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The AdminPak (Windows Server 2003 SP1 Administrators Tool Pack) can be installed on Windows Vista, but following installation it is necessary to register some DLLs in order to get the MMC snap-ins to work. Attached please find a text file which can be renamed to a BAT file.
To install the AdminPak on a Vista machine please do the following.
1. Download and install the executable containing the AdminPak.msi file from: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/8/1/681c9ba7-380f-4756-ac85-a3323437e6c3/windowsserver2003-kb304718-administrationtoolspack.exe
2. Run the executable and install the Administrative Tools.
3. Run RegisterAdminPak.cmd from an elevated command prompt. To do this, follow these steps:
Click Start
At the command prompt, type C:\Users\UserAccountName\RegisterAdminPak.cmd, and then press ENTER.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/feat/uaprot.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/feat/uaprot.mspx)
Known issues
When you install the Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack on a Windows Vista-based computer, the following issues occur.
Context-sensitive help
When you click the ? icon in a property dialog box for all the tools that are included in the Administration Tools Pack, context-sensitive help does not appear.
Cluster administration tools are not supported
Administration of Windows Server 2003 clusters is not supported when you use the Windows Server 2003 management tools directly from a Windows Vista-based computer. This is caused by the network transport protocol that is used by failover clustering in Windows Vista. Windows Server 2003 uses remote procedure call (RPC) over User Datagram Protocol (UDP). Windows Vista uses RPC over TCP. No supported workaround is available.
User interface issues that affect Active Directory directory service snap-ins
The following user interface (UI) issues affect Active Directory snap-ins:
The icons in the results pane disappear after you click the pane.
The icons in the results pane are displayed as rectangles.
These UI issues affect the following snap-ins:
Active Directory Users and Computers (Dsa.msc)
Active Directory Sites and Services (Dssite.msc)
Active Directory Domains and Trusts (Domain.msc)
Additional issues that affect the Active Directory Users and Computers (Dsa.msc) snap-in
You cannot use the drag-and-drop feature in the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in or in the Active Directory Sites and Services snap-in. For example, if you create a computer object in the Users OU, and then you drag the object to the Computers OU, the operation fails.
The Properties dialog box for users is missing the Terminal Services Profile tab.
The Terminal Services Profile tab does not appear.
Certification Authority (Certsrv.msc)
The Certification Authority snap-in cannot display the Certificates Template node.
Microsoft Internet Information Services
The following Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) scripts are installed. However, they do not work.
For more information about how to configure IIS by using command-line tools, visit the following Web site:
http://www.iis.net (http://www.iis.net)
Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) (Winsmgmt.msc)
When you create or edit a static mapping, you receive the following error message:
The stub received bad data
However, you can safely ignore this error message because the operation is successful.
Terminal Services Licensing (Licmgr.exe)
When you try to start a Terminal Server license server, you receive the following error message:
The License Server Activation Wizard cannot start. Close one or more programs, and then retry the operation.
Terminal Server Administrator (Tsadmin.exe)
The Terminal Server Administrator tool does not work on a Windows Vista-based computer because of an access violation. To work around this issue, run Remote Desktop from a Windows Vista-based computer, and connect to another computer that can use Tsadmin.exe. For example, connect to a Microsoft Windows XP-based or a Windows Server 2003-based computer that has the Administration Tools Pack installed.
Remote Storage Remote Administration tool
The Remote Storage Remote Administration tool (RSAdmin.msc) is not supported in Windows Vista.
The Connection Manager Administration Kit
In the Administration Tools Pack, you must start the Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK) by using one of the following methods:
Run CMAK from an elevated command prompt. To do this, follow these steps:
Right-click the CMAK command or icon, and then click Run as Administrator.
Note If you start CMAK from a non-elevated command prompt or by double-clicking the CMAK icon, you receive the following error message:
To continue you must have read/write permissions to the directory Program Files\CMAK\Profiles.
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Last night I saw The Black Keyes in concert and the evening can be summed up with this photo:
I went in only knowing a couple of their songs (I won tickets to see them) but I enjoyed every song they played! Towards the end the other people in the box with me were getting impatient for 'Lonely Boy' and they finally obliged by playing it as their final song.
The audience went WILD! Everyone was on their feet dancing and cheering and singing along. This feeling of collective joy is why I like going to live events!

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For most students, nursing school is a time of stress and high performance that leaves little time for healthy regimens.
However, nursing students are being made aware of the dangers that come following graduation, when many nurses lose even more traction with their own personal health.
This is especially true among female nurses according to at least one study. According to the University of Maryland's School of Nursing, a survey of more than 2000 female nurses found that women in this field of medicine are "significantly more likely" to become obese than maintain a normal weight or to be underweight.
The nursing school study indicates a consideration should be made in how we think about nursing staff – especially as it relates to scheduling. Nursing students learn that being a nurse will quite often mean that they will work long, arduous shifts in order to provide the best possible care for patients. But this information implies that these types of schedules leave too much opportunity for nurses to become unhealthy, even as they care for the health of others under their charge.
The School of Nursing study from the University of Maryland was published in the Journal of Nursing Administration (Volume 41, Issue 11) and is one of a few studies produced by the school that takes a hard look at nursing schedules. Some of the studies show that these adverse effects flow down to patient care, as well. The latest survey showed that more than half of female nurses are obese.
Kihye Han, PhD, RN headed up the study at the nursing school. Han said in a publication by the school that "Considering that more than half of nurses are overweight or obese, increasing availability of healthy food and providing sufficient time to consume it may reduce the risk of obesity and future health problems."


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At your doctor's office:
Ask your doctor to prescribe brand-name TIKOSYN and to indicate "DAW" (Dispense As Written)—or the language used in your state—on all of your TIKOSYN prescriptions.
At your pharmacy's drop-off:
Tell the pharmacist that you want brand-name TIKOSYN—and be sure to use the TIKOSYN Savings Card if eligible.
At your pharmacy's pick-up:
Check your pills to be sure they're brand-name TIKOSYN—not the generic—and also check that you've saved on your prescription if eligible.
Make Sure You Have Brand-Name TIKOSYN
Look for the distinctive shape and marking of TIKOSYN, so you get the brand-name medication you want—from a company you know—pill to pill and month to month.
Choose dosage from the drop down
Pill not actual size.
TIKOSYN Offers Savings To Patients
If eligible, patients may pay as little as $4 for each 30-day fill of brand-name TIKOSYN—and could save up to $3,000 a year.*


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If you have high cholesterol and it runs in your family, is it a waste of time to attempt to treat your problem with diet rather than medications? If your mother, father, and all three siblings have high blood pressure, is it safe to assume that an exercise program won't be enough to keep you off of blood pressure-lowering pills? What about diabetes: if most everyone in your family struggles with that condition are you destined to face the same – lifestyle notwithstanding?
If you answered "no" to all the following questions, you scored 100% – and you're likely in the minority. In my experience, many wrongly assume if they are genetically predisposed to a condition, lifestyle measures probably will be ineffective. However, the good news stands in stark contrast to this prevailing sentiment: regardless of what runs in your family, healthy lifestyle choices can often either postpone or stave illness off all together.
Some years ago while working in Oklahoma, I saw this illustrated when working with Native Americans – a population genetically- predisposed to a variety of chronic diseases. Across tribal lines many First Nation peoples are at increased risk of diabetes and, like other segments of the U.S. population, often suffer from weight and cholesterol problems.
However, I witnessed an amazing intersection between lifestyle and genetics when studying the results of over 400 patients who participated in an 18-day residential program very much like the NEWSTART program I now work with at Weimar.
Our biblically-based Oklahoma program included a total vegetarian (vegan) diet, regular physical exercise, stress management, and group support. It resulted in significant changes across the board. The average, overweight, participant lost 8.3 pounds (4.0% of baseline weight). Total cholesterol levels dropped 24 points (11.5%), LDL (the "bad cholesterol") fell 16 points (13.3%), and triglycerides decreased 44.8 points (20.6%). Those with diabetes recorded an 11% improvement in blood sugars' while typically taking significantly less medication.
However, a separate analysis of Native Americans who went through the same program revealed even more striking improvements. Although their baseline values were similar and they lost a similar average amount of weight, 8.8 lbs (4.0% of baseline weight), their blood fat decreases were especially impressive: total cholesterol 39 points (18.6%), LDL 27 points (20.7%), and triglycerides 48.4 points (28.2%). Those with diabetes improved their blood sugars 31%.
Although not a rigid scientific study, those results made an eloquent point: rather than predisposing you to failure, "bad genes" might actually be an indicator of a better response to lifestyle changes.
The conclusion seems obvious. Regardless of your genetics, why not renew you commitment to the healthiest lifestyle possible – as close as possible to the one God gave our first parents in Eden?


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Who Sang Your Horoscope for Today? "Weird Al" Yankovic
Release Date: 1999-6-29
producer: "Weird Al" Yankovic
lead vocals: "Weird Al" Yankovic
vocal: Tress MacNeille
trumpet: Tavis Werts
mixer: Tony Papa
engineer: Tony Papa
saxophone: Tom Evans
trombone: Dan Regan
trombone & trumpet: Lee Thornburg
assistant engineer: Jeff Moses and Fredrik Sarhagen
[Verse 1]
There's travel in your future when your tongue
Freezes to the back of a speeding bus
Fill that void in your pathetic life
By playing Whack-A-Mole seventeen hours a day
Try to avoid any Virgos or Leos
With the Ebola virus
You are the true Lord of the Dance
No matter what those idiots at work say
The look on your face will be priceless
When you find that forty-pound watermelon in your colon
Trade toothbrushes with an albino dwarf
Then give a hickey to Meryl Streep
You will never find true happiness
What you gonna do, cry about it?
The stars predict tomorrow you'll wake up
Do a bunch of stuff, and then go back to sleep
That's your horoscope for today
(That's your horoscope for today)
Yay, yay, yay, yay, yay
That's your horoscope for today
That's your horoscope for today
(That's your horoscope for today)
Yay, yay, yay, yay, yay
That's your horoscope for today
[Verse 2]
Your birthday party will be ruined once again
By your explosive flatulence
Your love life will run into trouble
When your fiance hurls a javelin through your chest
The position of Jupiter says that you should spend
The rest of the week face down in the mud
Try not to shove a roll of duct tape up your nose
While taking your driver's test
Now is not a good time to photocopy your butt
And staple it to your boss's face, oh no
Eat a bucket of tuna-flavored pudding
Then wash it down with a gallon of Strawberry Quik
All Virgos are extremely friendly and intelligent
Except for you
Expect a big surprise today
When you wind up with your head impaled upon a stick
Now you may find it inconceivable
Or at the very least a bit unlikely
That the relative position of the planets
And the stars could have a special deep significance
Or meaning that exclusively applies to only you
But let me give you my assurance
That these forecasts and predictions
Are all based on solid, scientific, documented evidence
So you would have to be some kind of moron not to realize
That every single one of them is absolutely true
Where was I?
[Verse 3]
A big promotion is just around the corner
For someone much more talented than you
Laughter is the very best medicine
Remember that when your appendix bursts next week
Get ready for an unexpected trip
When you fall screaming from an open window
Work a little bit harder on improving your low self-esteem
You stupid freak
All your friends are laughing behind your back
(Kill them)
Take down all those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine
You've got hanging in your den
The stars say that you're an exciting and wonderful person
But you know they're lying
If I were you, I'd lock my doors and windows
And never, never, never, never, never leave my house again
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Welcome to the Sharon Church in Omaha, NE. We are a Christian community and would love to have you join our family. To learn more about what we believe you can visit our About Us page. Please join us for Bible study, worship, and prayer.
Pastor Gary Collins
Sharon Church
Join Us This Saturday
Service times:
Sabbath School: 9:30 am
Worship Service: 11 am
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Master your health and fitness to drop some pounds, shape up and optimize your power ranges. By the tip of this lesson we will finally take the confusion out of cardio by wanting at the widespread Myths about cardio, forms of workouts you need to use, the benefits you get from regular cardio and find out how to properly apply it to your very own health and fitness.
My fitness ball sits proudly in my bedroom – reigning over that nook and reminding me each day of the need to not solely brush my teeth daily but also attend to my abs each day. The various movies which might be out in the marketplace that make you dance and transfer and lift your cardio provide among the finest and enjoyable fitness programs round.
As an expert coach, this shape worked great for all of our shoppers – each those in rehabilitation and people superior fitness shoppers. Fitness skilled and avid fitness shoppers choose the stability ball due to the added challenge to the core – it's important to use your core to stabilize the ball – you do not engage your core muscular tissues as much with a chair or weight bench. After you've gotten been cleared, do give these many actions a try to dedicate yourself day by day to a fitness problem to focus on tone your stomach muscular tissues.
One other health problem that causes demise or contributes to other health problems is malnutrition majorly amongst kids. Our mission is to encourage healthy lifestyles, robust bodies, and genuine neighborhood via an accessible, prime quality fitness middle. Past the associated fee, xbox fitness is also troublesome to arrive at a gymnasium since I'm unable to drive due to vision problems. Part of the triceps board ended up being a bit too much for me , however his version of xbox fitness was as much as down in the abdomen, then rapidly again with a squat. This man is among the smartest, freshest authors on health and fitness that I've EVER identified.
Having greater muscle energy enhances bodily fitness because it permits you to more simply perform duties such as pushing, pulling and lifting. Attend fitness courses as early in your pregnancy as doable, and stick with us after your child is born!


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What are CRC cards? Are they really useful or just a waste of time? Why should I care? Where where were you on the night of December 25th? We all have asked these questions to ourselves at least once in our lives. And I'll just answer the first one.
CRC (stands for Class, Responsibility and Collaboration) cards
(stands for Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development, and Stabilisation) is an Object Oriented design pattern, useful.
These cards are supposed to help the software developer to think which objects he will need to have, what methods they will have and how will they interact among them, even before start writing code. It is supposed to be a good tool to learn the OOP paradigm because, regardless the syntax or implementation of an specific language, you can focus in what really matters, the whole concept of objects.
To write CRC cards you need to think about three things:
- Class (name):The class has to have a short and descriptive name of what it represents and what it does.
- Responsibility:
The problems that the class is supposed to solve and its procedures, these should be short verb phrases containing an active verb. This is typically what this class does when it interacts with other classes.
- Collaboration:
Objects should not be isolated from each other, they all must collaborate to accomplish a common goal, just like we learned from The Wonder Pets! Here you write with which other classes this one interacts with.
CRC cards have the following format and are written in 4×6 index cards:
With CRC cards you can clearly see the relationship between classes, and the index cards have the advantage that you can move them around, organize and overlap them so you can put them in certain position that helps you to think about the relationship between these classes.
And with this I answer to the fist question, you should be able to answer the second and third questions by yourself, maybe the fourth too.
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I want to wish you all a very happy New Year and may your 2012 be filled with love, good health and lots of laughter.
Love this picture taken from Vogue Magazine of New York City Library one of my favourite places in NY
Trying on a little blue Play Suit In River Island, sadly never bought it as it was too big ~ Sparkly Christmas nails, they are now all my own as I grew the tips out and just had them coated for strength.
Cherry playing Hide n seek ~ Trying to get my hair a little redder
Late night snack, anyone else can't stand beans touching the other food on their plate?
Champagne with the girls
This print was sent to me by my dear friend that moved back to Australia and since she has been back has been painting and even had her own show! I was touched that she sent me this as I love Peacocks, I can't wait to have it framed.
Mr Augustus Tibbs in his new bed.
My brother in laws Dog 'Joey' relaxing on Christmas day
I have been growning my hair since March, this is how short it was!
Urban Butterfly x


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Largs Bay Swim Centre
UX, UI, Integration, WordPress
Larissa Behrendt is an award-winning author with a passion for telling the stories of Indigenous Australia. Following the successful launch of Lavarch Productions, Larissa contacted us to design a website to showcase her publications.
We designed the graphic user interface and then converted it to a retina optimised cross browser HTML/CSS responsive website. This was a rather challenging project and something that required us to 'think outside the square' as the client requested a french/feminine look/feel. Our initial designs were far from that although in conjunction with Lara we continued to refine the user interface until she was completely satisfied. We managed this by adding floral elements around the headings along with a frilled decorative border below the fixed header panel.
A key feature of this website is the inclusion of a slick 'app-like' sliding menu panel. The menu which is supported on both desktop and mobile devices is triggered by tapping/clicking on the top left icon. For those typography lovers the primary paragraph font is 'Alexandria', the serif heading type is 'Lucida Bright' and the script font is 'Amazone BT'.
Larissa Behrendt, Lavarch Productions


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We all know classic titles in the search results like "New Page 1", "Untitled Document" or simply just "Home", these are titles for which Google could decide to replace with a more descriptive title. In a blog post Webmaster Trends Analyst Pierre Far explains the reasons why Google might replace the original title of a page in the search results with an own generated title.
Normally titles have to be unique and need to describe what the content of a page is about in 70 characters max. But even if a single title is written the right way it's not always the best one for all search queries. That's why in some cases Google uses algorithms to decide if a title is good enough or if it's better to replace it with a alternative title that's more relevant to the query.
Google says their own tests have proven adjusting titles can substantially improve the click through rate, which is better for users and for webmasters (read: traffic).
Another reason why Google could replace the title is because there is no title, or at least not a descriptive one like "Untitled Document" mentioned above. Also there are webmasters who copy the title for every page so it's the same all the time or they just use minor variations. Unnecessarily long or hard-to-read titles are also replaced by Google.
Even today many webmasters don't pay attention to titles. When performing a search for "Untitled Document" there are 60,100,000 results! "New Page 1" gives me more than 7 million results. But when you look at the results you can also see that Google replaced some titles (some better than other).
If you use Google Webmaster Tools you can check if your titles are in good shape by going to Diagnostics, HTML Suggestions. Here you see pages that don't have titles, duplicate titles, long, short and Non-informative titles.


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Did you know that Taxes are to be filed for 2015 tax year by Monday, April 18th, rather than the traditional April 15th. Here is the reason:
Emancipation Day is an official public holiday in the District of Columbia. It usually falls on April 16, but when April 16 is a Saturday – which it is in 2016 – then Emancipation Day moves to the previous day (Friday). (Source: IRS.gov )
TheFiscalTimes.com lists '10 Important Tax Dates for 2016′.
It used to be that you had two options – use a tax preparer OR use tax software. Before that you either used a tax preparer OR you wrote down your taxes on forms you picked up from the library or post office.
Now you have all kinds of options! You can still use a tax preparer (a CPA, an accountant, H&R Block, Jackson Hewett, Liberty Tax Service, etc.) OR you can…
- Download software or install software from a CD. Examples: TurboTax, TaxAct, H&R Block, Jackson Hewett, TaxSlayer, etc. Here is a review of software by PC Mag.com
- Use online 'software' such as TurboTax online, H&R Block online, TaxAct online, TaxSlayeronline, etc.
- The IRS is even offering options – 'Free File'
- NOW, you can even use APPS on your iPad or even your smartphone. Here are some reviews of these from Digital Trends:
I've used H&R Block Tax preparation service and have been pleased with the service. For one thing, it helps to have someone working with you rather than you feel all alone in the process. The price for a service can be steep though.
I've also used both online and software versions (mostly TurboTax). Each year they seem to get better and better and easier and easier. I've actually used the software the same year that I've used a service and the results of both were very similar.
I have not used APPS and probably won't but if someone has very easy taxes, it might work out great.
Security, of course, is an issue with any of the choices but what are you going to do. It seems to me the risk is about the same with all the choices, although the risk in each is different.
Good luck on those taxes! YOU CAN DO IT!


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Today's post deviates a bit from the norm, but Techsnoop believes that small business owners should learn from the mistakes of large business. Small business owners have thin margins for error so it pays to keep an eye on and learn from, Big Biz.
During the late 80s and early 90s, many employees explored flexible work options with employers to assist in balancing their work and family responsibilities. One option was job sharing where 2 employees would share one full-time job. Another was the ability to complete work tasks from home. The work from home option required a solid plan on the part of employees where they could demonstrate responsibility and capability to actually be productive outside the office.
Once it was proven that employees working from home were actually more productive than those in the office, employers embraced this option on a larger scale. Not only was it good for productivity, it allowed businesses to increase staff while keeping square footage overhead low. A true win-win policy, work from home allows employees to accept smaller monetary compensation due to lower commute, lunch and wardrobe costs. In a flat financial economy, both business and staff are able to reduce costs and exist on lower margins.
Fast forward to 2013
As more start-ups and small businesses use work from home policies to recruit top staff and keep overhead low, Yahoo bucks the trend and decides to eliminate this valuable policy. The official word is that the productivity of some work from homers is low. However, this "toss the baby with the bathwater" management approach has been proven to be unsuccessful.
When a business has under performing employees, managers need to directly meet with offenders armed with an objective list of actions that are not meeting standards. A discussion then needs to outline the expected corrections, acceptable outcomes and results of meeting or not meeting the targets. The manager then sets the target date for the improvements to be reached.
Should the targets not be met, the employee is let go. Period.
When a company tries to correct individual behavior by imposing changes on an entire group, the employees who are not abusing the policy become upset and their productivity drops.
Those employees who in good faith, took a work from home position and are meeting and exceeding productivity levels, are being punished. Even the most faithful will suffer from a morale drop and a feeling that they are being cheated or unfairly punished. When employees feel they are not being equitably compensated, they will try to level the playing field by reducing productivity or other behavior.
No one likes to be group punished for the errors of others. Yahoo, take note; this is a dangerous path. Your superstar workers will be disgruntled and start looking to move to the competition. Additionally, this move does not address the actual problem; low productivity of some workers. Just being in the office does not raise productivity. What actually will happen (Techsnoop predicts) is that the slackers will find ways to make their problems seem to be someone else's fault. Dissention will grow in the ranks and a toxic environment will ensue.
Lessons Learned
One way small businesses can keep their costs low is to use independent contractors whenever possible. These freelancers require no benefits, pay their own taxes and are highly motivated to complete projects timely and professionally. But if you are successful, at some point you will need an actual employee. An employee is one whose schedule and duties are directed by the company and/or manager.
The ability to work from home, at least some of the time, can be a big selling point for a job with a company that has fewer benefits and lower payroll capability. This nets you higher quality workers for lower wages. Technology has made work from home jobs a great option for workers and employers. Employers who choose to go backwards with options reveal a culture that will drive away the talented and creative workers needed to be successful.


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How to Get Free Gift Cards
This post is part of The Free Stuff Series: How to get Free Stuff You Actually Want!
I don't know about you, but I hate to spend my hard earned money on any of my "wants" and if I am honest, even some of my "needs." Because of this, I had to come up with a way to be able to buy things I wanted and to save money on things that I needed without having to take it out of my budget.
If you follow my blog you know that I am always looking for ways to get things free or really cheap so I was able to come up with a strategy to get free gift cards to places I shop often. Gift cards to places like Amazon, Starbucks, Target and more.
I was able to do this by joining a bunch of different free reward programs that reward me with gift cards for doing simple and easy tasks. I then turn around and use those gift cards to get things I want or need for free! One of my favorite types of gift cards I like to earn are Amazon gift cards because well, Amazon has everything!
If you haven't checked out my post 7 Ways to Save at Amazon.com, you will want to check that out too after reading this of course.
Now let's get to the exciting part and learn how I earn free gift cards each and every month and how you can too!
Here are My Favorite Ways to Earn Free Gift Cards Each Month
Swagbucks is a popular rewards program that gives you free gift cards and cash for the everyday things you already do online. You can earn points when you shop at your favorite retailers, watch entertaining videos, search the web, answer surveys and find great deals.
You can redeem points for gift cards to your favorite retailers like Amazon and Walmart or get cash back from Paypal. Swagbucks has already paid out over $120 million in cash and free gift cards.
Fetch Rewards
It's similar to Ibotta but all you do is scan your receipt and you can get rewards based on what's on your receipt! Use My Referral Code: BM2BY, during signup and you'll get 1,500 Fetch Points ($1.50 in points) when you complete one receipt.
Sign up here.
Bizrate Rewards
Take surveys right on your phone and get rewarded. Use my code: KARI2 and get 350 points towards your first reward. Bizrate Reward members receive points for completing surveys and other activities! You may earn anywhere from 50-1,000 points per activity; activities are invite only. After receiving 5,000+ points, you can redeem them for egift cards.
Bing Rewards
Bing Rewards lets you earn credits for searching on Bing or trying new features from Bing or other Microsoft products and services. Bing Rewards credits can be redeemed for a variety of gift cards and other rewards. Instead of using Google, just start using Bing search, and you will start earning credits super fast.
Discover Card
Discover Card is a credit card, but I use it mainly to get rewards that I can cash into gift cards ( or apply towards my bill). I use my Discover card to pay my phone bill and for everyday purchases as well and then I pay it before the due date to avoid any finance charges.
Each quarter they give you 5% cashback rewards in certain categories and 1% in others. If you choose to get a gift card you can get a deal because you only need $20 cash back for a $25 gift card or $45 for a $50 gift card etc. in certain categories.
PLUS Become a Discover Cardmember now, and you'll get a $50 Cashback Bonus with your first purchase within 3 months! Set up autopay on your bills, pay for gas and purchases and then pay your card before the due date and you're earning free rewards on money you would spend anyway!
Shopkick is a free app that rewards you with points that you can turn into gift cards simply by walking into stores and more for doing other activities like scanning certain products while you are in the store. You can find out more about ShopKick by reading my blog post about how to earn money walking around the mall.
I get free Amazon Giftcards every month from Dealspotr and you can too. It is super easy to do. Dealspotr is a community of deal seekers sharing and voting on deals and a great place to go to find a coupon code or deal before you shop online or off. But besides using Dealspotr to find deals and coupons, you can use it to earn Amazon gift cards just by being helpful in the community.
There are so many ways to earn points that you can turn into Amazon gift cards. You earn points for sharing deals, spotting (curating) deals, flagging invalid deals, referring new members, making helpful comments, and many other actions.
I have redeemed over $115 in Amazon gift cards so far, and as a Dealspotr Ambassador, I can gift you 5000 points toward your first $10 Amazon gift card, a $10 Amazon Gift Card is just 10,000 points so you will be half way there just using my referral link here. Below is a screenshot from my account.
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Master Data Management on the rise, but is SAP MDM 5.5 the best choice?
Last month was our big Master Data Management theme month. It was surprisingly popular, considering that it wasn't more than a year ago we tried another MDM push with little user interest and modest traffic. This time around, traffic spiked and items like the new SAP MDM 5.5 quickstart guide took off for the moon. Clearly, MDM is on the rise and you, the readers, want to hear more about it.
Indeed, as the big ERP players move towards SOA with open arms (or ESA in SAP's case) it seems that more and more turn to some type of Master Data solution to get the most out of the next generation of ERP technology. In the course of the theme month I heard users and industry experts talk about MDM and SAP's MDM 5.5 product, the most current release. Interestingly, it seems not everyone agrees SAP's own MDM product is the natural choice for SAP shops.
Now, I don't use MDM myself so I'm going to throw the question out there to you: what's your take on the issue of SAP MDM 5.5 vs. other MDM solutions for SAP shops?
Please send your two cents on the matter to us for a chance to win a nice book bundle:
- SAP BW Data Modeling
- Designing Composite applications
- Job Scheduling for SAP
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SOA, ESA and SAP jobs podcast
SearchSAP.com just posted an interview with Scott Campbell, the co-author of the new book 'Mastering Enterprise SOA with SAP NetWeaver and MySAP ERP.' We discussed a lot of interesting topics with Scott around SOA, ESA roadmaps, getting business people involved with IT projects, and SAP jobs.
As is often the case with podcasts, due to time constraints there were a few things we weren't able to get to. So, we did some email Q&A after the fact where we asked more about SAP jobs among other things. We'll plan on posting the questions and Scott's answers tomorrow or Friday at the latest.
So check back in the next couple days to hear (read) more from Scott.Jon Franke News Editor
What SAP should improve — part 2
As promised, here's part 2 of "What SAP should improve." Feel free to shoot us an email or comment below with your own experiences. If we get enough good ones, maybe we'll run this feature again.
Jolene Jonas, SAP data architect, Intel (customer)
From a data architect's perspective (via email):
"One example: SAP R/3 has a Customer design and a Vendor design. They require the creation of a new Customer or Vendor for each different address. This results in many Customer and Vendor records for essentially the same company simply because they have different addresses for different purposes (ship to, sold to, pay to, order from….).
In CRM and SRM, they have introduced a design called 'Business Partner.' In it you create the Customer (in CRM) and the Vendor (in SRM) once and attach many addresses for many purposes. In this way you can manage the Company just once. The new Business Partner design is more flexible, it would be great if SAP redesigned R/3 to use this new design.
One more example:
Customer and Vendor name fields in R/3 are 35 characters long. Business Partner expanded to 40. Reality is business and individual names can extend beyond 100 characters. R/3 and the new Business Suites need longer name fields."
Have a great weekend,Jon Franke News Editor
What should SAP improve?
Vendor events like SAP's analyst Summit often have the feel of an extended, PowerPoint-filled commercial for the host company. This is not a negative reflection on anyone — who can blame a vendor for putting its best face forward when given a captive audience for a couple days?
The keynotes, sessions and customer testimonials at SAP's event definitely accentuated all things positive. And there is no arguing that SAP is doing some interesting things with SOA, and potentially with SaaS. To get a little bit of the other side of the coin, we asked a variety of SAP execs, customers and analysts the purposely open-ended question, "what is one thing you think SAP could improve?"
We'll post a few responses today and a few more tomorrow.
David Bradshaw, CRM practice leader, Ovum (analyst)
On the event itself:
"[SAP could offer] a little reality; show some downside of products and implementations. You can only hear 'this is the greatest thing ever' so many times. I know it's not great marketing, but it would add reality."
Peter Graf, executive vice president, product and technology group, SAP
Totally joking:
"And you seriously expect me to answer that?"
Jim Hagemann Snabe, general manager, industry solutions, SAP
On the user interface:
"I have an idea of an area that has become more important and we are getting our act together — usability simplification. Shai [Agassi] talked about it and we've come a long way in the last few years compared to where we were. We were really good at building software for processes, but we never went the extra mile for end users. With this new abstraction where you actually have the process pieces in the platform, you can abstract the UI and go create new UIs based on the same functionality and that tremendously increases our opportunity.
"It's an area which excites a lot of people, so it's not a difficult area to get excited about as a development organization… But it's certainly an area where still have lots to learn."
Check back tomorrow for a couple more …Jon Franke News Editor
New xApps expert
We have a new addition to our panel of site experts. Independent consultant Andre Truong is an SAP veteran with experience from complex implementations across Europe, United States and Asia. He has been working with SAP since 1995 and is currently supporting early adopters within SAP's ecosystem in taking advantage of the Enterprise SOA and SAP's Business Process Platform.
Andre has many valuable skills in his SAP toolkit, but one area stands out: his formidable expertise in SAP composite applications (xApps) and its many uses in the NetWeaver era. Always looking for a good challenge, Andre invites you to send your toughest xApp questions his way today. Also make sure to browse his first batch of answers to user questions.
Matt Danielsson
New SearchSAP News Editor
I'm Jon Franke, the new news editor here at SearchSAP.com. Just for a little background, I got my start in technology installing Web Content Management software early in my career. Since then, I have been an analyst covering "Dynamic Content Software" for InfoTrends here in MA.
I'm excited to be covering SAP in more detail and I look forward to hearing from all of you out there. I recently wrote my first news article for the site on the progress of Duet. Please feel free to send press releases, comments, story ideas, and anything else on your mind to me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Jon Franke
News Editor
ESA debunked
Here at SearchSAP.com, we just got our hands on the latest service-oriented architecture (SOA) book titled Mastering Enterprise SOA with SAP NetWeaver and mySAP ERP, by Scott Campbell and Vamsi Mohun. This recently published SOA resource details SAP's roadmap for Enterprise Services Architecture (ESA) as distinguished by SAP.
By now, most SAP-run businesses are cautiously meandering their way down the much touted ESA roadmap — it's only been four years — but much apprehension preceeds them. Campbell and Mohun strive to overcome the anxiety for companies by laying to rest myths surfacing around ESA.
Two ESA myths debunked
1. SOA and ESA share the same concept with ESA having more direction. SOA is an industry term while ESA is SAP's enterprise term for SOA. It comes across ambigious, especially since SAP decided to rename ESA to Enterprise SOA to alleviate confusion, but instead compounded it with yet another term to add to the pot. Both SOA and ESA are being created and recognized across the IT world as the next platform for business process excellence. Basically, both terms can be defined as a full set of business processes tailored to a company based around many applications. The main reason SAP has distinquished their SOA plan is because SAP incorporates SOA with "industry-driven service models" making the package more robust and unique. So, SOA and ESA are similiar — same in concept — but different in practice.
2. Another misconception business' have about ESA is that there is an end to the roadmap and a final product that will be shelved and sold. This is simply not accurate. The whole concept of SOA and ESA is to continue to build and evolve best industry business solutions. As time ushers in improvements and updated technologies, so ESA will adapt and reposition itself accordingly. Independent software vendors (ISVs) will continue to introduce corresponding software and upgrades will continue to be a way of life. The bottom line is, ESA can start now, without the latest upgrade. Some existing R/3 components can support pilot parts of ESA. This is being herald as the best way to — let's say practice — ESA before having to upgrade and commit. If you are already running NetWeaver, even more opportunities exist to trail run with ESA.
So, rest assure that ESA is important and more than just SOA. In fact, it should be practiced today for a future commitment. Put your ESA fears to bed and realize that ESA is just another SOA option.
Look for more from Campbell and Mohun's Mastering Enterprise SOA with SAP NetWeaver and mySAP ERP from SearchSAP.com in the future.
Juli Austin
Assistant Editor
Infor, QAD challenging SAP and Oracle?
It's easy to get stuck on the ongoing SAP vs. Oracle smackdown thinking it's the only game in town. Sure enough, with Oracle's rapid growth through acquisitions (Siebel, PeopleSoft etc.) the two 800 lb. gorillas tend to hog the ERP stage while smaller fry are merely viewed as bite-sized morsels waiting to be gobbled up. That may not be entirely true, as reported by News editor Mark Brunelli in his recent article SAP, Oracle challenged by smaller ERP vendors.
A study by Aberdeen Group reveals that Infor Global Solutions and QAD Inc. may in fact be gaining ground in some sectors of the ERP space, primarily through lower TCO. Infor in particular, with its recent purchases of SSA, Extensity and SU, is set to step up considerably. InfoWorld's China Martens reports that Infor is gunning for becoming a $3B business next year. Nothing to sneeze at for sure.
Meanwhile, Oracle's course-correction regarding its Fusion initiative is beginning to have an impact, as described by SearchSAP expert Josh Greenbaum last month. Does this spell trouble for SAP, or is the German Giant far enough ahead in this race that its ERP crown remains untouchable?
For the next couple years, sure — but what will the situation be like, say, around 2010? Please take a moment to reply to this post or send us an email with your take on what the future will hold for SAP. One random reader will receive a neat book bundle:
- Designing Composite Applications
- SAP BW Reporting and Analysis
- mySAP CRM Interaction Center
Matt Danielsson
CRM All-In-One Guide
When customer relationship management (CRM) was first introduced over five years ago, it generated a lot of hype but didn't live up to expectations. This was due mostly to lack of proper integration, end-user training and adoption and functionality. Today, that technology has evolved. CRM products and ROI results have proven CRM to be a worthy investment that will likely see considerable growth over the next five years.
This CRM guide has been designed to meet all your CRM needs. If your business is looking for a CRM solution, this guide offers the latest CRM news and products as well as business cases by CRM experts. Here are examples of more information for the CRM shopper.
For the CRM professional, this guide provides SAP CRM news, valuable SAP CRM tips and best practices as well as expert advice about your job as a CRM user.
SearchSAP.com has provided this resource titled CRM All-In-One Guide as a place where all professionals can learn how to get the most value out of any CRM solution. Maximize your company's ROI and use your CRM application to its ultimate potential here.
Juli Austin
Assistant Editor
SAP All-in-One vs. MS Dynamics
You have probably noticed that Microsoft is getting more assertive about its Dynamics line of products. Massive advertising, press releases, increased presence at events … It's pretty obvious the 'softies are no longer content to play second fiddle to SAP, merely picking up the small fry surrounding a massive SAP core.
What's in store for the future, when Microsoft pulls the AX, NAV, GP etc. components into a single Dynamics package in 2008? Is the Redmond giant a threat to SAP? Or will SAP continue to make progress based on technical excellence and sheer robustness?
Veteran SAP guru Axel Angeli says the battle is largly one of fundamental principles: SAP is pushing a complete and fully integrated ERP package. The solution should cover all aspects of the business without the need to ever have a third party solution. Microsoft, on the other hand, seeks its success through supporting disparate system installations. In order to make this vision transparent to the clients, Angeli says, Microsoft introduced the metaphor of "Hub and Spoke" technology. It pictures a central ERP residing as the hub of a wheel whilst still being connected to satellite systems through the spokes. Practically it means that one installs a central ERP system and more local installations are installed where they are needed. Both the hub and the satellites can be any ERP solution as long as they are able to exchange messages with each other.
For now, SAP's approach seems to be the winner, according to Angeli. But Joe Gulino, ERP Practice Director, Green Beacon Solutions, has a different take on the matter. He buys into the "working the way your people work" mantra, which clearly favors Microsoft as the dominant midmarket ERP player in the years ahead.
Each expert make the case for their respective position in our new Face-off: SAP All-in-One vs. MS Dynamics . Make sure to send in your comments for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift certificate!
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The lockable doors of automotive and cars are unlocked using the keys designed for the specific doors. Specific keys are designed to open specific car doors. Automatic car locks are being used in the place of manual keys to lock and unlock cars and automotive. The use of manual car keys and that of automatic car keys is the same, and therefore one can substitute the other. In the case where both keys are misplaced or lost, the services of a car locksmith are required to unlock a car or make a new key for the car. The locksmiths usually come in handy during such desperate moments. Locksmiths and other car lock service providers are required to be mobile to reach clients very first when the need for their services arise. Good services from locksmiths not only give clients satisfaction but also helps the locksmith to get a wider market base as many people will demand their services. Locksmiths who are mobile ensure that they carry all their working tools and equipment to ensure consistency and fewer inconveniences that might be caused by the process of work. A good locksmith should be trustworthy enough to be trusted with a client's car or automotive. Trustworthy locksmiths open up the avenues of getting more clients and wide recognition.
Finding a good locksmith is a task that should be well considered before one is picked. Professionalism and high levels of competence are characteristics of a good locksmith. This is because they can give forth the best results when they work. Modern tools and equipment used by a locksmith should be looked into while picking on a locksmith. Taking precaution of a locksmith's environment and ensuring that he applies relevant safety measures is a good characteristic of a locksmith. Time consciousness, proper following of instructions and offering services that meets the client's need is a good characteristic of a locksmith. Good locksmiths should also know the types of cars and the locks that can be compatible with the cars. Having a variety of locks in store enables a locksmith to offer his services to any client regardless of the vehicle they own. Legal documents such a certification and licensing documents should be checked when hiring the services of a locksmith to ascertain that they are legitimate.
The knowledge of domestic and commercial security enables a locksmith to not only provide services to car owners but also to help in accessing locked buildings and cases. The expertise knowledge and professional skills of locksmiths can be used by legal authorities for investigation purposes.
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This work is concerned with the study of flow stability and turbulence control - two old but still open problems of fluid mechanics. The topics are distinct and are (currently) approached from different directions and with different strategies. This thesis reflects this diversity in subject with a difference in geometry and, consequently, flow structure: the first problem is approached in the study of the flow in a toroidal pipe, the second one in an attempt to reduce the drag in a turbulent channel flow.
The flow in a toroidal pipe is chosen as it represents the common asymptotic limit between spatially developing and helical pipes. Furthermore, the torus represents the smallest departure from the canonical straight pipe flow, at least for small curvatures. The interest in this geometry is twofold: it allows us to isolate the effect of the curvature on the flow and to approach straight as well as helical pipes. The analysis features a characterisation of the steady solution as a function of curvature and the Reynolds number. The problem of forcing fluid in the pipe is addressed, and the so-called Dean number is shown to be of little use, except for infinitesimally low curvatures. It is found that the flow is modally unstable and undergoes a Hopf bifurcation that leads to a limit cycle. The bifurcation and the corresponding eigenmodes are studied in detail, providing a complete picture of the instability.
The second part of the thesis approaches fluid mechanics from a different perspective: the Reynolds number is too high for a deterministic description and the flow is analysed with statistical tools. The objective is to reduce the friction exerted by a turbulent flow on the walls of a channel, and the idea is to employ a control strategy independent of the small, and Reynolds number-dependent, turbulent scales. The method of choice was proposed by Schoppa & Hussain [Phys. Fluids 10:1049-1051 (1998)] and consists in the imposition of streamwise invariant, large-scale vortices. The vortices are re-implemented as a volume force, validated and analysed. Results show that the original method only gave rise to transient drag reduction while the forcing version is capable of sustained drag reduction of up to 18%. An analysis of the method, though, reveals that its effectiveness decreases rapidly as the Reynolds number is increased.


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IWD 2012: Solidarity with women farmers
Boundaries become seamless on 8 March – International Women's Day. Millions of women, men, boys, girls, from across over 30 countries, in different time zones, from diverse ethnic, linguistic, cultural and economic backgrounds are coming together to celebrate, to show solidarity, and to recognize the rights, the dreams, the aspirations and empowerment of small-scale women farmers and producers.
Over the next few days, Oxfam is joining this international celebration of women's achievements – we will be inspired by many courageous journeys:
From Tanzania we learn how 6,000 small-scale women farmers who participated in the Female Food Hero project proved to a nation that real super-heroes are not found in the sky, but ploughing the earth each day, to produce crops that feed stomachs. The Female Food Hero project is now changing the lives of small-scale women farmers and producers, their families and communities in 11 other countries. A few examples:
To celebrate IWD 2011, Oxfam in Bangladesh organised a mime show to demand rights for female farmers.
- In Nigeria, the project is focusing on women farmers' access to markets.
- In Bangladesh, the Female Food Hero project aims to ensure that women have the right to own and inherit land equally as men.
- Russia adds further testimony that women farmers are loudly breaking down barriers to ensure that their voices are heard and their skills and expertise acknowledged at government meetings – as we hear of examples of women farmers in decision making positions.
In the United States, we will feel the vibrations as more than 60 leading American women, political and social activists march to Washington DC to reform US food aid to better serve women farmers and producers.
In Bolivia, we see the ripple effects when social activists transport the rural heartland to La Paz by setting up video screens (for 12 hours) in busy public areas across the city to share the victories, challenges and daily realities of rural women farmers – the resilient backbone of food security efforts.
Celebrations in northern countries such as the UK and Ireland include music concerts to generate new conversations and creative ideas to increase solidarity with small-scale women farmers and producers.
From Germany we find out the actions being taken by small-scale women farmers and how these connect to the lives of women farmers in the South.
These stories will be part of the many inspiring anecdotes, narratives, quotes and life stories that will be shared over the next few days; detailing all that is possible, all that is taking place in places not always visible on our maps, encapsulated not just through words but also photographs and film. We aim to bring life to the words: claiming 'human dignity' for small-scale women farmers and producers.
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International Women's Day 2012
Video: Female Food Heroes in Tanzania


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Garnant from Cwm to Cwm
A Black Mountain landscape shaped by ancient forces and human settlement.
A reasonably easy walk through the western part of Fforest Fawr Geopark, offering some fascinating glimpses of the area's geological history.
Need to know
Length: 5 miles (8km)
Time: 2 to 3 hours
Start and finish: Car park in Garnant, near Brynamman
OS map ref: SO 686134
OS map: Explorer OL12 (1:25 000 series)
Facilities: Parking, pub and shop in Garnant
Along the way
Ruined buildings and settlements
The southern slopes of the Black Mountain are littered with the remains of former dwellings. Keep your eyes peeled as you walk and you'll see traces of structures dating from as far back as the Bronze Age through to medieval times and beyond.
The 393m peak of Drysgol is one of the area's more instantly noticeable geological and landscape features. Its slopes are formed from sandstone sometimes known as Farewell Rock, an unusual name that derives from this part of the National Park's industrial past. If a miner encountered this type of sandstone in the course of his work, it meant that he could say goodbye to finding any more workable coal deposits beyond that particular strata.
Cwm Berach
As the path descends into Cwm Berach it follows the line of the Tŷ Llwyd Fault, along which rocks have been displaced downwards to the west. The movement of the rocks on either side of the fault would once have generated earthquakes. Don't expect the ground to shake these days though – the fault has not been active for thousands of years.
Hen Bethel Chapel
Built in 1773, Hen Bethel Chapel was once a focal point for the people of the Amman valley. Perched on the side of the mountain, the chapel's location seems somewhat remote today – but this was not always the case. The road between Neath and Llandeilo originally went past its front door, making it easily accessible to local worshippers. However, when the new turnpike road through Cwmaman was opened in 1817 congregations began to dwindle, with services ceasing in 1864.


text: Hochzeitsfotograf Sylt | Whenever I'm not shooting weddings all over Germany, I travel. It opens horizons, it inspires and it let's me grow as a photographer and artist. Every major transition in my work has started with a trip and this time it wasn't any different. When travelling to the rough coasts of Sylt I wanted to capture this feeling of transition. From a cozy, sheltered being in my ordinary world to a more confident and a little wild individual embracing the freedom the world has to offer. This is how my own transition has felt this year. It made me a different person and a different wedding photographer. The immeasurable flats of the Sylt dunes, the wind and Christina's movements pictured that perfectly. "If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living." – Gail Sheehy And a bit YAY because this shoot was published on the American photography blog Lemonade & Lenses! Click HERE to read what they have to say about this session. It's not the first time I got featured there – check out my other portrait photography features now. Concept, Styling & Photography: Carito Photography | Location: Sylt, Germany | Jumper & Dress: ASOS | Model: Christina L.


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Our story is about living simply and intentionally, which sometimes means unconventionally.
As a writer, this is an outlet to follow wherever the pen may lead. You will find a mix of musings, adventures, book pondering, and favorite recipe sharing – essentially anything that Marie Kondo would say, "Sparks joy." Which will usually be in the realms of seasonal living and finding space for a meaningful, creative life.
We (Kassie & Mason) are also the owners of a 1972 Airstream, aka the Dream Stream. After months and months (and months) of renovations with little to no experience of the sort, we have discovered a very cozy, happy home within it's curved, aluminum walls. We're very passionate about the tiny living community because it gave us the courage to live in a way we never thought possible, but always dreamed of. Hence, you'll find plenty of that here, too.
And if you're anything like me and someone who, up until now, has been a silent reader, I encourage you to comment on any post you may find meaningful in this corner of the internet. It's my goal to embrace my quiet tendencies, my softness, while also still being a meaningful part of the conversation.
Regardless, I'm glad you found your way here, and hope you can stay for awhile.


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Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels
Brian Michael Bendis (2014)
A good book if you know what you are buying, it's mainly made up of interviews with comic book writers and editors, full of useful information and advice, but it's definitely not a how-to book. An entertaining read beautifully illustrated.
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Some important reminders that will help you to review your home insurance policy.
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Our team of hospitality professionals strives to set new standards in service. Within our fine dining, Michelin star establishments, we seek passionate individuals who humbly seek to be part of excellence. Our highly acclaimed kitchen is seeking an experienced Chef de Partie.
Qualified individuals should possess a strong attention to detail, organization and cleanliness. In addition to technical skill of a minimum of 2+ years of experience, the individual must have strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to be a strong team collaborator.
Our company culture is founded on mentorship and providing a solid foundation of skills to support our profession. With some of the highest wages, as well as:
If this opportunity doesn t interest you, but you have a pastry background, share your resume for future consideration.
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Thomas Keller is regarded as a world leader in the culinary profession. The properties and people he inspires are dedicated to setting new restaurant standards in service, cuisine and employment experience. Our goal is to collaborate with talented restaurant professionals and offer opportunities to learn and grow within the industry. We proudly represent the French Laundry, per se, Bouchon, Bouchon Bakery and Ad Hoc. We seek inspired candidates who are passionate about food, wine and service.
Looking for other opportunities with our group? Check out open positions ThomasKeller.com/careers!
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