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In an era when the business focus is all about high tech start-ups getting venture capital, one St. Louis entrepreneur who has "been there, done that" is going old-school–trading in her award-winning commerce start-up for a brick-and-mortar neighborhood store.
Meet Lauren Thorp. Her Bonboni Home & Gift Company is scheduled to open this month on Klemm Street in the Shaw neighborhood of South St. Louis.
"First and foremost, it's a home and gift boutique," says Thorp, "Our style is farmhouse eclectic."
Thorp knows firsthand what the world of start-ups and venture capital is like. Her venture-backed subscription commerce start-up was named Best of the Web in 2013 by InStyle and was mentioned in Forbes, Real Simple and the Washington Post.
"It was really fun," says Thorpe, "It was a blast." But it was a lot of pressure, moving wherever her funders needed her to be.
She thinks those in the tech start-up community can understand the "eighteen hour days, the crying in the fetal position on the floor because you can't raise your next round of investment. You don't have to take venture funds. It's OK to build a business slowly, that supports your family without ramping up in six months. In my current life stage, I'm not interested in doing the fast paced grow, grow, grow."
Thorp, a South St. Louis County native, met her husband while living in Washington, D. C. They moved around to Las Vegas and Los Angeles with her business. But when she became pregnant, she said she just felt this overwhelming urge to move back home. Her husband, a Michigan native, readily agreed.
They found the perfect place in Shaw where she could open her shop and they could live next door, where her husband could work from home and she could pop into the store or run back home easily if the kids need her.
But if it seems like a precarious time to be opening a shop, at a time when stores all over are shutting their doors for good, Thorp sees it differently.
"We provide an experience for the customer," she explains. "They walk in and, like you said, 'Wow, it's like a magazine in here!' You rarely walk into Wal-Mart and have that feeling. People are excited to come in and want to spend time in here and have that experience of a unique find."
As far as the choice of locations, Thorp says she and her husband are very excited about Shaw.
"The day we moved in, we had six different families stop and introduce themselves and bring us bread and cookies. It's like, I joke it's like a little urban Mayberry in Shaw."
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Steven Ukoh says playing for Nigeria will be "a dream come true", explaining why he has chosen to represent the Super Eagles instead of Switzerland.
The former Switzerland youth international was able to switch allegiances under Fifa rules because he has not yet played for a country's senior national team.
"I know that the Super Eagles is the pride of African football, so it was an easy decision," the 23-year-old told BBC Sport.
"No one from Nigeria or Switzerland influenced my decision. I have wonderful parents who simply let me decide on my own and they've supported me.
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"It's an honour for me to play for my homeland and I am looking forward to visiting my extended family in Nigeria."
Ukoh becomes the latest player to switch allegiance to Nigeria at senior international level following in the footsteps of former England youth internationals Sone Aluko, Shola Ameobi and Victor Moses.

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The New Age: Welcoming the Sacred Masculine and Divine Feminine
This meditation, given on the eve of the Great Shift of the Ages, is applicable for the many years to come in which humanity will be incorporating a new understanding of sacredness in the polarity of male and female. At one point you will hear my vocal quality and vocabulary change a bit – this is where Thoth, an Ascended Master, leaned in and shared his insights through me about our kundalini changing now, and it's role in transmuting the physical body into a Pillar of Light.
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The soul that we know as Gaia clothed herself long ago as the Earth. Those beings helping to weave her clothing, Nature Spirits and Nature Intelligences, and the principle tailor, Pan, are portions of the many souls journeying with us now. Gaia's journey is our journey.
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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
Uniting the Sacred Masculine and Divine Feminine essences of your soul within your Body:
1. Introduction
A Note on Language:
1. Introduction
2. Invocation of Nature's Unconditional Love
I honor that everything in our third dimension, whether we think of it as being 'good' or 'bad', emanates from the world of Spirit. This world of Spirit exists both above us in the heavenly or upper dimensions, as well as below us, in the lower or supportive dimensions.
For healing purposes, I always ask the room and its contents to show me what their level of unconditional love is. In the moment that I feel myself able to perceive this energy as they show it to me, my body feels uplifted and supported. In my psychic sight, the energetic chaos that permeates space, even healing spaces, becomes organized.
Another advantage of taking time to setup Sacred Space is that it is much easier to move into a gentle trance state. A state where your personality can step back, allowing your body, heart and soul to decide what will happen. Your brain becomes the great observer, rather than the great decider of it all.
3. Archangel Michael: Invoking the Sacred Masculine
Central Sun (aligning with our solar sun) is that point at which that which created our reality becomes accessible to us.
Each and every one of us has a unique way of experiencing energies. Our brains are wired differently. Don't force yourself to feel, see or sense what another is experiencing. Notice what your body is feeling, or what memories or thoughts are coming up for you.
4. The Heart of the Sacred Masculine
As we receive these energies our Divine Feminine chalice becomes so full that it begins to overflow. When the chalice, built by the consciousness of humanity, is no longer able to contain the incoming Sacred Masculine energies from Sirius, they spill over, exposing violence and anger within humanity. They expose all those things that non-sacred masculine energies have built in our world.
Ideally each of us is building our own Divine Feminine chalice so that in upcoming years there will be a safe space into which all of the Sacred Masculine energies entering our solar system may come to rest. This allows humanity to quietly hold the Sacred Masculine energies within a safe space, and utilize them when appropriate.
5. Meditation: How do you relate to the Heart of the Sacred Masculine?
6. Souls, Gender, Polarity and your Sacred Masculine
8a Meditation for Men: Divine Feminine
After a lifetime of non-sacred feminine energies imposing themselves upon men and women, there are many patterns that our bodies are ready to release. This is the starting point for the Divine Feminine to support both men and women's bodies in a fitting manner.
9 Uniting Sacred Masculine and Divine Feminine in Your Body
10 Understanding Your Soul's Choices Now
Unconditional love can be expressed by all things in form. After this meditation you will never again look at a chair and think 'it is only a chair'.
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2 Entering into Sacred Space
5 Updating Your Spiritual Support Staff
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(essay) I was mulling over how, during intense circumstances, we process and release the emotional energies or physical stress and discomfort we feel related to the intensity. Sometimes we use healthy methods, like yoga, exercise, talking with trusted mentors or chanting. Sometimes we indulge in less healthy forms of release. Lately I was looking at blame and similar emotions that tend to throw out of our own space those uncomfortable personal emotional energies that build up within us during difficult times.
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(essay) In the western world we are taught to think and psychically perceive Spirit with our brains. But it is through the Body Center, the Navel Chakra, that Spirit speaks most strongly to us while we are in physical form.
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How Your Soul and Body create your Life's Journey
Invocation of Sacred Space – Why I do this
Inviting that aspect of Archangel Michael that is always and already supporting you in your journey and the elements of Nature to create Sacred Space will magnify your healing process.
Why we Resist Releasing Thoughts, Emotions, Behaviors
Sometimes we resist releasing energies that surround us, largely out of habit. We have become accustomed to feeling the equivalent of pillows all around us, or many winter overcoats layered upon us. It can feel scary to let go of the Angels, guides or energies that have been with us for so long. And yet as we release them we are able to stand up straighter, and are more apt to hear the guides and Angels that are truly a part of our life's journey right now.
Defining Your Soul, here and now
That portion of your soul incarnating into your body now has a different vibration than the portion of your soul that looked down and decided to incarnate within your mother's womb. Who you were when you were born is not who we are now. Everything is changing, even the planet. Would your soul not want to take advantage of these new opportunities?
Meditation: Releasing energies no longer active in your life.
When a portion of our soul completes a task, or decides that the task cannot be completed in this lifetime, that portion of our soul leaves.
Here is a meditation to allow the guides and angels whose tasks have come to completion with us to ease out of our space. This applies to any being or energy who has helped us in the past. We need to especially consider those time in our lives when the cycle did not have the outcome we wanted, or if the situation seems to have not quite completed itself. In these instances we are most apt to override the natural flow, and try to hold onto those guides and angels who supported us during this time. We do this believing that the situation needs to resolve differently.
By releasing from all around our body those guides and angels that supported us through difficult situations, we are also releasing our mental constructs that say "this is wrong" or "the outcome was wrong".
As long as we label something as "wrong", we also keep the energies related to it such as ourselves, our guides and our angels from continuing their own cycles of evolution.
Why some Energies look Dark to us
When we see something on a psychic or energy level as being the color brown or black or simply dark, it is a way that most of us have of knowing that an energy is not in tune with our body and is not healthy for us to engage with. As it leaves, it need not change color, because it is still not good for you. We perceive it as a dark color only because our own instincts know that it is not healthy for us. Allow it then to be whatever color that it is. You do not need to change it. Let it be on its own evolutionary journey. Let it choose any changes for itself.
You are a Radio Station (and a transmitting tower)
Each of us has a unique vibration. As our consciousness shifts, the vibration that our body holds shifts as well. The quality of consciousness that we hold is like a little radio tower emitting our frequency. And, we can hear the frequencies broadcast by others as well. Spiritual Emotions of love, gratitude or compassion move into the collective consciousness of humanity and become available to each person incarnating now. We can also learn to "tune away" from some frequencies that broadcast other emotions.
Even if we do not interact with our external physical world, by meditation and feeling compassion, stillness, and gratitude within our bodies, we generate these same qualities. And they become more available, louder, within our shared consciousness of humanity.
Meditation – Your Unique Frequency of Compassion
As you allow your body to vibrate with your unique frequency of compassion this vibration moves out into the space physically around you, and then out into that shared collective consciousness. Now it becomes available for others to listen to, in those moments when they may have forgotten that they too have the ability to express compassion. Your frequency of compassion is close enough to their own that their body begins to tingle and resonate a reminder from inside. Or perhaps you may forget, and it is someone else, sitting in meditation, who helps you remember your own unique frequency of compassion.
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10 Final Clearing and Release of Your Angels and Sacred Space
When we release guides and angels from the past we free up the space around us for those guides and angels that are working with us right now. They have more elbowroom for themselves and don't have to yell at us from several rows back.
Oftentimes when we feel like we have lost connection it is because we have too many guides and angels around us that we have called in. Our current time guides and angels are at the back of the pack, waving and yelling at us, trying to get our attention over the heads and voices of years and years of old guides and angels, most of whom have completed their tasks with us already.
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|Reviews for Parthenogenesis
| Niha161 chapter 21 . 5/2/2017
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| The Yaoi MatchMaker chapter 21 . 1/5/2017
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| rose372938 chapter 21 . 1/3/2017
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| Sekkara chapter 21 . 10/30/2015
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| Titania1796 chapter 21 . 4/26/2015
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| ChibiWolfGirl chapter 21 . 2/9/2015
PLEASE update soon! I really love your stories and I'm kind of wondering what will happen when sasuke snaps out of it and remember the words he said to naruto. Update soon!
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| YaoiHimeSama chapter 21 . 2/19/2014
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| 1LuvDragonQueen chapter 21 . 12/22/2013
There should be a huge battle where sasuke faces his brother, and they both end up near to death. Then neko and the others will find a loophole and rush to find nature and sasuke and tell them. Kisame takes itachi away and fixes him up. (They can fall in love or something) sasuke will snap out of it and remember that his love for naruto comes first, and he'll make his way back to his the end I want to meet those adorable children!
| Guest chapter 11 . 12/11/2013
Naruto is not a virgin? Can you tell us who he had sexual relations with?
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Don't tell me you've stopped! :O
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| Foxy-Floof chapter 21 . 8/22/2013
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| Foxy-Floof chapter 10 . 8/22/2013
Life as a celibate? That would SUUUCK.
| Foxy-Floof chapter 9 . 8/22/2013
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At the May meet-up of Lean Agile Manchester we held a retrospective which served at least two purposes:
- Practice what we preach – that is, we need to constantly analyse and adapt how we run the group to make it a better experience for members
- Give attendees hands on experience of participating in a retrospective who may not have previously taken part in one.
We kicked the night off with the usual sponsor slots. The first sponsor (Redeye) shared a short Agile experience which set the precedent for proceeding sponsors with each one giving a small nugget of insight or experience instead of the usual "Hi, we're X and we're hiring!".
The attendees were briefed as to what we were looking to get out of the session. Here's the list:
- What do you want from the group, i.e. learning, networking, etc?
- What specific topics do you want to cover?
- What level should the group pitch at – novice, competent, advanced?
- What format should the meetup follow? Single track, multiple tracks?
- Are there any specific speakers you want to see?
- Do you prefer talks/presentations, workshops, hands-on, etc?
- What works well?
- What could we improve?
The attendees then split into three separate groups and each huddled around their own whiteboards, armed with post-it notes and sharpies.
Each group used a different approach to the retrospective and spent the best part of an hour dumping down ideas and discussing them. All three groups then came back together again and we did a tour of each whiteboard with volunteer from each group talking the wider group through their findings.
I've captured the raw output from each group below at the bottom of this post.
In the ensuing discussions I captured a number of improvements that we'll be looking to introduce at future meet-ups:
- Name tags – this will be done via the "write your own" method. We'll have sheets of blank name tags for attendees to complete upon arrival. Useful information is, name, job title, and anything specific you want to learn.
- Recommend reading information radiator (IR) – attendees drop the book title, blog, author, etc on a post-it note and stick it on the IR. We'll bring this out at each meet-up so that it grows as a useful resource throughout the year. Attendees are welcome to take photos of the IR to enable them to take the info away with them.
- Lean Agile Surgery – this will take on the form of an IR where by key issues or problems people are facing that they want to discuss are written on a post-it note. Other attendees then dot vote on these suggestions. The winning suggestion is then discussed at the surgery slot.
- Retrospective each meet-up – at each meet-up we'll run a mini-retro on how the evening went. This will allow us to feedback to speakers where applicable.
- Sponsor slots become lightning talks – at all future meet-ups, if sponsors want to use their speaking slot they'll be required to use it to share an Agile / Lean experience or interesting factoid.
These improvements have helped us to shape the agenda for each meet-up. We'll experiment with the following structure:
- Registration, food, networking
- Lightning talks 3 x 5 mins each
- Main event
- Lean Agile Surgery
- Retrospective
- Networking
- Tear down
Raw Output from the night
Group 1
Works Well
- More open space sessions
- Moved away from Madlab
- Variety – Industries, styles, ideas
- Lightning talks
- Lots of interesting topics
- Talks
- Diversity of topics covered
- Few obvious vendor pitch talks
- Breakout sessions
- Workshops
- Top 3 actions for successful agile
- Be nice to know who everyone is & why they are here (for shy people)
- Catastrophically poor gender balance – to be fixed
- Have a wider range & more healthy food
- Fun
- Top 3 hot to recognise a failing process
- Can we identify tribes at the beginning of each session
- Bring in speakers from other industries – not IT
- Where Lean Agile touches on other areas of the org
- Widening the audience beyond dev
- Exposure to other peoples experiences & failures
- Real world stories
- More in-depth case studies
- Workshops of Agile activities…structure, style
- Like the idea of splitting into different stream
- Have more sessions where the attendees are active
- Happiness door
- Jurgen Appelo #workout
- How would you… sessions
- Cover elements of Scrum – standups, planning, review, retrospectives
- Troubleshooting session
- Interactive round table surgery
- Retro at the end of the meet-up
- Being playful getting involved
- Give real world stories from vendors
- I can take something back to the office and apply it
- Bring a female colleague to the meet-up
- Who's the audience
- Name badge & job title
Group 2
- Too many recruiters
- Too specialist at times – start basic / generalist
- Organisations due to present failing to attend meets
- Keeping things fresh
- Context – novice guide
- I'm new and I'm lost – some basics?
- Agile project case studies
- New technology knowledge sharing
- Networking & Learning from other people
- Multi agency Agile
- Tooling – what do people use?
- Do boundaries exist?
- Case study – how to move from Waterfall to Scrum
- Working examples
- Resources on Agile from experienced professionals shared on website
- Any local companies that would welcome visitors?
- How to operate cross site / internationally
- Learning new techniques
- Creative in Agile
- Enterprise Agile
- Interactive activities
- External speakers – like "does this fizz good"
- Learning how other companies operate / overcome waterfall
- XP Agile coaching (team coaching)
- Ian Carroll website excellent
- Meeting people
- Relaxed atmosphere
- Beer
- Sushi
- Central location
- Ideas
- New venue – excellent
- Experienced people to evangelise
Holding Back
- Could do more networking outside of meetups
- Followups
- Estimating for Agile projects in a waterfall world
- Lean – what is it?
- Diversity
- Don't use sharpies on white boards!
Group 3
What do we want
- Become more eloquent in business / lean discussion
- Interface with like minded people
- Learning! Terminology, success examples
- Learning something new to take into everyday job
- Learning
- Learn fresh approaches to problems
- Learning to practice efficiently and face the challenges
- Learning methodology
- Recommended Reading
- Learn new things
- New perspectives
- Broadening horizons
- How do people tackle problems that we currently have
- How to introduce agile techniques to work
- Learning – how to use Agile @ Work
- Networking
- A more educated community
- Learning techniques from examples
- Insights from other companies using Agile
- Learn from the experience of others
Specific Topics
- Testing in Agile
- How Testers collaborate within Agile
- Scrummaster insights
- Experiences with using Agile with offshore teams
- #NoEstimates
- Estimation
- Agile estimation
- Planning – story points, planning poker
- Kanban techniques
- How to apply to fixed cost project
- How to balance and manage skills in each team
- Rules of thumb
- Agile tools
- Best practice with software
- Frameworks – pros & cons
- Agile @ scale
- Disciplines of the retrospective (methodologies)
- How to involve Design / UX / Creative in Agile
- How to sync design & dev skills
- Integrating lean into the creative process
- Overcoming blockers (people)
- Business buy in to Agile
- How to sell Agile to clients who don't understand it?
- Scrum challenges
- To be an Agile coach or leader successfully
- Ceremonies?
- How to keep to the Agile methodology: what to do if team drift off it
- Open space
- Varied structure
- Workshops
- Lightning talks – short time multiple speakers
- Multi – beginner / advanced
- Same start but then split into levels
- As is currently
- Multitrack starting at shallow level ending with deepdive
- Pres then hands-on
- Interactive
- Single with breakouts
- Varied single track. Easy to jump in
- Advanced level discussion is good
- Competent level


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Media Advisory 20 March 2017
New guidelines for assessing hunger
University of Waikato Professor John Gibson was at the UN earlier this month outlining a new set of guidelines for the measurement of food consumption data in household surveys. An expert in the measurement of poverty and undernourishment, Professor Gibson is part of a World Bank-funded study looking at aspects of living standards around the world and assessing data for the monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals on poverty and hunger. He presented at the 48th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission and says the new guidelines address crucial survey design issues such as the use of diaries and recall interviews, the length of the recall period, seasonality, the measurement of food away from home, the number of food items to be included, and more. Professor Gibson says the recommendations will need to evolve over time as additional research and new technologies become available, but they will be instrumental in guiding a global programme of survey methods to fill the many remaining knowledge gaps. http://go.worldbank.org/E0QUSB5XB0
Contact: Professor John Gibson, 07 838 4289, or firstname.lastname@example.com
Microwave breast screening trial underway
A new non-invasive method of breast screening is currently being trialled in China, thanks to the work of Professor Yifan Chen from the School of Engineering at the University of Waikato and ET Medical, a leading medical instrument company headquartered in Shenzhen, China. Professor Chen led the team that developed the new imaging system that conveys low power microwaves for women's breast screening. The large-scale clinical trial is the first of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region. Professor Chen says compared to the existing x-ray mammogram, ultrasonography and MRI, microwave breast imaging could be a more attractive screening tool because both ionizing radiation and breast compression are avoided, leading to safer and more comfortable exams. The imaging device incorporates sophisticated radar sensors with operating frequency and transmission power comparable to a mobile phone. Professor Chen hopes commercialisation of microwave breast screening technology will occur within the next one to two years.
Contact: Professor Yifan Chen, 07 837 9545, 027 504 1176, or email@example.com
Is bicultural common law a reality in Aotearoa?
As part of the University of Waikato's Faculty of Law 25th anniversary lecture series, the Honourable Justice Christian Whata will be on campus in late April to give a public lecture about the past, present and future of a bicultural common law in New Zealand. He will address the unsightly statistics of over-representation of Māori in the criminal justice system, recent court decisions affecting Māori and whether the current system gives rise to a distinctly Māori issue. Justice Whata has extensive experience as a litigation lawyer. He specialised in resource management law and Māori issues, and he has been a High Court Judge since 2011. His lecture is on Wednesday 26 April from 5.30pm in N.1.03, Law Building, Hillcrest Road, Hamilton.
Contact: Diana Maliseva, 07 838 4466 ext 6477, or email@example.com
Servant leadership makes companies more successful
In recent years the business world has turned its attention to new styles of leadership that make work feel more meaningful for employees, and make companies more innovative and successful. Dr Robert Liden, Professor of Management at the University of Illinois, will give a free public talk on 'The Paradox of Serving and Leading – a New Direction for the Future of Leadership' at the University of Waikato's Management School on Tuesday 28 March, from 1-2pm. Dr Liden says 'servant leadership' can determine whether staff have a deep personal investment in their work, or whether they just feel like cogs in a machine. Any organisation grounded in strong customer relations stands to benefit from the ripple effects of having servant leaders. This event is part of Waikato Management School's Excellence in Practice lecture series, which features top business leaders speaking about their experiences. The talk is in MSB.1.37, level one, Waikato Management School, Hillcrest Road, Hamilton. Parking is available at the Gate 10 carpark off Silverdale Road ($2 daily charge). For more details visit http://tinyurl.com/zje2wga.
Contact: Ruth Taylor, 07 838 4263, or firstname.lastname@example.com
Sir Geoffrey Palmer to deliver two lectures
Former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC will give two lectures at the University of Waikato this week – one for students about his campaign to have a new and accessible national constitution, and the other a public lecture about New Zealand's environmental laws. Sir Geoffrey was an architect of the Resource Management Act, Environment Act and Conservation Act and has a wealth of understanding of environmental law and politics, two areas that don't always sit well together. He will provide a history of how our environment laws have evolved, talk about the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill currently before the House, and also provide an insight into the state of our legislation for climate change. The public talk is today, Monday 20 March, from 4.30pm-6pm at the Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts. For more information or to RSVP, email firstname.lastname@example.com
Contact: Mylene Rakena, 07 838 4466 ext 6727, or email@example.com
What price for a clean, green environment?
What is the economic value of New Zealand's natural environment, and how much should we spend on restoring our national parks, native habitats and rivers? Dr Dan Marsh, an environmental economist at the University of Waikato's Management School, will discuss the topic of 'Natural capital and the value of nature' at a free public seminar (no RSVP required) this Wednesday 22 March at 1pm. The concept of 'natural capital' – elements of nature such as forests, rivers, land, minerals or oceans that provide value or benefits to people - is increasingly a focus of discussions about the state of the environment. Dr Marsh has just returned from the United Kingdom where natural capital is embedded in government policymaking as part of the British government's 25-year plan for the environment. This public seminar will be held in MSB.1.03, level one, Waikato Management School, University of Waikato, Hillcrest Road. Public parking is available in the Gate 10 carpark and a $2 charge applies.
Contact: Ruth Taylor, 07 838 4263, or firstname.lastname@example.com


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|22 Feb 2014
BSOD at random times daily, error 0x00000124
Here is what I have so far. I've been trying to figure this out as I go, so I'm not sure what information I provide is/isn't important. SF Diagnostic to follow.
BSOD happens anywhere from start up to after hours of intensive use, although it happens more frequently as use intensifies.
I have checked all drivers, detached all nonessential hardware, replaced avast antivirus with Microsoft security essentials, moved/reseated memory, and installed custom CPU fan, all to no avail.
When I check the error in Windbg with !errrec, the details always come up that there is a cache [read/write] error in bank 7, regardless of the processor core or process name. I suspect the processor may be faulty, but I want to make sure before I send it back to Intel. Running their processor diagnostic tool results in either a pass or a crash, but the system crashes so frequently I can't be certain the test has anything to do with it.
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|22 Feb 2014
******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information. BugCheck 124, {0, fffffa8009b0e028, fe200000, 21136} Probably caused by : GenuineIntel Followup: MachineOwner ---------
CPU - Stress Test Using IntelBurnTest
If it passes, check your RAM:
RAM - Test with Memtest86+
You MUST run a minimum of 8 passes with MemTest86+
|My System Specs
|24 Feb 2014
Before seeing your post, I went into BIOS and forced Vcore to stay at 1.05v (before it has been jumping up to 1.2v, although everything was stock until now). So far, the system hasn't crashed.
IDPT passed three times. IntelBurnTest passed three times. Twice on standard and once on very high.
I've tested before with Memtest86 and passed 8 times, but I haven't tried Memtest86+ yet. I'll do that tonight.
It's only been a day, so I can't be certain that my problems are solved, but it seems like forcing Vcore down might have helped. I never overclocked, and temperature always remained under 70 Celsius, so I'm not entirely confident that dropping Vcore fixed my problem.
|My System Specs
|24 Feb 2014
Memtest86+ ran 8 passes. Not sure where that leaves us.
|My System Specs
|25 Feb 2014
See if the system stays stable...if not, upload the new dmp file
|My System Specs
|28 Feb 2014
Update: no BSOD yet, which I think is a record for this system, but I have have had a few freezes that required a forced reset, no dmp file was created. One of the freezes happened as I was pulling my waste basket out from under my desk; the basket tapped the case and the system froze. I managed to repeat this by gently tapping on the side of the case opposite the mother board, which seems to confirm that the problem is hardware. I disconnected & reconnected most components. *fingers crossed*
|My System Specs
|28 Feb 2014
It may be worth checking that no connections are shorting against the case.
|My System Specs
|05 Mar 2014
One week without BSOD... I'm marking this as solved. It seems the BSOD was related to Vcore. The other crashes are probably unrelated, since the system stays stable as long as I don't bump the case. I'll check for shorts when I get a free moment. Thank you very much for all your help!
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Friday, February 7, 2014
Vintage Valentines & Vittles IV
Crunchables: Vintage Valentines
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I remember those valentines. ♥ReplyDelete
Remember we would cut them out...and put them in the other kids handmade envelopes!
How hilarious, ~~Louise~~......
That soup sounds like Italian Wedding soup.....delish!
Enjoy your day......
Are you buried in snow?
I just send the grandkids a box of those kiddie valentines, Linda. I'm secretly hoping they send me one, lol...I thought of Italian Wedding Soup also when I saw that recipe. I was delighted that it went with today's theme:)Delete
We were very lucky here in central PA, we have snow but, we are not buried in it, thank goodness.
Good morning Louise , love the Valentines and the Wedding Belle cocktail looks delicious . When I saw the recipe for Country Wedding soup , I asked hubby's aunt and she that we lay claim to it ... it is so similar to the ones that they sery ... I will be making this , love all the ingredients , so that must mean yummy . Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend . :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes Nee, the soup does sound a lot like Italian Wedding Soup. The only difference may be those turkey meatballs, lol...It's not only a belly warmer, it's a heart warmer too!Delete
I'm pretty sure I remember that first valentine! Great recipes, and the Wedding Belle Cocktail is new to me. I'm thinking of doing a bunch of Dubonnet cocktails this summer in the Summer Sippin' Series, and this would fit in perfectly!ReplyDeleteReplies
I really wanted that first Valentine to go up at the beginning of this series, John. I'm glad I waited until I found an "appropriate" recipe:) I was surprised to to find that cocktail. I've never heard of it either. Summer? Bring it on and yes, Dubonnet cocktails could use a bit of reviving! I'm looking forward to the Summer Sippin' already. (and some sunshine too:)Delete
So lovely those cards! And those cupid breadsticks very yummy. Are you celebrating for Valentine? We might buy some fish and celebrate at home.. easy with the children!ReplyDeleteReplies
I actually saw shaped breadsticks like those right after I posted this, Alida. The only difference was there wasn't any arrow:) I won't be celebrating Valentine's Day at home this year, Alida. But, I will be posting the final post in this Valentines & Vittles series on Valentine's Day!Delete
Those breadsticks are adorable! Maybe I should try that next Friday. The soup sounds good, too.ReplyDelete
And we got 10" of snow on Wednesday. That's better than my kids in West Chester, who had ice, and lost power. Everyone keeps saying there's snow coming on Sunday, but they're cagey as to how much, or when, or whatever. Well, maybe it's better to say snow's likely, and then have everyone thinking they dodged a bullet if it doesn't arrive, right? Hope you have a great weekend.Replies
Right Marjie!!!Delete
They say it was all a "rumor" now. Hmmm, I wonder who could have started such a rumor? I heard there were parts of PA with no electric. Has it been fixed? We didn't get as much snow as you thank goodness. I am so thankful to my neighbor who surprises me by plowing the driveways. There is no way I could do both of them!!!
I love the old valentines. I'll miss seeing them after next week.ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm so glad you have been enjoying Poppy. Thank you:)Delete
These vintage valentines are the absolute cutest - so much better than the random cards and weird stuff that is available today :PReplyDelete
Choc Chip UruReplies
I've been having such fun sharing, Uru. I'm delighted you are enjoying them!Delete
aah your Vintage valentines are adorable Louise!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Gloria. It has been such fun sharing them...Delete
Dear Louise,ReplyDelete
How sweet are these vintage Valentines? I love them and remember them from when I was young. I remember getting them in a box and sending one to each of my classmates in school. Your recipe is really very nice and so perfect for Valentines Day. Cupid's Breadsticks are a lovely way to share your Valentines with your special someone! Love the shapes..The drink, I have never seen this one before, and I really love it. I could use one now, never mind the Wedding Bells. It looks delicious. Wonderful and fun post, thanks for sharing with us...Have a blessed weekends...Dottie :)Replies
They are lovely aren't they Dottie:) I wouldn't mind having that drink about now too, although, I must say, a nice glass of wine surely warms my heart too:)Delete
Wishing you a happy Valentine's day in advance!ReplyDeleteReplies
Why thank you, Mich, that's very sweet of you:)Delete
love this series - would love to see the picture of the cowboy running scared that could be paired with that first image :-) and the breadsticks are v cute ideaReplyDeleteReplies
That's exactly what I was thinking, Johanna, lol...I'm so glad you are enjoying these posts. Next Friday will be the last one for this year:)Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 8, 2014 at 3:12 PM
The vintage Valentines bring back memories from elementary school when so much thought went into which card would go to the cutest boy in the class. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Karen!Delete
Oh my, I do remember those days so well. I was rather shy in school but my younger sister really did go through much thought to pick out just the right card for the "cutest" boy:) Thanks for reminding me, Karen...
Se ve muy adorable ¡¡ Viva el dìa del Amor,hugs,hugs.ReplyDeleteReplies
Día de San Valentín es el día del amor no lo es, Rosita? ¿Celebra el día en su país? Muchas gracias por su visita.Delete
That wedding belle cocktail sounds lovely, and I think I have all the ingredients. I'm assuming I don't have to take the plunge to make the cocktail, right?ReplyDeleteReplies
Unfortunately, T.W. I don't have all the ingredients. I thought I did but alas, I don't. No plunge necessary:) A sip for me would be nice though:)Delete
Well, I can now confirm that the Wedding Belle is quite the catch! Mine is not quite as red though ...Delete
You made it! I'm tempted to go out right now to get some Dubonnet! However, Mother Nature has "blessed" us with yet another blanket of snow! I do hope you will be sharing it one day, T.W. Remember that sip for me:)Delete
Hi Louise, Pray you are staying warm. That soup is a perfect choice for a cold wintery day. Just love that that drink recipe, would be great about now. Sleepless in Savannah just now.ReplyDelete
Bob is cooking for a few days but I hope to be in high gear to make those breadsticks by Friday. Thanks for sharing and I just adore those vintage valentines. It is amazing how many people are flooded with childhood memories just seeing them. Love to you and Marion. GingerReplies
Hi Ginger,Delete
I can honestly say we are staying warm, in the house of course:) I totally agree about the drink, Ginger. Dubonnet makes for a lovely nightcap. I thought I had some in the house but I was so wrong. I will be restocking:)
Bob is cooking? Are you feeling okay? I do hope so. I'll be looking forward to your post on Friday no matter what you share! Stay well, Ginger:)
I love these vintage Valentines! I cannot get enough of them. Hope you have a wonderful Valentines Day.ReplyDeleteReplies
Aren't they fun, Cakelaw? Friday will be the last of them until next year...Delete
(Kudos to your daughter, Louise, and I've never heard of minions either!)ReplyDelete
I remember sitting at a table in grade school, cutting out hearts and adding lace and all sorts of things to handmade valentines. I suppose they don't do that anymore. Sigh.Replies
Thanks Barbara. My daughter is almost back to her normal self:) She is also "teaching" me about Minions. There seems to be quite a variety of them, lol...Delete
We usually made Valentine's too but I was much to shy most of my childhood to actually give any to any boys or girls for that matter. I just got a couple in the mail from my grandchildren and although I sent them a box each of the store bought variety they made them with their own little hands, lace and all! Priceless:)
I don't know what I love more----the vintage valentines or the vintage recipes?!?!?!?ReplyDeleteReplies
Take them all, Debra and enjoy!Delete
Hi Louise,ReplyDelete
Thanks for your CNY wishes! I came back a few days ago, but have been busy visiting some relatives and friends ever since I got back! Just visited my hubby's grandaunt today, who is 98 yrs old, and her memory is as sharp as before!
Looking at her today, reminds me of Marion!
The cupid breadstick with the arrow looks cute!
The Country Wedding Soup sounds like a comforting soup to have in your cold weather right now! Keep warm, Louise!Replies
Thanks JOyce we are keeping warm and cosy here in PA. It's a challenge sometimes especially when I try to convince marion to stay inside, lol...We ventured out yesterday though:) 98 years young, oh my! Marion is catching up. she'll be 94 in March:)Delete
Enjoy your holiday, Joyce. "See" you when you return with lots of goodies:)
Great Disney card! I enjoyed your post very much. Thank you for sharing!ReplyDeleteReplies
Welcome Brenda!Delete
I'm so glad you enjoyed visiting. You have lovely postcards on your blog. I will return for more viewing soon...Drop by any ol' time:)
Louise---Check this link out regarding Aunt Susan.ReplyDelete
Oh Debra, Thank you!!! That article is a huge help and exactly what I was looking for!!! Thank you!Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 11, 2014 at 10:54 AM
Those breadsticks are adorable!ReplyDeleteReplies
One of those ideas I wish I would have dreamt up myself, Angela:)Delete
These look absolutely divineReplyDelete
Through this wide opened gate,
none came too early,
none returned too late.
Thanks for dropping in...Louise


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Google My Business GMB Listing Guide For 2018
Google My Business GMB Listing Guide For 2018
Mobiles are the single largest device for accessing the internet. With voice search and cheaper smartphones, this trend is only going to continue.
Search engines have released or upgraded various products which are focused towards mobile search user behaviour.
One such tool is Google My Business - a free tool by Google available for businesses to manage their online presence across multiple Google properties like Search and Maps.
Google Places was renamed as Google My Business in June 2014. It is a product of Google that let us create and manage free business listings in Google Maps so that people can see our business when doing a local search. Google My Business well known as GMB. It is a buzzword in the SEO industry. GMB combines Google Plus G+ with Google Local.
Why Google My Business is important for your business?
- 97% of customers search for local business online
- 90% of smartphone users perform a local mobile search
- 43% of people online are looking for something to buy locally
When a business is added to Google My Business can appear in Google searches, Google Maps, and Google Earth whenever someone searches for your business name, address and contact details.
Business locations information can be shown in your AdWords ads by using location extensions. Location extensions display your business name, address, and local phone number with your ad to help customers connect with your local business.
Acts as a lead ignitor: Businesses without a website can also verify their business with Google My Business and advertise with AdWords Express, Google's advertising product without daily ad management.
Different types of Google My Business listings
There are three types of GMB listings:
- Chain - Storefront locations of the same brand
- Service area - No storefront, but provide services to an area
- Different brands - Locations that don't share a brand
Once a listing is created, it needs to be verified by Google. Remember, Brand type is applicable if the business location is global.
How to create a Google My Business listing?
You need to have:
- Google Account
- Business NAP Details : Business Name, Address and Local Phone Number for verification
The steps to create a Google My Business Listing
- Go to Google My Business Listing Page
- Start a Listing. Verify if your business listing is already not added
- In order to qualify for a local business listing in Google, your business must meet provide the your business info. and then your business basic details
- Business Name
- Country / Region
- Full Address
- City
- Pin code
- State
- Business Phone number
- Category of your Business
- Select Service Areas
- Provide additional information (hours of operation, payment options, photos, videos) before you are promoted to submit
- Verify your info and submit. Listing can be verified through the following methods:
- Postcard
- Phone
- Instant verify
- Bulk verification
- In case, there are listings less than 10, PIN is sent via postcard on the physical address. Bulk verification is available for listings more than 10. SMS and phone call verifications are also available for listing verifications.
Once your listing is live it can appear at several places: via Google search in knowledge graph, google maps, google+.
How to appear for local searches like "Pizza store near me"
There is a sub-type of service area GMB called hybrid service-area business. These businesses can show their storefront addresses and pinpoint a service area on Google My Business. Once this listing is live, the business starts appearing for relevant searches by potential customers within their service area.
If a business serve customers at your address and want to set up a service area, your business location should be staffed by your team and should be able to entertain customers during the specified working hours.
What can you do with Google My Business Listing?
Now that you have your GMB listing, this is what you can do next:
One dashboard for all your business information updation: The GMB listing is used to power information inside Google search, Google Maps and any other relevant Google product. GMB acts as a resource centre and offers a dashboard for your business information. Google picks up this listing information to display via knowledge graph.
Manage your information
Manage your business contact details (business name, email id, contact person, local phone number, address and URL) from here.
Add photos of your business
Photos can be of products, clients, office interior, office exterior, employees, team, customers, facilities, store locations.
Google reviews
Monitor your reviews and respond to your customers' queries.
Expand Your Network
By sharing news, events, updates you can broaden your network and connect with your fans.
Integration with Google Adwords Express
AdWord Express offers online advertising for one who wants to manage the adwords campaign alone. If you are looking to increase your site traffic and get more transactions on the website locally or globally.
Common Problems that you might encounter with GMB and their Fixes
Google My Business Listing adhere to high quality information and violation of the guidelines might lead to account suspension.
Some of the common problems that you might face with GMB are below:
- Multiple listings for same business - If there are duplicate listing and listing with incorrect information has more reviews, please request Google to transfer reviews to correct listing and then merge the two listings. Please note service area businesses cannot have multiple listings.
- Third Party business image or info appearing in own listing – Check which site image is coming an how, there is option to report error to Google.
- Not able to verify listing – individual or bulk – It could be ownership issue, Business NAP information is not correct, not using real name, address pointing wrong, incorrect contact info. For bulk verification official domain name email id is needed. Use local phone numbers only.
- Listing Not approved – Read Possible causes for your listing not appearing on Google My Business
- Listing Got removed – Multiple listings exist
- Account Suspension – prohibited content use or other factors listed below
- Listing deleted or permanently closed but not removed from search result – Deletion does not mean removal of listing but it stops appearing under your listing and will be available for claim. Permanently close is to show user that location is no more available but does ensure removal
- Existing listing claim issues – Read the possible reasons for listing not appearing
- Ownership transfer issue – lack of information of primary owner, proper steps not followed
- Listing businesses sharing same business NAP – When multiple businesses run at the same address, name and local phone number should be different.
- Deleting business listing permanently: Even though the listing is closed it might appear for search, but its chances to appear in local search would lower. Read this article for details on how to delete an existing listing.
- Limitations of verification : 8 times you can request to verify a listing thereafter you will not be able to verify the listing. So, you would be required to delete ad create a new one.
- Issue claiming an existing listing : To claim unverified listing is easy, follow Google verification process outlined here. But, in case you want to claim a listing that someone else has claimed so you cannot claim and need to contact google to claim your business listing.
Possible causes for your listing not appearing on Google My Business
- Use of prohibited content, Fraudulent or illegal activities or Marketing and promotional content
- Absence of Physical presence – only online business is not eligible for GMB listing
- In accurate additional business information: Business information needs to be consistent, false information should not be uploaded. NAP information should be accurate and consistent
- Business should be active for customers during hours of operation
- Businesses under construction
- Unrealistic claims are not accepted: Business owners and managers can create and manage listings
- Using third party phone number, wrong location code; remember local phone number is needed
- Absence of in-person contact during your business hours of operation
- Business chains - name and category must match; inconsistency is a problem
- Businesses with departments – having separate Publicly-facing departments that operate as distinct entities should have their own page. The exact name of each department must be different from that of the main business and that of other departments. Typically, such departments have a separate customer entrance and should each have distinct categories.
- Individual practitioners are not allowed to create multiple listings to cover all of his or her specializations
- Ownership Transfer Issue: Suppose your business key person is leaving the company for any reasons, don't forget to transfer ownership. Check these steps.
Let me know in case you want us to evaluate your Google My Business presence by creating a complementary and obligation free audit report for you.
Let us look at this table to go through the roles and capabilities of GMB users.
Owners and primary owners have the same capabilities, but a primary owner can't remove themselves from a listing until they transfer their primary ownership to another user. Owner can add or remove listing owners. With Business account you can add users to manage your business listings.
Google My Business Listing Success Story
We have been working on 1500 locations for one of our clients.
As the client holds service area business type and have 1000s of locations we had to go for bulk upload and verification. We did verified ownership, claimed and merged duplicate listings, created business accounts and updated information for all listings.
Steps that we followed for the GMB listing of 1500+ locations:
Creating a bulk upload feed for GMB
We create a file with all the listings information which included:
- The Brand – Store code, business name, location URL
- Addresses – Address, locality, country, postal code, primary phone number, additional phones
- Timings – Working hours and special hours (if any)
- Co-ordinates – Latitude and Longitude
- Photos – Office, team, exterior, interior
We manually checked each of the locations on Google map
GMB – Create or Merge
There were no listings for around 60% of the locations, which were then created as new GMB listings. For the remaining, we found existing listings, for which we had to merge the data.
Google My Business Optimisation
- Delete permanently closed locations
- Invited customers to add reviews on location listing
- Image optimization – images URL and alt tag for ranking in SERPs
- URL updation for each location - add URLs with UTM parameters for tracking
- Created link citation by submitted these locations into Local directories
- Correcting map coordinates
- Labels and attributes updated for each location (used for inclusion of targeted keywords)
Google My Business Performance
There was a clear improvement in ranks, traffic and revenue generated from the Google My Business listings. Monthly transactions and revenue from this channel went up by 104% and 130% respectively over a period of 9 months.
There was a clear improvement in ranks, traffic and revenue generated from the Google My Business listings. Monthly transactions and revenue from this channel went up by 104% and 130% respectively over a period of 9 months.
What should you do?
With customer behaviour firmly biased towards mobile, Local SEO is as important as regular SEO. Google My Business (and equivalent channels like Bing Places, Twitter Cards…) are important new platforms that need to find place in your marketing plan.
For Google My Business listing, you will get your business listing live and can rank higher if you adhere to quality guidelines. It is all about being real, present for your customers with consistent and accurate information.
Let me know in case you want us to evaluate your Google My Business presence by creating a complementary and obligation free audit report for you.


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The first Sansaire was launched just over 3 years ago on Kickstarter and it caused a huge stir! Their funding goal was $100,000 and it took them only 13 hours …
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Following our Unboxing of the Sansaire Sous Vide Machine, we are pleased to bring you our review of the Sansaire!
To see a video of our review of the Sansaire, you can check out our video on YouTube here:
Sous vide fans, we are pleased to bring you our second video, the unboxing of the Sansaire Sous Vide Machine!
We've certainly learnt a lot from the production of our first video. We hope you can see the improvements we've made! Well at least the backdrop isn't slanted anymore! HAHA!


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Re: Michael Adcock, May 1999, UK
In reply to:
Michael Adcock, May 1999, UK
Goodday Michael,
My name is Stephen Ronald Adcock.I was born12/09/1947 in Rochester,Kent,U.K.
My family immigrated to Australia in 1959.I have two brothers and a sister still over there and they have threechildren each and g.grand children.
I returned to UK in 1987 with my family.
My son(who was born in Australia) is Simon Lee Adcock.
He lives in Lincoln,UK.
Can trace my father's family back to Canterbury,Kent,UK.
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Initially I was planning on going to Nozawa. But the one thing that came through all the reviews was that the fish wasn't good enough to outweigh the negatives.
I've done plenty of sushi in LTokyo and West LA, so I wanted to try out Fish Row in Studio City.
I called and got a reservation at the sushi bar. Luckily, we were placed directly in front of Katsu and ordered the $50 omakase.
The food was great, interesting appetizer and a really good tuna soup baked with a pastry over the top of the bowl.
The sushi highlight for me was the scallop and the dungeness crab. Toro was just about the fattiest tuna belly I've ever seen and it melted in my mouth unlike any other toro I've had. I'm not usually an uni fan, but this was great. The topper was the blue crab hand roll at the end. Even though we were stuffed, it was great.
Katsu was friendly, but not over talkative. A pleasure to watch. The staff was also very friendly and efficient. We met a nice couple also out on a date who raved about the place.
The only negative was the girl on the other side of us who whipped out her cell phone and had a long conversation with someone right in my ear. At one point she even shushed her boyfriend for being too loud when she was "on the phone!!!" (!) I would have liked NozawaNazi at that point...
In any event, I highly recommend Tama.
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Bobs & LoLo Announce 'Run Salmon Run' Educational App For The iOS Platform
Apr 11, 2016
Four time JUNO nominees and bestselling children's music recording duo Bobs & LoLo, are pleased to announce their upcoming educational app Run Salmon Run, in partnership with Turtlebox Productions and Box of Frogs Media. Using the previously published book Run Salmon Run by Bobs & LoLo and the accompanying music video as the core of the app, a digital version on the iOS platform will be created as an enhanced educational tool detailing the life cycle of salmon for primary and preschool-aged children. Software development begins in May with a scheduled release in August to coincide with the Fall salmon run.
Later this week, Bobs & LoLo kick off a string of headline dates in British Columbia's lower mainland, starting on April 16 in Surrey, BC at Bend Regional Park's Grand Opening and going through till May 7 in Port Moody, BC at Fingerling Festival. A full list of dates can be found below. For more information or to get tickets click HERE.
Bobs & LoLo British Columbia Tour Dates:
April 16 – Surrey, BC @ Bend Regional Park Grand Opening
April 23 – Surrey, BC @ Party for the Planet
May 1 – Vancouver, BC @ The Rio Theatre
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A Jewish congregation in California has made it a holiday tradition to bring Christmas to first responders who are working to serve and protect their community, and who cannot celebrate the holiday with their loved ones. For seven years, Temple Beth Shalom in Modesto has been cooking homemade kosher meals and delivering them to first responders on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
"Tikkun Olam" (repairing the world) and "Gemilut Hasadim" (acts of kindness) are two of the driving forces behind congregation vice president Joyce Gandelman's motivation to carry out this wonderful deed, according to the Sacramento Fox affiliate. She was one of the people to start the Christmas volunteer effort along with her congregation in 2008.
"They're always so glad to see us come," volunteer Gary Kailes told Fox 40. Kailes has been volunteering with Temple Beth Shalom on Christmas for the past six years. He explained that the holidays can be very busy for those who serve and protect the community. "This is a nice break for them."
The Jewish volunteers bring food to first responders who are working at the downtown jail, the safety center, and other agencies. They will reportedly be cooking 300 meals this year. All the ingredients used, including turkeys, are kosher, meaning that they observe Jewish dietary laws, such as separating meat and dairy and avoiding certain animals.
In a 2008 interview with the Modesto Bee, Gandelman had explained, "What do Jews usually do on Christmas Eve? We go out for Chinese food and go to the movies. Or we work so our Christian friends can have the day off. We're really trying at the synagogue to do more mitzvah projects–good deeds–in the community. That's one of our board's goals."
Beth Shalom will be serving hot meals to first responders on Thursday between 1 and 6 p.m.
Image: Congregation Beth Shalom
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Apartments of good standard. Located a 5 minute drive from Bø Hotell/ Bø city center.
Newly renovated in 2016. Apartments that maintain high standards for accommodation very close to Bø Sommarland. Only 2 min walk to Bø Sommarland. 5 min drive from Bø city center and Bø Hotell.
Self-catering. Check-in / check-out at Bø Hotell in Bø city center. Minimum 2 days booking. No meals included.
Bed linen and towels are not included but can be rented at 135 kr per person. Requests for this must be stated when ordering. Final cleaning can also be booked, it costs 800 kr. Free parking. As a guest at Buen you have access to all the facilities at Bø Hotell. Here you will find a restaurant, two outdoor swimming pools, and a mini golf course. Furniture and rooms will vary from apartment to apartment but both have the same high standard.
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As a young reporter covering a rural school district in central Illinois, I got a lasting lesson on how some public officials feel entitled to say or do whatever they want with impunity.
The district superintendent in this case was in the middle of union negotiations with the district's teachers and was updating the school board -- in a public meeting -- on the status of those talks.
At one point he told the board the teachers were taking a hard line and added, "Frankly, these people aren't worth the money they're paid in the first place."
He then turned around, looked me square in the eye and said, "That doesn't go into the paper."
Well, that quote did make it into the paper.
It was a meeting open to the public, he was an elected official and his comments reflected his attitude. I felt the public had a right to know his position so I included his comments in the story.
After his remarks were published, the talks stalled.
The superintendent was so irate he tried to ban me from future school board meetings. Ultimately the newspaper's attorney had to get involved. I returned to the meetings and life went on.
Lesson learned.
Fast forward to South Florida in 2007.
Throughout Broward and Palm Beach, some elected officials seem to feel the public's business is best done behind closed doors -- even though they were elected to represent us, and they are spending your money and mine.
When asked to explain, all too often we hear "no comment," or calls go unreturned.
Take Hollywood for instance.
Cost overruns at a major development in the city -- Arts Park -- are significant. Originally, the improvements were budgeted at $17.7 million. But, according to records, the completed project is estimated to cost at least $32.5 million.


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All our managers are certified either by CACM or by CAI, or certified by both. Many of our managers have achieved the prestigious PCAM designation, which is the highest certified designation granted to Community Association Managers, and hold a real estate broker or agent license and various other licenses or certifications (contractor licenses, tax preparer registrations, notary public and registered process server designations).
WHY US – Verification of Member's Reasonable Accommodation Request
From time to time, a condominium association member may ask to do something to accommodate his or her disability – what is known as a "reasonable accommodation." For instance, a certified HOA member might claim to need a better parking space due to a physical handicap that makes walking long distances painful. Federal fair housing laws and well as the Americans with Disabilities Act require you to grant reasonable accommodations to the disabled. However, sometimes condo members who are not disabled try to take advantage of the law to get something they are not entitled to – a better parking space or an exception to your homeowner's association rules.
The best method to find out whether a request is legitimate is to get verification from the condo member's health care provider or other qualified professions, such a therapist or social worker. The law lets you do this when reasonable, but you must be careful how you go about it.
WHY US – Notify Members that Manager's Corporate Affiliate Has Won Contract
These days, it is not uncommon for condominium association managers to create ancillary companies in a field related to their work as managers. For example, a management company might set up a landscaping company, and though the company names differ, the owner of both companies is the same. It is not unusual for these ancillary companies to bid for proposed projects at the HOA managers' communities.
Although not necessary, notifying condominium members when the manager's ancillary company wins a contract is a good idea. Being candid with members has many beneficial long-term effects, just as failing to do so can have negative effects. How you notify your members is up to you. Publishing an article in the community newsletter is one good way; another is to send a letter to the entire homeowner's association community.
The letter should tell certified owners that the HOA has awarded a contract for work to a corporate affiliate of the condominium association manager's company. The letter should explain the following: who got the contract; the winning bidder is a corporate affiliate of the homeowner's association's management company; and the bidding process. It should also emphasize that no favoritism was shown and that the decision to award the contract to the corporate affiliate of the management company was based solely on the best interest of the condominium property.
WHY US – Board Review of Overlooked Rules
If a predecessor board allowed HOA members to violate important property rules, those members might still believe that it is okay to continue to ignore those rules. A new board that fines or otherwise punishes condo members for engaging in behavior they have been led to believe was acceptable would be unfair. Also, if the rules were revived too abruptly, homeowner's association members might refuse to comply. However, if the new board sent members a notice warning them that the board will be resuming enforcement of previously overlooked rules, the board will stand on firmer ground with its members and with the courts if disputes end up there.
Before trying to revive an overlooked rule, it is advisable to ask an attorney whether state and local laws permit it. Some laws do prohibit the enforcement of overlooked rules in certain situations.
The notice to owners should inform the HOA members that the board will be enforcing previously overlooked rules. The notice should stress the importance of community association rules and tell members that the current board will enforce rules that have been overlooked in the past. It should also tell members that rules will not be enforced retroactively and that the board will give members a grace period in certain circumstances.
WHY US – Rules for Records Review and Reproduction by Members
HOA members can have many reasons for wanting to inspect their homeowner's association's books and records. Many of these inspection requests are legitimate and take relatively little office time, but some requests – whether driven by legitimate motives or by a desire to harass the board or manager – can be very cumbersome and time-consuming.
Unless you place reasonable restrictions on the time, place, and manner of inspection, a seemingly straightforward process can turn into a complicated and endless search of your HOA's books and records, playing havoc with your day-to-day operations. To keep control over the operations of the condominium property, the board should adopt procedures for records and inspection that association members must follow.
WHY US – Conflict of Interest Waiver
Someone who is both a homeowner's association manager and a real estate agent or broker may want to offer real estate services to HOA members who want to sell their units. However, there may be times when fulfilling one's duty to one party violates one's duty to the other party. In other words, acting in the condominium property's best interest can run counter to acting in the '"member-seller's best interest (and vice versa) – thus creating a conflict of interest. When acting for one party to the detriment of the other, the party that got hurt could sue for violating one's fiduciary duty to it.
State law might require someone who is both a manager and a real estate agent or broker to disclose the potential conflict of interest to the condominium association and to the member-seller. Also, the Community Associations Institute's Professional Manager Code of Ethics requires managers to disclose to their homeowner's associations any possible conflicts.
Some states bar potential conflict-of-interest waivers. If your state permits potential conflict-of-interest waivers, get the waiver in writing.
A written potential conflict-of-interest waiver provides proof that the individual properly disclosed the potential conflict to the parties. With written proof, a party will not be able to claim that a manager hid his relationship with the other party. However, the waiver will not stop the condominium property association or member-seller from suing if a conflict of interest occurs and the manager does not try to remove himself from the conflict.


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Objective To investigate whether biologic-free remission can be achieved in patients with early, active axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) who were in partial remission after 28 weeks of infliximab (IFX)+naproxen (NPX) or placebo (PBO)+NPX treatment and whether treatment with NPX was superior to no treatment to maintain disease control.
Method Infliximab as First-Line Therapy in Patients with Early Active Axial Spondyloarthritis Trial (INFAST) Part 1 was a double-blind, randomised, controlled trial in biologic-naïve patients with early, active, moderate-to-severe axial SpA treated with either IFX 5 mg/kg+NPX 1000 mg/d or PBO+NPX 1000 mg/d for 28 weeks. Patients achieving Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) partial remission at week 28 continued to Part 2 and were randomised (1:1) to NPX or no treatment until week 52. Treatment group differences in ASAS partial remission and other efficacy variables were assessed through week 52 with Fisher exact tests.
Results At week 52, similar percentages of patients in the NPX group (47.5%, 19/40) and the no-treatment group (40.0%, 16/40) maintained partial remission, p=0.65. Median duration of partial remission was 23 weeks in the NPX group and 12.6 weeks in the no-treatment group (p=0.38). Mean Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index scores were low at week 28, the start of follow-up treatment (NPX, 0.7; no treatment, 0.6), and remained low at week 52 (NPX, 1.2; no treatment, 1.7).
Conclusions In axial SpA patients who reached partial remission after treatment with either IFX+NPX or NPX alone, disease activity remained low, and about half of patients remained in remission during 6 months in which NPX was continued or all treatments were stopped.
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- NSAIDs
- TNF-alpha
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Whether you'll be visiting Key West for your own wedding or for a loved one's, make your trip to paradise a great one by booking your stay at one of the Conch Republic's best hotels, B&Bs, or resorts! Over my 11+ years as a local, both hosting guests as well as shooting photos all over this island, here are my recommendations for Key West's best places to stay, in alphabetical order! (Many of these are also perfect wedding venues!)
For those seeking to unwind and go off the grid, this bed and breakfast offers quiet comfort at budget rates. With no phones, and a television in only one room, you can remove yourself from your routine and relax in a hammock by the poolside with a lush waterfall and palms. The Angelina Guest House is clean, charming, and only two blocks away from Duval Street.
Casa Marina is a Waldorf Astoria Resort is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and overlooks more than 1,100 feet of beach reserved exclusively for guests. Outside, the lush grounds feature two swimming pools, swaying palm trees, an outdoor restaurant, and other amenities such as foosball and oceanside hammocks. Inside, the decor is simple, elegant, and contemporary with cool, neutral colors. Pet friendly and family oriented, the resort also offers many water activities such as snorkeling, fishing, and cruises.
Built in 1869 by a prominent family in Key West's history but lovingly restored by Edith and Al Amsterdam, this wedding cake of a building is a unique bed and breakfast just steps from Duval Street. The mansion has 28 unique guest rooms in three different structures; tours of the historical property are available every day. Along with all its other amenities, your stay includes a wonderful two-hour cocktail party every evening!
Last Key Realty is a Key West vacation rental broker, a buyers' broker, and property manager. The rental properties include beautiful homes ranging from one to nine bedrooms with vibrant and elegant yet comfortable decor and features such as picket fences, pools, and lush gardens. A professional concierge service is available to guests seven days a week, as well as numerous activities such as kayaking, custom charters, bicycle rentals, and dinner cruises.
This chic and stunning bed and breakfast, built in a Victorian style around 1904, offers classic and cozy decor - beautiful hardwood floors, elegant window treatments, four poster beds. The gardens are an especially delightful oasis where guests can retreat and unwind. Enjoy tropical plants, exotic flowers, and a chorus of lovebirds and parakeets. Breakfast, afternoon lemonade, and early evening wine are served for poolside every day for guests.
Recharge and re-energize at Ocean Key Resort & Spa, where the turquoise waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean converge. The vibrant teal and Caribbean decor of the guest rooms, suites, and penthouse are casual yet opulent. Stroll on the resort's iconic pier or relax in the gorgeous pool lounge that provides towels, magazines, newspapers, fruit infused water, and a full cocktail and food menu.
A top-rated bed and breakfast built in 1866, Old Town Manor unites the charm and beauty of the Victorian era with tropical decor and modern amenities. Enjoy the manor's fourteen beautiful rooms, each uniquely decorated and all including Wi-Fi and keyless entry. And if organic food and traveling with your pets are important to you, Old Town Manor offers a vegetarian, organic continental breakfast and allows pets of all sizes.
A Waldorf Astoria Resort, The Reach is located on Key West's only private natural sand beach. The resort's 150 rooms are contemporary with classic color palettes, dark woods, a private balcony, and flat screen TVs. Stroll the beautiful pier or enjoy a game of chess on the giant chessboard set between giant palms near the pool.
If you are seeking a secluded and luxurious escape, book your stay at Sunset Key Cottages, located on a 27-acre island just a short ferry ride from Key West. The resort offers beautifully appointed cottages with as many as four rooms, as well as a spa, pool, tennis courts, and waterfront dining. It's a perfect place for a honeymoon, too! In fact, the island so perfectly embodies paradise, its private beach was featured in the film Office Space's final scene!
This six-acre resort on a secluded part of the island offers 261 well-appointed rooms, as well as an extended stay residence. With the resorts' three pools, four tropical bars, and hammocks throughout the grounds, you may be tempted not to leave to explore the nearby boutiques, art galleries, and night life on Duval Street, all within walking distance. Enjoy a stroll or the sunset from the gorgeous pier overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
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Biography of Marcia Hill
Marcia Hill grew up serving in various ministries of the St. George's Anglican Church from a very tender age. She served on the worship team, flowers and ordinance, fellowship, and hospitality. Ministering to the sick and shut-ins as well as helping with the upkeep of the grounds were routine weekly activities for her at that time.
She was President of the St. George's Anglican Youth Group by the age of sixteen and representative for St. George's on the National Anglican Youth Group. Her presidential role allowed her to do some trend-setting within the Anglican Church….
- Electric guitars were introduced to the church as a part of worship
- The youth took charge of various aspects of the service on youth Sunday
- The chorus..Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me was introduced during the greeting period.
These changes received vehement protests from the membership of the Church at that time, however they have all remained as a part of the routine of the church service today. Marcia took issue with the doctrine of the Anglican Church as they embraced same sex marriages. She gave her life to Christ and was baptized at the St. George's Baptist Church on January 20, 2008. Since then she has been serving the Lord through the Ushering Ministry.
Marcia was very keen on netball and learnt to play at the age of thirteen. By the age of fifteen she played as Goal Shooter for St. Joseph's Convent; a position she seemed to have a natural knack for playing and which she pursued for the rest of her netball career, a period of 10 years. She later played for Presentation Brothers College, Huggins Whirlpool, and the Grenada National Team.
Marcia was undecided of her career preference whether nursing or accounting and eventually, she pursued both. She is a Registered Nurse qualified to practice in Grenada, Jamaica and New York. She has 16 years nursing experience in many areas including Adult Casualty, Trauma, Post Anesthesia Care, and Intensive Care Unit.
She pursued a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and worked in the private sector as an Accountant and Financial Controller for eight years. In the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan, economic changes made her switch careers to the field of Administration where she has been working for the past five years. She currently works as an Executive Assistant for one of the leading companies.
Marcia Mitchell married Bertie Hill several years ago. They live in Grand Anse with their two children Amandla and Titobi. Together, they are working on serving the Lord and seeing how best they can contribute to building His Kingdom. Marcia has taken this challenge in a new direction by embracing the mantle of leading the Internet Ministry since December 2011.
The Internet Ministry at St. George's Baptist Church
The Internet Ministry at St. George's Baptist Church which can be viewed as the cyber church, captures the vision of many for the future, "where there is no vision the people perish." It is responsible for the following:
- Announcements and calendar of events
- Maintaining on-line audio (the Internet radio)
- Streaming audio of the various services of the church
- Documenting the history of St. George's Baptist Church as it unfolds
- Evangelising via the world wide web
- Preparing a program of spiritual enrichment
- Maintaining and updating social networks e.g. Facebook, etc.
The Internet is changing daily in scope and purpose however the Internet Ministry will ensure that the goals of the Ministry are in keeping with the purpose, mission and vision of the Church:
- The web site will be used to introduce St. George's Baptist Church to the rest of the world, including our own community.
- The web site will be used as part of a list of Internet resources for church members, and visitors.
- The web site will publish Church/Ministry presentations, and also share materials with other churches.
- The web site will be used to store data collected about the Church's curriculum.
"What is the purpose or mission of the web site?" The Church desires to grow and develop people, therefore evangelism and sharing information are the main purposes of the Internet web site.
"How will the Internet Ministry function?" The Internet Ministry will consists of two or more persons including a web design programmer who have a clear vision of the Internet Ministry. The web site will be updated as required and human resources allow but at least weekly. Most volunteers will be required to put in at least six hours a week.


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