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My affection, my amour, my attachment these past few years has been fixed most assuredly not on a woman, but on cars of Italian heritage. However my enchantment is not fixed upon the flashy Ferraris that most Americans think of when they think of italian cars. Though certainly this venerable brand has written the loftiest chapters of automotive history and left its indelible mark on the heart of every man. This is not enough though, to be a luxury item of the rich never to be tasted by the common man. The zeal, passion and dedication have not been limited to this noble steed, but overflows and expresses itself though sometimes subtlety in the everyday Fiats and Lancias. Panache and elegance, performance and precise engineering, all of them on a budget.
And so my story begins in 1998 or 1999 my uncle from Kansas City knew that our family needed another car and basically gave us a light blue 83(maybe an 84) Pininfarina badged Spider. He was the only owner prior to us and it only had 50k miles, but being a KC driver it had terrible rust in the usual spots and I don't really think he was that sad to see it go. It was the only convertible we'd ever owned so I tried to borrow it from my dad any time the weather was even slightly above freezing so I could drive with the top down. It was amazing how much easier it was to wear a sombrero in this beautiful machine than crammed inside my own car. I loved this car and even though it was really my dad's primary driver I forked over the cash to put on all new exhaust, that I'd been lusting over in the IAP catalog, from bow to stern. Unfortunately even with the low mileage the engine turned its last very shortly after this great upgrade and I was too poor and inexperienced to even know where to begin. My dad saw the car as a loosing battle and a money pit and so probably would have discouraged any more money being thrown at the it even if I'd been able to, so we got rid of it.
2002 rolled around and I found a spider in amazing condition nearby with a clean title for 50 bucks…minus engine and interior. I hatched grand schemes to restore my first car…with no tools, no know how and not really a ton of motivation. It sat in my parking spot in my roommates garage for about a year and half enduring excruciating ridicule from all my friends. They loved writing derogatory things in the dust on the windshield about my Italian beauty. It made one more move with me, but that was it and I gave up the idea for a little while.
Eventually I stumbled onto Mirafiori's site and saw Courtney's 128 Corral page and got over my Spider bite and fell head over heels for the 128. Thanks to those two hillclimb video's Courtney had posted it was the beautiful sound of the engine that lured me in. And wouldn't you know it I spied a yellow 128 Rally on ebay for sale in Philly in 04 I think. Chalk it up to being young and still not knowing a whole lot and so thinking it would be the only 128 Rally I'd ever get a chance to grab hold of I convinced my dad to drive up in his new to him truck with me and tow it back to Missouri. I'd like to think if the seller had taken better pictures maybe I'd have avoided the up and back 30 some hour trip, but I doubt it. We got there and I drove it around the block, but was less than impressed seeing it in person. I'd never even seen a 128 before and so I was really excited about it, but she needed a lot of body work beyond my skill and I'm sure shortly would have needed a fair bit of engine work making his asking price much more than it was worth. We decided to leave this one be and in Philly dropped off our two wheel u-haul trailer that we'd towed up from Missouri, bouncing around empty the whole way. A few years passed by and I started reading(dreaming) more about these little cars and luckily I kept my ears perked up when I found a little green beauty in Denver that was in much better shape. I made an offer and I flew out, apparently just beating someone else I'm guessing from the Mira crowd, and in a great show of faith drove it home. Only 80k miles doesn't mean much when the car is 37 years old and it's the middle of summer so I drove across Kansas at a gentle 55-60 mph. Later I found out my gauges weren't so accurate and it was actually only 50-55. Excited about how little rust it had I drove it around until a shim bucket split open and the engine stopped running and thus began my real Fiat education. Stripped it down this summer for a slooww engine rebuild when I got antsy this winter and fate dropped a Yugo into my lap as well which has produced in shorter time a daily driver just in time to play around in all of our midwest snow.
I entertain thoughts of my next next next projects all the time dreaming of a 131 works replica or an Abarth 1000 OTS. If you were to look inside my brain I think there would be some parts stamped Fiat there. Now if only I could figure out how to meet a beautiful Italian woman to go with the Italian metal. Thanks in large part to the Mirafiori guys for my Fiat sickness, I hope it lasts the rest of my life.
If I were to put together a bucket list of cars here's what it might look like.
Black Betty – Fiat 131 2dr w/ Alitalia rally paint and rally spec, engine and rally trim
Bella – Lancia Integrale 16v
85 Mustang GT 5.0
Fiat 600
Pip Squeak – Fiat 850 reverse rotate twin cam engine
Sweet Pea – Fiat 128 Rally spec
late 60s Ducati Mach3 Desmo or a 67 750 Ducati Sport
67 Fiat Dino


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Chairman's Letter
Dear Visitor:
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We have established global key partnerships and associations. We have the best and brightest individuals in their respective fields as founders, corporate management, employees, and most importantly of course "our valued customers". We invest heavily in research and development and protect that investment with intellectual property which we enforce vigorously.
We have sought out and identified specific partners and customers throughout the world with a linear strategy and appreciation for honesty and quality to help execute our growth objectives, yet have never swayed from, or ignored our ethics. By developing a global perspective of potential markets, key operators and technical challenges we are able to maximize customer value and shareholder return while always working diligently to shift industry to our safer alternatives.
Management has a very lucid approach of evaluating opportunities and will take the necessary precautions and exercise prudence prior to allocating our capital. We believe by focusing on customer satisfaction, the environment and safety we assure shareholder value.
Please contact us to learn more about Fluid Energy Group, its team and technology!
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Maybe this is sort of a dinner post? ETA: I made this smoothie and I'm drinking a tiny bit of it, hopefully that's enough.
I'm now experiencing my first not hungry hunger pang from Adderall. I am physically hungry, like I can feel how hungry I am, but it's taking a lot of motivation to eat. I had two palmfuls of peanuts, and that was a chore. Altogether I've had 500 calories today. I know I'm hungry, and I know I love food, but not right now and it makes me sad :(
I planned on making smoothies for the next couple of weeks to keep me "eating" even when I don't want to, but I can't even get motivated enough to whip one up right now. How do you eat when you don't want to but you have to?
In the absence of advice, feel free to talk about your foodstuffs for tonight.


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24-hour In-Room Dining
Inside Passage, Alaska: You'll sail beyond the Inside Passage into the more protected Alaska Inside Passage in southeastern Alaska. This complex labyrinth of fjords, bays, and lush green islands is home to an abundance of wildlife, including orca, mountain goats, bald eagles, bears, puffins, sea otters and much more. During the summer months, the long hours of daylight allow for ample opportunities for nature photos on your Inside Passage Cruise. You'll never forget the sight of 40-ton whales hurling themselves into the air, almost completely escaping the water. If you're especially lucky, you could see them swimming together to create a bubble net, trapping and eating fish by the giant mouthful.


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Card Club was great today! Tina really had a warm and inviting home that really relaxed me and made me feel at home.
The cards were FANTASTIC....
I was so inspired when I left that I visited Paper Source and the Impress stores at the University Village in Seattle on the way home.
This lovely Memory Box In the Woods stamp called to me.
They displayed on a pink gingham card with glitter and all cutesy.
I wanted to go goth and Twilight-esque with it.
I thought: "What type of card would Bella give her man?"
So here is the long and short of it:
Stamps: Memory Box In the Woods
Amuse Lost Without You
Cardstock: Martha Stewart Card Kit Black Cat
Ink: Versamark
Embossing Powder: Recollections Snow
Ranger Ruby Red Liquid Pearls
Posting to CAS-ual Fridays:
Come and Play Along!


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Which waters in Utah are the most popular? Well, how do you define and measure that?
One indication is the number of views a water gets on the Internet. Utah DWR has a comprehensive website with good basic information about most of our fishable waters. And the DWR can easily measure the number of views for each page.
Writing on the DWR's blog, Crystal Ross gives the list, along with insights about each water. The post is worth reading. See it here.
Below we give the popular waters:
1. Strawberry Reservoir
2. Lake Powell
3. Rockport Reservoir
4. Utah Lake
5. Deer Creek Reservoir
6. Panguitch Lake
7. East Canyon Reservoir & State Park
8. Starvation Reservoir
9. Scofield Reservoir
10. Flaming Gorge
11. Mirror Lake
12. Lost Creek Reservoir
13. Fish Lake
14. Currant Creek Reservoir
15. Mantua Reservoir
Do you agree with that list? I think the top 2 are right on, but I think the rest of the rest is skewed. I'd be interested to know the time period for the stats. I suspect that a summer snapshot would look different.
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At 31, goalkeeper Precious Dede will lead out Nigeria's Super Falcons at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup™ in Germany next month. It will be her third FIFA Women's World Cup appearance, having been a part of the teams at the 2003 and 2007 tournaments as well. She has equally starred at two Olympics, in 2004 and 2008, and when you add her short stint in Norway playing professional football, you have a strong vein of experience that the can hold the spine of Nigeria steady from the back in the biggest matches.
In November, the agile Delta Queens of Asaba shot-stopper proudly lifted high the glittering African Women's Championship trophy in Johannesburg amidst bedlam caused by her jubilant team-mates. For the Falcons it was all the more pleasing as it was achieved at the expense of fellow Germany 2011 finalists Equatorial Guinea, who had shocked Nigeria to win their first-ever continental title two years previously, ending the west African's previous dominance.
The current Falcons are a fine blend of veteran campaigners like Dede, Stella Mbachu and Perpetua Nkwocha as well as youngsters like Ebere Orji, Desire Oparanozie, Esther Sunday and Francisca Udegha. And in South Africa, the group was a different class: firing in 19 goals while Lagos-born Dede only picked the ball from her net four times in five matches. "Dede was simply wonderful in goal at the AWC. She has really justified the confidence put in her as the country's number one goalkeeper," remarked former international Ann Chiejine, who played at three FIFA Women's World Cups.
Focus on *Germany*
Despite having the strongest history with women's football in Africa, Nigeria have failed to make a major mark on the world stage. At USA 2003, they lost all three group matches and did not score a goal while letting in 11. Four years later, they again finished at the bottom of their first round group, and they claimed a solitary point from a draw with Sweden. Captain Dede expects a far better showing by the Falcons in Germany and would not even rule out making history by becoming the first African side to land the biggest prize in women's football.
This is the time to go out there and show our stuff. Don't rule us out of reaching the final of the World Cup, or better still, coming back home with the trophy.
"We have all been expecting another chance to have a go at achieving something better at the world stage," said the upbeat goalkeeper, whose older brother encouraged her even when her parents frowned at her football career. "This is the time to go out there and show our stuff. Don't rule us out of reaching the final of the World Cup, or better still, coming back home with the trophy."
While understanding the high level of play set to be on offer in Germany, Dede is sure there will be no slip-ups for the green-clad side as they put the finishing touches on their preparations at a training camp in Austria. "Being the skipper of the team, I promise we will be in Germany to make Nigeria proud," she said. "I am counting on our coaches - led by Eucharia Uche - to bring out the best in us, and by the time we have rounded up our preparations in Austria, I am very sure that we will be ready to take on the world."
Confidence from the back
Foreign-based pros like Faith Ikidi, Helen Ukaonu, Uchechi Sunday, Emueje Ogbiagbevha, Rita Chikwelu, Sarah Michael and Perpetua Nkwocha are expected to soon join up with the mainly home-based squad in the four-week long camp in Saalfelden, Austria. "We have quality players whose contributions will be vital at the World Cup," said Dede. "We will not disappoint, we will make Nigerians proud again."
I love acting and you never can tell if I will take to it after I retire from football.
Nigeria take on France in their opening match in Sinsheim on 26 June, with Group A encounters against hosts and defending champions Germany in Frankfurt, and Canada in Dresden, to follow. For Falcons coach, Eucharia Uche, the defence marshalled by Dede provided her with the biggest cheer in South Africa. "My defence gave me the most joy," she revealed. "They were marvellous the entire tournament. They conceded few goals and did not commit many blunders."
A FIFA Women's World Cup winners' medal would be most fitting parting gift for Dede, who holds a diploma in theatre arts and says she could well cash in on her good looks and popularity to become a movie star when she is through with the game. "I would most probably have been a successful actress by now," she said with a smile. "I love acting and you never can tell if I will take to it after I retire from football." You can be sure that if she is half as good an actress as she is a goalkeeper, Dede will be on the 'A' list of Nigeria's booming movie industry, Nollywood.


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Google Earth Can Help Save the PlanetTravel News — By Candice Walsh on July 13, 2011 at 8:00 am
We already know Google Earth is amazing; the entertainment factor from hilarious street-view snapshots is worth the technology alone. But did you know scientists are actually using Google Earth to study environmental patterns and save the world?
Scientific Reports have released Google Earth images taken from space showing "light blue halos where seaweed has been grazed around coral patches in the Red Sea." In other words, researchers could observe how marine animals and their predators interact based on the feeding patterns of herbivores.
Why is this important? The light blue halos are known by scientists as "grazing halos," created by hungry herbivorous fish and sea urchins that are basically eating away at a region of seaweed to get to the substrate beneath it. The herbivores don't venture far out as to avoid predators, resulting in a game of "cat-and-mouse" between predator and prey.
Image: NASA Goddard Photo and Video/Flickr
But survival of a coral reef ecosystem is based on the fact that there are far more predators than prey which is the reverse of how most ecosystems work. This helps keep the prey from eating everything in sight. The grazing halos indicate the importance between large shark populations and the health of coral reefs, showing why bans on shark fishing are so important.
And since this behaviour can be watched from space, the same technology can be applied elsewhere to observe predator and prey impacts on other ecosystems, like forests. Some groups are even using Google Earth for more good environmental causes, like the animations used by WWF-Indonesia and David Tryse to prove how major logging companies are putting wildlife at risk in the rainforest of the Bukit Tigapuluh landscape in Sumatra. It's the only place in the world where you'll find Sumatran tigers, elephants, rhinos and orangutans…all of whom are critically endangered. It's WWF-Indonesia's hope to prevent these species from being wiped out entirely.
A more noble use than just spying on your neighbours, we think.


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A small town in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, Adoor is situated between the cites like Trivandrum and Ernakulam. Tourist visit this place for the famous Parthasarathy Temple, which is a shrine of deity Lord Krishna.
Places to Stay
There are good budget hotels in Adoor. Some of them are Himal Palace (Tariff – Rs.500), Hotel Lals Residency (Tariff – Rs.1,500), Yamuna Tourist Home (Tariff – Rs.800) and Unni hotel (Tariff –1000).
The official language of Adoor is Malayalam.
The Important Festivals of Adoor is Adoor Gajamel (February).
Places of Interest
There are several places of tourist attraction in Adoor. Some of the places include Ezhamkulam Devi Temple: (5kms from Adoor), Ammummakavu Devi Temple (5 kms from Adoor) Kodumon Palliyara Devi Temple (8 kms from Adoor) Parakode Market (2 kms from Adoor) Indilayappan Temple (3kms from Adoor).
How to Get There
The nearest airport to Adoor is Thiruvananthapuram International Airport. It is located about 92 kms away from the town.
The nearest railway station to Adoor is Chengannur railway junction. It is about 25 kms away from the town.
There are regular buses connecting to cities like Trivandrum and Ernakulam. Some of the best bus operators that offer good experience for passengers are Kallada Travels, Hindustan Travels and Kanker Roadways. Online bus booking facility is the most convenient way to book your tickets.
An industrial city in the Cuddalore district, Chidambaram is a temple town of Tamil Nadu. The place is surrounded with beautiful temples and architectural monuments.This city has attracted many of Shaivites and Vaishnavites for renowned Chidambaram Natarajar temple. The Chidambaram Temple has the Akasha Lingam of Shiva and this pilgrimage place is considered to be best Lord Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu.
Budget Hotels in Chidambaram
There are good budget hotels in Chidambaram . Some of them are Natraja Residency (Tariff – Rs.1500), Heavens Land Hotel (Tariff – Rs.1,000), Akshaya Hotel (Tariff – Rs.1300) and R K Residency Hotel (Tariff – Rs.1000).
Events in Chidambaram
Natyanjali Dance Festival (March) is one of the famous festivals in Chidambaram. This festival celebrates various kinds of dance forms.
Tamil is the Local Language here. The other language include Telugu and Hindi.
Places to See in Chidambaram
There are several places of tourist attraction in Chidambaram . Some of the places include Nataraja Temple ( 16 km from Chidambaram) Vaitheeswaran Koil (24kms from Chidambaram), Thillai Kali Amman temple (12 kms from Chidambaram), Tiruvetkalam Temple (2 kms from Chidambaram), Pitchavaram backwater (16.5 kms from Chidambaram) and Tirunallurpperumanam Temple (2 kms from Belgaum).
How to Get There
The nearest airport from Chidambaram is Pondicherry Airport. It is located 66kms away from the city.
Chidambaram Railway Station is well connected with the major destinations of Tamil Nadu and Andhra pradesh
There are regular bus service available to the major districts and cities of Tamil Nadu , Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.Private bus operators like KPN Travels, ABT X Travels and ARC Travels run regular buses to and from the village. Book a bus ticket in advance and travel without any hassle to any destination in India.


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Our speaker for the above topic is Dr Seong-Choon Choe, Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Hanall Biopharma, Republic Of Korea. He will be speaking at Pharma Trials World Asia 2012, part of a series of conferences at the 5th Annual BioPharma Asia Convention 2012.
Dr Choe is a highly accomplished medical director with over 9 years of experience at MSD Korea, sanofi-aventis Korea, Wyeth Korea and Pfizer Korea. He is an expert in leading and contributing in cross functional and global projects. In addition, he actively engages the industry association and academic societies to promote the value of R&D in the Korean clinical trial scene. Some of Dr Choe's experience involves the establishment of a Clinical Research Unit at sanofi-aventis Korea and the development of Asia Pacific and Japan collaborative R & D strategies at Wyeth. Dr Choe also improved cross functional collaboration between global medical Affairs and CR&D (Clinical Research & Development) at Wyeth and was a representative to the global asset team as part of the regional vaccine medical team at Pfizer.
Dr Choe will be addressing the following issues:
Optimizing your clinical trial design and operations to develop innovative biomedicine in South Korea
1. Overcoming the challenges of site selection and patient recruitment for rare diseases in South Korea
2. Designing trials with innovative strategies to enhance biomedicine development
3. Case study: Clinical trials for a special population – rare diseases and the terminally ill in South Korea
Dr Choe will also be participating in the following panel discussion:
Panel: Exploiting the favourable clinical trial environment in East Asia
1. Leveraging on the established infrastructure available in East Asia for complex clinical trials
2. Determining profitable theraupeutic areas for the aging population for trial diversification
3. Appraising sustainable business models to remain competitive against emerging markets
If you are keen to find out more, join us at BioPharma Asia Convention 2012 to gain valuable insights from more than 200 experts. Contact us now for more details!


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Sunday, January 03, 2010
January 3: aaand....... Action!
Well -- engage, anyway.
That's what two days of peace and quiet will do for you, I guess.
Or it could have been the actual sunshine.
There was lots of play with ScribbleNauts today.
I wanted to get on there this morning (before the babes awoke) and get into the game to see what I thought of it. I bought it hoping that it would be fun, as well as engaging and good mental exercise. I supposed from the website that playing used a lot of problem-solving skills, and thinking and ingenuity. I have to say that I'm not disappointed!
We finally read through our library book, Extremely Weird Micro-Monsters.
A very interesting book!
We read about red and white blood cells, as well as lice and dustmites and tapeworms, bacteria, viruses, Penicillium, protozoans, weevils, Copepods... all kinds of interesting, tiny creatures. Trev likes tapeworms. ???!
Computer play.
Tag outside with Daddy.
Chimpunk-ette videos. ???!
A trip to the neighborhood park...
...Aah, That's better.
Experiments and magic tricks with balloons. (Madeleine)
Loads of reading practice.
Dinner and Blokus.
First with Madd and I, then all three of us.
And now Trevy and I have a date for a movie and a snuggle.
All is well here -
I'm sure we'll see you tomorrow.
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What an awesome day!ReplyDelete
I think we'll try for something like that tomorrow, only involving a Wii and mom crashing into everything while her daughters have no trouble at all driving that crazy auto.
fun times :)
ooo i adore the photo above "...Aah, That's better." beautiful tones and sunlit branches!ReplyDelete
How we also love our wii :D
beutiful photos, I'm still waiting for my energy day.ReplyDelete
I also meant to say that I really like the photo of the stream, and I love the ones of your sweet daughter on the swing and your son feeding the ducks.ReplyDelete
Beautiful photos - such a full day.ReplyDelete
Warm wishes.
You are so good for getting out with your kids to the park. I'm such a pansy and hate the cold! I think I need to change my mindset, because the things you've captured on film are just what I need to warm my soul.ReplyDelete
oh, it looks sooo cold! Love the rainbow! We have been TRYING to get one out of our prisms and here you get one for free! : )ReplyDelete
I agree with melody-I need to get out in the 3feet of snow we got over the weekend. I tend to hibernate in the winter. Not good when you live in vt!ReplyDelete
I totally hybernate... but there's only so much running and hollerin' we can do inside these walls!ReplyDelete
Not to mention the benefits of touching the earth and swinging and climbing trees...


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Peacock Festival Wings
Amazingly beautiful Peacock Feather wings are great for Burning Man or other festivals.
Peacock Festival Wings by Leg Avenue Lingerie & Costumes
Professional quality exotic wings feature beautiful high quality light silk fabric with stick pockets on the outer hem and includes portable, extendable sticks for easy assembly. Stretchy elastic velcro choker collar attachment is comfortable and stylish - wear without the sticks as a cape or use the sticks for extra drama. Lightweight fabric makes them comfortable for long term wear and lets them flutter and float for dancers - a favorite with belly dancers!
Perfect for music festivals, Coachella and more when you want a bit of color and to stand out!
One size fits all.Item Number: LA-cA2786 | Approximate Size (Inches): 14.00 wide x 2.00 deep x 10.00 high | Approximate Shipping Weight: 2.00 lbs.


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Flexi Schools
In order to pay for bus rides on the Iona chartered bus services, families will need a Flexischools account and a Smartrider card. Flexischools also provides the College's online canteen and online Uniform Shop facilities. Only one family account is required for bus tickets and for ordering from the canteen or Uniform Shop online.
Smartrider cards are issued by the Iona iCentre to new students. Replacement cards for broken or lost Smartriders can be ordered at a cost of $10.
Students scan the barcode on their Smartrider cards when boarding an Iona bus. The cost of the bus ticket is deducted from the Flexischool account linked to that Smartrider card. The system uses the barcode on the student's Smartrider to identify the student using their Student number and charge the linked Flexischools account to pay for that trip.
Please note Iona bus payments are not linked to the Transperth account that can be established with the Smartrider. However, an account with Transperth will enable students to use just one card for both Iona and Transperth services.
Setting up the Flexischool account and Smartrider
The account needs to be linked to your daughter's student number (see her Smartrider for her Student Number) in order to work and sufficient funds added to cover the purchase of bus trips. An automatic top up is highly recommended for regular bus users.
Instructions for establishing a new Flexischool Account are here: New Flexischool Account Instructions.
Existing Flexischools account
If you have an existing Flexischools account, you will need to go to the My Students menu under Iona Presentation College and add your daughter's Student Number to your account. Instructions for adding students to an existing Flexischool account are here: Existing Flexischool Account Instructions
For further details please contact the College Business Manager, Ian Anthony email@example.com


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the Things You Need to Understand so That You Can Qualify for House Painting
Painting is one of the enjoyable jobs that most people like doing. It is necessary to appreciate the fact that in as much as painting may seem easy, one needs the essential skills to manage it. You should know that individuals do not gain these skills within a day. Several steps that must be completed to become a competent house painter. It is necessary to understand that once you have the fundamental knowledge; it can be easy to build on it. You will realize that there are a few individuals who can create some beautiful pieces of arts with paintings. Here are a few steps to becoming a house painter.
The first step is master your craft. You are encouraged to understand the importance of mastering your craft whether you are doing business or not. It is recommended that one becomes professional through proper practice. The other thing that you are supposed to know is the devices and tools you need to start the job. After having this knowledge, the next step should be on finding them.
The other thing that you are supposed to do is participate in Renovation, Repair and Painting Program (RRP). This is a course that teaches the painters how to utilize lead-based paints well. You will appreciate the good painting skills you will get from learning this course.
You are required to start a painting business once you are done with training. It is essential to have at the back of your mind that you need some few things that you require to set up this kind of business. It is necessary to know that starting this business may require a lot of funds and sacrifice. You will to understand that the amount needed to start this business is not constant since it varies with the size of business you have in mind. It is advisable that you join forces with painters who are already in practice in case there is difficulty in finding funds to start a business. Through this idea, it will be easy to grow since you will have the opportunity to meet your prospective clients.
The last thing that you should do is create connection. It is recommended that you use the online platform to your advantage to get as many people as possible. One is required to understand that one of the best ways of going through this is by using social media platform. Through this idea, there will be a chance to build your brand and have people looking for you. All you need to do is create a starting point then the rest will follow. One is also required to have an operating website for this.


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It is me. I am back. I have risen from the dead.
Or at least, I dug myself out of the grave and I'm just kind of sitting here waiting for creativity to flow into my mangled brain.
You ever just, don't feel like anything? This newish job at the bakery (Did I tell you I got a job at a bakery? Idk either. Well I did.) is killing me. I work awkward long hours and don't have time to do anything for myself really. I obviously haven't written anything in a while. I haven't really made time for friends. I haven't baked or cooked anything outside of work in months. I get up. Go to work. Come home exhausted. Get up. Go to work. I had a few interviews for jobs but have gotten turned down for reasons, mostly because they went with someone else. Man. Trying to make changes in your life is hard.
There's some things I'd like to talk about but can't. Mostly how the retail/grocery life sucks and I've gotten a pretty good grasp on why. I'll make a special post for if and when I ever get out of this crazy industry.
I started a short story the other day.. and it's coming out horror but I'm not sure that's the actual direction I want to take it. Good stories always go in unexpected directions.
My NaNoWriMo novel from a couple months ago sucked and I know I could do better but I'll have to read some novels in that style before I can really do anything about it I think. I do think that I want to go back to my novel a couple years ago and actually finish it.
To get into the habit of writing, I need to write. I've probably said that a million times, But here we go again I guess.


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Tag Archives: herefordshire
Do you love beer AND vintage fashion?
When beauty and beer collide, I like it very much. Slap my wrists for not telling you sooner – and I'm not one for advertising competitions – spesh when its not mine (REPEAT, THIS COMPETITION IS NOT MINE). Wye Valley Brewery in Herefordshire make a damn fine Autumn brew every other year that I ADORE. It's called Dorothy Goodbody's BIG BANG – it's insanely delicious (around 5% strength if my memory serves me correctly, with a dark red hue when you look at it the glass; a sweet, dark fruity luscious drop with a gentle cinammon-y zing) So if you're in the Midlands or at a local beer festival later in the year then look out for it and try some!
So who's this Dorothy then? Dorothy is their lady pictured on some of the bottles of beer and to me she's like a Jessica Rabbit in human form: all sexy and sassy and ample in that 1950s kinda way. But more importantly Wye Valley portray Dorothy as the creator of the beers, so she's not just all tits and teeth (MY words, not theirs!!)
So now the brewery want to find a real life embodiment of Dorothy to appear in a photo-shoot for their 2013 calendar next year!! They are looking for – and I quote – "… a vivacious character with a bit of our Dorothy at heart; a gorgeous but real-life beauty who looks believable as Dorothy and can carry off our 1950s photo shoot in style. We imagine our 'Dorothy for the Day' as someone with real spirit and an irresistibly charming mix of confidence and innocence."
So if you want to try your hand at winning with the chance to get glammed up in some lovely Vivien of Holloway gear, read on….


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Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 265/50 19Y (110)
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Liverpool remain keen to offer their vacant manager's position to Fulham's Roy Hodgson despite Kenny Dalglish's interest in returning to the post after a 19-year absence.
The Liverpool legend, who quit as manager in 1991 following a trophy-laden career at Anfield, has let it be known he is willing to succeed Rafael Benítez if the board deems him the best available candidate.
However, despite Dalglish's desire for the job and his popularity, the Liverpool board's preference is for a manager in the game and with recent European experience, and Fulham's Hodgson remains their leading choice. The 62-year-old has been under consideration since Benítez's departure last week and although no official approach has been made to Fulham for their manager, who is on holiday, Liverpool are interested.
Dalglish is currently charged with leading the search for Benítez's replacement as manager alongside Christian Purslow, Liverpool's managing director. Despite his present role and 10-year absence from management, the 59-year-old believes he is equipped to make a remarkable return as Liverpool manager and lift the club following the varied disappointments of last season.
The Scot would be a popular choice for many Liverpool supporters and his credentials will be considered by the Anfield board as they consider the best man to take the club forward. Liverpool do not have Champions League football or a substantial transfer budget to entice their next manager, and are also anxious to make an appointment that convinces Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres and Javier Mascherano to remain at Anfield beyond this summer.
Yet with over a month until their players begin to report back for pre-season training, the Merseyside club have made it clear they are under no pressure to rush the appointment but are confident of securing their main target.
Dalglish could yet return to manage Liverpool in the event of Hodgson, who has a £2.5m release clause in his 12-month rolling contract at Craven Cottage, declining the job or the club failing to secure an alternative choice.
The former Liverpool manager, now employed as a club ambassador, is unlikely to place further pressure on the Anfield board by publicly declaring his interest and therefore risking a schism with Purslow and other directors. But Dalglish, who won the last of Liverpool's 18 league titles and claimed three championships while manager, plus seven titles and three European Cups as a player, may have to reconsider his part in the managerial search.


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There's far more at stake than local pride when Liverpool hosts neighbor Everton today.
The Toffees hold fourth place in the Premier League and have a seven-point lead over fifth-place Liverpool in the race for a spot in next year's Champions League.
Rafael Benitez' Liverpool is going strong in this season's Champions League and, on Friday, drew Juventus in the quarterfinals. His team also has home advantage on Sunday but badly needs to beat its neighbor to trim Everton's lead to four points.
Benitez, who led Valencia to the Spanish league and UEFA Cup titles last season, was furious that his star-studded strikeforce of Fernando Morientes and Milan Baros failed to hit the target in a poor 0-0 tie with Blackburn at Anfield on Wednesday.
Czech striker Baros, who was the top scorer at Euro 2004, has scored just three times in his last 16 games for Liverpool.
"We know we need to score more goals, but to do that you must create more openings," Benitez said. "Crosses, set pieces, we tried them all but we know we must win the ball more around the box and that will give us more options.
"Milan has played with a strike partner and played well, as well as playing on his own. His problem was that he could not find space. The problem is that without space he cannot be as effective, whether it is on his own or with Morientes."
While Liverpool is a four-time European Cup winner and holds the record of 18 league titles, it has been trailing Everton all season. David Moyes' Toffees have been in the top four for most of the campaign in marked contrast to last season's relegation struggle. But the Everton manager has been trying to play down the importance of Sunday's game at Anfield.
Everton has not finished above Liverpool since it won the last of its nine league titles in 1987.
"I am doing my best to play everything down," Moyes said. "We are in a comfortable position right now and whatever happens on Sunday we know we will still be in fourth place, the position we have held almost all season.
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text: Jackie Robinson Seg. 1: Kansas City Mayor's Race & GOP Foils Gov. Kelly's Plans. Seg. 2: Unraveling Jackie Robinson. By Steve Kraske & Elizabeth Ruiz • Feb 25, 2019 Creative Commons Seg. 1: A recent poll shows Jolie Justus and Steve Miller leading the race for Kansas City mayor, but nearly 30 percent of voters are undecided. KCUR's Band Of The Week: Julian Vaughn By Bill Brownlee • May 17, 2017 Julian Vaughn The smooth-jazz bassist and Kansas City native Julian Vaughn joins respected smooth-jazz guitarist — and retired New York Yankees slugger — Bernie Williams at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum on May 20, in an event billed as Jazz & Jackie: A Monarchs Salute to Jackie Robinson. 'Kansas City Swing' By Bill Anderson, Matthew Long-Middleton & Claire McInerny • Apr 23, 2013 Kansas City's role in the integration of baseball is a popular subject these days. The recent release of 42, the movie about Jackie Robinson's integration into Major League Baseball premiered in Kansas City, home of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, this month. UMKC Theatre is also tackling the subject with the debut of its play Kansas City Swing. Red Carpet Conversations About '42' By Greg Echlin • Apr 15, 2013 courtesy Kansas City Sports Commission The movie "42" tells a story of baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, who once played for the Kansas City Monarchs. He broke the color barrier with his entry into Major League Baseball. A recent sneak preview of the movie in Kansas City featured an appearance by iconic actor Harrison Ford and a handful of his co-stars. '42' Screened In Kansas City By Greg Echlin • Apr 12, 2013 Greg Echlin / KCUR As a benefit for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the Kansas City Sports Commission, the movie "42" was shown on Thursday night at the AMC theaters on Barry Road. The chilly temperatures didn't stop those who gathered near the red carpet to get a glimpse of an A-list actor. Actor Harrison Ford And '42' In Kansas City By Greg Echlin • Mar 21, 2013 D. Stephens / Courtesy Legendary Pictures Productions LLC Actor Harrison Ford plays Branch Rickey in "42," the movie on baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson to be released next month. Rickey is the former general manager who signed Robinson to break the color line in Major League Baseball. Ford will be in Kansas City next month for a special screening. Web Extra: Full-Length Interview With Michael G. Long By Laura Ziegler • Apr 20, 2010 Kansas City , Mo. – This is the extended interview with Michael G. Long, editor of FIRST CLASS CITIZENSHIP: The Civil Rights Letters Of Jackie Robinson. Dr.Long was at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum last weekend as part of a program commemorating Jackie Robinson Day on April 17th.


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Eric Goodman was an athletic young man … with chronic back pain that was getting worse and worse. He had explored many options, and he was facing the prospect of back surgery at age 27.
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The Arabesk trilogy is a sequence of alternate history novels by the British author Jon Courtenay Grimwood.
Starting with the 2001 novel Pashazade and continuing with Effendi (2002) and Felaheen (2003), the point of divergence occurs in 1915, where U.S President Woodrow Wilson brokers an earlier peace so that World War I never expanded outside of the Balkans; the books are set in a liberal Islamic Ottoman North Africa in the 21st century, mainly centering on Alexandria (referred to as El Iskandriyah).
The central character, Raf, is an enigma. Genetically enhanced, frequently wired on various drugs, occasionally accompanied by the hallucinatory fox Tiriganiaq, and strongly conscientious in everything he does, Raf's past is as much a mystery as his future.
ISBN 0-7434-6833-3 (shortlisted for the 2002 Arthur C. Clarke Award, BSFA award for Best Novel and John W. Campbell Memorial Award)
The first book centres on the arrival in Alexandria of Bey Ashraf al-Mansur, claimed to be the son of the Emir of Tunis. Shortly after his arrival, though, Raf's tendency to do exactly what he thinks is right leads to unexpected consequences. Between caring for his niece, Hani, and attempting to understand Zara—the girl he was to marry—Raf ends up suspected of his Aunt Nafisa's murder, running from the police as he tries desperately to work out who really killed her.
The main story is intercut with out-of-order flashbacks to Raf's past as a schoolboy in Swiss and Scottish boarding schools and as 'ZeeZee', a low-ranking agent of Hu San—an influential Triad boss in Seattle.
Effendi was shortlisted for the BSFA award for Best Novel.
The second book opens with the discovery of a body near the mansion of billionaire Hamzah Effendi, Zara's father. As the new Chief of Detectives, Raf is obliged to investigate—uncovering a past as a child soldier under the infamous Colonel Abad that Hamzah would rather forget. Meanwhile, as agents from Berlin, Washington, D.C. and Paris battle diplomatically for influence over North Africa's most influential port, its nominal ruler (the young Khedive) is sent on holiday by the Governor General Koenig Pasha—whose cryptic notes Raf is left struggling to understand. The whole city hangs in the balance, and this time it'll take more than Raf to save it.
This novel includes a second narrative dealing with the young Hamzah's actions as a prepubescent soldier, surviving famine and desert to carry out his lethal mission for the mysterious Abad.
Felaheen was the winner of the BSFA award for Best Novel and shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award.
The third book starts with the near-death of the Emir of Tunis—forcing Raf to investigate the biggest mystery of all, his own origins. As the eleven-year-old Hani races to get to the Emir's banquet, Raf is forced underground to discover the truth about his father. Kashif Pasha, the Emir's other son, is intent on removing any threat Raf might pose to his own claim to the throne, but could get more than he bargained for if Raf's Djinn-like abilities are as real as Hani thinks.
Frequent flashbacks tell the story of Sally Welham, Raf's mother, from New York to Tunis via Thailand as she sets out to get what she wants.
External links[edit]
- Arabesk series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database


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Benjamin RosenthalCollege of Liberal Arts and Sciences - School of the Arts - Visual Art
Benjamin Rosenthal holds an MFA in Art Studio from the University of California, Davis and a BFA in Art (Electronic Time-Based Media) from Carnegie Mellon University. His work has been exhibited internationally in such venues/festivals as the Stuttgarter Filmwinter (Stuttgart, Germany), High Concept Labs at Mana Contemporary (Chicago, IL), ESPACIO ENTER: Festival International Creatividad, Innovacíon y Cultural Digital (Tenerife, Canary Islands), FILE Electronic Language International Festival (São Paulo, Brazil), Vanity Projects (New York, NY), Locomoción Festival de Animacion (Mexico City, Mexico), CICA Museum (Gimpo-se, Republic of Korea), PLUG Projects (Kansas City, Missouri) and online via the Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum (Is.CaM), among others. He has been in residence at the Fjúk Arts Centre (Husavík, Iceland), Signal Culture (Owego, New York) and the Ox-Bow School of Art (Saugatuck, Michigan) and is currently one of the 2017-2018 artists-in-residence at the Charlotte Street Foundation in Kansas City. Pulling from a variety of fields in the humanities and sciences, he questions the authenticity of our physical experience in an age where the boundaries between reality and the virtual become indistinguishable. Rosenthal is Assistant Professor of Expanded Media in the Department of Visual Art at the University of Kansas where he has been since 2012, and teaches video art, performance art, experimental animation, graduate seminar and interdisciplinary practices.
My core role as an educator is to give students the conceptual and technical tools, and the agency to utilize those tools, to communicate what it is that they are passionate about in their world and the world at large. I am interested in fostering a creative environment in which students are able to push themselves to the boundaries of their limitations, and as such have the possibility to make meaningful progress in their goals as critical thinkers. Tantamount to these immediate and more material goals, I aim to help build a sense of community in the classroom that provides students with an ongoing network of feedback and support outside of the limits of a single course. In this way, I hope to facilitate the total development of a maker—an independently strong creative producer who simultaneously exists as part of a larger intellectual community.
My classroom is an open one, and I welcome the interjection of new possibilities. We are supportive, but we are also extremely rigorous, and that toughness comes from a desire to see all members of the class unit develop to their fullest potential. My own practice is multi-disciplinary, and as such I look for areas of strength in all aspects of a particular student's creative production. Using methodologies endemic to those individual areas of strength, I aim to help students better identify with the new questions posed in a course by relating those questions to what they already know from their past experience. For example, if a student is strong in sculpture, we would discuss the possibilities of building believable and dynamic space in a media environment—for a painter we might engage with the development of composition over time. I believe that all students are different and as such I teach to the student—not the model.
Class time is structured around technical demonstrations, the presentation of work both historically and thematically, critique, and some in-class work time. The majority of production happens outside of the class, as class time is reserved for engaging more deeply with each other about the topics at hand and I feel students need time without input to immerse themselves in their projects. Assignments are kept as conceptually open as possible in order to allow students the agency to explore ideas important to their own interests. Increasing in intensity and in the amount of time allotted, assignments are designed to get students to dive right in to the material and develop relationships to the form as fast as possible. My expectations are high, and I expect ambition and commitment, but I find that by treating students as professionals their expectations and belief in themselves become even greater and the work ends up speaking for itself.
My creative research examines the strategies of how we perform—the systems of control we set in place, and the way we negotiate our psychological, tangible and virtual positions. I question the greater emphasis placed on physical experiences as a measure of authenticity or intimacy in an age where the boundaries between physical reality and the virtual become nearly indistinguishable. Employing broader themes such as militarism, religion, queer sexuality and technology, I expose and challenge the changing condition of bodies and psyches as they collide against each other within these often dysfunctional atmospheres. While my primary discipline is in video and other new media (including animation, sound, internet-based art [net.art], and other interactive/technology-based work), my practice is interdisciplinary and my work traverses disciplines within the field of visual art—manifesting itself in such other formats as sculpture, installation, performance, and drawing.
At the core of my current research conversation is an exploration of what I theorize as a new kind of queer technosexuality—an identity/experience in which the supremacy of physical body-to-body contact is questioned, and virtual sexualities, and hybrid techno-body sexuality exists along a continuum of experience devoid of traditional hierarchies. This rises to the surface in my most recent finished projects, "from this side of space to the other side of the signal" and "of spectral glances [in] and [of] prophetic tremors, [not touching]", both multi-channel video installations that incorporates virtual erotic situations which ignores the role of genitalia in favor of hand-based penetration via usb ports implanted in skins of 3D modeled characters, or via the strange "stroking" of body-like elements in the screen and physical space. Bodies and environments both "real" and "virtual" contend with this unstable system, and are perpetually interrupted by seemingly meaningless signs and symbols signs that queer the haptic perception of bodies, actions and icons. Likewise the rigidity of modernist frameworks for coding and identifying "form," "action," and "body" collapse in favor of a field of conceptual possibilities outside of binary perception.
Research Interests
- Posthumanity
- Technosexuality
- Hybridity
- Queer art
- Lgbtq
- Technology
- Performance art
- Video art
- New media art
- Installation art
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What is radiation?
In a nutshell, radiation is energy that's travelling through space in the form of waves or particles.
occurs naturally and has always been around, we've evolved with it and we're bombarded with it in one form or another every day of our lives – from the earth, from space and even within our own bodies.
experts suggest a little radiation is a good thing and we all know of its uses in medical science to combat and diagnose some illnesses.
type of radiation emitted from mobile phones is electromagnetic radiation. It's present in mobiles because they use radio frequency (RF) waves to make and receive calls.
phone radiation doses are considered to be very small as the emissions are low power (short range). nevertheless, there are ways in which you can reduce exposure to these waves.
What are the dangers of mobile phones?
extensive research on the subject, there has been no conclusive evidence that using a mobile phone causes long term harmful effects in humans.
The pace of mobile phone technology is advancing at a far quicker pace than the research required into the potential harm they can cause; much more research is needed (and is being undertaken) before we can know for certain the effects they have on human health.
Studies have shown that exposure to the RF waves emitted from mobiles can cause:
- Raised blood pressure at the time of use, pressure returning to normal when use is stopped (to put this into perspective, our blood pressure changes regularly throughout the day and is even affected by tasks such as speaking)
- Direct brain warming after prolonged use, which disperses as soon as you stop using your phone and causes no harm
- Mild fatigue after prolonged use
- A recent study in Sweden suggested that acoustic neuromas (benign tumours of the acoustic nerve) are twice as common in mobile phone users than in those who do not use mobiles.
There is no evidence that using a mobile phone causes:
Tumours, impairment, cancer, brain damage
The health risk is considered to be very, very small, although some individuals may be more susceptible to radiation than others.
Whilst it's true that excessive exposure to RF waves causes heat to be generated, the spoof claims you may have heard about being able to cook an egg using a mobile phone are entirely false.
Nevertheless, mobiles do emit low doses of radiation so common sense dictates that precaution should be taken when using them.


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Published by: Kyugo Boueki, 1990 | Developed by: Kyugo Boueki
Genre: Action | Licensed
Genre: Action | Licensed
CrossFire is a 2D action game similar to Contra, developed and published by Kyugo Boueki and released only in Japan for the Famicom. At the beginnning of the game, you are dropped off by a helicopter with only your hands to defend yourself. Guns, rockets, (more...)
Published by: Color Dreams, 1989 | Developed by: Color Dreams
Genre: Arcade | Unlicensed
Genre: Arcade | Unlicensed
In Crystal Mines the player controls a robot via remote control to conduct a mining operation on a newly discovered planet in the year 2265. The robot can use energy balls to dig through dirt and rock as well as defeat enemies. On each level, the player i (more...)
Crystalis takes place in the year 2097, in a post-apocalyptic world, 100 years after a global thermonuclear war has reverted civilization to a primitive, medieval state where science is forgotten in favour of magic and fierce mutant creatures populate the (more...)
Cyberball is an Atari Games arcade game of 7-man American football, using robotic avatars of different speeds, sizes, and skill sets. The game replaced the standard downs system with an explosive ball that progresses from "cool" to "warm&qu (more...)
Published by: Acclaim, 1989 | Developed by: Raffaele Cecco
Genre: Shooter | Licensed
Genre: Shooter | Licensed
Pirates have raided the storage depots of the Federation and stolen valuable minerals, jewels, ammunition and the latest battle weaponry. The Cybernoid ship has been depatched with instructions to retrieve the stolen booty and to return it to storage with (more...)


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When I was a kid the only thing as scary as the polio epidemic was practicing getting under our desks for a nuclear attack…
It was 1952 and we lived in Haddonfield, New Jersey and the public swimming pool was closed for the duration. A town in full panic!
So today's New York Times article on a polio outbreak in Syria is particularly disconcerting.
Polio Paralyzes 17 Children in Syria, W.H.O. Says (A)
"The polio virus, once thought to verge on eradication, is one of the most contagious diseases in inadequately protected areas. One confirmed case of paralysis is considered an outbreak, as doctors assume it means up to 200 other people may have been exposed to the virus."…..
"Unlike Syria's first polio outbreak in 2013, caused by a wild strain that paralyzed 36 children before it was brought under control, the new outbreak derived from the polio vaccine itself…..
The vaccine, a weakened form of the polio virus that triggers the immune system's response, is secreted in the waste of vaccinated children, and over time can mutate into an infectious strain that may afflict the unvaccinated. The risks are especially high in areas where not all children have received the vaccine and where the mutated virus can spread from contaminated sewage or water."
A 2012 article noted:
"In 1952 alone, nearly 60,000 children were infected with the virus; thousands were paralyzed, and more than 3,000 died. Hospitals set up special units with iron lung machines to keep polio victims alive. Rich kids as well as poor were left paralyzed.
Then in 1955, the U.S. began widespread vaccinations. By 1979, the virus had been completely eliminated across the country.
Now polio is on the verge of being eliminated from the world. The virus remains endemic in only two parts of the globe: northern Nigeria and the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan." (B)
In a world full of conflict such Syria, Iraq and Yemen (C) are we likely to see a broad reemergence of polio?
Are we prepared for emerging viruses?
"Whatever the explanation, hepatitis C (1989), West Nile virus (1999), SARS (2003), Chikungunya (2005), swine flu (2009), MERS (2012), Ebola (2014) and Zika (2015) have all since had their time in the media spotlight. A further 33 diseases have featured in the World Health Organization's Disease Outbreak News since its inception in 1996. Of the "big eight" listed above, six are known zoonotic diseases – and the remaining two (hepatitis C and Chikungunya) are assumed to be so, although the animal reservoir remains undiscovered."
To learn more click on http://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2017/05/ebola-is-back-in-africa-is-zika-next-are-we-prepared/
ZIKA UPDATE #1. EBOLA is back in Africa. Is ZIKA next? Are we prepared?
Lesson Learned from recent EBOLA and ZIKA episodes. We need to designate REGIONAL EMERGING VIRUSES REFERRAL CENTERS (REVRCs).
(A) Polio Paralyzes 17 Children in Syria, W.H.O. Says by Rick Gladstone, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/world/middleeast/syria-polio-children-paralyzed.html
(B) Wiping Out Polio: How The U.S. Snuffed Out A Killer by Jason Beaubien, http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/10/16/162670836/wiping-out-polio-how-the-u-s-snuffed-out-a-killer
(C) 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2017 by Jean-Marie Guéhenno, http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/05/10-conflicts-to-watch-in-2017/


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Mr. Lawrence W. Nichols is the William Hutton senior curator, European and American painting and sculpture before 1900 at the Toledo Museum of Art where the major exhibition, Manet: Portraying Life is being presented. Mr. Nichols planned and organized this exhibit of the work of Édouard Manet (1832-1883), along with MaryAnne Stevens, exhibition curator at the London Royal Academy of Arts. Mr. Nichols joined CLR for a conversation about this landmark exhibit, the first to focus on Manet's portrait paintings.
CLR: People are fascinated with the "back story" of great films, plays and books. Art exhibitions have their own behind-the-scenes lives, as well. Would you share some insights about how the Toledo Museum of Art came to partner with the Royal Academy to mount this great exhibit of portraits by Édouard Manet?
LWN: In a way, Manet: Portraying Life can be traced to the early years of the Toledo Museum of Art. Edward Drummond Libby, who founded the museum in 1901, purchased a portrait by Manet in 1924, Portrait of Antonin Proust. I was intrigued by the fact that another very different work by Manet, a restaurant scene, was exhibited at the same salon in 1880. This painting is entitled Chez le Père Lathuille – En Plein Air, from the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts Tournai. It was my aim to unite these two marvelous canvases.
Manet's Antonin Proust is a formal portrait of his long-time friend, who by-the way was no relation to Marcel Proust. It is a three-quarters length view and Manet put a lot of effort into it. Chez le Père Lathuille shows a middle-aged woman meeting a younger man in an eyebrow-raising manner. It's what we would call a genre painting. But Manet treated genre painting in such a way that it illuminated the society that he and Antonin Proust lived in. The idea formed in my mind that these two works could serve as the basis for a very enlightening exhibition on Manet and his world.
How did the Royal Academy in London become involved with your plans?
As I pursued my research into Manet, I discovered that MaryAnne Stevens of the Royal Academy was also planning an exhibit devoted to Manet. That was in 2008 and we decided to work together on a joint exhibition. The two of us showed-up on the doorstep of museums, world-wide, to explain our plans. We hoped that these institutions would lend the portraits by Manet that would enable us to explore this aspect of his work. The Musée d'Orsay in Paris was particularly helpful, lending us several key works. They were so enthused, in fact, that for a time it seemed that they might present the exhibit too, making it a three-venue show. But there were already scheduled exhibits at their museum that prevented them from having the necessary space to present the show.
Were there any notable difficulties in arranging for works to be loaned?
It took four years to secure the loan of Chez le Père Lathuille. The museum in Tournai, Belgium, which owns it, was one of the first that we visited in 2008. But it was not until September 2012, less than a month before the exhibit was set to open here in Toledo, that we finally secured their agreement to send the painting. It took a lot of delicate and persistent negotiation, but sometime you just have to put the pedal to the metal to get the job done.
How did you and Ms. Stevens organize the exhibition?
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Customer Reviews.
Date: 2016-02-04
Outcome: Not Good
"Will not purchase from WOW anymore"
"So I've purchased several watches from World of Watches over the years. However, this last time will be my last. To make my story short I ordered a watch and had to return it because of an oily film on the inside of the watch crystal. When I got the exchange back, it had the exact same problem, but was even worse than the first watch. So I ended up taking the watch apart and cleaning the inside of the crystal myself and I reassembled it (the average person probably wouldn't have the tools to do that). And now it looks great.
So I posted a negative review regarding the watch and what the issue was. They posted it for about a day and then removed it the review from their website. I contacted their customer services department via email and have not received a response back. I will never shop or trust a place that does not allow honest negative reviews of their products to be posted. It's very dishonest way to conduct your business.
Date: 2015-12-10
Outcome: Not Good
"Very slow shipping. Don't let them ruin your Christmas like they ruined my birthday gift. Ordered Dec. 3, 2015 and as of Dec. 10, 2015 order still has not even shipped!!! Need to call them? Better be dailing at 9am sharp as soon as they open or plan to hold for over 30 minutes like I did everyday this week only to be told each day my item would ship and it still hasn't. Can't talk on the phone at work? Give up your entire lunch break because they close at 5pm. There is an "email us" option on the site. Use it and you will get a kickback they next day that its invalid address!!!! Very disappointed with entire process."
Date: 2015-09-23
Outcome: Positive
"I have been buying watches from WOW for many years now, and have always been very satisfied with my purchases. Only once did I receive a "bad" watch with a "mini" hand that was off the spindle and adrift in the case face. They immediately replaced the watch and the replacement was a perfect brand new watch. GREAT customer service and I highly recommend this vendor."
Date: 2015-06-29
Outcome: Positive
"I've ordered 2 high end swiss watches from them and had 0 problems with anything. They ship fast, they come as described, and I already understand their warranty instead of manufacturers warranty on the pieces. That is how they can blow them out the door at such a ridiculous price. I am satisfied."
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Date: 2015-06-02
Outcome: Positive
"I am trying to delete this review, but not possible. Problem has been sorted"
Date: 2015-04-28
Outcome: Positive
"great selection and best prices on the net, customer service is great "
Date: 2014-09-02
Outcome: Not Good
"I purchased a Michael Kors watch less than 2 months ago from World of Watches. Previously had an $80 Dakota that lasted 10 years. Decided to upgrade…..? The delivery process was great but now the clasp has broken on the band. Is not covered by warranty plus I have to pay shipping both ways for repair and will take 6-8 weeks? What kind of crap is this? Looks like I won't be dealing with them again if this is how they handle customers. Did I say that this is a bunch of crap?"
Date: 2014-04-19
Outcome: Positive
"Always have what I am looking for, and plenty of great suprises. Always sending people to your sight, great store, great selection and great prices."
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Date: 2014-03-29
Outcome: Positive
"It is a beautiful watch which arrived on time."
Date: 2014-03-26
Outcome: Positive
"My experience at World of Watches was just about perfect. They had the watch I wanted at a reasonable price and shipped it to me in 2 days with free shipping. I didn't return my purchase, but they provide the info you need to do so (it wasn't clear to me who paid the return shipping or if you had to pay for the initial shipping if you returned a working item). The one thing I didn't like was their pricing/sale strategies. Depending on how I accessed the page (through an email or ad or direct link) the price of the watch was considerably different. They also feature plenty of (seemingly) time limited sales.Overall, I would absolutely buy from them again, but I would spend some time making sure I was getting their best price."
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I'm appalled. A successful marketing guy asked me a question recently — a real no-brainer — which led me to believe he didn't know the difference between marketing strategy and tactics.
How can that be? He's held several high-paying marketing positions. He has an MBA. He's gotta know this stuff.
So I started doing some research online and I've found the problem: The internet! And specifically, LinkedIn.
Just about every day there's another misleading article about marketing strategy and tactics. There's more misinformation than information out there. More nonsense than common sense.
For instance, I ran across one article that listed "search engines" as a marketing strategy and said "long-term strategies such as giving away freebies will continue to pay off years down the road."
Freebies are NOT a strategy. Search engines are NOT a strategy. Digital is NOT a strategy.
Just the other day, one of the biggest gurus of digital marketing published a post about "marketing strategy" that was flat-out wrong. It was about media buying — specifically, choosing Facebook over Television advertising.
That's not Marketing Strategy, that's tactical media buying.
This isn't just a matter of semantics, it's negligence! Advice like that would never get past the editors of a brand-name business magazine, but you can find it on-line. All over the place.
In any case, the easiest way to clarify the difference between marketing strategy and tactics is to go to the source…
I'm sorry if the war analogy doesn't appeal to you, but that's where these terms came from, some 3,000 years ago.
Here's how it breaks down: Goals first. Then strategy. Then tactics.
Goal: Win the war.
Strategy: "Divide and conquer."
CIA spies gather intelligence.
Navy Seals knock out enemy communications.
Paratroopers secure the airports.
Armored Divisions race in and divide the opposing army's forces.
Drone attacks take out the enemy leadership.
An overwhelming force of infantry invade.
Hand-to-hand combat.
A marketing strategy is an idea… A conceptualization of how the goal could be achieved.
Like "Divide and Conquer." Another possible war strategy would be "Nuke 'Em." (They call them Strategic Nuclear Weapons because they pretty much eliminate the need for any further battlefield tactics.)
In WWII, the generals spent more than six months mapping out the strategy to win the war in Europe before D-Day. They diagnosed the problem, researched the enemy, pinpointed weaknesses and literally mapped out a plan of attack. Much of that strategic debate focused on what NOT to do… Where NOT to invade. What battlefields to avoid.
Here's an example of good marketing strategy – from Under Armour.
A marketing tactic is an action you take to execute the strategy.
Strategic thinking. Tactical acting.
But let's get off the battlefield and look at a successful brand. In business, great strategies are built on BIG ideas. And BIG ideas usually stem from some little nugget of consumer insight.
Back in the 70's, executives at Church & Dwight Inc. noticed that sales of their popular Arm & Hammer baking soda were slipping. The loyal moms and grandmas who had been buying the same baking soda all their lives weren't baking as much as they used to.
Business Goal: Turn the tide and increase Baking Soda sales.
Strategy: Devise new reasons for their current customers to pick up that yellow box at the supermarket and use more baking soda.
Specifically, sell Arm & Hammer as a deodorizer for the fridge. That's a big, strategic idea that led Arm & Hammer in a completely different direction.
They're now marketing a whole line of environmentally friendly cleaning products. Every current Arm & Hammer product, from toothpaste to cat litter, originated from that strategy of finding new ways to use baking soda. And in the process, an old-fashioned brand has managed to stay relevant.
Tactics: All the traditional marketing tactics were employed… TV advertising. Magazine ads. Digital advertising. Search engine marketing. Content marketing. Retail promotions. Website dedicated to all the various uses of Arm & Hammer Baking Soda.
All great marketing strategies share these common traits:
• Thorough understanding of the brand's status and story. Arm & Hammer has a strong heritage that dates back to the 1860's. That yellow box with the red Arm & Hammer logo is instantly recognizable, and stands for much more than just generic sodium bicarbonate.
• A realistic assessment of the product's strengths & weaknesses. Market research proved what Arm & Hammer executives suspected… that people don't bake as much as they used to. But it also showed that people were using their baking soda for all kinds of things besides baking. That was the insight that drove the strategy.
• A clear picture of the competition. Arm & Hammer has always been the undisputed market leader in the category. However, when they decided to introduce toothpaste and laundry detergent, the competition became
fierce. Arm & Hammer's long-standing leadership position in one vertical market gave them a fighting chance against Procter & Gamble.
• Intimate knowledge of the consumer and the market. The shift away from the traditional American homemaker directly affected baking soda sales. Church & Dwight kept up with the trends, and even led the charge on environmental issues.
• A grasp of the big-picture business implications. Good brand strategies reach way beyond the marketing department. When you have a big idea, execution of the strategy will inevitably involve operations, R&D, HR, finance and every other business discipline.
A great strategy does not depend on brilliant tactics for success. If the idea is strong enough, you can get by with mediocre tactical execution. (Although I wouldn't recommend tactical short cuts.)
However, even the best tactics can't compensate for a lousy strategy. You can waste a lot of money on marketing tactics if there's no cohesive strategy involved. Some people confuse marketing strategy with marketing objectives. They are not synonymous. Here are a few examples of "marketing strategies" from seemingly credible on-line sources:
"Create awareness." "Overcome objections." "Boost consumer confidence." "Refresh the brand." "Turnkey a multiplatform communications program."
That's just marketing industry jargon.
Those are NOT strategies, they're goals. (And not even very good goals.) Remember, it's not a strategy unless there's an idea behind it.
Any number of strategies can be used to achieve a business goal. In fact, it often takes more than one strategy to achieve a lofty goal, and each strategy involves its own unique tactical plan.
Unfortunately, a lot of marketing managers simply throw together a list of the tactics they've always used, and call it a strategy.
If you're still wondering about the difference between marketing strategy and tactics, try the "what-if" test…
At Dominoes, someone said, "Hey, what if we guaranteed 30-minute delivery?" Dominoes couldn't compete on product quality or price, but they could compete on speedy delivery.
So a strategy was born.
After that, their entire operation revolved around the promise of 30-minute delivery. They built a hell of a strategy around a simple, tactical idea. That strategy worked well for more than 20 years until a lawsuit forced them to abandon it. Now Jimmy John's owns the "Super fast delivery" niche in the fast food industry.
At Arm & Hammer someone asked, "What if we could come up with a bunch of new uses for baking soda?" That's a strategy.
On the other hand, "What if we do search engines?" doesn't make sense. Must be a tactic.
"What if we increase market share?" There's no idea in that, so it must be a goal.
What if we could screen all web content for factual errors and eliminate some of this confusion? Wouldn't that be nice?
The fact is, even the sharpest marketing people need help sometimes. BNBranding can help take your business to the next level by devising a unique new strategy and executing it in creative ways.
We can help you align your marketing strategy with your tactics. It starts with an affordable, unbiased, yin-yang assessment of your current marketing efforts.
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The majority of us enjoy dancing of some form, whether it be dance classes, with a partner or just on an evening out. But did you know dance is an excellent form of exercise and can burn a large amount of calories and help to tone our bodies?
Below are five popular dances that you can perform to help burn those calories. For those of you who have been watching Strictly Come Dancing, you may recognise them!
Waltz (ballroom dance)
A traditional dance known particularly for its gentle rise and fall. Although this is a slower type of dance, you will still burn calories and tone up your legs while performing it. For the women wearing heels during this dance, your calf muscles will be getting an incredible workout.
Cha cha cha (Latin dance)
A bright and energetic Latin dance based on the Rumba. This will get your heart rate going and your legs burning (this means they are working and toning while you dance). This is going to help your aerobic fitness and overall health of your heart and lungs. This sort of dance will also put a smile on your face and release endorphins, so be prepared to feel your stress melt away!
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A lively dance full of flicks, spins and kicks. Out of all the dances I have mentioned, this has the potential of burning the most calories. As you are moving your body so much, you will be carving definition into your leg muscles. You will increase your heart rate to a fat burning level and, because dancing is enjoyable, the fact that you are working really hard seems a little easier.
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A very intimate and sensual dance. This is an excellent dance to practice with your partner! Burning calories and having quality intimate time with your other half during a passionate dance.
Whether you like ballroom or jive, samba or the tango, dancing is arguably the most enjoyable way to get your exercise. If you dance on a regular basis, it is great for maintaining strong bones, losing weight, improving your posture, increasing the strength in your muscles (particularly your legs) improving your balance, and co-ordination, and tackling stress. Not many exercises have this many benefits.
You can burn up to 443 calories an hour from dancing and, compared to an hour of walking at 200-300 calories, I know which one I would rather choose. So, my advice is get on that dancefloor and enjoy yourself whilst exercising.


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