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Project Management is a area that entails planning, controlling, securing and coping with of assets to gain distinctive dreams. The undertaking necessities are met by making use of knowledge, skills, equipment, and strategies. The publications in Project Management impart this applicable know-how and competencies. It allows the applicants to make sure successful execution of the project within the closing date and proposed price range. Doing such courses speeds up your chances of getting keep of a excessive-flying task whilst the working experts witness merchandising and hike in salaries. However, the certification is valuable handiest if you have the knowledge of all important terminologies and concepts. Here are five essential concepts that have to be discovered in the course of your path:
1. Decision making
Initiation is the number one section of any venture. It includes studying the scope of the project and finding out whether or not the task is worth your efforts. It involves the formulation of techniques to achieve quit goals. The procedure offers with addressing vital questions- what are you going to do and in what way you'll carry out the operations to satisfy the goals. This segment requires successful choice making, so it is vital to analyze this concept during your course.
2. Project Scheduling
Once the project has received thumbs up for execution, the next step entails digging into challenge info. Project scheduling entails defining the tasks, calculating the price range, identifying the assets required, defining popularity standards for checking out and devising timeframes for the execution of the project. A nicely-planned time table helps the venture manager to control the resources, capital and operations efficaciously.
Three. Resource Planning and Management
The aid of a assignment consists of to be had materials, human beings, device, time and information. Usually, the companies have restrained sources and it's miles the undertaking of a assignment manager to correctly plan and manage the resources so that the quit goals are met. A useful resource allocation plan is likewise extraordinarily vital to control the scarce sources. A well-defined plan ends in effective useful resource management. The venture supervisor must also be ready for adverse conditions and the useful resource plan have to be flexible to modifications. The Project Management publications educate the art of handling the resources and devising beneficial strategies to acquire the objectives.
Four. Risk Management
Risks are likely to arise inside the direction of the challenge but what lies in the back of the fulfillment of any assignment is effective chance management. It is about waiting for the threat and having a plan to tackle it efficiently each time it arises. Risk management consists of identity of chance, analysis of chance, and the tracking and controlling of hazard through adopting powerful strategies. It is a essential ability that saves time, money and efforts of your entire group thereby growing the possibility of positive occasions.
5. Quality Management
The exceptional of deliverables is of extreme importance for the fulfillment of the venture. Lack of proper satisfactory manipulate; results in defects within the deliverables, which in flip, results in wastage of money and time this is spent on remodel. Quality Management is a technique wherein the requirements or necessities of a task are set up catering to the customers' attitude. It is then ensured that the operations are getting in accordance with the installed requirements. It is the venture of a undertaking manager to define the recognition pleasant, and the best of deliverables is then measured with respect to that.
Though there are a plethora of institutes that provide distance control courses, however pursuing direction from reputed institute like MIT School of Distance Education enhances the cost of your resume. The institute allows you to improve your skills via on line mode so you can analyze at your very own comfort. A Distance MBA in Project Management offered via the institute carries all the aforementioned principles.


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I've decided that in 2015, when I see a noteworthy article on a different blog I should simply post a link to it on my blog.
Here is the first article that caught my eye this year that I think has some really noteworthy social media ideas in it. It's from PR Daily and it's entitled: "5 Social Media Goals PR Pros Should Set". It is written by Tom Corsillo who oversees digital and social media for The Marino Organization (TMO).
Enjoy the read. I know I did. http://tinyurl.com/k9a224n.


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The Iranian government arrested 3,700 protestors as it suppressed a wave of unrest that lasted over a week, according to figures that emerged as rights groups voiced concerns over reports (The Guardian) that three detainees have been killed.
At least 21 people were killed in protests across the country that began on December 28. Initially driven by high food prices and perceived corruption, they developed into the country's most widespread unrest since 2009. That was the year of the so-called "Green Revolution", protests at the re-election of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said in a January 7 statement that the dissent had been suppressed. It blamed the U.S., Britain, Israel and Saudi Arabia for stirring up unrest.
Iran's parliamentary news portal, Icana.ir quoted the number of detainees from member of parliament Mahmoud Sadhegi on January 8. The Guardian reported on January 9 that at least three detainees have died in detention.
Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said that many detainees would be released, but the alleged instigators of the protests will be "dealt with seriously" (AP).
According to reports from state TV service IRIB, carried by Reuters and AP, the unrest grew violent on January 1 as protestors attacked a police station in Qahdarijan, resulting in six deaths.
Fiscal spark
- Many Iranians expected a faster rate of economic recovery following the easing of international sanctions after the 2015 nuclear deal with the U.S., but youth unemployment is around 25 percent and inflation at 10 percent. (Financial Times)
- When the demonstrations began, participants were angry about fast-rising food prices and a perception that state funds were being misappropriated. The anger developed into a broader demonstration against repressive government policies, according to the BBC.
- Karim Sadjadpour, an Iranian-American policy analyst, said the demonstrations result from a young Iranian society seeking "a more liberal progressive nation." (CNN)
- The protests have been "curbed" and will soon end, Iran's deputy interior minister for security stated on Tuesday. (FT)
Most widespread protests since 2009
- The 2009 protests, known as the "Green Movement" began following accusations of fraud in the presidential elections. Protestors demanded a recount in unrest that lasted four months.
- According to CNN, no major reformists have spoken out in support of the current protests.
- More than a million people participated in the first few days of the 2009 protests. The recent unrest involved about 42,000 people according to Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli.
- Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei released a statement on his official website blaming "the enemies of Iran" for the violence. He said that external players, possibly referring to regional rival Saudi Arabia and the U.S., had used "money, weapons, politics and intelligence" to stir up the unrest.
- Hassan Rouhani, who was re-elected Iranian president on a reformist platform in 2017, downplayed the violence but also struck a conciliatory note, saying the protests were an "opportunity, not a threat."
- Donald Trump tweeted that "the people of Iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt Iranian regime" and condemned the deal Barack Obama struck with Iran that saw some sanctions relief in exchange for guarantees over Iran's nuclear program.
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"Iranians around world call for international support"
"Q&A: Iran's protests a reminder of Egyptian and Libyan revolutions"
"The 'revolution' will not be Telegrammed"


text: But few countries around the world have assessed the costs of implementing such programs. A team of researchers led by Dariush Mozaffarian from the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy calculated what it would cost to put in place a "soft regulation" strategy -- in coordination with industry -- for 183 nations. They took into account age and sex distributions in each country in estimating both the costs and health effects. They also tallied the number the number of years lost to poor health that could be averted -- a measure called DALYs (disability-adjusted life years) -- with a salt-reduced diet. The study concluded that cutting salt intake over a decade would avoid about 5.8 million DALYs every year, at an average per person cost of $1.13 over the 10-year period. The cost for each year of healthy life gained was roughly the same as what is currently spent on drugs used to prevent cardiovascular disease, they noted.


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Once upon a time, there was a man who was very poor. He was so poor that he had to sell one thing after another to get food to keep from starving. After a while there was nothing left except the cat. He was very fond of his cat, and he said, "O, Cat, let come what will, I'll never part with you. I would rather starve."


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3. 11. 2017 - IVF-Zlin.com
35th Anniversary of the first-born child after in-vitro fertilization in Czech Republic
Thanks to the help of the reproduction medicine and the infertility specialist MUDr. Prof. Ladislav Pilka, we can celebrate the 35th birthday of the first baby born in the Czechoslovakia.
After three decades, Assisted Reproduction in Czech Republic has helped thousands of couples to became a parent.
There are roughly 35 assisted reproduction centers in the Czech Republic.
The Clinic of Reproductive Medicine and Gynecology Zlin, is one of the TOP fertility centers in the Czech Republic!


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Cheap, tiny, underpowered computers are becoming a hot new trend in the computing world ever since the $25 and $35 Raspberry Pi models broke onto the scene. For the most part, the Raspberry Pi gets all the buzz, as it both kicked off the trend, and is the cheapest of the cheap, tiny, underpowered computers you can get. Now, though, Adapteva is attempting to make a splash on the scene with its $99 parallel-processing board for Linux. The board may not seem cheap by comparison, but considering Adapteva is attempt to bring supercomputer to the everyman for under one hundred dollars, it probably deserves a pass for not matching the Pi's $25 price tag.
For the uninitiated, parallel computing is the process by which various calculations are performed at the same time, breaking up a larger problem into separate, smaller bits so those bits can be calculated simultaneously. Massively powerful supercomputers, such as IBM's Blue Gene/P, employ parallel computing.
Dubbed Parallela, Adapteva's board is roughly the size of a credit card, similar to the Raspberry Pi, but packs a significantly more powerful punch. Parallela comes with 1GB of RAM, 2 USB 2.0 ports, a microSD slot, an HDMI connection, and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port. All of those specs are fairly standard for a little $99 computer nowadays, except along with the Parallela's ARM A9 processor, it comes with a 64-core Epiphany Multicore Accelerator, which helps the board achieve around 90 gigaflops. For comparison, that amount of GFLOPS is equivalent to a 45GHz processor. Like a majority of supercomputers, Parallela will use a Linux distribution; in this case, Ubuntu 12.04.
Though Adapteva's Kickstarter campaign was successfully funded back in October, the company announced this week that it built the first Parallela. For the average consumer, the boards won't suddenly replace standard desktops or gaming rigs, but will act as more of a powerful — but cheap and energy efficient — dedicated box.
The Parallela boards will be shipping this summer, not only to Kickstarter backers, but to other customers as well.


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Here's a rough sketch of an illustration I just finished for Time Out New York magazine.
Other than that I've been working on knocking things off my monthly goal list, as well as some Christmas-y things.
My immediate family is considering "simplifying" gifts this year. We're in the process of deciding what exactly that means-- no gifts? just stockings? a price limit? donations in lieu of gifts?-- but I think we're moving in a nice direction. We're all grownup pretty much-- my youngest brother is twenty-- and everyone seems to be interested in less stuff lately-- either in the interest of pairing down in general, or because of near-future moves.
I love to buy gifts, but I tend to be a little insane about it. I get caught up in needing to find the perfect gift. It starts out as fun, but it can turn stressful towards the end. I think a simpler take on things, might open up the holiday for us. Leave more room for enjoying each other and the season.
Which is what I'm looking forward to this weekend. Getting a tree, decorating, some gift making, some baking... our apartment smelling yummy...hot apple cider.


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The all-year Indoor Adventure Worlds for kids at a glance:
Media Room
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Here you find the theatre room with show stage and movie screen - for multimedia screenings.
Kid's Club
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Here you can build with logs, do handicrafts and paint in the creative corner. There's also an own room for babies.
Softplay Area
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Slide through a plastic tube, climb the staircase and dive through the ball pool. Action as far as the eye can see!
Climbing & Boulder Gym
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The kid's corners and play areas are well distributed - with cool toys that inspire. Playing is so much fun here!
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Have you ever had one of those relationships where you just feel like you've known one another for a very long time, or that your souls are connected in some way? Relationships that seem familiar to or a recurring type of relationship is often called a Karmic relationship. Everyone on our path is there to teach us a valuable lesson, either that lesson is related to a previous journey in our soul that needs to be ratified in some way, or it's a lesson that needs to be faced in our current journey.
The Definition of Karma
Hinduism, Buddhism. action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation or/
fate; destiny. Synonyms: predestination, predetermination, lot, kismet.
A karmic relationship can be both a positive or negative experience. It may toggle between the two depending on its purpose in your life. Some people may get confused into thinking a karmic relationship is a soulmate relationship, because of the nature of its intensity. However, there is a major difference however between karmic relationships and soul mates. A soulmate is a well matched partner that walk a life path with you and be a friend or a lover. A karmic relationship often brings up something within ourselves that needs healing, forgiveness and growth. They often invoke deep or heavy emotion and mirrors of opportunity for evolution of your soul. So how do you know if someone in your life is attached to a karmic situation or past life experience? How can you identify between the intensity of a soulmate and the intensity of a karmic relationship? There are a few ways to identify whether or not you're caught up in a karmic relationship and how to deal with it, so that it's for the positive/benefit of your heart and soul.
Identifying Karmic Relationships
How do you know when someone in your life meets the criteria of a karmic relationship? Below are a few signs that a person may be a karmic lesson:
- There's an instant sense of familiarity. You have a sense of recognition even when you've just met one another
- There's intensity within the relationship. This could be positive or negative, it could also flip between both extremes
- There's a deep emotional, physical and spiritual connection
- It's difficult to leave the relationship, even when things are troublesome out of a desire to have a resolution or closure.
- The relationship tends to trump all other relationships. It's the dominant factor in all plans
- You know each other's hot spots. The karmic relationship often brings up a charge in your when certain buttons are pressed
- The connection is usually fast, reckless and unexplainable
- You're able to communicate openly in a way that may take years of trust and time to gain in other relationships
- There's a magnetic force between the two people
- At times the relationship has been described as intoxicating or addicting
- You find that you do things you wouldn't in other relationships; go outside your own moral compass, ignore your instinct, let friendships go to the wayside in lieu of the relationship, etc.
- You feel like you're in a series of roller-coaster rides
If you've been shaking your head while reading this, you- like most people, have experienced or are experiencing a karmic relationship. So why must we go through such heavy and intense experiences with another soul? Karmic relationships are certainly not a representation of how relationships as a whole should be. While there is intensity, or fighting that happens in any average relationship, a karmic one is meant to teach you something. When this type of relationship becomes overpowering, controlling, or energetically draining it's time to move forward by acknowledging it's negative influence in your life.
Breaking Patterns
Once you've identified a relationship as a karmic one how can you go on and learn the lesson or break the cycle? It can be painful to walk away from someone who you have deep love for, whether that be a friend or lover- but for both parties, you are learning hard and valuable life lessons. Here are a few ways to breakaway from negative karmic relationships:
- Identify the drains that the Karmic relationship has created in your life, what are you losing; money, time, energy, friends, health, etc. Begin by first, emotionally stating you are reading to detach from the cycle and close the drain. Karmic relationships are emotional vampires and they will take all that you have if you give it to them.
- Start with willingness to leave. Without willingness, the lesson after the karmic relationship can't set in and give us clarity
- Meditate on clearing out any binds between the two of you, either past, present or future. See the ties in your minds eye and cut them so you can be free from your entanglement.
- Be willing to face yourself. It isn't always the other person in the relationship making it a negative one. Both people are learning a lesson and until you can recognize where you may have contributed something in a negative way, or where you can grow in your next relationship, you won't be able to break the karmic bond.
- Accept change into your heart. Without accepting a karmic relationship and the lessons it's giving you, you'll continue having the same experience wearing different coats.
How to Identify a Soulmate
Here's a few ways to recognize a soulmate relationship, while it's also magnetic and intense the lean is more on the positive side of light and positivity.
- There's a deep connection that has a sense of ease and peace attached to it
- Undeniable trust in one another
- They give you a feeling of being heard and understood
- They feel like a support system rather than a force of opposition
- You share similar desires and interests
- You have a solid friendship
- Your spirit feels uplifted and encouraged
- You don't feel restricted, belittled, or shrunken
- You feel like you walk alongside one another, as opposed to in-front of or behind
- You make one another a priority but also take care of your own personal, spiritual and physical needs.
How to Deal the Next Time Around
Once you've cleared out all of the energy from a karmic relationship that has bogged you down and had you wrapped up, it's time to clear the path for new energy to fill it's place. If you don't allow the lessons from the first (or second, or third) karmic relationship to sink in, you'll likely end up in the same place again. Before you do that, give yourself time to learn the lesson.
- Acknowledge similar patterns. Does this new person bring up any red flags that are similar to your last experience? Do they make you feel the same types of feelings? Do you find yourself falling into bad patterns when you're around them?
- Love vs. Lust: if you're ready for a soulmate relationship, you may not experience the same lightening bolt that you experienced in the karmic relationship. Just because it's intense doesn't mean that it's right, or good.
- Communicate your needs. In karmic relationships it's easy to feel steamrolled or incapable of communicating what your hearts desires are, because they're entangled so deeply with someone else's. From the beginning of a new relationship, speak your wishes and expectations up front. Otherwise it's easy to get swept away and lose yourself.
- Don't let gold dust get in your eyes. Love can certainly be blind and it's easy to go back to familiar people that remind you of your last ex, or best friend that hurt you- but remember not to glorify a part of their personality that seems fun, sexy, or intriguing when you've already learned the lesson from it.
At the end of the day, it's important to keep in mind that if you don't learn the lesson once, it will come back around and you'll be forced to learn it again. Most importantly, always follow your inner compass and voice. Karmic relationships press all of your buttons and it's your job to learn how to deal with those buttons, how to honor yourself, and how to take responsibility for the negative or harmful actions you may have taken as a result of your karmic relationships. Once you claim ownership over your pain, or missteps you're able to grow and move forward with a clean slate.


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Classic empty nesters renovated their large Sydney home - adding hundreds of thousands in value.
This week on Love It Or List It Australia, Neale Whitaker redesigned John and Sharyn's large family home to turn it into a more functional (and modern!) place for these empty nesters to entertain.
The brief was to create a more luxurious and comfortable home with modern design features. Let's discover how he achieved it - then see the full before and after here.
1. Make the most of existing features
The house screamed 70s with its original brickwork and archways as far as the eye could see. To put the renovation budget to best use, Neale looked for ways to enhance original features.
For example, they applied a white wash effect onto the internal brick wall using Taubmans paint, which has turned it into a warm and contemporary feature.
Another area that was given a new feel, without spending big, was the kitchen. An updated colour scheme and hardware is all it took to breathe fresh life into this space.
2. Install custom joinery
It may surprise you that the cost of custom joinery, such as the new bookshelf installed in John and Sharyn's home, isn't as exorbitant as it looks.
In fact, the price difference between standard furniture pieces and custom-built joinery often isn't huge.
So if you're looking for a stylish way to increase storage, or perhaps add personality to your home, why not explore getting a custom bookshelf installed along one wall – it's an opportunity to display décor, items from your travels, indoor plants, family photos and much more.
And don't be shy to embrace a material other than white. In my living room below you can see how dramatic a black timber veneer bookshelf can look.
Style Curator room
3. Distract with luxe furniture and décor
A flexible and more affordable way to update interiors is to replace furniture and décor. I'm not sure if you noticed, but Neale kept the same window treatments and flooring in the home, but minimised these by drawing the eye towards the new furniture and items he styled in the space.
The front living room was given a sophisticated makeover, achieved using a warm and muted colour palette of taupe, gold and marble accents.
Style Curator room
Metallic cushions add instant luxe and this round cushion from Adairs has a similar look to those Neale used or if you prefer cooler metallic colours, you could use a hint of silver like the splice cushion I used in the living room above.
Round Quilted Cushion from Adairs - $31.49
Splice leather cushion from Style Curator Store - $99
The more informal and entertaining space adjacent to the kitchen has a welcoming atmosphere, with its softer pale blue and grey colour scheme, and bold abstract artwork. Indoor plants and natural décor items also add to this inviting feel.
4. Go timeless, not boring
Priority number 1 for the couple was to have a modern and luxe bathroom and ensuite to match.
Often when people want to achieve a timeless bathroom they play it too safe and just end up creating a boring space but not Neale, of course!
He paired large format white wall tiles with soft grey floor tiles to create a neutral base, and layered it with a stunning freestanding bath, wall-hung vanity with natural stone-look benchtop, and hanging marble pendant light. He also accessorised the space to the max!
You can create a similar look by styling your bathroom with natural accessories, like this trunk stool from Temple & Webster, and layering it with body brushes, beautiful body products, and natural décor like wicker baskets and the large shell used by Neale.
Luxe Trunk Stool from Temple & Webster - $119.99
5. Create a calming bedroom haven
The final surprise for John and Sharyn was their master bedroom, which went from dated and daggy to curated and calm.
The walls were repainted white with hints of grey, and the new darker furniture from King Living really pops against this backdrop. Washed out green and earthier tones have been used to style the rest of the space.
The wall of artworks was replaced with one large round mirror, similar to this piece by My Furniture, and above the bedhead a deep ocean tone photography print finishes off the calming space.
Circular Wall Mirror from My Furniture - $149.99
All around the home, Neale created stylish vignettes and arrangements similar to the arrangement I styled below. You can find my tips to styling surfaces in your home here.
Style Curator room
There you have Neale's clever ways of transforming a family home into one that's more suitable for empty nesters!
Watch Love It Or List It Australia Wednesdays at 8.30pm on Lifestyle.


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Heavy-Duty Magnetic Drill Easily Portable to Jobsite
MABasic 450 professional-grade, 2-speed portable magnetic drill cuts holes up to 1-5/8" diameter with annular cutters in structural steel and other metals. This heavy-duty workhorse has a 10.5 Amp/110 V double-insulated motor and a no-load speed of 250 and 450 RPM. With the included 3/4" geared chuck, this model easily converts to a standard drill press with a 6-1/3" stroke for conventional twist drilling up to 3/4" diameter. Compact (14-1/4" tall) and lightweight (29 lbs.), the MABasic 450 is easily portable to the jobsite, making it the ideal hole-cutting solution for steel fabricators and contractors, as well as for plant maintenance operations.
The MABasic 450 is equipped with an internal lubrication system that increases the life of annular cutters by reducing friction and wear. The Electronic Safety Shutoff Sensor automatically shuts down the drill if the magnet loses contact with the material, protecting both operator and equipment. The machine's magnet has a holding strength of 3,080 lbs.
- cuts holes up to 1 5/8-in. diam
- 10.5-amp/110-v double-insulated motor
- no-load speed of 250 and 450 rpm
- only 14 1/4 in. high
- weighs 29 lb
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さて、私は先週、または2でした "たちまち投稿します" ここまでの記事で, The Gnome's Garden; ガーデンウォール; ローズカラーの遠近両用メガネ; 緯度のたとえ話; Oneと衝突; 遺産とは何ですか; 私たちは、セントを作るだろう; Gnomeのタペストリー; and The Heretical Herald.
私はたくさんのように思える知っています, but I am basically posting once or twice a day. Some of those blogs mentioned are published two or three times a week, while others are once a week and even others are in a rotation so they get published every third week. Actually there are a few others I haven't gotten to as they are on that. Actually a few are collaborations, and one is a charity I volunteer for — 私たちは、セントを作るだろう.
I may combine a few of the sites with one or two of the others to keep things reasonable, but for the moment I am having fun.


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Vezzoli's global recognition is certainly keyed to the "trailers," which are complex and ambitious works in themselves, advertising his non-existent scent "Greed," remaking La Dolce Vita, or promoting Gore Vidal's Caligula with intense cinematic performances by actors like Dame Helen Mirren, Michelle Williams, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, Benicio del Toro, and Courtney Love (she's amazing by the way) in his coterie of A-list collaborators. But it's also his opulent and gorgeous, symbolism-laden, dimensional, devotional, and emotional needleworks in very fancy frames that speak to the deeply personal nature of his obsession with fame. In both cases, he deftly interlaces past eras, from Rome to the Renaissance to the red carpet, with a contemporary vernacular that both celebrates and deconstructs the present moment in Western culture. He is currently one show into a mammoth three-city project called "The Trinity" in which a mid-career survey dovetails with new works across venues in Rome, New York City, and Los Angeles. With this, he seems set for world domination.
You've recently opened a show of your needlework portraits in Qatar, including images of Nicki Minaj, Carla Bruni, and other controversial and sexually expressive celebrities. No offense, but this seems like it would be the last thing they'd show in the Middle East. What was that experience like for you? There were conflicting aspects in local religious and moral habits, but that made me even more flattered that they wanted to show my work. It was a win-win question; they were willing to bend a little to have the opportunity to show something so different. It was a reciprocal challenge, and I feel the art world industry these days provides so few real challenges, because anything goes. Also, I soon realized that it was a place where no one knew who the women were that I was portraying. Joan Crawford, for example, or Grace Kelly or Italian Countesses—they had no idea about any of them. In Qatar, for the average viewer, it was just a room full of crying women. When I started showing this work, people were shocked by the interaction with celebrity. In Qatar, all of that crumbled beneath my feet. So I responded by making new works for the show, portraits of Umm Kulthum, a very famous 20th century Egyptian singer. I did a needlepoint series imagining her Western career, as a way to address the culture I was visiting. Geographical and national boundaries are opening up everywhere.
Speaking of geographical boundaries, as "The Trinity" progresses from Rome, where the first part is already open at MAXXI, the second part is happening at MoMA's PS1 in New York. Are you really moving a whole church across the ocean? Yes! Basically I am so afraid of New York City critics; I'm like a snail bringing my own shell to hide in. I've always been happily misunderstood in New York City. We are dealing now with construction regulations building codes, but it should be on site by the end of January or early February 2014. Jessica Chastain did a video (my first video work in a long time) promoting the show. She was like Tammy Faye Baker, crying, weeping, begging people to go to the museum. It's wonderful!
You will be assembling all the video works in May 2014 at MOCA in Los Angeles. What are your thoughts on showing the Hollywood work in Hollywood? Everything is about the creation of that fantasy that says, "I want to belong, I want to get laid, I want to get past the mysterious velvet rope." I have lived in L.A., and I'm very aware that my own fantasies of Hollywood are the dreams of a provincial kid. I have loved Hollywood more than myself; its ongoing love story of fear and desire. The MoMA curator Alma Ruiz has been exceptionally supportive. I've found the right woman once again! Together we will do the Hollywood take, show all the old videos. Hollywood is a machine of dreams. A great many artists have used the existing images of movies and such but somehow I had access to the actual players, and we could make new magic. Perhaps sometimes outsiders are capable of seeing things more clearly. .


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Kitted out with a gourmet burger bar, a vinyl library and seductive city-view rooms, warehouse-chic hotel Sir Adam ticks all the right boxes for a stylish stay in Amsterdam's hip Noord neighbourhood. Housed in a gleaming tower of concrete and glass just a quick ferry ride away from Centraal Station, this urban bolthole welcomes music-loving creatives and hungry party people alike, thanks to a lofty atrium that transforms into an all-night watering hole at the weekend.
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We are delighted to be partnering with our Miami neighbors The Cat Network, Inc. Through their humane practice of sterilization, vaccination, and release The Cat Network is committed to reducing the overpopulation of stray and feral cats in South Florida. Thanks to their commendable work, thousands of cats and kittens have been spared a life of neglect, cruelty, or euthanization. As well as their education program, TCN offers low-cost spay and neuter services and a community of support to assist cats and their human counterparts.
The new partnership will provide A4P's comprehensive mobile health app for Cat Network Members plus their highly-engaged social media following – with a portion of the proceeds donated back to The Cat Network. Cat owners across the land will be able to access veterinary records and an array of other health features anytime, wherever they are in the world
Jill Steinberg, on the Board or Directors of The Cat Network comments, 'At The Cat Network, we are always looking for partners that offer innovative ways to improve care for felines. Activ4Pets empowers our members to proactively manage their cat's health so they can be the best pet parents they possibly can. The added benefit is that this partnership helps us generate funding so we can continue our mission of saving cat lives here in Miami and beyond.'
Florent Monssoh, Activ4Pets Founder and CEO says, 'As an organization committed to animal welfare in our local community, Activ4Pets is always pleased to partner with forward-thinking organizations in South Florida. In Jill we have found a true champion for feline health. She is deeply passionate about caring for cats and she instantly identified the benefits Activ4Pets provides for her members. We look forward to working with and assisting her clients, and of course we wish her the very best.'
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It sounds like our encouraging pre-Easter tweet did the trick for FFX Tools weekend at Brands Hatch for the Super Bike Championships when they were tooled up (pardon the pun!) with two of our very handy short term rental credit card machines:
@FFXYamaha @FFXToolSupplies @OfficialBSB @tweethutchy @AndrooReid Hope you have a very successful Easter weekend guys!
— PDQ Machines (@PDQMachines) April 17, 2014
Here's what they told us:
"The weekend turned out to be really good – once the rain cleared and 35,000 people visited for a long weekend of Super Biking. The terminals were just fine with no hang-ups or issues at all."
We hope the sun keeps shining for their next event in two weeks time and that the other Super Bike Championship events they will be attending around the UK throughout the summer go equally as well!


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As we herald in the unofficial start of summer, it might seem sort of odd to entertain the ponderous weight of something as massive as "Life Purpose." After all, we often think of summer as the season to "check out" and go on vacation; to take a break from all of the heavy lifting. But the Cosmic Forces That Be clearly have something else in mind.
I've started a bit of a trend; last month, prior to writing, I did a reading that highlighted a particular flower essence whose healing properties were especially relevant to a poignant issue in the collective. Partly out of my own curiosity (and partly to help you!), I did the same again this month.
What came up was an essence called Silver Princess. Silver Princess is native to Australia and is an exquisite and rare member of the Eucalyptus family. It is said to bring about an awareness of Life Purpose, though not necessarily all at once. It is often indicated for those at a crossroads, showing them what the next step on their path might be. It is also helpful for those who may know, more globally, what they are here to do, but who are hanging in question as to the next concrete action step.
Oftentimes we know more than we think we do when it comes to matters of the soul. We're just really good at coming up with a million "rational" reasons why what we want is impossible or futile. Thus, the most important work we can do right now is to listen; to quiet the noise and the naysaying voices and to find the space that is eternal, ever-present and always in approval.
This work of companioning ourselves is hard. While the proliferation of New Age thinking might suggest otherwise, the conscious life is a practice. Just like yoga. And sometimes we have to sit in "poses" that arouse discomfort in their revealing. This may be one such phase for you. Trust that there is valuable information here.
This morning I came across a quote from The Gospel of Thomas. It says, "Show me the stone which the builders have rejected. That one is the cornerstone." As you sit in discernment about how to move next, I encourage you to consider the possibility that your most radiant gift might not, in this moment, look glistening and polished. Embrace it anyway.
In flower essence therapy there is a principle called The Doctrine Of Signatures. It maintains that the physical properties and circumstances of the plant are emblematic of the imbalance that it seeks to restore. Silver Princess is a very rare and beautiful strand of the Eucalyptus tree; it grows in a remote region of Australia and takes great effort to find and cull. In fact, one might accidentally bypass it for this very reason.
Such is the case with our own greatest treasures. We may overlook them; or we not even see them, because we didn't dare to venture far enough out. Or to look under the right rock (incidentally, Silver Princess grows on Boyagin Rock, a granite outcrop in southwestern Australia. We think of rock, of course, as being inhospitable to growth, but it is the heartiest plants that bloom in the most unsuspecting places, after all.)
If you feel yourself at a crossroads of purpose this month, perhaps take some time to consider your own "rejected stone." It might surprise you. And it might just light a spark in the collective, too.
Life Purpose and Our "Rejected Stone"
As we herald in the unofficial start of summer, it might seem sort of odd to entertain the ponderous weight of something as massive as "Life Purpose." After all, we often think of summer as the season to "check out" and go on vacation; to take a break from all of the heavy lifting. But the Cosmic Forces That Be clearly have something else in mind.


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Tuesday, June 9, 2015
The Inspired Home Office: For Him!
Creating a study or home office tailored to the man of the house takes a bit of consideration and even a creative investigation! During the creative investigation we start to pull ideas from the client about their likes and dislikes to begin to create an overall aesthetic. As our function kings, men value the comfort and utilitarian function of a space and its furnishings, but to create a personal aesthetic we often need to dig deeper. One place to begin is from a man's own wardrobe, as it reflects color, texture, and pattern that catches his eye and boosts his confidence. From there, you can extrapolate what they like! So for instance, if you have a man that loves pinstripes, plaid, or fine herringbone in his wardrobe, why not use it in his home study? Pinpointing those things that are enjoyable to look at can help propel the design aesthetic and allow us to create a curated and enjoyable space. We pulled some images of home studies we adore for the man in your life!
Via Jeffers Design Group
Via StylishEve
Via House Beautiful
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Via Tami Owen Design
These studies present a more masculine feel but could be an exciting addition for anyone in the home! Does the inspire your own home office transformation? For more office spaces you'll love for him, check out our
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October 20, 2018, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM @ Dutch Branch Park
Behind the Benbrook Community Center/YMCA
12th Annual Benbrook Heritage Fest
"Cowboy Roundup"
Saturday, October 20, 2018
Dutch Branch Park, 1899 Winscott Road, Benbrook, Texas
For eleven consecutive years, the annual Benbrook Heritage Fest "Cowboy Roundup" is the highlight of the fall season in Benbrook. On Saturday, October 20, 2018, the event returns to Dutch Branch Park, offering a lineup of fun-filled activities, displays, food trucks, and dance and music performances.
Admission is FREE! Join us for a fun-filled day!
For more information on booth availability and sponsorship opportunities, please contact:
Patty Bissey at 817-249-6087 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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Secure your Network Access with Azure Multi-Factor Authentication
This post has been updated based on our Enterprise Mobility + Security blog series. In our last blog, we discussed how Multi-Factor Authentification makes Self-service Password Reset with Azure AD Premium safe and secure. Today, we'll explore some of the other benefits of MFA.
As the mobile workplace becomes more and more common in the corporate environment, usernames and passwords are often not enough to protect an organization's network. Just as we discussed in our "Self-service Password Reset with Azure AD Premium" that services such as Office 365 are using Multi-Factor authentication for added security, many other organizations such as banks, credit card companies, and sites such as Gmail and Facebook are currently doing the same. This provides a higher level of confidence that the person accessing your corporate data is your employee and that any attempts to compromise user passwords will be unsuccessful.
How does Azure Multi-Factor Authentication work?
Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is a cloud-based service that installs a small utility into your network. For supported services, this utility intercepts the login request and after verifying the user name and password it requests a second level of authentication from the user. This authentication usually takes one of two forms:
- Azure MFA can call the user on a designated phone number. The user simply presses a key to verify that they initiated a login request.
- Azure MFA also has a mobile app that can be installed on a user's phone. The app is available on all iOS and Android devices and is available in the app stores for easy access. Once installed and configured the app pushes a prompt to the screen whenever access is requested to verify the login.
Regardless of the authentication method used, once the user verifies their identity, the utility allows the login request to continue and the user is granted access to the company resource. If the secondary verification does not complete, the utility responds to the login request with a failure and the connection is dropped, thus protecting your resources.
What can be protected using Azure Multi-Factor Authentication?
There are many types of resources that can be protected by Azure MFA. Some of the most common are the following:
- VPN Connections – The Azure MFA utility integrates with both RADIUS and LDAP and so it can perform the secondary authentication for all VPN connections. This ensures that any user connecting to your corporate network is verified both via the RADIUS access rules and by the Multi-Factor authentication. In addition, since Azure MFA integrates with the RADIUS or LDAP services directly, this solution is firewall agnostic and will work with any existing firewall you might have in place that supports either of these protocols.
- Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) – Many organizations use ADFS for active directory application authentication both on-premises and in the cloud. Some examples of these applications are Office 365, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Citrix ShareFile, and Salesforce.com. Azure MFA integrates into the ADFS process to require a second level of authentication when accessing these applications. In addition, ADFS also has advanced options when working with Azure MFA, including only authenticating certain applications, certain users, or only when connecting from outside the corporate network. And just as with VPN, because the Azure MFA integrates with ADFS, the solution is application agnostic and can apply to a large range of services.
- On-Premises and Cloud Web Services – Any IIS based web application or any website that uses LDAP for authentication can be secured by Azure MFA. Similar to VPN connections, the request is verified both by the user database as well as by Azure MFA before access is granted. Also, as with all of the other systems because the solution integrates with the underlying IIS or LDAP infrastructure, the security will work with almost any web application using either of these services.
Any other systems that use LDAP, RADIUS, Remote Desktop services, IIS, and other services can also be protected using Azure Multi-Factor authentication.
In our next blog we look at the issues surrounding password and account sprawl and the EMS solution for this problem – Microsoft's Single Sign On.


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Blaine Scully was a major driver of the organization and in a U.S.A. Rugby press release said: "It is important for the success of the game in the United States that the elite players have a collective voice. The relationship between USAR and the USRPA is fundamentally founded on a strong sense of partnership and shared purpose. Both parties are committed to dialogue and collaboration which will allow the players to have input in key issues, but also take ownership in the development of the game."
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Kelly Griffin said: "As players, we highly value the opportunity to provide input into issues that affect our playing environment and welfare. USRPA will provide us with a collective means to do this. It is so important that all four national teams work together to progress our sport."
U.S.A. CEO Dan Payne added, "What a great way to start off what will prove to be a historic week for rugby in our country. First and foremost, I want to state how proud I am of the players that have invested a lot of time and energy into this agreement. The development of USRPA is a positive event for rugby in our country. In addition to ensuring there are open and clear lines of established communication between the union and the players, this agreement will further define a large number of processes and expectations as we move forward. USA Rugby fully supports our players' intent and motive for forming this association. I want to thank all that were involved in this process. One that has been collaborative, respectful and always put the progress of our game at the forefront. The word partnership has been prominent and frequent in all discussions"
The move helps the players fall in line with international norms and should help the team moving forward more coherently address issues.


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Local authorities write off €161m as tally of unpaid charges nears €1bn
LOCAL authorities are owed almost €1bn in unpaid charges but have been forced to write off millions because the debts are no longer collectable.
Householders and businesses owe €588m to city and county councils in unpaid rates, water charges, housing rents and loans, the local government auditor has found.
In addition, €360m is owed in development levies, bringing the amounts outstanding to €948m.
However, councils have written off €161m in unpaid debts because the money cannot be collected.
This is due to companies going out of business and "poor collection performance".
The report says:
* A total €356m is owed in commercial rates, with just 76pc of bills paid. The arrears rose by 10pc between 2011 and 2012. The lowest collection rates are in Louth and Limerick City (55pc each), and the highest rate is in Offaly (92pc). Around €143m has been written off.
* Another €56m is owed in unpaid housing rents, with €1.9m written off. The lowest collection rate is in South Dublin (74pc), and the highest is in North Tipperary (99pc).
* There has been a fall in commercial water arrears, down €10m to €139m. Around €16m was written off. Just 56pc of businesses pay their charges, with the lowest collection rates in Leitrim (27pc), and the highest rate in South Tipperary (83pc).
* Housing loan arrears have risen by €6m to €37m, with €400,000 written off. Average collection rates are 71pc, falling to a low of 47pc in Westmeath and a high of 90pc in Fingal.
The auditor expressed concern about development levies, saying there was a need for "close monitoring" and for site inspections to be carried out.
This is to ensure that developments do not go ahead without the required levies having been paid.
Although €360m is owed, local authorities have made provision to write-off two-thirds of the amount outstanding, or €232m.
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Over the last few weeks we made a really hard push to make outbound email marketing a more accessible feature in GuessBox. I know we started off small, with a simple 'send to email' button once you had selected your target leads, but have a look at some of the new things we are releasing today. I know I'm happy :)
Settings page redesign, now with options for following up 'automatically' if your lead doesn't reply after a certain period of time.
Cleaner user interface for submitting details, and instructions provided on the spot in the form of written and video tutorials.
We are now working with ReplyApp.io to make them one of our exclusive email sending counterparts. As previously, we only offered SendGrid as an integration. That's no hate on SendGrid. Love You SendGrid!
Slightly off topic, but we have added over 500,000 new records to the GuessBox B2B database.
User defined follow up times. If you can see from the screenshot above, now you the user can specify the maximum amount of times you want an 'automatic' follow up to go out, and how long to wait prior to sending it out. A great addition to your outbound email marketing campaign!
Auto follow up also has a neat little toggle switch from which you can turn it off and on and any time and it won't interfere with previous emails sent.
You can 'clear' your auto follow up history emails within GuessBox in case it is getting a little messy.
Create Your Own Campaigns
Probably one of the biggest features we've been working on is the ability to not only email people you find through GuessBox's search results, but also have the ability to use it as your own complete outbound email marketing solution.
This means, being able to upload and tag your own lists AND continue to use mail merge features such as {firstname}, {company} etc.
Check it out:
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Aside from all these cool features which I can't wait for you guys to play with. We have also implemented a special version of A/B testing.
That's right. Intentionally, old school styled to keep in the nature of our company.
- When writing up your emails you can now use 'spintax' in addition to the typical mail merge tags.
What is 'spintax'? Good question! If you were in this space around 10 years ago, programs were being built with something called 'spintax' and simply put it's a method of A/B testing and/or randomizing your messages.
How does it work?
{Hey|Hello|What's Up?} If I put words, phrases, even links into curly brackets like so and then divide each one with a bar | GuessBox will go ahead and rotate whatever is in those brackets every time it sends a new email thus giving you a really easy and fun way of A/B testing your copy and potentially avoiding limitation issues if you are using certain kinds of servers. You know who you are :)
To wrap up, here's a full example of an email one might write.
Hi {FirstName},
What's been happening at {Company} recently?
I heard that {there was|something happened|an incident occurred}? and I wanted to know if everything was {ok|back to normal now?|good again?}
Perhaps, the email above isn't the greatest example but it should give you an idea with a use case for Spintax (hopefully, it's not something unfortunate, like a work incident). But, at least you know that you can A/B test your emails.
Note: If you noticed I bolded the standard mail merge tags above, it was to highlight the fact that they do not interfere with any use of 'Spintax' or A/B testing.
That's it for now, I've probably missed something because there has been so many new adjustments and improvements, but I'll make sure to write up some lengthier documentation and make a video demo.
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Stratemeyer SyndicateThe Stratemeyer Syndicate was the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.
HistoryCreated by Edward Stratemeyer, the Stratemeyer Syndicate was the first book packager to have its books aimed at children, rather than adults. The Syndicate was wildly successful; at one time it was believed that the overwhelming majority of the books children read in the USA were Stratemeyer Syndicate books, based on a 1922 study of over 36,000 children country-wide.[1] Stratemeyer's business acumen was in realizing that there was a huge, untapped market for children's books. At a time when most children's books were aimed at moral instruction, the Stratemeyer Syndicate specialized in producing books that were meant primarily to be entertaining. In Stratemeyer's view, it was not the promise of sex or violence that made such reading attractive to children; it was the thrill of feeling grown-up and the desire for a series of stories. This desire for a series of stories could, Stratemeyer believed, be harnessed for profit. In founding the Stratemeyer Syndicate, Edward Stratemeyer aimed to produce books in an efficient, assembly-line fashion and to write them in such a way as to maximize their popularity. The first series that Stratemeyer created was the Rover Boys, published under the pseudonym Arthur M. Winfield. The Rover Boys books were a roaring success - a total of 30 volumes was published between 1899 and 1926, selling over five million copies.[2] Stratemeyer began writing other series books: The Bobbsey Twins first appeared in 1904, under the pseudonym Laura Lee Hope, and Tom Swift in 1910, under the pseudonym Victor Appleton.[3] Stratemeyer also published a number of books under his own name; however, the books published under pseudonyms sold better. Stratemeyer realized that "he could offer more books each year if he dealt with several publishers and had the books published under a number of pseudonyms which he controlled."[4] Stratemeyer explained his strategy to a publisher, writing that "'[a] book brought out under another name would, I feel satisfied, do better than another Stratemeyer book. If this was brought out under my own name, the trade on new Stratemeyer books would simply be cut into four parts instead of three.'"[5] Some time in the first decade of the twentieth century Stratemeyer realized that he could no longer juggle multiple volumes of multiple series, and he began hiring ghostwriters, such as Howard Garis.[3] Stratemeyer continued to write some books, while writing plot outlines for others. While mystery elements were occasionally present in these early series, the Syndicate was later to specialize in children's series mysteries. This trend was begun in 1911, when, under the pseudonym Chester K. Steele, Stratemeyer published The Mansion of Mystery (which he had written himself). Five more books were published in that mystery series, with the last being printed in 1928. These books were aimed at a somewhat older audience than his previous series. After that, the Syndicate focused on mystery series aimed again at its younger base: the Hardy Boys, which first appeared in 1927, ghostwritten by Leslie McFarlane and others, and Nancy Drew, which first appeared in 1930, ghostwritten by Mildred Wirt Benson, Walter Karig, and others. Both series were immediate financial successes, prompting the Syndicate's continuing focus on children's mysteries. In 1930, Stratemeyer died, and the Syndicate was inherited by his two daughters, Harriet Stratemeyer and Edna Stratemeyer Squier. Stratemeyer Squier sold her share to her sister Harriet within a few years. Harriet Stratemeyer introduced such series as The Dana Girls (1934), Tom Swift, Jr., The Happy Hollisters, and many others. In the 1950s, Harriet (by now Harriet Stratemeyer Adams) began substantially revising old volumes in the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series, updating them by removing references to "roadster" and the like. Racial slurs and stereotypes were also removed, and in some cases (such as The Secret of Shadow Ranch and The Mystery at the Moss-Covered Mansion) entire plots were cast off and replaced with new ones. In part, these changes were motivated by a desire to
Stratemeyer Syndicate make the books more up-to-date; however, Grosset & Dunlap, the primary publisher of Stratemeyer Syndicate books, requested that the books' racism be excised, a project that Adams felt was unnecessary.[6] Grosset & Dunlap, however, held firm; they had received an increasing number of letters from parents who were offended by the stereotypes present in the books, particularly the Hardy Boys.[6] In the late 1970s, Adams decided it was time for Nancy and the Hardys to go into paperback, as the hardcover market was no longer what it had been. However, Grosset & Dunlap sued, citing "'breach of contract, copyright infringement, and unfair competition'".[7] The ensuing case let the world know, for the first time, that the Syndicate existed; the Syndicate had always gone to great lengths to hide its existence from the public and ghostwriters were contractually obliged never to reveal their authorship. Grosset & Dunlap was awarded the rights to the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys volumes that they had published, but the Syndicate was judged free to take subsequent volumes elsewhere.[8] Subsequent volumes were published by Simon and Schuster. Adams died in 1982. In 1987, Simon and Schuster purchased the syndicate from its partners - Edward Stratemeyer Adams, Camilla Adams McClave, Patricia Adams Harr, Nancy Axelrod and Lilo Wuenn - and turned to Mega-Books, a book packager, to handle the writing process for new volumes.[9]
Writing guidelines"They don't have hippies in them," [Adams] said... "And none of the characters have love affairs or get pregnant or take dope."[10]
All Stratemeyer Syndicate books were written under certain guidelines, based on practices Stratemeyer began with his first series, the Rover Boys.[3] All books would be part of a series. To establish more quickly if a series was likely to be successful, the first several volumes would be published at once. These first volumes are often referred to as "breeders." [11] The books would be written under a pseudonym. This would provide for seeming continuity of authorship, even when an author died, and would disguise the fact that series were written by multiple ghostwriters and plot-outliners. The books would look as much like contemporary adult books as possible, with similar bindings and type-faces.[11] The books would be of a predictable length. Chapters and pages should end mid-situation, to increase the reader's desire to keep reading.[11] Each book would begin with a quick recap of all previous books in that series, in order to promote those books.[11] Books might also end with a preview of the next volume in the series: "Nancy ... could not help but wonder when she might encounter as strange a mystery as the recent one. Such a case was to confront her soon, The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes."[12] The books would be priced at 50 cents, rather than the more common 75 cents, $1.00, or $1.25.[13] Characters should not age or marry. Protagonists of early series such as the Rover Boys, Tom Swift, and Ruth Fielding did grow up and marry, but sales dropped afterwards, prompting the Syndicate to make a rule that characters never marry.[14]
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Foreign PublicationsSome syndicate series' were also reprinted in foreign countries. The first appearance seems to be the first Ted Scott Flying Stories book, published in Germany in the early 1930s as Ted Scott Der Ozeanflieger. The artwork was always changed when reprinted in other countries, and sometimes character names were as well. Other series reprinted outside the States include Nancy Drew (Britain, Australia, Sweden, France), The Dana Girls, The Hardy Boys and the Bobbsey Twins. These other series first appeared around the 1950s outside the States. The second Stratemeyer Syndicate series to be re-printed outside the United States appears to have been the first 2 books in the Don Sturdy series. Although an exact date of printing is unknown, the book [not] pictured to the right is hand-inscribed "X-Mas 1939". Only 2 Don Sturdy books were printed in Britain (the other being The Desert of Mystery). Two British forms of The Big Snake Hunters are known to exist, both printed by The Children's Press, one from the 1930s and another with different cover art from the 1950s.
Notes[1] Romalov (1995), 118. [2] Rehak (2006), 8. [3] Billman. [4] Keeline, "Stratemeyer Syndicate." [5] Rehak, (2006), 25. [6] Rehak (2006), 243. [7] Johnson, Deirdre. Edward Stratemeyer and the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Page 16. [8] Johnson, 17. [9] Plunkett-Powell (1993), 29. [10] Klemesrud (1968). [11] Billman, Carol. The Secret of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. [12] Keene, Carolyn. The Moonstone Castle Mystery. Page 178. [13] Plunkett-Powell, Karen. The Nancy Drew Scrapbook. Page 16. [14] Kismaric and Heiferman (2007), 20. [15] Romalov (1995), 115. [16] Ross (1997). [17] Rehak (2006), 97. [18] Romalov (1995), 117. [19] Romalov, Nancy Tillman. Childrens Series Books and the Rhetoric of Guidance: A Historical Overview. In Rediscovering Nancy Drew. Dyer, Carolyn Stewart, and Nancy Tillman Romalov, eds. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995. Page 116. [20] Rehak, Melanie. Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her. NY: Harcourt, 2005. Page 97-98.
References Billman, Carol (1986). The Secret of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Ungar. ISBN0-8044-2055-6. Johnson, Deirdre (1993). Edward Stratemeyer and the Stratemeyer Syndicate. Twayne. ISBN0-8057-4006-6. Keeline, James D (2008). Cornelius, Michael G; Gregg, Melanie E. eds. "The Nancy Drew Mythtery Stories" in Nancy Drew and Her Sister Sleuths. McFarland & Company. ISBN978-0-7864-3995-9. Keeline, James D. "Stratemeyer Syndicate" (http://www.keeline.com/StratemeyerSyndicate.html). Retrieved 19 April 2009. Kismaric, Carole; Marvin Heiferman (2007). The Mysterious Case of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. Fireside. ISBN1-4165-4945-5. Klemesrud, Judy (4 April 1968). "100 Books - and Not a Hippie in Them." The New York Times, p.52. Accessed through ProQuest Historical Newspapers on 22 May 2009. Plunkett-Powell, Karen (1993). The Nancy Drew Scrapbook: 60 years of America's favorite teenage sleuth. St. Martin's Press. ISBN0-312-09881-2. Rehak, Melanie (2006). Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her. Harvest. ISBN0-15-603056-X. Romalov, Nancy Tillman (1995). Dyer, Carolyn Stewart; Romalov, Nancy Tillman. eds. "Childrens Series Books and the Rhetoric of Guidance: A Historical Overview" in Rediscovering Nancy Drew. University of Iowa Press. ISBN0-87745-501-5. Ross, Catherine (May 1997). "Reading the Covers Off Nancy Drew: What Readers Say About Series Books". Emergency Librarian 24 (5).
External links James Keeline's Stratemeyer Syndicate Homepage (http://stratemeyer.org) Victor Appleton books (http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/a#a267) available free at Project Gutenberg. Allen Chapman books (http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/c#a2575) available free at Project Gutenberg. Alice B. Emerson books (http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/e#a1619) available free at Project Gutenberg. Laura Lee Hope books (http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/h#a367) available free at Project Gutenberg. Roy Rockwood books (http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/r#a1625) available free at Project Gutenberg. Frank V. Webster books (http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/author?name=Webster, Frank V) available free at Project Gutenberg. Arthur M. Winfield books (http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/s#a1626) available free at Project Gutenberg. Clarence Young books (http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/y#a1632) available free at Project Gutenberg. Guide to the Stratemeyer Syndicate records at the University of Oregon (http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/ findaid/ark:/80444/xv83120)
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Two bayside golf clubs in Melbourne are just the ticket for a peaceful day…
The sandy land of Melbourne's south east has long provided a fertile base for the state's best golf courses. The honour roll includes Kingston Heath, Yarra Yarra, and the incomparable Royal Melbourne. Nestled comfortably nearby are two lovely layouts just oozing character.
Cheltenham Golf Club's nine holes share a boundary and topography with the mighty Victoria Golf Club. The course dips and rolls over wonderful sandbelt country. Tight driving holes and speedy greens call for a sharp game. There are no poor lies on the fairways, and the birdlife, sea breezes and glorious tree-lines bring much pleasure to a round here.
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U.S. Open champ Geoff Ogilvy cut his golfing teeth at Cheltenham, before moving next door to test his enormous potential on a more challenging layout. He speaks of great times there, and acknowledges its place in his career. For those with lesser ambitions, Cheltenham is a course you can play forever.
A little further down the bay road lies another 9-holer. Frankston Golf Club is unique, at least in this part of the world. Tucked away from the town centre and busy beach area, the club seems outside mainstream golf club life. There's no gate, no signage, no website. And it's all the better for it.
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Inspiring Podcasts From Fiercely Honest Female Hosts
There's something special about listening to a podcast. In a way, the digital medium is distinctly modern — with a few taps of a touch screen, any of us can download countless hours of captivating content into our back pockets. And yet, the audio format feels nostalgic. It's reminiscent of early radio and even echoes our ancient methods of campfire-style storytelling.
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Part 2: The Financial Fit
Boo! It's Halloween, or as we like to call it in Admissions, Early Decision Eve.
With this pending deadline, we wanted to provide some further information about Financial Aid at Barnard. Below are four points that will help you understand how Financial Aid at Barnard works.
Need-Blind: We are need-blind in our review of first-year admissions applications for US citizens and permanent residents. This means that admissions officers are unaware of a student's financial circumstances when evaluating an application or debating an application in committee, maintaining "blindness" to financial circumstances until a decision is made.
Meeting 100% of Demonstrated Need: Barnard guarantees to meet 100% of demonstrated need for all admitted students. Our Financial Aid office determines need using the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and the CSS Profile used for private institutions. Visit our Financial Aid website and fill out the net-price calculator to get an idea of your family's need. At Barnard. the majority of our financial aid packages are made up of grants and scholarships (money you don't have to pay back). The average first-year students entering in the fall of 2015 received $47,069 in grant money. Students financial aid packages also include work-study (where the student gets a job on campus that helps with their expenses), and a small portion of the package will be low-interest student loans. We try to keep these as low as possible and have done so quite successfully; the average indebtedness of a graduating senior last year was $17,039 for the full four years.
Need-Based: We only offer need-based financial aid at Barnard. Need-based aid is financial aid based entirely on what a student and/or family needs financially in order to attend an institution. We don't offer merit-based aid. Merit-based aid can be based off of things like standardized test scores or GPA.
Need-Aware: We are need-aware in our review of international citizens and applications from all transfer students. This means that we will consider a student's financial need in our admissions decision making. Any student who is not a US citizen or permanent resident is considered an international student for financial aid purposes (regardless of where they live).
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There will be no difference in a student's Financial Aid package if they apply Early Decision or Regular Decision. For applicants and families, it is important to remember that Early Decision is a binding agreement signed by the student, parent/guardian and guidance counselor, indicating that if a student is admitted to Barnard, they will attend. Therefore, families will not be able to compare Financial Aid packages from multiple institutions if the student is admitted in Early Decision like they can in Regular Decision. If you are interested in applying Early Decision, we encourage you to use the net-price calculator to help determine if the financial aid package works for you and your family before committing.
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What do you say when a Moms Club asks you to help them with their Holiday photo fundraiser? You say "YES!" And what if they are a club for families with twins or triplets? "DOUBLE YES!" North County Moms of Multiples asked me to photograph their families for their Annual Holiday Photo Fundraiser and I was so excited to work with them this year.As a Mom with twins and an older child, I know the challenges of having multiple children, let alone the special challenge of getting them all dressed, happy and looking at the camera at the same time. I was up for the challenge.I photographed lots of twins and a set of triplets.There were families of all sizes, families of 4 up to families of 7.Familes of all boys, families of just girls and then families with a great mix of both.Unfortunately, we could not prepare for the crazy rain we had. Our first day of sessions got rained out after we squeezed a few shots in and luckily the next day was drier but so dark and gloomy. I think we still captured some great shots of these adorable kids and great families. After all the make-up sessions and dealing with the delays, I still can say it was a fun experience and I'd do it again.
North County Moms of Multiples is an awesome group and if you have multiples you really should join the club and get to know these awesome families. Hopefully I'll see some of these families again for their next set of Holiday photos.


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Tom Hiddleston & Ruth Wilson Support Michael Kors' New Collaboration with Artist David Downton
Tom Hiddleston poses for a photo with Ruth Wilson while attending the Michael Kors cocktail party to celebrate the designer's collaboration with artist David Downton on Thursday (October 11) at Claridge's Hotel in New York City.
Also joining the designer at the event were The Mummy actress Annabelle Wallis and model Kate Moss.
Tom and Ruth have known each other for years. They were both stars of the British television series Suburban Shootout from 2006 through 2007.
Ruth recently wrapped up her run on the hit Showtime series The Affair after four seasons.