanted to do when he turned three… We'll have to see what time tells us, but we may have fought the 'last battle'!
We had a great conversation last week:
MOM: James, is that eczema on your leg?
James: What's eczema?
MOM: You know, the itchy spots you had when you were little?! (age 6 mos – 8 years)
James: Nope. No idea what you're talking about.
(it turned out to be a few mosquito bites)
I'm so thankful he doesn't even remember nights when he couldn't sleep for the itching.
James is headed for the teens quickly, growing like a weed, and becoming a wonderful young man. He is doing really well in math, still loves architecture and engineering, and Suzuki piano instruction. He still has an amazing capacity for patterns and in 6 months of piano instruction can play about 12 songs in almost any key you name. He has recently discovered a love of clay and molding figurines to order. He has finished Occupational Therapy for gross motor delays and has one reflex still not integrated. He has enjoyed playing baseball and soccer this spring. The biggest thing James accomplished this year was a week away from family at Summer Camp! He had to bring a cooler of food along, but he had a blast intertubing on the lake, ziplining through the forest and diving in the pool! Such a far cry from the 8yo who couldn't make it through an hour with peers on his own…
My guess is that James will benefit from continuing GAPS foods for the majority of his diet, but that he won't be limited strictly for too much longer. The only hesitation from moving on now is that for some kids (like myself) hormone levels and detox can get messy ages 12-14. We'll have to navigate it one day at a time. So thankful for the wisdom of Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride and GAPS!
Cultural Indications
July 8, 2014 Personal, Texas Culture, TravelsKimberly
A year ago this week, we were piling our worldly possessions into a moving truck to cross 5 states and move to Texas. We had no idea what Texas was like, but we knew we were moving there. We didn't know any Texans, but we knew we could meet some.
Joshua 3:17 was our rock of comfort. Israel was nervous. They were crossing into the Promised Land after 40 years of wandering, knowing that strong enemies were likely waiting for them. A new land. It's scary. We were only moving five people. They were moving thousands. God doesn't just send them swimming. He doesn't have them construct boats. He goes before them. He plans ahead and provides before their very eyes. The Ark of the Covenant passed into the middle of the Jordan river "while all Israel crossed on dry ground" as the slimy, rockbed turned into firm, dry ground. With each provision we would cheer, "Dry ground!"
For years we have moved. Migrants. Nomads. Seventeen times in fifteen years. You'd think we would get better at it! Texas is yet another culture for us. We've spent decades on the West Coast. We've spent years in Kenya and Congo and France, Kent even knows China, but Texas? And it's not different just because people say "all y'all" or "fixin to", it's how people drift across freeway lanes like they're ice skating in circles around you. Blinkers? Nope. It's how there is an understood but invisible social network. It's how you have to water a house's foundation and drive 10 over the speed limit. It's how 100 degrees for months on end is normal, and the plants that thrive are all foreign to us. It's all new.
But He goes before us.
And made us to walk across on dry ground!


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What Would President* Trump Recommend for Countries Running Out of Water?
South Africa is the latest victim of the elaborate "climate hoax."
By Charles P. Pierce
Let's begin the week with some cheery news that has nothing to do with the epochal moment in which Steve Bannon showed up in the Capitol wearing only one shirt and a tie. Far away from the Beltway stakeouts, the city of Cape Town in South Africa is running out of water. From Quartz:
It's the height of summer in Cape Town, and the southwesternmost region of South Africa is gripped by a catastrophic water shortage. Unless the city adopts widespread rationing, the government says, the taps "will be turned off" on April 22, 2018, because there will be no more water to deliver. This would make Cape Town the first major city in the world to run out of water, according to Anthony Turton, a professor at the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State in South Africa, who spoke to the New York Times. "It's not an impending crisis—we're deep, deep, deep in crisis." The shortage is the result of a multi-year drought.
Drought conditions have become epidemic in the southern hemisphere over the past decade. Last fall, which is spring in that part of the world, the good folks at Climate Watch published a survey of the region.
Drought is also intensifying on the other side of the Indian Ocean in Indonesia and Australia and the positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) in the tropics likely plays a large role in this. As early as June our model confidently predicted the development of a positive IOD and we pointed out the increased drought risk in those regions. Due to the IOD conditions those droughts are likely to continue.
Tied in with drought conditions, and with the deepening climate crisis that are their major cause, are a number of other problems, as Climate Watch explains. One of these is epidemic disease. From JST:
Recent climate changes have increased the possible risks of infectious disease outbreaks in unexpected regions and on scales previously unknown. This project is developing an infectious disease outbreak prediction model that incorporates the influences of a variety of environmental factors into the climate change models in order to predict the outbreaks of malaria, pneumonia, and diarrheal diseases such as cholera that are predominantly affected by climate conditions. The ultimate aim of the research is to build an early warning system that can be applied in implementing effective countermeasures for infectious disease…The predictions can be applied through approaches involving appropriate preventative measures during warning periods and in high-risk regions (including implementation of countermeasures, preparation of medicines and diagnostic kits for an early response). In the future, the system can also be expected to be developed and deployed in areas outside Southern Africa.
Leave that aside for a moment and consider the original story. Cape Town, a major city with close to a half-million inhabitants, is in immediate danger of running out of water. Two million tourists a year visit the place. As Reuters reports, the city is scrambling as "Day Zero" approaches.
"Day Zero" - the date taps are due to run dry - has crept forward to April 22 as city authorities race to build desalination plants and drill underground boreholes.
This climate business remains the most successful hoax in history.
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The Commissioner must develop, manage, implement and periodically update the plans and submit them to the City Clerk's office for public review. These include Strategic Traffic Safety and Enforcement Plan, Strategic Emergency Medical Services Plan and Strategic Emergency Management Plan.
As Head of the Police Department, the Commissioner of Public Safety is responsible for ensuring the preservation of peace and good order, the enforcement of laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of the City, New York State and the United States, appointment of a Chief of Police to have immediate direction and control of the Police Department subject to the policies, rules, regulations and orders established by the Commissioner of Public Safety and providing adequate training of all police personnel.
As Head of the Fire Department, the Commissioner of Public Safety is responsible for ensuring that applicable provisions of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building code are implemented and to enforce the relevant fire codes and regulations, providing adequate training of all firefighter personnel and resources to fight and control fires, handle hazardous materials incidents and provide emergency medical care at accidents and incidents, and the appointment of the Fire Chief.
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In addition to these executive duties, the Commissioner has legislative responsibilities as one of five voting members of the Saratoga Springs City Council.


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A member of the inaugural class of the HBO Access Writing Fellowship (2015-16), she began her love affair with writing and the English language while teaching English as a Second Language in Seoul, South Korea. To this day, kimchi chi-gae (stew) stokes her late-night creativity.
A devotee of global politics and adventure, she speaks "market" Thai, has sailed down the Moei River with Burmese rebels, and co-founded www.wordswithoutborders.org, a private and NEA-supported online magazine for literature in translation back in the wild web days when "online content" was still a novelty in media.
Dedi worked in publishing as an Executive Editor at Oxford University Press and a Senior Editor at Simon & Schuster, where she developed award-winning and bestselling book projects across a range of genres and topics from Facebook to personal risk to cutting edge neuroscience. Upon moving to Los Angeles, she attended the UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting, taught TV writing for Script Anatomy, and volunteers for the Young Storytellers Foundation.
Dedi is an amazing instructor who really digs deep to hone your vision. She latches on to the heart of your story, nourishes that vision, and gives you the tools and notes to see that vision realized. She's patient yet firm, and works tirelessly to ensure you are supported throughout the length of the class. I would email her between classes with questions, concerns, fears, and thoughts, and always got speedy replies that were both thoughtful and thought-provoking. She not only gave me new perspectives, but also pitched story solutions that gave both of my scripts (spec and pilot) new depth and meaning, and challenged me to become a better writer. I'm very proud of the work I've produced and have grown exponentially under Dedi's guidance.
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NORTHWOOD, N.H. – Nearly 150 campers from seven area camps gathered at Camp Yavneh last week for the annual Jewish Arts Festival. The event, which rotates among participating camps each year, brought together performers from Yavneh, JCC Camp Kingswood in Bridgton, Maine, Camp Young Judaea in Amherst, N.H., Camp Tevya in Brook-line, N.H., Camp Pembroke in Pembroke, Mass., Camp Tel Noar in Hampstead, N.H., and Camp Ramah in Palmer, Mass.
Jewish camps in New England are examining their hiring procedures following a recent incident at Camp Young Judaea. Although most camps operate background checks on all employees, at least one director stressed the importance of tightening up their hiring processes.


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John Moores resigns from UC Board of Regents
University of California Regent John J. Moores announced his resignation from the Board of Regents today, effective immediately, accordingto the university's Office of the President. No reason was stated for Moores' resignation.
Moores was appointed in March 1999 by then-Gov. Gray Davis to a term on the Board of Regents expiring in March 2009. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will appoint a successor to complete the rest of Moores' term.
Moores, of San Diego, is chairman of the San Diego Padres Baseball Club and of JMI Services, Inc. He also serves as chair of the Board of Trustees for The Carter Center.
The UC Board of Regents consists of 26 members. Eighteen are appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the state Senate, one is a UC student, appointed by the board to a one-year term, and seven are ex officio members.
They are the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the state Assembly, state superintendent of public instruction, president and vice president of the Alumni Associations of the University of California and president of the university.
Two faculty members — the chair and vice chair of the Academic Council — sit on the board as nonvoting members, and two staff advisors serve as non-voting advisors to two Regents' committees.
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COVID-19: How open data can help us beat the pandemic
'The more information and evidence citizens have, the more freedom and responsibility they have to act.'
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Fernando Straface Secretary-General, City of Buenos Aires
Opening up and sharing information about coronavirus allows the scientific and academic communities to test new strategies to stop the virus.
The Open Government Alliance recommends sharing models used to tally cases and make projections.
New Zealand - one of the most successful countries in managing the pandemic - has opened up data on the impact of the coronavirus on trade.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been the world's largest ever collective learning exercise. Cooperation, unprecedented on a global scale, has underpinned this dynamic. Perhaps the most obvious is scientific cooperation, with governments and universities opening up and sharing their research. Cities around the world have also been exchanging strategies through international urban cooperation networks, while the alliance between Apple and Google to improve contract tracing apps is perhaps the most unexpected example of collaboration in the private sector.
Opening up and sharing information about coronavirus allows the scientific and academic communities, and professionals from all disciplines, to analyze, compare, and test new hypotheses as the virus progresses. The information is also key to reducing uncertainty and ensuring that more and more people take the necessary precautions. Johns Hopkins University's global map, built with data reported daily by each country, is a good example of how to visualize data to make it easily understandable. Opening up data is a critical resource for scientists, researchers, and big data experts racing against the clock to help curb the spread of the virus.
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With respect to governments, the Open Government Alliance, of which Argentina and the City of Buenos Aires are members, recommends sharing the models used to tally cases and make projections. This makes the fundamentals of decision-making visible and allows scientists and experts to analyse and help improve them. At the same time, the Alliance suggests taking other measures to protect the data and privacy of people in those countries where companies are working together with governments in developing responses to the pandemic.
The City Government of Toronto, for example, publishes a summary of health indicators, geo-referenced data, and information on active outbreaks in the city. Bogotá's "SaluData" offers up indicators disaggregated by locality in exhaustive detail. After entering its third stage of reopening, the City of Chicago released a new metrics dashboard that allows data to be filtered by zip code, age, gender, and racial/ethnic origin.
Using data from the National Health Insurance Administration and working together with the private sector, the Taiwanese government developed a website that shows the availability of masks according to the stock currently available in pharmacies. And it's not only health data that's being published: New Zealand - one of the most successful countries in managing the pandemic - has opened up data on the impact of the coronavirus on international trade.
The city of Buenos Aires has a long history of open government. We strongly feel that opening up information proactively improves communication, increases trust, and enables others to use that information to create value in other areas. Within the framework of Buenos Aires' recently published Comprehensive Reopening Plan, all the information we use in the city government to make decisions about the coronavirus is available at Coronavirus Data.
The information that the Buenos Aires City Health Ministry issues in its daily reports on the epidemiological situation is published on this site: confirmed cases, accumulated cases, deaths, and testing, among others. In addition, it contains daily updates on data related to health and territorial management, such as calls to the city's whatsapp chatbot "BOTI" and the city's telephone helpline 147, statistics on the numbers of non-critical patients undergoing isolation in hotels, or of transfers made to one of 20 Emergency Febrile Units (UFUs).
It also displays data on mobility and public space, such as the number of passengers who travel daily by subway and bus, and in private vehicles. We trust that its main users - journalists, scientists, researchers and data experts - will help us identify improvements that we can add in successive stages.
In recent months, we have clearly seen the public value of data and evidence. Moving forward, we can use this to help us address other global development challenges, such as climate change or gender equality. Opening up data and information guides and informs decision-making, and it helps raise awareness of the magnitude of the challenges we have ahead.
Accurate information is key to awareness raising and reducing uncertainty, and it helps bolster cooperation between governments, the scientific community, and data users. The more information and evidence citizens have, the more freedom and responsibility they have to act. We need everyone's cooperation to stop the virus: opening up information is one key step in that direction.
Fernando Straface, Secretary-General, City of Buenos Aires
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Bizarre Creations Will Be Closing Feb. 18
In unfortunate news, this Friday will be a truly sad day for race fans. According to the report, Bizarre Creations will close it's doors Friday, February 18th 2011, which will end more then twenty years of development. The closure was not unexpected however, as the studio was on notice since November that a shutdown was possible. In January, their fears were confirmed when parent company Activision announced they could not find a buyer for the studio.
Blizarre Creations first become known in 1996 with it's Formula One game for Playstation. In 2000, the studio released Metropolis Street Racer for the Sega Dreamcast. However, most know the studio for it's work on Microsoft's Xbox platforms, which developed the popular Project Gotham Racing series which is one of my favorites. Blizarre was also behind the very popular arcade game Geometry Wars, which was released on many platforms such as Xbox 360 and PC as well as a spin-off on DS and Wii.
In 2007, Bizarre Creations was bought by Activision, for whom it developed two games: last year's Blur and James Bond 007: Blood Stone. Neither title was a breakout hit, so as part of a round of cost-cutting late last year, Activision made the decision to close the studio–which, at its peak, employed around 200 people. I am sorry for everyone that lost their jobs and best of luck finding a new one so I can have my racing games!
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بررسی نقش متغیرهای مؤثر بر شاخص رفاه مؤسسه لگاتیوم با رویکرد لاجیت ترتیبی
حسین محمدی 1
مهدی محمودی 2
1 فردوسی مشهد
10.22067/erd.v25i15.64435
امروزه یکی از هدف‌های اصلی سیاست‌گذاران، ارتقای کیفیت زندگی و افزایش سطح رفاه جامعه است و یکی از شاخص‌های اصلی سنجش پیشرفت کشورها، شاخص رفاه آن کشور می‌باشد. شاخص رفاه تابعی از متغیرهای مختلفی در طول زمان است که توسط محققان و مؤسسات مختلف از جمله مؤسسه لگاتیوم ارائه گردیده است. تحقیق حاضر سعی دارد با استفاده از مدل لاجیت ترتیبی و با توجه به رتبه‌بندی کشورها توسط مؤسسه لگاتیوم به چهار گروه کشورهای با رفاه پایین، رفاه پایین‌تر از متوسط، رفاه بالاتر از متوسط و رفاه بالا، به بررسی اثرات متغیرهای موردنظر بر شاخص رفاه برای سال 2015 بپردازد. متغیر وابسته سطح رفاه کشورها است که در چهار گروه مورداشاره مطابق با تقسیم‌بندی مؤسسه لگاتیوم، برای 142 کشور ارائه شده است. متغیرهای توضیحی منتخب نیز شامل زیر شاخص‌های اقتصادی، کارآفرینی، حکومت، آموزش، سلامت و سرمایه‌های اجتماعی می‌باشد. نتایج تحقیق با توجه به تأیید شدن آزمون رگرسیون‌های موازی نشان داد که تمامی متغیرها به‌جز زیر شاخص آموزش، اثر مثبت و معنی‌داری بر شاخص رفاه دارند. همچنین مقدار اثر نهایی در زیر شاخص سلامت دارای بیشترین مقدار است و نشان می‌دهد که توجه کشورها به این زیر شاخص، جهت افزایش رفاه کلی یک جامعه از اهمیت بیشتری برخوردار است.
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شاخص لگاتیوم
لاجیت ترتیبی
Investigating the Role of Variables Affecting the Legatum Prosperity Index Using Ordered Logit Regression approach
Hossien Mohammadi 1
Mehdi Mahmoudi 2
1 Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Today, one of the main goals of policymakers is to improve the quality of life and increase the level of welfare of the society. One of the main indicators of the progress of countries is its prosperity index. Prosperity is more than just the accumulation of material wealth; it is also the joy of everyday life and the prospect of an even better life in the future. This is true for individuals as well as nations. The prosperity index is a function of various variables over time that has been investigated by researchers and institutes, including the Legatum institute. The Legatum Institute exists to promote policies that create pathways from poverty to prosperity. The journey towards prosperity is therefore not just about what we contribute, but about who we become.
2. Theoretical Framework
The Legatum Prosperity Index is a framework that assesses countries on the promotion of their citizens' flourishing, reflecting both wealth and wellbeing. It captures the richness of a truly prosperous life, moving beyond traditional macroeconomic measurements of a nation's prosperity, which relies solely on the indicators of wealth such as average income per person (GDP per capita). This makes it an authoritative measure of human progress, offering a unique insight into how prosperity is forming and changing across the world.
The Legatum Prosperity Index offers a unique insight into how prosperity is forming and changing across the world. The Index is distinctive in that it is the only global measurement of prosperity based on both income and wellbeing. Traditionally, a nation's prosperity has been based solely on macroeconomic indicators such as a country's income represented either by GDP or by average income per person (GDP per capita). However, most people would agree that prosperity is more than just the accumulation of material wealth. It is also the joy of everyday life and the prospect of being able to build an even better life in the future. In recent years, governments, academics, international organizations, and businesses have increasingly moved their attention towards the indicators that measure wellbeing as a complement to GDP. Indeed, the Index not only recognizes the need for a country to promote high levels of per capita income but also advocates improvements in the subjective wellbeing of its citizens. The 2017 Legatum Prosperity Index is based on 104 different variables analyzed across 149 nations around the world. The source data includes Gallup World Poll, World Development Indicators, International Telecommunication Union, Fragile States Index, Worldwide Governance Indicators, Freedom House, World Health Organization, World Values Survey, Amnesty International, and the Centre for Systemic Peace. The 104 variables are grouped into 9 sub-indexes, which are averaged using equal weights. The 9 sub-indexes are:
Economic Quality
Personal Freedom
For example, personal freedom includes freedom of speech and religion, national tolerance for immigrants and ethnic and racial minorities. The Social Capital sub-index includes the percentage of citizens who volunteer, give to charity, help strangers, and who feel they can rely on family and friends.
The present research is attempting to study the effects of different sub-indices on the overall prosperity index in 2015 using Ordered Logit Regression model. Ordered Logit models are used to estimate the relationships between an ordinal dependent variable and a set of independent variables. According to the ranking of countries by the Legatum Institute to four groups of low-welfare, lower than middle welfare, higher than middle welfare and high welfare countries, the effects of welfare sub-indices on the overall index is investigated for 142 countries. The dependent variable is the welfare state of the countries, which is classified into four main categories according to the division of the Legatum Institute and the selected explanatory variables including economic, entrepreneurship, governance, education, health and social capital indicators.
4. Results & Discussion
According to the results, we understand that all variables are significant at level of 10%, but education index is not significant. On the other hand, health and social indices at the level of 1%, entrepreneurship and government indices in level of 5% and economic sub-index are also significant at level of 10%. Therefore, due to significant and positive coefficients of these variables, it is safe to say that these variables have positive and direct effects on prosperity in every country. Therefore, increasing independent significant variables would increase possibility countries to higher levels of prosperity and income.
5. Conclusions & Suggestions
According to the confirmation of the parallel regression test, the results show that all variables except the education index have a positive and significant effect on the overall prosperity index. In addition, the amount of marginal effect for health index is the highest and shows that the attention of countries to this sub-indicator is more important in terms of increasing the general prosperity of a country.
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تاریخ پذیرش: 24 اردیبهشت 1396
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محمدی, حسین, محمودی, مهدی. بررسی نقش متغیرهای مؤثر بر شاخص رفاه مؤسسه لگاتیوم با رویکرد لاجیت ترتیبی. اقتصاد و توسعه منطقه ای, 1397; 25(16): 1-20. doi: 10.22067/erd.v25i15.64435


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Abstinence Reinforcing Contingency Management to Suppress HIV Viral Load
Cunningham, Chinazo O. (PI)
Rose, Susan A. (PI)
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Despite advances in HIV treatment, HIV-infected drug users continue to have poor treatment outcomes. With suboptimal HIV treatment and poorly controlled HIV infection, drug users have great potential to transmit HIV infection to their partners, leading to serious public health consequences. Few studies test interventions to improve outcomes among HIV-infected drug users, and many focus on improving HAART adherence. In active drug users, these interventions, which improve adherence but do not affect drug use, lead to modest, if any, improvement in viral load (VL) suppression. In drug users, achieving and maintaining clinically significant VL suppression without addressing drug use is unlikely. Despite this, we are not aware of any study that has examined whether an intervention that aims to reduce drug use improves HIV-related outcomes. Because abstinence-reinforcing contingency management (CM) overwhelmingly reduces drug use, and reduction in drug use is associated with improved HIV outcomes, the benefits of abstinence-reinforcing CM are likely to extend to improving HIV treatment outcomes. However, this has not been studied. Our study will be among the first to test whether CM that reinforces one behavior (achieving abstinence) leads to improved outcomes in other related behaviors (achieving VL suppression). We propose to test whether an abstinence-reinforcing CM intervention improves VL suppression in HIV-infected drug users. We will enroll 202 participants with suboptimal drug and HIV treatment (using cocaine or opioids while receiving opioid agonist treatment, with detectable VL while prescribed HAART) to test a 16-week intervention of abstinence-reinforcing CM on VL suppression. Participants will be randomized to the abstinence-reinforcing CM intervention or performance feedback (control condition). The CM group can earn $1320 based on drug-free urine. Participants will be followed for 28 weeks, and data sources will include blood and urine tests, questionnaires, and pill counts. The primary outcome will be change in VL, and secondary outcomes include CD4 count, abstinence, and HAART adherence. Our study aims are to: 1) test the efficacy of a 16-week abstinence-reinforcing contingency management intervention on VL suppression, and 2) examine mechanisms of achieving VL suppression with our abstinence-reinforcing CM intervention. We hypothesize that those randomized to the CM (vs. control) group will have greater VL suppression, and that the CM group will have greater abstinence, leading to higher adherence, leading to greater VL suppression. Our proposal is innovative and responsive to RFA DA-11-001. It is well-established that abstinence-reinforcing CM reduces drug use, and reduction in drug use is associated with improvements in HIV treatment. What is not known, and what this study will elucidate, is whether abstinence-reinforcing CM is efficacious in improving VL suppression, and the mechanisms underlying this effect. Given the central role that CM is now playing in large public health trials, our findings will have substantial public health implications.
PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: HIV-infected drug users have poor HIV treatment outcomes. Of the few studies that test interventions to improve outcomes among HIV-infected drug users, many focus on improving HIV medication adherence. In active drug users, these interventions, which improve adherence but do not affect drug use, lead to modest, if any, improvement in HIV viral load suppression. Because abstinence-reinforcing contingency management (monetary vouchers contingent on abstinence from drugs) overwhelmingly reduces drug use, and reduction in drug use is associated with improved HIV outcomes, the benefits of abstinence-reinforcing contingency management are likely to extend to improving HIV treatment outcomes. However, this has not been studied. Our study will be among the first to test whether contingency management that reinforces one behavior (achieving abstinence) leads to improved outcomes in other related behaviors (achieving HIV viral load suppression). Specifically, in a randomized controlled trial, we propose to test whether an abstinence-reinforcing contingency management intervention improves viral load suppression in HIV-infected drug users. Given the central role that contingency management is now playing in large public health trials, our findings will have substantial public health implications
Viral Load Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Drug Users Medicine & Life Sciences 67%
Pharmaceutical Preparations Medicine & Life Sciences 34%
Public Health Medicine & Life Sciences 27%
Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Medicine & Life Sciences 21%
Opioid Analgesics Medicine & Life Sciences 11%
HIV Infections Medicine & Life Sciences 11%


Cyprus a well regulated EU member state, combines tax efficient features of a modern financial centre with the necessary infrastructure for the fund's industry. It offers the full spectrum of legislative framework to all fund products (UCITS and non UCITS) and provides fund managers to structure as Alternative Investment Fund Managers as presented in the relevant EU Directive or a MiFID compliant Investment Firm, both offering EU passporting ability.
It has an abundance of experienced lawyers, accountants, custodians, fund administrators and fund managers. Cyprus has a UK based legal system, independent judiciary, a friendly business environment and a high quality lifestyle.
Cyprus has a low cost base, efficient and investor friendly government authorities with minimal red tape.
All the above make Cyprus an attractive jurisdiction for the setting up of an Alternative Investment Fund.


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Tetlow, S. A. J., Brennan, M. L., Garcia-Ara, A. 2022. Welfare indicators for stunning versus non-stunning slaughter in sheep and cattle: A scoping review. Vet Record 191(6), e1739.
Background: While most cattle and sheep in the United Kingdom are stunned before slaughter, non-stun methods are permitted to supply meat to specific consumers. This study aimed to identify the existing literature that compared animal...
Collins, S. L., Kull, J., Benham, C. et al. 2020. Comparison of penetrating and non-penetrating captive bolt in an alternative occipital approach in calves. Animal Welfare 29(1), 59-67.
The objective of this study was to describe the effect of penetrating or non-penetrating captive bolt using an occipital approach in 4–5 month old, Holstein steers weighing between 100–200 kg. Twelve calves were divided into...
Walker, J., Roman-Muniz, I., Edwards-Callaway, L. 2020. Timely euthanasia in the United States dairy industry–Challenges and a path forward. Animals 10(1), 71.
Euthanasia is a valuable management tool utilized on dairies to end the suffering of sick or debilitated cows. Euthanasia should be implemented if an animal's pain cannot be adequately alleviated and if there is a...
Vecerek, V., Kamenik, J., Voslarova, E. et al. 2020. The impact of deviation of the stun shot from the ideal point on motor paralysis in cattle. Animals 10(2), 280.
The effect on motor paralysis of a deviation in the stun shot placement from the ideal point on cattle skulls was monitored in 627 bovine animals (271 bulls and 356 cows) stunned with a captive...
Gehlen, H., Loschelder, J., Merle, R. et al. 2020. Evaluation of stress response under a standard euthanasia protocol in horses using analysis of heart rate variability. Animals 10(3), 485.
The effects of a standard protocol for euthanasia on heart rate variability (HRV) as a consequence of stress response were analyzed in this prospective clinical study. The HRV was determined in 40 horses undergoing euthanasia...
Shomer, N. H., Allen-Worthington, K. H., Hickman, D. L. et al. 2020. Review of rodent euthanasia methods. JAALAS 59(3), 242–253.
The optimal choice of euthanasia method for laboratory rodents depends on a number of factors, including the scientific goals of the study, the need to minimize animal pain and/or distress, applicable guidelines and laws, the...
Cohen, S., Kwok, M., Huang, J. 2020. Humane euthanasia of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) with a penetrating spring-loaded captive bolt. Animals 10(8), 1356.
Guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) have been used in research since the 19th century to collect data due to their physiological similarities to humans. Today, animals perform a vital role in experiments and concerns for laboratory...
Axiak Flammer, S., Eskes, C., Kohler, I. et al. 2019. Alternatives to carbon dioxide—Taking responsibility for humanely ending the life of animals. Animals 9(8), 482.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is commonly used to kill rodents. However, a large body of research has now established that CO2 is aversive to them. A multidisciplinary symposium organized by the Swiss Federal Food Safety and...
Green, A., Clark, C., Favaro, L. et al. 2019. Vocal individuality of Holstein-Friesian cattle is maintained across putatively positive and negative farming contexts. Scientific Reports 9, 18468.
Cattle mother-offspring contact calls encode individual-identity information; however, it is unknown whether cattle are able to maintain individuality when vocalising to familiar conspecifics over other positively and negatively valenced farming contexts. Accordingly, we recorded 333...
Gilliam, J. N., Woods, J., Hill, J. et al. 2018. Evaluation of the CASH Dispatch Kit combined with alternative shot placement landmarks as a single-step euthanasia method for cattle of various ages. Animal Welfare 27(3), 225-233.
Humane euthanasia of cattle under field conditions presents special challenges for veterinarians and producers. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the CASH Dispatch Kit captive-bolt system combined with improved shot...
Shearer, J. 2018. Euthanasia of cattle: Practical considerations and application. Animals 8(4), 57.
Acceptable methods for the euthanasia of cattle include overdose of an anesthetic, gunshot and captive bolt. The use of anesthetics for euthanasia is costly and complicates carcass disposal. These issues can be avoided by use...
Lush, J., Ijichi, C. 2018. A preliminary investigation into personality and pain in dogs. Journal of Veterinary Behavior 24, 62-68.
Adherence to basic animal welfare standards involves effective monitoring and control of pain, especially in a veterinary setting. Assessment relies on behavioral and physiological indicators. However, individual differences in physiology mediate consistent individual differences in...
Foris, B., Zebunke, M., Langbein, J. et al. 2018. Evaluating the temporal and situational consistency of personality traits in adult dairy cattle. PLoS ONE 13(10), e0204619.
Recent research suggests that personality, defined as consistent individual behavioral variation, in farm animals could be an important factor when considering their health, welfare, and productivity. However, behavioral tests are often performed individually and they...
Schiffer, K. J., Retz, S. K., Algers, B. 2017. Assessment of stun quality after gunshot used on cattle: a pilot study on effects of diverse ammunition on physical signs displayed after the shot, brain tissue damage and brain haemorrhages. Animal Welfare 26(1), 95-109.
Moving the slaughter process from the abattoir to the animals' familiar environment has the potential to reduce pre-mortal stressors to a minimum and contribute considerably to improved animal welfare at slaughter. On-farm stunning and killing...
Gilliam, J. N., Shearer, J. K., Bahr, R. J. et al. 2016. Evaluation of brainstem disruption following penetrating captive-bolt shot in isolated cattle heads: comparison of traditional and alternative shot-placement landmarks. Animal Welfare 25(3), 347-353.
Currently recommended landmarks for captive-bolt euthanasia of cattle often result in failure to penetrate the brainstem. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability to disrupt the brainstem by placing the shot at...
Lambeth, S. P., Schapiro, S. J., Bernacky, B. J. et al. 2013. Establishing 'quality of life' parameters using behavioural guidelines for humane euthanasia of captive non-human primates. Animal Welfare 22(4) 429-435.
Chronic pain and distress are universally accepted conditions that may adversely affect an animal's quality of life (QOL) and lead to the humane euthanasia of an animal. At most research institutions and zoological parks in...
Coleman, K. 2012. Individual differences in temperament and behavioral management practices for nonhuman primates. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 137(3-4), 106-113.
This review will examine how individual differences in temperament might affect, or be affected by, behavioral management practices for captive primates. Measuring temperament may help us predict the outcome of social introductions. It can also...


Look yourself in the mirror… are your summer ready?? Are you ready for the season of vacations?? If the answer is NO you are probably losing all the summer fun this season. Those extra pounds you had hidden under those overcoats can't stay there anymore. The rising temperature brings along rising hemlines and shirt sleeves and that pudge can't hide anymore. Simple ways to flaunt your fashion style this summer.
With the soaring temperatures, it's easy to gulp down few cosmos and margaritas just to stay cool. But before you even pick up that drink, please note all the effort you gave working out since morning is going down the drain with this drink. Choose your Drinks wisely. Stick with low-calorie drinks, avoiding aerated completely. Healthy options like Lassi, Coconut water, Cucumber Water, Fresh Juices.
It's no brainer and needs no season to be on a checklist. If those Pizzas, pasta, Fried Munching keep on pouring in countlessly, forget this summer you might be looking at next summer. Working out daily doesn't allow you to consume any kind of food irrespective of the portion. You craft yourself in the kitchen and shape it up in the gym. Switch to home cooking for healthy options and a check on the calorie count. Kiss all those fast food joints a goodbye for now.
It is a mere addition to cutting crap; let's name it as "AXE THE JUNK". Fill up your plate with green leafy vegetables, vegetables enhance the skin elasticity and help the body to stay full for longer. Substitute your meat and carbohydrate portion with veggies. We are looking at a platter of 3 portion veggies and 1 portion carbohydrates.
Preserved juices generally tend to contain pretty less nutritional value as compared to fresh juice. You don't need to think about it a lot, simply imagine a squeezed bottle with a 60-day expiry date. Though fresh juicing is a better option than preserved juices; try consuming raw fruits whenever possible. The nutritional goodies present in the fruits get majorly lost when we squeeze the fruit throwing away the skin.
Coffee is great; it speeds your metabolism, gets you that kick to push that extra mile while you are working out. While coffee in itself is not a criminal, but the dairy and sugar that go along with it are nothing less than the Decepticons. Swap your lattes with a healthy option of Green tea, Lemon tea or even black coffee (not for blood pressure patients).


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Photos and specs of Xiaomi Mi 6 may have been leaked
Images and hardware info for the unannounced Xiaomi Mi 6 smartphone, along with a Mi 6 Pro variant, may have leaked on the Internet.
It looks like a successor to the Xiaomi Mi 5 smartphone is close to being announced. Images and hardware info have reportedly been leaked for the Mi 6, along with news that a Mi 6 Pro variant could be in the works.
Hugo Barra: "Xiaomi could sell 10 billion smartphones and not make a profit"
According to the images and info from the China-based site MyDrivers.com, the Xiaomi Mi 6 could have 4G of RAM and a flatscreen display, while the Mi 6 Pro could have 6GB of RAM and a curved display, similar to how Samsung launched the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge in 2016.
The same site claims both phones will have the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, along with its Quick Charge 4 technology. They could also have a front fingerprint sensor and a 4,000mAh battery. The site claims the launch price for the Xiaomi Mi 6 could be 1,999 yuan (about $288) while the Mi 6 Pro could be priced at 2,499 yuan (about $360).
Keep in mind that the leaked images and hardware specs have not been confirmed, so take all of these reports with a grain of salt. The Mi 6 and Mi 6 Pro could get officially revealed by Xiaomi by the beginning of February, again according to these unconfirmed reports. However, that would be in line with the official reveal of the Mi 5 which was announced in February 2016.


Are you making these web copy mistakes?
That's the bottom line, right? More customers.
Your site may be in excellent shape. But if you're making any of these 7 mistakes, a minor tweaking can bring big results.
Writing your content strictly for the search engines, not for humans. There are a lot of great tools out there for determining what keywords your prospects are looking for, like KeywordDiscovery.com, WordTracker.com, or Google.AdWords.com. Proper keyword usage will bring people to your site. Problem is, you can't just stuff your content full of keywords. It has to be interesting enough so people stay on your site. Quick fix? Have someone (not necessarily an SEO "expert") with a flair for writing compelling copy re-write your pages.
Not finding out ahead of time what your prospects are searching for. As indicated in # 1 above, you first need to do some keyword research. Quick fix? Go to http://www.KeywordDiscovery.com or http://www.WordTracker.com or https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal to find out what keywords are best for your site. Don't have time? Hire an SEO copywriter.
Confusing layout. Do readers know how to find what they're looking for? Is it logical? Quick fix? Lead them where you want them to go. Put your tabs in the order that you'd want a reader to flow through them. And have a strong call to action wherever appropriate.
Too much information. The life story of your VP may be interesting to you, but is it helping you attract and retain customers? Quick fix? Consider dropping any pages or content that doesn't add true value.
Too little information. On the other hand, some sites don't have enough content. Visitors need to have a good idea of who you are and what you're all about. They need to trust you before they'll take a chance on doing business with you. Quick fix? Add useful, relevant content. Don't have time, or a flair for writing compelling, valuable content? Consider hiring a web copywriting specialist.
One-sided content. What do we mean? Some sites we see have excellent, useful content. They give out great information, but prospects don't buy anything. On the other hand, some sites (we've all seen them) have an overly "hypey", heavy-handed sales message from top to bottom. Quick fix? This one is easy: balance valuable, useful content with a well-written sales message that gets readers to act.
No call to action. Believe it or not, a lot of sites don't ask their visitors to do anything! Quick fix? What do you want your visitors to do? Ask them to do it.
Do you have to use all seven of these ideas? Of course not. You may already have 5 of the 7 down.
If you're not sure exactly how to do it, well, that's what we do here at Web Content Copywriting. Keep reading our blog posts, or email us or call us and we'll see if we can help make your site stronger.
Here's to more website visitors for you in 2010, and converting more of them to customers!


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Raj Tarun at Raju Gadu Movie Interview
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Raj Tharun upcoming film titled Orey…Bujjigaa
Raj Tharun will be working in the direction of producer of K K Radhamohan. The film has been titled as 'Orey…Bujjigaa'. Konda Vijayakumar will be directing this film. Producer K...Continue reading
Dil Raju confirms 'Iddari Lokam Okate' release date
'Iddhari Lokam Okate' has completed its censor formalities recently and received a U/A certificate. Starring Raj Tarun and Shalini Pandey in the leads, this movie is being presented by Dil Raju. D...Continue reading
'Orey Bujjiga' to release in theatres on December 31
It's for a re-release of 'Orey Bujjiga', starring Raj Tarun, Malavika Nair and Hebah Patel. The comedy, produced by KK Radhamohan of Sri Sathya Sai Arts, will be re-released in theatres on December...Continue reading
First Look! Raj Tarun is 'Stand Up Rahul'
Close on the heels of the release of 'Power Play', Raj Tarun is back in the news with a new film. This time, he is doing a rom-com in which he will be seen as a stand-up comic. Debutant director Sa...Continue reading
'Seetamma Andalu-Ramayya Sitralu' gets clean 'U' certificate
'Seetamma Andalu-Ramayya Sitralu' that has Raj Tarun in the lead, has completed censor formality and received clean 'U' certificate. It has completed all formalities and is coming to audience on Ja...Continue reading


Harbet the dog/weasel has fashion problems in Emily Gravett's Old Hat.
It is summer – the season in which mad dogs and Englishmen are said to go out in the midday sun. A better idea might be to stay in the shade and read Raymond, by Yann and Gwendal Le Bec (Walker £11.99, ages 3+). Even before you have opened the book, you will be won over by the brilliant sunshine-yellow cover and Raymond – a little dog with big dreams – standing on his hind legs, looking perkily assured, with a cup of what looks alarmingly like coffee in his left paw.
Raymond's big dream is to be more than one of the family – he wants to "act more and more like a human". He becomes a celeb journo on Dogue magazine – and it all gets a bit much. It is not until he goes on holiday with his faithful old family that he remembers the enchantment of simply being a dog. The delight for readers is partly in acknowledging that we should all be careful what we wish for.
I am not sure what sort of an animal Harbert is in Old Hat, by Emily Gravett (Two Hoots £11.99, ages 3+). I'd say he is somewhere between a large weasel and a small dog, but he is drawn for laughs with Gravett's flair and charm. In the story Harbert models a variety of hats: the most summery is a bowl of fruit "low in fat, high in fibre" that "could provide 80% of his daily vitamins"; the least successful is a traffic cone. The trouble is that whatever Harbert puts on his head, he gets the same response: "old hat". Hats off to Gravett for a book that evolves entertainingly, creates a new fashion and relegates old hats into cardboard cartons marked "save for winter".
Moving house is always said to be high on the stress scale for adults, but in the unusual Through the Gate, by Sally Fawcett (EK Books £9.99, ages 4+), a change of address in Australia is sensitively approached from a child's point of view. When the little girl who is the first-person narrator first sees her new home, it is pictured in drab black and white – it has a wilted look. But as the days pass and she trudges to and from school, changes in the house start to occur and readers are invited to spot the differences. The final spread is – with a predictability that in no way spoils its impact – in full colour. The building's roof is mended, the old sofa collapsed on the front veranda has gone, the flowerbeds are filled with buoyant plants. Great fun, emotionally acute – a good, involving read.
Closer to home, All Aboard the London Bus, written by Patricia Toht and illustrated by Sam Usher (Frances Lincoln £11.99, ages 4+), conveys a sense of the capital from the top of a double-decker. What this tall book achieves is a top-of-the-bus feeling and, on the opening page, the city's inexplicable upper storeys (what goes on in them?). It takes in all the important sights: the bus goes past the changing of the guard and we stop at Westminster Abbey and Big Ben, all introduced in confident rhyme. The London Eye is: "A bracelet that hangs off the arm of the Thames/its pods filled with people all dangle like gems." This is a must for visitors to London and for Londoners who plan a summer at home – a fine reminder, with sympathetically exact illustrations, of what a superlative city it is.
What is attractive about the fairytale Cinnamon, by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Divya Srinivasan (Bloomsbury £12.99, ages 4+), is the freshness with which it is written: colloquial yet concise. "Her eyes were pearls, which gave her great beauty, but meant she was blind." In a mythical India, the father of a blind, mute princess takes the familiar route of inviting random pretenders to try to save her and make her speak (although the Rajah's rewards are uncommon – a room in the palace with a portrait of his wife's aunt on hardwood in enamels). But it is a tiger who turns out to be the most astonishing tutor (I won't give away his secrets here). Divya Srinivasan's illustrations are as bold as they need to be to serve this tremendous tale.
Everyone knows A Midsummer Night's Dream, but it is not for Jo Manton's 1945 adaptation that one lingers over Titania and Oberon, illustrated by Phyllis Bray (Pavilion £12.99, all ages) – it is because of the fascinating illustrations. Bray was an artist of the London Group and a founding member of the East London Group. Her pictures have a romantic quality that beguiles, not least because they are so much of their time – the scantily dressed Titania looks as if she is a bit of a drama queen (she'd be trouble on stage). All lovers of the play should possess a copy.
King of the Sky, by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Laura Carlin (Walker £12.99, ages 5+), is a moving story about an immigrant boy who invests his feelings of displacement in homing pigeons belonging to an old man in industrial Wales who befriends him. It is a book filled with foggy skies and dominated by struggle, and yet it spells out the miracle of the homing pigeon's instinct and its metaphorical force.
And, as a postscript, should this summer turn into a rainy season, a charming and tiny self-published book, Brollo, written by Gavin Clayton and illustrated by Tom Sparke (brollo.co.uk £4.50, ages 2+), caught my eye. Concerning the identity crisis of a blue-and-yellow striped umbrella, it has a lightly implied and usefully uplifting moral about making the best of bad weather. Let rain reign.


I got up early today in hopes of having time to make a super-awesome vegan lunch to bring to work. But, despite getting up early, I ran out of time and was forced to think fast and throw some random crap in my bag: two slices of Silver Hills flax bread, a whole avacodo, a whole tomato and a container of hummus. I meant to take some of my vegan cookies but, sadly, I accidentally left them on the counter. Anyway, I didn't bring a super awesome lunch…but I made one at the office!
This toasted sandwich had half an avocado (mashed), a whole tomato and some hummus. It was amaze-balls in all its glory. True story.
Supper was both a success and a failure. I found an intriguing recipe over at My Plant-Based Family. I'm loving this website for simple meal planning ideas. This particular recipe looked super simple, and it was.
As soon as I got home, I threw a pot of water on the stove to boil. Then I peeled and sliced some carrots, grabbed some frozen peas and some rice noodles. Once the water was boiling, I dumped the carrots in and let them cook for a few minutes. Then I dumped in the peas and rice noodles and cooked it all together for five more minutes.
While that stuff was cooking, I measured out a half cup of peanut butter and got my "healthy soy sauce" ready. Note, the author of the recipe uses soy-nut butter because she has a family member with a nut allergy. I am a peanut butter fanatic, so I used the real thing. After five minutes of cooking everything together, I simply strained the contents of the pot then added the peanut butter and a couple of teaspoons of healthy soy sauce.
From start to finish, this recipe took about 15 minutes. You just cannot beat that in terms of simplicity. And, it tasted fantastic! I did add a couple of extra capfuls of my Naked Coconuts sauce to my dish to dilute the stickiness of the natural peanut butter. It was so good, I had seconds! My husband also enjoyed it…although he did mention that it would be extra delicious with chicken. Sorry, Hun! The kids, however, were not fans of the peanut butter. My five-year-old had a few bites and said at first that he liked it, but then looked at me and politely said, "Mommy, this actually tastes gross." Sigh.
Next time (and there will definitely be a next time) I will take the kids' portions out of the pot before I add the peanut butter. I am sure they would have eaten this plain with just a little soy sauce added. Also, you could use any kind of homemade or pre-packaged sauce with this that you like – Thai sauce, teriyaki sauce, etc., and you could add different veggies, too. All-in-all, this is a very versatile and super-fast dish that I am sure will become a staple!
Next up, while my husband took our son to soccer, was an adventure in frozen treats from my daughter. We used another recipe from My Plant-Based Family (seriously…great easy ideas over there!!).
Using just two mangos, a lime, some coconut water, and stevia, we made something delicious (hopefully)!
Unfortunately, the recipe only made three Popsicles. If they're delicious, I'll double the recipe next time. I'll also probably use frozen mango next time…I'm not a fan of peeling and slicing mango…it's slippery!
So…all this fun in the kitchen left his hella mess. It's messes like these that cause me to give up easily when I try to implement a whole-foods meal plan. But, not this time.
1. Vegan Marshmallows in Canada? Does anyone order online? I checked at my local health food store today and they are out of stock for at least a couple of weeks. Where can I get these? It is camping season and I'd prefer to not by gelatin-filled ones for my littles…but they will insist on marshmallows.
2. Tofu? I've never been brave enough to try it. Should I dare? Is there a recipe or no-fail great way to cook it that will make it delicious? For meals like the one I cooked tonight, I'd love to have a protein replacement that tastes great so my husband does not feel the meal was missing something.
Tomorrow, I plan to repeat breakfast and lunch from today. As an aspiring minimalist, I like to keep things simple. And, I don't want to work so hard in the beginning that I get overwhelmed….slow and steady wins the race.
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