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I've heard people speak of this tool since 2005 (when I started internet marketing)
- Problem: I never did find it!
Can someone please point me to where I can find such a tool?
I need to know the bidding price for some keywords.
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As interest rates hover near record lows, income investors faced with a lack of options have increasingly turned to dividend-paying stocks for yield. The search for yield in equities has become so pervasive that even superlatives like "dividend bubble" are being thrown around, warning investors that dividend stocks are insanely overvalued. In fact, earlier this year fellow Fool Morgan Housel explained why S&P 500 constituents Altria and Consolidated Edison were prime examples of overextended dividend stocks.
While it's true that there is no shortage of dangerous dividend payers out there, from a high level there is another factor -- earnings growth -- that's made dividend stocks look very pricey relative to non-dividend-paying peers. In the following video, Brenton goes through some interesting statistics on the topic.
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Stereo Vitalizer Mk2-T
Program Equalizer
Also and especially with this tube version of the patented Vitalizer® filter network you can effortlessly achieve an objective improvement while optimizing your sound.
Your ears are in control and you have the ability to make any production or recording sound better instantly: more detail, more transparency, more loudness and, if needed, also a compelling low-end foundation.
Regardless of whether you process a single channel or a sum of channels, the Vitalizer® takes your sound to a professional level.
- Disarmingly ease of use, intuitive operation by ear
- Ideal for stereo sources
- Connection to master or subgroup inserts
- Excellent noise specs
- Soft and tight bass colors
- Bass compressor
- Mid, high, & harmonics processing
- Variable input level
- Stereo expander
- Hard bypass relay (power fail safety)
- Balanced I/Os over XLR and TRS sockets
- Made in Germany
"The Vitalizer is the perfect thing when you need to enhance things in a dimension beyond EQing. It just does something different than you can get with an EQ."
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What Clients Say – Success Stories and Testimonials
In 2013, I met Sandra through the International Womensgroup. As an expat in Germany, I lost my sense of self; I did not really know who I was and what it was I wanted in life. After taking the End of the year retreat session with Sandra, where I reflected on the year and decided which lessons to take with me to the new year, I decided to start a coaching trajectory with Sandra. In it we focused on who I was – my fears, my dreams, my hopes. I learned what I needed to grow, to become more stable and to enjoy the opportunities in life again. After only a few sessions, I already felt that a lot had changed. And even now, after moving back 'home', I still think about the sessions I had with Sandra and I still benefit from what I learned and experienced in those hours. Sandra is a very intuitive lady – she notices where the problems are and knows how to make you work on them. After the retreat, which was over Skype and was only about an hour, I already had new insights. Every session I left with new energy and with new things to think about. In my opinion that makes Sandra a great coach. Besides being a great professional coach, Sandra is also a very nice person. It felt good to know that for the expat-part, she completely understood what I said, as she had lived abroad for many years as well. I would highly recommend getting into a coaching-trajectory with Sandra. Be it in person or over Skype; both options I experienced and both worked very well.
– Astrid Habraken, Netherlands
I have worked with Sandra now for the second round of coaching sessions. I felt lighter, more relaxed and optimistic after each session. She often inspired me to take on a new perspective and literally made me see more clearly. Sandra shows great, honest compassion for her clients´needs, and her support is heartfelt. She pays attention to every word and emotion you share with her. Sandra´s suggestions and tips are realistic and practical. All of the changes she encouraged me to try greatly improve my life on a daily basis, and I appreciate a new awareness that she taught me. I found her Transformational Coaching techniques extremely effective, and I am sure I will be working with her again in the future.
Birgitta Brandenburg, Michigan, USA
Sandra creates such a safe and trusting space for you to share your thoughts. I felt just as comfortable talking with her about very personal matters, as I did how
to structure my business. She has helped me find clarity around a variety of issues and it always felt like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders after each session. If you are looking for
someone to listen intently with compassion and warmth and a hand to hold onto and guide you out of the dark, Sandra is your girl.
Pamela Rudisill, Minnesota, USA
I was lucky to work with Sandra over three months, she is an amazingly transformational coach! I came out of every session with deep self awareness on my topic, my own personal solutions I could not have found alone, even if I am a coach as well...! I enjoyed the efficiency of the sessions over Skype, in a relaxed and peaceful dynamic. She guided the sessions smoothly and clearly, respecting my pace and the necessary steps she found appropriate to make it work. I warmly recommend Sandra to get out some inside light for shining outside, both from my client experience and my professional point of view as a coach.
Aurelie Chalbos, Coach & Founder of LEVIDANSE, Paris
I met Sandra at a point in my life where I wanted to start a business and had no idea how to do it, let alone the direction I wanted to go. I had been a stay home mom for a couple years. She was able to channel my thoughts into real session contents every time. At the end of each session my goal became clearer and closer to reach. Sandra gave me action steps to work in till the next session. This in particular was very helpful to me because it gave me the structure and personal support I needed at that time. I like to mention that the sessions reports were really helpful because they reemphasized the steps along the way. Sandra out a lot of work into them and that highly appreciated. With the new found confidence in my abilities I feel now miles ahead.
Andrea Edelmann, Michigan, USA
I have had a number of coaches in my life and I can honestly say Sandra´s coaching - gentle yet challenging and powerful, consistent yet flexible, consciously present, affirming and compassionate - has been the most validating and life changing. Her dieal combination of energy, technique and compassion make her an amazing coach. Sandra has truly helped me to change myself and my life for the better, in a variety of different areas. Coaching with Sandra is a time of the week i always look forward to, and always leave feeling enlightened from!
Alexandra Hughes, Washington D.C., USA
Sandra is an amazing life coach! Her patience and trust combined with her phenomenal listening skills, created an instant connection and set the stage for powerful growth. She encouraged me to explore new areas that were hidden until I worked with Sandra. Observing and understanding my underlying beliefs allowed me to move past them and achieve my goals. I highly recommend Sandra! I have had many coaches in my life, and she is the BEST!
Dawn McDaniel, BravoDeltaConsulting, Conneticut, USA
Sandra is a very warm and caring woman who is not afraid to dig deep to get to the core of issues. She does so in a way which creates confidence and trust in her clients. I have no hesitation in recommending Sandra as a very effective coach for people who want to make real change in their lives.
Helen May, Australia
"I truly enjoyed every minute of my coaching experience. I worked with Sandra to make improvements to our family life and to better understand and (re-)define my role as a mother. Looking back, I find it amazing how much ground we've covered and how far I've come. Sandra really heard me and always accepted my feelings but she helped me focus on the positive vs. the negative, on what I have or can do vs. what I don't have or can't do. I consider that a tremendous gift in her role as life coach. I can honestly say that after each session I felt lighter, more assured, and ready to take on the next challenge."
Birgitta B.
Sandra, you are SO awesome!!! When I decided to give coaching a chance, I felt stuck in my relationship, my job and my role as a mom. With such a mindful, supportive listener, like you, I felt so comfortable in the coaching sessions. You helped me to recognize my own strengths, to value and discover who I am and what I want for my life. You aksed the right quetions so that I could find my own answers and unstuck myself. Together we set goals to imporve each area of my life. It´s amazin what can happen in just a few weeks - Sandra, you are a true gift.
Doreen Groth, Michigan, USA
Sandra is a fabulous coach and the work with her has supported me through many difficult challenges in my life. her approach is very intuitive and caring, and she always led me directly to the core issue and the essence of what needs to be explored and shifted inside and outside of myself. Over the years, she has become an invaluable part of my support network and I highly recommend working with sanra to everybody who wants to create a soul-inspired and joyful life by learning how to navigate change and life transitions in a conscious and solution-focused way.
Andrea Winzer, New Jersey, USA


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Gap Year Travellers Head to Greece for Bargain Prices
Friday 15th July 2011
Financial crisis in some countries good for tourism
Greece has experienced an unexpected benefit from the troubled finances of the country, a big increase in the number of British travellers heading there in search of bargains. Yesterday, the Office of National Statistics reported that the number of British visitors to Greece increased by two-thirds compared with the same period last year. Other countries also affected by economic woes and bailed out by funds from the EU and IMF is Ireland and Portugal. The ONS said that 52,000 British tourists visited Greece in the first three months of this year and that trend is set to continue and rise throughout the summer months.
The official figures also confirm that the resorts and historical sites of Egypt and Tunisia were abandoned by British tourists this year. The number of visits to Egypt and Tunisia nearly halved, from 202,000 to 115,000 and from 59,000 to 31,000 respectively. British gap year travellers as well as holiday makers looking for bargain prices could save a great deal of their holiday cash deciding to head to Greece or Portugal for their gap year breaks.


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The value of central Corn Belt farmland rose 16% in 2012, according to a quarterly survey of ag bankers conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. It's survey found the pace of the increase in farmland values increased during the fourth quarter of 2012 -- a 7% rise during the quarter compared to the previous quarter. Iowa posted the strongest percentage annual increase, 20%, while Illinois and Michigan both registered 18% annual gains. Wisconsin reported an 11% rise while Indiana listed a 10% increase. On a quarterly basis, Illinois reported a 9% increase while Iowa listed an 8% rise followed by Indiana with a 7% gain, Wisconsin a 6% increase and Michigan a 3% rise.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago serves the northern two-thirds of Illinois and Indiana, all of Iowa, the lower peninsula of Michigan and southeastern Wisconsin.
Bank business economist David B. Oppedahl states that after adjusting for inflation, district farmland values rose 14% in 2012. That percentage gain is the third largest in 35 years, he notes. District farmland values have posted a cumulative rise of 52% over the three-year period 2010-2012, which matches the fastest percentage gain of the 1970s boom (1974-1976), he observes.
Some 71% of responding bankers expect farmland values to be stable in the first quarter of 2013 while 28% expect values to increase during the first quarter. In addition, Oppedahl observes: "With the USDA predicting net farm income to rise 14% from 2012 to $128.2 billion in 2013, there
would seem to be at least another leg to be run as farmland values continue their upward race."
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There are many products on the market that claim to grow hair, purify the scalp, and beautify and strengthen your locks.
Grow Gorgeous Hair Growth Serum is another such product and, today, we'll take a closer look at what it is, how it claims to work, and what real customers think of it.
Let's jump right in!
What Is Grow Gorgeous Hair Growth Serum?
Grow Gorgeous Hair Density Serum Intense is a topical hair treatment that's been getting a lot of hype. The name alone is a bit evocative – it's exactly what we all want to do, right?
So, what makes this serum so special? In the words of the fine folks over at Grow Gorgeous Hair:
Target fine, thinning hair with this unique, advanced formula containing a complex blend of 7 technologies to help your hair appear visibly longer, thicker and fuller looking.
Intensely formulated to encourage hair thickness, the concentrated serum works within eight days to visibly improve hair length, whilst increasing hair density by 13% over the course of four months.
Infused with hyaluronic acid to moisturize your scalp, it also contains bio-active pea sprout complex and bio-active complex of Chinese skullcap, soy sprout and wheat sprout, helping to activate and improve hair density.
The intense serum contains all the same technology of grow gorgeous' original hair density serum with a 3% concentration of caffeine to really wake up the hair follicles plus a glucoside compound which actively increases hair density.
If your hair is thinning and you wish to have thicker, fuller hair, this is the serum for you.
Details, Details…
Ok, so this has some interesting ingredients.
Bio-active pea sprout complex and bio-active Chinese skullcap, soy sprout and wheat sprout complex are two ingredients which I haven't seen in any of the products I've used and reviewed.
Grow Gorgeous Hair Serum does contain a couple of our old friends, hyaluronic acid and caffeine, both well-known to improve hair and scalp health. What about the others, though?
- Bio-Active Pea Sprout extract increases the number of hairs in the anagen phase (when your hair is growing) and reduces the number of hairs in the telogen phase (when your hair is still attached to your head but has stopped growing. In Telogen, hair will shed and new hair will grow again).
- Bio-Active Complex of Chinese Skullcap, Soy Sprout and Wheat Sprout stimulates new hair growth for fuller, thicker, healthier hair. Sprouts contain vitamin C, which is proven to promote healthy hair growth and keeps hair from becoming brittle and thin.
- Hyaluronic Acid provides healthy, lustrous hair and a moisturized scalp. HPA is one of the most water-filled molecules and is known as nature's moisturizer.
- Caffeine plays a role in hair loss prevention. A bombshell 2014 study from Germany showed caffeine could encourage hair cells to produce more hair.
These scientists placed follicles from hundreds of different human scalps in petri dishes. Some of the petri dishes were treated with caffeine.
The caffeine experiment showed that the hair follicles that were spiked with caffeine grew much faster than the untreated cells. Because of this landmark study, many new hair loss treatments now include caffeine.
The Good
At the time of this review,
Some people appreciate how it's packaged – a quality bottle and glass dropper for easy application. Most people experienced no greasy residue or oil after applying Grow Gorgeous serum.
Several observed new baby hairs growing within a few weeks of using this treatment. Nearly everyone commented on how it had improved the volume of existing hair and strengthened their roots.
One user claims that it works "better than Rogaine" – this is a huge claim, since Rogaine is one of few FDA-approved treatments for hair loss.
Many use this product when experiencing post-partum hair loss, or hair loss after surgeries (including bariatric surgery). These women noticed quick, measurable improvement in hair strength and volume.
The Bad
Some say this is a costly product. The critical reviews say that it did nothing for their hair growth, but that they still loved the smell, which I find funny!
Some negative reviewers were disappointed that they would need to use the product for a few months before seeing results.
For most of us, the reality of hair loss and hair growth cycles means that three or four months is truly a "fair" test of whether something is working for us.
How Do You Use Grow Gorgeous Hair Serum?
In the words of its maker, this is how you use Grow Gorgeous Hair Serum:
Apply 20 drops once daily to the scalp either in the morning or in the evening. Massage evenly and thoroughly into the scalp until you feel the serum has been absorbed. Each bottle should last approximately 2 months with proper application. Do not apply to eyelashes or eyebrows. Do not exceed recommended dosage.
So, it seems pretty straightforward. The glass dropper allows you to be precise with the application to your scalp.
I appreciate that, since I tend to be a clumsy person and spill stuff everywhere when I have to pour or squeeze instead of apply drops.
Another bonus is that this lasts for two months, which significantly reduces the perceived cost of treatment.
Overall: People Love to Grow Gorgeous Hair
This serum has overwhelmingly positive reviews online. The ones from people who'd tried all kinds of other hair loss treatments – vitamins, other serums, shampoos – are what stood out to me the most.
This seems to be one of those hair loss products that works for women when all else has failed.
For that reason alone, I'm recommending this serum as part of your hair loss treatment arsenal.
Another major perk is how long each bottle is supposed to last – two months.
This brings down the total cost of treatment from kinda pricey to totally doable, especially for those of us used to spending an arm and a leg on hair loss treatments.


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I've had these products from the Lacura skin care line for quite a few months and done quite a bit of testing. I've a mixed bag on the results front!
These are all available from Aldi and they each retail for under £5. Unfortunately they are not available online and not always available in store – I'm sure if you're familiar with Aldi you know that stock gets switched out regularly but I have seen them quite often. I tested these all out together and then individually to see the impact of each product.
Let's start with the Clear Effect line.
"The special formulas of the coordinated cleansing and care products if the Lacura Clean Effect range are idealy suited to the special needs of the adult, blemish prone skin. They restore the skin's balance and moisturise to counteract the first fine lines caused by dryness. Products are particularly gentle to skin and prevent impurities. For refined and even complexion."
"…protect the skin and counteracts the impurities."
I used the gel cleanser every morning for at least a month and unfortunately the results weren't great. It irritated my skin quite badly actually, I ended up with red sore lumps along my jaw line as well as adding the the general breakouts around my chin. Now, before we go any further, I know chin spots are due to hormone imbalance, an imbalanced caused by any number of things. Mine worsened when using this cleanser.
Next up, the Mattifying Moisturiser. This was also a fail for me. It didn't really help mattify my skin for any length of time and actually made my skin oiler. The texture of my skin felt worse too, it felt like it clogged up my pores a bit more and I got those annoying blackheads that eventually came to a head. So the combination of cleanser and this moisturiser, not a good thing. The consistency was fine, it's just not for me.
Now for the products that I did like! The Soothing Night Cream was lovely. It's not too thick and it spread nicely. It moisturised my skin nicely without being too heavy. It didn't cause any irritation. I didn't notice any massive positive effects but I didn't have any bad effects either! I will happily use this up and I think it's an OK moisturiser.
Lastly the Face Treatment Oil for Sensitive skin.
"The fragrance free formula of Lacura Face Treatment Oil for sensitive skin has been developed according to the latest scientific findings for soothing and strengthening sensitive and irritated skin."
This isn't to help with blemishes, I just thought I'd try it out. I actually liked this too. It is a dry oil and absorbs pretty quickly. I also really like the packaging for this. This applied nicely and if I applied too much I used a tissue to dab off the excess. Again this didn't cause any irritation. I often used it by itself at night depending on how my skin was feeling. This also worked well with the night cream.
All in all I would recommend the Soothing Night Cream and Face Treatment Oil. You can check out the video below if you'd like to hear the brief about each product, this post would end up a mile long!
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City dwellers who want to get right away from it all are sure to have an awe inspiring experience when visiting Australia's vast outback region.
Northern Territory's Nitmiluk National Park located out of Katherine gives the visitor the opportunity to experience the region's history, culture and beauty, that's found in this magnificent area.
Whatever it is you're looking for in a holiday, Nitmiluk National Park has plenty of outdoor pursuits that will get you right back to nature. From exploring walking trails to adventure activities and abundant wildlife, there's sure to be something to ignite your passion.
The best way to experience the overall vastness of the area is by air, especially by helicopter. They allow passengers to see huge panoramic vistas, that are impossible to be seen if travelling by car or hiking. Whether its just purely for sightseeing or for those with a specialised interest in seeking out the culture and wildlife, helicopters provide access to areas that would probably be unreachable or take days to visit if going by car. Helicopters are essential for photographers who want to capture those unforgettable images which could never be taken from the ground.
Nitmiluk Tours has launched a new extended scenic helicopter tour over Nitmiluk Gorge and surrounding areas to cater for the increasing popularity of scenic flights.
"Helicopter touring is fast becoming one of the most popular methods of seeing this vast region" said Corinne Lewis, Marketing Manager Nitmiluk Tours. "From the air you can get a real appreciation of the vastness and majesty of the landscape, combined with the thrill of the helicopter experience. We have seen the popularity of helicopter touring grow and as a result have developed a new itinerary that offers more landscapes, more experiences and more fun more at a value for money price".
The new 13 Plus Flight offers guests the best of the region. It combines a spectacular flight over the 13 gorges that make up the Nitmiluk Gorge system and includes an extended tour of Seventeen Mile Valley to view the Northern Rockhole, Biddlecombe Cascades, Crystal Falls, and Seventeen Mile waterfalls. Upon return, guests can spot the wild Buffalo that roam along Seventeen Mile Creek as the tour follows its way back towards the Katherine River. This tour is a 30 minute action packed experience.
Nitmiluk Scenic Tours depart from the helipad located just a three minute drive from the Visitors Centre within the spectacular Nitmiluk National Park. This offers the best value for money as there is no ferry time wasted getting to and from amazing sights. All tours offer magnificent views from the air with photo and video opportunities of Nitmiluk Gorge, the Arnhem Land escarpment, waterfalls and local wildlife. Nitmiluk Tours is the only company permitted to land inside the National Park, offering a unique selection of breathtaking landing options at waterfalls, swimming holes and ancient rock art sites that are only accessible by helicopter.
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There are so many good things going on with the new play at the Geffen Playhouse we can hardly put our finger on thing number one.
So we'll flip through "The Female of the Species" like a book, which makes sense, we think, since it is a play with books at its heart.
First page landed on: Annette Bening, the Oscar nominee Annette Bening, "Why don't you go outside and jerk yourself a soda?" Annette Bening, the "Medea"-starring Annette Bening.
First reason. Annette Bening.
And all the other reasons: "The Female of the Species" is a comedy about a feminist writer on a retreat, a premise that has so much promise it could loan some of that promise to other plays. The cast includes David Arquette and Julian Sands, two actors we're sweet on. And we like any story that puts writers -- retiring, inward-facing writers -- at the center of hijinks.
It opened on February 2nd, it runs through March 14th. Annette Bening. Geffen Playhouse. And we'd be remiss to talk about a writer-centered tale without mentioning the playwright, Joanna Murray-Smith.


text: October 30, 2014 at 6:21 AM Should college athletes be paid for performance? Posted by Jonathan Martin Husky linebacker John Timu celebrates a 63-yard interception return for a touchdown. What was that play worth? (Photo by Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times) The Pac-12 this week held itself out as the most progressive big athletic conference in the country in passing a suite of reforms of the increasingly criticized "student-athlete" model. Here's what progressive reforms look like: guaranteed 4-year scholarships for athletes, and an ability to tap the scholarship later if they leave before graduation; reimbursed medical expenses for on-the-field injuries up to four years after leaving school; liberalized transfers within Pac-12 schools; and a seat at the Pac-12 governance table. It's hard to argue with any of these, although it is surprising they're new in a conference and at institutions that reap tens of millions from the athletes' performances. Washington State University President Elson Floyd, who chairs the Pac-12 CEO group, said the conference is working on "the total cost of attendance." That term of art refers to the gap between an athlete's scholarship and the out-of-pocket costs, estimated to be an average of $3,500 per athlete. More Comments | Topics: college athletes, football, NCAA


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Conservation management tools for increasing structural and compositional biodiversity in Natura2000 oak forests
This project aims
- to identify the natural oak forest conditions that should be the target of the nature conservation management as there is no natural oak forest left in Hungary and Italy.
- To increase the biodiversity of EU priority oak forests (*91AA, *91G0, *91H0, *91I0) & 91M0 in the National Parks' managed protected Natura 2000 sites. In Hungary approx. 1555 ha and in Italy approx. 511 ha will be restored by the project and will provide guidance for another 21 500 ha peotected oak forests in Natura 2000 areas in Hungary and another 180500 ha in Italy.
- The suppression of invasive species. In Hungary about 50 ha, in Italy about 30 ha invasive species will be eliminated and the areas will be converted back to oak forests.
- To demonstrate the best practices of the oak forests nature conservation management. Altogether there are nearly 21 500 ha protected oak forests managed by the national parks in Natura 2000 areas in Hungary and about 180 500 ha in Italy, and the project will demonstrate for the nature conservation managers of those areas the best practice how to manage them.
- To increase the public awareness about the importance of the forests' biodiversity. Although the forestry is not an economic issue in Hungary but until now the economic importance was mainly communicated.


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The city of Geneva is being shown off in a new contemporary light thanks to original art installations and projections alongside the traditional Christmas decorations.
A Colombian jaguar and snake, flying saucers and a lighthouse are just a few of the illuminated themes which are drawing 'oohs' and 'aahs' from locals and visitors to the city.
The third edition of the Geneva Lux light art festival, which runs until the end of January, features 17 light installations by Swiss and international artists dotted across the central Geneva area on both sides of the lake.
The contemporary set pieces adorn the city's walls, rooftops, trees and bridges. Suspended in mid-air they illuminate the evenings of late-night Christmas shoppers or calmly bob up and down on the Rhône River that flows through the city centre.
A video projection on the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues by the lake was inspired by the painting the Miraculous Draft of Fishes by Konrad Witz, which is on view at the city's Museum of Art and History.
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Former American Idol contestant Leah LaBelle and her husband Rasual Butler have died after an early morning car crash.
Los Angeles Police confirm to E! News that a crash occurred in Studio City, Calif., early Wednesday morning at 2:25 a.m. PST.
Rasual was the driver who lost control and collided with the curb. The Land Rover vehicle, which had Leah as a passenger, flipped twice before coming to a rest in a shopping center parking lot.
According to the Los Angeles County Coroner office, both parties were pronounced dead on the scene. An autopsy is pending.
Fans of American Idol may remember Leah when she first auditioned in front of Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson back in 2004. She would later place twelfth in the show's third season.


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Update 4-27-2010: Domino 8.5.2 FP2 image is
8. Then, if everything looks OK in the Review window, click the Launch button to complete launch of the instance (see figure 11). It will take a few minutes to finish.
Figure 9. Launch instance
9. It will take a few minutes for the machine instance to become available. Use the Refresh button on the console to check status.
Figure 10. My Instances
Configuring IP addresses
By default AWS will assign a dynamic DNS name to the instance. An Elastic IP can be added through the AWS console and is useful when mapping DNS hostnames to the DNS instance.
TIP: Setup Reverse DNS if you plan to use the server to Send/Receive email from the Internet.
Preparing a data volume for Lotus Domino
All data will be lost when a running instance is shut down, unless it is stored on external persistent storage, such as Amazon S3. Our AMI has been designed to store the Domino data directory on an external volume. To prepare a volume for Lotus Domino:
1. Click the Volumes link in the left-hand navigation pane, and select an existing volume in the EBS Volumes window.
2. Make sure that the Availability Zone of the volume is the same zone as where the instance is located; otherwise, the volume cannot be attached to the instance. You can also click the Create Volume button at the top, to create a new one (see figure 12).
Figure 12. Create a new volume
3. Next, click the Attach Volume button to attach the selected volume to our Lotus Domino instance (see figure 13):
Figure 13. Attach volume
4. In the Device field, select "/dev/sdf"; the image is listening for this attach point.
Setting up Lotus Domino
After you successfully launch the instance of Lotus Domino in the Amazon Cloud, you can connect to the instance and start setting it up.
Connect to the instance via SSH tools
First you need to get the instance's public DNS, which will be used as the instance's host name. To do this, go to "My Instances" window from the Instances link in the navigation of the AWS Console (see figure 14).
TIP: An Elastic IP can be optionally configured that allows a custom hostname to be used in lieu of the generated name that Amazon provides. Refer to the Amazon Web Services page for instructions.
Figure 14. My Instances window
Various SSH tools can be used to connect to the instance; however, in this guide, we use PuTTY as the SSH tool.
The key file that Amazon provides is a .pem file, but PuTTY needs a .ppk file as its private key file, so the key file must be converted. To do this we use the PuttyGen.exe program that's packaged with PuTTY:
1. Launch PuttyGen.exe, and in the PuTTY Key Generator window, click the Load button to load a .pem file, and then click the Save private key button (see figure 15).
Figure 15. Convert .pem file to .ppk file
2. Next, launch PuTTY, specify the .ppk file as the private key file and the public DNS as the host name, and then click Open (see figure 16).
Figure 16. Configure PuTTY
Now you can connect to the instance.
Use "root" as username to log in. The use of a private key replaces a password prompt.
Setting up Lotus Domino
1. Upon the initial connection with SSH, select your language and keyboard layout (see figure 17). Click Accept.
Figure 17. Languages window
2. Next, read the Linux Distribution Statement (see figure 18). Click "I understand."
Figure 18. Linux Distribution Statement window
3. Read the Novell SLES10 License Agreement and click "I understand" (see figure 19).
Figure 19. Novell License Agreement window
4. Read the Lotus Domino Program Unique Terms; click "I have read the agreement" (see figure 20).
Figure 20. Lotus Domino 8.5.2 Program Unique TermsAgreement window
5. Accept the Novell License Agreement for Lotus Domino 8.5.2 (see figure 21).
Figure 21. License Agreement window
6. On the following screens enter root and virtual user passwords with confirmations.
The last name of the Domino administrator user is set to "admin".
7. Enter Domino Server name, Domino Organization, administartor, certifier and server passwords with confirmation on the following screens.
Connecting with your instance via browser
1. Open the URL http://PublicDNSOfYourDominoInstance/webadmin.nsf with your browser.
.TIP: If you cannot reach your server via HTTP, ensure you have the ports opened in the Security Group for that instance
2. Enter "admin" in the User Name field, and in the Initial password field, enter the password you just set up for admin of Section 4 above.
Figure 22. Login Window.
Configuring Lotus Notes or Administration Client
You can connect to Lotus Domino in the Amazon Cloud with the regular Lotus Notes and/or Administration Client, but you must prepare the user's ID before setup.
In the steps below we demonstrate how to set up the Lotus Notes Client, but note that the Lotus Administration Client can be set up with similar steps. Both are included in the Lotus Domino Designer download.
1. Launch the Lotus Notes Client; the window in figure 27 displays. Click Next.
Figure 23. Launch Lotus Notes
2. In the User Information window (see figure 28), input the user's name and Domino name, which is represented as "ServerName/OrganizationName". (You can change these using SimpleAdmin.nsf.) Click Next.
Figure 24. Specify User Name and Domino Name
3. Select the "Set up a connection to a local area network (LAN)" option and click Next (see figure 29).
Figure 25. Connect to Lotus Domino via LAN
4. Select TCP/IP as the protocol, and input the public DNS in the Server address field, as shown in figure 30. Click Next.
Figure 26. Specify protocol and server address
5. Enter the path of user's ID file here in the File name field (see figure 31). The ID file is downloaded from the simpleAdmin page. If you use "notes" (which is the last name of the Domino administrator user) as the user name instead of "user", you don't even need a local ID file.
The Notes/Admin client will prompt you to save a local copy of the ID file of the Domino administrator user.
Figure 27. Specify ID file name
6. Decide whether to copy the ID file to your data directory (see figure 32).
Figure 28. Prompt to copy ID file to data directory
7. Input the user ID's password (see figure 33).
Figure 33. Input password
8. Configure the appropriate additional services, and click Next or Finish to complete the setup (see figure 34).
Figure 29. Additional Services
You should now see the Home page of Lotus Notes. Your Notes Client has been set up successfully.
Building your applications using Domino Designer
1. Launch Domino Designer and log on as the administrator user ("notes"), or any other users you created who have sufficient permission.
2. Press Ctrl + N to create a new application, or Ctrl+ O to open an existing application. The New Application window displays (see figure 36).
3. Enter the public DNS name in the Server field, and fill out details in the Title and File name fields. Choose a Template from the list, then Click OK.
Figure 30. New Application window
Figure 31 shows an XPage being designed.
Figure 31. Domino Designer Xpage
Terminating the instance
When no longer using an AMI instance, you can terminate it to prevent ongoing hourly billing. To do this:
1. Go to the Instance page in Amazon AWS console (from the Instances link in the left-hand navigation).
2. Select the instance you want to terminate, click the Instance Actions button, and then select Terminate (see figure 38).
Any storage volumes attached to the running instance will still be available for attachment to an instance in the future.
Figure 32. Terminate instance of Lotus Domino in Cloud
You can also delete the volume that you created. To do this:
1. Go to the Volumes page (from the Volumes link in the left navigation).
2. Select the volume you want to detach/delete, and click the Detach Volume / Delete button button (see figure 39).
Figure 33. Detach a volume
You should now be able to create an instance of a Domino server, configure basic settings through the SimpleAdmin console, and remotely create a Domino application using the Domino Designer Client.
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Whether you're a cooking novice, or a seasoned chef, homemade stock is one of the greatest tricks you can arm yourself with. Homemade stock can elevate a simple dish to a whole new level. Many recipes call for it, but the store-bought boxed and canned kinds are bland and often taste like little more than salted water. Making stock from scratch is really easy, and completely worth the little bit of effort it takes.
There are several different ways to make stock, depending on what kinds of ingredients you'll be using, and what type of stock you're making. I'm not going to give you a concrete recipe here today, but are instead I'm going to introduce a couple of different techniques, and then at the end I'll be sure to share a few of my favorite "recipes" with you – though the truth is, in all of the times I've ever made stock, I've never followed a recipe! It's all about using what you have on hand, and making something delicious from that.
Vegetable Stock
Making a vegetable stock is different from making meat stocks, which I'll get into later. When you make a meat stock – like chicken or beef – the stock flavor is extracted from the bones which get simmer for several hours, allowing the natural flavors to emerge. When you make a vegetable stock, its richness and flavor comes directly from the veggies you use – so the variety of veggies is key. Also important is to brown the veggies first. They become lightly caramelized, which will translate into a deeper, richer flavor with the final product. Also unlike meat stocks, vegetable stock only needs to be simmered for 1-1.5 hours, a long enough time to extract all of the flavor, but not so long that the vegetables start to break down and the flavor becomes muddied.
Much like meat stocks, a good vegetable stock begins with carrots, onions, celery and garlic – and a large stock pot. These are the core ingredients, but to achieve the best flavor, you'll want to add as many other vegetables as you can. It's largely a personal preference, so if you don't like certain veggies, leave them out, but if you love others, throw them in! Here's a list of flavoring ideas to get you started:
- Fresh thyme or parsley
- Bay leaf
- Whole peppercorns
- Parsnips
- Fennel
- Turnips
- Rutabagas
- Corn cobs
- Leeks (especially the green parts)
- Mushrooms (dried or fresh, including stems)
- Tomatoes
- Tomato paste
- Fresh Ginger
Recipes to get you started:
Kitchen Konfidence
Simple Bites
Chicken Stock
There are a couple different ways to make chicken stock, which both yield delicious results. My favorite way to make it is to use leftover chicken carcasses, as this technique is super simple, and doesn't require the purchase of any additional ingredients. Once you're removed all of the meat off of a whole roasted chicken (or other chicken bones), you place all of bones in a stockpot with water and chopped up veggies, seasonings, whatever you like, and simmer over low heat for several hours, allowing all of the flavors to come out. Another great technique is to chop up chicken parts (backs, necks, wings and legs, etc.) and sauté them, to brown the skin and meat and bring out a deep caramelized flavor. Once they're nice and golden brown, you add boiling water and other seasonings, and cook for about an hour, until the chicken is fully cooked through, and the broth is fragrant. This technique requires a shorter cooking time, but still products a rich, delicious stock.
Recipes to get you started:
Food Network – Ina Garten
The Kitchn
Closet Cooking
Beef Stock
To make beef stock, the process is a bit different. To start, you'll need plenty of meaty beef stock bones (like shank or neck bones). You want to get bones that have lots of marrow, as well as knuckle bones and veal bones if possible, for their gelatin. These bones get roasted in a hot oven until they're nice and golden brown, and then added to a large stock pot with vegetables, seasonings, and plenty of water. Other recipes will suggest you saute the meat bones in a pot, which would yield similar results.
Once the bones are sufficiently roasted (or sauteed), the process is similar to making chicken stock – simmer to extract flavor from the bones and seasoning. You will want to periodically check the stock for fat, which will rise to the surface and should be skimmed off. (Note: don't pour that fat down the drain, because it will solidify! Just save in a bowl and discard later.) Once the stock is done, you can strain and chill it. Any remaining fat will become solid on the top, making removal easy.
Recipes to get you started:
Food Network – Emeril Lagasse
Simply Recipes
I hope these recipes get you off to a good start – once you try homemade stocks, you'll never go back!
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A coach saunters up to me after my session on playoff preparation. It's a small room so it's a short saunter. More like a mosey, actually.
He has that look coaches get when they've tried everything and just can't seem to nail the answer. You know: furrowed brow, slightly clenched teeth, shoulders begin to sink in frustration. His kids are competitive 10-year-olds, pretty good, too, he says, and adds he inherited their skill. He gets it. His players are good only partly because of what he's taught and how. He's willing to give to credit his predecessors.
"What they don't do well," he says, "is think. We're almost in playoffs. And no matter how many times I've shown them, they're still all over the map when we forecheck." The more he talks, the more anxious he gets. He picks up a rink sheet and draws what he's taught all season.
"Looks fine," I say.
"Then what am I missing?"
"At this stage of year, you have no choice but to do something backwards," I tell him.
His jaw starts to dangle a bit. Backwards? Huh?
I explain thusly. Normally with even the simplest of tactics, you show kids early in the year very narrow parameters of space to use when forechecking or defending a zone or anything really. As they gain confidence and skill, you gradually—ever so gradually—increase the space of their tactical responsibility. Their age and skill will determine what the maximum might be.
Except, I explain, you've done the opposite. You've taught your tactics with the largest space available. What you're observing are kids who have too many options and decisions to make for what their little brains can handle. There's likely nothing wrong with the tactics or principles you're exposing them to. It's the approach.
Which means you now have to do the reverse. Bring it all in. Package it—okay, market it — by saying they've now played all these months with an understanding of such-and-such a tactic. As you move to the playoff run, you reduce the rink to lanes. For atoms, there'd be four. Outside the face off dots are two lanes. There are another two from centre ice to the outside dots.
Let's talk forechecking, and this is a for instance, not a suggestion you would use such a forecheck. You show them in practice how the three lanes nearest to the puck carrier MUST be filled by the three forwards. Or the two lanes. Or show them that the puckcarrier's lane must have two forwards in it and the third forward in an adjacent one. Or whatever you wish.
Coming up with simple drills to illustrate these is easy. What do you think?
"Lanes. So simple. And yeah, they do have a ton of trouble with big space." And he saunters off to his playoff practice.
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Take a deep breath, Texas; fix air quality
SAN ANTONIO — Here's a pressing riddle: Emissions for chemicals that become ozone are dropping for the San Antonio metro area. Yet our ozone levels have been increasing, threatening this region's clean-air status.
The two don't add up, unless, you consider outside sources of pollution such as the Eagle Ford Shale.
Let's back up. Our air-quality stakes are high. A new study from Alamo Area Council of Governments shows the region is perilously close to nonattainment for federal air-quality standards, particularly if tightened in coming years, as expected.
The current ozone standard is 75 parts per billion.
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There are health concerns. Ground-level ozone can cause significant respiratory problems for children, elderly and those with lung problems.
Beyond this, failing to meet Environmental Protection Agency standards would mean stringent regulations such as vehicle emissions testing as well as limits on highway expansions and new businesses that could contribute to air pollution.
All the more pressing because Peter Bella, natural resources director for AACOG, is concerned the culprit is emissions from beyond our eight-county metro area.
"I am not pointing fingers," he said. "I am saying our ozone numbers are going up, and I know that from our emissions inventories of ozone precursors in our (metropolitan statistical area), those emission sources show that the critical pollutants continue to drop."
Put another way, if the San Antonio metro area falls into nonattainment in part because of outside sources of emissions, then it's going to take a regional or state effort to keep the local air clean.
Naturally, then, attention shifts to the massive Eagle Ford Shale, largely to Bexar County's south and southeast.
AACOG's models predict increasing emissions from the Eagle Ford in coming years; reason enough for more study about its effects on the air we breathe.
It's complex. The Eagle Ford play is vast, meaning emissions are spread out. Wind patterns can vary.
In fact, David Brymer, TCEQ's director of air quality, said the wind patterns on high ozone days in Bexar County often are coming from the north and northeast, not the Eagle Ford.
"Yes, there are those emission sources there," he said of the Eagle Ford. "It's a major concern, and I am not saying there is no impact. (But) we haven't seen it if you look when there is high ozone."
Other pollution sources might be rapid growth or come from out of state, he said.
Given such ambiguity and concern, we again ask the state to provide additional funding to AACOG.
The two sides have been mired in a public dispute after the TCEQ denied $182,000 in additional funding to AACOG. The regional planning agency mistakenly released a report without TCEQ review.
In the scheme of things, $182,000 is small. But these funds could be used to study the efficacy of different strategies and build public awareness.
Speaking of money, more funding is available for emissions reduction grants in the Eagle Ford. It is literally just sitting there waiting to be used to retrofit and update polluting diesel engines. At the end of fiscal 2013, the fund balance was $678.5 million, state officials have said.
"That money has been used to balance the budget (in the past)," said Tom "Smitty" Smith, state director of Public Citizen. "Now is the time to take some of that money and clean up the mess these guys have been making."
We agree. These funds should be put to use in the Eagle Ford where emissions are surging. Equally pressing, the state and AACOG — and, yes, industry — must be on the same page.
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zGuide 1: What is Systems Engineering?
Issue 3.0
March 2009
What is Systems Engineering?
Creating Successful Systems
Systems engineering is:
"Big Picture thinking, and the application of Common Sense to projects;â€
"a structured and auditable approach to identifying requirements, managing interfaces and controlling risks throughout the project lifecycle.â€
"Build the right system; build the system rightâ€.Systems engineering considers the whole problem, the whole system, and the whole system lifecycle from concept to disposal, "from lust to dustâ€
The V lifecycle model shows the logical relationship between the different systems engineering activities or 'processes'.
6 Steps to Success
Understanding the Problem
Understand and write down the benefit to be achieved by the system, and how the system will be used. Identify the key measures of operational effectiveness (MOEs), and work out how much improvement you expect from the new system. Identify the stakeholders and agree the system boundary.
Think! How will the environment change betweennow and when the system is ready? And how will the environment and end users respond to the new system?
Investigate alternative solutions
Consider, model and evaluate both novel solutions and improvements to existing ones. Work out how you will choose between the alternatives; and record your decision process and rationale in case things change later and you need to back-track. Define a system architecture that encompasses all elements of the solution.
Prepare the test and support systems
Prepare the test, training and support capabilitiesin parallel with the "operational systemâ€. Makesure they are all compatible and ready when theyare needed to test, commission, deploy and use the system.
Agree and manage the requirements
Requirements form the basis for contracts and acceptance. Starting from the desired effect of the new system, balance requirements with budget and technical feasibility. Identify and consult relevant stakeholders. Identify and manage assumptions. Assess impact of proposed changesand trade-offs. And test the system against its requirements.
Agree and manage the interfaces
Manage interfaces to make sure the parts of the solution combine with each other and the operational environment to create an effective whole – and to allow teams to work in parallel confident that all the pieces they are developing will fit together and work together. Identify who is responsible for and involved in each interface.
Track progress against a plan
As well as the traditional project management measures of cost, schedule and resources, it is important to track skills, decisions and technical performance. Adapt to changes and be prepared to backtrack on decisions. Failure to agree requirements or interfaces may be symptoms of deeper problems.
Why do Systems Engineering?
Manage Complexity. Reduce your Risk
Systems Engineering does:
- - cope with complexity. The benefits of systems engineering include not being caught out by omissions and invalid assumptions, managing real world changing issues, and producing the most efficient, economic and robust solutions to the need being addressed.
By using the Systems Engineering approach, project costs and timescales are managed and controlled more effectively by having greater control and awareness of the project requirements, interfaces and issues and the consequences of any changes.â€
Systems engineers work with programme managers to achieve system and project success. Research indicates that effective use of systems engineering can save 10-20% of the project budget.
It is not hard to know when system engineering fails, because when something important goes wrong it usually makes the news fast. People get killed, buildings fall down, companies go bust, the law becomes involved.
But when system engineering goes right, no-one notices - which is just how it should be. The computer works when you switch it on, trains run on time, your flight lands on time and no one gets mad.
The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) defines systems engineering as "an interdisciplinary approach and means to enable the realisation of successful systems. - -â€
UK members were asked what this definition means to them. This leaflet collates the best of these answers into an explanation of the what and why of systems engineering.
Systems Engineering IntegratesTechnical Effort
Across the Development Project :
> Functional Disciplines
> Technology Domains
> Specialty Concerns
This leaflet is intended to help the "intelligent layperson†to understand what systems engineering is and how it could help them and their business.
Half of all project failures could be prevented by more effective systems engineering
Manage Complexity Reduce your Risk
More than one in three of all projects will fail. More than two-thirds will not achieve all their aims. Failure is usually obvious only when the project is overdue and the budget has been spent. But decisions and plans made earlier in the project can alter your risk, sometimes dramatically.
Don't rely on luck; use Systems Engineering
Leaflet prepared and published by the UK Chapter of the International Council on Systems Engineering.
With contributions from:
- Timothy Cusk - Network Rail;
- Mark Lewis – Scott Wilson;
- Steve Fielding - Metronet Rail SSL Ltd;
- Jim Brunton – Managed - Complexity;
- Colin Brain – SE Validation;
...and the "Z1 project teamâ€; Ayman El-Fatatry, Ken Astley (SEIC) Samantha Brown (BAE SYSTEMS); Les Oliver (EADS Astrium), Paul Davies and Hillary Sillitto, (Thales); Hazel Woodcock, (Telelogic); and review comments from other UK Chapter Members
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Today I downloaded the Time Hop app. My "memories" feature doesn't work, and saw one of the blogs I posted a year ago today.
The title of the blog entry was, "Ain't no one gonna break my stride"
I remember it like it were yesterday, I was teaching a Bodyworks class, we were half-way through the class, doing planks and mat work when a caterpillar started crawling across my yoga mat. In that moment, tears started streaming down my face and dripping onto the mat. Anyone who knows me knows my connection with butterflies, moths and caterpillars. This guy kept moving, slowly but surely across the mat, I have no clue where he came from, but I took it as a sign. Look at this guy, he has a million legs and it's still taking him forever to crawl across this mat and he isn't giving up. It was such a powerful, intense moment for me, and I was working, and trying to count and focus and could do none of that because of this caterpillar, crawling, never giving up.
Today I took Maxwell back to the group home, I cried on and off the entire way home.
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I like things that sit on the border between chosen and random, where at least part of their appeal comes from the non-aesthetic of happenstance and utility, roughened by time. The colour and look of old urban buildings, of abandoned homesteads in the American West, of tumbledown farmhouses in rural France. Objects stacked in a back alley. The pattern of rust on old locks and doorways. The semi-random position of chairs outside a café after a long day of use, placed to support conversations that are no longer taking place, and which the participants may already have forgotten.
I like seeing the back of things, too, the non-presentation side. Years ago I took part in a theatre tour of Northern pubs, during which we travelled from venue to venue on a barge. The best part of the whole trip was cruising along the canals through the disregarded middles and godforsaken back-ends of towns in the small hours, seeing materials that had been stacked or thrown away, in places where people thought others wouldn't see them. You see this sometimes on train journeys, too, just outside towns or inexplicably far out in the wilds, piles of non-stuff, ex-stuff, stuff deprecated, devalued or otherwise hidden away — abandoned to the elements, but marked by the behaviour and choices of the last human to interact with it.
The Japanese word shibui, the first entry in this blog, is an attempt to capture just this quality. I'm not sure why I find it quite so appealing. Maybe it's just that some objects and places don't seem truly themselves until they've been knocked about a little, refined through encounters with people and time. A couple of years ago I spent a fairly long few days mooching around Madison, Wisconsin, and while I can see it's a very nice college town and doubtless a swell place to grow up or study or indeed live – and any place with a big Frank Lloyd Wright building in it deserves visiting – from my point of view it needs a couple hundred years' more kicking around before it feels like somewhere in particular. Though I did enjoy reading Doug Moe's collection of essays and columns on the place, Surrounded by Reality.
And isn't a lot of human behaviour this way, too? Aren't the parts of people we love the most – or at least, the bits we find characterful and distinctive about them – precisely those aspects and traits which lie between chosen and thoughtless: a manifestation of inner acts of consciousness, translated and contextualized through circumstance and expedience? Isn't it people's rust that we find most appealing about them?
Anyway. This is basically a long-winded and wildly pretentious way of saying that (in what I really hope will be the final groovy new way I find of not-working), I've started a Tumblr page. It's for stuff that's too short for a blog but too long for a tweet: pictures, quotes, that kind of thing. Not much there yet, but hopefully there will be.
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Hi my lil princess who is 2months ols is fed with breast milk and i run out of milk at nights and mostly she is awake only by nights and she keeps on crying for milk. what to do wen i run out of milk. pls suggest
| Nov 08, 2015
Hi.. u can have roasted jeera, methi seeds n galact granules in milk.. This ll increase ur milk supply..
| Nov 05, 2015
Jeera will help. You can dry roast and grind jeera and store it. Add it in curd, on top of veggies. This will help to increase breast milk supply.
| Nov 04, 2015
Super cool thanx pals
| Nov 02, 2015
Please have something in regular intervals like 3hrs once.. You can have any fruits, cup of milk, beverages etc.. Please don't control yourself from eating as your baby's intake depends on you.. At the same time, go for a walk, make your mind to relax.. don't get depressed or feel low.. A feeding mother should be more energetic because it can also effect indirectly to feed your baby.. Enjoy the mommy days..
| Nov 02, 2015
Please do not diet. Have milk with almond paste mixed twice a day. Also try eating kachcha papita. You can cook it like other vegetables and eat it with chapati. Have it for atleast a week. This should help.
| Nov 02, 2015
Please do not diet. Have milk with almond paste mixed twice a day. Also try eating kachcha papita. You can cook like other vegetables and eat it with chapati. Have it in one meal for atleast a week. This should help.
| Nov 02, 2015
Have one big glass of mother horlicks to keep up ur milk supply ...
| Nov 01, 2015
Ok let me try out these things tq rao ;)
| Nov 01, 2015
Have a large glass of milk before going to sleep u could add 1tsp of dhaniya powder for more better results.. Dained water from rice (starch) is also a Good source.. u can add a lil salt N jeera powder to enhance the state This definitely improves milk production. N finally if nothing works... Go for lactogen1 or naan pro1
| Nov 01, 2015
Wow tq jeba ;) i normally have milk bikies biscuit and milk. Plus women's horlicks for calcium.
| Nov 01, 2015
It's natural for you to run out of milk. What I did to ensure supply was 1. I had rusks(4-5) 2. Have mothers horlicks after each feed. You'll like britania elachi rusks at this time. Having right food will regenerate milk. Also I had seasame balls and papaya(great source for milk). Try it!!! :-) happy parenting


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4th Grade: Radial Designs
4th graders did a bit of fun origami involving radial design. I did this project last year..and instructions can be found here: http://leaping2newheights.blogspot.com/search/label/paper%20sculpture
This year, we used 3" x 3" construction paper. Last year, we used 2" x 2" copy paper. Both have great results. Probably the copy paper is a little easier to fold, but the construction paper is convenient when you have a lot of this to use up at the end of the year! Students folded "darts" from pre-cut colored squares. This year, students folded the 12" x 12" black square to create 8 folds coming from the center. This helped in guiding their radial design. I like the creativity this project always sparks and the great problem solving. Some students discover new ways to fit the darts within each other. Also, a few students fold the squares into original designs (other than than darts). This is fine as long as they have some darts somewhere. A very geometric project. I love the color combinations used as well.


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The blue open waters of the Caribbean and more than 300 canoeists are set to embark on the 5th Sacred Mayan Journey organized by Xcaret this May 19th, 20th, and 21st recreating the ancient Mayan tradition of worshiping moon goddess Ix Chel.
The Sacred Mayan Journey recreates the Mayan pilgrimage from the Ppole port (now Xcaret). The ancient Mayans would row across the ocean towards Cuzamil (now Cozumel) to hear the oracle predictions from goddess Ix Chel. The rowers would then cross the ocean once again to arrive at Xamanha (Playa del Carmen).
The participants of the Mayan Journey will recreate the entire ceremony including dance and music rituals as well as goddess Ix Chel message in Cozumel. The 5th Sacred Mayan Journey will include participation from the Felipe Carrillo Puerto Community Theater, dance groups form the Solidaridad (Playa del Carmen) and Cozumel Municipalities, as well as volunteers from the DIF Solidaridad Golden Club and volunteers from Xcaret Park.
DATES: What you need to know to see the canoeists:
May 19th in Xcaret Park: Starting at 5 p.m., entrance is free for visitors to enjoy a number of activities at the park.
May 20th in Xcaret Park: Arrival is at 5:30 a.m. to see the canoeists off. There are only a limited number of tickets.
May 20th in Cozumel: The events will begin at 12 p.m. with the welcome of the canoeists in Caletita by the lighthouse. At 8 p.m., the canoeist will take their offerings to goddess Ix Chel in Chaancanab Park.
May 21st in Cozumel: The canoeists depart from Island of Cozumel at 5:30 a.m. from Caletita.
May 21st in Playa del Carmen: The Sacred Mayan Journey will end with the arrival from the canoeists at Playa Fundadores, next to the ferry port at 12:00 p.m.
Xcaret recently hosted the 1st Mexican Wine Festival in the Riviera Maya.
Check this video from last weekend's canoe race!


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On the road (airplane really) again! As I get ready to move yet again, the bags are being packed, and truth be told, moving keeps one from collecting too much clutter. By the time it starts it is time to go, and frankly I am looking forward to a little flughafenbegrüβungsfreude (the delight of being greeted at the airport). Not that I have not enjoyed Berlin, its been really nice. It is just that it is time to head off to the next adventure.
Some of the last finds should not surprise. Yes more buttons:
Vintage linens:
As I have not been here long, I was extremely touched when the woman who runs the Sew Creative group with the Berlin International Women's Club gave me a going away gift and thank you for all of the work I had done sewing items for the Björn Schulz Stiftung (Foundation) Before you see the gift and why she gave it to me, you should also learn a little more about the foundation.
The Björn Schulz Foundation offers help for cancer and chronically ill, as well as terminally ill children , adolescents and young adults. They offer help to the whole family. Services provided go beyond those offered by the national health system. You can read more about them here (Clearly in German)
For the past 6 months I have been participating in the sewing group where we have been making various items for either the need of the organization or for an upcoming bazaar they will be having where a table will be set up to sell various items. Since being here we have sewn breadbaskets, children's clothing, shopping bags, a little stuffed animal where the child can unzip a small pocket to tell it secrets and pains and then can zip it back up so that it remains a secret, and just lately sun pillows. The sun is on the corner of the foundation's logo. Here are just a couple of them made this last meeting:
Getting back to the gift...For the past 6 months I have been on S-Bahns, U-bahns, M-Bahns and busses going to different places in town. While other people listen to music, I sew. My crazy patch "kit" I take with me when I am on the go and it looks like this:
It was observed, more than once, that I work out of a plastic bag. I know, you would expect that I would have something fancy, but I do not. Well now I do!
Thank you Beatrix! The doily was made by Beatrix's mother years ago. When she died Beatrix ended up with a pile of the and had no idea what to do with them. Then I wandered into her life 6 months ago.
With no sewing machine now it has been hard to make anything big. I have been working on Christmas ornaments:
They are almost done but will most likely all be finished at the next place I call home.
I am barely keeping up with TAST with all of the preparation to move. I will fall behind this week with the move and will be way far behind by the time I can follow along again. But I will leave you with last week's stitch, the Feather stitch:
Not much show show yet, and it is a variation, but give it time, it will grow:
Or maybe not. Might I say I have never liked this stitch? I find it hard to start and once I start I can't wait to be done. That is a bad sign for any stitch. Instead of finishing the row doing the dreaded feather stitch, I got distracted with BUTTONS!
I was given a card of them by one of the ladies in my walking group. Very plain, Very Mother of Pearl. Way too much fun not to use. The flowers need petals and I don't like what I have so far. In the mean time I have several more places for buttons on this sections. The beautiful embroidered linen strip is from an old handkerchief. It was ripped on one side. At the thrift store check out, the man behind the counter gave it to me for free since it was damaged. they have no idea what I do with this stuff do they?


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Carrie Brownstein is one half of Portlandia, one fourth of Wild Flag, and completely awesome. Brownstein's wardrobe tends to consist of feminine tops, fitted denim and simple-but-chic footwear. Her signature red lips lend to her girly side, and her comedic performance on Portlandia makes her cute. But it's when she steps on stage to perform that you realize, despite the sweet blouses and adorable smile, this woman is a total badass. She began her career in music (with Sleater Kinney) and it's clearly her strong suit. She performed with Wild Flag at this years Coachella, and it's seriously the only festival news I'll be reporting.
There are so many great performance shots, but I think this one captures her outfit and this outfit best represents her style. It's so simple, but she pulls it off so well. The question is, what will she wear the second weekend? Enough of my freaky love letter, here's an outfit and a bit of an inspired remix.
Blouse: Jil Sander
Jeans: J Brand
Boots: TopShop
Blouse: ModCloth
Shorts: Miss Selfridge
Boots: Acne


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Longevity for many hot young stars is somewhat of an anomaly in Hollywood unless they parlay their talents in many different directions. Vancouver-born Jason Priestley, who played teen heartthrob Brandon Walsh, in the '90s hit TV series Beverly Hills 90210, recognized that early, directing 19 episodes in the show's 10-season run. The handsome 47-year-old Priestley made his feature film directorial debut with Cas & Dylan starring Richard Dreyfuss and Tatiana Maslany and finished his 4th season for Call Me Fitz for HBO Canada in which he stars, produces and directs. He's currently co-starring in the 10-episode comedy, Private Eyes, filmed entirely in Toronto. He plays an ex-professional hockey player, Matt Shade who irrevocably changes his life when he decides to team up with fierce P.I. Angie Everett (Cindy Sampson,) to form an unlikely investigative powerhouse.
Priestley also takes wine very seriously – more than just a celebrity endorsement in name only. Priestley is one of five partners invested in the South Okanagan's Black Hills Estate Winery; co-host with Vancouver pal and media personality, Terry David Mulligan of a syndicated celebrity wine series, Hollywood & Vines and oenophile extraordinaire with a personal wine cellar of over 5,000 bottles.
"Black Hills Estate Winery has seen tremendous growth since upgrading facilities in 2007 and building the state-of-the-art crush pad," says Priestley, by phone from Toronto where he directed Spun Out with Dave Foley and reunion of Canadian comedy troupe, Kids In The Hall for CTV. "We've sold out of our current 2011 vintage of Note Bene, a Bordeaux-style blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc."
"I've been collecting wines for over 20 years and I'm passionate about it," enthuses Priestley. " For me to be part of a winery in my home province was incredible. The Okanagan is such a spectacular wine region. I try to visit the winery at least once a year. For several years the winery hosted a celebrity wine auction and it was a great way to talk about the valley, the region and our winery and we raised a lot of money for charities in the South Okanagan."
Calgary-born, Glenn Fawcett, CEO of Black Hills Estate Winery in Oliver (and self-proclaimed "Wine Evangelist,") is particularly proud of the cutting edge design of the winery by renowned Canadian architect, Nick Bevanda encircling a 3,000 square-foot tasting area and wine shop know as The Wine Experience Centre. "Our inspiration for the design came from the crush pad in the heart of our vineyard and closest possible proximity to our grapes, explains Fawcett. In 2008 the winery received the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Architectural Excellence. We are the only winery in Western Canada to have ever received this award."
Wines from Black Hills Estate Winery were selected to be served on the Alberta Train and in the Alberta House during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Located in Canada's only desert region, the 27-acre vineyard situated between Oliver and Osoyoos, is nestled in the sunburnt hills of the Black Sage Bench where the arid desert soil, long hot days and cool mountain air at night, produces intensely flavourful grapes. "Although Note Bene (Latin for 'take note') is our flagship red wine (plantings include Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet; Franc) we also grow a deep, luscious Carmenare grape and aromatic Sauvignon and Semillon grapes in our vineyard; the latter are used to create our Alibi white blend," explains Fawcett.


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September 2015
The Middle East region recorded the addition of a further 75.5 million sq ft to district cooling systems in 2014, according to the latest International District Energy Association (Idea)'s report on growth in district cooling energy.
Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world's largest district cooling services provider, said these figures reflect the remarkable growth and huge potential for the district cooling sector in the years to come.
"The sector is going from strength to strength, thanks to its competitive characteristics that make it the best alternative to conventional environment-depleting district cooling," said Ahmad Bin Shafar, chief executive officer of Empower.
According to statistics, district cooling uses 40 to 50 per cent less energy than traditional air-conditioning systems, which can account for as much as 70 per cent of a building's electricity bill.
Outside North America, the running total for served building space added since 2004 amounted to 1.2 billion sq ft according to Idea's recent report.
According to Bin Shafar, the district cooling industry has emerged as the ideal option for air-conditioning in the Middle East due to a variety of factors, such as its low noise and minimal maintenance and the fact that it is less prone to breakdowns.
"The evidence of an upward Gulf trend toward district cooling is a positive sign and will ensure better service to people with less harm to natural resources."


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Fastest 4-by-6 output yet from a dedicated photo printer. Prints from cameras and computers. Small footprint.
Running cost is high, at 39 to 50 cents per 4-by-6 print.
Bottom Line
The Olympus P-11 delivers the best speed we've yet seen from a dedicated photo printer, high-quality output when printing from a camera, and a notably small footprint.
most dedicated thermal-dye photo printers look like they were stamped out cookie-cutter fashion: same size, same shape, and only a few modest design touches to distinguish one from another. the olympus p-11 ($150 street), however, has its own distinct look and constellation of features. like most dedicated photo printers in its price range, it can print directly from a pictbridge camera or computer. unlike most, it can't print from memory cards. but it more than makes up for that with the fastest speed of any dedicated photo printer we've seen to date.
the p-11's boxy design makes it bulkier and a little heavier than most thermal-dye photo printers, at 6.2 by 7.3 by 7.1 inches (hwd) and 5.1 pounds. but it also gives the printer a smaller footprint: the entire paper path, including the tray, is contained within the printer, with the paper staying inside during all four print passesone for each color plus a protective coatand emerging only at the end into the output bin on top. this way, you don't need to leave room for a paper tray sticking out in front or for paper to slide out of the back during printing.
despite the unique design, installation is similar to that of most other thermal-dye photo printers and is relatively easy. to set up for direct printing from a camera, all you need do is slide in the dye ribbon, load either 3.5-by-5 or 4-by-6 paper in the tray, and slide the tray into the printeralthough in this case the tray goes all the way inside, hidden behind a small door. if you want to print from your computer as well, you can run the automated driver-installation routine and then plug in a usb cable.
performance is impressive. on our standard photo printer test suite, we timed the p-11 at 49 seconds per photo when printing from a computer. we also timed it at 48 to 49 seconds printing other photos from a computer and at 41 to 44 seconds printing from a canon powershot s60 camera.
by comparison, the next-fastest dedicated photo printer we've seen, the canon selphy ds810, was only a little slower when printing from a computer, at 52 to 56 seconds per photo, but was much slower printing from the canon camera, at 1 minute 3 seconds to 1:17. and the current editors' choice, the epson picturemate deluxe viewer edition, took 1:29 to 1:35 printing from a computer and 1:36 to 1:45 printing from the camera.
all the photos we printed from our test camera were true photo quality or close to it, despite a tendency to lose detail in bright areas. but when printing from a computer, we found that aliasing was a problem, in the form of a staircase effect on edges. this was most obvious with thin lines, such as bicycle wheel spokes and the numbers and hands on a clock, but it also showed up on things like the edges of a plate and the rim of a vase. of course, if you're planning on printing only from a camera, this problem won't affect you.
it turns out that the aliasing is largely a result of the printer's oddball resolution, 310 by 310 dots per inch. when we resampled our 300- by 300-pixel-per-inch photos to 310 by 310 ppi, the problem went awaybut only when printing with borders. when we chose borderless printing, in which the driver is told to scale the image to fill the page if necessary, the problem showed up again. there's no indication in the manual that you have to resample in such cases, however. and having to resample every picture before printing is a major annoyance.
unfortunately, cost per photo is an issue no matter how you print. a 4-by-6 print will cost 39 cents with the 100-print pack and 50 cents with the 40-print pack. although this is a typical range for thermal-dye printers, the thermal-dye canon selphy cp710 compact photo printer manages to bring in prints at 28 cents each with its most economical pack, and with the ink-jet based epson picturemate models, prints are just 24 to 29 cents.
even so, if you insist on top speed, you may decide the p-11's performance is worth the extra cost per print, especially if you plan to print strictly from your camera. otherwise, we suggest looking elsewhere.
see how the olympus p-11 measures up to other machines in our photo printer comparison chart.
benchmark test results
check out the olympus p-11's test results .
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Watch: Toddler rescues twin brother from fallen dresser
A Utah man posted an incredible video on Facebook Sunday of one of his young twin sons pulling a fallen dresser of off his brother.
Ricky Shoff said in a Facebook post that he was "hesitant" to post home surveillance video of the incident, but felt compelled to share it as a reminder for parents to secure shelves and dressers to the wall.
"We are so grateful for the bond that these twin brothers share," Shoff said. "We know Bowdy was not alone in moving the dresser off of Brock. And feel blessed that he is OK."
Shoff told CNN the boys were playing Friday morning when the dresser fell on Brock, but that he and his wife never heard a sound from either of them.
In the video, two-year-old Brock is wedged beneath a fallen dresser of drawers and appears to be crying.
His brother, Brody looks for the best angle to pull the dresser of off his brother and finally decides to try pushing it off of him.
As Brody pushes, Brock wriggles his way out from under the dresser.
Toddler saves his twin brother. After, we judge the parents: Column
Ricky Shoff told CNN that his wife, Kayli, woke up a short time later and checked on the boys after seeing the security footage and the dresser on the floor, but "there wasn't a scratch" on either of them.
"It's kind of a miracle, it's something really special, to see how Bowdy helped Brock," Shoff told CNN.
Follow Mary Bowerman on Twitter: @MaryBowerman


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