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Photo #1563 – 02.25.13
Margherita Greta
Tomatoes, mozzarella, basil, a crispy crust…this margherita-style pizza was quite delicious to say the least. My niece Greta enjoyed a slice this past weekend and certainly thought it was yummy. We're happy our local pizza place always makes great pies!
Photo #1485 – 12.08.12
Greta the Deep Sea Diver
I'm pretty sure Greta is not going to grow up wanting to be a deep sea diver…
Photo #1477 – 11.30.12
Pow Pow Power Wheels
Check out Greta on her awesome Dora power wheels! It did not take too long for her to figure out that pressing the little button on the handle makes it go, although she had a tough time actually keeping her finger on the button…so instead of cruising around the yard, it was more of a stuttered crawl since she wouldn't keep the button down, but rather kept pressing it as she bobbed back and forth (it's hard to explain just how funny it looked!). But I'm sure she'll master this all-terrain vehicle in no time.
Photo #1465 – 11.18.12
Greta & Brian's Baptism
Last Sunday, we celebrated with Amy, Brian and Greta following the baptism of both lil' Greta and Brian. Both Brian and Greta did very well, although Greta was a bit unsure about the baptismal water being splashed onto her by the pastor. And of course she was cute and looked beautiful throughout the celebration.
Congratulations to Brian and Greta!
Photo #1399 – 09.13.12
Wow! Happy 50th to My Mother-in-Law, Jodie!
Believe it or not, Jodie is celebrating her 50th birthday today! This photo was taken this past Mother's Day as she held her granddaughter Greta, who was busy at the time working on her Popeye smile with someone off to the side. Who would have guessed that one of these two was born in 1962?!?
So Happy 50th to the greatest mother-in-law! Hope you have a wonderful day!!
Photo #1375 – 08.20.12
Greta Says Hi
She isn't quite talking yet, so while my niece Greta didn't exactly say Hi, she might have been signaling the greeting by her facial expressions and playing with her hair and headband…or not. But either way, lil' Greta was definitely being cute for the camera a couple months ago, and that's all that matters!
Photo #1356 – 08.01.12
Greta Turns One!
It seems like only yesterday that we met little Greta Jo in the hospital, opening her eyes to catch her first glimpses of Aunt Heather and Uncle Jer {photo #991}. But believe it or not, Greta is an official one-year-old today! She has grown in so many ways over the past year and is such a joy to be around. We were lucky enough to spend a week with Greta at the shore, and she really enjoyed it! The above photo was taken on the beach as she was chillin' out on her blanket, experimenting a little with sand and a shovel (I think this was before she started eating a bit of the sand…). She looks pretty calm and serious, but she can quickly start giggling and laughing (and showing off her new teeth, like in the photo below).
So Happy Birthday to Greta! I'm sure Amy and Brian wonder where the past year went but are looking forward to all the upcoming developments as Greta becomes a toddler.


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When you ask our appliance engineer on the spot, rest assured that we'll always advise you honestly whether a repair or a replacement is the more cost-effective option, ensuring that fantastic value for money is guaranteed.

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Two members of the Starke County Economic Development Foundation Board of Directors were named finalists for the 2014 Influential Women of Northwest Indiana recognition award. Carla Musial and Kathy Norem both were nominated by the Foundation for their work in Starke County. Musial was one of five finalists for Influential Woman in the Finance category, while Norem was one of three finalists for Up and Coming Woman in Government.
Counterfeit Money Found in Starke County
Counterfeit $20 bills are circulating around the Starke County area.
Carla Musial from Demotte State Bank told WKVI that they're the best that she's seen. A Starke County merchant got one this weekend. While the bills look real, they will mark brown, not yellow, and the hologram is missing along with glitter on the bottom of the bills and a strip.


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There is a pooled drive for L 4 Support Services to be held on 28th January 2015 in the Company Premises. Following are the details:
- Name of the Company: L 4 Support Services, Madurai
- Position for Recruitment: Technical Support Engineers
- Eligibility: All Final Year B.E.(EEE, ECE, & CSE) Students
- Venue: Company premises, Madurai
- Date: 9.00 a.m., on 28th January 2015
- Selection Process: Technical Interview, & HR Interview
- Documents to be Brought: College ID Card, Resume, Copies of all Mark Statements, Passport-size Photos, etc.


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CARTER, MS (Mississippi News Now) - When we first met Ed Jordan and his wife Beth, May 4th, they were moving everything out of their house in Carter, and taking it to a rented house in Gluckstadt.
They were thinking then they would lose everything in the Great Flood of 2011. Later, Ed decided to build a levee around his house at a price he doesn't wish to discuss publicly, and hope he could save it. So far, it has worked, but the water is still rising slightly.
He is grateful for the success of the levee.
"Feels great Bert, I mean it's not leaking yet. It's had water on it for two days. Seems to be holding well," said Jordan.
He thought back then he would lose crops, worth a $1million dollars on his 2,000 acres where he is a fourth generation farmer. He estimates his losses much higher now.
"I mean it's going to be $2 million dollars probably," Jordan added.
We would not have been able to get to Ed's house without the help of Sheriff Thomas Vaughan of Yazoo County. You see the Highway 49 Bridge is blocked off as you start over it, because up the road water covers the roadway ahead. Sheriff Vaughan estimates a third of Western Yazoo County is under water, and his greatest concern is looters.
Up here everybody knows their elevation above sea level and the numbers about how high the water will come.
This levee is built to 109 and a half feet above sea level. The water has risen to 106 so it is working perfectly thus far.
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Allow Xplenty access to my data on Azure Blob Storage
Get Azure storage account details to be used In Xplenty:
- Navigate to Azure Portal and choose Storage Accounts from the portal menu.
- Select the storage account you'd like to grant Xplenty access.
- Click All Settings.
- Click Access Keys.
- Follow the next steps to create a new connection in Xplenty using the info from your storage account access keys screen.
- Click your avatar at the top right of the window, then click Manage Connections.
- To create a connection, click new connection.
- Choose Azure Blob Storage.
- Fill in Account Name with the account name of your Azure storage account.
- Fill in Access Key with one of the access keys of your Azure storage account access keys.
- Click Test Connection. If the credentials are correct, a message that the connection test was successful appears.
- Click Create Azure Blob Storage Connection.
- The connection is created and appears in the list of your connections.
- Now you can create a package and test it on your actual data stored in Azure Blob Storage.
- Click your avatar at the top right of the window, then click Manage Connections.
- Click a connection to modify or delete it. To exit the edit Azure Blob Storage connection window without changes, click connections at the top of the window.


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S: Danaé & Adam Behr
BC: Mom's Wedding Memories
FC: Adam & Danaé Behr July 29, 2011
1: God has brought together two lives to unite as one inHim. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Pohly Invite you to celebrate the marriage of Danaé Louise to Adam Robert Son of Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Behr on Friday, the twenty-ninth of July Two thousand eleven at Five o'clock in the afternoon The Oaks Lodge 5878 Longacre Lane Chippewa Lake, Ohio
12: To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness or in health, to love and to cherish 'till death do us part. And hereto I pledge you my faithfulness.
17: The love of a Family is Life's greatest blessing.
18: From this day forward, You shall not be alone, My heart will be your shelter, my arms will be your home.
25: Today and always, beyond tomorrow, I need you beside me, always as my best friend, lover and forever soul mate.
26: The party's over.... It's been a beautiful, God blessed day.


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Recently I had a conversation with some co-workers about who had worked for the worst boss. When I said: "I used to work for a boss that hit me". I had clearly marked the winner. "Why did you not just leave the job?" my friend asked astonished. Of course, I did leave the job eventually, but it took me a few years, and some major health scares to realize what was going on.
It is a Gradual Process
Firstly I explain to people that this did not happen on the first day! If he had slapped me during the interview I would of course never even have accepted the job. It was a small organization, and open plan office and seriously, this was my dream job! My boss was a charming and funny guy, and even later when I was aware of his true nature, he could be super nice and funny. When I started working there, I was very happy and I thought I had a great boss. The whole office would sit down for lunch together, we made jokes and laughed, and we were all very committed and worked very hard.
So when did I start to notice that things were not that perfect? Well, I started noticing pretty soon that making mistakes was a big deal to this guy. When I started there, I was only the temp, so I was not at his focus. One of the program managers was though. She and he had some opposing views on the best way to deal with things, and there was NO room for her to voice her opinions. "You are not paid to have independent thoughts" he used to joke at all of us, it took me years to realize that was not a joke, but a management style.
So eventually he would give me quite a chewing out for making small mistakes (like leaving a typo in a letter). Every time I would figure out a way to deal with his anger, he would add a new tactic until eventually, he started smacking me across the back of my head. And he would differentiate his methods depending on the staff member's personality and buttons. I know he used to give people the silent treatment, throw tantrums, or throw files at them, he would deny ever having given people assignments (even if they showed him a note in his handwriting with the assignment on it). Anything really to keep us off balance and doubting our own ability.
There was an enormous amount of gossip in the office. Usually started by our boss. He would focus his anger at different staff members in turn, and would talk about them and how poorly they did their job to the other people in the office. He once even managed to ask us for reasons he could fire one of our colleagues during a staff meeting when she was away on annual leave. So we were all aware that he was wanting and preparing to fire her, but he left it hanging for 6 months, after which time she was tired of his bullying and left. We were too afraid to tell her about it, and it felt so much like I was lying to her by keeping his secret. Whatever the means, he made sure there was no trust between the staff members. Now I understand he was making sure we would not join forces against him.
Eventually the Spot Light Hit Me
So as I stayed on and became a full-time staff member I became more of a focus. I could see he was unreasonable and saw many colleagues leave. Of the 14 people I worked with (we had a 4 man staff), 12 left in conflict with the boss. After number 8 left, the board really felt they needed to take some action. They decided that the director was bad at staff management, so they would hire a day-to-day manager as a buffer between him and the staff. At the director's advice, I was promoted to manager. That was when the spotlight truly hit me.
Instead of letting me deal with staff issues in a way that suited me and my personality, he tried to turn me into a Flying Monkey. He would send me to chew out a staff member over her not keeping a tidy desk, instead of letting me judge whether there was a problem and if so deal with things in my manner. Because he was bullying me into using his "management strategies" I was unable to take charge. On top of that, he would overrule every single decision I made on my days off so that I lost all credibility with the staff.
The Stress Ruined my Life
It may not surprise you that working within that environment resulted in a serious breakdown. I was not aware of that until I saw my doctor about some breathing problems I was having. I was convinced I had a touch of pneumonia. My doctor did some tests and spoke to me, and resulted: no, that is stress. I was horrified that I had let this situation progress to a place where I could not perform basic bodily functions properly! From that moment on a complicated journey commenced that started with doctors and ended with solicitors. I got out of that workplace, but it took me two years, mostly because I really wanted to go back to my dream job!
His influence extended the workplace. I really was a mess! Going to the supermarket became a challenge, so I became a hermit and withdrew into our house, withdrew from my friendships. I was overly apologetic to my partner, and I had random panic attacks in the house. I started applying his emotional programming to other situations, and that meant that people perceived me as weak and incompetent. His influence really ruined my life, well for a while!
It Took Years to Recover
It is now a good 4 years since I left the job, and I think I have finally recovered from his programming. When I first left the job I was so doubtful of my own abilities that I only applied for jobs well below my skills level. I would catch myself doing things that were part of coping mechanisms I developed for him. I would hide typos by shredding the paper instead of just binning it, because he used to go through my waste paper bin every night to confront me with mistakes the next day.
I think most people greatly underestimate the effects of bullying in the workplace. They just tell you to "man up" or just to leave the place. But when there are bills and a mortgage to pay, that may not be an immediate option. Besides, reprogramming by emotional bullies is a process that they have practiced so often that you may not be aware what is going on, until you are well and truly in their claws.
Once they have you feeling like a failure, it can be hard to remember your strengths.
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Huaca de la Luna
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|Huaca de la Luna
|Nearest city
|8°8′5.93″S 78°59′27.40″W / 8.1349806°S 78.9909444°WCoordinates: 8°8′5.93″S 78°59′27.40″W / 8.1349806°S 78.9909444°W
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Huaca de la Luna ("Temple/Shrine of the Moon") is a large adobe brick structure built mainly by the Moche people of northern Peru.[1] Along with the Huaca del Sol, the Huaca de la Luna is part of Huacas de Moche, which is the remains of an ancient Moche capital city called Cerro Blanco, by the volcanic peak of the same name.
The Huacas de Moche site is located 4 km outside the modern city of Trujillo, near the mouth of the Moche River valley. The Huaca de la Luna, though it is the smaller of the two huacas at the site, has yielded the most archaeological information. The Huaca del Sol was partially destroyed and looted by Spanish conquistadors in the 17th century, while the Huaca de la Luna was left relatively untouched. Archeologists believe that the Huaca del Sol may have served for administrative, military, and residential functions, as well as a burial mound for the Moche elite. The Huaca de la Luna served primarily a ceremonial and religious function, though it contains burials as well.
Today the Huaca de la Luna is colored the soft brown of its adobe brickwork. At the time of construction, it was decorated in registers of murals which were painted in black, bright red, sky blue, white, and yellow. The sun and weather has since utterly faded these murals away. Inside the Huaca are other murals created in earlier phases of construction. Many of these depict a deity now known as Ayapec. Ayapec is a Muchik word translating as all knowing (note: the name "Ayapec" or "Ai - Apaec" is a modern artifact. When Larco Hoyle asked his workers about how would be "the highest god" in Muchik, they answered him that it would be "Ai - Apaec". For that reason Larco Hoyle stated, that it was the name for the Moche supreme deity. He ignored also that in the pre - Columbian Moche Valley the spoken language was not Muchik, but Quingnam) "Wrinkle-Face" is the name given to another deity by the later Inca because of the deity's appearance.
Many of the later bricks used in the structure bear one of over 100 different markings, perhaps corresponding to groups of laborers from different communities. Each "team" was maybe assigned a mark to put on their bricks, and these were used to count the number of bricks laid for financial as well as (presumably) competitive purposes.
The Huaca de la Luna is a large complex of three main platforms, each one serving a different function. The northernmost platform, at one time brightly decorated with a variety of murals and reliefs, was destroyed by looters. The surviving central and southern platforms have been the focus of most excavations. The central platform has yielded multiple high-status burials interred with a variety of fine ceramics, suggesting that it was used as a burial ground for the Moche religious elite. The grave goods found at the Huaca del Sol suggest it may have been used for the interment of political rulers.
The eastern platform, black rock and adjacent patios were the sites of human sacrifice rituals. These are depicted in a variety of Moche visual arts, most notably painted ceramics. After the sacrifice, bodies of victims would be hurled over the side of the Huaca and left exposed in the patios. Researchers have discovered multiple skeletons of adult males at the foot of the rock, all of whom show signs of trauma, usually a severe blow to the head, as the cause of death.
The World Monuments Fund has been working at Huaca de la Luna to support needed conservation work. This includes ongoing assessments, documentation, stabilization, and consolidation of excavated architectural and decorative elements.
See also[edit]
- ^ Benson, E.P.; Cook, A.G. (2001). Ritual sacrifice in ancient Peru. University of Texas Press. p. 211.
- Art of the Andes, from Chavin to Inca. Rebecca Stone Miller, Thames and Hudson, 1995.
- The Incas and their Ancestors. Michael E. Moseley, Thames and Hudson, 1992.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Huaca de la Luna.
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Huacas.


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- Jesus died for our sins... He chose this death for our well being. (That would make me a religious minded person).
- Jesus was killed because he disrupted the social order of the day and was getting too nosy. (That'd be the social activist in me).
- Jesus was crucified because it was a safe political gamble - remember it was clearly said 'better for one man to die for the country ... (Then I'd be a political thinker)
- Jesus was assassinated because the rich and powerful were being unduly disturbed by Him. He had to go. (That'd be the Marxist in me).
- Not all the above are true (I'm a fool!)
- That all the above are true. (That's wisdom!)
There was hardly any religious reason for the crucifixion of Jesus (speaking from the human causes). Whereas human welfare was the primarily reason for his death (that's the divine perspective).
He was killed purely because of socio-political and economic reasons! But He died for us!


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"This wearable robot that we are developing for commercial purposes will be used in diverse areas," a company official said.
"Such a robot development is in line with Hyundai Motor Group's vision for free mobility of people and things."
The robot is like the suit seen in the Hollywood blockbuster "Iron Man", which one can wear by simply buckling into it, Xinhua news agency reported.
The wearable robot under development is known to help the controller by enhancing overall physical strength, making it possible to lift an object weighing over 60 kg and assist him or her walk and go up stairs.
It can be used in assisting people with disabilities and the elderly to walk and engage in diverse activities, the official added.


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Hey folks,
Two separate menus for homepage and /blog yet links on /blog do not work for About and Contact.
On the homepage is works fine. We have chosen "Anchor" from the dropdown as About and Contact are ONLY ANCHORS on the homepage itself. The menu is call Fixer Menu for that one.
However, on the /blog global menu we did go ahead and create a separate menu called "Fixer Blog Menu". Since About and Contact are not separate actual pages and only anchors on the homepage only, we select "URL" from the dropdown menu and have placed the proper URL for http://mysite.com/#about and http://mysite.com/#coverage but they will not work. We tried both blank and same windows. We have tried multiple times and multiple ways yet this seemingly simple thing will not work at all.
Please let me know where we are going wrong or if this is some kind of bug.
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Life is difficult and sometimes, even the most diligent students may get stuck in a situation where the deadline is right around the corner but their essay is nowhere near complete. In case you happen to be one of those students, do not panic. The following tips will teach you how to write a good essay very quickly:
This will reduce the time you will need to spend on research and transforming your notes into actual writing. Each card you make needs to be labeled and color coded to make it easier to sort them into the correct order for the essay.
The notes should be made in the form of short topical phrases.
In essence, the notes you prepare during the initial stage of the writing process are your outline. You need to expand the topical phrases, turning them into complete sentences. This way, you will have the first draft on your hands in no time.
This is not a crucially important step. However, this approach will make it much easier to make corrections at the editing stage.
The biggest problem that occurs with this type of speed-writing is the lack of smooth connections between sentences and paragraphs. Therefore, your first editing session should be focused on fixing this. Usually, you will need to add a few transitional sentences to make the narration flow smoothly. Make sure that they fit in with the overall style and tone of the paper.
You will need to spend more time on editing than on the actual writing. As you don't have the days needed to conduct the proper research and gather ironclad evidence, you should focus on perfecting the form of your essay. If the material you managed to gather during your short research session is sufficient, you will be able to improve the overall grade by making sure that the formatting and style of the paper are impeccable.
When writing, you should always remind yourself that the essay must be aimed towards people who don't actually know the subject. This means that you will need to use fewer professional terms.
A simplified writing style will make it easier for you to work on the paper. Do not forget that every term you do include must be defined. It will be prudent to add a few of them to make the essay look more professional.
We pointed out the best solvers for the most common problems with essay drafting, composing and editing.
Nowadays all you need is available on the web. But you should always check source for its credibility.


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Shares of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway soared today, putting them right around the upper limit of the company's surprise stock buyback authorization announced this morning.
The Class A stock closed 8.1 percent higher, its best one-day gain since soaring 15.9% from Berkshire's credit-crisis closing low of $73,195 on March 10, 2009.
Today's gain puts Berkshire A shares at $108,449.
Perhaps not coincidentally, that's right around our best estimate of a potential buyback's upper price barrier.
Today's news releasesays management (read Buffett) is authorized, but not required, to buy back shares "at prices no higher than a 10% premium over the then-current book value of the shares."
Since only the company knows its book value on a day-to-day basis, our most recent hard number is from Berkshire's latest quarterly filing.


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The department has been placed on the first basement floor of the new hospital monobloc, and has its own PET CT, for the diagnosis of oncological diseases.
The areas, functionally interconnected, as well as very comfortable, are designed to accommodate patients who often are faced with a very difficult phase, also from a psychological point of view, of their lives.
With this in mind, together with the fact that the tests require sometimes a long stay in the ward, the will has been to provide the users welcoming, reassuring, bright and serene places, that invite to an extrovert attitude, relying on belief that healing is directly related to a positive psychosomatic reaction.


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Who: Serena Appiah
Blog: Thrift Diving
Have you ever thought about getting paid for the content you create?
Are you passionate about helping your readers discover new products and services?
In this episode, Serena Appiah will show you how to make money with sponsored content.
This is part one of a two-part series because there's lots to cover with this topic. So be sure to come back for part two in episode 262!
Serena Appiah left her job in January 2015 to blog full-time at Thriftdiving.com, where she shows you how to decorate, improve, and maintain your home on a DIY budget. She's a creative at heart and thrives when she can make something beautiful out of something ugly. Since leaving her job over a year ago, she's had her share of trials and successes.
Since making blogging her #1 gig, Serena says she's generating a lot more sponsored content. In this interview, she'll show you how to make money with your blog using sponsored content.
Side note: Here's a great article she wrote on 10 Things a DIY Blogger Doesn't Tell You.
Sponsored content is content that you produce that's paid for by a brand. You might be promoting a product or a service. It can be a great way to make money by talking about brands that you already know and love.
Sponsored content is different from affiliate marketing. Usually, you get a set amount for creating the content, rather than making money based on the number of clicks or sales your post generates.
Of course, there are pros and cons to everything. Here's what Serena has to say about the ups and downs of sponsored content:
You're building relationships with brands.
You're introducing your readers to products and services that they may not have known about otherwise, so you're providing great value for them.
The trick is to make sure that you're creating really high-quality posts, even when they're sponsored.
Having too many sponsors can turn certain brands off. You don't want to seem like your site it for sale to just anyone! Be savvy about which campaigns you choose and how many brands you create content for.
You don't want your sponsored content to come across as fake. You can avoid this by mixing it up. Serena suggests that if you post new content three days per week, you could reserve one of those days for sponsored content. That leaves two days for your original content, which keeps your blog nice and balanced.
On the low end, Serena says she's done sponsored posts for about $170. On the high end, it's more like $750 or $1000, but she's ready to start asking for more.
Serena says it's important to know your own value, especially when you have some bargaining power and you're negotiating directly with a brand. Creative marketplaces like Social Fabric often have set prices, so you don't have as much control. But we'll come back to them later.
Your readers and subscribers trust what you say about products and services, and that makes you really valuable to brands.
Serena's advice? Name a figure that makes you uncomfortable.
If you ask for $1000, and the brand comes back with an offer of $800, you're way better off than if you asked for $400.
Know your own value, and soon you won't be uncomfortable asking brands for more money.
Before you start looking for sponsored content, Serena says you should make sure your blog looks like a million bucks.
Content is king, and brands want to see that they're going to get a great service from you. So no matter how much traffic you get, create content as if a million people are reading your blog every month.
Serena's top tips?
This means great photography, a nice layout, and lots of value for your readers. Make it look top notch! You want potential sponsors to be really impressed with the look and feel of your blog.
If a brand pays you for a sponsored post, your content reflects back onto them. Would you want your sponsors to come to your page and see bad language? Only if you're in a very niche market. Serena's advice is to keep it clean.
When you're ready to look for sponsored posts, creative marketplaces are a great place to start. They're basically middlemen: they connect you to brands looking for bloggers to create sponsored content.
Serena recommends Social Fabric, Izea, and Massive Sway (also known as the Sitz Girls).
When you go to any one of these marketplaces, you'll see a range of campaigns that you can apply to. You'll see the name of the company, sometimes some prompts to tell you what they're looking for from your post, and the amount you'll be paid if your application is successful.
Once you find a campaign that you're interested in, you'll need to submit a pitch.
You don't have to have a hugely popular site or lots of traffic to be successful. Great ideas and great content matter more. Serena says that you need to be specific, enthusiastic, and creative when you write your pitch.
Specific: Tell the brand exactly what you're going to do in your post. Give as many details as you can.
Enthusiastic: If you've used to product or service before, tell them how much you like it. Regardless, let the brand know that you'd be really excited to work with them.
Creative: This one might be the most important of all! You've got to think outside the box. Serena told me how she landed sponsorship from Irish Spring soap by pitching a post about building a DIY shower caddy. It's not what you'd expect—and that's exactly the point!
Serena put it this way: think about what will stand out from the crowd. Say you're looking to pitch for a pudding campaign. There might be fifteen or twenty pitches for pudding pie recipes, but only one for an out-of-the-box pudding storage unit. Guess which one will probably get the sponsorship? (Hint: the out-of-the-box idea!)
If your pitch is accepted, you'll get some instructions from the brand. Read these carefully and make sure you stick to them.
It's always a good idea to go above and beyond for the brand. For example, they might not have asked you to link to their Facebook page or Twitter accounts, but they'll be really impressed if you do! Giving them even more than they asked for can help you build a relationship with the brand so that you can work with them in the future.
Finally, make sure you get things in on time.
Serena says this is a really great way to build a relationship with a brand. But how do you reach out to brands you'd like to produce sponsored content for?
Serena suggests thinking about posts you've done that weren't sponsored but featured a great product. You can share that post with the brand on Twitter, for example. Tag them in, follow them on Twitter, be visible for them on social media. That way, when you send them an email pitch later on, they'll have an idea of who you are and what you can do for them.
Another way Serena meets her sponsors is at blogging conferences. Usually sponsors will have tables where you can meet PR representatives and exchange business cards.
Serena picked up a great tip from Toni at The Happy Housewife a few years ago:
When you get contact info from a potential sponsor, follow up right away.
Like, as soon as you're out the door, send them an email. Say that it was really great to meet them, and add a personal touch so that they remember who you are. Then follow up with them every few months to pitch ideas and ask about any opportunities they might have for you.
Twitter is also a great place to connect with brands. Follow their accounts, join their Twitter parties, add them to a list.
By the way, Serena says you can follow up and build relationships with brands even if you first connected with them through a creative marketplace like Social Fabric. If you had a great experience working for a brand, get in touch again six months later with a new idea for a campaign.
If you need to find contact information for a brand, Serena suggests searching the company name and either "PR" or "media relations". This often takes you straight to a contact number or email address.
One last thing you should know about sponsored content: you want to make sure that the post uses a nofollow link. A nofollow link makes sure that you and the brand are not penalized by Google for creating sponsored content.
Similarly, say no to any brand that asks you to use a dofollow link. It's not worth it!
I do sponsored post from time to time but the influencer programs I'm in are requiring higher social media following recently. They are looking for 35,000 to 50,000 followers from all social media platforms. I have about 21,000.
Very interesting interview. I didn't think this was something I'd be interested in doing, but now I am very curious to test this out. I do have one question if Serena checks this post. Do the brands require any editorial control over the sponsored content? I saw that one of them differentiates the sponsored content with a review by saying they are not paying for your opinion. Has she ever seen a brand reject or ask for edits of a sponsored post?
Hi, Lynford!
Some sponsored posts do require client messaging that they've asked for. So if it's not in the sponsored content, they may ask you to go back and add it in. I actually have had a sponsored video rejected because they thought it didn't focus as much on their product versus the overall project I was showing in the video. I ended up having to re-do another video that was more of what they wanted. But to prevent something like that happening, make sure you know up-front what their expectations are. For example, you may think that you can just show the product (like product placement) but they may be expecting a full-feature where you're discussing the product. There's a difference! It's good to know up front what they're expecting you to do and what messaging they want included.
Hope that helps!
Very interesting. Sounds like when I used to write advertorials. Thanks for clarifying and sharing your story!
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Forgetting that some individuals won't network with you on a
"personal" space like Facebook without knowing who you are,
even with the proper introduction. If you're looking to establish
a professional relationship with someone, consider LinkedIn. Otherwise,
consider building up a rapport with an individual before randomly
adding them as your friend. Some people require face-to-face meetings
before they invite you into their private lives. After all, Facebook
was a tool that college students were using
before it was open to the public, and some still use it as a purely
personal and not a professional tool. LinkedIn is still seen as the
more professional of the two.
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This is the best newsreader app available in N9. feature rich & nice interface
gNewsReader is a port of Google Reader client from Symbian^3. Currently available as Beta from project site at https://projects.developer.nokia.com/gNewsReader
Now available at http://store.ovi.com/content/185552 for N9 and N950 Watch http://gnewsreader.posterous.com for release announcement and other details
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This is the best newsreader app available in N9. feature rich & nice interface
Love this app, using NewFlow for now till this one start loading the subscriptions on demand
RC version (apr 12) won't launch after update, neither after uninstall and reinstall. Anyone the same or an idea?
Quickly grew to love the app :)
reverted it now having some trouble with launcher code that was changed to satisfy the QA testing at nokia, will update again once tested
support for videos in feeds would be nice.
Finally sombody made a proper RSS reader! Thansk.
Currently in beta phase please install the deb from https://projects.developer.nokia.com/gNewsReader direct download link https://projects.developer.nokia.com/gNewsReader/downloads/3
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Timoney's work primarily looks at our relations with materiality and drawing.
She states: "Drawing is used as an archive for emotions, experiences and as tool for accumulating information from a variation of sources such as the history of painting or pop culture. I then embody this data through a language of gestural materiality. The objects I make are extensions of the drawing and painting as I allow them to enrich the objects and contrariwise. I aspire to create objects that are spontaneous, anxious and provisional. Chancing failure and accidents I permit the materials to manifest themselves into tactile, haptic, delectable objects. I try to attain a tension between preciousness and garishness, highlighting the manufactured against the handmade. I want them to verge on the gaudy, but only just."
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MTA team immerse themselves in 'Sprit of Nanuku'
Mobile Travel Agents co-managing directors Roy and Karen Merricks and the MTA team paying a visit to Nanuku Auberge Resort Fiji this week where they were made welcome in the true 'Spirit of Nanuku' with a traditional Fijian warriors greeting.
Non-grass skirt wearing MTA team members are (from left to right) Robina head office staff Nik and Mel Donovan, MTA Members James and Nicola Irving and Karen and Roy Merricks.
The Merricks are very strong supporters of Fiji, last May personally delivering 250 kilos of clothing, toys and school materials donated by the Merricks and MTA Members to the children of Naqalimare District School in Sigatoka following the devastation of Tropical Cyclone Winston.


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Sequel: The Blog of All Happy Things
Chapter: 2
Today my Outlook calendar showed:
10:30- 11:00 Reason for breaking up with my bed
02:30- 3:30 Something some people want to discuss
07:30- 8:00 Mellifluous downpour of words
There are some people who have an absolute jewel of a voice. I today spoke with an onshore team member of mine, Dani who possesses this gift. She speaks as if she is getting a teeny bit nervous in the attempt of making the words as polite as they humanly could be made, and then presenting them in the voice of God. Voices like those make me go like Oh yeah, I am listening. Why am I not talking, you ask? Because I think that I sound like a monkey singing '8 days a week' in front of you. Please, oh please, just talk, please keep spreading the magic. And this is how I must look:
She was explaining something that had gone wrong with our model, but all I could hear was her saying something, not words, just something that I wanted to listen to. And when the call was about to end, I had all sorts of questions in my head, Aren't you going to take something for this from me? My money? Any jewelry? Me? Yes, please take me.
Oh, no, no, don't hang up yet. Oh, okay, well, bye.
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Filed under: architectural resources, archvirtual, city planning, collaborative design, real estate, rl architecture, Uncategorized, urban planning | Tags: 3D, animation, AR, arch virtual, architecture, archtech engine, augmented reality, autodesk, BIM, CAD, cities, city, collaboration, community, design, downtown, dubuque, education, game engine, geography, GIS, google, government, historical, interactive, iowa, jon brouchoud, kml, main street, maya, planning, realtime, replica, resource, simulation, tour, Unity3d, urban, virtual, walk-through
Introducing Virtual Dubuque, a premiere development of our new Realtime Cities initiative by Arch Virtual, built with ArchTech Engine.
Read the full post HERE.
This new community resource will provide free and easy to access windows into interactive, customizable 3D models of cities. To learn more about how we can build a realtime model of your city or architectural project, send us a note here. We're currently seeking development partners to build new features, create custom content, and build out additional architecture and cities around the world, so please send us a note to learn more.
Over the past year,we have been partnering with local businesses and organizations in Dubuque, Iowa to develop features and sponsored content, including a project in the Historic Millwork District for a local real estate developer (coming soon!), as well as the Masonic Temple, where international members of Demolay will be working with industry pioneers in developing a world-class learning environment, using Virtual Cities as its core platform.
Read the full post HERE.
"We're harnessing the same technology used to make the latest iPad apps and XBox 360 games, but we're not making a game, we're building dynamic and ever-changing models of cities that are designed to serve as true community resources that can be easily accessed directly from a website," said Jon Brouchoud, Founder of Virtual Cities.
Using ArchTech Engine and the Unity3D platform, we're now able to transforms buildings, geography and entire cities into realtime 3D environments that are easily accessible, and can be embedded on your website, or deployed to a tablet. These interactive models can be geo-referenced to real-world coordinates, dynamically linked to databases, and layered with interactive content.
As visitors explore virtual cities, links to websites and additional information about nearby buildings, parks, and businesses appear automatically. For example, when you approach a restaurant, you can click through to read their menu. If you're near a historic building, you can learn more about its past. Businesses and organizations can customize and enhance their space in the virtual model, layering it with more information or interactive features.
Read the full post HERE.
Proceeds from sponsorship and custom content are then re-invested in the ongoing development of the city model, enabling Realtime Cities to add more features, build new parts of the city, and refine models with more detail.
But a virtual replica is just the beginning.
"If you've ever experienced the Voices Gallery in the Millwork District of Dubuque Iowa, for example, you've seen how a building can be completely re-imagined into a destination that celebrates the unique architectural character of a place, yet transcends it to become something completely unique," said Brouchoud.
"That's really what Virtual Dubuque, and the Realtime Cities initiative is all about. A replica of the city as it is now will certainly have interesting use cases, but I'm looking forward to seeing how cities can be re-imagined within an environment where anything is possible."
Read the full post HERE.
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[Intro video] I am very excited to announce the launch of our new ArchTech Engine, a technology that transforms buildings, cities and geography into realtime 3D environments that are easily accessible, and can be embedded on your website, or deployed to a tablet.
Read the full post HERE
These interactive models can be geo-referenced to real-world coordinates, dynamically linked to databases, and layered with interactive content.
Transform your architectural drawings and 3D models of almost any format (including CAD and BIM) into information-rich applications that are perfect for architectural visualization, and city planning, as well as learning environments, military simulations, historical recreations, training environments and more. Students can interact within a more memorable learning environment, and achieve much greater retention over reading a textbook. All within a web browser or tablet.
Your application can be customized to suit your project's specific needs. Make it multiplayer with voice and video communication or a single player experience and add non-player characters or an entire crowd of people to bring it to life.
To learn more about Arch Tech Engine, or to get started on your own project, visit www.archtechengine.com Arch Tech Engine is built on the Unity3D, and was developed in partnership between Arch Virtual and Tipodean Technologies.
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Filed under: rl architecture, Uncategorized, Unity, Unity3d | Tags: animation, arch virtual, architecture, arcspace, BIM, blueprints, CAD, cg, collaboration, computer, faculty, graphics, import, jon brouchoud, replicate, rutgers, school of business, simulate, simulation, student, ten arquitectos, virtual, visualization, walk-through
Construction is now officially underway on the new Rutgers School of Business, designed by the renowned architecture studio Ten Arquitectos (frequently covered by arcspace), but you don't have to wait until construction is complete to explore the new design! Arch Virtual recently completed a virtual prototype of the new facility for Rutgers University, replicating the design based on architectural CAD drawings, BIM models and blueprints provided by the architect, then publishing them into realtime 3D with the Unity3D game engine. See a video preview of the virtual model below, and see some screenshots of the model here.
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Rutgers University leveraged the best of several virtual platforms throughout design development of this project. In early design phases, Arch Virtual replicated the design in Second Life, which was ideal for recreating the schematic and conceptual models and making the design accessible to students and faculty (seen here). That model was then brought into OpenSim, where it was integrated into a more comprehensive model of the campus, including more of the context surrounding the Business School's new building site.
When final construction documents were ready, we interpreted the architect's CAD drawings and BIM model with Autodesk Maya, that could be brought into the Unity3D game development engine. Rutgers worked with Tipodean Technologies to export their OpenSim islands, including buildings surrounding the new business school. Tipodean converted them into Collada mesh format, along with the textures, which were then added to the Unity3D environment. The final result is a blend of the architectural model alongside meshes exported from OpenSim.
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With the model in Unity, Rutgers will now be able to embed the virtual model into a variety of formats. For example, they can embed the model directly a website or Facebook page, but could also publish the same model to be accessible from Android or iPad mobile devices, or as stand-alone applications that can be installed on a Mac or PC and run locally without being online, and at full screen.
To follow the progress of the virtual Rutgers School of Business, join the Rutgers University Virtual Worlds facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/ruvw3d
To learn more about how Arch Virtual can translate your blueprints, CAD, or BIM file into a virtual experience, contact us here. http://archvirtual.com/?page_id=3388
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Filed under: rl architecture | Tags: arch virtual, architecture, collaboration, collaborative, community, crowdsource, customer-oriented, dane, derrick van mell, dimension iv, facility, independent living, jim gersich, jon brouchoud, madison, participatory, rita giovannoni, second life, senior living, wisconsin
There's a fantastic snippet in this video, about 2 minutes and 58 seconds in, that does a great job of capturing the spirit of this project. This is a group of senior citizens looking at the virtual world of Second Life projected on a wall in front of them, and you can hear the almost visceral reaction the group has to watching their suggested design changes to a new senior living community take shape before their eyes.
Read the rest of this post and view the machinima at our new site, HERE.
A single window was turned into a glass wall, which suddenly lets in more light, and opened up more views to the outside. The impact of this design change was immediately evident to everyone in this session, which was held simultaneously in a conference room in Madison, Wisconsin as well as a platform in the sky above Architecture Island in Second Life.
My long-time friend and colleague, Derrick Van Mell, of Van Mell Associates, had recently introduced me to Rita Giovannoni, CEO of Independent Living, and we sat down at a coffee shop for a quick demo of Second Life. Derrick had been following my interest in virtual worlds since the very beginning, and knew Rita was interested in a fresh perspective on the design process for her next project. Having led construction of 3 previous senior living facilities, and entering the early design planning for a 4th facility, she was eager to find a unique approach to design.
Read the rest of this post and view the machinima at our new site, HERE.
I opened Second Life on my laptop, and walked my avatar into an empty virtual room. So far, so good, but Rita looks hesitant. Inside, my avatar reaches up and slowly starts lowering the ceiling down until it's hovering just above his head. "That's way too enclosed and claustrophobic! We don't want that." Rita immediately reacts. I then slowly raised the ceiling up higher. "That's too high – it looks too institutional." I lowered it half-way down, until it was "just right." We went through other parts of the building, and similarly modified the design in realtime, until it was all "just right." Rita immediately recognized that this was not only a truly unique way to visualize design ideas, but also an opportunity to actively engage others in the design process itself. We started brainstorming ways Independent Living might be able to invite prospective residents to participate in designing their new facility.
We decided to work with focus groups of prospective residents who were considering a move into a facility like the one Independent Living would soon be building. We invited Jim Gersich, Partner-in-Charge at Dimension IV Madison Design Group, which has a lot of experience with designing senior living facilities, and he offered to host the session in his studio's conference room. We projected Second Life onto a wall, and invited the group to imagine how they would like the new facility to feel and function. I had been concerned that the virtual modeling might cause some motion sickness, or may even be just too silly to take seriously as a design medium, but there was no hesitation with this group, they got it immediately.
Read the rest of this post and view the machinima at our new site, HERE.
The movable ceiling trick was all it took to get their attention. It never ceases to amaze me how strong of a reaction people have to watching my avatar slowly being enclosed by a lower and lower ceiling. They can literally feel the difference it's making to the way the space feels. Therein lies the whole idea behind this endeavor – to use virtual reality to immerse people in a simulated environment, where they can immediately see and feel the impact of design ideas in 3D as the discussion unfolds, in realtime. What's more is that they can actually suggest design ideas, and watch their ideas take shape before their eyes.
All of the residents did a great job providing invaluable feedback on the design of the new facility, and I think they each left with a sense of ownership in the project, having contributed to this early ideation phase. As we prepared for this session, it was tempting to assume we knew certain things about how the design would layout, and to start preparing design solutions ahead of the focus groups. But as we quickly learned, many of those assumptions turned out to be wrong, and this group had a lot of great ideas we would never have thought of.
Not every project is right for bringing end-users into the design conversation this way, but there are always numerous project stakeholders with a vested interest in being sure the building feels and functions exactly as they need it to. Working within a virtual environment not only helps everyone visualize the design more holistically, but it opens up the opportunity to take steps toward getting it "just right," and ensuring the project more closely reflects the goals of the organization.
I think one of the participants concluded the session well when she said, "I just so appreciate that you're willing to listen, and to get that input. Because, you could just slap up a building, and say 'it's for rent, take it or leave it, that's the way it is' – and people would do that. They do it all the time."
If you're interested in using virtual reality in your next design project, send us a note at info (at) archvirtual.com.
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Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: AEC, architecture, collaboration, innovation, jeffrey philips, jena ball, jibe, opensim, ovo innovation, prototype, retail, startled cat, Unity3d, virtual
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What a year so far! Lots of great Unity3D and jibe projects, a pair of OpenSim builds, and even some Unreal and Web Alive work. This year has been all about platform diversification, and some of the biggest and technologically innovative builds I've had the pleasure of working on.
Yet it seems somehow fitting that the 'dream come true' project brought me full circle back to Second Life, with a project for a Fortune 500 firm to design and prototype the firm's physical retail spaces. This project truly raised the bar for architectural brainstorming and collaboration around physical architecture and the built environment. Jena Ball (Startled Cat) and Jeffrey Philips (OVO Innovation) touch on some features of the project, and the advantages of innovation and collaboration in their paper, "Immersive Virtual Worlds as Innovation Platforms: http://www.innovationmanagement.se/2011/05/26/immersive-virtual-worlds-as-innovation-platforms/
The full white paper describes the concept in greater detail. Here are a few of my favorite quotes:
"More recently, the authors of this paper worked with a Fortune 500 firm to design, prototype and model both the look and feel of the firm's physical retail spaces and the experiences the firm wanted customers to have in retail establishments. To accomplish this task we immersed the team – clients and consultants – in Second Life, building new retail establishments and interacting with those retail spaces using avatars. We believed thatworking as avatars in an infinitely malleable 3D environment would not only spark their creativity and encourage experimentation, but be quicker and more cost effective than trying to do the same work in a sterile conference room.
"As we developed the retail spaces, their avatars moved through the spaces, recommending changes and generating ideas on the fly in a setting where rapid prototyping was exceptionally simple.
"Working with trained innovation facilitators and a "real" world architect specializing in virtual world development the firm's participants generated more ideas, a much larger range of ideas, in far less time, at a fraction of the cost than in previous attempts. We were also able to create a significant number and wide variety of prototypes for consideration. The immediate feedback and ability to modify the prototypes in real time while participants watched and commented significantly increased the speed and effectiveness of the prototyping as well. We easily tested dozens of ideas based on the architecture, technology, allotted space, traffic flow, the needs of customers, and the skills of the firm's retail personnel. It is important to note that all of this work was done with a team whose members were distributed all across the US and never met face to face. All interaction and prototyping was conducted in Second Life."
"Virtual worlds allow rapid, iterative prototyping in three dimensions with little cost. Architects, for example, can quickly and easily create mini or even full-scale models of homes to show to their clients. Likewise, it is quick and easy to make adjustments based on client feedback in real time as it is given. This kind of iterative prototyping not only speeds up the development process, but encourages idea generation and out-of-the-box thinking as well. Rapid, iterative prototyping is so natural in these spaces that you'd think the virtual worlds were designed for this purpose alone" (bold emphasis mine).
Filed under: second life | Tags: architecture, collaboration, second life
All it takes is a catalyst. For the past 48 hours, this empty parcel came to life with a group of designers, architects and artists from around the world, who imprinted this build with their creativity – riffing and building on what others had created, and adding their own voice.
To see the machinima and screenshots, visit the post on our main site here: http://archvirtual.com/?p=3092
Filed under: architectural resources, architecture, second life | Tags: academic, ain shams, amr attia, arch network, archi vita, cairo, collaboration, david denton, db baily, education, egypt, learning, schools, second life, students, universities
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During President Obama's historic speech at Cairo University in Egypt last June, he describe a vision to, "invest in online learning for teachers and children around the world; and create a new online network, so a young person in Kansas can communicate instantly with a young person in Cairo."
If you've spent any time in a virtual world at all, you know that the 'online network' Obama described doesn't need to be created, it already exists. Students don't merely use it to 'communicate,' as they would in a phone call or web conference, they are able to discover new cultures, make new friends, learn, and collaborate on a very deep level inside of an immersive environment where geography is completely irrelevant.
Visionaries like Dr. Amr Attia from Cairo's Ain Shams University and California-based architect David Denton, have volunteered countless hours to organize this project, with modest support pledged from the United States Department of State to realize Obama's 'Kansas to Cairo' vision – a project they first discussed at a panel hosted by the State Department last June (read more about this architectural panel held in Second Life on america.govor watch video coverage here).
Using Second Life, architecture students in Egypt and the U.S. are working together side by side, collaborating on design concepts inside the realtime, 3D, virtual world – even though they are physically located on opposite sides of the planet. In the screenshot below, I am interviewing some of the students from Cairo, who proudly opened a variety of 3D models they had been working on, one after another, right before my eyes. As we walked together through their design ideas, I realized that this moment was Saturday for me, Sunday for them, and we were 6,200 miles apart – yet sharing the same space, at the same time. I felt sure that I was witnessing a phenomenon with world changing potential, and the students certainly agree.
One of the Egyptian architecture students, Mohammed Ahmed Alfiky, had this to say about it:
"This Second Life project is helping me make direct contact with other students of a different culture, a different architectural school and different way of thinking. It will inspire me to make more effective designs, and critique my work from a different point of view."
The U.S. Department of State has offered funding to bring several of the Egyptian students to the U.S. – a prospect that obviously has the students very excited.
During several visits to their space in Second Life, I have had the good fortune of talking with some incredibly bright and enthusiastic students from both Egypt and the U.S. It is difficult to describe just how excited they are about this project – so I'll borrow quotes directly from them so they can say it in their own words:
"Imagine all of this put together …. collaboration and group work on an international scale, dealing with a whole different culture , language and view of life. Over and above getting to master the use of the virtual world as a tool to make your fantasies become a reality… I think this is what the Kansas to Cairo project offers us new ideas, new tools, and a better percetion of life and of future work in architecure and urban planning." – Hebatullah Aly Ghali
"After working with 3DS Max for 5yrs , I found Second Life to be an easy new tool for architecture visualization, where I can represent myself, my work, my culture and my country. In education, it helps anybody learn – anytime, anywhere. In general, Second Life is drawing a new future for exchanging, learning, collaborating, working and connecting people of all ages." – Sayed Abdul Mohsen
"I think Second Life is a great public participation tool as it is easy that anyone can use it ." -Amr Mohamed Abdelaal
"I think that Second Life is a platform for collaboration that breaks down cultural barriers and designing in it is a constructive path to narrow the division between eastern and western societies." – Salma Muhammad.
Where other architectural educators await a safety net of case studies before they begin exploring virtual worlds in architectural education, here we can see pioneers at work in this space – demonstrating that there really is nothing to wait for.
As we witness a project that has achieved President Obama's vision verbatim, it seems clear to me that this project deserves every bit of the same support and attention given to the multitude of other million-dollar programs described in similar speeches – yet the support has been relatively minimal thus far, amounting to travel stipends for a few students. When I interviewed architect David Denton about the project, he expressed similar concerns.
"I'm enormously appreciative of the support that has been pledged, but I feel very strongly that this is a program that is of tremendous benefit, and that more resources should be made available to create an expanded ongoing program that would include many universities, in both the United States and in other countries around the world."
I agree, and I can't imagine why a project with so much potential wouldn't be able to secure greater support. David adds,
"I'm hoping to drum up support to get that funding increased. Surely the Obama administration can find a way to be more supportive financially with the project that was announced in a major international speech in Cairo by the President."
With no other visible projects on the table to carry Obama's promise forward, I'm hopeful that they will be able to find the support they need to successfully complete this project, and send a message that this wasn't an empty promise. Even though this project has only just begun, it is easy to tell that it is already changing the lives and opening doors for many of the students involved with the project. Virtual worlds offer a tremendous opportunity for cross-cultural, international collaboration between schools of architecture, and this program is definitely worth far greater support than it has achieved so far.
Obama concluded his famous Cairo speech with this thought that I think is particularly relevant here.
"I want to particularly say, to young people of every faith and every country: YOU of all people have the ability to re-imagine the world; to remake this world".
Visit their virtual studio in Second Life sometime, and see a group of passionate students doing just that.


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Today, two really awesome things happened at work, adding to an already great day!
First of all, we've recently welcomed a few new Cast Members to our team. This has been nice for a few reasons, two of which are the fact that I'm no longer even close to being the new girl, and I have a lot of new people to get to know now! Today, I was talking with one of the new ladies during a point in the day when there was absolutely nothing going on. It seems crazy, but yes, there is downtime at Disney every once in a while. So we had the opportunity to speak for a while, and another Cast Member had happened to mention that she had started following my blog. With the topic of my writing out in the open, the new Cast Member with whom I was speaking mentioned that she was a writer as well!
Unfortunately, soon after that we started to get busy again, so I wasn't able to get much information from her. But I'm excited to get to know her more and ask her about what kind of writing she does. I don't really know anyone else who loves writing, so it would be nice to talk about our shared interest during down time. Today was actually the first time that the two of us had an opportunity to speak for any length of time, but so far she seems like someone with whom I'm really going to get along.
The other fun thing that happened today was Pin Trading! I've mentioned before that I love Pin Trading with Guests, but I haven't actually been able to do so quite often. Most times I'm not in a position that allows me the time to Pin Trade, since we have three different jobs that we go between on my team. Today though, I had Guests come up to me and ask if we had Pin Trading at our location. When I pulled out all of our Pins, these Guests were extremely excited, as they had a very large Pin collection. Their enthusiasm was contagious, and I loved speaking with them for quite a few minutes as they looked over the Pins.
While we were Pin Trading, another group of Guests actually asked us about the concept, as they had never taken part in Pin Trading before. I liked being able to share my knowledge and have a nice conversation with all of the Guests, especially since we weren't busy at that point so I could focus all of my attention on them. I've said it before and I'll say it again... Guest interaction is my absolute favorite part of working at Disney World. Even for just a few brief moments, when I'm able to share a smile or make a Guest's day just a little more Magical, it really makes me love my job that much more.
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My family has been doing foster care since I was three years old. I'm the only biological child in my family, though I now have five permanent siblings. Having nineteen siblings over the course of my lifetime has been an incredible experience, and I'm hoping that by sharing some of the ups and downs of being the only bio kid in a foster family, other foster families or people looking into doing foster care will be able to learn a bit of what life can be like. I also like to share what life is like on my journey to becoming a published author, as well as where my schooling and career choice are taking me.
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ATHENS, Ga. -- Linebacker Tim Kimbrough, Georgia's third-leading tackler, will miss the Jan. 2 TaxSlayer Bowl against Penn State because of a suspension.
Georgia did not disclose the reason for the suspension.
Kimbrough, a junior, has 67 tackles, one sack and one forced fumble in 12 games for Georgia (9-3).
Georgia also announced Monday that backup running back Brendan Douglas will miss the game following wrist surgery. Douglas is fourth on the team with 140 yards rushing but third, behind only Sony Michel and Keith Marshall, among healthy backs.
Also Monday, interim coach Bryan McClendon said he will have a chance during this week's Christmas break to discuss his future with the team. He said his focus will be on the bowl game when practice resumes next Monday.


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Gene Edwards
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Gene Edwards
|July 18, 1932
Commerce, Texas,
United States
|Protestant Christian Church Planter
Earl Eugene "Gene" Edwards (born July 18, 1932) is an American house church planter, a Christian author, and a former Southern Baptist pastor and evangelist. A graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, he is an outspoken proponent of the house church concept in the United States.
Early life[edit]
Gene Edwards was born the second son of J.C. "Blackie" Edwards, an oil field roughneck from Louisiana, and Gladys Brewer Edwards, a school teacher. Edwards spent the first six years of his life in Commerce, Texas, until his father was relocated to Bay City, Texas, where his family lived together until Edwards turned 13. During his elementary school years, it was discovered that he had a pronounced learning disability (later to be labeled as dyslexia). A third generation Southern Baptist, the painfully shy Edwards officially joined the First Baptist Church of Bay City at age seven, although he would not be "born again" for another ten years.
After attending the San Marcos Baptist Academy for a year, Edwards enrolled in East Texas State University at the age of 15. On July 17, 1949, during his junior year at ETSU, he experienced a dramatic conversion to faith in Christ.[1] The following year was a formative one, because the Baptist Student Union was unexpectedly left without a leader, so that the students themselves led the activities of the group for a time. This kind of open, spontaneous, lay-led environment left a lasting impression on him.[2]
Graduating from college in January 1951, he enrolled at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth Worth, Texas, the following Monday morning. After one semester at Southwestern, Edwards was chosen to study for a year in Switzerland at the International Baptist Seminary in Zürich (now IBTS in Prague). While there, he studied Anabaptist history with keen interest, even visiting the locations where significant leaders of the Radical Reformation lived and died.[3] This love of history and of the stories of the Dissenting Church would become a central facet of his later ministry. Upon returning to Fort Worth, he completed seminary and married Helen Rogers, formerly a secretary for the Baptist Sunday School Board in Nashville, Tennessee. The ceremony was performed by Frank Laubach and broadcast on NBC for a segment called "Bride and Groom."
Early ministry[edit]
Edwards graduated from Southwestern Seminary in 1954. He then spent five years pastoring two churches: England Grove Baptist Church (1954–56) in Commerce, Texas and Tabernacle Baptist Church (1957–58) in Pickton, Texas. Although a dynamic communicator, his unconventional delivery, born out of an oilfield roughneck upbringing, made him an ill fit for the traditional pastorate. Turning to itinerant evangelism, he began holding citywide meetings to train churches in door-to-door evangelism. By 1962, he had published two books on "soul winning," one of which would become recommended reading at Southwestern Seminary. As his popularity grew, he began to receive invitations from national denominations and parachurch organizations to assist them in implementing programs for personal evangelism. In April 1961, he was invited to speak at the annual gathering of the National Association of Evangelicals.[4]
About the same time, Edwards had begun meeting with a small group of Christians in Tyler, Texas, in order to read The Normal Christian Life [1], written by Watchman Nee and newly published in English. Nee's presentation of the believer's identification with Christ in death and resurrection deeply resonated with him, and in time he grew to believe that Evangelical churches in America had fundamentally strayed from the spiritual vitality of the first-century churches. In November 1961, at the height of his popularity, he ended his evangelistic ministry, canceling all future engagements.[5]
Edwards spent a year in intensive study of early Church history, then began to seek out anyone who had known Watchman Nee and his church planting ministry in China. He first sought the company of Beta Sheirich, a former co-worker of Nee's who had returned from China to a fellowship in Louisville, Kentucky. While meeting in a conference with this group, he contracted disseminated histoplasmosis, which nearly took his life and confined him to bed for the next year. Pain and illness from this disease would haunt Edwards for the remainder of his life. In August 1965, he moved his family from Texas, to the Los Angeles area, where he soon began teaching high school (a profession he would remain in for the next 10 years).
Church Planting and Writing Ministry[edit]
In January 1969, Edwards was asked to speak impromptu at a conference at UCLA featuring a panel of former Campus Crusade directors.[6] He delivered a message on the "Eternal Purpose of God." A few weeks later, a former Campus Crusade group from Santa Barbara invited him to come and speak to them. The group met in Isla Vista (a college community near the University of California, Santa Barbara) and numbered about 20 (in its early days), eventually growing to about 150. It had frequent visitors and was characterized by gracious hospitality.[citation needed]
Over the following three decades, Edwards began writing books on "the deeper Christian life," with a particular emphasis on living in Christian community. His earliest books and tapes were carried by his own publishing house, which he named Christian Books Publishing House, later changing the name to SeedSowers. Besides his own books on devotional living and Christian community, Edwards also edited and republished out-of-print works by a selection of quietist Catholic mystics including Madame Guyon, François Fénelon, Miguel de Molinos, as well as Brother Lawrence. In 1991, Tyndale Publishers began publishing several of Edwards' books, bringing him international popularity. A Tale of Three Kings, which has sold over half a million copies, became standard reading for ministerial students in seminaries and universities.[citation needed]
Edwards' books and tapes laid the groundwork for his own house church movement that began in the United States in the 1970s. Groups and churches that he planted pattern their gatherings around primitive Christian practices such as meeting in homes, writing their own songs, and meeting in an open, participatory style. These groups aim for a distributed ministry model in which no one in the group possesses greater authority than any other so that all will be encouraged to function and speak in the meeting.[citation needed]
Theological distinctives[edit]
- Organic Leadership -- In Our Mission (alternative title: Climb the Highest Mountain), Edwards argues that the administrative organization of people is unnatural and a result of the fall of humankind.
- "God invented organization for angels and not for man. Angels, if you please, turned around and super-imposed their civilization - their systematization, their angelic organizational life, their culture - on man."[7]
- In contrast to this, he argues, leadership in the church is meant to grow "organically," without a pre-structured plan. Churches are meant to operate in an open, egalitarian way, with leadership shared by all those within the group. Thus his churches endeavor to function without the oversight of a pastor or a ministerial staff. While Edwards believes that legitimate spiritual leadership eventually should surface, each group should experience an initial time in which all members of the group learn to shoulder the responsibilities of the church without dependence on those gifted individuals.[citation needed]
- Itinerant Church Planters -- The centerpiece of Edwards' model for the church is the itinerant church planter. Citing first-century precedent, he argues that the earliest Christian communities were started by individuals gifted and called to the ministry of planting churches. Building on the example of the apostle Paul, Edwards contends that these ministers started these churches and then left them for long periods of time, with the result that they learned to function as communities without the constant support and direction of their founders.[citation needed]
- Brokenness and the Cross – For Edwards, those individuals with a talent for leadership (especially church planting) must demonstrate a sensitivity to the inner workings of the Holy Spirit. In particular, he explains that those who wish to know God well must pass through a progressive breaking and humbling of their own dispositions. Natural strengths, skills, and ambitions interfere with the working of God among believers, so those very things which seem most helpful to the church must pass through a kind of death before they can be used by God—the principle of death and resurrection.[citation needed]
- Neighborhood Church – Starting in 1969, Edwards has worked with groups within the United States and Great Britain, publishing books which have sparked much interest in Christian community life. Edwards' churches put a priority on renting or buying houses close together—in the same neighborhood wherever possible. As a result, members of these churches can see each other on a daily basis if they choose, becoming involved to a much greater degree than in the more traditional American forms of church. In this more intimate, family-type environment, both fellowship and "the cross" become more prominent practical realities for those involved.[citation needed]
- Identification with Dissenters of the Past – Edwards draws much inspiration from persecuted groups throughout church history. Showing some affinities to Baptist successionism, he devotes much of his energy to chronicling the stories of marginalized groups such as the Paulicians, The Priscillianists, the Albigensians, the Waldensians, the Bogomils, the Anabaptists, the Lollards, and the Moravians. Edwards also finds much to be commended (and criticized) in more recent groups such as the Plymouth Brethren, the Little Flock of China, and the Local Church movement in the United States.[citation needed]
- Shared Contemplative Prayer Life – Most of the well-known quietist mystics focused on the individual's walk with God rather than the collective prayer life of the church. And while much of Protestant theology marginalizes mysticism, Edwards seeks to integrate it into the daily life of the groups with which he works. As one writer put it, Edwards "pulls that mysticism out of the desert and into the living room."[8] In The Secret to the Christian Life, he encourages his readers to learn the time-honored tradition of turning scripture into prayer (see Lectio Divina). Groups founded by Edwards often gather in pairs for early morning meetings, turning selected scriptures in this way.[citation needed]
- Narrative Emphasis on the New Testament – Towards the end of his ministry and life, Edwards has begun to expend a good deal of energy disparaging the current arrangement of the New Testament into verses and chapters, with the epistles out of chronological order. He contends that modern ecclesiastical traditions would lose their sacred status if the narrative framework of the early Church were reconstructed and well-known. With a New Testament rooted in the story of the primitive Church, spurious theological systems could not so easily be constructed by cutting and pasting verses together, free from their original narrative context.[citation needed]
(Earlier publication dates indicate Seedsowers/Christian Books releases except where otherwise indicated)
- Revolution: The Story of the Early Church (1974)
- A Tale of Three Kings (1980) (Tyndale 1992)
- The Inward Journey (1982) (Tyndale 1993)
- Our Mission (1984) (alt. title: Climb the Highest Mountain)
- The Divine Romance (1984) (Tyndale 1992)
- Letters to a Devastated Christian (1984) (Tyndale 1992)
- Preventing a Church Split (1987)
- The Highest Life (1989) (Tyndale 1991)
- The Prisoner in the Third Cell (Tyndale 1991)
- Dear Lillian (1991)
- The Secret to the Christian Life (1991) (Tyndale 1993)
- How to Meet in Homes (1993)
- Crucified by Christians (1994) (alt. Exquisite Agony)
- The Americanization of Christianity (1994)
- The Chronicles of the Door (alt. The Chronicles of Heaven)
- The Birth (1990) (Tyndale 1991)
- The Beginning (Tyndale 1992)
- The Escape (Tyndale 1993)
- The Triumph (Tyndale 1995)
- The Return (Tyndale 1996)
- Overlooked Christianity (1997)
- Rethinking Elders (1998)
- Beyond Radical (1999)
- The First Century Diaries
- The Silas Diary (Tyndale 1998)
- The Titus Diary (Tyndale 1999)
- The Timothy Diary (Tyndale 2000)
- The Priscilla Diary (Tyndale 2001)
- The Gaius Diary (Tyndale 2002)
- 100 Days in the Secret Place (Destiny Image 2002)
- Christ Before Creation (2003)
- Your Lord is a Blue Collar Worker (2004)
- The Day I Was Crucified (Destiny Image 2005)
- The Christian Woman… Set Free (2005)
- Stories I Love to Tell (2018)
External links[edit]
- ^ "Autobiography". Gene Edwards. 17 July 1949. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ Gene Edwards, The Inward Journey (Goleta, California: Christian Books, 1982), p.5.
- ^ Gene Edwards, Minister to Minister [Cassette Recording], Message Ministry, 1986.
- ^ Gene Edwards, How To Meet (Beaumont, Texas:Message Ministry), 1993, p.7
- ^ Gene Edwards, How We Began, p.3,7.
- ^ Gene Edwards, How We Began, p.1-2.
- ^ Gene Edwards, Our Mission (Augusta, Maine: Christian Books, 1984), p.83
- ^ Gene Edwards' How to Meet. p.64


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I am absolutely appalled. Look at this recipie for so-called maple french toast. Brown sugar and corn syrup does not make maple syrup! This is highly insulting.
Although it does remind me of something….
Martin: OK, piglet, start squealing. Where'd you get the lemons for this lemonade?
Boy: Uh…this is Country Time lemonade mix. There's never been anything close to a lemon in it, I swear!
It's always a good time for a Simpsons reference.


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Anyone know a good game to do for your first Let's Play? I tend to like to do a LOT of editting. I want to do a good game that I know a lot about, but it needs to have lot's of editting opportunities. I'm considering:
Super Mario Sunshine
New Super Mario Bros Wii
Super Mario World
Pokemon Gold
Pokemon Battle Revolution


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If an apology is due for repetition, then so be it…I apologize. But, I cannot get enough of "18.36.54 House" by Daniel Libeskind — Modern Work Of Art Set In Nature. This design successfully challenges all our traditional notions of shape, angularity, and perspective while offering a fully functional residence in a complimentary juxtaposition of manufactured forms and materials against organic form and nature. So, herewith is a third visit to Mr. Libeskind's residential work of art, with additional images and documentation.
Click Images For Larger Views
As I said previously, "Challenging both traditional and modern concepts of 'the house in the landscape,' this design gives nothing of itself up to its natural setting, but selectively incorporates the elements thereof for the enhancement of both house and landscape."


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I grew up wanting to be a NASCAR driver. I chose to go to UTI my senior in high school because it was a better facility than the other schools I looked at.
The hands-on training that UTI provided was very important because that is how it is in the dealerships. The labs were amazing and gave you real life experience of how it would be working in the field. The instructors were helpful and tried to give you the best experience possible. I feel that UTI's relationships with the major manufacturers allowed me to get ahead faster.
UTI helped me succeed by giving me the proper tools for life and guiding me in the right direction. I now own a car and I am saving for an apartment.
Product or Service Mentioned: Universal Technical Institute Nascar Tech Training Program.
Reason of review: Good quality.


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Change metrics for Carbone and Grafite
Carbone and Grafite are two of the most successful themes by BehindTheRabbit. They are two "twin" designs, meaning that they share many characteristics; among them, most of their metrics. A common request about them is: "Can I increase their width"?
They are both 900px wide, which is suitable for most purposes but narrower than the 960px standard so common nowadays. Anyway, since the graphics of both designs are completely created via CSS, there's a lot of changes we can do. We'll use Carbone as an a example.
Header's height
Header's height is one of the easiest parts we can change. It is 120px tall and the title has a padding-top of 40px; to make it, for example, 100px tall the code is quite straightforward:
As you can see, we need to move up a little the title too. We shortened the header by 20px, so let's subtract around 20px to the padding-top as well (let's make it just 20px to keep things simple). This is the final code:
#title h1 {padding-top:20px;}
You can play with this values, according for example to the visibility of the tagline or you personal taste.
Technically, you can also increase its height, but there's a catch: whatever the size of the header is, a banner picture can only be 120px tall. This limit is hardcoded into the design and cannot be changed via CSS injection, so you will not be able to use a picture as a header background (unless it's a pattern).
Page width
Increasing the width of the page from 900px to 960px is sligthly more difficult. The tweak itself is very simple indeed:
body.allow-sidebar #main {width:610px;}
The first line increases the overall size, the second one increases the size of the main body to fill the newly available space.
The problem is that this affects a number of other parts of the website. Our first concern is something most people don't think about: line length. A single line of text shouldn't be longer than 80 chars; you can find many examples online of lines up to 100 chars, but over this value readability seriously worsen.
Keeping the code as it is, a single line in a page with no sidebar in Carbone can be up to 140px long: too much. We need to increase font-size as well:
For Carbone, 1.4em corresponds to 14px. Still the line is a bit long, less anyway than 140px. How large the text should be and how many chars you can accept for a single line is up to you, just play with these values and see what happens.
If you'd like to differentiate pages with sidebar from pages with no sidebar, you can:
body.no-sidebar #main ul {font-size: 1.5em;}
body.allow-sidebar #main p,
body.allow-sidebar #main ul {font-size: 1.4em;}
More room in the page means more room for photo album thumbnails. But if you don't tell them, they stick very close to each other leaving an unused blank space on their right.
Let's give some breath, starting with pages with sidebar:
Then deal with pages with no sidebar:
This is definitely more consistent.
This code works for Grafite as well, with few adjustements. Since text base size for Grafite is slightly larger, you might need to work on line height as well. For example:
For no-sidebar galleries, 9px is the size that works:
Starting with these examples you should be able to radically change the height, width and size of the main elements of your website. Play with values until you reach your goal and don't forget to test the result with as many browsers as possible.


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Calculating spousal Social Security benefit
My wife is 64; I am 65. We both intend to wait until full retirement at 66 to collect Social Security. Could we both file at 66, each of us restricting the application to our spousal benefit while our own benefits grow until we've turned 70?
No. You can both postpone your primary benefit until age 70. But only one of you can collect a spousal benefit in the meantime.
Three rules explain why.
1. Nobody can apply for a benefit based on a spouse's earnings until that person has filed for his or her primary benefit.
2. You must be at full retirement age to restrict an application to your spousal benefit, or to file and then suspend an application for your own benefit.
3. If applying simultaneously for your primary and your spousal benefit, you will get the larger of the two.
This means you can't apply for a spousal benefit at 66 because your wife won't yet have filed for her primary benefit (see Rule 1). When she turns 66, she can green-light your application by filing for her primary benefit and then immediately suspend that application (see Rule 2). The result: Each spouse has postponed his/her primary benefit until age 70, and one spouse (you) is collecting a spousal benefit.
But your wife can't apply for a spousal benefit based on your record because you won't yet have filed for your primary benefit. What if you facilitate that by filing for your benefit and suspending the application? You're already collecting a spousal benefit. If you apply for your own, too — even if you suspend the application — you'll immediately be eligible only for an amount equal to the larger of the two (see rule 3).
THE BOTTOM LINE Only one spouse in a marriage can collect a spousal Social Security benefit.
WEBSITES WITH MORE INFORMATION nwsdy.li/spousalbenefit and nwsdy.li/fileandsuspend
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