text:
2019 looks like it is sure to be a big year for the United Kingdom what with the ever-present talk of Brexit, people's vote and second referendums but I can also guarantee that 2019 will also be a big year for Laura Wood with her striking, new novel Vote for Effie. So it is with great pleasure that I kick off 2019 at The Reader Teacher with this review and guest post from Laura herself as part of the Vote for Effie blog tour!
'A revelation! A barrier-breaking book that's about optimism as much as activism and one that definitely gets my vote… Vote for Effie deserves to be a HUGE hit!'
Rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Title: Vote for Effie
Author: Laura Wood (@lauraclarewood)
Illustrator (Cover): Emma Trithart (Instagram)
Illustrator (Inside): Mirelle Ortega (@moxvi_)
Publisher: Scholastic (@scholasticuk)
Page count: 240
Date of publication: 3rd January 2019
Series status: N/A
Perfect for Year 5 and Year 6.
1. Impassioned 📣
2. Rousing 😊
3. Campaign 🗳
The last thing new girl Effie Kostas needs right now is to be running a high-stakes campaign for Student Council President against the most popular boy in school. But she's not about to sit quietly by the face of great injustice – SO THE RACE IS ON.
With the help of a band of misfits, a whole lot of glitter glue and an angry parrot, can Effie defy the odds and win the election? And can one girl really make a difference?
Review: Feeling friendless and all alone at her new secondary school after starting mid-way through the year, Euphemia Kostas ('actually pronounced "Yoo-fem-ia, by the way') – known more preferably as Effie – finds little in the way of likemindedness or appreciation from her new peers: none of which seem as articulate, as determined or as welcoming as her.
Fear not however as this act of adversity is only a small bump in the road for Effie and does not stop her in her admirable pursuit of friend-finding but that's not before she has a run-in with Aaron Davis who just happens to be the most popular boy in school… and unfortunately for Effie, he's also the incumbent Student Council President. After arguing over the only thing Effie is currently enjoying in the school: the last piece of chocolate cake from the canteen, she recognises that Aaron is only in this enviable leadership position for the perks. Being a flagship example for fairness and with a social commentary with more insight and intuition than many adults could possess, Effie is soon on a one-girl mission to try to change this and put democracy back on the map and in to the heart of the school.
Starting with her four-point plan:
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Get the school to be greener and start a proper recycling campaign.
- Clubs for all: Make more funding available for people who want to start their own clubs and societies NOT JUST THE BOYS' SPORTS TEAMS.
- No-one eats alone: Set up a buddy system so that no one feels left out. Introduce mentors for students so that they feel welcome and included.and my own personal favourite of course…
- We need libraries: Raise funds for new books and a proper librarian. Libraries aren't a luxury, we need them.
With the help of an equally resilient and dynamic group of friends, Effie finds herself standing up for what she believes in and takes on Aaron at his own game – which is news to him – and many of the teachers and the school's systems – as he's been mostly unchallenged in previous years.
On the surface, this is a story with a premise that promises lots and I'm pleased to say that underneath it differs from that of some modern politicians' promises in that it delivers a considerable amount too.
Laura has captured the earnest-yet-empowered, confidence-developing character and indomitable spirit of Effie perfectly as she lives with her family – which includes a loveably cheeky sister who could be another (although ever-so-slightly-different) Effie in waiting – and whose relationships with a supporting cast such as a young-at-heart next-door neighbour are a complete complement to its central character. A thoroughly modern Millicent… Effie is your new best friend, your new sister and your new triple threat of inspiration, idol and heroine all rolled in to one.
This is an absolute revelation! A barrier-breaking book that will gain a majority and inspire a generation by making you feel so energised, so enthusiastic and so eager to join Effie's campaign that you will want to read it all in one sitting – just like I did. Impassioned, rousing & essential reading for rights… Vote for Effie deserves to be a HUGE hit. Vote with your feet – and hands! – and go and buy/borrow this wonderfully-written story: I can assure you that you won't be disappointed.
'A revelation! A barrier-breaking book that's about optimism as much as activism and one that definitely gets my vote… Vote for Effie deserves to be a HUGE hit!'
Celebrating young girls who are changing the world
Greta Thunberg
Writing this just before Christmas, I have recently been so inspired by fifteen-year-old Swedish environmental activist, Greta Thunberg. Between August and September, Greta protested every day outside parliament, demanding that the Swedish government reduce carbon emissions.
In December, Greta addressed the COP24 United Nations climate change summit. She didn't mince her words, saying, "you only talk about moving forward with the same bad ideas that got us into this mess, even when the only sensible thing to do is pull the emergency brake. You are not mature enough to tell it like it is. Even that burden you leave to us children."
One of the biggest things I wanted to address when writing Vote for Effie was the idea that young people, but especially girls are often told that they should be quiet. Boys might be called brave or assertive, where a girl is more likely to be called bossy or shrill. I think Greta is such a wonderful example of what can happen when girls speak up, and why we should all be listening to them.
You can watch Greta's speech here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFkQSGyeCWg
Laura Wood
Big thanks to Harriet Dunlea, Laura and all at Scholastic for inviting me to share my thoughts on this powerful and passionately-written book as part of Vote for Effie blog tour!
Extra thanks to Laura for her guest post highlighting a real-life example of Effie's character.
📣 Mr E 🗳
Vote for Effie is available to order now online or from any good bookshop.


text:
Leftover Baked Quinoa and Chili Eggs
Serving Size: 1
- 1 cup leftover chili
- 1 cup leftover quinoa
- 2 eggs
- 1 stalk scallions, thinly sliced
- pinch chili pepper flakes
- spinkle of za'atar
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Lightly grease a 6in cast iron pan. Layer quinoa and then top with chili.
- Make two slight dents in the chili and crack an egg into each dent. Top with a pinch of chili pepper flakes and a sprinkle of za'atar.
- Bake at 400 degrees from 8-10min, until whites are cooked and serve sprinkled with sliced scallions.
For the full post, visit Bacon, Egg & Cheese(cake).

subset: commoncrawl


text:
On the road to Yosemite
This shot was taken just off of the highway on the way to Yosemite. The whole drive is fantastic and full of vistas like this one. It was a bit funny though, while surrounded with this level of beauty, they still had the gall to post signs for "Lookout Point Ahead" sights every few miles or so... just in case you weren't looking around the rest of the time. I didn't fully appreciate the reason for these sings until I was the one driving. While in some cases being the designated driver is due to the fact that your entourage is looking for a night out, in this case it means you only get to look at the view when they do post those signs for the Lookout Points so you have a reason to tell those in the car, "I'm sorry I need to pull over for a second". Luckily, Kerry was never one to complain about getting a closer look!


text:
|We take pleasure in introducing MEKON Inc.(A┼×.) a Turkish Company who is active in Blasting,Coating and Insulation in association with European & American Contractors with 51 years of practical experience in the Civil, Industrial and Marine fields. gunluk kiral─▒k daireler
|─░stanbul Bosphorous Bridge 41 years ago Repairing of coating executed after 36 years.
MEKON is an experienced establishment witha solid background in its field of activities. It has so far completed wide-ranging industrial projects including Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in different continents ; in Africa, Asia, Europe & Middle East
|Coated 32 years ago.
Nuclear Power Plant / Bushehr / Iran
|We are capable to complete the projects before the time scheduled and have always done so.
|Conqueror Sultan Mehmet Bridge coated 24 years ago Up to year 2011, no maintenance at all
This is our QUALITY .


text:
Junkin' Family StyleSeptember 1st, 2009 in member junk
My Grandma is finally moving to a smaller home, and has offered up piles of good stuff for us! This afternoon, I was delighted to find her dining room buffet stacked with old cookbooks and recipes. I picked out the yellow recipe box, which I remember going through over and over when I was learning to cook. Also, a vintage "Warren" (Pennsylvania) cookbook and a "Grace Before Meals" book that I am going to incorporate into my Thanksgiving centerpiece. The cracker holder in the back is an original - I made it when I was about 9 years old at the Salvation Army Wood Workshop that we attended in the 70's.
Pattern or design used: Not specified
posted in: member junk, wood, cookbooks, prayer book, cracker tray
Comments (9)
Be Well,
Sue Posted: 10:08 am on September 4th
Take care,
Posted: 5:11 am on September 3rd
The old cookbooks are priceless, good thing grandma saved them. I love your little cracker holder. Aren't you glad it's still around after all these years.
Posted: 2:29 am on September 3rd
Midge Posted: 10:46 pm on September 1st


text:
Three Arab countries where popular risings have been quashed have achieved their worst-ever rankings in the annual press freedom index.
But the falls by Syria, Bahrain and Yemen are among many changes that reflect a year of unrest and protest.
The United States, for example, has dropped markedly due to the targeting of journalists covering the Occupy Wall Street movement.
It slipped 27 places, down to 47th place out of a total of 179 countries in the survey. Britain fell from 19th to 28th (though the reason for that remains unclear).
"Crackdown was the word of the year in 2011," said Reporters Without Borders (RWB), the international press freedom watchdog, when releasing its 10th annual index.
"Never has freedom of information been so closely associated with democracy. Never have journalists, through their reporting, vexed the enemies of freedom so much.
Never have acts of censorship and physical attacks on journalists seemed so numerous. The equation is simple: the absence or suppression of civil liberties leads necessarily to the suppression of media freedom.
Dictatorships fear and ban information, especially when it may undermine them."
The statement continued: "It is no surprise that the same trio of countries, Eritrea, Turkmenistan and North Korea, absolute dictatorships that permit no civil liberties, again occupy the last three places in the index."
Just above them are Syria, Iran and China. Also in the bottom 10 are Bahrain, Vietnam and Yemen.
The two countries at the top - Finland and Norway - repeated last year's performance. They were joined by Estonia and the Netherlands.
RWB comments that these countries "respect basic freedoms" and serve "as a reminder that media independence can only be maintained in strong democracies and that democracy needs media freedom."
Attempts to secure democracy in the Arab world have had contrasting political outcomes. So Tunisia (134th) rose 30 places while Bahrain (173rd) fell 29 places because of its relentless crackdown on pro-democracy movements.
While Libya (154th) turned the page on the Gaddafi era, Egypt (166th) fell 39 places because the military leadership which replaced the Mubarak regime in February has dashed the hopes of democrats. There were three periods of exceptional violence for journalists - in February, November and December.
Latin America and Africa
Many South American countries have been marked by a culture of violence towards the media and impunity for killers.
Mexico (149th), Colombia (143rd) and Honduras (135th) are the worst examples. But the biggest fall in Latin America was by Brazil, which plunged 41 places to 99th where the high level of violence resulted in the deaths of three journalists and bloggers.
Chile (80th) fell 47 places because of its many freedom of information violations, committed very often by the security forces during student protests.
Africa saw some of the biggest falls in the index. Djibouti, a discreet little dictatorship in the Horn of Africa, fell 49 places to 159th. Malawi (146th) fell 67 places because of the totalitarian tendencies of its president.
Uganda (139th) fell 43 places after becoming much more repressive. President Yoweri Museveni launched an unprecedented crackdown on opposition movements and independent media after the elections in February.
And Côte d'Ivoire fell 41 places to 159th because the media were badly hit by the fighting between the supporters of rival presidents.
South Sudan, a new nation facing many challenges, managed to enter the index in a respectable position (111th) for what is a breakaway from one of the worst ranked countries, Sudan (170th).
By contrast, Niger (29th) achieved the biggest rise in a single year, 75 places, thanks to a successful political transition.
Europe and Asia
Several European countries fall far behind rest of continent, none more than Turkey (148th), which has failed to introduce reforms and carried out a wave of arrests of journalists.
Bulgaria (80th), Greece (70th) and Italy (61st) have not addressed media freedom violations. And there was little progress from France (down to 38th), Spain (39th) and Romania (47th).
The European record remains much better than the Asian. For example, Pakistan (151st) was the world's deadliest country for journalists for the second year running.
Somalia (164th), which has been at war for 20 years, shows no sign of finding a way out of the chaos in which journalists are paying a heavy price.
In Iran (175th), the hounding and humiliating of journalists has been part of its political culture for years. The regime feeds on persecution of the media.
Iraq (152nd) fell back 22 places and is now worryingly approaching its 2008 position (158th). Burma (169th) has a slightly better position than in previous years as a result of political changes in recent months that have raised hopes but need to be confirmed.
Many arrests were made in Vietnam (172nd). In China (174th), the government responded to protests about scandals and acts of injustice by reinforcing its system of controlling news and information. There were extrajudicial arrests and internet censorship was stepped up.
There was a dramatic rise in the number of arrests in Azerbaijan (162nd) under Ilham Aliyev's autocratic government. Opposition journalists were abducted and foreign reporters were barred in order to impose a news blackout on unrest.
Source: Reporters Without Borders


text:
Here are a couple of interesting drills for practising deashibarai solo. And here's your trick question of the day - how can you reconcile the downward snatching motion at the end of each rep with the concept of orenaite (the unbendable arm)? Or can you? Or should you? Does orenaite play a role in judo? Stay tuned for my annswer on what this drill has to do with the unbendable arm.
Patrick Parker, is a Christian, husband, father, judo and aikido teacher, Program Director for a Cardiac Rehab, and a Ph.D. Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com or phone 601.248.7282
Subscribe now for free updates from the Mokuren Dojo blog


text:
A marketing strategy can either make or break your printing business. As you know, there are many aspects to a good marketing strategy. So which marketing strategy is right for you? How do you know which marketing strategy really works? Obviously, the best strategy is the one that gains profits. In this article, we will discuss some aspects of a great market strategy.
First and foremost, look at your website. Make sure your design is eye catching and easy to maneuver. Make sure that you have attractive pictures or illustrations that get your customers attention. Customers don't care about your new press or copier, so don't clutter your homepage with your proud new pictures. People like to see people. Especially people like you. If you can, stay away from stock photography and hire a professional photographer to take pictures of you and your staff. Tell your customers how you can solve their problems, don't sell them on the fact that you do great stationery. Sell them on the fact that you can solve what ever problem or need they have.
A second marketing strategy is to promote you service. Get yourself noticed. Send out flyers, business cards, post cards, etc. Hey, you sell direct mail, why not use it to promote yourself. Get yourself noticed on the web as well. Become entrenched in various social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, Delicious, etc. The more access/touch points you have for your customers and prospects, the better off you will be.
Number three, get set up with a good email marketing program. Web applications like Constant Contact are a great way to send marketing materials as well as track your success. Constant Contact also offers autoresponders. This automated form of a marketing keeps your customers and prospects informed about your services automatically. You literally write the messages and autoresponders send them out on set schedules. Once you set it up the first time, the program does all the work for you. Using an autoresponder to send out advertisements of your product is fast and convenient. Everything is done by email.
Try developing a catchy slogan for your comapny. Think about it, how many slogans can you name, and how many products to you remember because of that slogan. This is a great marketing strategy because it is a way for people to easily remember your business. If they remember or recognize you, they are likely to use you.
Another powerful marketing strategy is the use of SEO (search engine optimization) tactics. I will admit that there is a lot of speculation and false information buzzing around about what is effect SEO. Many place will sell you there SEO services for a couple thousand dollars. I stay away from those people. Buy a book like SEO for Dummies or subscribe to a training service like Lynda.com and do what you can on your own. Effect SEO takes a little work, but most printers are capable of doing the legwork themselves. Using SEO correctly will attract more people to your site. More people on your site means more exposure. More exposure means more leads. More leads can turn into more sales. Get the picture?
Finally, the last marketing strategy is to have great public relations. With good public relations, your business will prosper through word of mouth. Allow customers to submit feedback of your business. Place positive feedback and testimonials on your website. It makes your business look good and customers tend to prefer to use businesses that have positive feedback.
A killer marketing strategy will cost you some time and money, so don't be fooled by thinking you can do it for next to nothing. But if you look in the right places and follow some good advice, your marketing strategy should leave you coming out on top.
Joe Kern is Vice President of Marketing/Customer Service at PagePath Technologies. PagePath was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Plano, Illinois. PagePath's MyOrderDesk is an eCommerce solution that combines, Web-to-Print, automated proofing, pricing, reordering and more. It seamlessly integrates into a printing organization's existing website or can be used as a standalone site. MyOrderDesk is known throughout the printing industry as the leader in Web-to-Print software.


text:
No Recent Price Change
46 Murray Boulevard
Charleston, SC 29401
- Residential
- Single Family Detached
- Sold
Agent Remarks
This solid brick Colonial Revival double house on the Battery at 46 Murray Blvd. is known as the Dr. Robert Barnwell Rhett House. Situated on two lots in Charleston's premier South of Broad residential neighborhood, it boasts sweeping views of the Ashley River and some of the loveliest gardens on Murray Blvd. Completed in 1928, it incorporates 1830s woodwork secured from the Holmes Mansion at 19 East Battery, before that home was demolished. Notable exterior details include a columned demilune portico accessed by sweeping twin staircases and topped with a balustrade, fan lights both above the front door and in the pediment, 12-over-12 windows, and double side piazzas. The house is separated from the street by a brick and iron fence which features iron work by Philip Simmons. The gate is significant for having been wrought in one of his first heart designs. All iron work has been fully restored. A large side lawn overlooked by a porch is perfect for entertaining. Century-old majestic live oaks dominate the yard. There is ample off-street parking. Beautifully landscaped gardens lead back to an in-ground pool and pool pavilion with wet bar, half bath and outdoor shower. Inside, the grand entry hall is dominated by the reclaimed Federal hand-pierced woodwork that was installed without nails. It is flanked by formal living and dining rooms with views of the Battery and Ashley River. Each has a gas fireplace with faux coal insert and intricate Adams mantle. The substantial wainscoting, window molding and crown molding are also from the Holmes Mansion. An arched passageway from the living room leads to a half bath and handsome library/den to the back of the house. The dining room has built-in corner china cabinet and a door that opens to the Tuscan-columned, brick side porch. Hardwood floors flow throughout the living areas. The large kitchen features cork floors and a pressed tin ceiling. An eat-in area has built-in shelves to display your china and glassware. Black granite countertops provide plenty of prep space and the stainless steel appliances include a professional 6-burner gas stove with griddle, plus a wall oven and microwave. A back porch has been converted to sunroom off the kitchen and an office with a beautiful stained glass door insert. Both rooms boast views of the lush, tranquil garden. The original brick porch floor remains under the hardwoods. Upstairs are 3 bedrooms with en-suite full baths. The front bedroom has fireplace with a mantle taken from the same house as the downstairs woodwork. The master suite has commanding views of the Battery via access to a half-moon balcony off the front of the house. Its sitting room has a fireplace with a marble mantle and French doors that lead to the second-floor side piazza. The master bathroom has cork floors, a walk-in closet, a Jacuzzi tub in a mirrored alcove, and his and hers vanities with marble countertops. The stair landing hall has bookshelves and space for a second floor sitting room. The third floor features an oculus window that provides a birds-eye view of the back yard, garden and pool. A large room with a walk-in closet and full bath is the fourth bedroom. A laundry and storage room complete this level. The house sits on a raised basement that provides storage space. The furnished floor elevation is 11.2' and had no water during the last 3 floods.
Sale Info
Listing Date: 10-05-2018
Sold Date: 10-31-2019
Aprox Days on Market:
1 Year, 25 days ago
Listing Sold:
1 month, 13 days ago
Asking Price: $4,500,000
Selling Price: $1,799,000
Price Difference:
Reduced By $2,701,000
Baths Info
Halfbaths: 2
Fullbaths: 4
Building Info
Year Built: 1928
Floors: Ceramic Tile, Wood, Marble
Foundation: Crawl Space
Exterior Features
Misc Ext: Fence - Brick, Fence - Metal Enclosed, Pool - In Ground
Interior Features
Msc Intr: Ceilings - 9+, Ceiling - Smooth, Window Treatments - Some, Other Use Remarks, Walk-in Closets
Lot Info
Acres: 0
Lot Desc: Riverview
Parking Info
Gar Pkg: Off-street Parking
Property Features
Amenity: Cable Tv Available, Trash Pickup
Desclocation: Bedroom, Dining Room, Gas Connection, Living Room, Three +
Roof: Slate
Style: Colonial
Stories: 3 Stories
Special: Flood Insurance
Rooms Info
Beds: 4
Ground Level: Yes
Rooms: Eat-in-kitchen, Formal Living, Foyer, Laundry, Office, Pantry, Separate Dining, Sun
SqFt Info
Sqft: 4,582
Utilities / HVAC
Cooling: Central
Heat: Electric, Forced Air, Gas, Heat Pump
Water Sewer: Public Sewer, Public Water
Elem: Memminger
Middle: Simmons Pinckney
High: Burke
Courtesy of listing office Disher Hamrick & Myers Res Inc


text:
The image depicts a scene from El Rancho Grande. Photo courtesy of Filmoteca UNAM Collection
But Where Are the Mexican Films?
By Humberto Delgado
A couple of years ago, in 2007, the so-called Three Amigos (the filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro González Iñárritu) went up on stage for the 79th Oscar Awards presentations. Their three films (Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth and Babel, respectively) garnered a total of sixteen nominations for the golden statuette (ten of them for people born in Mexico). Together, they won four of the Oscars handed over that night and a contract with Universal for $100 million dollars to produce five movies, one or two of them in Spanish.
On the other side of the border, the event was much celebrated and publicized. This national triumph had great symbolic value for Mexico. These directors and other Mexican artists had managed to realize the American dream by directing Robert de Niro, acting alongside of Brad Pitt, and working as photography directors for Tim Burton or the Coen brothers. Film criticism in Mexico, sometimes excessively condescending, at other times extremely harsh, was polarized between critics who unabashedly praised the filmmakers for displaying high technical expertise and notable aesthetic quality in these multimillion dollar projects, and commentators who considered these films to be mere "popcorn movies," commercial factory piecework that erased national identity and eclipsed true Mexican films with cultural values that defined the country or that had taken risks to create formal avant garde experiments. Regardless of this polemic (impossible to resolve in this space), the night of the 2007 Oscars could also be said to demonstrate a historic inertia of cinematography in a country which had been capable of generating its own export-quality movies. In this, the relations between Mexico and the United States have played a fundamental role that is responsible for the present situation—not only cinematographic, but also the economic, political, social and cultural. Let us use the flashback technique to explain some of the background that led to the night when the Three Amigos took each other's hands and greeted the audience in the movie awards ceremony seen throughout the world.
The initial point of departure for any discussion of Mexican film is its so-called Golden Age, whose exact dates are defined differently by different commentators. In "El cine nacional," for example, Carlos Monsiváis places the era from 1930 to 1954, while Rafael Aviña and Gustavo García situate its beginning in 1936, the year of the legendary film Allá en el Rancho Grande. In any case, the period encompassed a little less than thirty years and managed to dominate the film industry in Latin America, with the exception of Argentina. Mexico made the most widely seen films in Spanish on the continent, including in Brazil and the United States; here, in 1950, 300 movie houses showed Spanish-language films, mainly Mexican movies.
Commercial success led to thematic richness in the film industry. Producers made movies of an expressionist nature such as Dos monjes (1934), political-historical films such as ¡Vámonos con Pancho Villa! (1935) or films dissecting specific sectors of the society such as the family in Una familia de tantas (1934) or immigrants to the United States in Espaldas mojadas(1953). Only a strong film industry could receive exiled Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel and help revive his career, or let a terribly bad filmmaker, Juan Orol (the local Ed Wood), write, direct, produce, act in and compose the music for a movie in which Mexican charros—a type of Mexican cowboy—defend the national sovereignty when threatened by the Chicago Mafia (Gángsters contra charros, 1947). This peculiar and weird film demonstrates the good health and diversity of a cinematography capable of making 108 movies in 1949 and 150 in 1950, in contrast to the harsh and sad reality of the end of the century, when only thirteen movies were made in 1997.
In this entire Mexican Belle Époque, Mexico-United States relations were notably important. The first factor that should be mentioned—a commonplace for all references regarding this period—was Mexico's northern neighbor's entry into World War II. The U.S. film industry needed to ration its production of celluloid (the material for making film) and to concentrate its movie production on war-related movies and propaganda. Thus, although it continued to be the dominant industry in the world, it had to cede a bit of room to its neighbors. In addition, European film, the second dominant market in Latin America, directly suffered the effects of the war. Mexico took advantage of the situation when it declared itself an ally of the United States against the German-Italian-Japanese axis. Its Spanish-language film competitors fell behind: Spain was recuperating from a civil war, and Argentina was trapped in its relationship with Germany and Italy. Hence the Mexican movie industry flourished and expanded throughout the continent.
In addition to the factor of the war, the Golden Age of movies in Mexico was strengthened by closeness to Hollywood. The proximity of the border allowed many Mexican technicians and film artists to develop their skills in the United States and to learn from Hollywood the difficult art of making movies. The most notable case—because of its importance and because it serves as a microcosm of the relationship between the two neighbors—is that of the group made up of Emilio Fernández (director), Gabriel Figueroa (cinematographer) and Dolores del Río (actress). This group is unanimously considered by critics as the crew that brought film aesthetics of Mexico to its highest point during the Golden Age in the middle of the 20th century, a status that even today no one has been able to attain. All three had been in Hollywood under different circumstances, and each one was representative of the diverse strata of Mexican society.
First, there is Emilio Fernández, the wetback who worked his way up to learning how to make movies after laboring as bricklayer, longshoreman and waiter in Chicago and Los Angeles. He then became an apprentice in several movies, where he learned a bit of everything and was a specialist in nothing. Later, thanks to his athletic figure, he was hired as a double and an extra in movies, including a few for Douglas Fairbanks. The "Indio" —the Indian—(a nickname he wore with honor) is even said to have been the model who posed for the Oscar statuette, an unlikely tale but indicative of his striking looks. Fernández arrived in Hollywood in the 1920s, when the cinematographic development of silent films had reached its peak after its institutionalization with films such as Intolerance in the previous decade. It was also in California where "El Indio" learned of an unfinished film that affected him deeply: Sergei Eisenstein's ¡Que viva México!, about which he declares, "This is where I learned the pain of the people, the land, the strike, the struggle for freedom and social justice. It was wonderful." This statement is in and of itself an aesthetic declaration that Emilio Fernández would abide by to the end.
The inspiring mix of the North American film and the Soviet director would influence Fernández significantly after he returned to Mexico and became the author of Flor Silvestre, Enamorada, Río Escondido, María Candelaria and Salón México, among his most significant films. As does Almodóvar today, Fernández stylized melodrama in such a fashion as to give it a tragic aspect and transform it into something greater that could effectively transmit the values of a post-revolutionary Mexico. The idealization and exaltation as a way to construct the identity of the country led the director to create diverse mythic figures that have survived in the local imaginary (the Peasant, the Motherland, the Mother, Providence, all with capital letters). He is, without a doubt, the most nationalist among nationalist filmmakers and this turned him, for better or worse, into one of the few Mexican film directors, perhaps the only one, that has made it to a select pantheon known as authors' films. The grandfather of the Three Amigos returned from the United States to his country of origin, not to reencounter but to reinvent it and this was somethg he never would have been able to accomplish without the experience of living in the United States, distanced from his home country.
The director would not have accomplished much without the help of another notable artist: the cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa, who also had his own experience in Hollywood. If Emilio Fernández crossed the border as a wetback, Figueroa did so through networking among producers. Figueroa received a scholarship in 1935 from the Mexican film company CLASA to study with the legendary Gregg Toland, who later would become the cameraman for Citizen Kane and also would take charge of teaching Orson Wells about the language of film. Just as Eisenstein was important for Fernández, Toland's style would mark Figueroa and through him the entire Mexican film industry, with the use of deep focus in which the depth of field is increased and the cinematographic space is expanded. The "Indio" and Figueroa learned to optimize this resource to capture the Mexican landscape, imbuing it with a lyrical essence. Through Figueroa, Mexican photography turned into a school with a certain prestige in the world, to the degree that today, fifty years later, there are at least five Mexican cameramen filming in Hollywood and winning Oscars for which Figueroa was nominated, but did not win.
Last but not least is Dolores del Río, who arrived in Hollywood in a very different manner. Unlike Figueroa and Fernández, the future star of the Golden Age was a member of Mexico's wealthy upper class and emigrated to California—to the circles of the jet set—after the upheaval of the Mexican Revolution. Del Río became an actress in silent films and made about 30 movies, many of them very successful and of the highest quality. She worked with highly regarded directors such as Raoul Walsh, King Vidor and Busby Berkeley, and in 1928 even managed to make a hit as a singer on the soundtrack of the silent film Ramona. Although she contributed to the promotion of the Latin stereotype, her elegant and aristocratic beauty, together with a true dramatic talent, made her a diva in her time; while a minor diva alongside some of the great divas of the period, she achieved greater fame than contemporary Mexican actresses like Salma Hayek, who has not managed to achieve a high-quality role in her North American experience. Unlike other non-English-speaking actors, Dolores del Río made an easy transition from silent film to the talkies and managed to continue her career in the United States. In 1942, getting close to 40 and knowing that Hollywood tended to put older actresses out to pasture, she decided to return to Mexico. There she met with intellectuals and artists, among whom was "Indio" Fernández. The director offered her the lead role in Flor Silvestre and this would begin the second act of her career, the face of love and feminine anguish of Mexican melodrama.
The director, the photographer, the actress. The wetback, the exchange student, the aristocrat. All the cinematographic sectors and the social strata of Mexico were enriched through this experience. U.S. cinematography gave them the technical expertise and allowed them to encounter their own cultural values that they later developed on returning to their native land. There are also other examples, such as Gonzalo Gavira, the first Mexican to win an Oscar; his award was for the sound effects in The Exorcist. Gavira managed to create peculiar sounds with ordinary objects, such as the possessed girl's famous turn of the head, a sound that he made with a comb. Another success story is that of Luis Mandoki, the first true filmmaker of this new bevy of directors at the end of the 20th century. Mandoki emigrated to California as a result of the Mexican economic crisis and achieved a certain prestige in Hollywood; years later, in a curious reversal, he returned to Mexico to support the causes of the Mexican and Central American left, making leftist, politically committed films.
Given this history, it is not surprising to see the Three Amigos on stage for the 79th Oscar ceremony. González Iñárritu, Cuarón and del Toro are products of the Mexican film industry, which, even in crisis, still maintains the infrastructure forged in the years of splendor, enabling it to develop quality movies within the scope offered by the commercial and political relations with its northern neighbor. In spite of this history of being good neighbors in the film industry, there are elements that have negatively affected the Mexican film industry, bringing about its present crisis. The free market strategy, especially through NAFTA, has constrained cinematography south of the Bravo River and has permitted U.S. monopolies to dominate the Mexican movie houses. For example, in 2000, 84.2% of films shown in Mexico were from the United States, while 8.3% were Mexican, according to cultural critic Néstor García Canclini. The vicious cycle this produces is evident: if Mexican films do not profit from or recoup their investment, movie production is cut back and thus fewer local films are shown. In response, the Mexican filmaking community has often protested, including a 1998 international symposium that was called Los que no somos Hollywood ("Those of Us Who Are Not Hollywood"). These protests resulted in an effort to implement a law to protect the Mexican cinematographic market, a law that was completely rejected by Jack Valenti, director of the Motion Picture Association of America and by the U.S. government itself. The law, of course, never went into effect. Despite these problems, thanks to new digital technologies and the participation of the Mexican government, 70 movies were made in 2008, but only 46 of them were ever shown, and as a result the audience for local movies decreased dramatically. The artificial lifeline that the Mexican state has granted to the movie industry will not help if there is no fair competition within the local market and the Mexican film industry will continue to be in crisis for at least the next few years. This problem can be seen as a microcosm of what has happened in other areas—economic, social, cultural and political—of U.S.-Mexico relations. On one hand, the strong U.S. filmindustry has directly permitted the strengthening of the Mexican industry, but at the same time, power of the former diminishes the latter. But one should not forget the fact that in its turn, México dominated the Latin American film industry in the middle of the last century and hindered cinematographic development in other Latin American countries as a result of the inevitable spiral of the big fish gobbling up the smaller ones. The strengthening of national film industries is not possible without strengthening the economy and public policy in each country; at the same time, a robust film industry reflects the autonomy and strength of an economically healthy and democratic country (film in totalitarian governments should be considered as a separate, distinct case). The best way to guarantee that many more "Tres Amigos" will emerge and that new artistic talents will be developed in other Latin American nations is to guarantee the economic and social health of those nations. Utopia is still desirable—and still possible.
Humberto Delgado is a third-year doctoral student of Latin American literature in Harvard's Departament de Romance Languages and Literatures. He studied Latin American literature at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM) and later film directing at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), where he also received a Master's in Communications Studies.


text:
Thinspace VSuite
Designed with simplicity in mind, VSuite enhances Windows® Remote Desktop Services (RDS) providing an on-demand application delivery platform effectively bridging the gap between native RDS and Citrix®. VSuite adds indispensable management capabilities and scales to accommodate growing numbers of users, applications and servers, securely, reliably, and cost-effectively. VSuite is an application delivery solution that enables windows applications and desktops to be managed centrally and delivered to users on demand, and to any device regardless of location.
- Thinspace VSuite consist of a set of integrated components featuring:
- Single, web based management console to centrally manage servers, applications and users
- One-click load balancing of applications
- Graphical dashboard and notifications offering real-time monitoring and management of your environment
- VSuite connection policies for controlling user environment
- Track, monitor and manage user sessions including functions such as resetting or shadowing a session
- One-click scalability of VSuite components to servers
- Role based architecture offering built-in redundancy and fail-over


text:
Thursday, 25 February 2016
Hebiscus Lures
To France the home of all things good in the world, fine wine, cheese, very long summer holidays and Hebiscus Lures and if the uk votes to leave the European Union this summer it may be my new home. Viva La France. This is another workshop sneak peek and again well worth a visit. Check out the website https://hebiscus.wordpress.com/, youtube channel, subscribe, like, share and that's a bloody order.
Monday, 22 February 2016
Fishing It Ain't The Clog Maker's Apprentice by Duncan Parker
This is great little film about passing something on to another generation as all apprenticeships should be.
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)


text:
Image Credit: CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images
Adolf Hitler's watercolour paintings failed to sell
R SindujaContent Editor
Watercolour Paintings by Nazi Dictator Unsold in German Auction? Five paintings and swastika embellished wicker chain was not sold in an auction, Weidler auction house was blamed for the same. One of painting had a beginning bid of $51000. Bidders were scared of the public backlash, high prices & authenticity. The auction house has described the sale as Special One & Nuremberg's major condemned the sale calling it 'bad taste'.


text:
Waterman, Tim and Wall, Edward (2010) Landscape: design, representation, process: a conversation. In: Emerging Landscapes; 25 - 27 Jun 2010, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)Full text not available from this archive.
|Item Type:
|Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
|Event Title:
|Emerging Landscapes
|Research Area:
|Architecture and the built environment
|Faculty, School or Research Centre:
|Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture (until 2017) > School of Architecture and Landscape
|Depositing User:
|Ed Wall
|Date Deposited:
|11 Nov 2011 14:23
|Last Modified:
|27 Apr 2012 10:47
Actions (Repository Editors)
|Item Control Page


text:
Tap to Read ➤
Unique Bridal Shower Centerpieces
Sujata Iyer
Nov 25, 2018
If you're thinking about what bridal shower centerpiece you can use for the shower that you're in charge of, let's see some ideas on the same.
So, the great responsibility of throwing a bridal shower for your friend has landed on your able shoulders. You're happy because you're pretty good at getting things done. Plus, she's a close friend and you want everything to be just perfect. You do have a wedding to compete with so why not ensure that you put up the best bridal shower ever?!
To do so, you'll need to take care of the slightest of details including food, favors, room decorations, table decorations, etc.
Centerpieces for tables at the shower can give the party a whole new look! Here are some ideas for easy bridal shower centerpieces that you can even make at home.
Ideas for Bridal Shower Centerpieces
Table decorations for bridal showers are not that difficult to decide. If you have a sense of design and are resourceful (does not translate to stingy), you can have a fabulous table decoration and it won't cost the world! Let's look at some centerpiece ideas that you can incorporate into your bridal shower theme.
No woman, in her right mind, denies chocolate. Whether it's dark, white, milk, plain, with nuts or whatever kind. Chocolate is completely irresistible. How about turning this passion for chocolate into one of the most delicious edible bridal shower centerpieces ever!
For this, you can have two options. Either get a fountain of flowing molten chocolate that fills into a huge bowl from which you can serve your guests. Else, you can have a beautiful figure carved out of chocolate. And as you reach dessert, simply cut off chunks and serve them to your guests with some ice-cream!
Wedding Dress
Another good spinster party centerpiece idea. What you have to do is, have a local tailor or seamstress sew a miniature version of your friend's wedding gown. The same fabric, the same pattern, design, everything!
Place it at a height, in a large white tray that contains water. Add white rose petals in the water and have small white lights surrounding the centerpiece, shining their lights on the dress, giving it a surreal aura!
May sound a tad (or a lot more) cliché, but flowers are a super option for fall centerpieces. Nothing like fresh and fragrant flowers to add to the mood of the already joyous room!
If you've planned the shower with a theme, then it only makes sense to use flowers of colors that match the theme. Else, experiment with your creativity and have a furor of colors and fragrances, arranged in a seemingly haphazard manner and make your own fabulous floral centerpiece.
Another great, and quite popular idea, is candles. And why not! Candle centerpieces are elegant, they look gorgeous, and they add that feeling of love into the atmosphere. You can have a gorgeous pillar candle centerpieces.
Else, you can have a set of small candles, in antique candle holders. You can also have a glass bowl filled with water. Add a few drops of dye or ink (in the color of your choice) to the water. Then have a bunch of floating candles in it. Add a few gerberas and daisies, to have a candle cum gerbera daisy centerpiece!
So, what do you think? Don't you agree that these ideas are quite simple to follow and don't really cost that much? So, go on and get an incredible centerpiece that will take everyone's breath away!
Follow Us:
Become a Contributor
Become a Contributor
What to Wear to a Bridal Shower Party
Theme-based Bridal Shower Centerpieces
30 Cute Sayings to Write in a Bridal Shower Card
Bridal Shower Invitation Wording
Fall-themed Bridal Shower Invitation Ideas
Printable Bridal Shower Games


text:
There are many advantages of having a MoneyTips Pro+ account over a free account. We have created a page on our website that details all the various perks for Pro+, which you can find by clicking here.
For more information about Pro+ and the advantages it offers, you can also contact us at 800-707-2292. We'll be happy to answer all of your questions and start your 30-day free trial of Pro+.


text:
Last updated on July 5th, 2016
At Focus Home Interactive's E3 booth, we had the opportunity to see a pre-alpha demo of Vampyr, a new action RPG where you play as Jonathan Reid, a doctor now turned vampire. In the game you must make difficult decisions of survival, both for yourself and for the citizens of early twentieth century London, which is being ravaged from the effects of a mysterious flu. Vampire's must feed on blood to survive, but from who is where the game's core moral ambiguity lies.
Developed by: Dontnod Entertainment
Edited by: Focus Home Interactive
Release date: 2017
Age rating: PEGI 18
Platforms: PS4®, XBOXONE®, PC
Vampyr Features
- Explore a darkly atmospheric early 20th century London.
- Play a tormented and powerful Vampire learning the rules of your new condition. A man of science, a beast of the night: Your toughest battles will be within yourself.
- Build your own combat style through a wide range of crafted weapons and powerful Vampire abilities to defeat a large and unique bestiary.
- Choose your fate: moral choices will shape your story. How human could a Vampire be, when he must feed?
The Vampyr Demo
The demo begins with a dramatic cutscene as we witness the burial of an individual, with the game's protagonist in attendance. Right away we are given a sense of the game's setting: overcast and dreary, the environment is imposing and heavy with choice. The dialogue matches this precisely as every question and answer is conflicted.
The game plays in third person, and provides flexibility of choice to the player, as resolution may be approached in many different ways. The player need not kill a single soul although not doing so has its own consequences. Blood is power, and in order to actually level up the player must find fresh targets. Several dialogue options are used to ascertain the whereabouts, habits and clues of potential victims, giving you the option to qualify your choices by focusing on those who may be deserving of death. Once victims have been taken, players can level up and improve their abilities as a vampire.
While one hand can take, the other can give and Jonathan can use his abilities as a doctor to heal the afflicted citizens, improving the quality of life for the London neighborhoods. The choices to help or harm have severe ramifications for the city, and it will change to reflect these. Take too much from your fellow man and the city will descend into depravity. Further complicating issues are a society of hunters determined to eradicate vampires, and you are there prey.
Combat in the game is fast and fluid and looks similar to Bloodborne. Players will use melee attacks as well as firearms to defeat foes and dodge with the familiar dash evasion which rewards speed and reacting to enemy movements. Further augmenting the combat are vampiric abilities, including the summoning of spectral forms. In the demo we witnessed a massive shadow-hand rise from the ground to lift and crush a foe. To counter the power of such abilities, using them during combat drains your health and strength requiring you to feed to restore. Jonathan is also able to teleport to different locations, adding an extra strategic element of traversal.
Although it's an action RPG, the game has an investigative feel to it that allows the player to slow down as they examine the world for clues and insights into the citizens of London. There are secrets and items to uncover which add a layer of intrigue to the story.
We left the demonstration impressed with how easily the game switched gears from dialogue and exploration to combat and how effective the setting and gameplay was at making us feel like a vampire. The moral struggle inside Jonathan adds a weight to the game and has the potential to leave an indelible bloodstain on the minds of gamers when it releases next year on PS4, Xbox One and PC.
Vampyr Gallery


text:
NBD Independent Anorak Jacket
The engineered articulation, a front kangaroo media pocket, and a double-zipper in front, bring convenience and style at the same time. 100% Polyester Plain shell with Hydro Coating.
Fully taped seams
Helmet fit hood with micro adjust hood cinch
Windproof collar with hidden zipper can be pulled up over your nose to keep the wind off
Underarm ventilation zips
Wrist gaiter
Removable zipper powder skirt; Jacket-to-Pant interface
Bottom hem drawstring adjustment
Lift-pass pocket
Waterproof/ Windproof
Size Chart
Team Rider Reviews
On orders $100.00+, free standard shipping is offered (only applicable on deliveries to the U.S. All other countries, see rate upon checkout).
For order under $100.00, shipping prices will vary upon your location and will be charged at checkout. To see the charge, please proceed to check out and it will appear on your total before payment.
Please allow 1 to 3 business days from time of purchase for your order to process. Once order has been processed your order will be shipped out between 3-7 business days. Nobaday can not guarantee specific delivery times. Shipping times are estimated and may vary depending on order processing time and the distance of the shipping address from our distribution center.
Nobaday online orders DO NOT INCLUDE any applicable import taxes, customs duties and fees that are due upon entry into the destination country with the exception of the US. For the US purchases taxes will be included in your purchase at checkout.
All other countries, duties, fees and taxes are the responsibility of the recipient, and are levied once a shipment reaches the recipient's country.
Customs policies vary widely from country to country and can cause delays beyond our original delivery estimates.
Please contact your local customs office for more information.
RETURNS / EXCHANGESItems purchased from Nobaday.com can be exchanged or returned within 30 days of the purchase date (unless otherwise stated). Items must be in new condition,please click https://nobaday.myreturnscenter.com/ for the return process. Nobaday will not provide return shipping, you will be responsible for return/exchange shipping costs. Refunds will be issued in the form of original payment.
All Sale items are Final sale. Final sale items are sold in "as-is" condition and can not be returned, exchanged, or replaced.


text:
The Lumina 8 is an attractive 12 volt spotlight with a straight arm and an adjustable perforated metal head with a painted, light silver or black finish. Light includes a 110 volt, UL approved transformer, 50 watt bulb and universal fittings kit.
A 110 Volt ETL approved wall-washer floodlight with a straight arm and adjustable head, the Lumina 200 offers excellent illumination with a covered light source and is an ideal choice for use with most portable displays. Swivel head.
The OCX incorporates state of the art blow molding technology to create a strong, yet lightweight, case. Features include reliable built-in wheels, handle and internal storage in the lid for standard flood lights or accessories.
Turn your OCX case into a counter with the OCX MDF Countertop available in four colors.
The Xclaim™ Shelf is an optional 2.5ft wide (1 quad) shelf accent for Xclaim Fabric Popup displays. Attaching shelves to assembled Xclaim units is easy.


text:
Last month, I complained about The Independent not knowing that porn is allowed on Twitter. Today, I regret to inform you that TechCrunch does not know that porn is allowed on Twitter.
Yes, TechCrunch. The site self-described as "a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news". Oh dear.
"I've been following the rise of social media for most of a decade and I was angry – but not surprised – when most social media services actively shut down erotic images a few years ago even as they simply accepted all other content without comment."
Twitter has never shut down the posting of erotic images.
"It is obviously in Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook's best interest to keep the kids from seeing boobs but where does that interest in public comfort stop?"
Twitter didn't do this. Twitter, YouTube and Facebook all have very different attitudes towards "seeing boobs".
"If we're measuring from some esoteric vision of absolute freedom (except for boobs) then Twitter and Facebook shouldn't be policed at all."
If you're going to write an article about what Twitter will and will not allow on its service, I suggest you read through their policy document. You might save yourself an awful lot of embarrassment.
* * *
The problems with mistakes like the above, of course, is that it seriously undermines any other points the piece is trying to discuss. It makes what is an entirely reasonable question easy to dismiss. Clearly the writer knows nothing about Twitter's content policy: what possible right do they have to talk about it?
Still, let's get past all that and discuss that real issue when it comes to Twitter's content policy. And that real issue is: how they deal with abuse. It's a topic which I'm willing to admit is terrifically complicated, and I'm a little uncomfortable when people reduce it down to one-sentence platitudes on either side. But when you have a co-founder of Twitter making the following tweet:
Adam, you can block, mute, use quality filter, and more. Mike is being unfair. Twitter teams, tech, and policies improve safety daily.
— Biz Stone (@biz) September 30, 2017
…all I see is someone who doesn't understand how fucking exhausting it is for people to deal with abuse on Twitter. (For one of the best things I've ever read on the issue, see this thread by @yonatanzunger; crucially, individuals dealing with the kind of abuse that gets thrown at them doesn't scale.)
And when a co-founder of Twitter says this:
Y'all pile on us. You really think the issue doesn't weigh on us? And you're so dismissive of the Trust and Safety team. We're all people.
— Biz Stone (@biz) October 1, 2017
…it's difficult not to want to just throw your arms up in despair and walk away. As @polotek says:
History will look back on this era as one of rich white dudes destroying everything while telling us we hurt their feelings. https://t.co/yPDNVU097g
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) October 1, 2017
Do I want to be on a platform where white supremacist accounts are tolerated? Hell, do I want to be on a platform where I see people arguing with Nazis, and the person arguing with the Nazis gets banned? Increasingly, the answer is: no.
* * *
Except… I'm not sure I could ever leave.
A year ago today, I was leaving hospital after a two week stay in intensive care. A particularly nasty bout of pneumonia. I won't bore you with all the details. Somebody nearly dying does, in fact, make surprisingly boring reading.
But it's no exaggeration to say that Twitter was a major part in helping me through those two weeks. To be able to type 140 characters, and get back the most wonderful, kind, supportive messages. When the only strength I had was to tap something short, and flick a screen up occasionally.
I can sit and moan that if I left Twitter, I wouldn't get many people visiting Dirty Feed, and it's true – Twitter is responsible for so much of the traffic I get here. I think I could get past that, though. But the generosity of people I've met on there… that's harder to walk away from. On all my years hanging around the net, I've never felt as much warmth and connection from people as I have on Twitter.
And so I'm caught. Hey, I'm not asking for sympathy. The whole point of this article is to say that I don't have it bad compared to many on the platform. I'm privileged, and the very fact that this is a discussion I can have without abuse thrown at me proves that.1
But I feel if I use the service, I should at least acknowledge my selfishness. And I don't think there's a way of getting around that word applying to me. I feel there's a good argument that I should just walk away from Twitter entirely… but can't, because people are nice to me.
Which is crap. But perhaps one step of realisation above Biz Stone, at least.
Someone did call me fat once. That's all. ↩


text:
Walmart agrees to a $16 billion deal to buy a majority stake in India's Flipkart
Walmart has decided to buy a business, a majority stake in the Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart for 16 billion dollars.
The US retail giant, said on Wednesday that it would receive an initial stake of around 77 per cent in Flipkart. The Rest of the company is held by the existing investors, including Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal, Tencent, Tiger Global and Microsoft.
Wal-Mart said in a statement that the long-term objective would be the support Flipkart the transition into a publicly traded subsidiary. The dealer said it is expected that India's e-commerce market is growing four times faster than overall retail.
Walmart said President and chief executive, Doug McMillon, investing in Flipkart was part of the company's goal to invest in India's fast-growing economy.
"India is one of the most attractive retail markets in the world, given the size and rate of growth, and our investment is an opportunity for partners and the company leading the transformation of e-commerce in the market," McMillon said in a statement.
Walmart announces 77% share in India Flipkart
21 Hours Ago | 05:06
Walmart's investment in Flipkart contains a $2-billion fresh equity financing. Wal-Mart said it will the use of a combination of newly issued debt and cash for the financing of the round. The two companies are in talks with other potential investors, the investments, the reduction Walmart game.
Both companies retain their brands and operating structures, Walmart said. A final closing of the deal is expected to be later this year.
Goods, the transaction said at the end of the second quarter of the fiscal year, Walmart, he would expect a hit on the full year 2019 earnings per share (EPS) of 25 cents to 30 cents.
The company reported a profit miss in February, signaling that the competitive pressure it faces from the likes of Amazon in the online trading.
Earlier Wednesday, SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son, Walmart said it had an agreement to take control of Flipkart.
SoftBank is currently one of the largest shareholders in Flipkart. According to some reports, the
Flipkart has registered 100 million users, the platform, according to the website of the company. India, which has a population of 1.3 billion, is to see that the rapid growth of the digital economy with the advent of e-commerce start-ups such as Snapdeal and Paytm.
The investment will see Walmart accept U.S. e-commerce company Amazon in one of the most important growth markets for the company. In 2016, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced that his company would invest $3 billion in India. Amazon, allegedly for his own bid for a majority stake in Flipkart.
Walmart-deal with Flipkart follows a merger between the British supermarket brand Asda and rival Sainsbury's, a tie-up presented a significant competitive disadvantage challenge in the UK food retailer Tesco is dominant.
Shares of Wal-Mart were up 3.5 percent in U.S. premarket trade on Wednesday after the announcement.


text:
What is this Privacy Policy for?
This privacy policy is for this website http://www.lindseyarberphotography.com/ and served by Lindsey Arber and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it.
The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore the way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.
The Website
This website and its owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. This website complies to all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy.
Contact & Communication
Users contacting this website and/or its owners do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in the Data Protection Act 1998. Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure form to email submission process but advise users using such form to email processes that they do so at their own risk.
This website and its owners use any information submitted to provide you with further information about the products / services they offer or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may have submitted. This includes using your details to subscribe you to any email newsletter program the website operates but only if this was made clear to you and your express permission was granted when submitting any form to email process. Or whereby you the consumer have previously purchased from or enquired about purchasing from the company a product or service that the email newsletter relates to. This is by no means an entire list of your user rights in regard to receiving email marketing material. Your details are not passed on to any third parties.
External Links
Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website.
The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Social Media Platforms
Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and its owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively.
Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. This website nor its owners will ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.
This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.
Shortened Links in Social Media
This website and its owners through their social media platform accounts may share web links to relevant web pages. By default some social media platforms shorten lengthy urls [web addresses] (this is an example: http://bit.ly/zyVUBo).
Users are advised to take caution and good judgement before clicking any shortened urls published on social media platforms by this website and its owners. Despite the best efforts to ensure only genuine urls are published many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.
If you take part in a group photograph, you agree that you do so voluntarily and on the basis that you consent to the fact that your image may be displayed (including on the Site or any other website and in printed publications) and made generally available for purchase by other customers, and may be used by us for promotional purposes. Due to the number of people involved in a group photograph, you will not be able to withdraw your consent once the photograph has been taken. In the case of minors photographed as part of a group school or class portrait, consent to display the image on the Site is at the discretion of the school or institution, our default policy is not to display these images unless specifically requested to do so by the school.
If you order ceremony photography services from us, we may, at some ceremonies, take non-posed photographs of you receiving your award. These photographs will be available for view and order on the Site. You will need a password to access the images and this will be provided to you by email once they are loaded on to the Site, usually within five days of the Ceremony. The password will be specific to your Ceremony. If you wish us to remove your photograph please contact us at email@example.com and we will promptly remove the photograph. The photographs will otherwise be displayed on the Site for up to six months after the Ceremony.


text:
It's a lot of work to have the kids material ready for school. I'm totally frustrated, I can't even have fun by covering the books with nice wrapping papers! They have assigned color for each class lesson: blue, green. yellow and red……boring! So let's be creative with others stuffs, and give your back to school a personalized touch with beautiful DIY! And if your resolution is to keep your desk tidy this school year, this tutorial round-up can be useful!
DIY pencil case // Eat you teacup
DIY customisable notebooks // The Style House
Hexagonal diy desktop organizer // Sugar & cloth
DIY reusable snack bags // Red Brolly
DIY suede leather tassel // Homey oh my!


text:
NO chance of any major work.
"All my colleagues and I did today was to discuss which January trends we would adopt to burn off our festive excesses," confessed under-worked office worker Gavin Rowlocks.
"I pledged to give up alcohol, grow my underarm hair and try veganism".
"I fully intend to be a dry, hairy vegan all January."
"It's not just January that can often prove unproductive. Most other months are just as bad: February is half-term, March / April: Easter, May: half-term, July / August: school holidays, September: covering for people who don't have kids; October: half-term. December: Christmas."
"Basically, it's only June and November when you can do some work."
"That's when I book my holidays."
Photograph by: https://pixabay.com/en/desk-office-computer-christmas-1283688/


text:
Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, LAHome Menu
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LiHEAP)
Our mission through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is to assist low-income households, particularly those with the lowest incomes that pay a high proportion of household income for home energy, primarily in meeting their immediate home energy needs.
LIHEAP is a Federally funded block grant program that is implemented at the State, Tribal, and Insular Area levels. Grantees serve those low income households who seek assistance paying their home energy bills. LIHEAP has been operating since 1982. The program encourages priority be given to those with the "highest home energy needs," meaning low-income households with a high energy burden and/or the presence of a "vulnerable" individual in the household, such as a young child, disabled person, or frail older individual.
Some forms of assistance available to low income households through State LIHEAP programs include: financial assistance towards a household's energy bill, emergency assistance if a household's home energy service is shut off or about to be shut off, and a range of other energy-related services that States may choose to offer, such as weatherization improvements, utility equipment repair and replacement, budget counseling, etc.
For more information including determination of your eligibility, call 337-721-4030.
For more about the program, watch this short video:


text:
GISCafe Voice
Susan Smith
Susan Smith has worked as an editor and writer in the technology industry for over 16 years. As an editor she has been responsible for the launch of a number of technology trade publications, both in print and online. Currently, Susan is the Editor of GISCafe and AECCafe, as well as those sites' … More »
Crowd-sourcing search for Flight MH370
April 11th, 2014 by Susan Smith
According to an article in The Telegraph, an unprecendented crowd-sourcing effort was launched to scour the internet looking for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
Earth imaging Colorado-based DigitalGlobe trained two of its satellites on the locations where the plane was believed to have gone down, and put out a call to computer users to scour the ocean. Pinpoint images taken from 400 miles above are so vivid that you can see objects measuring a foot square.
Images from thousands of square miles of water are made into smaller areas that crowdsourcing volunteers can zoom in on and tag if they see anything that may resemble debris. The areas where the most tags are dropped will be sent to authorities as promising areas to search.
At press time a month ago, more than 100,000 people an hour had been analyzing the images and had covered nearly 4,000 square miles of ocean. Every pixel had been viewed by at least 30 pairs of eyes.
According to the report, images from another 5,500 square miles of open water are expected to be posted for examination on the system, known as Tomnod.
Nearly 650,000 tags had been dropped in an area between the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea where the Boeing 777 was first believed to have gone down on Saturday.
Tags: crowd sourcing, DigitalGlobe, geospatial, GIS
Categories: crowd source, DigitalGlobe, geospatial, GIS, satellite imagery, sensors
3 Responses to "Crowd-sourcing search for Flight MH370"


text:
If you have been around over the last few days, you probably know that we've been hard at work, putting the Sony Xperia Z Ultra monster of a phablet through its paces. And while the review is still some way off from being complete, we though you might enjoy some photos coming from the camera of the device.
It's a bit early to pass any final verdict at this point, as we need to do some more shooting before we are ready for that, so we'll just let you enjoy the shots.
Of course, the Xperia Z Ultra is hardly the most comfortable device for taking photos on the go and the lack of a flash unit clearly points that photography wasn't too high on the Sony priority list. Still an 8MP snapper will certainly tempt quite a lot of its adopters to use it as their main camera.


text:
Epoxy Floor Maintenance
Beginning method troubles may be triggered by poor maintenance, or just put on and tear. Consequently you can rest assured that you can get the service you require when you come to RS Automotive in Kumeu, West Auckland. The joint venture, which has been named, College of Automotive Transportation (CATM), is targeting to launch campuses in Gurun and Selayang, Selangor in 2012. Given that 1977 we have offered a total line of auto repair services from routinely scheduled upkeep to transmission and clutch repair. I just want to know if it will be safe for me to use this car from now on until the parts have arrived, which I am assumming that they will arrive next week. Must you opt to have the repair completed right after it really is been diagnosed there is typically some labor overlap involved. Education/information assists a lot and offers you confidence (esp with rip-offs in the motor repair market), thanks a million Eddie. On this site I've assembled some of the best Automotive Paintings & Fine Art for sale.
Our staff will take the time to evaluation your estimate and supply price effective alternatives for your Ford repair. Oh… Never overlook to verify us out on Facebook and Twitter as well, and drop by Retro's Facebook as effectively and tell them The Random Automotive sent you. Meg, I have update the article to specify SEM 38442 Leather & Vinyl Repair Compound as a excellent leather filler utilized by specialists. The subsequent AUTOMOTIVE HUNGARY will be organised between 18-20 October 2017 at HUNGEXPO Budapest Fair Center! I am in awe since I learnt adequate to realize some of the difficulties inherent in automotive machinery design and style and you guys were the genuine backbone and driving force behind solving all these dilemmas. In this case, the automobile repair manual for your specific vehicle make and model will be of excellent aid. Mr. Howards, I like your article on Automobile Leather &Vinyl Repair:How to DIY AutoSeat Upholstery.
Now we require to get began with guarding any openings or parts that you never want painted (gas cap, hoses, and whatever else). And even even though I know each and every nut and bolt on the F Bomb, I don't want to leave some small piece behind, that might save me from a day or two of repair time/waiting for parts, whilst out on the highway. So I have a couple of months to get her exterior painted with the identical DIY $one hundred paint job you did, get my stuff packed in and hook her up to my little tracker and hit that open road!!! For each and every exam that is passed, the auto technician receives a certification for that method and receives the fundamental ASE Certification patch. Several automotive DMMs now come with auto-ranging capacity as a regular feature.
However, there is a limit to how simple it is to a button making use of the touch screen keyboard will be compared to possessing a genuine physical keyboard. Monster requires the job board to the subsequent level by integrating powerful technologies and much more than two decades worth of encounter into their platform. Following the process described in your repair manual can assist you fix the method. It lubricates all the inner workings and moving parts of a car engine's crank case to minimize heat-causing friction. It that does not function you could require to purge the tank, remove the leaky part and put some automotive sealant on the threads to form an airtight seal. Affordable digital multimeter in your local electronic parts retailer, hardware shop, department store or online. The year is about 2200, so technology has changed, and we can see that in these autos.
I will see if I can keep in mind exactly where it is. It's been a although since I services one, as I had a top technician who could do it much better than I could, so I only did a handful of of these myself. By far, the easiest way to test a suspect fuel pump relay — or some other automotive relay — is to swap the suspect relay with a good 1. It is calculated by taking your total gross profit from the sale of components and labor, which is sales minus the expense of components and labor sales and dividing that total by your dealership's fixed costs.


text:
Pudsey West Yorkshire Dog Training covers Pudsey, Calverley,Farsley,Bramley, Rodley,Stanningley with our 1-2-1 dog training and puppy training. All our training is done at your home{{CODEPudsey}}
Pudsey Dog Training School can work miracles with difficult or disobedient dogs and puppies. We believe that only 1-2-1 training in your home in Pudsey, Calverley, Farsley, Bramley, Rodley, Stanningley and gets fast and effective results. Our training shows you how to take control your dog and to give you the tools do it. There are no weeks of classes, we come to your home or go on a walk in the local park with you and your dog.
- Cockapoo,Labradoodle
- Goldendoodle,Sprocker
- Cavapoo,Yorkipoo
- Poochon, Maltipoo
- Puggle, Schnoodle,
- Chorkie
- Labrador,Staffy,Springer
- Doberman,Cocker Spaniel
- Golden Retriever,German Shepherd
- Rottweiler.Patterdale
- Border Collie,Border Terrier
- Boxer,British Bulldog
- Beagle,Siberian Husky
- Samoyed,Hungarian Vizsla
- Weimaraner,American Bulldog
- Lurcher,Sharpei, Dog de Bordeaux
- Cane Corso, Chow Chow
- English Bull Terrier, Dalmatian
- Rhodesian Ridgeback,
- Akita, Malinois,
- Whippet
Our trainer Rob Dye from will come to your home, work with you on a one to one basis and give you the techniques to stop our your dog or puppy problem behaviour and how to reward when the behaviour improves.
It's just not all about reward with treats often advised by some trainers but showing you how to correct your dog and only then reward. "Sit means sit" and when your dog behaves it's rewarded with a stroke or a cuddle . Treats are only used sparingly in the first stages of training but enticing your dog or puppy with treats just does not work as many owners have discovered.
Our Harrogate dog training is based on Rob Dye's ten years experience with working dogs and most importantly he will show you how to put the training into practise at your home or on a walk with your or puppy.
A disobedient dog can make going for a walk or having visitors to your home an absolute nightmare!. With his ten years experience in dog training, our Pudsey Area Training School trainer Rob Dye works with you and your dog to ensure your dog is highly obedient and that you know the commands and how to put them into practise. The training is always 1-2-1 we do not work in classes.
Our approach to puppy training differs from many others as we only train on a 1-2-1 basis. In our opinion, puppy training classes whilst good fun for the puppy are much less effective than individual training for the puppy and particularly for the owner. The puppies in classes are often distracted and are more interested in playing with the other dogs. In classes of 8 to 12 puppies it's not possible to give the puppy or the owner individual attention
It's tempting to put your Rescue dog's bad behaviour down to its bad experience and tolerate barking, biting, pulling on the lead, and aggression for a time. This is not acceptable and unless these behaviour are dealt with quickly your life will be a misery. We train your Rescue dog and you! We believe that one to one training with you and your dog at your home is the best way of training and stopping dog bad behaviour.
Our Pudsey dog trainer covers Pudsey surrounding areas. We visit your home in Pudsey, Calverley, Farsley, Bramley, Rodley, Stanningley and also in your local park or where you normally walk your dog. This is where the problems occur and that's the best place to stop them.
We had Ruth out today to visit with our Rottie pup and in particular his biting. She was fantastic and definitely money well spent. Can't believe the change in a day. There are so many conflicting viewpoints available online its hard to workout the best way to do things, having Ruth and Leeds dog school in took this away and give us a clear positive path to follow.James wilson 04 Dec 2019
Would recommend to all new owners!
Highly recommend Leeds dog school! Ruth came out a couple weeks ago to help us with our Rottweiler puppy and she was amazing!! It has helped us so much to make sure we are bringing him up the right way. Ruth and Rob called in last night as a call back to make sure we felt comfortable and doing everything right! Very easy to deal with and always there if we need help!! Really couldn't recommend them enough 🙂Becky McDonald 04 Dec 2019
We had a very productive first session with Rob today, he obviously loves his dogs and made great progress with Flo, our very anxious 3 year old doberlady. We are looking forward to continuing to implement Rob's techniques, which he explained and persevered with us until we understood what we need to do and why. Looking forward to having a calm confident gorgeous girl. The back-up video links and service is great.Carole Bambrough-Oates 20 Nov 2019
Just finished my first session with Rob who was extremely knowledgable and passionate. Within 15 minutes he showed me how I can stop my German Shepherd barking and lunging at the door when someone knocks. Lots of practical, sensible strategies to use with Bella before we meet again next week. Rob made everything logical and clear, has good breed knowledge and left me with links to recommended videos on a range of training techniques and scenarios. Would highly recommend Rob and Leeds Dog School to anyone who is looking for balanced, effective training methods to use with their dog.Keith Bothamley 19 Nov 2019
Ruth came to our house today to help us with our 6 month old jack Russell cross, Albert. He had been bullying the cat, ignoring his name when called, getting distracted by other dogs whilst out on his walks, and generally trying to rule the roost. Ruth demonstrated some amazing techniques and Albert responded really well after just one visit. I can not recommend Leeds Dog School, and Ruth, enough. Absolutely fantastic.Amanda Blamires 14 Nov 2019
Ruth has visited us twice to help with training our now 7 month old German shepherd. She makes training easy and enjoyable both for us and for our puppy and with perseverance it works. She has helped us tremendously with our puppy training and he wouldn't be as well behaved as he is without Ruth's training and advice. Any problems and/or worries we have are always easily remedied and nothing is too much trouble, she will accommodate you. We would highly recommend Leeds Dog School.Mandy Clarkson 04 Nov 2019
Excellent advice. Our westiepoo has changed from a dog who was barking and jumping up to a calmer and more confident dog. I was very surprised at the change in him in such a short period of time! It was easy after being shown the correct way to train him.Alistair Thompson-Meeks 30 Oct 2019
Thank you Rob and Steve!
Amazing! I can't recommend them enough, so friendly, professional and understanding! I have a rescue dog with many many issues! I wasn't expecting anything to work but I'm completely amazed at the results from just 1 session, followed up by helpful tips and videos. I can't express how grateful I am and how incredibly life changing this has been already!Molly Wright 20 Oct 2019
Rob came to see my very headstrong 9 month old Border Collie today. The techniques he taught me to show my dog that I am the boss have already started to work he is a lot more well behaved and walks on the lead so much better. Rob is very knowledgeable, approachable and his experience with dogs really shows. I would 100% recommended Rob to anyone who really wants to understand their dog. I've tried a lot of trainers but Rob's techniques really get results.Niall Kelly 10 Oct 2019
Ruth came to help with Bruno today. He pulls on the lead and jumps at people, within 10 mins he had stopped jumping! Then the test, a walk, Bruno walked beautifully after 5 mins. We are over the moon with the tools and advice that Ruth gave us, thank you so much 😁He even walked better tonight and didn't jump at our daughter when she got home. Deffo recommend Leeds dog school.jane maude 10 Oct 2019
Breeds Trained-Cockapoo,Jack Russell,Mini Schnauzer,Frenchie,Pug,Mini Dachshund,Labradoodle,Chihuahua, Poodle, Goldendoodle, Sprocker, King Charles,Labrador,Staffy,Springer,Doberman,Cocker Spaniel,Golden Retriever,German Shepherd, Rottweiler,Patterdale,Border Collie,Border Terrier,Boxer,British Bulldog


text:
ANZZI adds four new products to their Bathroom Hardware Collection
Miami, Florida (olaladirectory) August 8, 2017 – One of the renowned suppliers of premium quality kitchen and bathroom decor products, ANZZI recently announced new additions to their bathroom collection – the ANZZI Snow Series 3-handle deck mounted Roman bathtub faucet, Byne Single handle wall mounted showerhead and bath faucet set, ANZZI Leopards Crest Yellow River Stone bathroom sink and the Canta Series Deco-Glass Vessel Sink.
A spokesperson for ANZZI explained, "We always strive to offer only the best products to our customers and we are incredibly excited to bring you our newest collection of bathroom sinks and faucets that add style and sparkle to your bathroom. Our products always blend the best of form and functionality and these products are no exception. We urge you to try these out and you will not be disappointed. That's our promise!"
The Byne Single handle Wall mounted showerhead and bath faucet set comes at a price of $598.94 and features lead-free RHINO ALLOY certified brass as the interior, alongside Lustrous Polished Chrome rust resistant finish. Made with high quality materials, this faucet is guaranteed to give out a flawless functionality for several years to come. The design is simplistic and easy to use as well.
The spokesperson detailed on the features of their Snow Series faucet stating, "Our new Snow Series 3-handle deck mounted Roman bathtub faucet in polished chrome boasts a modern Italian design for a distinct European flavor. This new faucet will add a touch of modern to any bathroom décor. The Snow series will also include 2 handle levers that are used to control water flow and a third lever that acts as a diverter from the spout to the handheld sprayer." The Snow Series bathroom faucet is designed with RHINO ALLOY certified steel that is highly durable."
The ANZZI Leopards Crest Yellow River Stone is handcrafted with natural stone. The product features a naturally formed exterior texture and silken smooth polished interior, and its natural beauty is sure to complement bathroom décor and styles of any kind. It also comes with lifetime warranty and is priced at $596.50.
The Canta Series rounded vessel sink costing $216 is traditionally crafted to add elegance to bathrooms. This hardware is also made with RHINO ALLOY certified materials for strength and quality, and is easy to maintain too.
The newly introduced products are available for purchase at leading retailers including Home Depot, Wayfair, Menards and Houzz.
About Anzzi:
ANZZI is a recognized provider of superior quality kitchen, bath products and accessories. For more details, visit http://www.anzzi.com/
Contact Name: Joe Schwartz
5701 NW 35 Avenue
Miami, FL
Phone: (844) 442-6994


text:
Winter Rugs Offer Respite From Predicted Cold Snap
04 Dec, 2012, 17:04 GMT
MANCHESTER, England, December 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Britain has already faced its fair share of inhospitable weather in 2012 - or so we'd all like to think. Unfortunately, some experts have suggested that this year could see the coldest winter in the UK for a century. However, rug retailer The Rug Seller offers a bit of respite from the chill with its excellent choice of winter rugs.
If the forecasters are correct then we could be in for one of the coldest Decembers on record. This cold front is set to follow a period of blustery winds and driving rain that has already caused plenty of difficulties for members of the public up and down the country.
Cold fronts are likely to bring with them sleet and snow which will only make things feel chillier and grimmer. The team at The Rug Seller are keen to encourage people to take heart from the fact that there is usually a bit of warmth to find at home, especially when winter collections of rugs become available.
Shaggy rugs and sheepskin rugs are among the warmest and cosiest rugs on the market. They are already in plentiful supply at The Rug Seller, where shoppers will find a huge choice of styles, colours and sizes in stock, as well as options for custom-sizing.
The impact these types of rugs have on the home in winter is really important - lending interiors that extra sense of comfort that can save homeowners money on heating bills by addressing the psychological side of feeling cold at home.
Shaggy rugs and sheepskin rugs are perfect for living rooms, lounge areas, conservatories and bedrooms alike - their soft and luxurious texture is never out of place wherever they are introduced.
In order to compensate for the cold weather by making their homes more comfortable and inviting, members of the public can head to http://www.therugseller.co.uk where they will get a better idea of the winter rugs currently available. There is no need to leave the comfort of your home when you browse the extensive selection online and then sit back and wait for the express delivery service to bring the rug direct to your door.
The Rug Seller sources direct from importers and manufacturers of quality rugs in order to give customers great savings on excellent rugs.
Daniel Prendergast
7 Trafford Moss Road
Astra Business Park
Off Guinness Road
Trafford Park
Tel +44(0)161-876-4566
Email firstname.lastname@example.com
SOURCE The Rug Seller


text:
Proof of Vaccinations
For all pets entering the facility for any of our services, we require a veterinary certificate providing proof that your pet is current on required vaccinations at least seven days prior to visiting us. Dogs must have current Rabies, DHLPP, Bordetella and CIV vaccinations. Cats must have current Rabies and FVCRP vaccinations. In addition, because of our wooded environment, we strongly recommend all dogs staying with us be on some form of flea and tick preventative.
Any prescribed medication provided by the owner to be administered by Dogwood Acres must be in its original container, indicating the patient, medication name, strength, dosage and prescribing veterinarian. Please do not bring any medication (prescribed or otherwise) already mixed with your pet's food. There is an administration fee of $3 per day for up to five prescribed medications.
We have a large selection of quality foods available for your pet at no additional charge. However, if you choose to bring in your own food, all dry food must be in meal size portions in individual Ziploc bags with the pet's name on each bag. We cannot accept any open containers or bags.
We offer the following brands of food for large and small breeds of dogs:
- Eukanuba Maintenance
- Iams Minichunks
- Nutro Lamb & Rice
- Pedigree Canned Food
- Pro Plan Chicken & Rice
- Purina Dog Chow
- Purina Puppy Chow
- Science Diet Canine Maintenance
For cats, we offer Purina Cat Chow
We provide clean, comfortable quilted bedding or "hammock beds" for all our guests. We therefore do not accept any dog bedding.
Please feel free to bring in a toy for your pet. Any toy is acceptable EXCEPT rope toys and rawhides in any form. We will do our best to return the toy to you when you pick up your pet. However, we cannot guarantee you will get the toy back because it can become separated from your pet.
Because it is our goal for your pet to have a fun and stimulating stay with us, all of our guests visiting for five days or longer will receive a "Wash and Wear" salon service at your expense. Your pet will receive this service on the last day before you pick up.
Medical Emergencies
We refer any medical emergency to Family Veterinary Clinic or the Anne Arundel Veterinary Emergency Hospital. For any health concern that may arise, our staff maintains a detailed log of events for both you and your veterinarian.
Daily Charges
Charges are incurred for the first day's stay regardless of what time your pet arrives at our retreat. There is no charge for the last day's stay if your pet is picked up before 11:00 am.
All rates are subject to change without notice.
Why Dogwood?
Choosing the right pet care facility is an important decision. Here are some important factors to consider when looking for a safe and happy place that is perfect for your pet.
Facility Highlights
See why Dogwood Acres is considered a premier destination for lodging, daycare, bathing and training.
Meet the Team
Our staff sets apart. Meet our leadership team whose talents and dedication foster an environment which values honesty, hard work and most of all exceptional and affectionate pet care.


text:
Apple has revealed that with just days to go until this Friday's September 21st iPhone 5 release date, the eagerly awaited smartphone has broken pre-order sales records with 2 million handsets shifted during its opening 24 hours on sale.
Doubling the previous day-one pre-orders record held by last year's iPhone 4S, Apple has confirmed that the unrivalled popularity of the iPhone 5 will see stocks of the in-demand Samsung Galaxy S3 rival run short at launch with the iPad manufacturer stating "many are scheduled to be delivered in October."
Win an iPhone 5 >>
Check out our hands-on iPhone 5 review >>
"iPhone 5 pre-orders have shattered the previous record held by iPhone 4S and the customer response to iPhone 5 has been phenomenal," Apple's Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Philip Schiller said in a statement announcing the lofty pre-order milestone.
Whilst Apple's Natalie Kerris has revealed the company is "blown away" by the pre-order response to the recently unveiled iPhone 5, Apple has confirmed that many wannabe iPhone 5 owners will be forced to wait beyond the September 21st release date to get their hands on the long awaited device.
With the official Apple website now listing iPhone 5 shipping dates as "2-3 weeks," Apple's statement has announced: "Demand for iPhone 5 exceeds the initial supply and while the majority of pre-orders will be delivered to customers on September 21, many are scheduled to be delivered in October."
Long the thing of rumour and speculation, the iPhone 5 was officially unveiled last week with a raft of high-end innards and an all new form factor. Slimming down to just 7.6mm thick, the iPhone 5 specs are bolstered by a new 4-inch 1136 x 640p Retina display, up from the previous 3.5-inch offering, and a new A6 processor.
Elsewhere, the handset has been handed a revised 8-megpiaxel rear-mounted camera with 1080p Full HD video recording and a newly located front-facing camera that offers 720p video capture.
Set to hit EE in the UK, one of the iPhone 5's most high-profile additions sees the device packing 4G LTE connectivity options for high-speed wireless internet access.
Hitting the UK and US simultaneously Apple has revealed that the September 21st iPhone 5 release date will see early adopters needing to fork out a hefty £529 in order to snap up the 16GB iPhone 5 in either black or white colour forms.
Those looking for a larger storage capacity will be able to part ways with £599 and £699 for the 32GB and 64GB iPhone 5 respectively.
Are you looking to snap up Apple's next-gen handset? Have you pre-ordered an iPhone 5 or are you holding out for this Friday's release date? Let us know via the Trusted Reviews Twitter and Facebook feeds or the comments boxes below.


text:
One of the first signs of spring at our house is this lonely little crocous.
I planted several of these the first year we lived here. This is the only one that has survived thanks to the black labs.
Although I am a winter / cold weather person, I do enjoy spring. I just don't like what it leads up to - summer. More on that later.


text:
Avocado cream sauce
Photo by Tam West
This simple sauce is great for dipping spicy wings or ribs into. Use it to top nachos, tacos or burgers, or serve as a quick party dip.
|½ cup
|Sour cream
|Lemon, or lime, zest and juice
|1 Tbsp
|Rice wine vinegar
|2 small
|Avocados, ripe
- Blitz sour cream, the lemon or lime zest and juice, rice wine vinegar and avocados until smooth and creamy. Season and chill before serving.
More of Warren's avocado recipes