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With close to 25 years of existence, Savagan has become an iconic Brussels hair salon. Located on Sainte Catherine square, near the Beurs and the Grand Place, Savagan offers a wide selection of cuts, blow-drys, colorations and locks made by experienced hairdressers.
The design of the place by Danny Venlet gives a modern and yet friendly aspect to the salon by placing the customers around a long central table and stimulates discussions between the customers and the hairdressers.
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Lady Gaga's Little Monsters waited months for a taste of the superstar singer's next album. But, when she released "Born This Way" Friday, a little bit of controversy emerged.
The long-awaited single quickly drew a slew of comparisons to Madonna's "Express Yourself" and "Vogue," so much so that when the Twitterverse went ablaze with reactions to Gaga's single, "Express Yourself" became a trending topic as well.

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Postgraduate IT conversion courses
Postgraduate IT conversion courses provide a grounding in the basics of IT and computing for graduates who haven't studied computer science at degree level. They are typically a year-long, taught masters course.
For many graduates the IT conversion course is the path to a completely new career, but it could also boost professional opportunities in areas related to your undergraduate degree. For example, if you are a biology graduate, extra computing skills could help you specialise in the growing field of bioinformatics. An economics graduate could gain the technology skills needed to get into financial modelling. But, as the business world becomes ever more reliant on technology, it's no bad thing for any graduate to have a good understanding of computers and IT systems.
In the finance sector, for example, you will find that the Bloomberg NEXT is an extremely prevalent piece of software used right across the industry, particularly when it comes to market analyses.
Focus on your end goal
To get the most out of a postgraduate conversion course you need to give some thought to what you want to do at the end. Conversion courses are intense. You'll be mastering a completely new discipline in a relatively short time, so you need to be motivated.
Researching the IT business sector and listing the main employers that interest you is a good way to start – you need to make sure that you really do want to work in the IT sector before you get further into debt to join it. Take a close look at the different roles offered by IT employers and identify which ones interest you. This will give you an idea of the skills and competences you will need and it will help you compare the course content so that you find the masters that suits your career aims.
Choosing the right course
IT conversion courses vary in focus and content. An MSc in 'computer science' or 'computing' will typically cover core computing principles and be heavier on programming, development and networks, compared to an MSc in 'information technology'. The latter could focus more on building IT applications within business and society. Both types provide invaluable skills but one may be better suited to your career intentions than the other. Look at the content and key modules carefully – while you'll want to be challenged by your postgraduate studies, why struggle with loads of programming if that's not your long-term IT interest?
To maximise the benefits of converting to IT you also need to choose the right place to study. Different institutions will have different emphases and provide different learning environments, so you will need to decide what suits you best.
For example, Brunel University has a number of different courses available in both its Mathematical Sciences and Information Systems and Computing departments. Taking two courses, the MSc in Advanced Computing is strikingly different to the MSc in Computational Mathematics with Modelling. The former is focuses more heavily on group work, including a large project, and generally leads to careers with a software engineering or business theme; the latter is more research orientated, including a dissertation, and leads to more research-based careers such as quantitative analyst or academic posts.
The minimum entry requirements are also different. The MSc in Advanced Computing requires a 2.1 and some experience of software programming. Conversely, the MSc in Computational Mathematics with Modelling asks for a 2.2 in a course with a clear and strong mathematical element to it.
Another thing to check is whether your university has any research ties to businesses. This is commonplace in the IT sector, with universities acting as a natural base for research projects. Birmingham City University, for example, has various partnerships with businesses including with Cisco and SAP, to name just two. These ties can be a especially useful to you as a student, as with their increased presence on campus you may be able to build up a network of contacts that leads to future job opportunities.
Meeting the entry requirements
Check the minimum requirements carefully. You need to make sure that your undergraduate degree will allow you entry onto the course and that your degree classification meets the minimum requirements. Many courses accept graduates from all disciplines. However, those with a deeper technical element may only accept graduates coming from numerate or technical/scientific degrees.
If you have any prior experience in computing or any IT-related work experience, mention this in your application along with the strength of your mathematical and analytical skills. This will help admissions tutors assess your suitability for the course and additionally provides useful practice for identifying the key aspects of your work experience to employers in the future.
What converts can offer
The combination of the technology skills gained through a conversion masters and the general competences developed through your first degree will give you breadth of experience and a skills set that really stands out. It's a winning combination.
The majority of computing applications are in business and graduate employers look for would-be IT professionals that buck the typical computer scientist stereotype. Technologists need to possess strong people skills, business acumen and understand the diverse needs of IT users, as well as having a deep technical knowledge. Conversion graduates frequently display these highly sought after traits.
In addition, non-IT graduates often present companies with a link between their IT specialists and the end-users of their products. Understanding trends and thoughts of users is crucial to IT businesses as a whole. As such, non-IT graduates do not need to know the ins-and-outs of how computer programmes work, but they must be comfortable speaking about them and be able to understand their uses in a broader, often customer-focused context.
Funding your course
- If you have already found a masters course that interests you, check what financial help may be available through the university or department, eg scholarships or bursaries. Make enquiries before or when you apply.
- Professional and Career Development Loans are available through an arrangement between the government and two high street banks (Barclays and the Co-operative Bank). Find out more at www.gov.uk but check the conditions and your eligibility for these loans carefully. The interest is paid for you during your studies, and for one month after you have completed them.
- Visit your university's careers service to find directories of funding organisations and more information on postgraduate study.


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A group which works to improve the quality of life for older people living in Daventry district has celebrated its 10th birthday.
Members of the Daventry & District Forum (DDF) celebrated the milestone at their annual Christmas tea dance at Daventry Leisure Centre.
The group was set up following a county-wide initiative to give older people more of a voice in local issues.
Initially called DAVOP (Daventry District Action and Voice for Older People), it held its first meeting in November 2006, when around 60 people gathered to discuss issues such as local policing and health provision. Ten years on there are more than 700 members.
Within a year the group was renamed DOF (Daventry & District Over Fifties Forum) but retained its remit to represent the interests of older people across the district.
Now known as DDF, the group continues to hold popular regular forum meetings which provide members an opportunity to make new friends, have fun, and find out information and advice on a wide variety of subjects, from healthcare, to adult learning.
The group receives administration support from Daventry District Council and is run by a management committee, elected from its 700-strong membership.
The group has led on or been involved with a number of successful initiatives in the district in recent years, including Christmas campaigns to help those in need, and the formulation of DDC's Ageing Well Strategy to improve the lives of older people.
DDF chairman Gloria Edwards Davidson said: "Our aim has always been to improve the quality of life of older people by providing timely advice and information with the help and support of partner agencies.
"Looking back over the last 10 years I think we can be very proud of our achievements. However, with ever increasing limitations on funding, together with an ageing population, it is vital that we continue to work together to the benefit of residents across the district.
"I would like to thank the management committee, all of our members and Daventry District Council for all the help, time and support they have provided in the last 10 years. Here's to the next decade!"
Cllr Alan Hills, Daventry District Council's community culture and leisure portfolio holder, said: "I was involved in the formation of DDF - as it is now known - all those years ago, and have been pleased to see them flourish ever since.
"They have done a lot of good work providing a voice for older people in our communities, and countless people have benefited from membership of the group, so long may that continue."


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Artists are being sought to create unique, colorful wings for a public sculptural work on the campus of William Woods University.
"Wings" is the brainchild of Terry Martin, WWU professor of art, who has begun to suspend lines above the courtyard between the Gladys Woods Kemper Center for the Arts and Dulany Auditorium.
"Each pair of wings raises another higher," he said. "The symbolic aspect of our project may remind people that when we come together in creative pursuits, it fosters community and makes us forget things that may divide us."
Martin will use heavy monofilament fishing line to suspend the wings from tree to tree on either side of the raised circle in the middle of the plaza. The wings will come down from the horizontal line to a circular mosaic base created by two William Woods University art students, Jennifer Costello of St. Louis and Alex Orear of Jefferson City.
Costello and Orear are working with Martin through the Mentor-Mentee program at WWU. The program matches faculty and students in creative and scientific endeavors. Together, the three artists are reaching out to the campus and Fulton community to encourage greater participation.
"The number of wings needed will be achieved by extending the activity to as many people as we can feasibly reach," Martin said. "The individuals who participate will make 'wings' out of a durable fiber paper that is water resistant and can be painted. Different colors and styles are encouraged. All combined, the wings should create a rainbow of color and spirit!"
On Friday (Sept. 29) Costello, Orear and Martin worked with after-school students at the John C. Harris Community Center in Fulton. The children created colorful wings of all sizes, shapes and colors. On Oct. 10, a day-long activity is planned to involve as many William Woods students as possible.
"We are planning similar activities with other community groups and senior citizens," Martin said. "If you know of individuals, young or old, who would have an interest in participating in this art project, please pass this information on to them and, if possible, we will assist with instruction and provide the materials needed to produce winged elements for the sculpture."
After the installation is complete, a picture of "Wings" will be posted on the William Woods University website, so individuals can download prints of the sculpture they helped to create.
Persons interested in the project should contact Terry Martin at (573) 592-4373 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Small green spaces in Nihonbashi include the Kabuto shrine and anonymous wall gardens.
In addition to a few historic corporate and government landscapes, Nihonbashi also has small shrines and anonymous micro-gardens. Canada's Discovery History program filmed me talking about these locations. By accident, I stumbled upon a small Shinto shrine called Kabuto. It stands between a building covered in scaffolding and multiple elevated freeways just east of Edobashi bridge. It's also across the street from the Bubble-era Tokyo Stock Exchange. Just behind it is the river.
Kabuto means samurai helmet. The shrine lends its name to the surrounding area. At the entrance are simple wood doors with the kanji for "kabuto" etched. The shrine seems very well maintained, and I wonder if those responsible for the shrine are the current business neighbors or descendants of generations of shrine keepers. I wonder, too, if the shrine used to be larger and better connected to the river. Now it seems almost swallowed up by the man-made environment on three side and from above.
It's interesting that while the Tokyo Station area is full of new towers and multinational corporations, there are also still some small alleys and low buildings that provide a glimpse of the past. I found this curious sidewalk garden outside a five-story building that houses a reflexology clinic, a ramen shop, accountants, and probably a residence on top.
Here's the list of tenants and the old entrance door. The garden is simple, well-cared for, and a cheerful sight in a densely packed area.


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This aspect is now well under way and will be in close aspect into February as Jupiter turns and moves direct. I rather think there is very much a synastry between Chiron and Jupiter, because Chiron in mythology was a Centaur and Jupiter's sign Sagittarius also represents a Centaur. Chiron was also a teacher and a knowledgeable one too and of course Jupiter rules knowledge and wisdom. Chiron in the old stories suffered a potentially fatal wound by being hit by an arrow from Hercules, but was granted immortality by the Gods, so in effect he became a healer who could not heal himself. Chiron rules wounding and healing, and some people think because of his erratic orbit around the Sun that Chiron is also a bit of a maverick influence.
Now interpreting Jupiter square Chiron is tricky, because of the myriad of possibilities we have here. Will Chiron cause a wound because of Jupiter need to explore and experience new things. Jupiter tends to take chances and here you open yourself out to harming yourself. Jupiter also encourages expansion, and maybe any wound will come because you are over extending yourself. On the other side of the coin, Chiron can heal you by curbing your excesses. Go on a diet for example or give up smoking or drinking too much. Maybe Chiron will force you in to healing your financial situation by encouraging you to cut your cloth accordingly? It all depends where in your chart this mutable square is activating.
As this is a mutable influence, this change will slightly easier to achieve than if it were a fixed square for example; fixed ones often need a really painful break in your behavior before you learn to change your ways. In a mutable square you can change your direction by simply adjusting your manner of doing things, not to say this is still going to easy to achieve.
With both these bodies promoting wisdom and knowledge, this could be an excellent time to do some studying so that you might learn something very valuable for the future. Maybe someone of knowledge and experience will come along now, enter your life and give you a helping hand?
In this aspect, we still may have to face painful truths about ourselves and about where we are going wrong in out lives. This aspect does give us a chance to do something about them before it is too late. Especially as this square is still active after Jupiter turns direct on 31st January, you can use Jupiter's forward motion to start to open out and to learn some of the lessons from the past. It's time for some redemption in our lives, a chance to correct some of the mistakes we have made, and to become wiser and stronger in preparation for the next stage of our development...
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SINCE trains stopped running across it in 1982, the Spuyten Duyvil swing bridge has been stuck in the open position, like a faucet that cannot be turned off.
But the turntable railroad bridge, which was erected in 1900 and connects the northern tip of Manhattan to the Bronx, is scheduled for rehabilitation by mid-1990, although budget overruns may push the date back. When the the bridge is repaired, it should be able to resume its back-and-forth sweeps across the Harlem River.
The history of the bridge is intertwined with the history of the New York & Hudson River Railroad, established in the mid-1840's with tracks extending north along the West Side from a terminal at Chambers and Hudson Streets in lower Manhattan.
The line ran along the Hudson River north of 72d Street and crossed Spuyten Duyvil Creek, now the Harlem River, on a wooden drawbridge. The bridge was built no later than 1848, when service was extended to Fishkill. Later, service was extended to Albany, and points west and north.
The early railroad had freight and passenger service. President-elect Abraham Lincoln used the line as he traveled to his inauguration in 1861, and his funeral train passed that way again in 1865.
A merger in 1869 with the New York & Harlem Railroad to create the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad shifted passenger service to Grand Central Terminal, but a shuttle ran from the old Hudson River line passenger station at 30th Street and 10th Avenue to the Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx.
At some point, the wooden bridge was replaced by an iron one, certainly by 1895 when the Spuyten Duyvil Creek and the Harlem River were widened and joined as the Harlem River Ship Canal, linking the East and Hudson Rivers. In 1899, the present bridge, called the Spuyten Duyvil Improvement, was erected by the railroad.
The 610-foot bridge, which was designed by Robert Giles, a staff engineer for the railroad, consists of three fixed sections - two on the Manhattan side, one on the Bronx. They are connected by a 290-foot-long center section that pivots on a central tower and rotates almost 65 degrees to open a 100-foot channel on either side.
The truss systems of the bridge were not unusual, according to The Engineering News of June 14, 1900, but the bridge was of ''considerable interest'' because of the shallow turntable construction to keep the bridge close to the existing railroad grades and thus close to the water. Today, depending on tides, there is often only five feet of clearance from the water line to the bridge.
Passenger shuttle service across the bridge continued until 1916, when all passenger service was shifted to Grand Central Terminal, but the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad played an increasingly important role in feeding New York.
In the 1920's, when other rail lines were closed in labor disputes, the West Side line was called the ''lifeline of New York City,'' bringing in almost all of the city's food.
BY 1934, according to Thomas Flagg, an industrial archeologist, 70 trains a day crossed the Spuyten Duyvil Bridge. But rail service declined after World War II and so did the use of the aging swing bridge, which began to have maintenance problems.
In 1963, the steam-operated motor was replaced with an electric one. Three years later, a tug maneuvering an oil barge hit the bridge, jamming it in the open position. Repairs took two weeks, and Harlem River shipping had to be rerouted around the Battery.
In 1983, a hit-and-run collision again left the bridge in the open position, but repairs were not undertaken. Regular freight service on the rail line had stopped a year before.
Since then, the Spuyten Duyvil swing bridge has been rusting slowly, as tidal currents and Circle Line boats pass by.
Now, as part of a plan to restore passenger service on the West Side, the bridge will be rehabilitated in a joint project of Amtrak and the State Department of Transportation. Passenger trains from Albany, the Great Lakes and Canada now go into Grand Central Terminal, but after the project is completed they will go into Pennsylvania Station, which will permit connections to points south.
There were concerns whether the swing bridge could be rehabilitated to operate as frequently as the new service requires, but Amtrak determined that it can be repaired and the original bridge retained.


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Phew! The list of aspirations for a kid is always a never ending one. With ambitions, dream jobs and hobbies changing every day, every minute, there are a plethora of things that kids do. Some of which amuse us, some surprise us, while some worry us.
While it is only common for kids to have their own perceptions about things, which of course, change as they watch and learn, and grow up, some things, however, remain somewhat stagnant. One such thing is having imaginary friends.
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It differs from kid to kid how the imaginary character created by them or to an extent by the society blends in their lives.
How by the society, you may ask? Well, characters like Santa Claus and Tooth Fairy, which are definitely not real, but we raise our kids making them believe in these characters. No, it is not wrong to introduce them to these characters since they are an integral part of childhood, but we must know that children need to be aware about the difference between fictional characters and real ones.
It is beyond doubt that kids these days are more aware than kids of prior generations, thanks to rapid developments in technology and communications, but despite such progresses, there are many children who become prone to psychological identity disorders, as they grow up believing something and someone to be real, when they are not.
Sometimes, getting neglected by parents, avoided by peers, and harshly treated by people can have a grave impact on their minds, and they may end up finding solace in a friend, whose existence isn't even real. What can be worse is its intensity may get magnified and as they grow older, they may end up getting diagnosed with identity disorders, jeopardizing their mental states.
While psychologists say that it is normal for kids to confide in their imaginary buddies or pets, as a part of growing up, they also suggest that parents need to step in when it gets too serious and continues after their kids have attained a certain age of maturity.
It is very important for parents to look out for such elements from their kids' early childhood days. Share stories with them, introduce them to fictional characters, but make sure that they treat them as fiction and not reality.
Spend as much time with them as possible, and make sure they don't feel neglected.
Keeping these simple points in mind can actually help them understand and appreciate life better, and remain as close to reality as possible, rather than finding solace in something that is only an illusion.


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By Jan Walsh
Photography by Beau Gustafson
Bellini's has a talented, new pastry chef, Amber Croom. She has a new dessert menu. And today I met her and tasted them all during lunch: affogato, bananas foster, bread pudding, gelato flight, key lime panna cotta, malt chocolate cake with adult milkshake, red velvet cheesecake, and tiramisu.
Not only did this bring many envious stares, the envy continued on social media with 50 plus Bellini's patrons voicing their sweet opinions on Facebook. After I narrowed it down to my two favorites — the chocolate red velvet cakes, Bellini's social media fans have since been waiting to check out this issue of B-metro for my favorite dessert to be announced.
Although the desserts are all winners, the deep, dark chocolate cake and its Kahlua milkshake pairing are very hard to beat. Yet the winner is… red velvet cheesecake! If the name brings memories of your grandmother's red velvet, Christmas cake, forget it because hers is likely missing a layer. I have never had anything like it. Croom iced creamy white frosting — dotted with praline crumbles — over two tall, moist layers of red velvet cake. In the middle is the layer that takes this cake over the top — cheesecake. And two crunchy pralines accompany this slice of heaven. Pair this dessert with a glass of Vietti Barbera, which is also red with a velvety finish.
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Indian Digital Media Awards aim to bring top industry leaders, marketers, brand custodians and decision makers of the country under one roof. The 8th edition of #e4mIDMA is scheduled to be held on 16th June 2017 at Taj Santacruz, Mumbai. This year's grand jury was chaired by Manoj Kumar, Managing Director & Area General Manager – ISC, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare.
Keep reading to know the sentiments of the grand jury members on what plagues digital media in India & why.
Juzer Tambawalla, Head Of Marketing, Franklin Templeton Investments
There is a gap in the pace at which technology is evolving and the ability for marketers to leverage it. Platform owners like Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn etc. will have to take ownership of strengthening the intellectual capital of the ecosystem.
Prashanth Challapalli, Chief Integration Officer – South Asia, The Leo Burnett Group
Digital is still a nascent practice, it's only about 10 years old here. To expect AR and VR and other innovations to take off is unrealistic because we don't have the infrastructure…
Rob Aalders, Serial Entrepreneur
The synergy between ecommerce and digital media needs to develop in India. Many young people use internet a lot, the growth numbers are staggering. Yet technology is not available for all which is a great pity.
Sumit Aggarwal, Director, Oracle Marketing Cloud
Excessive obsession with performance and ROI and not focusing on consumer experience plagues digital media in India today. If we fix consumer experience, engagement and journey, rest will automatically start delivering.
Manoj Kumar, Managing Director & Area General Manager – ISC, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
A common currency of measurement and a common industry agreement on what constitutes a view is needed. Regional language content has huge headroom for growth in India; especially with regional search coming in on Google.
Manik Nangia, Director Marketing & Chief Digital Officer, Max Life Insurance
- Measurement mechanisms aren't robust and ability to audit is limited.
- Not enough effort is being put into triangulating the Message, Media& Audience – these three need to be in-sync for marketing to work!
Delna Avari, Mentor and Consultant
I believe we have grown by leaps and bounds and in many ways are leading the charge so to speak. Yet, there is a reality that we think of digital separately & at times as an afterthought even today. There is a lot of jargon that still floats about and structures are still too complex. Also the focus on true/real v/s notional ROI is not adequate.
Jonathan Bill, Co Founder CEO, Credit Mate
India is still plagued by dubious advertising ROI and poor accountability especially among ad networks. In the end this causes advertisers to focus their spends on a few international platforms.
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Former ODU women's soccer player and current assistant coach Jen Holton is playing professional soccer in Iceland this summer. She'll be checking in with OhioDominicanPanthers.com with updates from her travels this summer.
For the last week or so I've been mulling over what to write about Iceland and have decided to share with you some of the cultural events as well as the daily activities that are somewhat similar to ours in America but also have many differences as well. As I have slightly touched on, the town I am currently living in is very small, consisting of about as many people as the Ohio Dominican University population, roughly around 2800 people.
The town however is one of the biggest tourist locations for travelers around the world because of its famous Blue Lagoon Resort in addition to its camp grounds, ATV tours, cave explorations, hiking trails, and harbor for fishing or just relaxing walks around the shore. Grindavik also contains shops, restaurants, a gym, swimming pool, my favorite the bakery, and of course the town's professional soccer and basketball teams. The town also has a few of its own festivals that just about all the townspeople play a role in and celebrate together for. Even people that once lived in Grindavik and now live elsewhere come back to celebrate these festivals. In fact, one of the biggest and most renowned festivals of Grindavik just took place this past weekend being known as the Fisherman's Festival Weekend.
Grindavik is very well known for its fishing due to the fact that the town sits directly on the Southwestern coast of the country, just along the shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean. Grindavik is ranked in the top 5 towns in bringing the heaviest fish catch to shore every year. Fishing is a major way of life here with many of the townspeople working in the fishing industry. It is very interesting because the family of one of the girls on my team actually owns one of the top fish processing companies in Grindavik.
The fisherman's festival weekend is a weekend full of games, shopping boutiques, food stands, live bands, and competitions set up all down by the harbor for all to come and take part in or just sit and enjoy. The entire town is split up into four districts which are then given a color and have to decorate their part of the town in that color. The people get crazy with it because it is a competition and even create "zombie fishermen" which they set out in their yards. It is somewhat like our Halloween but instead of wearing a costume, the people wear the color that their part of town is given and on Friday walk in a parade to the harbor where the band plays and food is sold.
Later that night the bars were crowded with the night life partiers which last until the bars close at 4am or 5am. Then the after-partying in the streets begins and doesn't end until 6am or 7am because the sun rarely goes down in the summer! On Saturday, the town held a rowing competition, Iceland's Strongest Man competition, and continued with the live bands and shopping boutiques. Saturday also was Election Day and that night the town dance took place and was the main attraction. The dance was held in the basketball stadium and was jam packed with most of the town people. The music was performed by a live band however mostly in Icelandic so understanding that was not very easy for me. When a song would come on all my teammates would get excited but I had no idea what the song was, ha-ha. I'm working on learning the language but let me tell you it isn't easy trying to learn the 2nd hardest language in the world!!
Besides the festival last week, I also went out to eat and see a movie here in Iceland; both activities having their similarities and differences from the U.S.A. The restaurant that I went to was here in town and was called Mamma Mia's. Typically with a name like that one would think the restaurant served only Italian cuisine however, not the case. This restaurant was mainly a burger joint with a few pizzas, sandwiches, and salads on the menu. Just as in America, the waiter came to our table and asked for our order so I went ahead and ordered the "lobster burger" house specialty. It was a normal size beef hamburger topped with lobster meat and a homemade lobster sauce.
Here in Iceland the sauce is what makes the sandwich, most of these people love to cover their food in Icelandic sauces. The burger was very good though and I had no complaints. The difference here from being at home however was that ketchup and other condiments were not left on the table. If you wanted extra you had to pay extra for them. Not too surprising because the cost of living here in Iceland is outrageous compared to home but still I mean ketchup? Really? Another difference was that the bill was never brought to the table, once done with your meal you just walk up and pay the server at the cash register. This may just have been because I was eating in our small town and crime rarely happens here but at home this is never the case.
Lastly, going to a movie here in Iceland one would expect the film to have been in the Icelandic language. Wrong again. The film was actually played in English since it was a film created in America and had subtitles that were in Icelandic. This was really interesting to me however I wasn't complaining. As I was sitting watching the film everything was basically the same as in the U.S. The seats were big and comfy, they had candy and popcorn and the usual snack items, and previews before the film just like at home. However as I continued to watch the film, all of a sudden the film just stopped, the lights came on and everyone got up to leave the theatre. I was very confused but luckily I was with some girls on the team who had informed me that in Icelandic movie theatres there is an intermission for people to go use the bathroom and buy more snacks.
Intermission lasted about 10 minutes and then everyone came back and the film played where it had left off. I was a little annoyed with this at first but then thought hey this is a great idea. Instead of having to leave in the middle of the movie to use the bathroom and miss some of the film, they just have an intermission for everyone. I think it is a clever idea and one that could be potentially used in the U.S. to help sell more candy and snacks to customers as well. One final difference was that at the end of the movie everyone exits up front where the screen is. No one leaves where they came in from so no one has the ability to sneak into a second movie like we all try to do in the U.S., haha.
So there ya have it, my last week in Iceland has been more taking in the culture and understanding their way of life since my team has been on a break from games until June 10th when we play our next match. J Well, as they say in Iceland "Ég hef gotta fara núna"(I've got to go now). I'm off to training, will blog more soon!


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Fort Worth, Texas – A combined entry list approaching 300 Limited Modifieds, Modifieds and O'Reilly Auto Parts SUPR Late Models are expected for the Texas World Dirt Track Championship set for March 3-5 at the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track.
"The Texas World Dirt Track Championship is one of the premier dirt track events and we expect to host some exciting racing," said Cameron Branch, Lone Star Legends general manager. "We're looking forward to having our local and regional competitors back and hope they put on a good show for the fans."
Action is scheduled to get underway with practice Thursday, March 3, followed by qualifying and heats for Modifieds and Limited Modifieds on Friday, March 4. The weekend will conclude with main events for Modifieds, Limited Modifieds and O'Reilly Auto Parts SUPR Late Models on Saturday, March 5. For registration and a complete schedule, visit www.texasmotorspeedway.com.
In accordance with Texas Motor Speedway's "No Limits" marketing campaign, fans no longer will have to pay individual prices for the Texas World Dirt Track Championship. Fans will be charged by the carload, with $10 for Friday's activities and $15 for Saturday. All season-ticket holders will receive a coupon by mail for $5 off both Friday and Saturday's admittance.One Comment


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I remember like it was yesterday. A couple of months ago, I had, "one of those days," and I taught my preschooler every swear word I know. In the matter of minutes, my little guy met my inner Jersey girl. Let me explain…
So, it was a Monday, of course. Well, just like any Monday, my household was in a whirlwind. After rushing my eldest out of the door and onto the bus, I got back into my car and looked at my little one. He was so cute and innocent, all ready for school with his Spiderman lunch box and Spiderman backpack. All of a sudden, I remembered it was his freakin SNACK DAY!?!
(You know snack day, right? The day that three years olds wait weeks, maybe even a month, to be the "special" kiddo for the day. That day my little guy was going to bring his friends a healthful snack, and then he'd get to be the line leader for the day. Every kid's dream.)
After realizing the super importance of the day, I screamed, "Holy shit!" It was an impulse and, of course, I usually try to contain this kind of transgression.
"Holy shit," he replied in his little three-year-old voice so cute that I had to contain a giggle.
"Oh, no, Honey, Mommy didn't mean that. We shouldn't say bad words. I'm very sorry," I said.
"OK, Mommy," he said, "no bad words."
Phew, I was forgiven. I thought, "I really have to work on not blurting bad words in front of this kid."
Just like that, I remembered that we had a mission. I wasn't going to let some poor planning ruin my little guy's special day. No way! And off to the grocery store we went, so we could pick up the snack before we got to school. His school started at 9 a.m., and it was about 8:30 a.m. when we left. I was sure that we could still pull off Snack Day without a hitch.
#2 Goddamn It
I've always prided myself in being a good mom. You know, I cared about the happiness, health, and well being of my kiddos and all their little kiddo buddies. As a rule, the snacks that we have brought into school for Snack Day have been Gluten Free, Dye Free, Peanut Free, and just plain gross. (Lol, Just Kidding on the gross, I couldn't resist it when I wrote the "free" list. Poor Kids, in my day, we all got jacked up on cupcakes and Hawaiian Punch; they don't know what they're missing.) Anyway, we always brought cheese sticks (not lactose free, unfortunately) and grapes in for snack day. I usually got this snack at Aldi's, because it was more affordable, than Wegmans. (Ten bucks is a reasonable spend on snack day, in my opinion. This grape and cheese snack usually brings me right to that number at Aldi's.)
When I pulled into the Aldi's parking lot at 8:42 a.m., no one was there.
"Good," I thought, "this will be quick, because no one is here yet."
I grabbed my three year old out of the car and hurried to the store and the door didn't open. I looked up, wondering why the stupid door wouldn't budge, and realized that the store was still closed. They opened at 9 a.m.
"Goddamn It! Ahhh!" I yelled quickly towing my three year old sideways back to the car on his very super special Snack Day!
Then my little one whined, "Mommy, where's my snack. It's snack day; I get grapes."
I took a deep breath and said, "Buddy, that store is closed. We'll, go to Wegmans, instead. Buckle up."
"The store's closed? Goddamn it," he said.
"Oh no, no, no, buddy, that's not nice. Please don't say bad words like that, especially not that one. That is the worst one, and we will not be saying that, OK?" I buckled him in and shut the door. "I'm going to get the Mother of the Year Award this year for sure!" I thought. I opened the door and got into my seat. I looked up in my mirror and saw his cute little face, as he stared right back at me.
"OK, Mommy. Where's my snack?" he said.
#3 Fuck, et al.
After a fast deep-breathing exercise, and a quick drive over to the store, we pulled into the Wegmans parking lot at 8:46 a.m.
"OK," I thought. "We've still got this," I repeated to myself over and over again in a rushed tone. I grabbed my preschooler, and we headed into the store. (BTW, thank you, Wegmans, for holding respectable business hours.)
When we got inside, I took one look at the grapes at $4/pound and decided I needed to quickly reconsider my whole "I want to keep every kid, with every dietary restriction, happy philosophy." I was not going to spend over $20 on snack day. So, Goldfish it was to my little guy's satisfaction. He was sure that his classmates would approve of his offering to the Snack Gods.
We purchased one of those giant milk cartons of the orange snack and headed back to our car. I got the kid strapped in and got myself buckled up, I looked at the clock. It was 8:55 a.m. If I drove like the wind (I don't speed, mind you, I'm from Jersey and never learned how…), we could still make it on time. We could walk in, and I could pretend that I am one of those put-together moms, who has everything under control. One more deep breath, and I turned the key in the ignition. Nothing.
"What?" I thought. I was confused. Did my car just not start!?!
I tried again. Nothing.
"Come on, Mommy! Have to go to school," the little one yells, "Hurry up!"
I look all over the place for an answer, while feverishly trying to turn the key over and over again. What the hell was going on? And there it was on my dashboard… The digital warning read, "Bad Key."
"Are you kidding me," I questioned?
"Bad key? What the fuck does that mean?" I yelled.
I tried the key over and over again. My little one got anxious in the back seat. No wonder, the car wasn't moving, and Mommy was losing her freaking mind up front. Truthfully, I don't even remember what he said, because I momentarily lost my mind.
How the hell was I going to 1) get my kid to school and still let him feel some semblance of the "Snack Day" amazingness? 2) make sure that no other work-from-home/stay-at-home mom in town saw me losing my mind in the Wegmans parking lot? (Remember this is 9 a.m. we're talking about on Monday. They all just dropped their kids off at school and were making their way into the store at any minute.); and 3) get my car on the road again?
And then things got worse. My car alarm went off. I. Shit. You. Not. And I couldn't get it off.
"Son of a BITCH!?! What on God's Green Earth did I do to the FUCKING universe today to deserve this?" I lamented.
And then it stopped. Oh, good.
"Mommy, are you OK?" a little voice chirped at me, which momentarily brought me back to sanity.
"Oh. Oh, buddy, Mommy's OK. It's just that mommy's car is broken," and the tears started flowing. "Crap, crap crap! my freaking makeup's gonna look great now. Hey friends, I sell this awesome mascara, want to buy some?" I said while trying to wipe up the black streaks under my eyes. Deep breath.
Maybe the car will turn over, if I tried again. Nothing. I tried another time. Nope. And, what happened next? Oh, YAY, the alarm started going off again! (This moment right here is why wine with 1¢ shipping and day spas exist.)
And then it happened, every single bad word that I know came out of my mouth.
"Shit, fuck, goddamn it, you mother fucker, you cock sucker, you are one little bitch, dick head, fart troll, poop, shiza, shithead, douche bag, etc." You get the point, right? I was possessed. It was so bad that when people walked by my car, with the alarm blaring, they wondered whether or not to approach my car. No one approached me. Good call on their parts.
After I got it out, and I mean it ALL out, I called my husband, my father, and my roadside assistance company.
My husband came to our rescue, and, together, we got our little boy to school about 9:30. Thank God. Our preschooler, though a bit unhappy for being late, made his way into the classroom with his snack in hand.
I went out to the parking lot and got in my husband's truck. I was a mess; thank God he married me. He has to love me when I'm like this, it's the law! LOL. Later, with the help of my husband, dad, roadside assistance, and the local Chrysler dealer, I managed to get my car back on the road. It turned out that my car's ignition had been recalled and that's why it went berserk. I came out of the situation with a new ignition and two new keys for my car and the manufacturer paid for it all. Thank you, Chrysler!
Thankfully, Snack Day didn't end up costing more than $10, after all. It could have gone really, really badly in terms of money for repairs.
By the time we got my car back on the road, it was time to pick up my little guy from school. When I got to school, he ran into my arms, smiled, and gave me a hug. I really needed that hug that day. I asked him about Snack Day, and he said it was great! He said he got to be the fucking line leader.
Hahaha! I'm just kidding you! No, he didn't! He said, " Mommy, the kids loved the Goldfish, and I was the leader."
Cripes, what kind of mother do you think I am, anyway!?! 😉
I guess I'm the kind of mom who tries really hard to make it right for all the people around me, but sometimes it gets screwed up. No worries, though. It's just like those stretch marks. I may be crazy, but I wear that crazy with pride. How about you? Are you a perfect mom or have you ever lost your mind in front of your kids? Did they turn into potty mouths or are they still little angels?
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Although one takes it with a pinch of salt it was nice to get up yesterday morning and read some positive things about a Liverpool performance.
The Sunday Times (no link because it costs to enter their website!) said
"There was improvement in virtually every aspect of the Liverpool performance.."
The Guardian said
"Dalglish is up and running. He said: "My feeling at the moment is elation because our success came from playing as a team. This is something for us to build on." Fulham (we play them in our next match) beware, the old beast is stirring"
Torres and Meireles in particular were singled out for praise and Kenny did the same….
It is the best (Torres game) since I've come in, It was not just his goals it was the work rate he put in…. (Meireles) played very well but I thought everybody played well."
As the transfer window closes in a week's time, we know this to be true as Sky have big flat TV screen in their studio with a countdown clock on it, there was also the inevitable speculation about who we, and other clubs, would sign. The list is open to debate but it looks like we've associated with Ajax's Luis Suarez, Blackpool's Charlie Adam, Ashley Young of Aston Villa and Bolton's Gary Cahill.
The January transfer window isn't the best time to get players and I personally believe we will be hard pressed to sign one let alone two of these players however, let's go along with it and briefly look at the runners and riders starting with the two who I believe are least likely to sign first.
Perhaps Aston Villa might be prepared to let Ashley Young go to help balance the books over the Darren Bent deal? However, with Meireles seemingly coming good and Gerrard about to return from suspension, surely Young is less of an attraction now? Surely for us the priority is to strengthen the defence and the forward line so perhaps teammate Steven Warnock might be a more realistic prospect and of course he knows Anfield! At 25 Gary Cahill may be a better prospect than Warnock (aged 29) but I can't see Bolton agreeing to let him go and this stage of their season. He is also likely to cost and I can't believe that would be able to afford him as well as Suarez and/or Adam. These appear to be more realistic prospects?
The Luis Suarez deal has attached much publicity. He was interviewed in the Sunday Times (again no link because it costs to enter their website!) this weekend in an article entitled "Come and Get Me". It is clear from the article that Suarez favours a move to the Premiership
"It's because of the energy and spirit they put into the game…. I think it's a kind of football that suits me"
Whether we can offer Ajax a price that suits them is a mute point. It has been suggested that Ryan Babel could be used as part of the deal? Both Ajax and the player are keen to reunite and Babel appears to be not keen on a reported move to Hoffenheim. Perhaps this may swing the deal in favour of us but I will still be surprised if it goes through in January. Moreover we, with other better placed clubs interested, will have to work hard to persuade The Uruguayan to join us. Perhaps Kenny's charm will win the day!
More likely to wear the red shirt after 31 January in my book is Blackpool's Charlie Adam. Ian Holloway, speaking on TV yesterday admitted that the player's head had been turned and conceded that there will come a time when Adam moves on but, understandably, feels it should be this summer rather than now. However Holloway is a realist and knows that if the price is right, his main man will go. Sadly he feels our offer of around £4.5m isn't. I have some sympathy Blackpool. They've made great start and it looks as if the bigger boys in the playground feel they can waltz in and take something they want from them without paying the market value simply because they are new boys or a smaller club.
Said Holloway hit back on behalf of the little teams……
"Maybe I am the only one who can see what his value might be. It is all right admiring something. I like my neighbour's car but if I don't pay the right amount of money for it I'm not going to get it. They (Liverpool) had better start by putting a figure one in front of the complete rubbish they have been offering so far. What Liverpool offered is about the price Charlie would have been worth when Kenny was last playing and that was 19 years ago"
Nonsense, Adam would only have been six years old and a bid of £4.5m would have broken the British transfer record which was held by Chris Waddle… hmm may be Holloway has a point!


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When it comes to the royal wedding, no detail is too small -- or at least too small to go unremarked upon.
London's Evening Standard reports that the parchment for Prince William and Kate Middleton's marriage certificate has been made of calf skin, following a "150-year-old secret process." The same firm, William Cowley, made the vellum for the marriage certificate of William's parents, Prince Charles and Princess Diana. According to the article, the material has been sent to the royal calligrapher for inscription.
Meanwhile, the setting for the formal post-ceremony photos isn't quite set, according to the Mirror. The throne room at Buckingham Palace is the traditional location. But because recent royal marriages immortalized there have ended in divorce (a reference to William's parents, his uncle Prince Andrew and the first marriage of his aunt Princess Anne), the paper notes, some palace staffers call it the "jinx" room.
The article is misleading in saying that Prince Edward and Peter Philips -- the queen's youngest son and oldest grandson, respectively -- avoided photos in the room; both men married at St. George's Chapel, which is at Windsor Castle, and did not have receptions at Buckingham Palace. In any event, the throne room probably has good karma, too: The wedding photos of the queen (then Princess Elizabeth) and Prince Philip were taken there, and the couple have been married since 1947.
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They had better release the LONG-FORM marriage certificate (whether or not there IS such a thing is entirely irrelevant), just in case England has as many crazy half-wits as the US has.
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NORTH CAROLINA —Morehead Planetarium & Science Center is once again partnering with GSK to present GSK Science in the Summer™, a free program aimed at providing high-quality science education to underrepresented and underserved populations during the summer. Science in the Summer works to prevent what is known as the 'summer slide,' when students forget what they learned from the school year in the summer.
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Mrs. Waddell's first name was Rosie. She died in the late 1960's – believed to be 1968.
It is confirmed that EB pressures are believed to be the primary cause of Rosie Waddell's death.
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Date: November 30 1968. Section: None; Page: 7.
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An order by the Exclusive Brethren had culminated in the death of an Austinmer mother of five, the District Coroner, Mr W M Sherley, S.M. said today.
He said the harsh directive by the sect had broken up a family and caused the woman, a sect member, seven years of emotional distress.
Mr Sherley made the remarks at the conclusion of an inquest into the death of Rose Waddell, 49, of Wigram Road, Austinmer, in September.
He brought in a finding of suicide by strangulation.
Mrs Waddell had been found by her husband hanging from a rafter in an outside toilet near their home.
Mr Sherley said the woman had been in a state of depression before her death.
"She appeared to have no interest in the future." He said.
Her condition had stemmed from the departure from the family home of three of her five daughters seven years ago.
A directive had been given to the daughters by a religious sect known as the Exclusive Brethren.
Mrs Waddell had been admitted to Gladesville Psychiatric Centre for treatment last April.
Her husband requested that Mr Sherley withhold details of the inquest from publication.
But Mr Sherley said he felt the public should be made aware of the tragic results of the case.
He said: "Following from the harsh directive given by this sect, it had an effect not only of interfering in and breaking up the family unit, but also caused the deceased to go through seven years of severe emotional distress.
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Hey Mums! How are you all doing? In the middle of all the work, parenting and your regular chores..take a moment and pat yourself on the back. Just know that what you are doing for your kids, no one else can and that makes you the best Mom in the world!
This post is for new moms and moms who have been moms for quiet a while now 🙂
A well-stocked diaper bag can save the day. But what do you really need in there? It depends on how old your child is, how long you'll be out, where you're going, and how prepared you want to be or like to be.
Let's look at the basics. You can print this out and put it somewhere on the fridge or on your baby's cupboard so that you don't forget anything.
The essentials
One for each hour you'll be out, plus a few extra – just in case.
You can stick ten or so in a plastic bag if you're not going out for long. Wipes are perfect not just for diaper changes, but also for sticky hands and dirty surfaces.
Hand sanitizer
For cleaning your hands after diaper changes when there's no time or place to wash them.
Changing pad
Many diaper bags come with a reusable changing pad, or you can buy one separately. Some parents like the disposable ones for traveling. A hand towel from home will also do.
Plastic or biodegradable bags
For storing soiled diapers, clothes, and baby blankets. Just make sure your child can't get to them, since plastic bags (including the biodegradable versions) pose a suffocation risk.
Snacks for old babies and toddlers.
Very useful when you can't stop in the middle of nowhere to feed your little one. Could also prove beneficial to soothe a tantrum or unnecessary crying while you are driving.
Sippy cup of milk, water, or juice (for toddlers)
Extra clothes for your child
You never know when spit-up, drool, spills, or poop explosions will necessitate a change of clothing.
You can use it to cover your baby or as a changing pad, nursing cover, bib, shade, or burp cloth. Always comes in handy.
Moving on from Bag Essentials to Mommy and Me Essentials.
Most of the time we forget the little things that are actually the most important things on a parents checklist. I say this for Moms and Dads, both. These are more for older kids. I have three of my own, two girls (7 and 2.5) and one boy (1 year old).
Your kids are watching you two more than they watch anyone else. Make sure you leave a good example for them to follow. Say I love you to your partner in front of your children, they need to see and feel that. Hug each other. Smile at each other. Respect each other. Make time for each other.
If you need someone to talk to, I'm here.
Much love!
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Summer comes to an end! For parents its the beginning of their child's academic year. As exciting as it is, it can be stressful. Of course we don't want everything to be done at the very last minute so we made a checklist to help us accomplish it all before the first day!
Post your checklist on the fridge. That way its always infront of you and you won't miss anything important. Make good use of sales (if any) and get everything ready!
Our little ones won't be so little after a few years so let's cherish the time when we can still get excited about their new class and first days! and yesss!!! Take lots of photos!!
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|Extreme Networks Named First Official Wi-Fi Solutions Provider of National Football League
|Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 03:59:32 PM
Extreme Networks to Help NFL Enhance In-Stadium Experience
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Extreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR), a leading provider of high performance network solutions, today announced its expanded relationship with the National Football League (NFL) to become the first Official Wi-Fi Solutions Provider for the League. Through its sponsorship of the NFL, Extreme Networks and the NFL are working together to enhance the fan experience through Extreme Networks' technology in NFL stadiums. Earlier this year, Extreme Networks was named the Official Wi-Fi Analytics Provider of the NFL, a designation it continues to hold.
Extreme Networks' Wi-Fi solutions are currently deployed in six NFL stadiums. Through the in-stadium, high density Wi-Fi provided by Extreme Networks, fans may simultaneously use multimedia applications, watch NFL video and gain access to exclusive in-stadium game content.
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Michelle McKenna-Doyle, CIO, NFL
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"We live in a world transformed by digital technology, and as a society, we've developed heightened expectations about how technology should support us - at work, at home and even at stadiums. As the Official Wi-Fi Solutions Provider and Wi-Fi Analytics Provider of the NFL, we're helping the League to meet and exceed expectations during games for today's highly connected fans."
Peter McLoughlin, President, Seattle Seahawks
"The Seahawks' work with Verizon and Extreme Networks delivers the best Wi-Fi solution to our fans at CenturyLink Field. By leveraging the latest technology, fans have access to exclusive content through our mobile app features such as live video streaming and coverage of on-the-field action from multiple camera angles and game highlights."
Katie Blackburn, Executive Vice President, Cincinnati Bengals
"The expectations of today's fans are changing. Technology continues to transform the fan experience, and attending a football game today goes beyond just watching the action on the field. Fans today want the same connectivity at stadiums that they have in their everyday lives. Our work with Extreme Networks has allowed our team to deliver an enriched experience for our fans."
Jim Nolan, Vice President of Operations, Finance and Administration, New England Patriots
"With Extreme Networks, the New England Patriots enable an interactive in-stadium experience for fans throughout Gillette Stadium. The pervasive Wi-Fi provides exclusive game day content that fans just can't get at home. This connectivity dramatically changes the way fans experience the game, especially as next generation applications and technology are gaining traction in venues and stadiums."
Crawford Del Prete, EVP WW Products & Chief Research Officer, IDC
"With billions of devices and millions of apps in place, the world is changing. We're in the '3rd platform of technology innovation' and organizations must respond by enabling customers in new ways with enhanced experiences in order to stay competitive. The NFL's continued sponsorship with Extreme Networks is a good example of how to do so successfully. In the face of increased competition from the at-home experience, the NFL has partnered with Extreme Networks to provide fans with an enhanced in-stadium experience. We believe the next phase of the 3rd platform is about industry transformation, where industry leaders need to capture the power of technology to rethink customer experience. The NFL is at the forefront of this trend, and is rethinking how to engage customers - this should be a model for other industries."


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My question was the https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4112314/which-syntax-highlighter-with-export-to-html-for-blog-to-choose. I have not much time for SO last year or two, so I just spotted that and don't even know, when exactly the question was deleted.
As SO had a lot of questions of that kind (and still currently dozens of them), I just wanted to review and put answers in form of community wiki together into the one structurized page. Time to time, I visited it when needed, and as I can see, it was also useful to some other people.
Looking at cached version, I see: closed as not constructive by Bill the Lizard♦ Jun 1 at 11:02
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Men, that's why I proposed the structure, providing: links, commentary, actual technical info. And it was fine for 19 months! There were no debates and extended discussions: yandex cached page. I don't get, why to delete it.
I don't know, what else to say. Actually the cached version is all I can provide to your review. And now, because of deletion, I have to propose to debate, poll and discuss here...


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Crowdfunding has become one of the main sources of initial capital for small businesses and start up companies that are looking to launch their first products. Websites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo provide a platform for millions of creators to present their innovative ideas to the public. This is a win-win situation where creators could accumulate initial fund while the public get access to cutting-edge prototypical products that are not available in the market yet.
At any given point, Indiegogo has around 10,000 live campaigns while Kickstarter has 6,000. It has become increasingly difficult for projects to stand out of the crowd. Of course, advertisements via various channels are by far the most important factor to a successful campaign. However, for creators with a smaller budget, this leaves them wonder,
"How do we increase the probability of success of our campaign starting from the very moment we create our project on these websites?"
In particular, here are some of the questions we want to answer:
The project is divided into two stages. In the first stage, I will accumulate as much data as possible by scraping off the aforementioned websites. I will then perform preliminary analysis on those data to identify the key variables and factors to be included in the supervised learning process. In the second stage, I will perform supervised learning from previous training data to predict the success or failure of a set of ongoing projects as testing data.
Possible factors to be included in the model:
All of my raw data are scraped from Kickstarter.com.
There are currently two raw datasets:
First 4000 live projects that are currently campaigning on Kickstarter (scraped with Python code using BeautifulSoup)
Top 4000 most backed projects ever on Kickstarter (scraped with this code)
The website has certain rules for generating urls. For each seed value, the page number only goes up to at most 200. Given there are 20 projects per page, we can only get at most 4000 non-duplicated data entries per iteration. Therefore, if we want to analyze all of the 300,000+ projects on Kickstarter, we would need to generate a lot more seed values with a mix of different sorting orders to obtain a much larger sample before removing duplicated entries.
Another downside with the data scraped from Kickstarter.com is that they do not have the past unsuccessful projects indexed. Failed projects can only be accessed if one has the original link (e.g. this laser razor project that was successfully funded but suspended by Kickstarter administration). Hence, if we were to use our current "Most Backed" data for maching learning, the result would be skewed and might lead to false positives.
One way to go around this issue is to follow the current live projects until they end (the average duration is 30 days). In addition to a relatively fair sample, we would also gain additional meaningful data such as the pledge amount trend or number of backers over time.
Indiegogo has a unique feature that Kickstarter does not - flexible funding. This feature makes it difficult to define a performance benchmark. Moreover, the urls generated by the website do not have a generating parameter. This makes my current method of scraping data inapplicable. However, Indiegogo does contain a much larger database than Kickstarter so I would have to investigate on how to extract data from their website.


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Saturday, May 24, 2008
Happy Birthday Zairah!
It's my daughter's 4th birthday today....so that's all I'm doing this weekend. Here's a heads up though, I will be listing the Black Victorian Lace Cuffs on Monday morning for $48. As a special treat for any blog readers paying attention. Mention "Zairah" in the notes to seller if you purchase these cuffs and you'll get them for $10 off. This is a one day only offer, so if you really want them, get them first.
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Great blog! I hope Zairah had a great day!
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Why can't I decide what I want to do?' – I hear this question all the time from my friends. I'm fortunate that, aged 26, after several years in jobs that were not what I really wanted, I found a role at Psychologies that plays to my strengths and matches my values. Many of my friends feel stuck in roles they simply fell into. They've been to university, maybe travelled a bit, had a couple of jobs, but now what?
Figuring this out can be daunting, so I spoke to Alastair Creamer, who founded Eyes Wide Opened, an organisation that provides careers courses and coaching. His belief is that you have the answers within you and simply need to whittle them out.


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A Wrinkle in Time, which debuted this past weekend, has everything you could ask for: dynamic female leads (from Oprah Winfrey to Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling), a powerful female director (Ava Duvernay), an original song by Sade (her first in 7 years!), jaw-dropping fashion moments (read more here), and to top it all off, some of the best beauty beats we've witnessed on-screen in quite some time.
Take Oprah, who plays "Mrs. Which," for instance: In the film, she wears bedazzled eyebrows and glitter lips, amongst other outrageous trends. And now, thanks to the movie's makeup artist Derrick Rutledge, we know how her transformative beauty look came together.
Rutledge broke down the secret to one of Mrs. Which's most memorable looks from the film (sparkly copper lips, gold studded brows, and dark gray, glitter-emblazoned lids) in a recent Instagram post, explaining that he used a color palette consisting of gold, copper, orange, and black to complement what she was wearing.
"In order to make #Oprah eyes appear larger, I had to make the brows disappear," he wrote, adding that for this he used an Elmer's Glue Stick and rubbed it generously onto the brows before brushing them up and allowing them to dry before setting with powder. Then, Rutledge said he used a darker foundation shade along the bridge and down the sides of Oprah's nose, as well as anywhere else you'd contour to create depth. For even more definition, he used an orange peach-toned blush to "give the face color and healthiness."
As for her next-level winged liner, Rutledge admitted it took several attempts before he got it to where he wanted it. "I first drew it with a brown pencil, then once I got the pattern I liked, I traced it in [with] liquid liner, then filled it in with a Black Creme Grease paint, followed by Delicately pressing Black Iridescent Glitter on top," he explained. Once her brows were canceled out, it was time to bedazzle them with rhinestones. To get them to stick to the skin, Rutledge revealed he used spirit gum dotted on the back of each stone, which he then placed on top of tiny black dots he'd drawn beforehand to pinpoint where to put them.
Lastly, he broke down how he achieved her gorgeous glitter lip, which he says he's been asked about over and over (no surprise there). "After tracing the #Lip with A Chestnut pencil and filling it in with an Orange matte lip color, I Then had glitter in the 4 colors mentioned above, mixed them, and with a Flat Head Brush, carefully pressed the glitter over the entire lip," he muses. (Rutledge told The Cut he used glitter by Lit Cosmetics for this look.)
Related: A Wrinkle in Time Costume Designer Paco Delgado Explains How He Achieved Otherworldly Looks


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Be a Writing Superstar
|Posted by joelasutherland on September 8, 2010 at 12:03 PM
Like I said at the beginning of my last post, I've got some good news to share, so enough with the doom and gloom talk.
We're now a week into September, the month that my children's non-fiction book, Be a Writing Superstar, is being released by Scholastic Canada! And that means it has its own page on the Scholastic website. Not only can you see the cover and read a bit about the book there, but you can also read an excerpt which includes some of the perfect illustrations by Patricia Storms. Check it out: http://www.scholastic.ca/titles/beawritingsuperstar/index.htm
Speaking of the cover and blurb, why don't I go ahead and share those with you now as well?
Hemingway. Dostoevsky. Shakespeare. All of them wrote masterpieces when they were adults. But imagine what they could have written when they were kids, if only they had had this book!
Be a Writing Superstar is an irreverent, encouraging writing guide for young readers, which covers a whole spectrum of topics. It succeeds in teaching them the nuts and bolts of the entire writing process - from brainstorming their early ideas and shaping them on paper, right through to hosting their own book launch! Yes, kids will be trading witty repartee and bon mots with their fellow scribes, as they get their literary game on!
And, for when the dreaded writer's block kicks in, kids can draw inspiration from their writing heroes by reading some short interviews with famous Canadian authors and illustrators! Some of Canada's finest, including Robert Munsch, Mélanie Watt, Gordon Korman and Kenneth Oppel, agreed to answer 5 Silly Questions about their writing, and all of them are included in this book. A hilarious reminder that writers are funny people and writing is, above all else, fun!
You can't beat the retail price of $6.99 (especially as a children's gift), so if you live in Canada head on over to Chapters.ca or Amazon.ca to purchase a copy. If you live elsewhere in the wide world you can ask your local bookseller to order a copy, using one of the following ISBNs: ISBN - 10: 0545980003, or ISBN - 13: 9780545980005.
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MSPV offers the Land Cruiser 79-Series Double-Cab Troop Carrier in protection levels B4+ (Kalashnikov AK47 7.62×39 FeC bullet), B6 (7.62×51 M80, 5.56×45 SS109 – NATO and US assault rifles), and B6+ (5.56×45 M193). All 4 sides of the front and rear passenger compartments and the roof are protected using high-quality armour steel and glass to defeat the chosen threat-level.
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Suspension and brake upgrade components specifically designed to cope with the higher weight of armoured vehicles are sourced from carefully selected suppliers.
The MSPV runflats have also been tested in real-life conditions along the finabel standard and were still fully functional after 100km.


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Aprilia and Ducati parts online: good traits
Aprilia and Ducati parts online: good traits. This means you can be sure the quality is high, due to strict regulations regarding shipment but also the products themselves. With a vast array of new and used parts, a buyer can always find a suitable product. Besides, you are ensured of great guarantees. For example, there is a money back guarantee. Is the product of too low quality, is there defect or are you in any way unhappy about the delivered product? Did you order Ducati or Aprilia parts online? Then you get your money back.
Aprilia and Ducati parts online: competitive rates
You can find Aprilia and Ducati parts online at Motorparts-Online. They offer it at competitive rates. This way anyone with a motorbike can find suitable replacement motorbike parts. There is a solution for everyone at this company. The company consists with the help of 20 dealers from over the world. They offer over 120.000 products online and have most Ducati and Aprilia parts online in stock. They are located in the Netherlands and ship worldwide from there, via UPS. You can check all the prices of the parts on the website. The shipping costs are mentioned in the shopping cart when you select your country of residence (or the located to which the parts have to be shipped).
Aprilia and Ducati parts online: a vast array of products
Aprilia and Ducati parts are online available. Here you can choose from a vast array of parts for these motorbikes. If you are looking for brakes, fuel engines, ABS, calipers, covers, lights, exhausts, mirrors or more, you can easily find it at Motorparts-Online. Most of these products are in stock, which means that they deliver it to your doorstep quickly. From the Netherlands they can provide anyone with Ducati and Aprilia parts online. They offer great guarantees and make sure that the part you buy is exactly the one that you need. Almost all parts you need for Ducati or Aprilia are available here.


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A Message from Fr. Andreas Vithoulkas
New Beginnings
As Presvytera Anthoula, Nikolas, Petros and myself prepare to transition back to New York from our previous assignment at Holy Trinity in Bridgeport, Connecticut, we cannot help but feel like we are returning home. In fact, as we have already been greeted by many of you here at Holy Resurrection, one overwhelming sentiment keeps coming out over and over again, "Welcome home!" Today is a homecoming for a few reasons. It is a homecoming because I am returning to my roots. Growing up in Manhasset I have many fond childhood memories where I grew up with my four siblings, attended school and graduated from Manhasset High School. My parents Nicholas and Panagiota instilled in us love for our Greek Orthodox heritage, culture, traditions and religion. It is where I developed my "calling" to the priesthood, my deep love for the Church and the desire to one day devout my life to the ministry.
It is also a homecoming because on July 1, 2008, on the Feast-day of Saints Cosmas and Damianos, I was ordained to the Holy Priesthood here at Holy Resurrection by then Bishop Savas, who is now Metropolitan of Pittsburgh. I was also very blessed because at my ordination was the Reverend Father Emmanuel Gratsias, of blessed memory, or Father Manny as you all know him and founder of this community. the ordination is a very special event in the life of a clergyman because it is the day we devote our lives to God and to carrying out the message of the Gospel. It is a day that we re-dedicate our lives to serve the Church and others. Above all, the life of a priest is one of sacrifice and service to others. I learned this very important lesson at my ordination from Father Manny. At the time of my ordination Father Manny was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of pancreatic Cancer. He knew that he had limited time to live and not be able to see his vision come to fruition. However, I will never forget with what joy and enthusiasm he welcomed and embraced me and my family. In spite of his illness he welcomed us and sacrificed his own feelings for the good of the church. He could have easily said he was too sick and he would have had all the reasons not to host my ordination.Father Manny was very special for many reasons as you all know but one of those reasons was he understood that God's plan is greater than any one person. He had the discernment and humility to know that even though his fruitful ministry was coming to an end and God was now calling him into His Kingdom that God would not abandon his Church and people. Father Manny knew there was a plan greater than himself and that a new beginning was taking place in my ordination. I do not believe Father Manny thought my ordination here at Holy Resurrection was coincidental. God's plan, which was hidden at the time, has now come full circle and is being revealed today. I believe God had a plan for me to one day come back and serve this great community of Holy Resurrection.
Father Manny had a tremendous vision for this community and I am humbled and honored to continue his legacy. I would be remiss if I did not thank my predecessor Father John Vlahos who was called to serve this community at a very difficult time with the loss of Father Manny. He was able to resurrect the vision of Father Manny and prepare the groundwork for the next generation of faithful. Father John has always been an inspiration to me as a clergyman and I ask him to keep me in his prayers. I am certain with the prayers of both these exemplary clergyman and all of yours, our Lord Jesus Christ will strengthen and guide me to serve His church for future generations of Orthodox Christians to come.
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 12/15/2019
11th Sunday of Luke; Eleutherios the Hieromartyr, Bishop of Illyricum, and his mother Anthia; The Martyr Susannah the Deaconess


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A type of Medicare health plan offered by a private companies that contract with Medicare to provide all Part A and Part B benefits. Medicare Advantage Plans include Health Maintenance Organizations, Preferred Provider Organizations, Private Fee-for-Service Plans, Special Needs Plans, and Medicare Medical Savings Account Plans. When enrolled in a Medicare Advantage Plan, Medicare services are billed to the plan rather than Original Medicare. Most Medicare Advantage Plans offer prescription drug coverage and may come with extra benefits such as vision, dental, or transportation.
Below are companies available for contracting.
Aetna Medicare
Allegian (TX)
Amerigroup Community Care
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
BCBS of TX, NM, OK, MT, IL
Care 1st: (TX)
Care Improvement Plus
CareMore: (AZ, CA, NV)
Care N' Care: (NTX)
Coventry Health Care
Easy Choice Health Plan: (CA)
Memorial Hermann: (Houston)
Molina HealthCare
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Scan Health Plan: (CA)
Scott and White Health Plan
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Here's another big believer in the iPhone-to-Verizon hype. Broadpoint AmTech analyst Brian Marshall was on Bloomberg Friday night, talking about why Apple will join Verizon.
Here's his key points:
- Apple's contract with AT&T is finished in June 2010.
- Moving to a multiple-carrier model with Verizon brings the potential for 14 million additional iPhone sales.
- Apple receives $450 per phone subsidy from AT&T.
- When it drops AT&T exclusivity it will get a $300 subsidy from Verizon and others around the world.
- iPhone users are 4% of AT&T's customers but take up 40% of its bandwidth.
- Even if AT&T tried to keep Apple exclusive by upping the subsidy, it's still not in Apple's favor to stay exclusive with AT&T. Also, the government might step in to break up the exclusivity.
Via: Phillip Elmer DeWitt, who has video of the interview.


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