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We’ve all turned things over. If not a new leaf – at least some pages in our lives. It seems the pages that we turn in our lives reveal the genre of our lives. Some of us have lives that read like cheap dime store paperbacks, but some read like timeless masterpieces. Each phase of our lives make up the chapter, the events are recorded in the memories of others and the books of heaven, but more importantly how we related to the events that ultimately write the non-fictional legacy of our lives.
I think many of us have lived through the difficult chapters and couldn’t be more relieved to turn those pages as fast as we could to get to the next chapter. Funny thing about this life; there’s always another trial… there’s always another difficult circumstance… there’s always another antagonist…. Which means there’s always another choice to be made.
The gift of free will makes us the true authors of our lives and while we can’t choose all the circumstances, we do get to choose how we respond in every one of them. Who we’ll be as the pages turn will go differently depending on what kind of story we desire to write.
We will be the unwilling character forced into a scenario that we didn’t want to be in and try to ignore the reality of the hand we’re dealt until the predicament gets so bad we’re forced to make a stand one way or the other. Or we might choose the easy way out and ignore the character traits that God borns in all the characters of all the turning pages of life.
Then the last option; We can be the character of wisdom and strength that stands against any odds that defile or decay that principled character of the true hero that lies dormant in all of us waiting for the red telephone to ring… That true hero has others jumping at the chance to glimpse the pages of our lives as we turn them.
The trials and antagonists can’t defeat or overcome what it is that powers the life that creates grand pages of a life. That added to one another make up grand chapters that flow together to create a special life… the life chosen by God to be the living and walking masterpiece that only His strength in spirit can provide the power to overcome the evils of this fallen world.
We are the heroes… We get stronger with time, I think. We recognize the guile of the antagonist. We know there is no end to how low they will stoop to keep us from our objective; to turn the pages revealing honor to the One who named us – who chose us to live against the odds – who gives us strength to continue to turn our pages revealing His sovereign and miraculous hand over not only our pages, but also all of creation.
We know how our story ends. We might not know the obstacles or battles, but we know that when we’re done with the allotted pages granted by God the denouement is perfect and there really is a “Happily Ever After.” As we turn the pages of our lives I think it’s good for us to remember that it matters not where the arc of our story takes us… We know where and how it ends. As the author of our own masterpieces, we can use our story to guide the lives of others to the place of never-ending peace.
I love that we know how our stories will end. I find such peace in that. Regardless of our current chapters, the final one will bring it all together into perfection. “Happily ever after”…yes!
I’m with you, Lisa. Those of us who know the Truth know that we have the happiest of endings imaginable. Yes indeed. Thanks, Lisa.
Powerful post. Life can bring different seasons that are all leading to eventually being in Heaven. I have learned when life throws you lemons, then make lemonade. Other translation, when we go through trails and tribulations make sure our attitude and behaviors reflect God’s character.
Well said, Dan. That’s giving the world a glimpse over your shoulder into the pages of a masterpiece, my friend. I know you do. Thanks, Dan.
There are times I am more than willing to turn the page. It is usually when I have messed up royally. it is when I am “the conquering hero” in my story (or is that my mind) when I have difficulty turning the page. i want to relish it. When sin messes me up I want to turn the page quickly so others can’t see. The problem is I am still on the previous page. So glad I know the ending of this story.
Amen to all of that, Bill. I didn’t think of it, but I too tend to reread the good stuff and skim over the bad… You know what they say about reading our own press releases?!!! Great point, Bill. Thanks.
A page turning post my brother. Since contentment is what I am studying right now just knowing the end of the my book helps me to live uprightly today. Nothing excites me more then to hear the pages of anothers story with God’s footprints all over it. And I love telling the old old story in my life, I once was lost and now I am found. God just keep perfecting the skills He gave you with each post. His footprints are all over this one as well as others.
Awe, Betty. You truly are too good to me. Your kind heart is the gift God uses to encourage your brothers and sisters. I’m telling you, you have such a gentle ease with words it’s like reading a master’s diary. I pray we all would point to our Father the provider of our gifts and remember they are for the benefit of others. You always seem to point me down that path and I thank you for it, Betty.
Love this post, Floyd, because as you well know, I love journaling my life as unto the Lord. So quite literally, each day, I turn over a new page of my journal, a tabula rasa on which to write the story of my life–my love for and interaction with Him. Oh, don’t you appreciate that He is the God of new chances, fresh pages, and the One who puts a pen in our hands and enables us to write to Him? With God’s help, we have the hope of being able continually to write a new story with Him, and I love how you say that we, as Christians, already know that the ending will be a good one–a perfect and eternal one! I think God, who sets eternity in our hearts, knows that we love a good and happy ending! Thank you for a rish post.
How I love to read your words! You need to write another book, Lynn! You do have a gift and I know it comes from the time spent with our Father writing to Him your heart. It also inspires all who read. It reads unmistakable you… and that’s a great thing. Thank you for sharing that gift here! What a blessing! Don’t forget that book!
Wow, Floyd. This is so very humbling. You are the third person who’s said this today (a huge shock!). I can’t imagine it, and am overwhelmed. Bless you. Your generosity means so much!
Remember, we both agree; no coincidences!
Well, I really need to watch what I say!
Those words do have a way of coming back to haunt and bite us!
Excellent Floyd, excellent! Our lives are a book…a story. It’s funny, but I was watching a program on PBS just last night about the top 3 miniseries ever to hit the small screen. One of them was the unforgettable “Roots” by Alex Haley. I remarked to my husband that I had read in Alex’s book how the true, proud history of his 7th generational descendant, Kunta Kinte, was indeed passed down from generation to generation. How he was captured in Africa by slave traders, made the long voyage by slave ship to America, was sold to a cruel ‘owner/taskmaster’…..I said to Dave, “We should ALL do that.” Carry our stories of our ancestors, our stories of our own journeys…to our children and our children’s children. No, not all of it is sweet and pretty. Some of it is downright ugly and awful. Some of it causes shame to rise. It’s not written anywhere that we have to tell those parts. Perhaps only the parts that can impart wisdom to the hearer. We all ARE a story…a living epistle…to our loved ones. The older we get, the more we realize we have but one life to live here…we need to live it well.
Spot on, Jillie! “A living epistle.” What a beautiful way to put it. For those of us our Father calls to write, we should do just that. For His honor and what He might use it for in the future. I hadn’t thought of that, but that is a worthy calling. “We need to live well.” Well done. Thanks, Jillie.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard that quote, I’ll definitely remember it from here forward. Thanks for sharing that, Lynn.
Last night I was reading in the book of John when Jesus was “caught”. Satan really thought he was winning- the religious leaders at the time thought they were in control- but really it was all God’s plan.
If we look at situations through human eyes it can seem we are losing, but if we fix our eyes on Jesus (for the joy set before him he endured the cross) then we can see this really isn’t the end.
Amen, TC. What the world sees is with their eyes. The hand of the Father isn’t subject to the laws that He imposes on a physical world. We make mistakes, His omnipotence is all about redemption – turning our mistakes into lessons and miracles manifested in our lives. What a great point. Thanks, TC.
Great post, Floyd. We just never know who’s reading our book, but we owe it to them and to the honor of the King to live out our Father’s great love, faithfulness, and glory. Wonderful reminder.
I’ve been trying to think of this more as I get older. The world is watching and our Father is as well. It’s all about bringing Him honor that ultimately honors all of us. Thanks, Jason.
I like what you said,”while we can’t choose all the circumstances, we do get to choose how we respond in every one of them.” Attitude makes a large play in how we live out the pages of our life. As a young girl, I read in my Sunday School Paper about attitudes can either make you sick or healthy. Resentment and holding grudges make your stomach tie up in knots and can cause a lot of health problems. I thing that is why the book of Proverbs warns us to turn away wrath with a soft answer. Not a happy time if we are angry and would rather give a blasting answer. Keep turning those pages Floyd. So far so good!
Thanks, Hazel. That’s wise advice and I couldn’t agree more! And thanks for the admonishment, I’ll keep turnin’ em’, and watching you turn yours over your shoulder.
Tremendous Post.. You know I realized that we have to keep moving our feet in the direction God takes us no matter what obstacles we are dealt. You mentioned that we might be the unwilling character that is forced to do something that we did not want to do, and once those chapters are written we then regret it later. I agree.
We have the choice and its God’s will no matter what.
Going deeper, I like that. It’s God’s will and intent to do the best for us and His perfect will. Amazing how He uses our missteps in redemption. Thanks, Lincoln.
Nice post, Floyd. I like to think I’m turning the page each day. But what of the antagonist? What if the antagonist has been antagonized him or herself by mental illness, or something that he or she was born with and unable to control? Or what if the antagonist was so scarred and abused as a child there was irreversible mental and emotional damage done? Then, where dose free will fit in? This is one of the underlying themes of my forthcoming, second book, “At the Crossing of Justice and Mercy.” I thin it’s a question, that we who follow Christ must ask. Otherwise, we might be too quick to judge the antagonist.
Great point, Dan. I’m not sure the antagonist isn’t us most of the time. The exterior ones could be used of God to help us realize that. That’s a difficult issue and I too think we need to tackle it head on. Looking forward to your next book. LOVED your first one! A Train Called Forgiveness! It’s awesome. Keep up the good work turing those pages, Dan.
Life has its ups and downs, but I know how the story ends. And that gives me the strength to keep going.
Couldn’t agree more. Wisdom has a way of making us stronger. In our weakness we see His strength.
“He who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it.” Wow, isn’t it great to know the end and fall backwards to His will knowing that all things work for good. Yes we have a choice. Free will, response and attitude help us write better stories; but only if we dial the red telephone.
So encouraging! I am tempted to write a new post in this comment section. Let me journal instead 🙂 blessings Floyd. Lets write timeless masterpieces!
Great thoughts, Maureen. What I meant by letting the world “look over our shoulders,” is that when we live honorable lives the world sees and it reflects the Master’s hand in our lives and should impact theirs.
I can tell by the comment that you have a better memory than me!
Oh! And who doesn’t love the red telephone? Thanks, Maureen. For the heart and the wit!
“When we live honorable lives the world sees and it reflects the Master’s hand in our lives and should impact theirs.” How true, glory to God. He chose us, He first loved us – and we are His instruments to carry out His work in the fallen world.
Thanks, Maureen. Indeed we are instruments for His good will. Well said and a good reminder of our purpose… Life gets much easier when we keep that in mind.


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The company said Tuesday that it showcased the SVS Core 2.0 application during the U.S. Navy’s PMA-209 Air Combat Electronics Industry Day held in Lexington Park, Md., on Tuesday and Wednesday.
SVS Core, currently deployed on the P-3 aircraft, visualizes land and sea environments in all weather conditions at day or night and is compatible with any avionics system.
The platform-independent application’s synthetic vision feature reduces operator workload and provides a clear view of sensor suite footprint and environmental obstacles.
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The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for Southern Region Kondwani Nankhumwa has warned party leaders who are inactive to actively participate in the campaign period which officially starts on Tuesday March 19 to May 19 2019 or quit.
Nankhumwa was speaking on Sunday at Zingwangwa Secondary School Ground in Blantyre when he addressed a rally by DPP running mate Everton Chimulirenji.
He observed that there are some senior DPP members who do not play any active role, saying there is need to work extra hard during the campaign for President Peter Mutharika to be re-elected on May 21 2019.
“There are some members holding senior positions in the party but they don’t work,” said Nankhunwa in a televised rally.
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Put all selfish, greedy, hard-hearted (ophangira, ofuna chilichonse chikhale chawo, mfiti pamodzi) in one camp those are the consequences.
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On a spring-like day in March, CPT’s founding director Gene Stoltzfus completed his journey on earth at the age of 70. His heart stopped while he was riding his bicycle near his home in Fort Frances, Ontario. He is survived by his wife Dorothy Friesen and many, many peacemakers who stand on the broad shoulders of his lifetime of creative action.
Gene nurtured and shaped Christian Peacemaker Teams from its beginning almost 25 years ago. As director for the first 16 years of CPT’s organizational life, Gene’s vision, ideas, and initiatives laid a strong foundation for our present work. His style, faith, humor, strengths, shortcomings and quirks are embedded in CPT. His hand remains evident in CPT’s training and deployment of long-term, diverse, disciplined and empowered teams; in team and office meals and shared check-ins; in CPT’s creative direct action to reduce violence and highlight injustice; in patterns of prayer and mutual support sending each other out truly blessed; in CPT’s attentiveness to exposing privilege and undoing oppression; and in CPT’s deep roots of connection throughout the Church, which is in turn transformed into a hotbed of peacemaking.
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How much does content actually cost?
What we know: Content marketing is claiming a sizeable chunk of B2B marketing budgets overall.
In fact, the CMI/MarketingProfs B2B content marketing study showed that B2B companies with the most success in content marketing are dedicating almost half of their total marketing budget to content marketing tactics.
That number is a great start, but still leaves much to be desired. In a piece for Marketing Land, content marketing strategist and researcher Rebecca Lieb points out these sorts of figures only tell a small part of the story.
But just because there’s not a straightforward answer, doesn’t mean there’s no solution at all. There are just some other questions that need to be answered first.
I’m going to talk about three things you should consider while you’re budgeting for content and how to find a solution that works for you and your budget, whatever that may be.
Before you take any action regarding your marketing program — whether that’s using a new channel or experimenting with a new medium — look at your overarching marketing goals.
It’s like going out to lunch. Let’s say your options are a cool, modern pub that just opened up nearby or a little Brazilian place around the corner. Both have similarly priced menus and a good beer selection. Are you craving one type of food over another? Do you have any dietary restrictions? Are you meeting a large group of people? Is this for a business meeting? Answering these questions beforehand will ultimately lead you to the right decision.
The same is true for content marketing.
Let’s say your most important goal is to generate higher quality leads. You have enough marketing dollars to either invest in a social media management platform or develop a few gated resources like an eBook or small research report. Both of those tactics are certainly worthy investments, but growing a library of gated resources is a more practical solution for generating better leads.
All these goals come with a different set of tactics and those might have different costs.
If you’re hoping to generate better leads and drive more conversions, you might look to invest in heavier, gated pieces of content like eBooks or whitepapers. If you hope to show off your brand’s personality, social media content and management might be more up your alley. If you’re trying to reach a new audience, social promotion might be the ticket.
PRO-TIP: Don’t try to achieve all of those goals at the same time. Instead, pick one or two high-value goals and focus your content creation and marketing resources toward them. It will help you stay focused and prevent you from spreading your team and your budget too thin.
It will give you the opportunity to see how your existing resources line up with the goals you just laid out and identify where they can be refocused.
It lets you quickly identify any gaps in your current capabilities.
If your content marketing goals suggest creating gated content pieces and infographics but you only have a blog writer and social media manager, it might be time to find someone who can write long-form content and develop the necessary graphic design assets.
If you find more blog content will help your business grow, but you only have the capacity to produce a few blogs a month, it might be time to get some writing support to help you scale.
In either case, look at your content marketing needs as a whole, not just as they relate to individual assets. You might need more blogs for your website, and freelancers might be able to write them for you. But scaling any part of your content marketing practice (especially one that receives your precious marketing dollars) requires a very strategic approach, and a freelancer might not be able to give you that kind of guidance.
Especially if you’re in a niche or complicated industry, a good content marketing partner will work to understand your organization, audience and your industry before typing a single word of content.
Even after you weigh all the things above, sometimes it still comes back to your budget.
Perhaps we’re a little biased, but content marketing is a worthwhile investment. It can have a tremendous impact on organic search traffic, content engagement and your lead-generation practice. But it never makes sense to spend more than you have.
You might not like the idea of trusting your blog creation to a freelancer, but if you only have $100 to spend on content right now and that’s where your dollars will be most useful, it might be your best bet.
Likewise, you might identify a need to redo your website. But if you don’t have the $20,000 to do it, you might be better off spending some time and resources improving your existing content and conducting a technical SEO audit.
There are also countless ways to get your existing content in front of new people. Paid media tactics like native advertising, Google AdWords or content distribution can be a terrific way to significantly boost some key metrics without investing $50,000 a year for a new content marketing professional.
A good content marketing partner will make recommendations based on what will help you achieve maximum impact with whatever budget you have to work with.
The tough part of this whole equation is that the old “you get what you pay for” model doesn’t necessarily apply. You could spend a lot of money on high-quality content. But if it doesn’t satisfy your core objectives, it will be a wasted effort. Conversely, spending a little bit of money on promoting existing content might be a lever for tremendous success for your organization.
Spending more money won’t always translate into closing more sales. But, as the old saying goes, if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right.
Once you identify your key marketing goals, take stock of your own internal resources and identify a budget, the question, “How much should I pay for content?” will become a whole lot easier to answer.


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With the help of 139 Democrats, the House of Representatives on Thursday easily rammed through the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which—if it passes the Senate—will hand President Donald Trump $717 billion in military spending.
"Of the total $717 billion, the bill would authorize $616.9 billion for the base Pentagon budget, $21.9 billion for nuclear weapons programs under the Energy Department, and another $69 billion in war spending from the special Overseas Contingency Operations account," Politico reported following the 359-54 vote.
Additionally, the NDAA passed by the House would authorize 13 new Navy warships, approve the Pentagon's request to buy 77 F-35s, and green-light "a new submarine-launched, low-yield nuclear warhead," Politico notes.
"How are they going to pay for this?" asked one commentator on Twitter. "Oh wait, that question only gets asked when it comes to social programs that benefit the working class."
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Volunteer researchers have uncovered mass graves in a South Texas cemetery that they believe contain the bodies of immigrants who died crossing into the U.S. illegally, according to published reports Saturday.
The discovery at Sacred Heart Burial Park in Falfurrias came in the last two weeks, as Baylor University anthropologist Lori Baker and Krista Latham, a forensic anthropologist at the University of Indianapolis, and their students worked as part of a multi-year effort to identify immigrants who’ve died in the area near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Teams unearthed remains in trash bags, shopping bags, body bags or without a container at all, according to the Corpus Christi Caller Times ( http://bit.ly/1qqH7CZ ). In one burial, bones of three bodies were inside one body bag. In another, at least five people in body bags and smaller plastic bags were piled on top of each other. Skulls also were found in biohazard bags placed between coffins.
Brooks and Jim Hogg county officials said they pay the funeral home to handle bodies recovered in the remote parts of South Texas, an area that’s often deadly for immigrants from Mexico and Central America who set out on foot through ranchlands amid sweltering temperatures to avoid a nearby U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint.
More than 300 people died crossing through Brooks County alone between 2011 to 2013 — representing more than 50 percent of the deaths in Texas’ sprawling Rio Grande Valley.
Brooks County Chief Deputy Benny Martinez said the funeral home charges $450 to handle each body. County Judge Raul Ramirez said it been handling such remains for at least 16 years. Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Lorenzo Benavides in neighboring Jim Hogg County says the practice has been going there as long as he can remember, at least 22 years.
A message left Saturday at Howard-Williams was not immediately returned. The funeral home referred the newspapers’ questions to its parent company, Houston-based Service Corporation International.
“No matter if this is one of our client families we serve on a traditional basis or a migrant family’s loved one we’re serving and we don’t have any identification of the loved one, I do want to let you know it is our policy to treat the decedent with care, to treat them just like we would treat anyone else,” Service Corporation International Spokeswoman Jessica McDunn told the newspaper.
McDunn said the funeral home has “certain records related to these burials, but this does not amount to confirmation that Howard-Williams was involved in depositing the remains in the manner the researchers described.” The funeral home would not give the newspaper access to those records.
“To me it’s just as shocking as the mass grave that you would picture in your head, and it’s just as disrespectful,” Latham told the Caller Times.
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When living in a part of the world as beautiful as Seattle, it only makes sense to look for a home with a view. Of course, the homes with great views of the mountains and water that surround Seattle tend to sell for a premium, so a budget well into seven figures will frequently be needed to purchase a view home. Fortunately, the homes with a great view are usually built and finished to match with their lofty price tags, so you will find many stunning luxury homes for sale in Seattle that have equally memorable views.
Where should you go in Seattle to find great views? Well, that all depends on what it is that you want to see. If you are looking for a Mount Rainier view, you will often need to be on the south end of the city, such as in one of the neighborhoods along the south end of Lake Washington. Waterfront property in Leschi, Madrona, or even Madison Park may offer both a view of Lake Washington and Mount Rainier, depending on the specific location of the home.
If you would like to have a view of Puget Sound and across to the Olympic Mountains, you will naturally need to look for a luxury property located to the west of the city. The West Seattle/Alki area is great for these kinds of views, as is Magnolia. Also, there are luxury homes within the city that enjoy brilliant views of Lake Union, Elliott Bay, and more.
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Concrete fence posts are a common site in many industrial settings, including along railway lines. These posts, modelled on examples found at Penistone, stand approximately 5 feet tall.
This item contains 21 fence posts which, if placed at the recomended distance of 5cm apart (the holes should be 1mm in diameter and the sprue has holes to guide you) is enough to model 76m of fencing (which nicely equates to 1m of fence on your model). Also included are four braced posts that should be used where a fence ends or where a tight corner is required (in these cases two fences essentially end at the join).
The holes are approximately 0.26mm in diameter and so I recommend using 0.125mm enammeld copper wire (I bought mine from Maplin in the UK). I would advise adding the wire before painting, as the paint is likely to completely close the small holes which would make threading the wire difficult if not impossible.


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The Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, has recently taken his vision of ‘illiberal democracy’ to a new level, passing legislation aimed at driving the American-Hungarian Central European University (CEU) out of the country, as well as launching systematic attacks against the university’s founder George Soros. But with the Hungarian parliamentary elections scheduled for 2018, have recent events – including the successful derailing of Budapest’s Olympic bid, and mass protests against the treatment of CEU – exposed weaknesses in the armoury of Orbán and his right-wing political party, Fidesz?
Viktor Orbán on March 14, 2013. Picture by David Plas © European People’s Party.
The now-famous ‘end of liberal democracy speech’ was bold, brash and above all, a broadside against Europe’s ruling establishment. It earmarked the political transformation of Orbán and his political party Fidesz (Alliance of Young Democrats). Together, they have morphed from pro-Western (conservative) liberals – fighting to oversee Hungary’s successful transition from communism to democracy – to unapologetic advocates of a populist and illiberal style of politics.
Since sweeping to power with a super-majority in the 2010 elections, Orbán has shifted the political parameters, not only in Hungary, but also on the continent. Domestically, the measures implemented by his increasingly right-wing and nationalistic government have led critics to accuse Orbán of removing democratic checks and balances, allowing Fidesz to kneecap the opposition and monopolise key institutions such as Hungary’s media outlets.
Exploiting his party’s parliamentary majority, the Hungarian Premier has passed a new constitution and shackled the power of the Constitutional Court; introduced an electoral law that heavily favours the majority party and Fidesz (regardless of having the majority or not); fostered a culture of patronage and nepotism in which party loyalists and oligarchs occupy important positions in state bodies (including the Central Bank, the Prosecutor General, State Audit Office and Constitutional Court); and most recently, waged a legislative and propaganda war against Non-Governmental Organisations, Central European University and its founder; the Hungarian-American philanthropist, George Soros.
All the above, combined with Orbán’s uncompromising stance on immigration, has made him a thorn in the side of Bureaucrats in Brussels. He has become a prominent voice amongst a wave of nationalist movements in Europe, who seek to establish a new political order. So much so, that the Hungarian PM has been labelled the ‘autocrat’ inside the EU; a sentiment sardonically voiced by the president of the European Commission, Claude Juncker, during a summit in Latvia in 2015.
Before addressing the significance of recent political events in Hungary, a number of important caveats, crucial to understanding the politics of Orbán, must be raised. The first being that, unlike many of the populist and/or nationalist movements gaining traction across Europe – think here of France’s Front National, the Dutch Freedom Party and Britain’s UKIP – Orbán does not wish to disintegrate the EU, but rather influence its agenda from within.
His response to the migrant crisis – building razor wire fencing and placing water cannons on Hungary’s borders – was an act of defiance against Germany’s open border policy, which Orbán labelled “moral imperialism”. Not only did Hungary’s Visegrád partners (Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland) rally behind this restrictive migration policy, but as Orbán himself was quick to point out, by refusing to wave migrants across their external Schengen borders, Hungary respected the law of the Union where other member states (such as Italy, France and Greece) had failed. Orbán put the EU’s decision makers on the spot, and by doing so, shifted the goalposts in his favour.
However, while Orbán has been one of the EU’s fiercest critics, he and his party are loyal members of the European People’s Party (EPP) – one of the most influential in the European Parliament and by far the largest in the European Commision. Besides, Orbán is acutely aware of the economic benefits Hungary’s EU membership brings. In fact, research by the German-based Centre for European Policy (CEP) showed that between 2008 and 2015, Hungary was the third-highest recipient of EU money in the 28-member bloc, receiving an average of more than €4 billion from the EU budget.
Moreover, it is important to recognise the idiosyncrasies of Orbán’s political style, which might be described as a form of pragmatic Machiavellianism. His ideology is mutable and his rhetoric regularly overlaps with Hungary’s far-right nationalist party, Jobbik – especially on issues such as immigration. In fact, he blurs the political lines to such a degree that it can often be very hard to ascertain who has influence who. At the same time, however, Orbán has also implemented economic policies with unmistakably leftist, even socialist, elements. Take for example, his decision to nationalise private pension funds and provide public works for the unemployed.
Orbán’s handling of the refugee crisis provides an example par excellence. He consolidated his popular appeal by placing himself at the vanguard of this issue – refusing to yield to the EU’s demands about migrant quotas and rekindling nationalist myths about Hungary being a bulwark of Christendom, fighting to stave back the expansion of the Ottoman Empire and the ‘age-old’ threat of Islam. Orbán’s transparent distrust of Europe’s ruling establishments – all buttressed by a media saturated with pro-government propaganda – allowed Fidesz to successfully depict themselves as the only force capable of defending the titular nation and its ‘sovereignty’.
Recently, however, there have been signs that the Hungarian electorate are growing tired of this heavy-handed, politics of fear. Two political events in particular may suggest that Orbán’s position is not as impregnable as it once seemed. The first being the successful campaign against Budapest’s 2024 Olympic bid, which resulted in the withdrawal of their candidate status; and the second being the domestic and international backlash caused by Orbán’s highly controversial and scathing attacks on George Soros and CEU.
At a similar event just days before, he warned: “If we want our country to have strong young people with strong characters, we must spend on sport.” Unsurprisingly, Orbán has done just that, investing billions of Hungarian Forints on the construction of football stadiums, youth development and mass participation programmes, as well as other areas of sport infrastructure. Indeed, the level of Orbán’s obsession is such that he has even constructed an opulent stadium (The Pancho Arena) in his childhood village of Felcsút. Funded at a cost of 3.5 billion forints (£9 million), both by state monies and donations from private investors cosy with the Prime Minister, this story becomes all the more absurd when one discovers that the population of Felcsút, roughly 1,500 people, is half the number of the stadium’s seats.
Pancho Aréna, the home ground of the football team Puskás Akadémia, has a capacity of 3,816 and is located in Viktor Orban’s home village, Felcsút, with a population of only 1,800. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Suffice it to say, Orbán’s dream to host an Olympics in Budapest was another strand of this grandiose strategy. From a diplomatic perspective, the benefits of hosting Sports Mega Events (SMEs) are well documented. As scholars like Jonathan Grix and Paul Brannagan have argued, nation-states have long used the global attraction of SMEs to project and generate ‘soft power’. Nonetheless, for a nation still recovering from a double-dip recession (caused by the financial crisis of the late 2000s), the economic extravagance of hosting the Olympics was apparent. Furthermore, there were genuine fears that hosting the Games would only provide more opportunities for systemic corruption, with public funds flowing into the pockets of business interests and oligarchs aligned with the government, an accusation also levelled at Orbán’s dealings in football.
In January 2017, a new political movement called Momentum (formed of Hungarians in their twenties and thirties) tabled a proposed referendum to withdraw the Hungarian bid to host the 2024 Olympics. Their movement, named ‘No to the Olympics, Yes to our Future!’, was a resounding success.
Momentum not only mobilised the electorate, but also managed to enlist the support of parties on the left of the political spectrum, including members of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) and the Greens (LMP). In truth, this union was solely a marriage of convenience, with Momentum’s ambitious and somewhat brazen leadership categorically announcing they would refuse to cooperate with the ‘political elite’ in the upcoming 2018 elections. However, their effective opposition to Orbán’s Olympic project demonstrated that Momentum are capable of tapping into the electorate’s popular discontent with elements of Orbán’s regime.
Orbán and his colleagues were forced to begrudgingly accept defeat, withdrawing Budapest’s Olympic bid while chastising Momentum’s “unpatriotic” leaders for ‘murdering’ Orbán’s Olympic dream for their own political gain. In characteristically stubborn fashion, the Hungarian PM is already said to be planning Budapest’s candidacy for the 2028 Olympics. Nevertheless, is If only momentarily, Fidesz’ position had been made to look vulnerable.
Though Orbán’s sport policies have always polarised the Hungarian populace, his policies on immigration have garnered widespread approval. And with the 2018 parliamentary elections on the horizon, Orbán and his advisors have adopted a strategy underpinned by a familiar anti-migrant theme. This was undoubtedly the rationale behind their latest campaign drive, titled “Let’s Stop Brussels.” As János Halász, spokesman for Fidesz’s parliamentary delegation, summarised, “Brussels” wants to make executive decisions without any consultation with the ‘people,’ and when “Brussels makes a decision, the Hungarians always lose.” After all, if it was up to Brussels, Hungary would be exposed to an influx of migrants.
But with Hungary’s borders secure, the government’s ire has shifted in the direction of the so called ‘enemy within’; George Soros. As one of the wealthiest philanthropists in the world, and founder of the Open Society Foundations (an international umbrella network that supports democracy and human rights in over 100 countries), Soros is the perfect scapegoat for Orbán’s political narrative.
To this end, Soros has been accused of bankrolling and coordinating anti-government protests and media campaigns in Hungary, as well as ‘fuelling’ the refugee crisis. During a scathing interview with Radio Kossuth in 2015, Orbán qualified this assertion, claiming that Soros was a leading member in a circle of “activists” trying to undermine European nations by supporting refugees heading to the continent from the Middle East and beyond. “His [Soros’] name is perhaps the strongest example of those who support anything that weakens nation states,” the Hungarian PM opined, “they support everything that changes the traditional European lifestyle.” This is a powerful and dangerous discourse which resonates with both historic anti-Semitic tropes about multi-national conspiracies and more generally, global elites working to undermine ‘the people’.
At this point, the history and symbolic importance of Central European University becomes of paramount importance. After the collapse of communist regimes in Europe, George Soros founded the university in 1991 in the hope that it could help promote civil society, intellectual freedom and democracy. Thanks to Soros’ endowments, the American-styled university has become one of the wealthiest and most prestigious in the Central European region. Today, it continues to champion free-speech, defend open society and stimulate intellectual debate on divisive issues such as immigration, xenophobia, populism, nationalism and globalisation.
This has prompted Orbán’s government to initiate what many consider their most flagrant attack on liberalism yet. In addition to introducing legislation designed to limit the influence of foreign funded NGOs, the Hungarian parliament also passed a bill in April 2017 stipulating that foreign universities must have a campus both in the capital and their host nation. Of course, CEU’s only campus is located in Budapest, and thus its very existence is threatened.
But, despite the government’s best efforts to demonise Soros and CEU, the outpouring of support for their plight has put Orbán on the back foot. And the backlash has not just come from ‘faceless bureaucrats in Brussels’, or liberal elites sitting in their ‘western’ Ivory towers. Instead, some of the fiercest critics of Fidesz have come from within.
Demonstration in Budapest against the legislation threatening to close the Central European University, April 9, 2017.
In Budapest, tens of thousands of people have staged mass protests in publicly significant spaces such as Heroes Square (where Fidesz headquarters are located), Liberty Square and the Houses of Parliament. Meanwhile, politicians, journalists and academics from across the political spectrum have denounced Orbán’s treatment of CEU. Even former and current Fidesz loyalists have publicly expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s latest salvo.
And there are already signs that Orbán’s miscalculations have been counterproductive. In the Hungarian weekly magazine HVG, the latest findings of a Medián poll (conducted between 21-26 April 2017) were outlined under the title ‘Universal Decline’. According to the pollsters, Fidesz’ approval ratings have fallen from 37% (recorded in January) to 31%, while 46% of respondents claimed that they would in no circumstances vote for the government party, an increase of nearly 10% compared to the January figure. As the rubric of the HVG article suggests, this damaging drop in popularity can largely be attributed to Orbán’s policies against CEU.
While the latest polls are tangible signs that Orbán’s position has been weakened, the long-term implications of both the CEU case and the Budapest Olympic bid may prove more significant.
In fact, one of the most interesting developments during the CEU controversy has been the willingness of the opposition, both on the right and the left, to cooperate. Orbán’s supremacy has to a large extent relied on his ability to occupy the centre ground while dividing and conquering the opposition, relying on their stark ideological differences to keep them from undermining Fidesz’ three-pronged parliamentary system.
However, when Fidesz signed the anti-CEU legislation, the opposition parties of LMP, MSZP and Jobbik rallied and demanded a review of the legislation by the Constitutional Court. By uniting, they were able to pass the 25% parliamentary threshold required to trigger a Court review of the anti-CEU law. Such alliances have hitherto been extremely rare during Orbán’s tenure. Thus, as with Momentum’s movement against the Budapest Olympics, the government were isolated. For the second time in a matter of months, opposition parties found common ground, mobilised support from the electorate and fuelled criticism and debate on both sides of the political spectrum.
Orbán is consequently under severe pressure, both at home and abroad. In April, the European Commission threatened legal action should Fidesz fail to respect the academic freedom and autonomy of CEU. The European People’s Party adopted a similar stance, warning Orbán that the anti-CEU legislation and blatant anti-EU rhetoric of the ‘Let’s Stop Brussels’ campaign cannot be tolerated. The Hungarian PM has been issued with a time frame of 30-days to meet these demands, and it has been mooted that Fidesz’ membership in the EPP could even be at stake.
For now, Orbán has committed himself to following and implementing these demands. But, the Hungarian leader has hoodwinked the EU’s politicians before, and there is time yet for Orbán and his spin doctors to try and turn events back in their favour. For example, the lambasting of the Hungarian PM in front of the European parliament is already being used to feed Orbán’s narrative that Brussels, Soros and CEU are the ‘real enemies’ of Hungary.
Arguably, however, some seeds of doubt have already been sown. Domestically it has been shown that civil society actors and the significant political and cultural capital of institutions such as sport, can be used to challenge the hegemony of Fidesz. The polls suggest Orbán’s popularity is not unshakeable. But only time will tell if the chinks in Orbán’s armour are damaging enough to change the course of the 2018 Hungarian elections.
With thanks to Dr. Dániel Róna for his help and expertise. You can find his work on Hungarian politics and the forthcoming elections on his blog.


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The Greatest Music History Podcast In History. Ever.
Episode 22 : Conspiracy Corner Series: Paul Is Dead!
Episode 12 : Jimmy Page's Les Paul "Number One"


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How many times have you thought of a great idea but were unable to recall the details when you were ready to act on it? Let’s face it, great ideas can come to us at odd times: while we’re driving, in the shower, or lying in bed. If we don’t take the time to note them right away, there’s a good chance we’ll forget them. In today’s tip, I’ll talk about a couple ways you can avoid this situation.
The most basic thing you can do is carry a small pad of paper and a pen with you. I recommend something small enough that fits in your pocket, so you’ll have it with you at all times. If you have a hard time finding small pads of paper, you can always make them by cutting up standard 8 by 10 paper and stapeling it together or you could use a pad of Post-It notes.
The benefit of a pad of paper is it allows you to descreetly record your thoughts in most situations (waiting rooms, rest rooms, bedside, etc…). Unfortunately, this method isn’t ideal for driving as you’ll either have to pull over or wait until you hit a red light to record your thoughts. Also, if you write music and you’ve thought of a catchy tune, writing it down on paper paper won’t cut it.
Many people now use small digital recorders. These inexpensive devices are often smaller than a cell phone, have a button to stop & start recording, and can record hours of audio. I used to use one that intergrated with my speech recoginiton software and email client. I’d dictate the email message, plug it into my PC, run the program, and it would send the email.
The drawback to these devices is that you have to speak into them, so others around you can hear what you’re saying (which may or may not be a problem). Plus, you need to take the time to upload the recording to your PC, listen to it, and you may need to make notes to take an action or elaborate on the idea.
So what do you do? I use a combination. I carry a small stack of Post-It notes in my pocket. This has the added benefit of me being able to stick the notes where I need them. So if I have an ideas related to my business go on my PC’s monitor, reminders to watch TV shows go on the TV, and reminders to make phone calls go on the phone.
When I’m in the car and I get a great idea, I use my cell phone to call my voice mail. I stopped carrying the digital recorder because it’s another thing to have to remember and carry in my pocket. I know that some cell phones and PDAs have this capability built-in, so I may look at them in the future. But this system works for me, and that’s what’s most important.
Try experimenting with different methods and learn what works best for you. It doesn’t matter how you record your ideas, it just matters that you record them and have access to them when you need them.


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Andrew Fulford died in hospital following a collision on December 20. He was described by loved ones as 'the most gentle person'.
Parents of children with special education needs in Wiltshire are concerned about the council's decision to close two specialist schools.
Karly Heweson's family described her as a "free spirit". The 21-year-old died in a car crash in Devizes.
Two men have been jailed after pleading guilty to supplying class A drugs in Wiltshire.
Five prison officers required hospital treatment after being hurt trying to take back control of a wing at Erlestoke Prison near Devizes.
A pair of pyjamas worn by Elvis Presley has sold at auction in Wiltshire for £8,000.
They were worn by the singer during a hospital stay in Memphis in 1977.
They're one of a number of Elvis-related lots that have gone under the hammer in Devizes.
The first record contract he ever signed with the William Morris Agency in 1956 also sold for £37,000.
Wiltshire Police are appealing for information regarding the whereabouts of a woman who is missing from the Devizes area.
Rhianne Hanford, who also goes by the name of Cammy Barker-Smith, 31, was last seen in the town on June 23.
She is described as slim, with long auburn hair and is believed to have been carrying a small, white handbag containing a passport and bank card.
She is originally from London but does have links to the Avon and Somerset area.
A fur coat owned by a first class stewardess on the Titanic has sold for a huge £150,000 at auction.
The coat worn by Mabel Bennett went for more than double its expected price at the sale at Henry Aldridge and Son in Devizes.
It was bought by a bidder in the room.
The full length beaver lamb coat was worn by Bennett to protect her from the cold when she was saved in lifeboat number five.
She also wore it when she travelled aboard the Red Star Line SS Lapland, which was used to transport Titanic's crew back to England.
The coat is accompanied by a copy photo of her on the deck of the Lapland with other Titanic stewardesses as they waited to return home.
The coat is the only piece of well provenanced clothing from the Titanic to ever come to auction.
The collection includes sepia photos and postcards of the ship, and a fur coat worn by a stewardess.

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In New Mexico, state sales tax is charged on tuition as well as all of the above fees.
Students should anticipate an annual tuition increase which may be 5% or more.
The Student Services Fee is a fee collected by the College each term for student services not included in the tuition. It subsidizes the purified drinking water systems, student lounge amenities, student telephones, and other services coordinated by administration on an as needed basis.
The Graduate Processing Fee is a fee assessed to the students in their last term. It covers the cost of diplomas, processing interviews with numerous administrators, and rapid transcript preparation for the graduates for various state and national constituencies.
The college has a payment plan for those students that are not receiving financial aid and can’t pay their full balance at the time of registration. The payment plan allows the student to make 4 equal installments during the course of the semester. The first payment will be due immediately, and the following 3 payments will be due on the 15th of each month thereafter. Payment plans are made with a monthly late fee charge of 1.25% (15% per year). Balances must be paid in full each semester. Students must make arrangements for a payment plan with the bookkeeping office.

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Bug 1452225 - Rebuild the whole subdoc when the caret changes, but don't invalidate the nsDisplaySubdocument.
If you navigate to chase.com and click around on the entry fields in the upper right, the background starts to bleed through.
Matt, this is something we know about?
I'm still seeing weirdness with the login box with a build that includes the fix for bug 1451971.
This seems like a pretty serious issue. Can we up the priority? Chase is kind of a bug bank.
I can reproduce this really easily in my Nightly, but not in a local build. Trying to figure out what the difference is so that I can debug this.
Still no luck, even with the same profile.
I can't reproduce it in the try build, hopefully that's a good sign.
I talked with Mike and he told me that the affected platform was Windows, he also verified this issue with the latest FF Nightly 61.0a1(2018-04-26) and he can't reproduce it anymore.
I tested on Windows 10 x64, Ubuntu 16.04 and Mac OS X 10.13 and I can't repoduce it with FF Nightly 61.0a1(2018-04-26).
Based on this I will mark this as Verified fixed.


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In Chicago, Illinois Can I Record My Conversations With My Spouse?
Many people believe they can get some kind of leverage in a divorce case by recording their conversations with their spouses or exes. What’s more, recording a phone call is now extremely easy due to the record functionality being available on virtually all smartphones.
In Illinois, recording a phone conversation is illegal.
This would apply to a telephone call that is recorded or simply pressing “record” while your phone is in your pocket while you have a conversation.
There is a serious penalty for eavesdropping. “Eavesdropping, for a first offense, is a Class 4 felony and, for a second or subsequent offense, is a Class 3 felony.” 720 ILCS 5/14-4(a).
There are numerous exceptions to this law but they are almost all related to the law enforcement and never for conversations between spouses unless all parties know they are being recorded.
There is even a federal eavesdropping law with similar language and no interspousal recording exception at all.
While it may be tempting to “get evidence” this way, it is illegal and cannot be condoned. Your lawyer has numerous tools available to him or her to get evidence such as subpoenas and depositions. Allow your lawyer to use his or her legal skill set to get the evidence your case needs. Do not break the law!
If you want to get a record of the conversations you have with your spouse, the solution is simple: text them instead of calling or recording them! Texts are absolutely allowed into evidence and are not subject to eavesdropping laws.
Contact my Chicago, Illinois office if you have any further questions.

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Google’s Pixel 3 is expected to be launched by October 2018. The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL were solid flagship phones and finally were accepted to be genuine challengers to the iPhone.
The new concept images are not official. Rather, they were created by graphic designer Concept Creator – and so may not be accurate at all. However, the images went viral, and initial responses of the tech and gadget community seem to be quite positive about the design direction.
After acquiring the HTC smartphone team, Google has its own hardware division at its disposal. So, the upcoming phone is likely to be a huge step up from Pixel 2 and XL. For now, Google has remained tight-lipped about the Pixel 3.
With Google Pixel’s sales dipping in 2017, the company desperately needs a new and innovative new model as their next flagship. Reports say that Google only sold 3.9 million Pixels in the previous year. If the upcoming phone looks like the concept images, then the company can possibly expect a substantial increase in sales.The predecessors of Pixel 3 all used the latest Qualcomm platform at the time. The upcoming phone is set to go for the Snapdragon 845 SoC. There is no confirmation that the next generation of phones from Google would be called Pixel 3, but it is widely expected to be so.
Now talking about the concepts leaked, the phone will come with Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU and a decent 6 GB RAM, all in accordance with recent smartphones already releasing this year. It will likely be given Android P, the latest version in the market, with support for notches. But, renders show that the phone will not feature notches on the top or the bottom.
According to reports from a trusted source, there may be three models in the works, code-named: ‘crosshatch’, ‘albacore’ and ‘blueline’. Two of these devices will be considered as ‘premium devices’ and the last phone will fall into the category of ‘high-end’.
According to previous trends, if Google follows its release patterns, the upcoming phone will be released on 18 October 2018. Google is said to be working on an iris scanner to replace 3D face sensing, and it may incorporate the same in the upcoming flagship phone.


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Back when I was a UHU gluer, they had (and still have, I'm sure) a product called Twist & Glue. It was a clear liquid and I attempted to get it to crackle. I fear it was woefully dismal.
Today, instead of using the UHU liquid glue, I'll be crackling with good old PVA white glue you get anywhere glue is sold. I started by laying down some turquoise acrylic craft paint and allowing it to dry.
Once dry, I added the white glue.
I used Elmer's, but I know that isn't available to the international bloggers. Any white glue will work.
Now comes the tricky part. You must wait until the white glue has set enough to become tacky. What does that mean? Ask four people and I suspect you would get four different answers. I just made sure when I stuck a finger in the glue, I didn't get glue on my finger, which I did the first time I tested the glue, but after more waiting the glue felt sticky to the touch.
My big problem was, the glue was starting to dry in spots where I had laid it down thinner and was still incredibly wet and still white in spots where I got it on too thick. Note to self and others: try to spread the glue as evenly as possible over the entire page.
Although the glue was a mess in the middle of the page, I added the light acrylic craft paint and hoped for the best.
Even though the glue was still white and very wet in parts of the page, the edges were starting to crackle right before my very eyes.
I was so happy, I allowed it to dry overnight, then took it to my dining room table to photograph the end results.
It's fairly obvious where I got too much glue, but I was still over the moon with joy. Even the part where there was too much glue at least TRIED to crackle.
I was so happy and considered this a complete success, something I'm often not used to in my second Thursday tutorials.
However, you know I'm not finished because you possibly know by now that Bleubeard and I are hosting Art Journal Journey this month. My theme is Count your blessings, one of which includes some very nice art supplies.
However, sometimes I don't use them as quickly as I should. I'm going to use this copper embossing powder to show yet another technique.
For example, I allowed my Versamark ink, which is the ink most of us use when using embossing powder, to dry up due to lack of use. Instead, I will be using more of my PVA glue to create a heart.
I poured the embossing powder over the glue, but because I wanted a grungy look, I didn't turn it over, tap it on the back and try to remove all of it like I normally would. Instead, I allowed the glue to get tacky, full well knowing once it reached that stage, it would create bubbles.
And create bubbles it did. I was so happy with the bubbles this created. I wanted this to look funky.
It was now time to move it from my craft room table to my dining room, where the lighting was much different.
"Don't save the good stuff so long it goes bad."
For example I purchased some expensive Tim Holtz/Ranger crackle paste and when I got it home, it was dried up and unusable. I called the store I bought it from and they were indifferent to my complaints.
I bought two DecoArt paint markers that were dry before I used them. The same was true for a Marvy Deco Color pen and a Faber-Castell pen. All of my black Zig pens bite the dust when I try to use them over any painted surface. I'm sure we've all had ink pads dry out, too. So, I hope you get out those products you paid so much for, even if they were on sale, and use them. Count your blessings and don't let them go bad.
Bleubeard, my fearless and welcoming co-host and I are delighted you stopped by to check out my second Thursday tutorial which can be found on my Tutorials page as soon as this post goes live. We also invite you to join us at Art Journal Journey where my theme this month is Count your blessings.
I just LOVE this post Elizabeth! What an inspiring and beautiful result of this second Thursday tutorial. The crackles really are a big successa and the heart fits perfectly and looks really funky! And that quote: Simply fantastic for the post and now the page is a pleasure to look at and a fantastic entry for your AJJ theme! WOW! You are so right with all the black pens etc. Yes all the expensive stuff- I will not buy this things any longer..each year a whole new thing and if you don't have it you are kind of "OUT". But I will just use up what I have in the future I decided. Bought nothing new for a very long time now.
And ruining expensive black pens is worrying! That's the reason I so love the Stabilo Mark it All in Black so much. You can't ruin it. And when you write or mark with it and later take a waterbrush to activate it's pigment in the end it looks like very black ink.
If I am not too lazy I sometimes also love to use a dip pen and india ink to write and make marks. This is a fantastic way not to ruin an expensive black fineliner or Artist pen. They all get ruined over plastic .. and gelmedium and acrylics are unfortunately plastic..so when writing over collages or paintings it's the better way to just writing on cardstock and gluing that on -- or writing on tissue and gluing that on.
Thank you for this wonderful post! I enjoyed it very much my friend!Happy Thursday Elizabeth!
Your page is wonderful Elizabeth !! I love to see how you have created it, using white glue instead of crakle. Thank you very much for your fabulous tutorial. I don´t use cracke very much, and, I´m sure that it may be dry now, and I note that I´ll use white glue next time. I also have black permanent pens, all dried!
This heart is magical!! love it, love the sentiment too. Congratulations!
A great tutorial post Elizabeth and Wow you got an amazing crackle result.
I am also one to have dried out bottles of stuff, not putting the lids back on properly is my downfall. I remember once putting a dried out bottle of glue in the microwave for a few seconds to see if that would work.
In that particular case it didn't but it was worth a try.
Fabulous crackle! It's been a while since I used white glue for this technique, having so many crackle pastes around now. And, your page looks great, I love the bubbly embossed heart.
This is so cool! I didn't realize that white glue could do that, and it'd add a new dimension to the surface.
The crackled color looks great dear Elizabeth and the rusty heart fits well with it.
I also like to make experiments with different materials, also glue and hotglue. Keep on making experiments, that brings lot of fun.
The crackled paper really turned out well. You did a great job.
I like how you achieved the crackle effect Elizabeth. When I painted I used to have a special crackle varnish that I would paint over the paint and it would crackle.
Oh I wish I’d seen this before I tried my crackle card! Great results. When you say wait until the glue is tacky, do you mean before you spread it?
This has got to be one of my favourites this month Elizabeth.. and being grungy its right up my street too.
The crackle effect is brilliant and I love the grungy heart.
And the words made me smile as I don't know how many times I have saved things and they have dried up before I have used them or even tried them and I am trying to be more mindful of that lately.
I really like the crackle technique you used. That's a beautiful piece. (I'm a sucker for turquoise, or haven't you noticed?!) I might have to try that technique somewhere!


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I usually come down here at nine in the morning, after opening up my little shop in the middle of town. I set up my equipment for the day, and usually the phone starts ringing right around 9 or a little before 9. I do my first kayak tour at 10 in the morning, so it’s a busy morning usually.
This is my 25th season. I started out doing it part-time with my lawn business, but I prefer this. But I phased out of that and do this full time.
I went on vacation to the Keys and saw somebody doing kayak tours and took one of their kayak tours and I felt like, why don’t I do that on Shelter Island?
My favorite part of the job is definitely taking people out kayaking. Sometimes the other stuff isn’t as fun, but once I get launched and paddling up the creek here with people, it’s fun. A lot of it is that I take out first-timers and they’re a little apprehensive at first and then in a couple of minutes they seem to relax and enjoy it. That’s a good part of my business. I get to go out on the kayaks a lot. I miss it if I don’t get out for a few days. There’s very little boat traffic here, very little noise. Even on the busiest weekends, it’s very peaceful here.
I have a little garden shed in the 18 Bay restaurant parking lot. Years ago, I used to sell kayaks, so it was a little retail spot. I used to meet the people for the kayak tours there, but now I don’t use it very often. It’s just sort of road exposure.
I have some regular customers. I’m having one of my regular customers come down soon. It’s a woman and her daughter and her grandson and they’ve been doing this for like 15 years. They drive down all the way from upstate New York just to do this kayak tour. The boy is 10 now, so he’s been doing this since he was really tiny. Most people are first-timers, though. They just see me on the internet, they drive out from Queens or Brooklyn, like a bunch of young people in a couple of cars, and pile out and go kayaking.

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In my mind, I call Liping the Reigning Yogurt Queen - she doesn't know this of course (well, now she does), but her story goes to show that even something as simple as frozen yogurt can go a long way when you know what your customers want. And Liping really knows what they want. With a demographic that is on average, 10 years younger than her, she stays connected and plugged in by keeping her feet firmly planted on the ground (or in this case, occasionally behind the counter), and her ear plugged into all kinds of social media sites. She sits down to talk to me about the Sogurt journey, and how one business model spawned two product lines (with the new Sofries).
So I heard a rumor that you took the business plan you created for your senior year project and turned it into a full on business. Is it true?
To be honest, Sogurt didn’t start with a business plan in my senior year entrepreneurship class – the obsession began my freshman year at USC where you'd find me outside a Pink Berry every day after dinner. I wanted so badly to bring something like Pink Berry back to Singapore, but I was only a freshman, and had to wait my turn while I watched Frolick and Yoguru set up shop in Singapore.
My senior year, a new concept came up in LA called Yogurtland, it was self-serve soft serve. It was different, and in my mind, better than the regular full serve options as it gave people a chance to customize their yogurt – they could either heap on the toppings or go for more of the base, either way it appealed a lot more to me. I’m a toppings person, and I suspected a lot of other people were too.
I did my research, I found my supplier, I was all ready to roll the business out in Singapore, there was just one problem – I still had a semester left in school. I really just wanted to get out of there and get started, but my parents put their foot down and struck a deal with me – finish off your last semester and we’ll back your first outlet.
It wasn’t a bad deal.
So back to school I went for my final semester. It was then that I took an entrepreneurship class, and for the business case portion, I wrote out everything I already knew about Sogurt. I didn’t realize it at the time, but having a plan really helped give my business structure and a way forward when I started with my first outlet. Looking back, I’d tell anyone who wants to start their own thing to please write it all out. It helps. If it’s a model that works, you can leverage it for every subsequent outlet. I even used it for Sofries because it made complete sense for that product as well.
I know for a fact that you’re a huge user of facebook, how has it impacted the business landscape?
It’s had a tremendous impact on the business landscape, especially for the target demographic of Sogurt and Sofries. Our customers are mostly pre-teens to people in their early twenties, most of them are students, they’re constantly plugged into some kind of device that’s feeding them information. That’s why all of our promotion and marketing happens on social media platforms.
I’m fortunate in that I’ve got a young team on board, many of whom would be customers as well, or were customers before they became Sogirls, and they tell me everything I need to know. If you want to know how to market to young people, and how to reach out and interact with them, you’ve got to talk to them. The team has a firm handle on what our customers want, and we try to engage them on the same platforms. I gave my marketing manager and my operations manager Android phones so that they can keep up to date with what our customers are looking at, sharing online, tagging and tweeting. The team is really plugged in, and we craft our strategy based off of real-time information.
AT: You know what’s funny? Marissa Meyer (CEO, Yahoo) just gave every Yahoo employee a smart phone, and she canceled Yahoo’s Blackberry corporate account. The news was released today. Yahoo also announced that they will be covering every employee’s mobile and data plans because Marissa wants them to think like the customer. She wants the programmers, the marketers, the sales people, and the C-suite to use Yahoo on their phones the way the customer would. She says it’s the only way to build something that the people want. You’ve already done that. Kudos to you!
Thanks. People like the brands they support to be interactive, so at Sogurt and Sofries we give them that. We post pictures when they visit the store so they can tag themselves (and all their friends!) This is how we grow and get the word out organically.
I tell Liping that she would have such a promising career in social media marketing – she tells me it’s not her thing.
What’s the one thing (as a young business owner) you wish there was more of?
No, not funding. If you’ve got a sustainable business model, the money will come. I get a lot of requests from friends these days to invest in my next outlet, but I don’t need the investment as the business is growing organically, I push the profits from the earlier Sogurt outlets into the new ones.
I’m often invited to give talks in schools about entrepreneurship and when we get to the funding part it gets tricky. It’s hard to answer them because I know I had it easy – I had the support of my parents, most people don’t have that.
But I tell them that it is possible, along with having a very solid business idea, you’ve also got to network and reach out to friends and family. $5k here, $3k there, it does add up. And there’s a lot of government grants that support entrepreneurship, though they are really a pain to apply for.
But it’s definitely possible to get funding from the private sector or individuals.
If you have a business that you’re really passionate about that you think can work, talk about it. Tell people about it. You’re excited about it, get other people excited about it. People will want to get involved.
You need to get plugged into the network. There’s a lot of (pardon me) bored bankers out there, with money and without any ideas. Tap that.
AT: So back to the question on the one thing you wish there was more of?
Yes, mentors. When you’re young and running a business for the first time, you really need people to bounce ideas off of, people to give you a little guidance, and some much needed feedback. I’m always on the look out for good mentors. In fact, your dad would be an incredible mentor. [pssst Dad I hope you’re reading this] There’s so much they can share from their own experiences, stuff that isn’t in textbooks.
AT: So, other than my dad, who do you look up to (business wise)?
If I could get Cynthia Chua of the Spa Esprit group to talk to me, I’d be so happy. She’s amazing, all her concepts are amazing. Did you know that she handles all her advertising and marketing collateral in-house? It’s been that way from the start. I admire her so much!
She was recently in the Straits Times talking about some of the new concepts she wants to start and I was just blown away. She’s already got Brow House, Strip, Skinny Pizza, Open Door Policy, 40 Hands all under her belt, and she’s not stopping there. She’s really building an empire, and I really want to meet her.
What’s the best and worst thing about being your own boss?
Flexibility. That’s the best thing for me, but it could be the worst thing for others – because flexibility comes with a degree of uncertainty. It really depends on the type of person you are. To be in business, you’ve got to be able to wake up in the morning and be okay with the fact that there’s a whole day of uncertainty ahead. You’ve got to thrive on solving problems as they come up. Some people prefer to know what they’re getting into before they start – you never have that kind of “heads up” when you’re running your own show.
If you can’t handle the uncertainty, the thrill of dealing with new challenges everyday, then stay in a desk job – it’s a controlled environment, and you will always have that paycheck at the end of the month.
For me, there’s no real downside, if there was one, I’d be in a desk job too! But I have to say, I do miss being able to procrastinate. I’m not allowed to procrastinate. Ever. Otherwise my marketing manager and my operations manager will be all over me.
What’s your one piece of advice for would-be entrepreneurs?
Don’t let naysayers get you down. People will always have something to say, and it is seldom positive. Don’t let that get to you. Just plough though. When I first started Sogurt, many of my peers laughed at me (not to my face, but word does get around), asked if I wanted to stand behind a counter and serve yogurt for the rest of my life… I didn’t (though I honestly don’t mind standing behind a counter some days), I had a vision for Sogurt, I just needed time to get there.
We’ve grown to six outlets now and there are more in the pipeline. I’m proud of that. But what really keeps me going is knowing that I love what I do, and every single day I wake up knowing that I want to do this. I’d say I’m in a better place compared to people who are bound to desk jobs that they hate.
If you’re passionate about something, and there’s a purpose, and it creates value for yourself and the people around you, do it.
Check out the Sogurt and Sofries facebook pages for the outlet locations across our sunny little island.
Credit where it's due: Images courtesy of Liping and her lovely marketing manager, Natalie.

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