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Surf Excel Matic – No Oversudsing At All!
What is sudsing? Foaming or sudsing is soapy water. Washing machines use a combination of water and laundry detergent to create a soapy mixture that is agitated with the clothes and then drained away.
This is called "sudsing" and is a normal part of washing-machine cycles. The soapy water agitates with the items to clean them and then drains out of the washing machine. What is oversudsing? "Oversudsing" is an excess of soapy water.
Excess foam or over sudsing happens if regular handwash detergent is added to a washing machine or a detergent not meant for use with washing machines is added in it. Over sudsing can also be created if users add more than the recommended amount of detergent to the washing machine.
Now we will tell you why should you use Surf Excel Matic Top Load in top load washing machines and Surf Excel Matic Front Load in front load washing machines. Excess foaming or over sudsing is not good for your washing machines.
When we use regular or ordinary handwash powder in front load washing machines, it creates excess foams and too much foam or suds may choke the machine drum. Moreover, the left over foam in washing machines may damage its parts.
Surf excel Matic has the right amount of foam or suds as per the type of washing machine for effective washing machine care. That is why Haier recommends Surf Excel Matic for washing machines.


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Cloud hosting, also known as cloud computing is a modern way of working with computers. In cloud hosting, individuals, companies, and enterprises save their personal and business files on remote servers. There are a plethora of advantages that come with cloud computing. The biggest one is that you can access your files from any location over the internet. Some of the other prominent advantages are:
- Leveraging cloud server is a cheaper and safer alternative as compared to keeping local servers.
- If you lose your hardware in an accident, your data remains safe.
- Team work gets easier as team members can get real-time access to the files and work on them.
Owing to the growing benefits of cloud hosting, more and more companies are migrating to the cloud computing each day. Although the process is easy and quite affordable, it is important to know about a few mistakes that can cause companies not only suffer huge financial losses but also can even lose their important data forever.
Mistakes To Avoid While Moving To Cloud Hosting
In this blog, we will tell you about some of the grave mistakes that losing companies make while migrating to cloud hosting. We will also tell you about the ways to avoid these mistakes and take the full advantage of cloud computing. So let's get to the topic right away!
Not Completely Migrating To Cloud Hosting
One of the biggest mistakes that the business owners make is being skeptical about the benefits of Cloud hosting. Many people are reluctant to accept the change and stick to the conventional methods of storing, processing, and transporting the business files and applications.
Worse than that, some people can't decide between the cloud computing and the conventional file storage and end up using both methods. This makes the whole business process more complex and difficult to understand. To make the cloud hosting work, it is important that companies make a full transition to the cloud computing and abandon the old school practices.
Hiring an Unreliable Cloud Hosting Company
Many a times, companies that pass the first step, i.e. deciding to fully migrate to cloud computing, tend to fall in the hands of deceiving companies. There are a lot of hosting companies in the market which claim to be the best service providers, but in actual, they can't even handle the data of a single company due to lack of resources and expertise.
If you are planning to migrate to cloud computing, you should research thoroughly on the companies offering cloud services and choose the one that has got a good reputation and positive reviews.
Miscalculating the Required Bandwidth
Being too thrifty while buying the bandwidth causes a lot of problems. It is important to hire a cloud hosting expert before buying the bandwidth. The expert will help you in calculating the sufficient amount of bandwidth for your company. Getting lesser bandwidth causes business applications to run slowly and makes file processing a hectic job.
If you haven't migrated to cloud hosting yet, you are missing out on something great. But you should also know about the pitfalls that lie in the way of choosing the right company. We hope that the points discussed above will help you in getting the right cloud computing company for yourself.

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BevNET Live Winter 2013 Wrap-Up
With a Midwestern palate, Jeff Church used to make Twinkies and Ho Hos vanish.
"I thought I got my protein from McDonald's," he said.
But he doesn't chuckle at green juice these days. About a year and a half removed from launching Suja, Church, the CEO, has hoisted the juice company into an enviable locus, as a central figure in the high-pressure processing (HPP) movement, with approximately $20 million in revenue in the first year, according to The Wall Street Journal, and finally, the BevNET product of the year, which was announced during BevNET Live in Santa Monica.
The event took place on Dec. 9 and 10, preceded by an earlier edition of Beverage School, all at the Loew's Santa Monica Beach Hotel.
As Church, a long-time entrepreneur in a variety of businesses, spoke on the morning of the conference's first day, he considered Suja's state in the context of the beverage industry. The tailwinds of swift success haven't fogged his ability to reach pragmatism.
"As easy as it goes up, it goes right back down," he said.
Speaking later in the day about entrepreneurs, Neil Kimberley, the founder of beverage consulting and advisory firm Foods, Fluids and Beyond, shared Church's sentiment by reciting his take on Dickens.
"It's the best of times and the worst of times," he said.
Kimberley projects that as carbonated soft drinks continue to lose market share, the next five years will yield about $7 billion worth of opportunities for other cogs of the beverage industry. However, a blend of fickle consumer preferences, executive missteps or any other obstructions could quickly derail a company or a category.
The idea that a beverage company can spike or sink at any time carried over at the conference, indicating that entrepreneurs recognize the often uncontrollable factors at play. Church knows that, even now, Suja could continue to reach new levels of prominence or have about the same shelf life as the juice itself.
However, despite the cautious thinking, Kimberley's lofty projections weren't the only encouraging signs for beverage industry startups.
Andrew Black, the founder and CEO of BrandProject, an investment fund and brand development company, said that he's looking for disruptive beverage ideas and willing to put $500,000 into a business. He believes that this investment, in certain cases, could jolt a startup in the first few months of funding.
When considering prospective investments, Black considers the product, team, target consumer, branding, target markets, distribution arrangements, supply chain, margins, retail partners and financial situation.
"Everybody seems to know the basics of blocking and tackling to make a business successful," he said.
However, what isn't as widely known is a state of quality that makes a product immediately ready for the market. Sometimes it's a lack of resources, other times it's a shortage of good taste and ancillary opinions.
Black also looks for a company that has a maximum of four to five employees. At an early stage, when fiscal responsibility and risk-taking is of the utmost importance, you don't want to thinly spread profits among a list of cousins and friends posting on your company's Twitter account.
Also providing encouraging news on Monday was Terence Fox, the president of M.E. Fox Distributing. The distribution company, which records about 25 percent of its revenue from Red Bull, has a strong focus in Silicon Valley, Calif., with a high-profile list of customers including Google, Facebook, Apple, Adobe and eBay, to name a few. Black said that these companies have a quick turn rate and search for beverages that can fuel their intense workloads and match their levels of innovation.
The nearly endless streams of wealth in the Bay Area are continuing to support emerging and innovative beverage companies. Fox said that the upscale, high-end consumer is still investing in products that match the proportions of their wallets. As of Dec. 1, in hopes of seizing the important Hispanic market on the West Coast, many beer distributors have taken on Jarritos. Fox said that the combination of a healthy upscale market and the introduction of Jarritos will help drop the dominoes. He said that these distributors aren't going to consider just one non-alcoholic beverage brand.
"If it's a profitable brand, a distributor will get behind it," he said.
The numbers fortify these claims. Kimberley said that in the past 12 years, the beverage industry has jumped from $78.9 billion in sales to $117.4 billion. As the sales of carbonated soft drinks continue to wane, he said that Amazon estimates a 60 percent increase in beverage sales this year. While not fully immersed in the innovative side of the beverage category, Walmart and Target are making progress. All of this, along with Kimberley's $7 billion projection, could leave significant opportunities for ideas that establish and polish beverage trends.
Bonnie Herzog, a beverage analyst and managing director at Wells Fargo, said that cola giants often look at smaller beverage companies for ideas. Those segments that haven't yet compromised bold decisions in favor of national availability continues to offer the next stages of the industry.
"I see a lack of innovation on their part, which I think is an opportunity here," Herzog said.
So what has this opportunity influenced? The New Beverage Showdown, which offers startups a chance to present their product and business model to a panel of judges, indicates that whether or not these beverages will make it big, Herzog's take is an accurate one.
The 20 presentations featured skin products, water from trees, drinks that are supposed to make you look younger and bottles with QR codes. The eventual winner, Health Ade Kombucha, was announced on the afternoon of the second day, chosen from the six finalists — vTrue Radiance, a liquid supplement for healthy skin, Happy Tree Maple Water, Health Ade, Lumi Juice, a cold-pressed, HPP juice, Chimp Food, a blend of fruits, veggies, nuts and seeds that includes the peel and pulp, and Lyft, a caffeinated stir stick.
Matthew Mitchell, a judge of the competition and the director of business development with Venturing & Emerging Brands (VEB), said that he was impressed with the professionalism, story-telling and authenticity of the finalists.
And just as Church and others in the beverage industry understand the reality of a fast fall, the participants of the New Beverage Showdown and its judges recognize the potential of avenues not trampled.
"I would encourage people to keep pushing the envelope," Mitchell said.
Thoughout the event, retailers restated the theme: they understand the potential for emerging brands and they're looking for partnerships. Representatives from 7-Eleven, Costco and Life Time Fitness, Inc. were on hand to discuss their interest in identifying the next wave of innovation and stocking their shelves with the buzzworthy brands of the next few years.
It's been going on since the announcement of Kroger's Taste of Tomorrow program in March, and the supermarket chain has steadily added up-and-coming brands — Just Chill, AquaBall, Reed's Culture Club Kombucha and AQUAhydrate, among several others. In September, Inko's founder and president Andrew Schamisso announced a distribution agreement with Walmart and mentioned the mass-retailer's maturing identity, which will include more health-focused options. Target continues to assess the results of its four-wave test of emerging beverages, which includes brands such as ChiaVie, Bai, Oatworks and Karma Wellness Water.
On stage, Julie Whittle, category manager for soft drinks and energy/nutritional beverages for 7-Eleven, envisioned results that could put a real dent in the beverage industry. She's not talking trade-offs.
"We're not interested in just shifting the share from one brand to another," she said.
One new 7-Eleven store opens approximately every two hours. There are more than 50,000 7-Eleven stores in the world. The company projects that number to reach 80,000 by 2020. And Whittle and her colleagues who make the decisions for this massive network realize that consumers are eating less, but more frequently. This trend could lead to direct benefits for the beverage industry, especially for meal replacement beverages.
"We believe that beverages can very much play a role in that snacking occasion," Whittle said.
As she searches for compatible partners, Whittle said that she's looking for beverage brands with a regional niche and the potential to work in another market. Aside from the typical interest for quality products with a point of differentiation and packing that's ready for the marketplace, she also wants brands that have the production capabilities and the distribution arrangements necessary for a bond of this proportion.
Whittle also mentioned that interested brands should pitch her during the spring and summer. However, if necessary, she's willing to be flexible.
"We're open to working with smaller companies and new concepts," she said.
While she's looking for more of an immediate return (six to 18 months after placement), 7-Eleven has also created 7-Ventures, a venture capitalist arm that could have the patience to cradle the right brands for three to four years.
Raja Doddala, the vice president of portfolio investment for 7-Ventures, said that the branch was founded in part because much of the beverage industry's innovation derives from smaller brands. Doddala wants to learn about these products before the market does.
He said that he's still unsure of the cold-pressed juice category. Whittle said that she's interested in the next phase of energy, beyond energy drinks, such as coffee, juices and protein drinks.
Costco Calls the Shots
Costco has also entered the fray; John Eagan, the vice president and senior general merchandiser for Costco Wholesale, and Danny Stepper, the CEO and co-founder of L.A. Libations, sat down with BevNET editor-in-chief Jeffrey Klineman and explained the need for malleable brands. Costco, the second-largest mass retailer in the U.S., designs the store to do the shopping for its consumers — a unique business model that requires elasticity.
"You have to be open minded and listen to the Costco buyer," said Stepper, who has worked with Costco for many years and played a key role in securing distribution there for ChiaVie and Aloe Gloe.
The threshold for a beverage in Costco is $1,000 per week, per store. Such quick turns result from lower pricing structures, which shrink margins but increase volume.
Stepper said that the store's buyers will tell you what it takes to survive in their stores, from the packaging to the pricing to the delivery plans. Costco wants an acquisition value and rewards the brands that play their way.
Beverage brands regularly mentioned as emerging category leaders have already succeeded in Costco. Eagan and Stepper mentioned Zico, which sold more than 1 million cases in Costco last year, Naked Juice, Sambazon, Evolution Fresh and Bolthouse Farms.
However, despite Costco's heavy influence in the brands that it stocks, Eagan said that he doesn't want his store to be the only place where a certain product sells. If Costco grows to about 25 percent of a product's revenue, he encourages other streams of distribution. If the percentage grows to 30 percent, he gets antsy.
"I don't want to own that company and I don't want to dictate to them how to run their business," Eagan said. "It's not healthy."


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how to make DIY cornices…
Cornices are not a new idea. In fact, they are a very, very old idea. As far as I can tell from my 10-second, we'll call it exhaustive "just google it" research, they date back to 16th century Italy.
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So if you're here for some brand new, out of the box, creative innovation today…I'm sorry to disappoint. Because there aren't many things more "in the box" than cornices. In fact, a cornice board pretty much IS a box, affixed above your windows. BUT I LOVE 'EM.
And I've got 3 great reasons you should love cornices too…
1. Cornice boards are an EASY DIY window treatment.
2. Cornices are CHEAP to make.
3. Cornices make a BIG IMPACT in a space.
There you go, three great reasons to love cornices. I guess one could drop the mic and end this post right here, but my inner science geek will not allow that because now that I've thrown this "hypothesis" out there, I've gotta enlist the 'old scientific method to try to prove it to you. So here goes:
1. Cornice boards are an EASY DIY window treatment:
Below is an example made in the most similar way to how we made ours. Done by blog.blinds.com. As you can see, it's made of three pieces of lumber, and connected with a couple of inexpensive L-brackets (also called corner braces).
They used pine in this example. We used some scrap OSB (Oriented Strand Board), but you could also use particleboard, plywood, or pretty much any other variety of lumber you have lying around the house. Once assembled, the frame is then covered with batting and fabric. In our case, I chose a brown herringbone wool suiting fabric (similar to these) which happened to be on close-out (virtual fist pump). The batting and fabric are wrapped around the frame and simply stapled.
Then, you fasten that puppy on the wall with a couple more L-brackets.
Three little pieces of wood, a couple of brackets, and staple some fabric! Your five-year-old could do it! No five-year-old available? Ask your three-year-old, then. Easy breezy lemon squeezy.
Here are a few more variations of these DIY window treatments…
There are other very easy, very cool riffs on this DIY out there too, so wanted to share those if you want some other options without searching too far.
a.) Picture hangers for wall attachment:
This one from Shine Your Light Blog has a different method to attach the cornice to the wall…less damaging to the wall than the method we chose.
b). Made from foam board:
I found this one on my buddy Megan's fantastic blog, Rappsody in Rooms… and she doesn't even use wood! She uses FOAM BOARD! Genius!!! And REALLY inexpensive!
Here's a similar foam idea:
Moving on…
2. Cornices are CHEAP to make.
- Lumber/frame material
- Pine$$$
- Foam board$
- Fabric$ – $$$$
- Batting(this can vary too…go for the cheap stuff) $ – $$$
- Heavy Duty Staples– $
- Adhesive Spray(not required, but many recommend…we didn't use it) – $
- L-Brackets– $
- Power Screwdriver/Screws(you may have these on hand)
- Curtain rod(it can be a very inexpensive one)
3. Cornices make a BIG IMPACT!
And lastly, here's our DIY cornice board again…
in our son's bedroom
Or a post about the pillows, and other bolster pillows we've used here, there and everywhere…
P.S. Before you go…if you're wondering how high to hang your new cornice…or how wide to make it or a curtain rod, then you'll have to grab this guide!!


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Judges speak candidly on new e-discovery rules
The new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, updated in December, have brought e-discovery front and center of litigation proceedings, upping the ante for storage managers.
NEW YORK -- The Supreme Court's amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedures (FRCP), which went into effect Dec. 1, 2006, have opened up a can of worms for IT and legal professionals under litigation, according to judges and attorneys at the Legal Tech conference in New York this week. For storage professionals, the word is that recovering data for litigation purposes is about to become an even bigger headache.
The amendments to the rules address two key areas: discovery of electronically stored information (ESI) and inadvertent production of privileged or "sensitive" company data. These amendments were the focus of a panel at the conference and more specifically, a finer point within the rules that encourages parties to agree on the format in which ESI will be produced. The party requesting documents may ask for them in their native format complete
"Metadata is the disease of the week … lawyers that don't know what's going on will ask for [metadata] because they can," said Ronald Hedges, U.S. magistrate judge for the district of Maryland, during the panel discussion. "Getting metadata will run up the review costs and is probably not worth it."
Echoing this sentiment, Paul Grimm, U.S. magistrate judge for the district of Maryland, said that if the cost of recovering all the data is 60% of the value of the case, it's not worth the effort. "If you're spending $150,000 to produce the information and $250,000 for your lawyer to review it and the case is only worth $500,000 … this is a problem."
Key to future success in legal discovery
Grimm noted that Rule 26(f) strongly urges parties to talk about the likelihood of the need to turn over metadata about files in initial "meet and confer" conferences.
"Parties must take the time up front to discuss issues like metadata and agree to limit the discovery to certain records to reduce the volume … If you package the information up in this way, the court is not likely to second guess it," Grimm said. He added that if the other side wants more information, find out why they want more and if they are willing to pay for it themselves. "I have never seen anyone want information that much that they are willing to pay for it," he said.
From an IT perspective, metadata refers simply to any data about the data that's been created: who created it, when, how large the file is, etc. But it turns out that it's not that simple once you get lawyers involved.
The rules make no distinction between embedded metadata, substantive metadata, common metadata or any other kind of metadata, according to Thomas Allman, senior counsel at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP. "The new rules punt on this issue … They did not know what to do about metadata so they left it to the parties to figure this out," he said.
Grimm added that if you tell the opposing party that you are stripping out the metadata, you cannot be accused of hiding evidence. "It's important to be up front and blunt about it," he said.
The upshot here for storage managers is that recovery of data for litigation purposes is going to become a more granular exercise, requiring much more sophisticated tools than most companies currently use today.
Disclosing privileged material
Another issue surrounds the risk of inadvertently disclosing privileged or sensitive company information, when the volume of data being recovered is so large. The new rules contemplate this and require the receiving party to return, sequester or destroy all copies of the information at issue. IT experts were quick to ask about how this might work in practice when information might have been sent out over email. "How do you get those emails back … the information is already out there," said one bemused IT director, who requested not to be named. "These rules are clearly written without much insight into IT practices," he said.


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770 homeless veterans on feds' radar, number growing year over year
The number of homeless veterans that Veterans Affairs Canada is aware of has grown every year since 2015.
OTTAWA – The number of homeless veterans on the federal government's radar is growing year over year, with 770 homeless veterans in its database as of September.
With Remembrance Day around the corner, documents tabled in the House of Commons this week offer a sense of the scope of homelessness among Canadian veterans, and according to one veterans group, the numbers show what they've been seeing on the ground: that the problem is on the rise.
The number of homeless veterans that Veterans Affairs Canada is aware of in Canada has grown every year since 2015. On Jan. 1, 2015 the department reported a total of 475 on the government's radar; as of Jan. 1, 2016 that number had grown to 578; and as of Jan. 1, 2017 there were 687 homeless veterans in Canada. That number grew to 770 by September 2017.
"We do see that the problem is kind of on the rise," Debbie Lowther told CTV News. Lowther is chair and co-founder of Veterans Emergency Transition Services Canada (VETS Canada), a volunteer organization focused on identifying and assisting homeless veterans. She said over the last few months the numbers have been steadily increasing.
Homeless Veterans in Canada as of Sept. 1, 2017
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada
- Saskatchewan number is actually listed as < 5, required to protect the identity of veterans
- There were 64 Canadian veterans of unknown location, and < 5 located outside of Canada
The provinces with the highest numbers of homeless veterans are Ontario, where as of Sept. 1, 2017, there were 285; British Columbia with 147; and 134 in Alberta. There are also 64 homeless veterans whose location is unknown.
In the documents, Veterans Affairs Canada acknowledges that the department is only able to count veterans who self-identify as homeless and have been registered to receive services from the department.
Lowther said 770 homeless veterans Canada-wide is likely a little lower than the reality on the streets. VETS Canada is contracted by the government to reach out to homeless veterans and connect them with the department to receive services. Last month VETS Canada assisted more than 200 veterans who were homeless or heading towards being homeless.
"There's been a lot of delays lately in receiving services from veterans affairs," she said.
In the documents, Employment and Social Development Canada says the data compiled from 15 communities across the country show that veterans made up 2.1 per cent of shelter users in the first half of 2017.
Past federal research has shown that in Canada, homeless veterans are typically older than the average population of homeless people in Canada, and were more likely to be male. It also found that mental health issues like post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse issues increase a veterans' risk of becoming homeless.
It's 'unacceptable': O'Regan
"Veteran homelessness, no matter the number, is unacceptable," Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O'Regan told CTV News in an emailed response to questions.
The minister says the increase in homeless veterans on their radar is correlated to efforts to find and connect homeless veterans with federal services. O'Regan cited their partnership with VETS Canada as a central part of that.
"The first priority is to find homeless veterans where they are, inform them of the help that is available to them, assist them in seeking and getting that help, and help them get off the streets and find suitable housing," said O'Regan.
The 2017 budget included $4 million over 4 years for an emergency fund for veterans, to cover urgent needs like shelter and food. It won't be in place until April 1, 2018. The Liberals have also established a new secretariat within Veterans Affairs Canada that is focused on transition to civilian life, family support, and homelessness.
Federal plan coming
The government was expected to release strategy to tackle homelessness among veterans, this fall. While that's not being ruled out, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Jean-Yves Duclos' office confirmed that the coming broader national housing strategy will include new supports for veterans.
It's expected that plan will be unveiled in the coming weeks.
"Our government is taking concrete and significant steps to provide more stable housing to all who find themselves homeless, and increase the support for vulnerable groups, especially Veterans," O'Regan said.
'It's shameful': Tory critic
The data was released by the government in response to an order paper question—a formal request for information that the government must respond to—from Conservative MP Steven Blaney.
"It's outrageous, in my mind. A 62 per cent increase," Conservative veterans affairs critic Phil McColeman told CTV News, citing the influx of reported homeless veterans between 2015 and 2017.
He said O'Regan should be doing more to help with transition and address what the numbers show to be a growing number of homeless veterans seeking help.
"These are people who have come out of the military and are not being served, their needs are not being served," McColeman said. "It means more and more veterans are out there struggling... It's shameful because these are the people who should be top priority."
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The Green Room (2016)
So going in with modest expectations, they were easily met or exceeded. For the genre, it was really pretty good. It was a bit slower than the pure gore films, more the feel of the old suspense thrillers. Basically, some kids are in a punk band "The Ain't Rights" traveling through the Pacific Northwest ending their failed tour. I didn't know they still had punk bands, so my nostalgia gene kicked in, especially as they kept referencing music I knew.
It went a little cliché with them going out to some neo-Nazi skin-head bar... and things turn badly. (Who couldn't see that coming?). About every stereotype about white supremacists you could imagine was thrown in at one point or another, except they were in the Oregon Woods instead of deep south. But if you ignore that dose of predictability, everything else was well done. The acting was good, the plot-line was surprisingly interesting and believable -- it's like they had actual writers that were trying to make a suspenseful and plausible story. The filming/directing were right on-target. You know people are going to die horribly, but there's suspense in when/why/how, without the characters being head-smackingly dumb (most of the time).
So it you like horror-suspense genre, it's not going to be the fastest paced, or least predictable of the genre -- and I wouldn't want to mismanage expectations too high. But it's a very solid film in the genre.


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CIRCOT Miniature Spinning System has been developed for assessment of spinning quality of small cotton fibre samples and for the preparation of fibre sliver and yarn samples. The system consists of fourtable model microprocessor controlled machines (units) : CIRCOT Miniature Carding Machine, CIRCOT Miniature Draw frame, CIRCOT Miniature Sliver to Yarn Spinner & CIRCOT Rotor OE Spinner.
In each of the machines, inverter drive systems have been employed for easy settings of various processing parameters. Roller and other moving components are supported with ball/needle bearings for smooth and friction free operation. Movement of fibres during processing has been so controlled to enable faster processing of samples and for the production of quality yarn. Pneumatic suction systems have been incorporated in the ring frame, rotor spinner and carding machine and in lickerin zone for collection of broken ends/droppings. Optimised tray for guiding of lap and sliver during feeding to the draw frame and tongue-and-groove type chrome plated calendar rollers with provision for changing the trumpet bore size have been used in the draw frame.
Safety: All the machines are fitted with safety and emergency stop switches. The machines are operator friendly and the entire spinning process can be completed within one hour
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Output capacity: 100 g/h (cotton sample)
Manpower: Two (One skilled and one semi -skilled)
Power requirement: Single phase, 0.6 kW motor (for miniature carding, miniature draw frame) and 1kW (for miniature sliver to yarn spinner)
Cost: Rs.7 lakh per unit for total of Rs.28 lakh for 4 units
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Fibre samples and their blends weighing as low as 40 g can be processed easily to produce sufficient quantity of yarn for quality evaluation. Highly suitable for optimizing different spinning as well as yarn parameters in bulk spinning process. Eminently suitable for trade, textile mills, research laboratory, educational institutions, training centres and agricultural research stations for assessing spinning quality and potential of small fibre samples. In CIRCOT miniature spinning system, inverter drive systems have been employed for easy settings of various processing parameters. This system is an import substitution. The imported miniature spinning machines commonly used in India are prohibitively costly. The settings of various processing parameters need to be done in the imported machines are through mechanical systems, and as such, are far from exact and need a skilled operator's intervention.
It saves valuable foreign exchange, yet provides an ultra-modern system for cotton quality evaluation in terms of its spinning potential.


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Check out Benjamin Franklin, the latest track from Donnis, featuring Jay Ant & IAMSU which dropped on Wednesday, January 25th, 2012. Donnis's movement grows stronger with each new release, and Benjamin Franklin has further strengthened that fact. It's a solid addition to the commendable body of work Donnis has been creating since stepping foot in the rap game, and we're definitely looking forward to what Donnis has on deck.
Have you heard Donnis's Bout That Life (Prod. by Gods Paparazzi), featuring Juicy J? Check out Donnis's profile page for the most recent info, news, songs, and mixtapes. Check out Donnis's Facebook and Twitter.
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Ross The boss - Kerrang 1982
Interview with Ross The Boss
Published by : KERRANG MAGAZINE #22
Interviewer : Steve Gett.
Published on : 1982
While the airwaves of American radio are dominated by the clean, polished
sounds of such acts as Foreigner, Journey, and REO Speedwagon (and countless
others!), it's interesting to observe the emergence of a band like Manowar,
whose musical approach adheres to a far more basic Heavy Metal format.
There are plenty of good hard-rocking combos on the bar and club circuits in
the States, but few actually manage to break higher ground. The bottom line
though is that record companies are loathe to sign groups whom they feel may
have limited attraction to the radio networks. Manowar have been lucky and
secured a major recording deal, however guitarist Ross the Boss is clearly
dissatisfied with the state of the US music business.
"Everyone's scared!" he proclaims with a heavy tone of disgust. "The record
companies are scared and so are the radio stations. But at the top of the
list are the bands themselves. They're the ones doing all the damage and I
don't think today's generation has enough chance to find out the great buzz
of rock n' roll.
"We're not scared---we just don't give a shit! It's a cockiness for sure
but we feel that we're taking more of a stern direction. It's our mission!
The original buzz I got from music, when I listened to bands like Cream and
the Yardbirds was incredible. And somehow those moments have to be related
to today's generation.
"But the problem is that so many musicians have got lazy and are prepared to
play safe. If your sound is smooth, inoffensive, and runs into all the
other songs played on the radio every day, then you're safe. The end result
is this 'faceless' music played by all these 'faceless' bands who've got no
identity and no balls!"
Stong words, indeed. But then again, Ross the Boss is a campaigner who's
fought hard over the years to fulfill his musical ambitions. During the
seventies he played with New York rockers The Dictators and by the end of
the decade he'd joined French group Shakin' Street. Some of you may well
have seen the latter outfit when they supported Black Sabbath in the UK.
However, like The Dictators, they never enjoyed widescale success and no
doubt Ross soon became frustrated.
It was during that British tour that the axeman began to formulate the ideas
for Manowar with bassist Joey DeMaio. At that time, the bass player was
working as a pyrotechnic operator.
"He was the only New Yorker around and we got on well straight away,"
recalls Ross. "I then found out that he played bass. I heard him in the
dressing room one day, and thought Holy F---in Shit! This guy's
unbelievable. And so eventually we made a plan that I was gonna leave
Shakin' Street and work with Joey. I'd always wanted to put together the
ultimate power trio---a musician's band. Let's face it, my other groups
weren't like that and I always thought I stuck out a little, especially
The pair were soon hard at work on their new project and before long they
settled on the moniker Manowar. "We felt we had to make a statement with
our name," Ross explains. "If we didn't it just wouldn't be right. Once we
heard Manowar we knew it---it was us. It describes the way we are."
The next step was to find a singer for the band and eventually the vacancy
was filled by former butcher and meat cutter (!!!) Eric Adams. According to
Ross: "We just felt his voice was so incredible that he was the right man
for the job. His voice is really a tool, just like our playing, and so we
felt it was on par. He could carry such a strong musical band because he
knew how to sing. Eric's from Joey's home town and they'd worked together
in a few bands in the past."
Having settled on Donnie Hamzik as the skinbeater, Manowar then set about
recording a demo tape. Once completed, this caught the attention of
EMI-America. "It was a crude tape. We did it for 250 dollars but it was
enough to show the songs and create a bit of interest. Finally we got a
demo budget from EMI and went back to the studios. And then they agreed to
sign us."
Our conversation, by the way, is taking place high above street-level in the
plush offices of Aucoin Management. This company was (until recently)
responsible for handling the affairs of the mighty Kiss. How did they come
to be looking after Manowar?
Ross: "Well, Bill (Aucoin) was given our demo tape and liked it a lot. We
had offers from other managers but in the end we chose him because he's
really into Heavy Metal and he knows about it. He has the knowledge of how
a band should be marketed and I respect him for his business expertise. I
think he was attracted to us because of our originality and our statement.
The overall concept we had."
At what stage did Bill become involved with the group?
"He came in during the recording and did a lot for the cover and graphics.
What's happening now is he's taking care of our whole production, the way
we'll be approaching things, and of course all the business matters."
Bill Aucoin's track record is highly impressive. The way he built Kiss into
a megaband was a brilliantly masterminded operation. People have often
scoffed at the masked wonders, but regardless of how you feel about their
music, it's not hard to admire the manner in which they were marketed.
Indeed, within less than half a decade they became one of the richest
outifts in the world. Aucoin is doubtlessly keen to give Manowar the
necessary direction and it would seem his intention is to herald the act as
HEAVY METAL with absolutely no frills.
A swift glance at the cover artwork on the debut 'Battle Hymn' LP is the
irrefutable proof of this. While the cover depicts an awesome condor, with
wings spread majestically, the reverse shows a macho multi-veined arm
holding a sword. You know exactly what's in store---this is hardly likely
to be the latest Bucks Fizz album!
But what about the music? Well, as mentioned earlier, Manowar's style is
straightforward Heavy Metal. With titles like 'Death Tone', 'Shell Shock',
and 'Dark Avenger' one would expect nothing less. If comparisons have to be
made then early Sabbath and hints of Iron Maiden spring to mind. There's no
doubt about it, Manowar do what they do very well. Adams has a powerful
range of vocals and Ross' guitar playing is commendable. However, where the
band suffer slightly is with the production, which they handled themselves.
What made them decide to twiddle their own knobs?
"Well, after all this time of making albums and being a victim of producers
I figured we should do it ourselves," states the axeman, "And I think it
worked out fine."
I'm afraid I can't agree on this point. Not wishing to create a bad feeling
I shan't provoke Ross, but next time around Manowar should use an outsider.
A Martin Birch or even an Eddie Kramer could do wonders for the group.
While 'Battle Hymns' has only just been released, Manowar have already
started thinking about the next album. Ross: "We've got level two all
planned for the band. There's music that makes this album look like Mary
Poppins! We're supposedly coming to Britain in October, or earlier if we
get the chance to do Reading, and after that we'll be going in to record."
Back to 'Battle Hymns', movie buffs may well be interested to note the
appearance of the legendary Orson Welles on the song 'Dark Avenger'. How
did they manage to persuade the 'King of Sherry' to help out?
"We needed an awesome voice," explains Ross, "and we figured there was only
one man in the world who could do it. So we got in touch with his manager
and sent over a copy of the lyrics. Orson really liked them and agreed. He
came in and did his part in 20 minutes (you can't beat a true professional).
He also did another track."
At this juncture Manowar's live activity has been limited to a few club
dates during the recording of the album down in Florida. Shortly though,
they'll be off on the road with Ted Nugent. Ross claims that his band is
the loudest in the world (yawn) and it'll be interesting to see what the
Nuge has to say about that.
"Well, we'll see.....we're prepared though. We're prepared for the hardship
in the beginning. All that matters is that the band plays---that's all we
care to do. To Manowar, being on stage is the ultimate honour for a
musician that plays Heavy Metal. It's your sacred ground! You see a lot of
musicians who take it all too lightly nowadays. They think they're doing
people a favour and are more concerned about how many T-Shirts they'll sell.
Let me tell you, when we were doing those gigs in Florida, we were
dropping plaster off the roofs in all the clubs. It was truly awesome... we
also did great business with the ladies."
Oh no, not another Rods, I hear you mutter. Mentioning Rock Feinstein's
penchant for 'wimmin' to Ross, a strange look spreads across his face.
"The Rods claim women? Well let me tell you something (here we go!) if they
claim women, we'll claim the "Harems of Allah", if you can get behind that
one. Because the fact is Manowar is a 'mannish' band founded on
'mannishness'---believe me!"
Such curious terminology. What the hell is 'mannishness'?
"Mannishness is something that's gone in this country and it's basically the
spirit we have. To me, a lot of the great ethics of Heavy Metal have been
negated. Heavy Metal is the most powerful music in the world---it's the
most glorious next to classical. Great metal will never die!"
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Fund for Teachers Spotlight: Tamra Plotnick Breaks Bread and Cultural Barriers
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April Hattori
Tamra Plotnick, a teacher at James Baldwin School in New York and 2015 Fund for Teachers grantee, observed cultural norms and practices surrounding social acceptance and anti-racism programs through her FFT project in Sweden and Switzerland. Her main vehicle: conversations between native Swedes and Swiss and immigrants. The aim of her learning: to support students' socio-emotional skills, work towards bias and prejudice reduction and elimination, and promote self-awareness and cultural understanding. Learn more about the FFT program and apply here.
Project Summary
The theme of my Fund for Teachers fellowship "Breaking Bread and Barriers" speaks poetically and symbolically for the initiatives I investigated. I focused on The Department of Invitations (DOI) in Sweden which fosters conversations where they would never have taken place previously between immigrants and native Europeans, and The National Coalition Building Initiative International (NCBII) in Zurich, Switzerland, which runs over 400 programs designed to promote cultural understanding and decrease racism, prejudice and ethnocentrism in Switzerland and beyond.
I have gathered that grassroots projects such as these are much more than "We are the World" great ideas; they are necessary for everyone's survival. It was vital to pursue this study because our world is facing even more migration now than it was in June and the stakes are extremely high with many inadvertent tragic repercussions.
Swedish hosts prepare a dinner for immigrants.
"It was vital to pursue this study because our world is facing even more migration now…and the stakes are extremely high with many inadvertent tragic repercussions."
Classroom/Community Impact
All of the realities of the closed natures of various "Western" cultures, along with the rising tide of migration currently and the fact of small grassroots initiatives to negotiate the intermingling of cultures are working their way into the course I am both teaching and creating currently, "You-topias; Redesigning Your World to Avert Dystopia," in which we evaluate utopian and dystopian ideas as well as intentional communities and then refine our notions to design our own "Group-topias", intentional communities that reach for a more peaceful, healthful, just and ecological world. In the course design, I have added a component that asks students to design regular rituals (that may account for including newcomers, scheduling collective food preparation, etc.) for their intentional communities as well as address questions of ecological, social, spiritual, and educational aspects of society.
Beyond this, I imagine that this will also impact the Swedish students with whom we will exchange conversations and information. Ideally, my students will be able to participate in cross-cultural conversations about utopian ideas and what sorts of intentional communities are desirable. This should be extra-enriching for my students as Sweden enjoys a more socialistic government/culture, in which the safety net is more reinforced than what we have here in the United States. Therefore, as students interact, they will learn about other possibilities such as free post-secondary education and quality health care for all as well as parental leave and housing for all. The intercultural exchange should both expand the students' world views and promote intercultural understanding.
The woman in the photo migrated to Sweden three years ago and had never visited the home of a native Swede.
Open Response
Exploring "Breaking Bread and Barriers" brought hands on learning to me, which I can then pass on to my students. Already, since realizing the profundity of the empathy, relationships and conversations that emerge over meals, I created a shared meal early in my new crew's semester. (Usually, we would wait until we developed deeper bonds and then celebrate toward the end of a semester of marking period.) I can see by doing this early, we have formed a basis for trusting relationships based on spoken and unspoken sharing over food. I believe the trust arises from a deep-seated human survival instinct and when we cooperate on this form of survival by sharing nutrition, we automatically enter a web of interdependence, both conscious and subconscious.
By having the honor of co-creating and participating in such a meal in Sweden, I felt the power of this sharing over cultures. I realize that as much as my students and I reside in the same country, state and city, we also live in very different cultures, separated by differing language, neighborhood, generation and values. Sharing a meal together helps us both find common ground and understanding our differences with empathy.


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Mantra means in Sanskrit language, 'liberation of the mind' referring to the techniques employed, known as Mantra Yoga. Mantra Yoga is according to the yoga tradition, a valid way to obtain liberation (Moksha) (see note 1). A widely accepted classification is to be of five kinds viz. Pinda, Kartari, Bija, Mantra and Mala. This classification takes into account the number of syllables, thus for the Bija Mantra there are three to nine syllables. Basically the tantric Mantras are Bija Mantras with some rare exceptions when the number of syllables could be more or less than the usual range. This article is mainly about Bija Mantras. Read more
Tantra teaches that lovemaking between a man and woman, when entered into with awareness, is a gateway to both sexual and spiritual ecstasy.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
The Practice of Tantra Mantras
If you have heard of mantras in Tantra, but are not sure of what they are or why they are used, this brief introduction to the practice of Tantra mantras should clear things up.
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Creates justified photo collages or photo blends.
Try the free iOS companion app Photo Collage here.
PhotosCollage is a Mac application that creates justified collages of photos, and combines photos horizontally or vertically using gradient blending at the seams where they are joined.
Click on each image to zoom in on it.
Making pizza with PhotosCollage
In typesetting, justification is the setting of text within a column to align the start and end of each line against both the left and right margin. Text set this way is said to be "justified."
Making croutons with PhotosCollage
PhotosCollage similarly performs justification of images, rather than text. In this way you can easily create beautiful rectangular collages of your photos automatically as shown below:
Touring with PhotosCollage
You can justify your photos vertically also, simply by rotating the photos and then rotating the resulting collage - see the gallery for more information.
Justified collage layout is parameterized by three variables, and the ability to reorder the photos, enabling control over the size and shape of the result.
Parameter controls change collage size and shape
Sample parameter effects
It's easy to use!
Main window
1) Locate the files you want to collage or blend in the Finder or iPhoto.
2) Drag the files you want to collage or blend into PhotosCollage window's "photo browser" at the bottom.
Each file you add will have a small "X" on it to remove it from the browser, or you can just select it and click the delete button.
Files are collaged or blended in the order they appear in the browser.
Drag and Drop the files in the browser to reorder them. They are ordered by name by default.
3) Photos are blended using a blending gradient. You can choose the width of this gradient in the Preferences window. Set it to 0 to simply abut them.
4) Use the "Blend" button to blend the photos.
If you quickly click the blend button the photos in the photo browser will be blended horizontally.
To obtain the menu for selection of the vertical blend option simply click down on the Blend button until it appears.
5) When the blending is completed it will appear in the "Result" window.
If the result is not what you expected, double check that the size and resolution of the images are similar. PhotosCollage will optionally "trim" the result to match the width and or height of the smallest photo.
6) For justification, use the width, height and border buttons to modify parameters that control the size and shape of the collage. Changes are immediately reflected in the collage display and "Result" window.
You can now copy the collage or blend to the clipboard or export it to a file.


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2 Responses to "Our new Web site & blog are in the works!"
Hi Residents of Chebacco Lake,
My husband and I just saw the movie Grown Ups… and had to google where on earth this was filmed. I grew up on the DE shore and my sister lives on the Cape… but the scenic footage captured from this film all point to Lake Chebacco. Are there any homes for rent on the lake? Could anyone kindly point me toward this direction? Thank you in advance!
Hi Megan,
You are quite the sleuth! Yes, indeed, Grown Ups was filmed here in 2009. I can't imagine how you figured it out if from the "scenic footage." Many lake residents were extras and the movie production company used local businesses for many services; Grown Ups was our own little stimulus program at a time when the local economy really needed a boost!
The rental question comes up from time to time. Personally, I am not aware of any regular rentals, but a handful of residents rented their places to the movie crew so perhaps habits are changing. Our new Web site might help facilitate those connections, so thanks for posing the question.
Meanwhile, we have a meeting Wednesday evening and I will ask then. If you have any specific parameters, I could add a post to alert the residents of your interest.
Thanks for getting in touch!


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Whether you are searching for mascot, media, sponsor, commemorative, or NOC designs, the following websites (listed in alphabetical order) will help you find collectors and retailers of Olympic pins and Olympic memorabilia. PLEASE NOTE: websites come and go frequently, so if you find a bad link, please let us know!
All sites are in English unless otherwise noted:
English German French Spanish Italian Norwegian Swedish Polish Japanese Dutch
Ab D. Cards
Al Falcao's Olympic Pin Trading
Collecting Olympic Pins
Collection Mania
Discount Pin Store
Diver Jim's Pin Trading Page
Fernando Pins Mallorca
The Forum On-Line Antiques Mall
French Pins Collector
Gold Medal Collectables
GS Collections
Hans' Olympic Badges and Medals
Ingrid O'Neil Olympic Memorabilia
International Pin Club Norway
The International Sports Collection
Izzy Pins
Joby Evans' Pin Trading Page
Karl-David Andersson
Kingdom Pins
Marc's Pin Page
Mark's Pin Trading
McFred's Home Page
Mike's Olympic Pin Trader Page
Miru & Pun Home Page
mypins.de - IBM Pins and Others
Olympia and Eishockey Pins
Olympian Artifacts
Olympic Autographs/Memorabilia
Olympic Collection: Albertville 1992 and Others
Olympic Pins and Memorabilia from Romania
Paul's Pin Collection
Pin Marketplace
Society of Olympic Collectors
Sydney Pin Collectors (SPCAI) Association
www.nagano1998.com: Higeoyazi Pins Info
Zola's 1932 Olympic Pins


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A new peer reviewed study finds that commonly used cups, plates and sandwich containers made of polystyrene foam use significantly less energy and water than comparable paper-based or corn-based (polylactic: PLA) alternatives, primarily due to polystyrene foam's much lower weight.
The polystyrene foam products create less, similar or more solid waste by volume than alternatives depending on the product and its weight, according to the study, and greenhouse gas emission comparisons vary widely, based on uncertainties over whether paper-based products degrade after disposal.
Some key findings:
- Energy use: Polystyrene foam products consume significantly less energy than the alternatives – half as much as wax-coated paperboard cups and one-third as much as PLA clamshells.
- Water use: Polystyrene foam products use significantly less water than the alternatives – up to four times less than PLA clamshells.
- Solid waste: Polystyrene foam products create significantly less solid waste by weight than the alternatives – up to five times less than paperboard and PLA products. Comparisons by volume vary widely:
- Polystyrene foam cups for hot drinks create less waste by volume than the alternatives – significantly less than paperboard cups with corrugated sleeves used for insulation.
- Polystyrene foam cups for cold drinks create similar waste by volume as plastic coated paperboard cups and significantly less than wax coated paperboard and PLA cups.
- Heavy duty polystyrene foam plates produce more solid waste by volume than the alternatives, while lighter duty polystyrene foam plates create similar waste by volume as the paperboard counterparts.
- Polystyrene foam clamshells create slightly more waste by volume than paperboard clamshells and half the waste by volume of PLA clamshells.
- Greenhouse gases: Polystyrene foam products generate slightly more greenhouse gas emissions than PLA products, expressed as net CO2 equivalents (see note below). If paperboard products do not degrade after disposal, they store carbon and generate fewer greenhouse gas emissions than polystyrene foam products; however, if paperboard products degrade to the maximum extent, they generate more greenhouse gas emissions than polystyrene foam products, so comparisons of greenhouse gas emissions vary widely depending on assumptions about the degradation of paperboard products.
Full study is available here
My comments:
- Are Styrofoam trays and cups sustainable packaging? The majority of LCA on Styrofoam trays showed a better footprint than paperboard trays?
- I'm very skeptical regarding LCA studies: data may not be accurate or complete and system boundaries are not easily defined
- LCA does not provide clear "winners or losers". Furthermore, LCA will not determine which product or process is the most cost effective or works the best.
- LCA must be used as an internal process evaluation and improvement tool, and not a marketing tool


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Eating, Diet, & Nutrition for Appendicitis
How can your diet help prevent or relieve appendicitis?
Researchers have not found that eating, diet, and nutrition cause or prevent appendicitis.
November 2014
This content is provided as a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health. The NIDDK translates and disseminates research findings through its clearinghouses and education programs to increase knowledge and understanding about health and disease among patients, health professionals, and the public. Content produced by the NIDDK is carefully reviewed by NIDDK scientists and other experts.


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Welcome back to fashioneyesta.com!
Today I wanted to share with you all my recent day out in London to the Lush Creative Showcase 2017. Now I was very lucky to be invited by Lush to attend the event last week after my work with them on developing the new till systems for people with sight loss. So last week me and my mother and guide dog Unity headed up to Billingsgate Walk to check out all the exciting new launches.
Now I will openly admit, I was a little clued in to all the new releases a lot earlier after being invited on a Lush Factory tour earlier in the month when I was down in Poole. So I did know about some of the products (mainly the Christmas launches) before most people. Although it was so great to see them all finished and ready and I may have spent a small fortune on a number of them at the showcase too!
I also filmed a vlog over on my vlog channel FashioneyestaExtra, which you can check out below.
If you've never been to a Lush Creative Showcase before, the showcase is ultimately an even for hardcore Lush fans to come together and see all the new developments in the company. As I work for Lush myself I do think I quality as a fan! Theres music, talks, performances and lots of fun activities throughout the day. There are also lots of characters walking around the place, like Santa and some of his Elves!
One of the first new launches that people are all getting incredibly excited about is the perfumes! Lush are soon to launch a whole new selection of perfumes along with their classics like Karma in new rebranded packaging. The new packaging is a sophisticated, simple design of black background and white text. Giving the bottles a more high end, premium feel. However, I am incredibly excited about so many of the new perfumes that each have their own unique story about how they came into being like Rentless and I'm Home.
There was even a section in the showcase where a wall was constructed with different sections having each perfume on a large board. So as you went through this passage you got this delightful whiffs of all the different scents notes of Patchouli, Tonka, Orange Oil and Sandalwood.
Another new development with Lush is the launch of more naked products, as some of you may know one of Lush's key values is their naked products. Lush as a company try to conserve the environment in every thinkable way and making products that don't require packaging, ergo naked products, is one way they try to keep with that ethos. At the showcase we saw lots of exclusive products like the prodction of their naked shower gels which are essentially reformulated versions of the shower gels in solid versions. The only difference about this is one key ingredient which makes them solid, apart form that they are the same as the previous shower gels. But this Christmas we can also expect to see lots of naked products from the naked chrismtas shower gels like classics Bubbly, Snow Fairy, Rose Jam and Twilight as well as new releases such as Santa's Post Box and Berry Christmas. Then another super exciting launch are the new solid body conditioners in Christmas scents like Snow Fairy, Christingle, Bubbly and So White. There are of course lots of other naked products like the naked shower scrubs and the new glitter jars and massage oils. This Christmas we can expect to see so many naked products on the shelves, these are great because they require no preservatives, they are light and easy to travel with and they are better for the environment. I got to try a variety of naked products and let me tell you the So White (or Once Upon a Time) Body Conditioner is utterly divine! If you like a crisp fruity apple scent and you liked the So White Bath Bomb you will adore this!
Continuing with the theme of Christmas, there are lots of bath products this year both old and new. Some of our cult classics are returning for another year like The Magic of Christmas, Golden Wonder, Shoot for the Stars, Candy Mountain and Butterbear. But we can also expect to see some really cool new products like a Snow Fairy Jelly Bomb, a new version of Star Bright Bath Melt, Thundersnow Bath Bomb and an adorable little Snow Man bubble bar which is taking the spot of Peeping Santa. Although to be honest that Peeping Santa did freak me out a little! So I am glad to have it replaced with Snow Man, sshhh don't tell anyone! Another cool bath bomb is called Christmas Sweater which is a red bath bomb with a white reindeer pattern. Its a very warm and spicy blend and I got a chance to make one of them at the showcase which was so cool! I cannot wait to use it.
There was also a part of the showcase in the Christmas area where they had a 80s Christmas set up complete with trees, sofas, gifts, vintage Christmas jumpers, hats and a camera to take a souvenir photo. Unity even made an appearance in her reindeer antlers with me and my mother in our Christmas jumpers, but as you can see below she certainly did not approve!
When we walked into the Christmas gift section of the showcase I was in utter raptures, it got me so in the mood for Christmas and its only September! I must say Lush have really outdone themselves where gifts are concerned this year, the packaging is so stunning! From whimsical cute designs like tins of bath bombs depicting scenes of people skating in a snowy village to colourful rebranded versions of classic gifts like The Night Before Christmas and Secret Garden. I also love the variety of products in the gifts, The Man in the Moon gift set has a lovely selection of space themed products like the whole Twilight Range, Shoot for the Stars Bath Bomb and Rocket Science Bath Bomb. But, in all honesty, I have been working for Lush for a year and before that I was a customer for around 3 years. Let me tell you I think this year is hands down the best for gifts than in any other years.
Finally Halloween also crept up on us at the showcase, this year for Halloween we are seeing some cult classics return like Lord of Misrule and Sparkly Pumpkin. But some of last years products are returning like Pumpkin Bath Bomb and Monsters Ball. We also have new editions like the Bewitched Bubble Bar which is an adorable black cats face scented with bergamot and Ectoplasm Jelly Bomb with sweet orange oil. But, seriously for me Sparkly Pumpkin will always be the best!
So that concludes this blog for today, I really hope you enjoyed it.
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*Of all the teams that lost in Week 1 of the NFL season, betcha there's only one that spent the last couple days explaining and defending their organizational flow chart: Your Dallas Cowboys.
*On one hand I believe the Dallas Police Department officers who clubbed and beat the runaway motorcyclist should be fired. On the other hand, I have zero sympathy for the dude. You run from the cops and endanger innocent bystanders' lives and, too bad, you're fair game. Don't break the law and then come a cryin' that you weren't treated like a law-abiding citizen. I can't guarantee a lot in this world, only this: I will never run from the cops.
*Is it possible to produce a seven-game winning streak via bad baseball? It's possible via sloppy baseball. The Rangers won the West this week by masking dropped fly balls and errant throws with offensive outbursts. Sounds like the Rangers of yesteryear. And, let's be honest, it's a DNA that won't win in October. Homers are nice and all, but Texas needs to get back to pitching and defense.
*Speaking of the Rangers, by the time they play their next game in Arlington (September 27) they'll be AL West champs.
*Cowboys 27, Bears 13. Dallas hasn't been 0-2 since 2001.
*First time in a long time that I've been more excited about this season rather than next season when it comes to the Rangers. Though 2011 will open Friday, April 1 against the Boston Red Sox, at this point nobody gives a damn. Delicious.
*The Plano Balloon Festival is fun. Adventuresome. And costly. $250 for a ride. Worth it?
*Mark Cuban is making the media rounds telling anyone that'll listen his Dallas Mavericks will be "the deepest team in the NBA." Considering the Rangers and Cowboys and his team's history of teasing, my reaction is ... Yawn.
*24-year-old man from Garland made over 1,000 prank phone calls to the National Runaway Hotline in Illinois. Now he's facing two years in the federal pen. One thousand?! I don't think I've made more than five prank calls in my life. I don't get it.
*Girls in hats are hot. Pony tail through the back. Backward. Gangsta sideways. Really doesn't matter. Always looks good. I think it sends a message that - no matter how hot they are - they don't take themselves too seriously. That they're not afraid to be seen at less than 100-percent make-up power. Makes them seem more attainable, I guess.
*I thought Ron Washington would get some serious consideration for Manager of the Year, but SI.com's list has him only 5th behind Dusty Baker, Joe Maddon, Ron Gardenhire and Bud Black.
*Black Eyed Peas at the Super Bowl? To the ears: Nay. To the eyes: Yaaaaaay!
*Texas Tech fans plan to be totally silent when Texas runs onto the field Saturday night. We'll see. If they can pull that off I'll be truly impressed. But won't Texas have its fans and band there? Total silence seems an unrealistic goal.
*What happened to True Blood? I think this is a signature case of jumping the shark. What initially seduced me as a sexy, dark, subtlely violent and somehow almost believable series in the end deteriorated into fairies skipping through a fake forest and being chased by a UFO. Nobody on the show that died ever stayed dead. The deaths became more violent and less authentic. In the beginning "Sam" being a shape-shifter was radically cool. In the end there were werewolves and fairies and ghosts and guys with severely burned faces cracking jokes. I used to boast True Blood as the grown-up version of Twilight. But eventually it just grew silly. I'm out. Kenny Powers, Family Guy and Sunday Night Football, you're in.
*Women belong in NFL locker rooms, sure. But it did always rub me the wrong way that men are never allowed in WNBA or Dallas Desire locker rooms. But mostly what I take from the whole Ines Sainz fake outrage/controversy is that ... holy hades she's got a great booty.
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*Who's more hated in this town this week: Alex Rodriguez or Alex Barron?
*I'm sensing a lot of Rangers jealousy from Cowboys' fans. How great is that? Sorry football dorks, baseball is going to own October around the metroplex. Can't figure out why exactly this drives Cowboys' fans so crazy.
*This weekend? Think Saturday I'll mosey up to Twin Peaks in McKinney for a bikini bike wash and then participate in The Jailbreak Run. Sunday there's a slight, but permanent change of plans: I'm moving from Cowboys Pre-Game to Post-Game. I'll be at Duke's for Cowboys-Bears at Noon and then I'll stick around for the 105.3 The Fan Cowboys Post-Game Show with Greggo and Coach Joe. Don't be a stranger.


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Lazada Philippines, the country's largest e-commerce platform, celebrated its 6th BIRTHDAY today at The Ruins in Makati City with a cool party for media, bloggers, influencers and guests. To give everyone a night to remember, a two-minute shopping was the highlight of the night. I got what I wanted, a laptop/bed table and a lot of shampoo and conditioner (lol!).
April 18, 2018
Lazada's 6th Year Birthday Sale
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Several new huge announcements today! I've been waiting to tell you some of this news for almost a year and a half, and can't wait to finally share the following with you:
- HarperCollins (yes that's Collins as in the language courses, and English/foreign language dictionary publishers!) are publishing my book "Fluent in 3 months" on March 11th. Those who pre-order it get lots of fun goodies! Check out this page for US/Canada pre-orders, and this page for UK/Ireland/international pre-orders.
- I am going on an international language encouragement (and book) tour, including across the UK and Ireland, and every state in the US and province in Canada, where I plan to meet as many of you as possible, organize language-exchange meet-ups, and otherwise bring language learning awareness and encouragement. Bring your pre-ordered copies to your city or a city near you for me to sign it! Sign up at the provisional Facebook event page at your city here!
- Book launch/reading/signing will be at SxSW (Austin, Texas) all thanks to your votes to get me to speak there! I've been trying to give a language learning talk there (similar to my TEDx one) for 3 years, and it's your support that got me the stage! I'm also speaking at SxSWEdu, to discuss language learning education. A week after SxSW, I'll launch the book in London!
- Look out for me in newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, big online sites, and many other sources, as I use book promotions and the publishers' influence to get me big audiences as a chance to get the encouraging message that anyone at any age can and should learn a foreign language to millions of people!
Where to start! Well, obviously go to the US/Canada or UK/Ireland/international page and pre-order your copy of "Fluent in 3 months" now! I know March 11th is still 2 months away, but I'll have so many free goodies away to help you with your language learning much sooner than that (I'll tell you what on January 20th, so save your email receipts!)
How the book came about
I had the idea to write this book way back in 2012, and with the help of an agent found the one publisher (after seriously considering two dozen other ones) who would best help get the world's most encouraging language learning book out there.
When we had dotted the "i"s, I came back from Egypt to Berlin, where I had what I called my "secret Berlin project", which was to spend 3 months writing it. To give you some comparison, I wrote the Language Hacking Guide in 6 weeks while also attempting to push my German up to mastery level. This time though, "Fluent in 3 months" got my full undivided attention, actually 7 days a week all day long.
I started from absolute zero (so no, this is not just adding on to the Language Hacking Guide – in fact, the vast majority of the brand new book is never touched on in my much smaller e-book), sat down with some very accomplished polyglots to interview them (on video; only available to those who get a copy of the book!), talked to linguists (i.e. those with a Masters or PhD in linguistics) about how to best present the concepts, had a smart rhetorician help me present the ideas in as straightforward a way as possible, and had the publisher's own editors tidy it up even more so it was absolutely the best quality it could be.
Rather than just an updated version of my ebook, or a collection of blog articles, this book is an entity of its own, and you can see the chapter titles here. I destroy all possible excuses someone could have for not getting into learning a language, describe how to speak from day one, then how to advance on to fluency and onward to mastery, and even how to take on multiple languages, as well as the tools you'd need for all of this.
Instead of stopping at the physical book, there will be free access to videos and extra content exclusively for people who have the book. Also, if you already have a "Speak from day 1" log in or Language Hacking Guide, I'll be emailing you about how to upgrade to the extra content page so you have the most up to date digital stuff I've come up with!
And this isn't just my thoughts either – rather than provide the "one and only" way to learn a language, I constantly encourage the reader to check out the advice of the many polyglots that I am so glad to be bringing to a wider audience!
The entire publishing process has been fascinating – especially seeing my first draft go through so many changes, each time a huge improvement over the last, while still genuinely maintaining my voice, but powerfully expressing what I wanted to say.
As well as this, since there is a completely separate US and a UK version, you'll find the "u"s included or excluded in "colour" and "favourite", books bought in "stores" or "shops", as well as "practice" used as a verb and noun or only as a noun, etc., whichever you are more used to reading 😉
Benny is coming to a city near you!
While many people dream of someday having a book published, this is a very recent idea for me that I acted on as soon as I had it. Rather than dream of being an author, I see this book more a means to reach new audiences to spread an encouraging language learning message that can potentially encourage way more people than I ever could with a blog alone.
Inspiring as many language learners as possible is what I'm truly passionate about, and the promotions around a book, as well as the book itself visible in real shops to people who'd never typically read blogs, is a wonderful way to do that! HarperCollins are eager to help me achieve this goal!
One of those benefits is that I'll have some help to create events for language learners all around the world, and I want to use this chance to visit as many places as possible to meet many of you directly and give you more face-to-face language learning encouragement. So my "mission" this year is not to learn a new language (in fact, I'm intentionally not taking on any new ones for the moment), but to help YOU learn a new language.
As such, if you would like to come along, sign up at the provisional Facebook event page at your city here so that you are notified of when meetings are definite. If a venue has a particular limit, then only those who signed up to the Event page on time will be allowed in!
My international book tour will take me all across the UK and Ireland, to every single state in the US and province in Canada, and beyond!
Bring your pre-ordered book when I reach your city or one very near you, and I'll be happy to sign it! 🙂
SxSW American launch
Many of you will have seen me request your votes over the summer for three summers in a row to have me speak at SxSW ("South by Southwest", a huge conference and festival in Austin/Texas). This is a great networking event and chance to get a message to many influential people, in my case one of language learning encouragement.
Despite so many votes from all of you, I unfortunately didn't get in two years in a row. This year though, I finally made it! It was for a request to give a talk related to learning languages and technology. I messaged them immediately after acceptance to let them know about my book and asked if they could convert the session to a book signing, and they said yes!
This means that I get to read from the book on stage, and still give a powerful presentation that will be in the program, but follow it up with a book signing that is supported by the event (and "advertised" in the event programme), and they'll stock my book among a very few number of other ones in the event bookshop. So pleased about this! As a bonus, I get to speak at the separate conference a few days earlier, which is focused on education, discussing how we can go about improving language education, at SxSWEdu.
One week later, I fly to London for the UK launch.
Eager to work with those in the media
Now that I have a book coming out, media are already showing more of an interest in talking to me. We are already starting to confirm upcoming appearances on large stages such as TV, magazine, national newspapers, radio and more, which will mean that I can try my best to inspire perhaps millions of people that it's never too late to learn a language, and that no language-gene is necessary.
I'll confirm all media that's upcoming on my Facebook page, and look forward to your support to make sure I can make an impact when I get those chances!
If any of you have connections with media or work for such outlets yourself, myself and the book publicists would love to talk to you! I'm also very eager to work with those who have large blogs/podcasts or similar with decent audiences to guest post or be invited to be interviewed. Please get in touch!
I'll also gladly work with local media as I pass through that city, and would appreciate any help from locals as I set up language exchange meet-ups and other language related events there.
As you can see, this is going to be an exciting year! Not just for me personally, but I genuine believe that I can make a real difference and inspire quite a lot of people to get into learning another language, who may right this moment think it's impossible for them.
You can help me with this, as always, by spreading the message and helping me get copies of these books out to more people. I'll ask for the biggest part of spreading that message when I announce the amazing goodies people get for pre-ordering, on the 20th! Feel free to wait until that day to pre-order, to find out what you get, but all pre-orders until then count for the goodies. 😉
So many fun things afoot! I've been working full and part time on writing and re-writing the book almost all year, and on important logistics about it for such a long time, and I'm glad to finally share this with the world! Thanks so much for pre-ordering, and I can't wait to meet so many of you in person in just a few months! 🙂
And finally... One of the best ways to learn a new language is with podcasts. Read more about how to use podcasts to learn a language.


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A new study published in this month's edition of Nature shows evidence that early hominins (pre-human groups), specifically Australopithecus africanis and Paranthropus robustus demonstrate evidence that the males were more sedentary – often staying within close proximity to their home cave settlements, wherease the females were peripatetic – often migrating hundreds of miles within their lifetime.
If true, this study demonstrates that hominins (including humans) correlate to standing behaviors we see in other groups, such as Chimpanzees, but conflicts with the behaviors we see in Gorillas or Baboons
Such a pattern is similar to that seen in chimpanzee societies, where males in a particular locale tend to stick together to defend their turf from interlopers. In order to guard against inbreeding, the younger females are likelier than the males to migrate for mating. Copeland said the situation is different for gorillas. In those societies, the dominant male gorilla rules over a harem that tends to stay put, while younger males usually have to go someplace else to find their own mates.
This study can help us to understand the mating and migratory roles of early hominin groups. You can read more about this discover in this month's Nature or via the Cosmic Log at MNSBC.


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A Prophet Like Moses
As Passover approaches, Jewish people around the world remember Moses and how God used Him to deliver the children of Israel out of Egypt, out of bondage to Pharoah.
Some do not realize that God promised to provide another prophet like Moses: "I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him" (Deuteronomy 18:18-19).
We believe that prophet was and is Jesus (see Acts 3:22-26).
We have outlined some similarities between Moses and Jesus below; you can probably think of more.*
*For an article explaining how Jesus fulfilled God's promise to send "a prophet like unto Moses," check out this article that Moishe Rosen wrote for ISSUES (our bi-monthly publication written for Jewish seekers).


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In St. Landry Parish, accordions are cool, boudin is hot and history is not just in textbooks! The region's rich culture and history come from the diverse people who have called it home. Acadian, Creole, French, African, Spanish, Italian and Native American people have mixed and matched here for almost three centuries. History not only lives in museums and antique shops, but also churches, dancehalls, and historic homes. Those influences give St. Landry Parish music, food and culture that few can match. Our legislature recognizes the power of these attributes and has accordingly designated four capitals: Eunice – Prairie Cajun Capital; Opelousas – Zydeco Music Capital; Sunset – Rubboard Capital; and Grand Coteau – Sweet Dough Pie Capital.
St. Landry, a 939-square mile parish in Southcentral Louisiana, is also known for its natural beauty and wildlife. Hiking, fishing, hunting, birding, camping, biking, paddling, and other outdoor opportunities are possible in two wildlife management areas that cover thousands of acres of both forests and swampland.
Along with its colorful surroundings and history, the parish is also recognized as a Louisiana Retirement Community. Our warm and welcoming people are ready to make new residents feel like a local and may greet you with a friendly "Comment ca va?" or How are you? You can respond "toujours bon" because life is always good in St. Landry Parish!


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By now you have heard of the German homeschooling family that our government wants to deport. The family left Germany because of Nazi-era education laws that forbid parents from choosing homeschooling for their children. TIME reported on the story in 2010
"The Romeikes are not your typical asylum seekers. They did not come to the U.S. to flee war or despotism in their native land. No, these music teachers left Germany because they didn't like what their children were learning in public school — and because homeschooling is illegal there."
Michael Farris of the Home School Legal Defense Association said it best when he made the point that "eleven million people are going to be allowed to stay freely – but this one family is going to be shipped back to Germany to be persecuted," he said. "It just doesn't make any sense."
And for what? Because they want to educate their children at home like millions of American families — an "estimated 2 million children, or about 4% of the total school-age population."
Now we come to the alleged Chechen bombers that had been had been under FBI surveillance for some time because they were a perceived threat. See this report from Judicial Watch.
Zubeidat K. Tsarnaeva, the Boston bombing suspects' mother, said that her oldest son, Tamerlan, "got involved in 'religious politics' five years ago, and that the FBI had previously contacted her about her son's activities."
I find this perplexing. Where did the FBI get its information? What was he doing that caused suspicions? Here's the most troubling part of the story if it turns out to be true.
Were Muslims, even the semi-radicalized ones, given a pass because of directives that had come down from the Obama administration? Did President Obama's naïveté about radical Islam influence certain policy directives?
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva went on to say that her son "was controlled by the FBI, like for three, five years. They knew what my son was doing, they knew what actions and what sites on the Internet he was going [to], they used to come . . . and talk to me . . . they were telling me that he was really a serious leader and they were afraid of him."
If any of this is true, then there are a lot of questions that need to be answered. Will we be stonewalled like we've been on Benghazi?
To be sure, she is the mother of these two young men and will do almost anything to protect them. But I've gotten to the point in my life that I am always skeptical of anything our government is doing. I'm especially on guard when this administration decides to act or not to act.
If the FBI had been watching the older son, and had reason to believe that he was involved in terrorist activities, then I think we need to know why greater scrutiny wasn't applied to his case. These two young men were able to place these two bombs in a crowded section of Boston and the FBI had absolutely no hint that it was taking place.
So instead of following up on this guy, our government is working overtime to deport a peaceful German family for the "crime" of educating their children at home.


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When searching for a children's book, if you have a specific title, you can enter it into the 'GIL Catalog' (our searchable database of items in the library and others accessible online). If you know the exact title, include it in double quotes (ex: "Where the Wild Things Are").
The availability of the title is indicated by the green dot preceding the line that gives the location of the book. Where the Wild Things Are is located in the Juvenile Collection at PZ7.S47 Wh 1988. From the main page of the library, you can access library maps. The juvenile/Young Adult section of the library is located on the 3rd floor.
If you have a topic you are interested in, 'climate' for example, you can perform a keyword search. After performing the search, use the 'location' limiter on the left to select - Juvenile Collection to see available titles.


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Jeff Schimmel relaunches Kickstarter tribute to Robert Schimmel, this time as an eBook
Not all Kickstarters are created equal. While "The Veronica Mars Movie Project" by the TV show's creator, Rob Thomas, and Hollywood studio Warner Bros. roped in its $2 million goal from eager private citizens within a day — and more than $3.7 million in its first week on Kickstarter from 56,777 backers and counting — other potential films from smaller and independent filmmakers weren't so fortunate. Hitting closest to home for the comedy community: A planned documentary about the late Robert Schimmel. "Leave 'Em Laughing" didn't, earning only $13,133 toward its target of $350,000 by March 15. Jeff Schimmel...Read More


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A Maine schoolteacher said she was forced to remove a pink "Hello Kitty" Christmas tree from her classroom, a move that she argued shows society has reached a troubling "turning point."
According to Catherine Gordon's Facebook post, the school's principal told her she was no longer allowed to put up the tree. It was the first time in 30 years that she was told the holiday display had to go, she wrote. [[363232181, C]]
Gordon explained "the tree had no religious symbols on it whatsoever. No crosses or angels - just pink Hello Kitties and my students really enjoyed it and it cheered me up during the day."
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Gordon was not told that there had been a change in the policy regarding classroom decorations, the Bangor Daily News reported. The paper was not successful at reaching the school's principal for comment.
Necn left a message for Principal Butler in response to the decision to remove the tree as well.
Gordon put the tree up on Wednesday and was told to take it down Friday, prompting questions from her students.
She explained that the students were just as disappointed as she was.
"It just sucks the joy out of everything," she wrote.
Gordon's Facebook post has gained widespread attention on social media.
Maine Congressman Bruce Poliquin posted on his Facebook page as well to criticize the decision.
"Displaying a Christmas tree is a longstanding tradition in our country. It should not be condemned, especially in our classrooms," he wrote. [[363233021, C]]
The congressman released a statement encouraging the Bangor School Department to reconsider their decision to remove the tree.
Gordon wrote that she used to be able to throw holiday parties for her students right before break but that is no longer allowed as well.
She added, "I feel that this is definitely a turning point in our society - when everything offends everyone all the time."