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We recently attended the 2019 ATA Show in Louisville, Kentucky. We scoured the show floor looking for the latest and greatest in the archery world. We came across a lot of great stuff, including great new arrows, quivers and release aids. Here is the cream of the crop.
Need a new release aid? The dual-caliper Trophy Double Caliper Diamondback Connector is a solid option. It has a crisp trigger and a comfortable adjustable wrist strap. It comes in Realtree Xtra camo.
Want a little different variety? The Bravo E-Z Adjust release with loop and lock strap comes with a Realtree camo wrist strap and orange calipers. That way, if you drop it in the yard, on the range, or in the woods, you’ll have a little better odds of finding it. This model also has a smooth trigger pull.
Want a release designed specifically for a woman? The Cobra All Adjust is a good bet. It sports a loop and lock Realtree camo strap with orange or purple calipers. Try this one out if you’re a female archer or purchasing one for that woman in your life.
Quivers are an integral part of your bowhunting setup. The Maxxis from Fuse Archery is a quick-disconnect quiver that easily attaches and detaches from your bow. It also houses up to six arrows, which is huge in comparison to most other quivers on the market. This model has a rugged design and has a loop on top for hanging your quiver while in the treestand or ground blind. It comes in Realtree camo.
Are you a crossbow hunter? Ever had to discharge arrows that you didn’t want to shoot? Doing so can be dangerous if you aren’t careful. Plus, it results in dulled broadheads and potentially damages your bolts. This device, the Crossbow De-Cocking Bolt from Allen, makes that process much safer and easier on your gear. Its 24-inch length is made from heavy-duty fiberglass, an integrated steel tip and highly visible 4-inch vanes for easy recovery. Be sure your crossbow is compatible with half-moon-style nocks before using.
The Nexus Hunter Crossbow Bolts by Allen come in a handy three-pack set. They have a straightness factor of +/- 0.004 inches (0.101mm), 4-inch vanes, half-moon nocks and are compatible with crossbows with draw weights up to 185 pounds. The recommended field point size for these bolts are 11/32 of an inch (8.73mm).
The Knockdown Youth Carbon Arrows by Allen come in sets of three. They are made of high-strength carbon that delivers increased penetration. They come pre-fletched with 3-inch vanes that offer better stability during flight. They also come field-ready with pre-installed inserts. Each of them have a weight of 8.6 grains per inch with a +/- 0.006-inch (0.015 CM) straightness factor. These are recommended for bows with draw weights ranging from 30 to 50 pounds.
Have a young archer in your life who frequently hits the range? The Fearless Youth Target Arrow shafts are made from durable fiberglass and have precision target points. They also come pre-fletched and are made for bows with draw weights up to 35 pounds.
Ready for the big leagues? The Pro Series 400 Carbon Arrow set comes pre-fletched with 2-inch Blazer veins and are made of high-strength carbon fiber matrix which helps deliver increased penetration. They also come field-ready with pre-installed inserts. Each arrow weighs 8.6 grains per inch and sport a +/- 0.006-inch (0.015CM) straightness tolerance. They have an outside diameter of 0.295 inches (0.75 CM), a spine rating of 400, a target point size of 9/32 inch, and are recommended for bows with 50- to 65-pound draw weights.
The Atomic 350 Carbon Arrows are made of high-strength carbon fiber matrix provides faster arrow recovery and better accuracy. These have a 0.0035-inch (0.0889mm) straightness tolerance. They also come pre-fletched with 2-inch vanes for superior flight, weigh 10.2 grains per inch, have an outside diameter of 0.295 inches (7.493mm) and a spine rating of 350. These are recommended for bows with 50- to 65-pound draw weights and 9/32-inch target points. They come available in 29- and 30-inch lengths.
Are you a Beman fan? The WhiteOut from Beman is the next evolution of graphics on hunting arrows. It features grayed-out Realtree camo that increases visibility and blood traceability. These arrow shafts have a +/- straightness of 0.003 inches, range in spine sizes from 300 to 500, range in weight from 7.5 to 9.6 grains per inch and come in lengths between 30.75 and 32.25 inches. Sports a 13-grain Super Nock and 21-grain CB insert.
Love the Beman WhiteOut design but shoot a crossbow? They have a bolt version. It comes in lengths ranging from 20 to 22 inches and a 11.5-inch grains-per-inch weight. It also comes with talon- (11 grains), moon- (11 grains), or flatback- (9 grains) style nocks. It also comes with either 100-grain brass or 42-grain aluminum bolt inserts.
This arrow option provides accurate trajectory, hard-hitting impact and comes equipped with the Microlite S nocks and precision 21-grain CB inserts. It comes in 300, 340, 400 or 500 spine sizes. Weights (grains per inch) range from 7.5 to 9.6 and come in 30.75-, 31.25-, 31.75-, and 32.25-inch stock lengths.
Shoot a lot of 3D archery targets? Just like shooting in the yard? It helps to have hip-style arrow quiver. Check out this new option offered by Easton.
This quiver option is vibration-free, lightweight, compact, accommodates carbon and aluminum arrows, fits both mechanical and fixed broadheads and holds up to four arrows. It sports a rubber hood liner which reduces noise and it’s compatible with either left- or right-handed bows.
Calling all crossbow hunters. This option is perfect for those who like small, compact quivers. This five-arrow (carbon and aluminum) model offers a low-profile design. It’s lightweight, boasts easy one-hand removal and fits most broadheads. The mounting bracket and grippers are fully adjustable so that it fits virtually every crossbow on the market.
This low-profile design helps keep your arrows tight to the bow riser. It’s mounting brackets and grippers are fully adjustable for a better fit. It’s both compact and lightweight with easy one-hand removal. It also fits carbon and aluminum arrows and fixed and mechanical broadheads. The rubber hood reduces both noise and vibration.
This ultra-lightweight, aluminum Tru-Tec LT quiver is extremely quiet. It weighs less than 10 ounces, has interchangeable colored vibration dampening inserts, a secure double-gripper design and a hanging loop. It fits both aluminum and carbon arrows and fixed and mechanical broadheads. It fits left- and right-hand bows, holds up to five arrows and reduces overall noise in your setup.
The LocDwn quiver is compatible with either compound bows or crossbows. It has a twist-lock mounting system, weighs less than 8 ounces, fits most arrows, accommodates most broadheads, attaches to both left- and right-hand bows, and holds four arrows.
The Activator from TruGlo has an active spring reset for faster follow-up shots. It also sports roller-sear design, an insulated barrel design, and a 360-degree rotating head that helps reduce string torque. It’s quiet, fast and extremely accurate with its micro-adjustable trigger travel and sensitivity. The Activator uses an ergonomic hand and finger design and its jaws open away from the shooter for a more comfortable shot. It implements stainless-steel, wear-free jaws and firing mechanism. The forward-trigger position increases arrow speed. It comes in Realtree camo.
This archery release features a comfort-fit wrist strap, compact and dual-jaw design, and is perfect for those who shoot with a D-loop. Its synchronized jaw design allows for a smoother trigger pull. It also has an adjustable length with custom color covers and a torque-free, 360-degree rotating head. It even has a quiet rotary joint.
This awesome, lightweight product features the silent Navcom hood, fits fixed and expandable broadheads and has double rubber grippers that fit most arrow shaft sizes. It’s now available with fiber optics that make it easier to insert arrows (even in low-light conditions). Made in the USA.
This new piece of gear is made for the treestand hunter. It comes with a loop on the hood to effortlessly hang it while off the ground. It also is four inches shorter than the previous model — which makes it more compact and easier to use. Its Quick Draw arrow system keeps your arrows in ready position in case you need to take a second shot. Comes in Realtree EDGE camo.
These new arrows for 2019 are coated with Slick Shield technology for deeper penetration and easier arrow removal from targets. Their overall small diameter leads to better accuracy and increased speed. These come in 250, 300, 340 or 400 spines. The recommended field point size is 5/16 of an inch and these range from 7.2 to 9.6 grains per inch. Nocking options include both the ballistic and nock collar. Insert options fall between Al and SS insert technology.
This is a great four-finger release option. It incorporates the premium five-position thumb trigger adjustment system. It also has micro trigger travel adjustment, independent trigger pressure adjustment (6- to 50-ounce adjustments) and 360-degree head rotation that locks into position with a set screw. This product fits both right and left hands and comes with a D-loop retainer.
Are you more into the hook-style releases? The Talon by Scott might be more up your alley. It’s claimed to be the straightest shooting hook-style release available today. The Talon also is said to deliver 100-percent hook clearance, which creates extreme accuracy and better tunability. It even features more tension adjustment, trigger and travel adjustments, grip ridges for increased accuracy, nine length adjustments, interchangeable trigger (swept or straight) and a single-sear design.
This is one for those who prefer the thumb-button style release. It’s great for 3D, indoor archery and hunting, too. The Pursuit features multi-sear technology, a crisp trigger feel, a three and four finger extension, fully adjustable trigger position, adjustable trigger travel, ergonomic handle and much more.
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ESP8266 SDK with RTOS is just released on github !
A dream - Terrific espressif! Simply heavenly! Thanks for the early Christmas gift!
Please try to create a new task to do this softap set config thing.
Because memory for one task is limited.
Espressif_Faye wrote: Please try to create a new task to do this softap set config thing..
Because memory for one task is limited..
i tried but still its not working. Can you share sample code?
Sorry for this issue, memory for user_init is too small.
Please unzip the attachment, replace libmain.a and try it again.
i saw "espTestWif" in wireless networks. than i set ssid to "esptestwf" and i saw "estestwf" in wireless network. it seems code working fine but ssid name accept just first 9 char.
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Is Cox the greatest manager ever?
The Guru, Bill James, says even nicer things about Bobby than I did. (Thanks, Andrew.) I don’t know that I’d say he’s the best manager ever, but I do think Bobby has been wildly underrated. In many ways the manager he most resembles is Joe McCarthy, derided as the “push-button manager” but successful not only in New York but with the Cubs and Red Sox as well. And anyone who thinks this Braves team underachieved needs to try to figure out how a team with no credible MVP candidate and Keith Lockhart, Vinny Castilla, and Javy Lopez (backed by Henry Blanco) in the starting lineup won 101 games.

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The CALABARZON, Metro Manila and Central Luzon regions continue to report the most cases with 4,245, 4,058 and 3,169, respectively. The Western Visayas has also crossed the 1,000 case threshold reporting 1,150 cases to date.
In the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), the only Muslim-majority region in the Philippines, health officials report securing an Islamic ruling, or fatwa from religious leaders to convince mothers of children 0-59 months old to avail of the anti-measles vaccination at health centers across the region.
The fatwa aims to help promote vaccination to Muslims as a safe and efficient way to prevent common diseases.
Year-to-date, BARMM has reported 421 measles cases, including four deaths.

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My sense of style is Eclectic, versatile, constantly evolving..a mix of whimsy, chic and classic.
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I'm passionate about what I do because I believe a trip to the salon is not just about getting a great cut or color, but about feeling cared for and pampered by a good friend. I feel that I am a skilled professional who takes her job seriously, but I never consider it work; for me, it's a way to stay connected with my clients and to take a break from my real job: raising my three small children!
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What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? would have to say nursing, because I really love to take care of people, but I would have been a head nurse or administrative nurse because I'm really organized and handle tasks well.
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What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? I actually began my college path in a program to become a X-ray technician before pursuing cosmetology. I truly enjoy helping people and learning what makes them unique. Maybe I'll be a therapist in my next life.
My sense of style is classic, clean and simple lines.
I'm inspired by lots of things, I'm always studying peoples hair in the grocery line, I've also found that a lot of my inspiration comes from guests themselvesï¿½their style, personality, lifestyle, and energy.
I'm passionate about what I do because every day that I work, I love it, my favorite thing to do is make people feel beautiful and have fun with them while doing it.
My favorite quote is: The past is history, the future is a mystery, but the present is a gift.
What I can be found doing on my day off is hanging out with my two little kids, they are so busy it's never really a day off.
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? I was going to pursue a nursing career, because I love to make people feel better, but realized my career in hair was the best profession for me, because it allowed me creativity and making people feel better.
My sense of style is classis chic, simple but cute.
I'm passionate about what I do because I wouldn't want to be doing anything else! Making people feel good about themselves is so rewarding. A good hair day = A good day!
My favorite quote is: Live your life, take chances, and be crazy. Don't wait because right now is the oldest you've ever been and the youngest you'll ever be.
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What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Probably a veterinarian. I have a huge heart for animals.
My sense of style is simple with a statement. I like simple but nice things.
I'm passionate about what I do because I love it! I don't dread waking up to go to work in the morning. I also love meeting new and different people.
My favorite quote is: You can't make the same mistake twice. The second time you make it, it's no longer a mistake. It's a choice.
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My sense of style is simply natural yet classy and trendy.
I'm inspired by my family, friends, coworkers and clients!
I'm passionate about what I do because enhancing someone's natural beauty is one of the most rewarding feelings.
What I can be found doing on my day off is spending time with my family and friends.
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? I would love to be a crime scene investigator.
My sense of style is a mix of everything I love in fashion. I love taking things and cutting them to fit what I'm feeling. Think Andie from Pretty in Pink.
I'm inspired by everyone around me. Friends & Family. Most of all, my darling daughter is a huge inspiration to me. She makes me want to do better and be a better person overall.
I'm passionate about what I do because I absolutely love making people feel confident and good about themselves. I believe that if you look good, you feel good!
My favorite quote is: "Live life one day at a time!"
What I can be found doing on my day off is just relaxing and spending time with my little family.
I'm inspired by Everything. Fashion, Old Hollywood Glamour/ Film Noir. I am obsessed with the styles of vintage fashion!
I'm passionate about what I do because what greater feeling is there in life than making someone look and feel beautiful?!
What I can be found doing on my day off is Sewing, singing, probably in a theater somewhere!
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Costume Designer, pairing vintage fashion with hair & makeup is just fabulous!
I'm inspired by my confidence in what I have to offer, knowing how it will make people feel. Making people happy is my greatest gift.
I'm passionate about what I do because I know I can change someone's entire day and that makes the world of a difference!
My favorite quote is: "Let all that you do, be done in love"
What I can be found doing on my day off is Relaxing one day, errands the next.. or something fun, I love day trips!
My sense of style is minimalist. Black, white and red lipstick.
I'm passionate about what I do because it's doesn't feel like work to me. Making people look pretty all day and feel good about themselves is very rewarding!
What I can be found doing on my day off is cooking, yoga and spending time with family and friends.
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Cooking, baking, interior design, fashion, event planning... anything creative!

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Proud to be a contributor to Visceral, a book created and designed by Amy Hood.
Seven written essays and seven photo essays exploring the dark side of lust through a very tantalizing lens. Photography contributors include Bil Brown, David Bellemere, Enga Purevjav, Kirsten Bode, Michael Donovan, Pola Esther and Sante D’Orazio. Written essay contributors include Äva Berlin, Brian McGreevy, John Paul Pryor, Kate Messinger, Lydia Lunch, Stephen Elliott and Vanessa Matic.

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She was born in Thessaloniki,Greece in August 1993 and she received her first violin lessons at the age of 8 with Maria Eklektou. Later she continued her studies with Maria Spanou and Omiros Yavroumis at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki but also at the Municipal Conservatory of Thermi while in February 2014 she received her Violin Diploma from ''Filipos Nakas'' Conservatory. In June 2016 she graduated from University of Macedonia (Dep.Music Science and Art) where she studied with prof.Dimitris Chandrakis.She received a Bachelor Degree in Classical Music with Violin Specialization.As an Erasmus student she studied at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar,Germany with prof.Donata Sailer. At the age of 16 she won the first prize at the Greek competition ''Talenta-Vraveia Filona'' as well as the second prize at the International Competition in Volos in 2012.She gave personal recitals twice, once in Thessaloniki, 2013 and once in Florina,2014. Also as a member of a piano quartett, she won the first prize at an internal University competition happened in May 2014. During her study years she participated in many concerts as a soloist, an orchestra member and also as a member of chamber music ensembles. She also worked as a violin teacher at ''Filipos Nakas''Conservatory.She is currently a member of Βouche Fermée and trio eξis. She took part actively at many masterclasses with well-known violinists such as Simos Papanas, Christos Galilaias, Ulf Hölscher, Pierre Amoyal, Angel Stankov, Dimitris Karakantas, George Mandilas, Alberto Martini, Christos Kanettis,Vladimir Mendelssohn, Elio Orio,Anne-Kathrin Lindig, Dr.Rachel Vetter-Huang, Andreas Papanikolaou and more. Currently she studies Baroque violin at the Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT in Weimar with Midori Seiler.
Artemis Vavatsika was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. She started playing the accordion at a young age and graduated from the "Athenaeum" Conservatory in 2012 with an Accordion Diploma. She studied at the University of Macedonia, Department of Music Science and Art specialized in the accordion under Professor Konstantinos Raptis. She has performed in various festivals (Athens & Epidaurus Festival, Syros Accordion Festival, Summer Nostos Festival etc.) playing different styles of music like classical, baroque, contemporary/modern, cinema and theatre music. She has worked for the National Theatre of Northern Greece and the Greek National Television as an ensemble member. She has collaborated with a number of young Greek composers like Zoe Anagnostou, Stephanos Kemanetzis, Apostolis Koutsogiannis, Myrto Nizami and Filippos Tsalachouris. She has performed with the Sofia Sinfonietta and the Symphony Orchestra of the Department of Music Science and Art as a soloist. She has participated in seminars on Accordion and Alexander Technique, Accordion in Greek Folk Music, Musical Theatre and Improvisation.
Iro Menegou was born in Thessaloniki. She studied piano at the Municipal Conservatory of Thermi with E. Alakiozidou and received her degree with the highest distinction in 2016. She has already completed her studies in advanced theory obtaining diplomas in Harmony, Counterpoint and Fuge and also studied composition and doublebass. She has attended masterclasses in piano, chamber music and advanced theory with various artists including G. Madge, Th. Wellen, L. Thomou, M. Kollarou, V. Kitsos, P. Adam. She has participated in Contemporary Music Festival ''Synthermia'' and was an active member in Contemporary Music Workshop held by IdeeFixe Ensemble.
Alexis Pogrevnois (1990-) born in Thessaloniki, Greece. He studies on a Master program with Mr Ronald van Spaendonck at the Royal Conservatory in Mons, Belgium. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Clarinet Performance from the Ionian University, where he pursued clarinet and bass clarinet performance studies with Yannis Samprovalakis and Chamber music with Pr. Lambis Vasiliadis. He began music studies at the Municipal Conservatory of Stavroupolis-Thessaloniki, Greece, degrees in "Music Harmony" (2006) with Petros Bekiaridis and Clarinet with Fotis Terzis. He graduated from the Music High School of Thessaloniki (2008) having clarinet studies with Stergios Moschogiannis. He has participated in several masterclasses by Ronald van Spaendonck, Spyros Tzekos (principal clarinet in National Opera of Greece), Dimitris Leontzakos, Melos Brass, Idee Fixe, Theofilos Sotiriades, Szatmari Szolt (Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra and Liszt Academy of Music). He attended clarinet performance courses with Robert Hill, principal clarinettist in London Philharmonic Orchestra in January 2013. He also attended in Orchestral and Choir conducting workshops by Kostis Papazoglou and Petros Bekiaridis. He was a member of the Youth State Orchestra of Thessaloniki in 2006, co-principal in Camerata Stavroupolis, principal and co-principal in Ionian University Orchestra, and Bass clarinettist in “Big Band Stavroupolis”. He collaborated with the Academica Orchestra of Athens, the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Greece (NERIT), the New Conservatory of Thessaloniki, Woodwind Chamber Orchestra of Stavroupolis, Jazz Ensemble of the Municipal Conservatory of Stavroupolis and Ionian University Orchestra and Contemporary Ensemble. He performed under the baton of Myron Michailidis, Carolos Trikolidis, Byron Fidetzis, Kostis Papazoglou, and Miltos Logiades. In January-February 2013 he was honoured to make his internship in the London Philharmonic Orchestra, performing near Sir Robert Hill and Nicholas Carpenter and educated in wind ensemble performance by Paul Beniston, as well. He works as a freelance (bass) clarinettist and is a member of the BEARTIVE organization.

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Building a million-dollar empire on YouTube doesn't happen overnight--in fact, it's taken this 9-year-old nearly half his life. A YouTube sensation, Evan posted his first video in 2011 and today has more than two million subscribers on his EvanTubeHD channel.
Evan's product review videos have catapulted him into the limelight, while selling ads and making deals with brands has made him a fortune.
Confectioner, author, and creator of a children's lifestyle brand, Henry Patterson is an 11-year-old U.K. boy who got his start selling horse manure at age 5--and now rakes in a reported £65,000 (equivalent to $98,000-plus) annually.
Not just an entrepreneur, Patterson runs an eco-conscious business. Not Before Tea says on its website that it uses "organic fabric and avoids plastics where possible and we use FCS accredited paper from sustainable sources for our printing and cards."
"When I reflect back on my life, I want it to be filled with big dreams, big actions, and big accomplishments, and that's what I want for others," says Gabrielle Jordan.
For this 15-year-old, starting her jewelry business--Jewelz of Jordan--at the age of 9 was just the beginning.
Jordan is now co-founder of the Excel Youth Mentoring Institute, chief creative officer at Gibstr, and author of the book The Making of a Young Entrepreneur, not to mention speaker and award winner.
With all these accomplishments under her belt at this young age, and career goals that include becoming a gemologist, New York Times bestselling author, and philanthropist, Jordan is definitely one to watch.
Earlier this year, I wrote about Moziah Bridges, the 12-year-old who ran a $150,000 retail business--Mo's Bows--a company that sells handcrafted bow ties.
Mo started his business when he was just 9 years old, writing on his website that he "couldn't find fun and cool bow ties, so one day I decided to use my Granny's scrap fabric to make and sell my own."
Seven months after Bridges was featured on Shark Tank, he reported that his business went from $55,000 in sales to nearly $200,000. He also recently partnered with Daymond John, founder of fashion line FUBU, to ramp up his manufacturing.
5. Ahmed Mohamed, aka "Clock Boy"
Controversially arrested after bringing a homemade clock--initially suspected to be a bomb--to his school, Ahmed Mohamed has since gained the attention of the national media, been invited to the White House, and has now accepted a scholarship from the Qatar Foundation to join its Young Innovators Program, which will take him through high school and college in Qatar.
With the support of the public, this 14-year-old is on his way to pursue his many aspirations--some of which are to become an engineer and work on NASA projects for humans to reach Mars.
In an age where the right idea at the right time with the right exposure can change lives forever, these kid entrepreneurs have created their future off the beaten path.


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1232 Goldeneye in Aubrey, TX is a 3 bedrooms, 2 bathroom home in the neighborhood of Paloma Creek. One great room in the house is the large kitchen. It has lots of cabinet space, a large island and is open to the dining room and living room. Also just off the kitchen and dining room is the entrance to the large backyard and back patio. The home also features a large master bedroom and bathroom. The master bathroom has a garden tub and large walk-in closet.
The neighborhood of Paloma Creek is very family friend and has plenty of fun amenities. Paloma Creek has 4 swimming pools, kids water park, 3 clubhouses that can be used for events, dog park, 2 gyms and landscaped walking trails.
See more homes for sale in Aubrey, TX.
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The Water Authority periodically pursues short-term water transfers to help ensure adequate water supplies for the region, particularly to help offset water supply reductions caused by general drought conditions and regulatory restrictions on State Water Project deliveries. The strategy is consistent with the Water Authority’s Water Shortage and Drought Response Plan.
Short-term water transfers were used most recently in 2008 and 2009.
In 2008, the Water Authority implemented an agreement with Butte Water District and Sutter Extension Water District for a total of 23,077 acre-feet of transfer water at $200 per acre-foot. After accounting for water conveyance losses, transfer supplies were placed into the Water Authority’s groundwater storage account in the Semitropic Water Storage District in Kern County. As a result, 16,117 acre-feet of water was stored for future use.
In 2009, the Water Authority purchased 20,000 acre-feet of dry-year water supplies from Placer County Water Agency for $225 per acre-foot, including a call payment of $40 per acre-foot, made available through a reservoir release. The Department of Water Resources confirmed the delivery of 15,520 acre-feet to the Water Authority’s service area after accounting for conveyance losses.
A regional water shortage triggered an allocation of supplies by Metropolitan Water District in July 2009. Due to falling regional water use and the expense of executing dry-year transfers, the Water Authority did not complete another dry-year transfer before the drought ended in 2011. When water supply conditions improved, the Water Authority moved away from dry-year transfers. However, the agency continues to look for opportunities to supplement core water supplies and help reduce the impact of potential water shortages.

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A Camp Fire party can take place anywhere such as the beach, campground or simply your back yard.
sit on blankets, or beach chairs.
Sing-along, play guitar, with songs that are popular and most people would know.
A Camp Fire party can be set up as a Potluck with Picnic items, fried chicken, potato salad, corn on the cob, Hamburgers, Hot dogs, Baked potatoes, Marshmallows, s'mores. For Drinks: Coffee, Hot Chocolate, sodas, and different types of juices. Desserts: Cake or Cookies.

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Peter Doornbosch has created a much improved version of the JTop sample plugin for JConsole. JTop only shows thread name, cumulative CPU time, and thread state. The "top threads" plugin also shows, per thread, current CPU percentage, average CPU percentage, and the evolution of CPU percentage over time. Very nice!
There does seem to be a bug whereby the TextArea that shows the stack trace of the selected thread is editable. Furthermore this TextArea is "always on top" so it can obscure part of the "new connection" dialogue. I found that I could shrink the TextArea down to nothing by grabbing the control at its top, so this problem isn't very severe.
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Are you looking for fun drinking family friendly game for your next shindig? You need the Flick' Chicken game from the NeatoShop! Lay out the targets and watch the poultry fly. Whoever throws the rubber chicken closest to the target wins. Beware! This game is not as easy as it looks. These featherless fowl have some serious bounce.
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Cher: "I'm Not a Fan of Cher"
Cher is not impressed with any of her pop hits from the 1970s.
The iconic singer released a number of hit tracks, such as Gypsys (sic), Tramps & Thieves, Dark Lady, and Half-Breed, during the disco era, but she was ashamed of her work.
Cher admits she wanted to sound like the Eagles or Joni Mitchell and when she was around her famous musician friends at the time, she hid her head in shame over her pop tunes.
"I'm not a Cher fan," the 70-year-old tells Billboard. “I just don’t think my aesthetic taste lies in her direction."
The star also has little respect for her 1995 album It's A Man's World, dubbing the record a piece of "c**p".
“I don’t remember what’s on it. I didn’t like any of it," she deadpans.
She also doesn't have fond memories of recording her 1999 international hit Believe, which turned out to be the biggest single of the year, because the project was "a nightmare” thanks to all the arguments she had with producer Mark Taylor in the studio.
In the new Billboard reveal, the music veteran admits she is not enjoying getting old, adding, "I’m shocked that I can still run across the stage at my age. I thought I’d be dead."
The star is currently performing her Classic Cher residency show in Las Vegas at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino.

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In terms of the role they play in the lives of humans, pets have gone from being “domesticated animals” fulfilling a function for their masters to being integral members of the family. Whether cat, dog, fish, bird, snake, or something more exotic, pets figuratively and often times literally occupy a special place in the home. For young children, they may seem like another sibling. For adults, they may be viewed like their own children; in some cases, pets take the place of children who have left they nest or had never been. This is the essential focus of Beloved Nora – A Chance Encounter with Happiness (lit. translation).
The story revolves around an insignificant screenwriter, Tsukumo Sakumi and the stray cat which wanders into his life. Naming the cat Shiro, he and his wife, Hiori, decide to keep it. Without children of their own, the couple dote on Shiro like parents would a child. Then one day Shiro does not return home after going outside. Sakumi disregards his work to go in search for Shiro, but after finding no clues to Shiro’s whereabouts, Sakumi becomes despondent. Then, as if things couldn’t get worse, something happens to Hiori.
Considering the “cat craze” currently seizing Japan (a reflex to the “dog craze” which preceded it), this could easily be written off as another movie trying to capitalize on the craze by featuring cats with a healthy sprinkling of melodrama were it not for two factors. The first is the presence of actor Mizusawa Shingo whom some might remember as “Tom” in Irie Yu’s 8000 Miles: SR Saitama’s Rapper, but who also turned in a powerfully subtle performance in Omori Tatsushi’s Bozo which dealt with a depressed temp worker going on a stabbing spree in Akihabara . One doesn’t cast a performer of his level if this were merely a bittersweet helping of feline fetishism. Sakumi’s state as a trifling screenwriter, the respite the existence of Shiro provides him from that reality, and ultimately Shiro’s disappearance as well as events involving Hiori requires someone who can display complex internal emotions without relying on dialogue. From his posture to his facial expressions, Mizusawa is sure to bring a depth to the character.
Which makes the second factor equally as important: the director. At the helm is Tajiri Yuji whose previous work Broken Pieces is a personal favorite from 2014. The story of the unrequited love between childhood friends in a small town required a deft touch and sincerity to keep the narrative from tipping into melodrama. The result was a frank, honest portrayal of those little heartbreaks in our lives without the excesses which could otherwise spoil the simple nature of its theme. Tajiri, a decorated director of contemporary pink films, possesses a keen understanding of how to guide his actors to economically express their complex feelings for someone, or in this case something, special to them.
The combination of Mizusawa and Tajiri hint at a movie that rises above its obvious or perhaps inferred appeal. It recently opened at Shibuya’s Eurospace theater in mid-November and will move on to screenings in Nagoya (mid-December) and Yokohama (late-December). The producers have yet to lay out an international rollout–the title above is not official–but with luck, someone in the international community will take notice and encourage them to present their film abroad.


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71646 currently has 1 residential homes for sale on the market. The median list price is $239,000 or $66 / ft². These listings range from $239,000 in the lower quartile to $239,000 in the upper quartile. The average home currently for sale in 71646 is around 22 years old and 3,640 ft². There are currently 0 studio, 0 one-bedroom, 0 two-bedroom, 0 three-bedroom, and 1 four+ bedroom listings for sale.
This search area is located within 71646. 71646 has 6,295 residents in 2,468 households. The median age of this zipcode is 40 with a majority of inhabitants married. At least 81.60% of those living in this zipcode currently own their homes. Roughly 0% of population here speak a language other than English at home.
The median income in this zipcode is $36,768, with an employment rate of 50.2%. It tends to take those living in 71646 an average of 23.1 minutes to get to work, with a majority commuting by car. Out of the total population of those 25 and older, 3.76% have a master’s or above, 10.12% have a bachelor’s, and 40.13% have a high school degree.
More broadly, 71646 is a part of Ashley County, Arkansas. Ashley County, Arkansas has around 20,989 residents, or 8,338 households with a median age of 41.5. Residents in this county have a median income of $36,352 and a home ownership rate of 75.11%.
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A friend brought a barrel of that stuff over for the launch of a Gamma World game, and holy whatnuts that was AWFUL!
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Marion Anthony Gales, who did yard work for Thomas, was another suspect. He denied that he committed the crime. Police never charged him.
But Friedland filed a wrongful death lawsuit in civil court against Gales, alleging that Gales had killed his wife. A jury in 1997 agreed and ordered Gales to pay Friedland $8.6 million.
Gales is in prison for voluntary manslaughter in the death of LaCoya Monique Martin, whose shirtless body was found face down beside a house on Oaklawn Avenue in Charlotte on April 6, 2008. He will remain behind bars until 2025.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Cold Case Unit is investigating Thomas’ death. Lynn Thomas said she was glad police were at the park Saturday to help mark the anniversary.
“We’re following up on many different leads,” Sgt. Darrell Price of the Cold Case Unit said at a news conference where Lynn Thomas displayed poster boards full of photos of her sister.

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text: Carl Young is an Associate Professor at the Department of History at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. He specializes in modern Korean history, especially the interaction of religion and social movements, as well as imperialism and colonialism in East Asia. His book, Eastern Learning and the Heavenly Way (2014) deals with the development of the Tonghak and Ch’ŏndogyo religious movements in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and their interactions with Korean nationalism and Japanese imperialism in the last years of Korean independence.


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Accra- The Black Stars of Ghana are back to the Accra Sports Stadium for the first time after five years on Saturday March 23 to play the Harambee Stars of Kenya in the last 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier for Egypt.
Meanwhile, head coach of Kenya Sebastien Migne also named a 24-man squad for the game against the Black Stars. His team also features two debutants, David Sessay and Christopher Mbamba, who ply their trade in England and Sweden respectively.


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Paradigm Initiative condemns the actions of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) which ordered the immediate suspension of a news website published by Monitor Publications Limited.
As reported by Committee to Protect Journalists, the Monitor group came under investigation following claims by the Speaker of the Uganda parliament which accused the paper of publishing fake news. The UCC claimed the news site was unlicensed. The issued notice by UCC on registration of online content providers was issued last year in March.
The case of the Daily Monitor highlights the many attempts and actions that are stifling press freedom within Uganda and Africa overall. On the day the news site suspension was ordered, BBC investigative journalists were arrested on the ground of illegal possession of restricted drugs during an undercover investigation of the black market of medicine in Uganda.
Arrest, closure and even physical abuse are often used as a means of suppressing and threatening the exercising of a free press in Uganda. Last year a number of journalists were beaten and their equipment damaged. On August 23, 2018, the police brutally attacked and damaged tools of journalists who were covering protests for the release of Bobi Wine. The plight of the press in Uganda is dire as the Ugandan president of Uganda has openly threatened and accused them of defamation and incitement.
The government of Zimbabwe has approved the Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Bill of 2017 according to IT Web Africa . The Bill which has been under review for over two years is a merger of three draft Bills, namely the Data Protection Bill, the Electronic Transactions and Electronic Commerce Bill, and the Computer Crime and Cybercrimes Bill.
Coincidentally, the legislation’s approval comes a few weeks after an internet shutdown was experienced during January 2019 public protests over rising fuel and other commodity prices. While many factions challenged the legality of using the Interception of Communications Act 2017 to effect the internet blockage, the Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Bill was met with similar criticisms. Critics have pointed out its inability to appeal to a wider purpose other than criminalisation of cybercrimes and computer crimes, without giving provision for the protection of fundamental human rights and freedoms.
The move to approve the Bill is widely viewed as a means, by the government of Zimbabwe, to fast track laws that will stifle freedom of expression, access to information, promote interference of private communications and data, and in severe cases, search and seizure of private devices.
Paradigm Initiative agrees with the position of the Zimbabwe Democratic Institute that the crafting of the Bill was driven by government’s fear of citizen power and its will to protect itself from civic pressure unveiled by unrestrained internet freedoms rather than the need to improve citizen’s security online.
The internet in Zimbabwe has played a critical role in mobilizing people for demonstrations calling for democracy, justice and accountability. If the law comes into effect, people will face up to 5 years in prison, a fine or both for inciting violence using social media pages. In January 2019, activist and Pastor Evan Mawarire was detained for two weeks for encouraging citizens to turn up in large numbers to participate in a planned peaceful protest using a YouTube video.
The Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Bill which aims to address ‘cybercrime and increase cybersecurity in order to build confidence and trust in the secure use of ICTs’, will also facilitate the establishment of a Cyber Security Committee. The multi-stakeholder committee will act as a policy advisory body and as a national contact on cybersecurity issues.
Zimbabwe has been a hotbed for internet related disruptions and arrests in Southern Africa, with a record of multiple social media blocks and a total internet shutdown in 2016 and 2019 respectively. The Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services defended the country’s recent internet blockage stating that he would not hesitate to shut down the internet again.
There has been no official communication from the Ministry of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services regarding the Bills approval and the official document has not been made available to the public as of publishing this article. Paradigm Initiative calls on the government to cease all attacks on digital rights.
The National Assembly on Tuesday February 5 transmitted the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for his assent. The Bill, which had been in Parliament since 2016, was passed by both chambers of the Parliament in 2018.
Paradigm Initiative, a social enterprise that has led the advocacy campaign in support of the bill, commended the National Assembly and urged President Buhari to immediately sign the Bill into law. This is according to a statement signed by its Communications Officer, Sodiq Alabi.
The President will have 30 days from the day it receives the communication from the National Assembly to assent to the Bill.
“If signed, the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill will add to what appears to be a forward-looking disposition of the Administration to policymaking. What President Muhammadu Buhari does with the Bill will go a long way to define the administration’s disposition towards technology and its viability in improving the economic base of Nigeria,” Adegoke said.
A digital rights advocate and lawyer, Tomiwa Ilori characterised the bill as a potpourri of protected freedoms in the digital age. “Nigeria will be at the cusp of history for being the first country to pass such comprehensive law with respect to securing human rights for the future. We have a golden opportunity of resetting digital policy across the board for human rights, we should take it,” Ilori said.
For more information on this statement, please contact Sodiq Alabi, Communications Officer, via media@paradigmhq.org.
Last Wednesday, January 30, Tanzania moved decisively closer to becoming a one-party state when parliament approved proposed amendments to the Political Parties’ Act that was first passed in 1992. That was the year that the country adopted multi-party democracy, after 31 years of maintaining its one-party status that it nearly started with as an independent nation in 1961 and made official through a 1963 announcement by the then President, Julius Nyerere.

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The Oscar nominations were announced this morning. There will be plenty of analysis regarding good surprises and bad surprises, and I may dip my toes in later today. But the most egregious omission is the sadly not-entirely-surprising absence of Selma’s Ava DuVernay from the five contenders nominated for Best Director. This is not a place to complain about the five nominees who did make the cut, although anyone who knows me well enough knows which one or ones I could have swapped in and out. To the extent that one can be “angry” about a certain filmmaker not being nominated for a major award that honors the best in filmmaking, I am angry. I am angry because she deserved a nomination. I am angry because if the legacy of DuVernay’s Selma becomes shaped by its Oscar-season controversy, I fear that it will affect the artistic opportunities afforded to its African-American female director in a manner different than if Selma would have come under fire under the directorial lens of a white male filmmaker.
Ms. DuVernay directed one of the very best films of the year and has been lauded and celebrated accordingly for the last two months and yet she was shoved aside for at least a few contenders who were nowhere near as celebrated. There is a real chance that this terrific and towering achievement that highlights the profoundly heroic and blood-stained work of those who worked with and for Martin Luther King Jr. in the civil rights movement will be forever defined by the notion that it wasn't nice enough to a powerful white guy in a supporting role. Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty allowed itself to be defined by those sniping from the sidelines (including many outside the filmmaking and critical community) that the film somehow endorsed and glamorized torture because it didn't have characters monologue at length about the immorality and impracticality of torture. Despite the film’s rave reviews and rock-solid box office ($132 million on a $40m budget), the narrative around Bigelow’s masterpiece, for which she too was denied a Best Director nomination, has become “that torture movie.” Zero Dark Thirty, an overwhelming indictment of our entire post-9/11 mindset wrapped up in the story of one of the War on Terror’s alleged successes, was tainted along with its female filmmaker, who currently has no projects on tap.
Selma is not the first “based on a true story” picture that has come under fire for historical inaccuracies. But it is the rare black-centric historical drama told explicitly from the point of view of its black protagonists. So it is both ironic and infuriating that it has now been defamed because of the (I would argue false) notion that it isn't nice enough to a really powerful white guy who plays a key supporting role. More importantly, it is a rare big movie, even if it was merely a $20 million independently financed production, which comes from the lens of a female African-American filmmaker. We are just now getting to a point where Warner Bros./ Time Warner Inc. felt properly pressured (or logically inclined) to hire a female director to direct a Wonder Woman movie. We are just at the point where we have male black filmmakers like Lee Daniels and Steve McQueen crafting very important movies about black characters and/or black-centric historical events. We've even got Tim Story crafting franchises for Kevin Hart and Ice Cube. It’s a very tiny piece of progress, but it is thus-far male-centric in nature.
I have no idea what offers (if any) have been afforded to Ms. DuVernay in the aftermath of Selma’s initial rave reviews and Oscar-happy media tour. But she is, to put it bluntly, by virtue of her race and her gender, at a greater disadvantage in terms of what opportunities are afforded to her in a still explicitly white/male-centric Hollywood. Mortem Tydlum will face no penalty for the borderline libelous (but unquestionably entertaining and engaging) The Imitation Game when it comes time for him to pick his next project. Clint Eastwood may have sanded off the rough edges off of American Sniper’s protagonist, but he will still get to do what he wants to do next time out. Bennett Miller will face no qualms getting a directing job despite the various "we're pretending our protagonists are secretly gay for drama" fabrications in Sony's Foxcatcher. James Marsh will face no career hurdles on account of the not-100% accurate The Theory of Everything. And they arguably shouldn't face any real penalties, since historical movies are at best an approximation of history, a kind of "Elseworlds" variation on known events. The films will earn their critical plaudits, make their money, and win their awards, but the respective directors have already won.
But Ms. DuVernay used Paramount's ( Viacom Inc.) Selma as both a personal artistic statement and a calling card of sorts in terms of what she can do behind a camera in an industry that is mostly filled with white male directors. White male filmmakers have the luxury of being mediocre, and would-be Oscar bait films about interesting white males have the luxury of shrugging off the failures accrued during Oscar season and coasting merely on the perception of prestige whether the films are worthy or not. Damien Chazelle and Dan Gilroy will get huge career boosts merely because Whiplash and Nightcrawler were two of the best movies of the year, and Oscar validation would merely have been a cherry on top. Ms. DuVernay, more than her peers, arguably needed that Oscar validation as a bargaining chip.
That Ms. DuVernay didn't get a Best Director Oscar nomination doesn't make Selma any less of a great film. But that she was not among the final five announced this morning points to the notion that the smear campaign worked as intended. It’s a sad reflection of a year when a number of good, great, and lousy fictionalized true-life biopics about allegedly great or somewhat interesting white men are well-represented while one of the very best-reviewed movies of the year went with hardly a single relevant nomination, aside from getting into the expanded Best Picture field, arguably on account of controversy over its accuracy. Considering the obstacles that Ms. DuVernay faces in terms of just steady employment by virtue of her gender and skin color, the risk of Selma being defined not by its once-unquestionable quality as a motion picture but rather by the context of its back-and-forth bantering over its alleged historical embellishments is more than just trivial.
I’m angry because one of the best films of the year has been libeled and that said libel apparently worked. I hope I’m wrong about both Selma’s cinematic legacy and about DuVernay’s career prospects. Maybe she will get a call from Marvel tomorrow to helm a Phase Three picture as Luke Y. Thompson brilliantly advocated on Monday. Maybe she will quickly make a deal to do whatever it is she wants to do with little fuss and little melodrama merely based on the obvious filmmaking talent than Selma displays. But her omission from the five Best Director candidates this year makes that possibility that much less likely in a way that it wouldn’t have for a Selma directed by (for example) Paul Greengrass. Greengrass, who originally intended to direct Memphis based on an earlier portion of King's life, would have emerged unscathed. I can only hope Ava DuVernay does. And that’s why it matters. And that’s why I’m angry.


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Our goal is for you to know exactly WHY you do what you do, HOW you do it and specifically WHAT it is that you do.
This applies to and for the practice, the practice owner and for every person that works there.
It’s as simple and as profound as knowing WHY you get to get out of bed every morning and GET to come to work, rather than HAVING to get out of bed every morning….
Developing this WHY, HOW and WHAT leads to maximum freedom and profitability.
Reconnecting with your WHY: The ‘Big Thing’, the WHY you became a Veterinarian in the first place. Here’s an example; ‘We take the stress out of pet ownership so that you can spend your time enjoying them’. You’ll be crystal clear once again on exactly why you do what you do, so you can immediately begin attracting the perfect Team members and attracting your ideal clients!
Uncovering the HOW: How do you do what you do as a Veterinarian. This sounds simple and like everyone does the same thing. But that’s simplistic and incorrect. Here’s an example; ‘We fix sick animals and keep healthy animals well’. You’ll get crystal clear on exactly how you do what you do and then getting that core message through to your ideal client …thus specifically attracting your Ideal Clients and have them feeling that they’ve found their ‘ideal’ Vet …so you can talk to each other with confidence and clarity!
Discovering the WHAT it is that you do: Realizing exactly WHAT you do attracts your best potential clients so that your marketing focuses ONLY on them. Here’s an example; ‘We’re an accredited Hospital of Excellence working out of a purpose-built Hospital practicing gold standards of contemporary medicine’. Crystallising and documenting your ‘What’ immediately STOPS overwhelm, stress, and extra work because now you’re laser-focused just on the people who will happily work with you, pay you and they’re focused on you!
Discovering your Unique Service Proposition to serve them with: Now that you know WHY you do what you do, HOW you do it and specifically WHAT it is that you do, it’s time to get crystal clear on exactly what it is that makes you UNIQUE in the market place and what will make your ideal client happy to pay for the results they want as quickly and effectively as possible for their pet or farm stock. Formulating your VALUES. These form the ethical and moral compass of your Team which supports decision making and empowerment – allows ‘risk’ taking and also attracting and retaining your ideal client whilst serving to turn away those clients who are not ‘ideal’ for you.
Week ONE is all about going back to basics. And it is these basics that differentiate the GREAT practices from the ordinary ones. And it is these basics that allow you to attract and retain both your ideal Team and your ideal clients. And that’s why we’ll be taking a deep dive into these basics, right up front.
Just wanted to thank you for your support and encouragement this year. At the end of June, I was so close to tossing it all in. Now you have given me a lot more confidence in what we do and why we do it!
Week 2: Who Is My Ideal Client?
Our mission for week two is for you to discover exactly who your ideal client is and exactly how to find and get them into your practice so you’ll never be worried or overwhelmed by trying to find new clients again. This is extremely important because it gives you great confidence in knowing they’ll be happy to accept your recommendations and also happy to invest the money in those recommendations… you’ll be able to find, market to and attract those clients with total confidence.
And what’s even better, you’ll be really surprised to learn how to get your ideal client to share this information with you and be delighted in doing so.
Finally, I’ll show you how to get your clients to share with you all the ‘secret’ things that they LOVE about your practice which keep them coming back as well as referring you on to their friends. In doing so, we’ll also get them to share those things with you that they DON’T like about your practice and how you can ‘improve’ or ‘change’ those matters to delight those clients and turn them into raving fans.
Week 3: The Life Time Value Of Your Client And How Much It Costs You To Gain A New Client vs. The Cost Of Retaining Your Existing Ones.
By the end of week three, our goal is for you to understand; How much each new client is worth to your practice over their ‘lifetime’, What it costs you to NOT convert that inbound phone call to an appointment, Your client acquisition cost, Your client acquisition cost for EVERY client acquisition strategy that you use (Internet, website, yellow pages, drive-by, referral, YouTube, etc.) Your client retention costs, Your marketing expenses and whether you’re spending your marketing money wisely.
How to reverse engineer your marketing strategy based on the wants, needs, and desires of your perfect client so you can tap directly into his or her subconscious and make them say, “THIS VET IS FOR ME”!
EXACTLY how much to invest in your marketing and exactly WHERE to spend it so that you get the MAXIMUM return for your buck and how to attract your IDEAL client to your practice.
How to track your marketing dollar so that you know WHAT you’ve spent, WHERE you’ve spent it and whether you’ve generated enough of a return on that dollar to make you want to spend that dollar again. How to work out what marketing method works best to attract your ideal client.
What you can afford to spend on attracting a new client to your practice.
To make this module really easy to complete, you’ll get calculation templates, examples, worksheets, templates and more …so you’re able to hit the ground running knowing what to do and exactly how to do it.
Week Four: Am I Easy To Do Busy With?
By the end of week four, you’ll know exactly how easy you are to do business with, once you’ve examined your practice and its processes ‘Through The Eyes Of Your Client’. ‘Hello Stranger’… Every so often, it pays to walk into the front door of your business and adopt a Total Stranger Mentality, imagining what you’d be thinking if you were walking through these doors for the first time.
The ‘Hello Stranger’ worksheets, templated system, and mindset will ensure that you examine EVERYTHING in your practice; from your website to your people to your marketing to your premises and even to your handouts, letters, brochures, client emails and SMS messages.
Knowing and understanding exactly HOW you ‘appear’ to your client and just HOW ‘easy’ (or not so easy) you are to do business with, allows you to really build a truly client and patient focused practice. A practice that’ll have your clients raving about you and referring all their friends.
A comprehensive practice ‘audit’ will allow you to ‘tie’ all the pieces together to form one well-oiled automated marketing and advertising system that ‘talks so loudly’ to the client, without you every having to say a single word and, therefore, delivers new clients and customers consistently …without depending on your input or time!
Week Five: Retaining New Clients!
By the end of week five, you’ll understand that the statistical ‘norm’ for three-year new client retention for Veterinary practices is just 50% (for every 100 new clients coming into a Vet practice, by three years’ time, there are only 50 left and 50 have moved on).
You’ll also know how to craft and launch a $3.00 strategy that will increase that three-year new client retention up to a massive 85% – on AUTOPILOT.
You’ll discover; How to write a killer ‘Welcome to the practice…’ letter that will have new clients already referring you to their friends.
How to WOW them with an inexpensive and yet stunning ‘Welcome Pack’ that they will open and act on immediately it is received.
How to get them to visit you for a second time within three weeks of their first visit. This second visit is the true KEY to retaining a new client for their ‘lifetime’.
A no-cost strategy to get them to come back AGAIN within three months of their first visit. When you achieve this, your three-year new client retention could increase to a WHOPPING 90%.
How to use 30-second VIDEO to ensure that you and your practice stand apart from VERY other practice, in fact, EVERY other business that they’ve ever dealt with, a video that will guarantee to turn them immediately into Raving Fans.
How to craft a simple but stunning practice brochure that will have your clients coming back to use all the services that you have to provide as well as asking for more.
Week Six: Writing With POWER!
At this week’s end, you’ll master the art of ‘Benefit Laden Copy’. This is all about writing with ‘power’ and engaging your client so that they ‘get’ what you’re ‘saying’ with total clarity and with total understanding and then immediately take the action that you want them to. Whether that’s coming in for an annual health check, for a Feline wellness visit, senior screen or even a medical or surgical revisit.
Getting the written message across with power and clarity is not something that most Vets are good at. The simple, easy to apply writing strategies and techniques that we share in week six can be quickly and easily learned by anyone; Veterinarian, nurse or receptionist.
And once mastered, these strategies can be applied everywhere; website, go home medical and surgical handouts, pre-anaesthetic (peace of mind) brochures, reminder and recall letters, practice brochure and, of course admission release and discharge instructions.
What’s even better is that ‘benefit-laden copy’ has NO pressure, NO ‘Jargonese’ and NO ‘salesiness’. It’s a writing style that can be mastered by any 10-12-year-old child and what’s more, it works incredibly well, breaking through all barriers and is equally appealing to and effective whether your reader is a University professor, a stay at home mum or a blue-collar worker.
To make it even easier for you, a vast bank of templates and ‘swipe’ file examples (which you can copy and paste) is included in your resource material.
My last two-day in-house workshop was an $8,000 investment …and this is three days of you, me, and your fellow High-Level Fellowship members working together to solidify and ‘cement; everything you discovered in the Six Weeks To Freedom phase and get your Veterinary business and sales jump-started.
As well, you’ll be learning a whole slew of new marketing material and doing a whole heap of marketing exercises.
You could learn this material and these exercises via and on-line or through the web training, but by doing them in a group environment, you’ll get SO MUCH MORE benefit and results from them. That’s why I’ve reserved them especially for these three days.
To kick off the event in great style, to meet, greet and build a collegial and friendly relationship before you even get ‘stuck in’, there will be a group dinner on the Thursday night where you can relax and get to know your High-Level Fellowship Colleagues. One ticket is included with your registration.
This three-day event will be an ‘intensive’ – so be prepared to get to work, play hard, learn lots of new marketing concept, build skills and above all HAVE FUN.
Every month for four months, we meet as a group online and work together to do four things: 1. To celebrate our victories and share what we’ve learned. 2. To help each other when we’re stuck off course, or just need a little ‘push’ in the right direction. 3. To stay FOCUSED so we can keep our attention on what actually makes us money (and helps our clients) …instead of getting sucked in by the latest shiny object. 4. To hold each other accountable so we actually DO what we’ve set out to do!
1. To celebrate our victories and share what we’ve learned. 2. To help each other when we’re stuck off course, or just need a little ‘push’ in the right direction. 3. To stay FOCUSED so we can keep our attention on what actually makes us money (and helps our clients) …instead of getting sucked in by the latest shiny object. 4. To hold each other accountable so we actually DO what we’ve set out to do!
NOTICE: I have NEVER offered this level of personal access and ongoing support for ANY price and may never do it again. Frankly, I’m offering this Four Months of Fellowship more as a ‘labour of love’ than anything else. I can’t guarantee I’ll be able to do so again due to the growth of my business.
We NEED to surround ourselves with people who share the same goals, values, and the same mission so we can support each other, stay sharp, stay focused, hold each other accountable, and work together for mutual success.
And that’s exactly what the Four Months Of Fellowship is about.
As you’ve probably experienced, groups like this are the places where lifelong friendships, business alliances, and partnerships are born …so it’s way more than ‘just’ an event.
It’s an experience that can continue to pay dividends for the rest of your career.
This is an interactive online LIVE class that starts on Monday, March 7th.
And then, every Thursday, we meet LIVE …online …where I help you by answering your questions, reviewing your work, and basically working with you to make it happen.
Since we’re meeting online, we’ll be able to see one another if we need to, share screens, share files, and essentially create the same experience as if we were all in a classroom together …but you don’t have to leave home.
And every live session will be recorded so if you miss one, don’t worry …you can watch the recordings whenever you want!
This is a tremendous value.
1. You’re getting EXACTLY what you need to attract, onboard, serve and retain HIGH-LEVEL clients and customers in a way that’s really beneficial and helpful to everybody you come into contact with.
2. You don’t need too many ‘yesses’ to get a great return on your investment in this Fellowship.
But instead of paying $8,000.00 …it’s INCLUDED in your membership. Together, we’ll use the power of compounded focus to get help with challenges you might have, and we’ll use our collective experience, resources, and discoveries to help you take what’s working now and ‘put it on steroids’ so it’ll be even BETTER when you leave. This means you’ll get personal help from me and other members of the Fellowship…and you’ll get to contribute, show off what you’ve accomplished, and have the satisfaction of helping others who are just like you.
Plus, you’ll get behind-the-scenes access to my team and other experts that I call upon to see how we run everything …LIVE …in person …for three days.
1. To celebrate our victories and share what we’ve learned.
2. To help each other when we’re stuck off course, or just need a little “push” in the right direction.
3. To stay FOCUSED so we can keep our attention on what actually makes us money (and helps our clients)…instead of getting sucked in by the latest shiny object.
NOTICE: I have NEVER offered this level of personal access and ongoing support for ANY price and may never do it again. Frankly, I’m offering this Four Months of Fellowship more as a ‘labour of love’ than anything else. I can’t guarantee I’ll be able to do so again due to the growth of my business. No matter what you decide to do today, I can promise you one thing …nobody gets lasting success alone. We NEED to surround ourselves with people who share the same goals, values, and the same mission so we can support each other, stay sharp, stay focused, hold each other accountable, and work together for mutual success. And that’s exactly what Four Months Of Fellowship is about.
There’s NOTHING as powerful as getting a small group of people who all share the same vision, values, and goals together in a small group working together to help one another. As you’ve probably experienced, groups like this are the places where lifelong friendships, business alliances, and partnerships are born …so it’s way more than ‘just’ an event. It’s an experience that can continue to pay dividends for the rest of your career. So if you know this is right for you and will help you, enroll right now.


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The Golden Well Hotel, our boutique luxury hotel in Prague’s centre is located below the walls of Prague Castle in the quaint Mala Strana or "Little Quarter" of Prague. This beautiful historic building is just a short walk away from some of Prague's most impressive sights, including the Charles Bridge, St. Nicholas Church and the Old Town Square.
The Prague Castle, an ancient symbol of the Czech lands, is the most significant Czech monument and one of the most important cultural institutions in the Czech Republic.
The Charles Bridge is a famous historic bridge that crosses Prague's Vltava River. Its construction began in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the beginning of the 15th century.
St. Nicholas Church, a Baroque style church in Lesser Town, was built between 1704-1755 on the site where a Gothic church from the 13th century, also dedicated to Saint Nicholas, formerly stood.

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Fire alarm systems in Wandsworth SW15 are a ''must have'' fire detection and fire prevention devices for residential, commercial, office and industrial buildings.
They have proven during the time that can save thousands of lives a year and prevent loss of assets.It’s absolutely crucial that the fire detection devices & in general the fire alarm Preventative Maintenance in Wandsworth SW15 are completed by approved fire alarm Preventative Maintenance company.
GuardSys is a well-known name for fire alarm system Preventative Maintenance in Wandsworth SW15 with well-trained and certified fire alarm engineers who diagnose the problem or your fire alarm and can Preventative Maintenance your system with 100% accuracy. Fire Alarm systems may seem simple in their making, but great care must be taken when Preventative Maintenance due to the complexity of their controllers. When you need fire alarms system Preventative Maintenance services in Wandsworth SW15, you can fully rely on Us, because we provide the best services and customer care in your area.We never compromise on the quality to ensure the peace of your mind and compliance. As a NSI / NACOSS approved company we strictly follow the industry & British Standards.
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The ninth annual Downtown Food & Wine Fest will take place in downtown Orlando at Lake Eola Park the weekend of February 25 and 26, 2017.
The two-day fest features mouth-watering dishes from some of Orlando’s premier restaurants, as well as domestic and international wines to sample.
As part of this spring’s Food and Wine Festival, Busch Gardens Tampa has booked a great line-up of musicians to entertain during the event, which runs weekends in March and April.
Universal Orlando Resort comes alive this spring with its annual Mardi Gras celebration, featuring 20 nights of concerts from the biggest names in music, starting February 8, 2014.
On select nights through May 31, guests will experience a “N’awlins”-inspired, family-friendly version of Mardi Gras at Universal Studios Florida. There will be Cajun cuisine, authentic New Orleans bands, and an evening parade, all capped off with a concert by a headlining act. All rides will be operational, too.
Universal Mardi Gras is included with regular admission, and annual passes. There is also a special Florida Resident Mardi Gras ticket for $69.99, that is good for admission after 5pm.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit UniversalOrlando.com.
Universal Orlando has released the complete line-up of performers for their 2013 Summer Concert Series.
Access to all Summer Concert Series performances is included with regular admission to Universal Studios Florida.
For guests wanting to visit solely for the concerts, Universal Orlando will offer a special ticket providing one-time access to Universal Studios Florida after 7 p.m. The “Summer Concert Ticket” is priced at $69.99 plus tax and will go on sale beginning May 16 only at universalorlando.com.
I’ve always told my friends that I thought Orlando was a place that needed a huge rock festival.
Oh, sure, we have the Florida Music Festival, which is great for checking out a bunch of indie and local musicians. And we do get traveling shows like the Warped Tour that roll on through.
But we’ve never really had an event on par with Coachella or Lollapalooza…until now.
In a press conference today, July 21, 2011, Melvin Benn, CEO of Festival Republic, stood with Orlando mayor Buddy Dyer and announced Orlando Calling, a two-day music festival to be held on the grounds of the Florida Citrus Bowl.
You may never have heard of Festival Republic, but they’re no fly-by-night company. As the company behind the hugely successful European festivals like Glastonbury and Reading in the UK, they have the experience and connections to make this happen.
Orlando Calling will be held over the weekend of November 12 & 13, 2011. It will feature four stages each day of big name talent like The Killers, The Raconteurs, Pixies, The Roots, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Kid Rock, Blake Shelton and more. The full listing (as of now) can be seen in the poster to the right.
Tickets are rather reasonable for this fest. If you buy prior to September 01, 2011, regular tickets are $80 per day or $145 per weekend pass. VIP tickets, which include the admission plus a VIP area, unlimited beverages and more, start at $165 per day or $285 for the weekend. After September 01, the prices go up about $20 per ticket option.
For more information on the fest, visit the website at OrlandoCalling.com.


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The purpose of Technical Assistance Packets is to support child are providers and early childhood educators in the state of Kansas. However, programs in other states can download the packets for free or purchase packets for the cost of printing and mailing. All packets are available in hard copy or CD format. Please check below for packets available to download in pdf format.
No permission is needed for individuals or non-profit organizations to excerpt or make copies of publications by KCCTO-KITS ITSN for personal use, for library reserve, or to share as handouts with students, teachers/staff, parents, or policy makers, as long as credit is given. Materials must be distributed at no cost, or sold at reproduction cost only, to the recipients. When a for-profit organization, such as a child care center, uses KITS materials as handouts for parents and staff, they are also covered by this policy. Note that many of the handouts in the KITS publications are copyrighted by outside sources. KITS has received permission to use these items. You will need to contact these sources on your own to get permission to use these copyrighted items.


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BARNSLEY V COVENTRY CITY MATCH INFORMATION - ISSUED BY STEVE BAILEY, BARNSLEY'S SAFETY OFFICER.
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT ALL VEHICLES MUST REMAIN STATIONARY FOR AT LEAST 10 MINUTES AFTER THE FINAL WHISTLE. THE EAST STAND BARRIER AND THE EXIT GATE SITUATED AT THE TOP OF THE DRIVE WILL NOT OPEN UNTIL ALL VISITORS COACHES HAVE VACATED THE AWAY CAR PARK.
WE ARE EXPECTING 10 COACHES.
All supporters are advised to take their seats 30 minutes prior to kick off.
Palmer Construction (North) - Visitors' Stand.
Turnstiles 44 - Cash Only Adult £25 Over 65 £18 Young Adult 19-21 £18. U19 and U12 tickets are not available on turnstiles.
We expect supporters to be loud and get behind their team but we do not expect behaviour that compromises our reputation as a club. Encroaching onto the playing surface is against ground regulations and individuals caught doing so will be ejected and possibly face prosecution as well as a potential banning order.
Anyone found to be in possession of/using pyrotechnics will be ejected and may face prosecution as well as a banning order.
Barnsley Football Club will not tolerate foul, racist, homophobic or abusive language. Anyone found to be using such language will be ejected, may face prosecution and a banning order.
The EFL has power to sanction clubs - using a number of measures - where their fans are found to have acted innapropriately.

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text: Descrizione: The Field Application Engineer (or sales engineer) will be responsible for the presale and post-sale activity of Datamars’ textile RFID reading systems. He/she is responsible for defining, installing and maintaining Datamars RFID reading systems in customer laundries. He/she is also responsible for adapting (when needed) Datamars reading systems to the specific customer requests. The Field Application Engineer manages the whole process, from understanding the customer needs to defining the budget and implementing the modifications. The activity is held in close collaboration with the sales team and the product development team: it requires both a deep technical understanding of RFID systems and a sound knowledge of customer management. The person will travel mainly in Europe on a regular basis (approx. % of his/her time). He/she will report to the Director Product & Services TID.

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LAS VEGAS — Sergey Kovalev and Andre Ward faced each other this past November in Las Vegas as undefeated champions looking to unify the light heavyweight titles. The match was highly anticipated and lived up to the hype with Ward winning a controversial decision.
The rematch took place last night at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino and was equally hyped with both fighters looking to prove a point. Ward wanted to prove that his previous win over Kovalev was not a gift and Kovalev wanted to show that he was a victim of poor scoring.
In the end, Ward was right. He won by TKO in the eighth round.
The first half of the fight was similar to the first fight with the early rounds being difficult to score. Some watching had Kovalev ahead on the cards and some had Ward ahead.
The difference this time around may have been Ward’s ability to effectively counter the aggressive Kovalev as he pressed the action.
In round 7, Kovalev was showing some telltale signs of fatigue by fighting with an open mouth. The most notable punch in round was a border line punch on the belt line towards the end of the round.
Going into the 8th round two of the three judges had Ward ahead on the cards 67-66 while the third judge had Kovalev up 69-65.
Round 8 would prove to be the last round of the night. Ward landed a clean counter right hand to the chin of Kovalev that had the boxer nicknamed ‘Krusher’ visibly shaken. This was by far the hardest punch Ward would land in the 19 rounds against Sergey.
About 30 seconds later, a questionable body shot had Kovalev doubled over in pain or perhaps he was just trying to catch the attention of referee Tony Weeks. Either way, his hesitation allowed Ward the opportunity to land two more left hooks to the body.
At that point, Tony Weeks stepped between the two boxers and waved the fight off, declaring Ward the winner.
As expected, Ward was all smiles and thanked God for the victory while Kovalev took exception to the low blows that ultimately decided the outcome of the fight.
In the end the fans were again left questioning the outcome.
Las Vegas wasn’t cheated because both fighters brought their ‘A’ game and was willing to lay it all on the line.
Both also left the ring ready knowing they were in there to prove a point.
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Kathmandu, Aug. 23: Experts on foreign affairs and trade have said the BIMSTEC could be utilized as an opportunity for regional development and expansion of trade.
The forthcoming fourth BIMSTEC summit being held in Nepal could be taken as the platform for wider international image of Nepal, they said during a programme organized by Reporters' Club in the capital city Thursday.
According to them, implementation of the past agreements on multisectoral development is another pressing issue.
Economist Dr Dilliraj Khanal opined that BIMSTEC could be used as a bridge for promotion and coordination on regional cooperation. At a time when the country is in a campaign of prosperity, the available resources should be utilized most in view of the regional importance of the BIMSTEC.
"Message on the campaign of 'prosperous Nepal happy Nepali' should be given at this forum," he argued, stressing on selecting particular areas of cooperation which would be win-win to all members.
Foreign affairs expert Dr Dinesh Bhattarai said Nepal has got the opportunity to host the BIMSTEC summit in the changed context, so significant message could be given at this moment.

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Eleanor Anne Sweet is an 18 year expert of organizational management improvement. She has studied success and leadership and its effect on organizations that range from privately held organizations to major Fortune 500 corporations. She has spent the majority of her professional career helping the best and brightest executive professionals in America create more positive impact to their companies’ bottom line.
Eleanor has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, other newspapers, major trade journals, radio, TV and additional publications. She has authored four books. Her two newest books are, Success Secret #1(December 2013) and Success Secret #2 (January 2014). Her fifth book, Leading to Success – The Female Advantage, will be published the end of 2015.
Sweet was recently awarded Women of Distinction – Lake County and nominated for the ATHENA International Leadership Award.
Eleanor Anne Sweet has an MBA (Executive Master Program) from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. She received her undergraduate degree from Boston College with a B.S. in Marketing.
Eleanor’s corporate professional career was with GE Lighting and Salton in a new product and sales management capacities.
Sweet is President and CEO of Corporate Success Partners, a Division of The Remington Group, an organizational training and consulting firm that specializes in “no nonsense” solutions and results.
For the past two years, Eleanor has been involved as a mentor/coach with the BHS Incubator Program, which supports small business startups locally.


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"Elimination of water pathogens with solar radiation using and automate" by M I. Polo-Lopez, P Fernandez-Ibanez et al.
Solar disinfection, compound parabolic collector (CPC), E. coli.
Solar disinfection (SODIS) of water is well known, effective process which is practiced at household level in many developing countries. However, this process is limited by the small volume treated and the lack of indication of treatment efficacy. Low cost glass tube reactors together with compound parabolic collectors (CPC) technology, has been shown to significantly increase the efficiency of solar disinfection. However, these reactors still require user input to control each batch SODIS process and there is no feedback that the process is complete. Automatic operation of the batch SODIS process, controlled by UVA-radiation sensors, can provide information on the status of the process can ensure the required UVA dose to achieve complete disinfection received and reduces user work-load through automatic sequential batch processing. In this work, an enhanced CPC photo-reactor with a concentration factor of 1.89 was developed. The apparatus was fully automated to allow exposure to a threshold UVA dose, with treated water subsequently dispensed into a reservoir. The reactor was tested using Escherichia coli as a model pathogen in natural well water. A 6-log inactivation of E. coli was achieved following exposure to the minimum uninterrupted lethal UVA dose. The enhanced reactor decreased the exposure time required to achieve the lethal UVA dose, in comparison to a CPC system with a concentration factor of 1.0. Doubling the lethal UVA dose prevented the need for a period of post exposure dark inactivation and therefore significantly reduced the overall SODIS treatment time. Using this reactor, SODIS can be automatically carried out at an affordable cost, with reduced exposure time and minimal user input.
Polo-Lopez MI, Fernandez-Ibanez P, Ubomba-Jaswa E, Navntoft C, Garcia-Fernandez I, Dunlop PSM, Schmidt M, Byrne JA, McGuigan KG. Elimination of water pathogens with solar radiation using and automated sequential batch CPR Reactor. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2011;196:16-21.


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Nike’s background is full of strange stories.
Nike was founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports, and it was mainly a distributor for the Japanese manufacturer Onitsuka Tiger. It was created by Bill Bowerman, an athletic trainer, and Phil Knight, a runner. Knight’s original intention was to name the company Dimension 6.
The name Nike came thanks to the company’s first employee, Jeff Johnson, who was inspired by Nike, the goddess of victory.
That’s not the only quirky story. According to company lore, their first shoes were made with a waffle machine (Bowerman was inspired by watching his wife cook breakfast). They created shoes that were light but with great traction, and Bowerman patented the idea as the Nike Waffle Trainer.
Their characteristic “swoosh” logo was designed by Carolyn Davidson, a design student, who charged them $35 for the project (that would still only be about $200 today). She also got a share that’s worth over $640,000 today.
The slogan “Just do it” was inspired by the last words of serial killer Gary Gilmore before he was executed (“Let’s do it”).
Nike was founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports and changed its name to Nike in 1971. They operate in 43 countries, with 679 factories and over a million employees.
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