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This beautiful High range district of Kerala is geographically known for its Mountainous Hills and Dense Forests. For the people of Kerala, Idukki is always associated with Power Generation. About 66% of the State's Power needs come from the Hydroelectric Power Projects in Idukki. Idukki accounts for 12.9 percent of the area of Kerala and only 3.7 percent of the population of Kerala.
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The Early history of Idukki is obscure and there is no clear evidence about the paleolithic age. The Idukki region was part of the ancient Chera country and Kongu Nadu. During 800 –1102 A.D, the High Ranges, consisting of present Devikulam Udumbanchola and Peermade taluks, were part of the Kingdom of Vembolinad. During 16 th Century Major portions of Idukki district came under the rule of Poonjar Raja.
The Modern history of the district starts with the advent of Europen planters to this region. In 1877 Kerala Varma , the Raja of Poonjar leased 227 square miles (590 km2) of Kannan Devan hills to John Danial Manroe, a British Planter. The tract was largely unexplored and covered with thick forest. He formed the North Travancore Land planting and Agriculture society. The members of the society developed their own estates in various parts of Hiranges . Roads were opened , Transport organised, Houses and factories built and productions rose rapidly in the succeeding years. The pallivasal Hydroelectric Project, the first hydroelectric project of the State was initially constructed by the tea companies for the industrial use. Planters were the first migrants to the high range region covered by dense forest. Deforestation process start in the high ranges with advent of the plantation industry by the end of the 19th century. Vast area of evergreen forest were destroyed in connection with the construction of several hydroelectrical projects, Roads, factories etc. Idukki Dam on the Periyar River
The High Range of Idukki attracted Scottish planters in the 19th century and they left behind some bungalows in an around Munnar, which are quite notable for their architectural beauty. Perhaps the most visible one to the tourists is Ladbroke House,which is named after the Ladbroke Square in London. The Trout, coniferous trees and dark green planter's cap are all contributions of those planters.
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Wednesday, 12 March 2014
New model of boot for Adebayor
Tottenham striker and Togo squad, Adebayor, posted on his profile Isntagram a photo of your new model of boots.
Inscribed "God We Trust" (trust God) and "SEA 10" (The abbreviations of the name of the Togolese Emmanuel Adebayor Sheyi and the number of his shirt) his boots in green are the new model of the attacker.
Maxi Lopez is a new friend and Mauro Icardi touches a breast Wanda Nara, his ex
As recounted in a letter Wanda Nara, Maxi Lopez is a womanizer, as the blonde then counted up to seven infidelities that have perpetrated the footballer while married to her. And now that he's single, the player seems to Sampdoria wandering from flower to flower, as after a fleeting affair with her lover Claudia , the 'Hen' has been linked with another stunning woman.
The odd thing is that the new female which relate to own Melissa Castagnoli Maxi Lopez is a hot model who was dating years ago and even living with Mario Balotelli before this is Raffaella Fico dipper with (the mother of his daughter Pia). And since Argentina is rumored that after the victory of the 'Samp' to Livorno, the player and his new friend were really caught in the Hollywood nightclub, which they left together. Do I smell adventure?
Anyway, the case is that while the former Barca player lives his owners crazy life, the tremendous Wanda Nara is living his wonderful and exciting love story with Mauro Icardi, which has been 'criticized' for appearing in a photograph which can be seen as the player himself Inter Milan will play the blonde one breast. What luck yours!
Shakira gets bride
Shakira has wedding dress, yes, but not because his marriage to Gerard Piqué in sight. This is an image that is part of one of their music videos for the new album, 'Empire', which will be released on 25 this March.
The image, which has attracted series of rumors on the net does not reveal wedding plans, though Shakira has never hidden his desire to climb the huge altar with the Barcelona center. "What is important for me and Gerard's what we have right now, so a wedding would be just one more event to celebrate our love. Although, why not? For this man I would do anything. So yeah, was'nt without thinking, "said the singer a few weeks ago in an interview.
Marika, naked Alley
Marika Fruscio has again demonstrated its total devotion to Naples, the team they love. IF this summer and went wild with the arrival of Higuain, who offered him his sensual company now has a crush on another former Real Madrid, José Callejón.
The 'showgirl' was not lost on Naples-Rome and vibrated so cute with his goal that gave the victory to the San Paolo. And to celebrate we could not think of anything better to record a video naked, but covering their most intimate parts.
Nicole leaves everything to follow Lewis Hamilton
We recently told you that they had reconociliado. Nicole Scherzinger and Lewis Hamilton could not live without each other. And, as shown, the latest decision of the singer, who has given up acting as a judge in the famous X Factor competition to spend more time with your partner.
Freed from those obligations, Nicole will follow the Mercedes driver for all the great prizes of the World, while leverage these trips to promote his first album in three years, the result of a recent agreement signed with Sony millionaire.
"Nicole wants to go to the vast majority of the races to be part of the daily life of Lewis. Before and hardly influenced and that for summer break, "a close friend of the couple, adding that if things go as they hope to be the next step after marriage and offspring. The couple split last summer but reconciled in November after overcoming their problems.
As you can see from the picture that hung on Instagram Nicole own, has recently enjoyed a holiday in the Maldives ...
Miss Brazil: Ronaldinho's new love?
The rumor that Jakelyne Oliveira, Miss Brazil 2013, was the last conquest of Ronaldinho, is running like wildfire.
According to Brazilian media, it was the Atletico Mineiro himself who hinted the possible engagement to publish on Instagram a curious assembly that featured a photo with Jakelyne including devoted to family the International Women's Day celebrated Sabbath.
"Congratulations to all the women of the world. A special women in my life kiss "wrote Gaucho with images. To make matters worse, rumors can acrecentaron upon learning that Jakelyne, as she revealed in social networks, on Monday was in Minas Gerais, where the player lives, for work.
We'll see if the speculations are confirmed, but it is so no doubt we would have one of the best goals of Ronaldinho. Check it looking at the pictures of the beautiful Jakelyne.
Wanda insists with June 12
The blonde Argentine Mauro Icard and are planning the wedding: the yes will come on the anniversary of the marriage with her ex-husband Maxi Lopez.
Mauro Icard and Wanda Nara are ready to say yes. The preparations for what is expected as one of the most talked-about weddings of the summer has already begun and, as it was announced during the Argentine television program 'AM', the two lovebirds have decided on the fateful date. And it is already born before the controversy.
Mauro and Wanda have in fact opted for June 12, the same day that the blonde starlet married Maxi Lopez.
It is not all: June 12 will kick off the World Cup in Brazil, but the Argentine striker of Inter, of course, is not so sure that I have other commitments to attend.
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We've heard it an innumerable amount of times by now — an upgraded Galaxy S5 is coming. Whether it may be the Galaxy F, the Galaxy S5 Prime, or the Galaxy S5 LTE-A is still up in the air, but it's certainly looking like the third one will be made public shortly. New reports from multiple South Korea-based outlets suggest that Samsung is preparing the device for launch.
The Korea Times states that South Korea's major carriers are preparing to roll out an updated LTE-A network supporting theoretical downlink speeds of up to 225 Mbps, as opposed to last year's 150 Mbps. Samsung will allegedly launch a smartphone to support the new networks, as it did with the Galaxy S4 LTE-A of yesteryear.
The phone will have to have a chip other than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 currently toted by the Galaxy S5, as that SoC caps out at 150 Mbps. It's possible that Qualcomm's highly-anticipated Snapdragon 805 could be employed instead, or Samsung could have a home-grown Exynos solution to show off to the masses.
The same report suggests the S5 LTE-A will feature a UHD (ultra high-definition 4K) display, but that's more than likely incorrect — we're just now seeing the first QHD (quad high-definition 2K) displays trickle out, so it's not likely Samsung's already leapfrogged the competition.
Yonhap News also weighs in on the Galaxy S5 LTE-A, stating that the phone will be powered by the Snapdragon 805 (lending credence to our speculation from earlier in this piece), and launching on SK Telecom on July 19. This report claims that the LTE-A will be the same as the regular S5 in all other aspects.
From what we're hearing here, it seems quite plausible that the Galaxy S5 LTE-A and Galaxy S5 Prime / Galaxy F are two entirely different entities. We have a while to go until this supposed June 19 launch date, though, so it's more than likely even more leaks will be published before then.
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martin939 wrote:That's exactly my concern - when is the Voodoo actually worthwile and if there is any kind of tool to see whether it's being used or not.
martin939 wrote:What happens when I have a 2D+3D card like the Riva128 and connect it's output to the Voodoo, will it always use Voodoo's 3D capabilities or also Riva's 3D acceleration?
Stojke wrote:Its not like components found in trash after 20 years in rain dont still work flawlessly.
martin939 wrote:But what would happen in, let's say 3dmark if we took a 'crazy' combination like Radeon 9600XT + Voodoo 1. Would it count Radeon's score?
How important is the primary 2D graphics adapter when using a Voodoo, not at all? I have a 3D RAGE II but it's as good as unusable in 3D because of 2MB VRAM.
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Making the Most of Your Social Media Investment
As social media matures, brands are looking to make the most of these channels. We're seeing companies strive to measure brand influence and integrate social media with their marketing activities. As they do so, they're finding a dearth of best practices in social media.
- According to a Harvard Business Review study, only 12 percent of companies surveyed said they were effective users of social media, and just 7 percent said they were able to integrate social media into their marketing activities.
- A recent comScore report found that many businesses create Facebook pages, but have no long-term content strategy and fail to realize any results.
- Capgemini found that "there is still uncertainty amongst executives in how best to leverage the increasing influence of social media to benefit their company."
Here are three straightforward steps you can take to make the most of your social media investment:
- Set the stage with a content strategist. As with any marketing initiative, it's critical to have a high-level plan that guides content development. The content strategist can help determine the most effective media for communicating different types of content, how your audience is segmented on various social media channels, and how best to engage each of these unique audiences.
- Align social media with your overall marketing plan. Once you have a content strategy, bring together your marketing manager, social media content strategist, and web analytics team to incorporate social media into your comprehensive marketing strategy. The first step might involve building a social media content calendar, just as you have for other marketing campaigns. Although there will always be last-minute additions or changes to the social media content calendar in response to real-time market changes or business news, starting with a calendar will help ensure that you're consistently producing content that's appropriate for each audience.
- Set a baseline for measuring results.There are countless tools available for tracking social media success, with new ones arriving everyday. For example, Nielsen and comScore are in the process of creating analytics tools that help brands measure Facebook exposure. Regardless of which tools you use, it's best to start with a baseline measurement of your brand influence, and then use that to move the bar forward. You could be measuring the number of retweets your content gets, how often people are "liking" your content, how many people are returning to your blog, etc. As new analytics tools emerge, you'll likely adjust what metrics are most important to you, but at least this will provide a place to start.
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Henry Cavill doesn't seem anywhere near ready to put away the cape and tights, and the Man of Steel actor even has an idea which famous comic book storyline he would like to see adapted as a Superman film.
Speaking with with Square Mile, Cavill discussed the possibility of doing a Man of Steel sequel, rather than another ensemble film in the vein of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice or Justice League. He also called the DC storyline "For Tomorrow," by Brian Azzarello, Jim Lee and Scott Williams "one of my favorite comic books. I would definitely like to tell a story like that."
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"For Tomorrow" was Lee's follow-up to the epic success of Batman: Hush, on which he collaborated with writer Jeph Loeb and, of course, his longtime inker Williams. Just like "Hush," the storyline was a year-long effort, taking place in Superman #204-215. Unlike "Hush," however, which was framed in such a way that Batman would either team-up with or fight a classic supervillain or superhero in each issue, "For Tomorrow" had more of an contained narrative, with Superman dealing with an ethical conflict throughout the story.
The storyline took place one year after "The Vanishing," where a million people disappeared from Earth, including Superman's wife, Lois Lane. Superman had been talking over his issues with a fatally ill priest, Father Leone, since the Vanishing. Eventually, he traced the effects of the Vanishing to a Middle Eastern country whose tyrannical leader has a superpowered being working for him known as Equus. After a brutal clash between Superman and Equus, there was a second Vanishing. Superman decided to trigger another Vanishing himself, but Wonder Woman arrived to try to stop him from what seemed to her to be certain death. Superman fought her off and successfully vanished. He then learned that he had himself built an alternate dimension as a place to send the people of Earth if the events of Krypton's destruction occurred again. He had wiped the events from his mind, but that is where the vanished people had been for the past year. In the end, he brought the people back home, but in the process, Father Leone was manipulated into becoming a new version of Equus.
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Cavill specifically talked about what he hopes to accomplish with new Superman stories, noting, "There's an opportunity to keep on telling Superman stories, and getting them exactly right. Showing the things like hope and joy and that wonderful power of his to make people believe in themselves." Those were elements that were certainly present in "For Tomorrow," so it will be interesting to see if it ever does get adapted.


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Part of my work over the years has involved being a contract manuscript advisor, a substantive editor, photo researcher and book project coordinator.
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I have read and evaluated book manuscripts for both private and corporate clients. In most cases, this involves providing detailed notes and discussions about how to improve a manuscript so it is either attractive to a trade publisher or presentable for self-publishing. Having evaluated hundreds of manuscripts while on staff at Harbour Publishing, I have a well-founded understanding of what publishers want and how book proposals and manuscripts should be presented.
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My strongest editing skills are substantive editing. I'm not shy about diving into a manuscript that needs extensive revisions and working with the author so their book "works." I have been hired to do this by several publishers and individuals. A number of the private projects I have worked on have been subsequently published by trade publishers. My recent contract work for trade publishers include substantive editing/re-writing Barrie Farrell's Boats in My Blood: A Life in Boatbuilding (2015) and overseeing major revisions to four volumes of Anne and Laurence Yeadon-Jones' Dreamspeaker Cruising Guidesto British Columbia (2015-16). Because of my long experience with the BC coast and it's history, geography and oceanography, I am also often called upon to use my local knowledge for fact checking.
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Most of my work is contract project management/project editing for established publishers. In 2016 I was project editor for Wade Davis Photographs (Douglas & McIntyre), a spectacular visual treat from a former National Geographic Explorer in Residence. In 2015 I researched, selected and compiled Raincoast Chronicles 23. In 2014, I was project manager for the 400-page, multiple-award-winning book The Sea Among Us: The Amazing Strait of Georgia, which involved coordinating with ten authors. In 2010, I project managed the redesign and the addition of significant new content to the KnowBC website, home of the Encyclopedia of BC and other major reference works published by Harbour Publishing.
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If only remodeling a home was like molding clay. Beat, stretch, shape and—voilà!—an abstract vision achieved in one therapeutic day. Reality is a different story. There are constraints posed by foundation footprints, bizarre antique layouts, environmental concerns and engineering puzzles. Visions for a property's potential can be big, but the ambitious homeowner's skills (and finances) are often stretched thin. Add the stress of starting a new family, and even the successful remodel can seem like man versus manor. Undaunted by such challenges, three stalwart and inspired Blaine County families have carved, sanded and soldered Western dream homes from the relics they once were.
The Treehouse
Billy Mann wanted to honor the forest wood that comprises, surrounds and, in winters' past, heated his family home.
Prior to remodeling his log cabin north of Ketchum, Billy Mann burned seven or eight cords of firewood each winter. The hours he spent collecting the wood and preparing for central Idaho's frigid winters sparked his imagination. The forest fueled his visions for a one-of-a-kind log home.
Wrestling with questions of consumption and sustainability, Mann and his wife, Tifney Stewart, elected to capture more than the forest's carbon output. Through two years of painstaking workmanship, the couple transformed their cabin into an environmentally responsible woodworker's treasure.
Having visited the Wood River Valley throughout their lives, Mann and Stewart pulled up stakes in California in 2000 and aimed for central Idaho's abundant elbowroom, more lenient leash laws and inspiring natural resources and vistas.
"We said, 'Let's go back to Idaho, the land of not so many rules, no ticks or fleas,'" Stewart said. "We have single-track trails right off the corner of our land—a big piece of land with a sweet little house."
While searching for firewood on an undisclosed ridge in the Boulder Mountains, Mann discovered one hundred acres of dead whitebark pine. "Almost all of them had been killed by pine beetles and had been dead-standing for three to five years," he recalled.
Armed with a permit from the U.S. Forest Service, Mann eyed specific trees for use in the ambitious renovation. Some were peeling, and, in spots where rainwater had been trapped between bark and wood, mold had left behind beautiful blue striations. These recycled, blue-striped whitebark pines would eventually become the gnarled posts and lintels of his dream home.
As he allowed such organic discoveries to dictate various facets of his remodel, Mann found inspiration in other unlikely places. Reading a copy of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, to his children—Ry, two, and Elle, seven—he had a vision. With the salvaged evergreens and his deft woodworking skills, Mann would build a fantastic storybook space. The rooms would resemble drawings and dreams rather than the humdrum norms of a typical suburban home.
a pine bannister leads to upstairs bedrooms; Billy Mann and family sit atop a bunk bed perch in daughter Elle's room; a barn-style sliding door encloses a second-floor bathroom.
He saved one of his most imaginative ideas for Elle's second-story room. A ladder propped next to her soaring bunk bed leads to an even higher perch, a lofty garret tucked under the ceiling like a treehouse's secret passageway.
"Maybe it's what I wanted as a kid," Mann mused.
A cozy guest room at the top of a wild-hewn fir stairway banister is another testament to Mann's imagination and ingenuity. Connecting with the handiwork, running your hand slowly along the knotty rises, evokes a childlike wonder. How did he do this?
Wild imagination may have fueled the charm of Mann's remodel, but without technical know-how the project could have never begun. As a kid in North Carolina, Mann hung around his two grandfathers' woodworking shops and later took on carpentry jobs between college and graduate school. Once in Idaho, he built Elle a custom treehouse and was so pleased with the result, he took out a classified in the local paper selling his skills. In the months that followed, he built four more backyard log treehouses. He didn't know it at the time, but each was a study for his ultimate project.
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Once into the remodel, Mann consistently raised the bar of ambition. When he wanted some extra space, he squared the cabin's original L-shape structure using classic mortise and tenon joinery and shifted an entire wall like so many toy Lincoln Logs. The transferred wall fit its mate like the teeth of a zipper, leaving no discernible signs of the operation, but plenty of extra room to wander.
"We only added a little space, but we maximized what we had," Stewart said.
Of the many challenges faced, wall surgery was at least anticipated. Before the cabin's transformation even began, basement sump pump alarms alerted Mann to a subterranean stream running beneath his foundation. A new drainage system became the first of the home's extensive remodels.
Six years later, in mid-renovation, the Castle Rock Fire swept through the hills above Hulen Meadows, and for a few nervous days it seemed as though Mann's storybook visions would go up in smoke.
"With all the material I had leaning against the house, it looked like a bonfire ready to go," Mann said. "I even had 25-year-old shakes on the roof."
He recalled the pessimistic expression on a firefighter's face during the neighborhood evacuation. "He shook his head and said, 'Dude, you're toast.'"
But the Castle Rock Fire changed course that night, and the cabin's metamorphosis continued unimpeded. When the smoke cleared and the dust settled, Mann launched a new company, Sagebrush Solar. He outfitted the cabin with a system to provide hot water and radiant heat year-round. Surrounded by locally harvested wood finished in non-toxic varnishes, Mann has achieved a sustainable building maxim: "The idea is to build a home like a bird builds a nest, with materials that are local and natural and non-toxic," he said. In his masterpiece treehouse, Mann found ways to incorporate and mimic nature, rather than merely use it. >>>
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The Church
Scott and Carrie Douglas discovered their own town's rich history, among other surprises, while restoring an Old Hailey church.
For Scott and Carrie Douglas, renovation of an Old Hailey home was a history lesson from floor to ceiling. Excavating the century-old Baptist church they purchased in 2000, the Douglas family unearthed a tale chronicling the building's deep Western heritage, along with a pair of pink panties (circa 1920, size XL) and a petrified cat. They discarded the panties and cat, but left intact most of a concrete baptismal font beneath the kitchen floor.
Built in 1904 as the First Baptist Church of Hailey, the structure went on to become a social hall, school board meeting chamber, and elderly center before passing into private ownership in 1984.
Despite these transitions, the original building envelope remains today exactly as it was when the church was first built.
While living on the archaeological jobsite, Scott and Carrie also began their own family history. Zander Trout Douglas was born on Dec. 28, 2004, and, as the family grew, so did the livable space. Scott added a second floor, expanding the original church from 1,400 square feet to 3,000 square feet, all without altering the building's external envelope.
Ripping up a dusty, decades-old carpet revealed yet another surprise: the floor was four inches out of level. Scott poured a new foundation, installed a level wood floor and then turned his gaze upward.
"I think the most interesting thing about the house is the catwalk," he said. "The original space is vaulted and goes up to the original tin roof," an area that "has a feeling of being bigger than it is."
Carrie Douglas found wrought-iron balusters at the Building Materials Thrift Store in Hailey; the door to a former schoolhouse that neighbors the renovated church; an add-on stained-glass window honors the church's past
He wanted to build a second floor and upstairs rooms for the first time in the building's history. He did, and now the finished space includes a glass-tile bathroom, a lounge and the catwalk that circumnavigates the living room—the original church nave—and leads to Zander's bedroom. An open play area with views of the first-floor living room offers a lively finishing touch to the second floor.
In historic homes, ceilings and attics can also hide relics. Before closing on the house, the Douglas family discovered sheets of stamped ceiling tin above and behind a short-lived drop ceiling. It was a major selling point. "To me, the tin was the crux of the job," Scott said. "It was part of the inspiration for doing the renovation."
Today, fans and globe lights dangle from the high ceiling above the living room, an open space once used for Baptist church services, miner's union meetings, school district functions and senior citizen gatherings.
love . . . we love our home and
the reward was worth it in the end."
At the renovation's outset, Carrie salvaged as much material as she could find. She scoured Hailey's Building Materials Thrift Store and the classified sections of local newspapers for deals on everything from light fixtures to cork flooring. Among the items she discovered were wrought-iron balusters the couple used for the beautiful Douglas fir-and-iron handrail that runs the length of the stairs and around the elevated catwalk and landing.
Today, the Douglases share the renovated property with an on-site neighbor, Michelle Meixner, a massage therapist, and her 5-year-old daughter, Adri. Michelle and Adri live in a one-room schoolhouse that was moved to the property by a former owner. The dwellings are linked by a garden that boasts a festive, lava-rock fire pit and outdoor bar.
A central Buddha garden, one of several individual garden plots that comprise the greater backyard design, features xeriscaping in a handsomely fenced, low-water yard. The garden is Carrie's masterpiece. It replaced a gravel parking lot and a giant taupe storage container that sat for the duration of the old church's renovation.
For those who reinvent within the confines of an old home's limitations, the reward is greater than pride of ownership, Scott said. It is self-expression, plain and simple.
"Seasoned builders told me, 'Raze the place and start over,'" he said. "I disagreed with them, but now having done it, I'd say they have a really strong point. It's not to say there wasn't anything worth salvaging, but it was a lot of work. I'd call it a labor of love. It was a total can of worms and an extremely challenging experience, but we love our home, and the reward was worth it in the end." >>>
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The Llama Shed
Or how one skateboarding punk grew up and learned to love domestic life.
How does one prompt a hip, tattooed skateboard punk from Portland, Oregon, to move into an old llama shed in rural Idaho? Answer: Sink a concrete skateboard bowl in the backyard.
Andy Gilbert and his wife JaNessa expanded a 1950s llama shed along the Big Wood River six miles south of Ketchum. But for this urban kid, the move to a country ranch home with an acre of grass to mow was a serious leap. The image alone—Gilbert in cut-off Dickies and skate shoes pushing a lawn mower on a Sunday morning—was difficult to picture.
"At first I was like, 'No, no way,'" he said.
Andy has lived in the Wood River Valley for twenty-three years of snowboarding and skateboarding. As a father of two with fifteen years coaching local riders with the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation (eight years as director of the Sun Valley Snowboard Team), play is a significant part of his business.
Even becoming a pseudo-country bumpkin hasn't squelched his young-at-heart ways. But Gilbert happily credits his wife with the vision for their property—an urban-infused mountain ranch house.
"What would you do if we didn't have our house?" Andy asked his son, Angus, seven, during a tour of the property.
"Just go live in the forest," Angus replied, unfazed.
Clean gable roof lines and an industrial finish elevate the Gilberts' hip profile, while classic, perennial gardens ground the property in tradition. Extracurricular outdoor amenities include a playground, plenty of skate-able driveway, a trampoline, garden benches, paths in the woods and a couple of skate ramps.
hasn't squelched Andy's
young-at-heart ways.
"It follows in the tradition of a ranch house where people used to add on as the family grew," JaNessa said.
The original 960-square-foot building was completely rearranged by adding 1,340 additional square feet. The addition's exterior was finished with a durable fiber-and-cement siding called hardiboard, which is often used on cell phone towers. The living room floor, Andy's favorite part of the renovation, is a patchwork of Masonite panels, very skatepark-esque. The material has also served him well for the skateboard park ramps he has built in the Valley. Exposed, laminated beams and barn-style hardware on sliding doors add extra, modern-rustic touches.
corrugated siding is hip and affordable; Andy banks a turn off the lip of his backyard skate pool; Andy and JaNessa with Angus and Olive, the home's most critical residents.
"I want to feel like I am outside," JaNessa said, showing off the master bathroom's glassed-in shower with a view of the yard greenery.
The original llama shed is now the kids' wing of the Gilbert home, and a square tower reminiscent of a grain silo, finished in corrugated steel siding, links the new addition via the kitchen. Andy's office loft can be accessed from the dining room by way of a rolling library ladder. He stores hundreds of vinyl records up those steps, mostly mid-to-late- '80s hip-hop and heavy metal and punk rock "rarities" (e.g., a pink-and-white-swirl record by Poison Idea, a Portland punk band).
The interior decoration is a smart mix of edgy and traditional. Probing eyes move from photographs of Audrey Hepburn and Frank Sinatra to a large collage JaNessa painted as a student at Wood River High School. A larger-than-life cutout of Colonel Sanders hangs in the kitchen, and throughout the house, antique furniture inherited from JaNessa's grandmother works improbably well alongside more modern picks from IKEA.
The interior is nothing if not eclectic, but it's economically orchestrated as well. The Gilberts reused old finishes, like restored cherrywood from the llama barn and tile in the master bathroom that was recovered from JaNessa's mother's house.
Personal artifacts have guided the Gilberts' remodel as well.
"I based the whole design off of a piece of 1950s fabric that I collected from Déjà Vu in Ketchum," said JaNessa, who owns Tater Tots children's boutique in Hailey. "It's like industrial-farmhouse mixed with a retro-50's Sputnik feel."
So, what's next for this eclectic, playful home?
"A full-pipe," Andy said, envisioning skateboarding into his golden years. "My wife said, 'As long as you can get it for free—and as long as it doesn't mess up the gardens.'"
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The great Jerry "Rello" Recco was on hand to give us his first update, and Craig noted that he was in a terrific mood this morning.
Just before Jerry began, the guys wrapped up their discussion about Skip Bayless' irresponsible comments about Derek Jeter and PEDs. Craig takes a cue from Skip and makes some wild speculation that Jerry's good mood is the result of spending more time with his poodle (which he does not have). That creates an interesting exchange.
When Jerry gets going with the update, he starts with the Yankees' loss in Chicago. Maybe even more entertaining than the game was Joe Girardi's dust-up with a heckler during his postgame interview. We hear the audio from their exchange.
Before long, Boomer notices that Craig is sitting awfully close to him on the set. He was apparently close enough that Booms could smell his funky breath. Craig tries to freshen up with some oral mist. But that just gets the conversation derailed even further.
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I really enjoy my Facebook time and I know it's an application for young people…but I think the talented 23 year old that created Facebook, did it just for me! It really helps preserve sanity for a stay home mom to feel connected to the outside world when the walls start closing in. 😀
It's been so cool to hook up with people I went to Elementary and High School with. I went to great schools, met awesome people, but for whatever reason, didn't stay in touch with many school mates. Re-connecting with so many on Facebook has been lovely as I have nothing but great memories of those days. Extra special with Francesco starting Kindergarten this year, as I longed for him to have the same Elementary school experience that I had. It's been neat to walk down memory lane and remember special times.
In my life before children I had a technical background with some experience in email and Internet security. In the back of my mind I always have a nagging concern with sticking pictures of my children on Facebook and having conversations about daily activities with my family either via the wall or status updates. So for my own peace of mind I started testing with a friend, just to see how secure my profile was. As it turned out, my security wasn't locked down enough to ease my mind. Not to sound paranoid, but I'm often shocked at the fact I have access to pictures of other people's photos and I'm not their friend! That means there are parents posting pictures of their children on Facebook and their security is wide open. If this is the case, anyone with access can save a picture from your Facebook album to their hard drive. I'm not trying to scare anyone, as I think Facebook security is ruled firstly by common sense and basic precautions, but there are some settings that need to be adjusted after first creating your account. Isn't it interesting that these new-age parenting questions didn't even exist a few years ago? Here a few tips to get you started…I will continue to post Facebook security tips in future articles, but here are the basics.
1 Remove your birthday.
In the age of identity theft, it's just not necessary to advertise your birth date. When you first create your Facebook account, you need to submit your birth date, but there is an option to change it from being viewed on your profile. To remove go into: Profile, Edit (option next to Profile), under your birthday, select the drop down arrow to display "Don't show my birthday in my profile." Select the "Save Changes" button.
While in your profile, under the Contact field, do I need to say more about listing your phone number, home address, etc.? Probably best to only leave your email address and/or cell number.
2. Profile settings. To change these controls, you need to access your Profile setting again, but through the 'Privacy' option, rather than following directions from point 1. If you access your Profile though this menu option, you get a new set of important security options. To keep things simple, I would recommend changing every option under this category to 'Only My Friends'. Why? By default, Facebook allows all of your networks and friends to view your profile. If you view the size of many networks, hundreds of thousands of people could have access to your personal information.
3. Photo Albums. Because of reasons I've highlighted above regarding pictures of our children being on the Internet, this is a very important option. You should check the privacy options on each of the albums you currently have under your profile. Funny enough, the security could be different on each album. To check the security, go to your main profile page, scroll down to your albums and select "See All". Select "Album Privacy" and all of your albums will appear with an option called "who can see this?" Each album of your children should be tagged as "Only Friends". Make sure to select 'Save Settings' when you are finished. Why? Here is a scary example that I see over and over again with my own friends and Facebook. If my friend 'comments' on a picture in one of my Facebook albums, depending on his/her Profile settings, that picture and comment are posted on his/her wall. If my security is not set properly within my album, my friend's friends could access my picture from that profile page and then start surfing through my entire album. Some people have hundreds of friends…do I want these people that I don't know to have access to my pictures?
Also, back to my point about Facebook and common sense, I would recommend that nude pictures of your children be left off Facebook. I know kids are beautiful in the buff, but there have been security hacks with Facebook and pictures in the past according to this MSNBC article.
Funny enough….as I click around the privacy settings of my Facebook account to write this article, I can see that Facebook developers have changed security options from the last time I looked at my settings. I can't find the option called 'Online Status' that I had one time disabled. This option could be changed so that 'No one' had access to view if you were online. Funny (and a little scary) that we trust our information to people we've never met.


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More Than a "Bou Bou": Why The Recent Flash Bomb Incident Demands Action
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Content Note: This article discusses horrific child injury and SWAT-style paramilitary raids.
People want to believe that law enforcement officers' sole objective is to protect and serve the citizens of the municipalities and jurisdictions they serve. Unfortunately, over the last decade, there has been a drastic shift in the nature of the police force in this country. Thanks to Federal funding policies, it makes far more sense for a local police department to focus on drug offenses, which can bring in both federal funds and gains from asset forfeiture. It now seems like they are working hard to protect their job security and serve special interests.
If you need any proof of that claim, just look at the official response to the recent flash bomb accident in Georgia which left a 19-month old boy in a medically-induced coma. According to media reports, the district attorney of the county in question, Brian Rickman, has essentially moved to sweep the incident under the rug. He has made public statements that images of injured children are always terrible, but gosh darnit, they still have to do their jobs, and he has already cleared the task force of any wrongdoing (awfully quick investigation, taking only a few business days to complete).
He isn't the only local official making public assertions about the raid. According to local sheriff Joey Terrell, his officers and their on-site decisions weren't questionable at all:
The person I blame in this whole thing is the person selling the drugs. Wanis Thonetheva, that's the person I blame in all this. They are no better than a domestic terrorist, because they don't care about families – they didn't care about the family, the children living in that household – to be selling dope out of it, to be selling methamphetamine out of it. All they care about is making money.
Ironic, isn't it? After all, the purpose of law enforcement should be the safety of their community, not the constant policing of adults for consensual crimes for departmental profit. Unfortunately, the current system of law enforcement rewards departments for drug arrests and convictions (though people don't even need to be charged to have their stuff stolen) much more than it does for arrests and convictions of violent criminals. Much of the financial incentives are a result of federal drug polices that prioritize the number of arrests and successful convictions above all else. Because it pays to go after drug crimes, enforcement is targeted there. In order to justify their budgets, departments invest in paramilitary SWAT and narcotics teams, who then get to show off their super-cool taxpayer-funded door-kicking skills when they go terrorize folks at 3 am. It's all about money and display of power.
Why else would an entire task force be sent out to take down one man who reportedly had made a single $40 meth sale to an informant? And why on earth would an armed SWAT team need to use shock-and-awe tactics to subdue one man? Official statements indicate they thought he was armed and that they had reason to think armed men were guarding the home, but those claims just reinforce the fact that they relied on a single informant's story instead of having officers investigate and independently verify the situation at the home.
Police were looking for Wanis Thonethev, the 30-year-old son of the homeowner who had allegedly sold $40 worth of meth to a local narcotics informant. He also had a previous weapons charge (which officials claim was also drug-related). Law enforcement officials claim they thought he had an AK-47, which apparently is all they needed to justify a no-knock entry into the home (gun owners, take note). Somehow, they didn't know he wasn't staying at that address anymore because his mother had told him to go, or that the Phonesavanh family, who had recently relocated to Georgia when their home in Wisconsin burned down, was staying there.
What they claim they did notice was that the door didn't open when they tried it. The brilliant solution was to toss a flash bomb through the door and try again. The problem was that in the official version of the story, the thing blocking the door was 19-month old Bounkham Phonesavanh's playpen. His family's attorney has said his pen was several feet from the door. In either case, Little Bou Bou, as his family calls him, has been in a medically-induced coma ever since. He is currently fighting off a fever and waiting for the next in a long string of surgeries.
The Phonesavanh family has hired a private investigator to gather and record evidence. They are also asking for an investigation at the federal level, claiming (rightfully so) that local law enforcement should have verified who was at the residence before knocking down the door in the middle of the night. At the very least, this case should call into question what sort of conditions must be present for a no-knock warrant to be issued.
And while we're on the topic, let's just discuss the fact that no-knock warrants to "protect evidence and prevent its destruction" are a joke. They're unnecessary. The second law enforcement officers hear a shredder, or a toilet flushing, or a garbage disposal turning on, they can kick in the door and be totally justified.
The United States Supreme Court basically gutted 4th Amendment protections back in 2011 when they ruled (8-1) that police were justified in entering an apartment without a warrant because they heard a toilet flushing and thought evidence was being destroyed. (Technically, they ruled that the evidence gathered as a result of said warrantless entry could be used in a court of law and sent it back to the local courts). This ruling, which is a massive blow to the right to privacy and private property, should also make this kind of "evidence protecting" no-knock warrant obsolete. When law enforcement arrives to serve a traditional warrant and search a building, they can immediately enter if they hear anything that makes them think evidence is being destroyed.
Theoretically, no-knock warrants (and paramilitary teams) should only be used in cases were there are civilians at risk, especially if we are talking about the arrest of someone who has not even been charged with, let alone convicted of, a drug-related crime. Paramilitary raids on drug offenders (especially those without ties to organized crime or militias) are almost universally an unnecessary display of force.
As citizens of the nation with the most people incarcerated, we need to call on our leaders to put an end to the war on the citizenry. We need to call for sanity in law enforcement, even if that means we have to have some very uncomfortable conversations as a country. If keeping meth illegal is leading police officers to feel like this kind of raid is their only option, then perhaps it is time we rethink the legal status of methamphetamine and other drugs, as prohibition is only causing an arms race between law enforcement and those supplying the black market with products for which demand never drops.
It will be many days, if not weeks, before it is known if Bou Bou will recover and what that recovery will mean. His family, who had already lost most everything in a house fire, does not have insurance. They are taking donations at a funding page, which they are also updating regularly to keep supporters aware of Bou Bou's medical status.
Keep the Phonesavanh family, especially their young son and three daughters, in your thoughts. Demand change. If the record of the team that conducted this investigation and raid tells us anything, it's that the police and law enforcement communities will not change if we don't make them.


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Nearest airport: San Jose (SJO) If your plane arrives after 4pm, we strongly suggest taking a taxi to Jaco. Alternatively, arrive into San Jose on the Saturday before the course, stay overnight and travel on to Jaco the next day. However, you won't necessarily save money this way so please consider all the transport options available to you.Public transport:There are three options for transportation from San Jose Airport to the school in Jaco.By taxi:The school can arrange a private taxi service for you - someone will meet you at the airport and take you directly to the school in Jaco.The cost is around $90 USD and can be shared by up to 5 people. Approximate time is up to 2 hours. Taxi drivers will accept dollars or colones and must be paid on arrival at the school only. Airport taxis (orange colour by law) are also available and cost between $80-110 depending on your bargaining skills and time of arrival.By shuttle service:Shuttle are small buses with 10-12 seats and have a limited schedule from San Jose to Jaco. Pick up will be from specific hotels in San Jose and travel time can be 1.5-3 hours and cost around $35 USD.By bus:Best for those on a budget! Take the bus from the airport to downtown San Jose. At the bus terminal, take the bus to Jaco for around $5 USD.Or, you can take a bus from downtown San Jose to Jaco Beach - buses run about every 3 hours from 7.30am to 6.30pm daily.
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The primary objective is to determine the most effective and/or the least effective treatment of benzodiazepine-refractory status epilepticus (SE) among patients older than 2 years. There are three active treatment arms being compared: fosphenytoin (FOS),levetiracetam (LEV), and valproic acid (VPA). The second objective is comparison of three drugs with respect to secondary outcomes. The final objective is to ensure that the trial is informative for treatment of established SE in children by describing the effectiveness, safety, and rate of adverse reactions of these drugs in children.
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The gamescom award 2016 winners were announced earlier today, and the big winner was The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which took home Best of gamescom. Other notable winners include PlayStation VR as Best Hardware, Steep as Best Sports Game, and For Honor as the Best Console Game on PlayStation 4 (it was up against Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, FIFA 17, Final Fantasy XV, and Gran Turismo Sport).
With a jury of representatives of German and international media companies and gaming communities selecting the nominees, here's the full list of gamescom award 2016 winners:
- Best of gamescom – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Consumer Award – Battlefield 1
- Indie Award – Little Nightmares
- Best Add-On/DLC – Destiny: Rise of Iron
- Best Preview/Vision – Horizon Zero Dawn
- Best Booth – Mafia III
- Best Console Game (PS4) – For Honor
- Best Console Game (Xbox One) – Sea of Thieves
- Best Console Game (Wii U) – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Best PC Game – For Honor
- Best Mobile Game – Mario Party Star Rush
- Best RPG – Final Fantasy XV
- Best Racing Game – Forza Horizon 3
- Best Action Game – Battlefield 1
- Best Simulation Game – NBA 2K17
- Best Sports Game – Steep
- Best Family Game – Skylanders Imaginators
- Best Strategy Game – Civilization VI
- Best Puzzle/Skill Game – Dragon Quest Builders
- Best Social/Online Game – Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
- Best Casual Game – Battlezone
- Best Multiplayer Game – Sea of Thieves
- Best Virtual Reality Game – Wilson's Heart
- Best Hardware – PlayStation VR
It's worth noting that the Best Hardware category only had two nominees, PlayStation VR and the ICAROS Flight App, while the Best Racing category only had two nominees as well: Forza Horizon 3 and Gran Turismo Sport. Also, in order to be eligible for Best of gamescom, a game had to have won in a separate category.
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The contemporary DoubleTree Old Town Istanbul hotel will offer you a warm welcome and you will be staying in the heart of Sultanahmet, Istanbul's historic centre. The Grand Bazaar which is one of the oldest and largest covered markets in the world is only a few minutes away as is the Blue Mosque as well as numerous other mosques, churches and other examples of Turkey's Ottoman and Byzantine history.
If you wish you can relax in the spa with a soothing whirlpool and sauna or indulge in a luxurious Turkish bath. The Terrace restaurant offers Turkish and international cuisine or there are bars and restaurants in the area or a little further away you can eat whilsy overlooking the Bosphorus.
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Forget screws and nails, the facade of this home is held on with double-sided sticky tape. With its owner being an executive at 3M, it should come as no surprise that the home is held together with the company's high performance, double-sided tape. Designed by SPF:architects, the residence sits on a hillside in Los Angeles and boasts what is probably the first such application of 3M's extraordinary product.
The home's exterior is wrapped in large anodized aluminum slats, which are held onto the structure with 3M double-sided tape. The owner of the home was a scientist, manager and vice president at 3M, so using this product was a natural fit. 3M developed the high-strength tape for use in aircraft production.
Related: Beautiful London Campus Building Clad in Anodized Aluminium Tiles
The home's layout consists of two courts with bays holding private and public functions on either side. The courts help let in plenty of natural light while giving users a place to access the outside world. A large clerestory lets in southern and northern light, and a cantilevered trellis protects the patio from the California sun. Inside, a neutral pallet with a single material for flooring creates a calming space.
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VTiger Proposal & Document Designer is the ultimate tool for document automation. It an easy to use template builder to design professional PDFs and online documents. It's mostly used for elaborate proposals, quotes, invoices, sales and purchase orders. In addition, it has built in electronic signature and allows to merge fields from any module/record onto the generated document.
Compatible with All Standard & Custom VTiger Modules
Extension is compatible with Invoices, Quotes, Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Tickets, Opportunities, Contacts, Leads and all the other standard or custom VTiger modules.
Supports Email/Export to PDF
Send Document via online link or export to PDF/Attach to the email.
Includes 10 Ready to use Templates
Use any of our available templates to get started.
Easy to use Template Builder
Comprehensive template builder with ability to add text blocks, related record blocks, pricing tables, add images/videos, tables, interactive fields, signature pads, customize background image, buttons(accept/decline) & much more.
Includes Digital/Electronic Signature
Built in option to request digital/electronic signature. The recipient can sign the document/proposal/invoice on the fly. Signed document copy is immediately saved in the CRM.
View Documents/Proposals Online (Interactive document)
With Online Proposal systems you can track and analyze your Clients actions online, have them sign/decline and return your proposal immediately online and even some offer a quick link to get your payment process started. Using an online proposal system is a quick way to immediately cut down your internal time and boost your efforts and effectiveness simultaneously.
Online Forms/Webforms (Interactive Forms to Update Information Back to VTiger)
Create interactive forms that can be used to update information back to VTiger. Create forms to request contact information update, additional ticket details, address & much more. Forms are completely customizable (supports all modules and fields).
Authorize.Net Integration
With integrated payment gateway, you can send invoices/proposals and have your customers make the payment on the fly.
Compatible with VTiger Workflow (Automation)
Use standard VTiger workflow to automatically export & send documents/pdfs/proposals. Setup alerts when document is viewed/opened, signed/accepted or declined.
Template Builder
Template Builder - Adding Related Block
Custom Facing Proposal (via emailed link)
Customer Facing Quote
Contact Update Form
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Please use credentials below to access the demo.
- Link: http://demo7.vtexperts.com/documentdesigner/index.php (Will open in new window)
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- Pass: demo
We created 5 different documents in this demo, please go into each module to view professionally created documents.
Opportunities – an extensive 6 page Proposal with cover page, company information, pricing, terms & conditions, steps & more. This is a must see document to understand the potential of our extension.
Quotes/Invoices/Sales Orders – modest one page documents, including company information and products/services + electronic signature.
Contacts – a "Update Request" document, which sends an email to the customer and requests the form to be filled out, all the information filled out in the form – will update back to VTiger record.
Product Link: https://www.vtexperts.com/product/vtiger-quote-proposal-and-document-designer-with-electronic-signature/
User Guide: https://www.vtexperts.com/helpdesk/document-form-designer-digital-signature
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Template Builder
Comprehensive template builder with ability to add text blocks, related record blocks, pricing tables, add images/videos, tables, interactive fields, signature pads, customize background image, buttons(accept/decline) & much more.
It has everything one would need to create presentable document/invoice/proposal.
10 Ready to use Templates
We've professionally designed 10 templates that can be used for quotes, invoices, sales/purchase orders, contact update forms as well as elaborate proposals (5+ pages).
Templates come standard and can be cloned/modified to fit your needs.
Send via Email or Export to PDF
Documents can be exported to PDF and sent to the customer manually (if using external email platform such as Outlook/Gmail), as well as emailed directly from VTiger and attaching it as a PDF document.
In addition, an online document can be emailed, which will allow the recipient to digitally sign the document. To make things easier, the user can create an email template that will always be used for each document, with ability to change the email message wording before it's sent.
View Document/Proposal Online
In addition to exporting the document to PDF or sending as an email attachment, the extension also allows to email the recipient a link to open an online version of the document.
Recipient can then review the document (as if it was PDF), electronically sign, download any additional files/documents, review special notes, pay online and accept OR decline it.
Track Document Progress & Status
It allows the user to see the status of each sent document, meaning that if you open an invoice(or any module for which document as generated) – you will be able to see if the document was opened, signed, accepted, declined, signature date as well as preview the document.
Integrated Digital/Electronic Signature
Each document template can have one or more signature boxes, meaning that the recipient of the document/invoice/proposal will be able to electronically sign it. You will be able to drag the signature boxes anywhere on the document as well as include initial boxes, checkboxes and date boxes.
Upon signature we collect the recipient information such as email, date, time, location, browser data and header information. (The same is being done by industry leaders such as DocuSign, EcoSign, etc…).
Signed documents are then stored in VTiger for you to review.
Online Document – Accept & Decline Buttons
Generated document is interactive, meaning that the recipient can accept or decline the the document/proposal.
Every template comes standard with "Accept" and "Decline" button and those buttons are completely customizable, meaning that you can change the label of the button and you can also configure what happens when the button gets clicked. For example, if "Accept" button is clicked – you can automatically update Quote.Status to be "Accepted", automatically send an email to responsible sales rep and much more. The functionality behind buttons are triggered by standard VTiger workflows, which you can define.
Online Document – Record Update/Create Form
In addition to viewing the information from VTiger on the online document, you can also request the recipient to update certain information(fill out form). For example, if you send a proposal via online document, the recipient fill in certain fields (e.g preferred start date, special requirements, ..) on the document (those fields would be defined by you) and as the recipient signs/accepts the proposal – those fields will then flow back into VTiger.
In addition, you can create new records using the same form. For example, you can create a "Contact form" and you can send to your new customers and ask to fill out and the data will flow into VTiger. Furthermore, you can have a "static" link that you send to your new customers directly from the email and when filled out – new contacts will be created. Another good example would be, if you would create a static link for "Tickets" and have your customers fill out, which would then create new ticket in your system. The ticket would be linked to existing customer (assuming you configure it that way). Refer to "Form Details" in the user guide for more information.
We made it very easy to include 'updatable' fields on the document. Furthermore, here's an option to add 1 Column or 2 Column table where you can just pick the fields to be 'updatable' and it will automatically generate the boxes + labels.
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If you are like me, you won't wear a bike helmets because you need the wind through your hair, like when you were a kid. (At least, I'm like that when riding in the countryside or through a park).
Now, two graduate students are getting global attention after creating an "invisible bike helmet" – actually a mini airbag designed to protect bicyclists' heads from injuries.
In fact, it protects you 2-3 times better than a helmet can.
(WATCH the video from TODAY)


text: Chanel just sent out a press release confirming what everyone knew last week—that Alice Dellal is the new face of Chanel. Specifically, she's the face of their new Boy Chanel collection. The release says that Karl Lagerfeld developed a "crush" on the British it-girl, musician and sometimes model during an editorial shoot several months ago. He calls her a "unique, charismatic young lady...the perfect incarnation of all that is unique about the Boy Chanel handbag collection which strives far from conformist notions of femininity." The ads will hit in March.


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So, this is the week of our neuroscience exam. Personally, this is the one that I've been dreading, and I'm pretty sure that is a sentiment felt throughout my class. As this is a four-week module, everything has been pretty crammed in (a.k.a. full time studying) but the week or two before the exam tends to be the most hectic. I've found that one of the most important things to do during exam week is to not study. I know this is a point that seems counter intuitive, but over-studying can be a huge issue during exam week. The human body/brain can only take so many consecutive hours of sitting in a study room learning material before starting to shut down, so destressing is really important.
This week, I did a poll of my classmates to see how everyone is taking time off to de-stress. Here are the results.
Exercising 20
Eating 13
Getting Outside 10
De-stress? 6
Watching TV 5
Complaining about how stressed I am 4
Sleeping 2
Gaming 1
Assuming everyone answered honestly, you can see that a large majority of my class enjoys exercising and getting outside (however, I suspect there may be some overlap in the top two responses). I was kind of expecting this result though, as I know many of my classmates hit the gym either before or after class or go jogging in the afternoons. While I'm not much for jogging, I do live in a nice neighborhood within walking distance of Cleveland Park so I head down to the park occasionally to people/dog watch. I will admit, however, I am the gamer. I like to take my mind off of school by playing multiplayer games online with friends from back home or undergrad. It not only distracts me from school for a little while, but gives me a chance to keep up friendships.
So, all in all, I guess the results show that it's not necessarily how you relax that is important, but that you find a chance to kick back and forget about school (if only for a little while). I think the majority of our class would definitely recommend getting outside and getting active as a great way to not only stay in great shape, but to keep the stress off as well.
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Albuquerque is the most highly-populated city in New Mexico situated near the Rio Grande. Not too many people besides its residents are familiar with its rich history. If you're want to know more about Albuquerque's history read up on its history here.
Pre-Colombian History
Prior to the arrival of European colonizers, the area was inhabited by the Tanoan and Keresan peoples. They carved petroglphys that can be seen at the Petroglyph National Monument. The Tiwa built two pueblos in the area that remain occupied in the present day.
Spanish Colonization
Coronado was the first European explorer to come to the area in 1540. The city was officially founded in 1706, when a group of soldiers established the Villa de Alburquerque, named for Duke of Alburquerque, who had been Viceroy of New Spain (the first 'r' was eventually dropped). The city was laid out around a central piazza. This area is now called Old Town and some late 18th century buildings are still in use. You can even stay in historic bed and breakfast, like Bottger Mansion, and really immerse yourself in the history of Old Town Albuquerque.
Independent Mexico and the Mexican-American War
Albuquerque was part of New Spain until 1821 when Mexico declared independence. According to journalist and author Harold Bryan, "Independence had only a small initial effect on the citizens of Albuquerque." During this period, Albuquerque benefitted from trade along the Chihuahua Trail.
The United States declared war on Mexico in 1846. American troops eventually reached Albuquerque, where they were greeted warmly by the residents. Albuquerque became a military post, and it did not participate in revolts against the United States. The Mexican-American War ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ceded the New Mexico Territory to the United States.
The New Mexico Territory
Albuquerque continued to serve as a military post until 1862. The city was briefly controlled by the Confederacy in the wake of the Battle of Glorieta. The AT&SF Railroad came to Albuquerque in 1880. The railroad brought new Anglo settlers and economic growth. The opening of the University of New Mexico in 1889 also made Albuquerque a cultural center.
After Statehood
New Mexico achieved full statehood in 1912. Albuquerque remained a well-connected center for innovation in early 20th century. Route 66 ran through the center of the city, and the city had an airport by 1928. Microsoft was founded in Albuquerque in 1975. The closure of Route 66 precipitated an economic downturn in parts of Albuquerque, but recent economic revitalization efforts have been successful. In 2006, Albuquerque celebrated its Tricentennial.


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"Merciful God, merciful God, powerful God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth. Preserver of kindness for thousands of generations, forgiver of iniquity, willful sin and error, and Who cleanses." — Exodus 34:6-7
Rabbi Shimon taught: There are three crowns: The crown of Torah, the crown of Priesthood, and the crown of Royalty. The crown of a good name surpasses them all." — Avot 4:17
Shammai taught: "Say little and do much." — Avot 1:15 Rabbi Natan said, "What does this mean? It teaches that the righteous say little and do much, whereas the wicked say much and do not even a little." — Avot 13:3
"Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of gifts he does not give." —Proverbs 25:14
Nittai, of Arbel, taught: "Keep far from an evil neighbor, be not a partner with an evil person..." — Avot 1:7
"The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are. Instead, we trust people to be who we want them to be—and when they're not, we cry." — Jewish proverb
"Trust, but verify." — Russian proverb
"It is easy to say you believe a rope to be strong and sound as long as you are merely using it to cord a box. But suppose you had to hang by that rope over a precipice. Wouldn't you then first discover how much you really trusted it?" — C.S. Lewis
"The wild things of this earth are not ours to do with as we please. They have been given to us in trust, and we must account for them to the generation which will come after us and audit our accounts." — William T. Hornaday
"Trust is the feeling that makes one man believe in another." — Henry Louis Menchen


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Mario's Shrine to Movies, Video Games, and Animation
Video Games
Here you'll find my reviews on various video games I've played throughout the years. I've divided my reviews by
genre instead of by gaming platform.
Grade scale(from worst to best):
Garbage--Games that should be avoided at all costs.
Dull--Seriously weak games.
Flawed--Broken games with redeeming qualities.
Decent--Nice and playable.
Great--A game with lots of fun to be had.
Excellent--An A-lister game in every aspect.
Superb--Utter masterpieces.
Legendary--Only the best games get these.
Action games
Adventure games
Music games
Platform games
Racing games
Retro games
Survival horror games
Currently playing
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The most romantic spots in the national parks
Everyone knows national parks are ideal venues for outdoor adventure. But romance?
Out in time for Valentine's Day is I Heart Parks, the latest in a series of Owner's Guidesfrom the National Park Foundation, the official charity of the national parks. It highlights hot spots for date nights, marriage proposals, epic sunrises and sunsets and just-the-two-of-you hikes in 15 national parks.
They range from urban monuments like the Statue of Liberty and the Golden Gate Recreation Area to rugged and remote locales like Hawaii's Haleakula Volcano and Tunnel Arch in Utah's Arches National Park.
This is the fourth title in the NPF's free, downloadable Owner's Guide series.
Other national park locations included are Acadia (Maine), Everglades (Florida), Glacier Bay (Alaska), Joshua Tree (California), Olympic (Washington), Rocky Mountain (Colorado), Shenandoah (Virginia), and Virgin Islands national parks, plus Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (St. Louis's Gateway Arch), New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park and the National Mall in Washington.
Meanwhile, the Wilderness Society salutes Valentine's Day with the following list of wild places whose names are a perfect match for the occasion.
Heart Lake at Olympic National Park, Wash.
Cupid's Cave, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.
Heart Rock, San Bernardino National Forest, Calif.
Kissing Couple rock formation, Colorado National Monument, Colo.
Hearts Content National Scenic and Recreation Areas, Allegheny National Forest, Penn.
Great Heart of Timpanogos, Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Utah


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Speaker Placement Guide
Speaker Placement In A Space & Room Acoustic Treatment
Looking for the best possible sound, a large number of audiophiles seeks to enhance the sound with a frequent replacement of system and/or its parts, . Read the many available tests of different devices, visit the audio shops, consult friends audiophiles, finally even buying new audio devices, but often new purchase does not achieve the desired effect. Very often, the solution to the problem is not in the system itself, but in a place where it is located as well as the inadequate position of the speakers in the room.
The picture above shows the hierarchy of factors that affect the sound. As we can see, audio devices are only in third place. Room affecting the most at the sound of your audio system. If you put a collection system in "bad" room, the system will sound worse than the cheaper systems in the "right" room. For those who do not believe in a decisive influence on the room acoustics sound, I suggest you carry your speakers in the bathroom or garden – the difference in sound will be enormous. But since the room acoustics is very extensive topic, it will be addressed elsewhere, but in this article we will show you how you can significantly improve the sound of your own system with the correct placement of speakers in the room.
The basic rule when buying speakers: small room – small speakers, big room – large loudspeakers. A large speaker in a small room is tend to have exaggerated bass area and this will dampen the rest of the frequency spectrum, the sound will be full of coloration, with a slow timing, and so on. On the other hand, a small speaker can not fill the space in a large room in which it will sound literally lost – no three-dimensional recreation, without bass areas, etc.
Once you have purchased the speakers and brought them home, be sure to set the spikes which will further isolate them from the floor. Many floor speakers come with built-in slots for spikes, while bookshelf speakers set up on the speaker stands which have built-in spikes on the upper and lower sides. What is the role of spikes? When playing music, the loudspeaker is subject to shaking and movement, and therefore part of the electricity that comes in speaker disperses into thermal energy (causing an colouration of the sound), and part goes into sound energy. With spikes, contact of the speakers with a surface is drastically reduced compared to the situation when the speaker lying on the stand with entire surface, and the speaker is difficult to move and much smaller part of the energy is converted into heat. By placing loudspeakers on spikes or speaker stands with spikes, you'll get a significant improvement in the reproduction of bass areas that will get the definition, clarity and speed, as well as in improving the dynamics, improved reproduction of high-frequency fields, better attack, the etc. On the market are available spikes made of different materials (steel, aluminum, brass, etc …), and to you is that in this case experimenting to determine which material achieves the best sound effects. If you have a DIY preferences, you can create your own spikes. Between the speaker and speaker stand spikes should not be placed – a very good alternative to spikes can be Blue Tack, so experiment.
Besides the spikes, bookshelf speakers should be placed on a rigid speaker stands, especially if the speaker volume is higher or the loudspeaker is with the bass / midle unit of a larger diameter. Fill stands with sand or a combination of silica sand and lead shot. Please note that the term bookshelf used only colloquially – by no means put bookshelf speaker on a shelf or worse on the floor!
While listening to the speakers, remove the grill on speakers, this will improve the reproduction of midrange and high-frequency areas.
Setting up the speakers in the room
Once you have brought your speakers home , you need to find an adequate position in the room. The only requirement is that at finding ideal locations for speakers patience is needed. Although we will in a later section of this article use pictures to visualize the placement of the speakers in the room, these pictures do not need to blindly adhere to, they serve only as a framework, as a guide for finding the ideal position.
In finding the ideal position in the space, use one of higher quality recording, preferably some audiophile vinyl record.
Left picture below shows the correct, and the right picture incorrect speaker placement in space. This is a general rule – in practice, we were repeatedly assured that placing the speakers as shown on the bottom right can give excellent results.
Speakers should be placed so that their initial distance between them is 150cm MINIMUM. Mutual distance is always calculated from the middle of the bass unit on one speaker to the middle of the bass unit on the second speaker.
Once you've set them to stand apart from each other at least 150 cm, set them to stand 30 cm away from the rear wall. Move the speakers away from the rear wall towards the listener (left and right image below) until you find the ideal position. Also, move the speakers toward the side walls and listen to the difference. Let the music play all the time, listen to the sound, write down impressions of a sound changes. Be sure to write down how much are speakers located away from the side and rear wall – otherwise, it could happen to you that after 10 or 20 different positions of speakers in the room no longer remember which is exactly the position in which the speakers sounds best. A slight changes in position in space (several centimeters) can improve or degrade the sound. In finding the ideal position of the speaker in the room, I recommend that you remove the spikes as you will frequently move your speakers around the room.
Note that there are speakers that are intended to be placed in the area near the (rear) wall (eg. closed box or so called Wallmount speakers). But no matter what the type of speaker boxes it is, keep speakers away from the corners of rooms and from the side walls – otherwise you will have problems with exaggerated bass area.
Place the speakers so that the listener form an equilateral triangle with a speakers (picture below). The distance between the speaker and the listener may not be less than the gaps between the speakers, otherwise in the middle of the sound image a hole will occur! In the triangle between the listener and the speaker should not be any objects.
Chair in which you sit while listening to music place in the center of the room and move it up and down until you find the ideal position where the listener will be. In any case, between the listener and the rear wall (nearest wall) should be a space of at least 50 cm. Armchair with low backrest is much better than a high-backed chair.
Once you are set up one-page triangle in a relation to the speakers, pull the chair back (picture below), generally 30 to 100 cm from the wall (experiment).
Turn the speakers towards the middle of the room to the listener, to 10-20 degrees (picture below).
The speaker was supposed to be set so that its tweeter is in the listener's ear level (picture below). The correct height of the speakers can be easily adjusted (lowered or raised) by using spikes.
If the TV is between of your speakers, then you can do two useful things that will improve the sound. First, if the TV and the speakers are in the same plane, pull the TV back to the wall (left and right image below), and pull the speakers in the front (TV is the object which interfere with the proper sound image creation). And secondly, when at the same time not watching TV and listening to the speakers, cover the TV with a cloth cover, because the TV screen is a source of unwanted reflections.
Ultimately, as a result, a virtual and tangible three-dimensional stage containing musicians (so called, sound files) should appear in front of the listener . A sound picture where you can easily imagine, hear and feel as the band is in front of the listener. The image should go beyond the speakers – in width, depth and height. Sound image should be finely balanced, any part of the frequency spectrum should not jump. Vocals should be located in the middle of the image, surrounded by other instruments – the band members. Every musician/the instrument should be precisely defined,with a correct timbre, with enough air around him, musicians should not be bonded together, it is especially challenging to achieve with major orchestras with 50, 100 or more musicians.
All provided here applies inder condition that the system is able to accurately reproduce music across the audible frequency range of 20Hz-20kHz (frequency lower than 20Hz can not be heard but it feels like shaking ie. vibration – this area is called infrasound, while the area above 20kHz called ultrasound). Of course, in the listening room shouldn't be any noise, not from the outside or inside. The windows and doors in the room should be closed.
Instead of a conclusion, I can only say that any of the stated rules should not blindly adhere to, because there is no universal rule of placing the speakers in a room. So – eksperiment, eksperiment, eskperiment. Do not save time and enjoy!


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Darcy Miller has the best ideas. Luckily for the mom community, those ideas have recently been all about family. The Editorial Director of Martha Stewart Weddings has been getting a lot of attention lately for her amazing collection of personal "scrapboxes," which are kinda like pop-up scrapbook pages—displayed in shadowboxes. (See, pictured, a scrapbox of her daughter's first ballet shoes with a photo from ballet class.) Featured at a gallery show in New York and in this month's issue of Martha Stewart Living, Darcy's scrapboxes are a fresh approach to chronicling family events and preserving memorabilia. (You are going to want to try this for yourselves. Trust us.) View the scrapboxes Darcy has created for her family, or purchase Dennis Daniels shadowboxes to create your own, at marthastewart.com.
In the meantime, Darcy shared with us some great tips for creative keepsaking: "Replicate old family photos by re-staging the shots with your own kids, then frame them next to each other. Take a picture the first day your child is born, then every month until the first birthday—frame all twelve shots side-by-side in a long frame. And, in those hectic days following the birth of your baby, don't forget to save a newspaper from the birth day, the list of people you called (or emailed) to announce the news, and printed copies of the congratulatory emails (and Facebook posts) you received."