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They say that your crayon of colour says a lot about you. Do you head straight to the blue section, or do you love the greens and browns? OK, this question may not have been one you've thought about for many years, but thanks to the soon to be released MyPhones from Crayola and Griffin, you may have to have a long hard think about these options.
There are two versions of the MyPhones available, in-ear and on-ear and both have volume limiting circuitry which keeps volume down to a level recommended for delicate young ears.
The in-ear versions will be available in the spring for $14.99 a pair and come in four shades- purple pizzazz, blue berry, Caribbean green and cotton candy. They come packaged inside a faux Crayola crayon, which also contains three pairs of silicone earbuds, to enable a perfect fit.
The on-ear headphones will retail for $24.99 and come with stickers and Crayola markers so you can design your pair and make it uniquely yours. They have two colour combos, pink/purple and blue/green.
Crayola didn't just have fun with headphones – there are also some stylish iPod cases to let you embrace your inner child as well. They cost $24.99 each and come in a range of shades including purple pizzazz, blue berry, Caribbean green and cotton candy. Just like LEGO bricks, Crayola appeals to those young and old and never goes out of style…


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The permanent ones will be re-purposed toward other operations in the plant. The company refused to elaborate on how many temporary workers could be disengaged. This change will take place by the second week of December.
In a statement, the company said the third shift was introduced to cater to demand of Renault Kwid and Datsun redi-GO. "Demand for the cars remains strong but waiting times have been successfully brought down. In addition plant operations have been optimised to maximise production in two shifts," the statement said.
The company, calling it a "necessary change," however promised a "bright future" as it develops the plant into a hub for not just India but also for export to other regions.
"In making this necessary change we are protecting the jobs of permanent, on-roll employees who will all be reassigned to other duties within the plant. There is a bright future ahead as we develop RNAIPL into an even more significant passenger car manufacturing hub for the Africa, Middle East and India region, and beyond," Colin MacDonald, Managing Director of RNAIPL, said.
Sometime around March, the company had introduced the third shift. In June this year, the factory had signed a wage deal with the employees union to progressively increase worker salaries over the next three years ending March 2019.
The increase for three years was Rs 18,000, a sizeable hike. The alliance factory has a production of 4.8 lakh a year and supports 40,000 jobs directly, indirectly, and through suppliers and partnerships.

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Managing a mortgage - for better or worse
JERRY MAGUIRE may have been able to simply scream "Show me the money!" and get what he wanted, but if you're looking for money in the form of a mortgage—whether you're a veteran homeowner or a first time buyer—it's not going to be quite that easy.
A binding agreement
After selling their home in Truro, NS, Steve and Deborah Proctor met with four different lenders as they searched for the best possible mortgage agreement for a new home in Halifax. As the former business editor of a daily newspaper, Steve had a distinct edge when it came to finessing a deal that hinged on rates set by the Bank of Canada, yet the process was challenging, even for him.
There's no secret to getting a great mortgage," he says. "A lot of very smart people got caught in the '70s when rates spiraled out of control. The best approach is to get some good advice—but in the end, you have to decide for yourself."
Next to a marriage, a mortgage is the most important binding agreement that many Canadians will enter into. And while there's no requirement for love, there is an obligation to honour and obey for what often amounts to 25 years. With so much at stake, it only makes sense to approach a mortgage in the same way you would a marriage—by knowing what you want, understanding what you need and finding a good partner.
More than a feeling
The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada encourages prospective home buyers to familiarize themselves with the fundamentals of financing a home: mortgage requirements, terms, rates and amortization periods.
But first, you'd better do the math. Looking for a house without knowing what you can afford is like shopping for new boots without knowing your shoe size. Sure, the tall purple numbers look fabulous on the shelf, but do they fit?
According to Robert McLister, editor of CanadianMortgageTrends.com and a mortgage columnist for The Globe and Mail, lenders use two ratios to determine the maximum size of a prime mortgage: the gross debt service (GDS) ratio, which is based on the percentage of gross income needed to cover regular costs such as principal, interest, taxes and heating costs; and the TDS, or total debt service, which is the same as the GDS, but also includes monthly expenditures such as payments for cars, credit cards and lines of credit.
If you're putting down less than 20 per cent, the maximum GDS ratio is generally 39 per cent. For mortgages with at least 20 per cent down, 32 per cent is more common, but some lenders have no GDS limit at all. The maximum TDS ratio is 40-44 per cent.
Not an accounting whiz? No worries. Online calculators (see "Do the Math," page 81) can give you a good indication of what's affordable for you. Plug in a five-year fixed interest rate - that's what lenders typically use for these calculations—to see the cost per month, based on your down payment and amount borrowed.
Shop around
Some mortgages outlast marriages—and in any case, it pays to play the field before making a long-term mortgage commitment.
There are plenty of fish in the sea these days, and many alternatives to the local bank. The best place to begin is to compare the rates, features, restrictions and penalties offered by banks, credit unions, mortgage companies and independent mortgage brokers.
"Brokers tend to be highly competitive on rates because they have a large pool of lenders to choose from," says McLister. "Look for well-established brokers or brokers doing high volumes with a good online presence. The latter generally have status with the most lenders, which most often means the best rates."
Just knowing what other lenders are offering can help you leverage a better deal. "Many people don't realize that they can do better than the posted rate," says Proctor. "Sometimes it's only a matter of asking."
Commitment issues
The number of years it takes to pay off a mortgage is called the amortization period, and the length of that period, along with the interest rate you pay, determines the total amount of interest paid.
Amortization varies depending on the lender and the size of the down payment, but 25 years is the norm. A shorter period of time would mean less interest paid in the end, but higher monthly payments.
Last summer, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty reduced the maximum amortization period in Canada from 30 years to 25 years for people who require mortgage insurance. (Typically, lenders require mortgage insurance for any borrower who makes a down payment of less than 20 per cent of the purchase price.) Says Proctor: "Mr. Flaherty was concerned that Canadians were overspending and beginning to fall into the same trap that has crippled the real estate market in parts of the United States."
Terms of endearment
Some mortgages may be amortized for 25 years, but they are broken down into chunks of time, called "terms," from one to five years, with periods of two years or less considered short-term and four years or more, long-term. Long-term mortgages offer protection from potential rate increases, although their interest rates are usually higher.
Torn between two rates
Variable or floating rate mortgages have rates that rise and fall when the Bank of Canada changes interest rate policy. Fixed rate mortgages lock the homeowner into the same rate of interest for the term of the mortgage. When interest rates are stable or dropping, variable-rate mortgages have a history of costing substantially less; when markets are less certain, fixed rate mortgages are an insurance policy against rising interest costs.
"Locking into a fixed rate takes away the worry," says Chris Golding, a Kentville, NS, mortgage broker. "It's especially important for young buyers who may not have much experience with mortgages."
So how to choose? Proctor describes it as a bit of a crap shoot. "You can't predict what the economy will do, but you can anticipate your ability to cope with whatever happens. We went with a fixed mortgage because, with rates already at near historic lows, they have nowhere to go but up."
The pre-nup
There's no point in waiting to fall in love with a house before arranging a mortgage. One way to streamline the house-hunting process is to secure a pre-approved mortgage—basically an agreement that gives the prospective home buyer a certain number of days to seal a deal, and for that period of time, locks in an interest rate—even if rates rise. The period varies between lenders, with some of the big banks offering between 90 and 120 days.
Pre-approved mortgages narrow the house-hunting search by giving buyers a realistic idea of what's affordable. As well, they give buyers a rough idea of their potential monthly payments and prepare them to make a quick, informed offer.
Renewing your vows
Mortgages must be renewed whenever a term ends, and while there's no obligation to renew with the same lender, keep in mind that you will be starting from scratch with a new lender. On the bright side, many new lenders are so anxious to get your business that they may try to make the application process as streamlined as possible.
Golding encourages homeowners to take a proactive approach by pre-arranging mortgage renewals in the same way they would pre-arrange an initial mortgage: they should contact a number of lenders to determine what's available. He also cautions against settling for the rates posted by banks, saying that in most cases, he can get his clients a better rate—sometimes even at their own banks.
Breaking up is hard to do - sometimes
Some lenders have conditions that make it difficult to break a mortgage. The mortgage contract should include an explanation of penalties—usually based on the interest rate of the mortgage, the amount owing, and administration and legal fees.
Just as with a marriage, it pays to know exactly what kind of contract you're getting into so that—should the necessity arise—you can move on gracefully, without being unnecessarily penalized.


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Liz grew up with a whole house water softner in Massachusetts and always appreciated the way it made soap lather more quickly, and the way it made her skin feel. We never had a softner in Virginia or in Georgia where we currently live. The water in those two places never really seemed that hard to me, and I just never wanted to pay to have one installed. I'm not sure Liz agreed with me, but nevertheless we didn't have one. Anyway, after being on trips over the last few months, we have encountered water of varying degrees of hardness and quality. Plus we talked to folks who said that certain places out West the water was really hard and that a softner really makes a difference. So, I decided to research portable softners and give one a try on our next trip.
I found the Flow Pur RV-Pro 10,000 portable softner that had some good reviews on Amazon. I ended up finding it at RV Upgrades for $179.00 and free shipping so I bought one. It weighs less than 20 pounds and looks like a miniature scuba tank. The instructions are only a couple pages long and don't provide as thorough an explanation of how to use it as I would have liked. You will also receive a pack of "hardness" test strips so that you can test the water before and after hookup. It also comes with an orange plastic Y valve that has a small orfice on one side that is to be used for regeneration of the softening beads when needed. The instructions indicate that you should install it when using the softener, but it really serves no purpose when not regenerating the unit so I left it off for normal use. To move the unit, you can grab the bottom lip with one hand and the top hose connection hookup valves with the other. If you do use the plastic Y valve make sure you are careful when picking up the unit as you tend to grab the valve as a handle. It has been reported that doing this may break it. That is another reason to just leave it off until needed.
The unit installs easily and has arrows on top of the connections to show the water flow direction. As you can see from the picture, I installed a water filter inline before the softener. The unit has the standard male and female hose connections, but for some reason the female connection does not swivel necessitating the addition of a short hose that can be turned to tighten the fitting (otherwise you would have to try to turn the entire length of hose you are using). I used quick release fittings to make hookup faster. The quick connects that I have will occasionally leak if they are stressed at the joint, but it is minimal. Water pressure does NOT seem to be diminished after going through the unit.
I won't go into all the steps necessary for regenerating the medium or back flushing. I put a picture of the enclosed instructions on this page so you can read the steps. I have not had to regenerate my unit yet as it is still providing soft water. I have talked to other rv'ers who use this unit and they suggested that you dilute the salt in water before pouring it into the system. They indicate that this process works much better than just trying to pour the salt directly in the top of the tank. Also, it is important to pour out some water prior to adding the solution as it obviously can't fit in the tank if it is still full. Finally, do not try to pour the water out of the filler cap as the softening medium will pour out. I just turn the tank upside down and let the water run out of the hose connectors.
Now, for the 64 million dollar question – how effective is it in softening the water. Very Effective! Attached is a picture of the before and after using the water hardness test strips. This is an actual test taken at Camp Lakewood in Effingham, IL. The strip on the right is the before and the one on the left after the water has passed through the softener. It is clear that there is a significant reduction in the hardness of the water. More importantly, it is quite noticeable in use in the RV. Soap lathers quickly and in greater amounts and there is a "softer" feel to the water. Hair conditioner is really not needed any more. Liz loves the way it works.


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Porting Noise Column
+ See the full Noise Column Triptych Flickr Set.
For my friend Nate's 30th birthday, I created a one-off set of prints based on the Noise Column and Noise Column Wallpaper Generator mini-projects. It was largely an exercise in creating something with OpenGL.
Thus began the effort to port a bunch of ActionScript 3.0 vector drawing commands over to line loops in OpenGL. I used Processing as my framework since I'm used to it, and it gave me a 1:1 mapping of the OpenGL API. I was able to use various C++ OpenGL tutorials and books to accomplish my goals. I used the super-helpful TileSaver classfrom Marius Watz to generate hi-res renders.
Now after all this, I realized that it was time to take the plunge and start getting closer to the metal. Thus began the next port of Noise Column; this time I went to C++.
I've been reading Stephen Prata's C++ Primer Plus for the last couple months on and off. For me, learning from books makes sense. Moreover, learning the reasons for writing the code you write is so essential for retention for me. This book is simply great.
So for the C++ port, I moved over to openFrameworks as my C++ framework. OpenFrameworks is great, but there's still a long way to go before it becomes the Processing of C++. Regardless, I had learned just enough C++ to figure out how to port all this stuff over. Two days later, I was able to generate a moving version of Noise Column:
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Clarke Ranch is a beautiful 24 acre parcel of currently undeveloped open space adjacent to the Wetlands Viewing Area and Napa River Bay Trail. The City acquired the land in 1999 and it has since been left largely untouched. In 2009, the City Council adopted a General Plan Amendment to designate Clarke Ranch as Open Space and approved zoning regulations for Clarke Ranch to be maintained as Open Space, Recreation, and/or Wildlife Conservation. Currently, Clarke Ranch is home to both our local 4-H and Spirithorse.
Clarke Ranch Background Documents
The City Council approved the Clark Ranch Master Plan at their November 7, 2017 meeting. Click here to view the full plan.
Community input was instrumental in getting to this point. We are so grateful and excited to see Clarke Ranch's future in our community. From here, the City will apply for grants to fund the next steps of the project, design and construction. We anticipate this will take a few years. We are hopeful to see initial phases of the Clarke Ranch Master Plan implemented beginning next year. Stay tuned to our City Manager's Friday Update to hear the updates on this project, click here to sign up.
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In 2011 the City began a Civic Engagement Visioning process in order to discuss the future of Clarke Ranch. In late 2016, the City hired RRM Design Group to begin the Master Planning process for the site. On November 7, 2017, the City Council approved the Clark Ranch Master Plan.
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Multi-age classes (ideally a three year mix)
Children's House: three and four year olds, as well as Kindergarteners
Lower Elementary House: 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders
Upper Elementary House: 4th and 5th graders (ideally, this would include 6th graders too)
Stay with the same teacher for the entire three year span, whenever possible
Each year provides the student with a different developmental task (observe, engage, lead)
Enhance culture of community, caring and respect
Extended, uninterrupted work periods, ideally three hours long, allowing for increase in concentration, stamina and depth of work
Classrooms are divided into several "areas", with work placed on shelves from left to right, moving from most concrete to most abstract:
Practical Life
Language (including reading and writing)
Peace Table (conflict resolution)
Students are free to move about the room, choose a place to sit, work, etc. They are coached on how to make good choices that will support optimal learning, so they can grow into independent, self-sufficient learners.
In addition to state teacher certification expectations, teachers must be trainer in Montessori, a rigorous, lengthy training program
Geiger Montessori School7401 South 8th StreetTacoma, WA 98465
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|Look up Linda or linda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Linda may refer to:
As a name[edit]
- Linda (given name), a female given name (including a list of people and fictional characters so named)
- Linda (singer) (born 1977), stage name of Svetlana Geiman, a Russian singer
- Anita Linda (born Alice Lake in 1924), Filipino film actress
- Bogusław Linda (born 1952), Polish actor
- Solomon Linda (1909–1962), South African Zulu musician, singer and composer who wrote the song "Mbube" which later became "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
- Linda, California, a census-designated place
- Linda, Missouri, a ghost town
- Linda, Tasmania, Australia, a ghost town
- Linda Valley, Tasmania
- 7169 Linda, an asteroid
- Linda, a small lunar crater - see Delisle (crater)
- Linda (Linda George album), 1974
- Linda (Linda Clifford album), 1977
- Linda (Miguel Bosé album), 1978
- "Linda" (1946 song), a popular song written by Jack Lawrence
- "Linda" (2012 song) Miguel Bose's single featuring Malu
- Linda (1929 film), an American film
- Linda (1960 film), a British teen drama
- Linda (1973 film), a TV movie directed by Jack Smight
- Linda (1993 film), starring Richard Thomas and Virginia Madsen
- "Linda", a poem by Patti Smith from her 1972 book Seventh Heaven
- Linda (Sesame Street), a character appearing in Sesame Street
- Linda (TV series), a Hungarian action adventure series
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- Tropical Storm Linda, various hurricanes, cyclones and storms
- Linda (coordination language), a programming language
- La Linda International Bridge, across the Rio Grande between the U.S. and Mexico
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- Linda (genus), a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae
- "Linda Linda", a 1987 single by the Japanese rock band The Blue Hearts, central to the below film
- Linda Linda Linda, a 2005 Japanese film
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NACDS continues to advocate for implementation of the TRICARE Acquisition Cost Parity Pilot Program for Retail Pharmacy, which would reduce costs while also restoring TRICARE patient access to medications and services from their neighborhood pharmacies.
This week, NACDS RxIMPACT launched a grasstops campaign asking NACDS member companies to contact members of the Senate encouraging them to reach out to the Secretary of Defense James Mattis urging him to implement the TRICARE pilot program. The pilot was included in the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
In May, NACDS expressed appreciation to the 67 members of the House of Representatives who sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis calling for implementation of the TRICARE pilot. In the letter, NACDS stressed that time is of the essence, as the NDAA requires the pilot program to begin by October 1, 2017. The letter urges the Secretary to act quickly to begin implementation of the pilot in order to meet the NDAA-required start date.


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The �spiritually beneficial tales� of Byzantine Christianity grew
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The Tasting
Tasting the food for your event can be one of the most exciting parts of the planning process. This is your caterer's chance to show you what they're made of and prove to you that they're the best choice to serve you on your special day. It's important to understand their tasting process so that you can benefit from their expertise and skill.
General Practices
There are almost as many ways caterers choose to hold tastings as there are caterers. Regardless of their method, it is important that you taste their food. Most caterers provide complimentary tastings. Some choose to hold quarterly or monthly events where prospective clients come together to try their food in cocktail party setting. Doing this allows the caterer to show off their food items, displays, and staff. These events also provide great opportunities to talk to other potential clients to learn more about your caterer. However, food choices are typically limited so it may be difficult to make a decision about a particular item that is not served that evening. Other caterers will hold private tastings where they prepare the food items you have chosen. Although you get to taste the food you choose, you do not typically have the opportunity to see the caterer in action. Usually, these caterers will have pictures and albums to show off their displays. They may even be willing to have you stop by during the set up of an event to see their display and creativity for a real life event. Other caterers choose to invite you to events that they are catering for other people to actually try the food. Usually, they will have you come early so that you can see the staff in action preparing the displays and getting everything ready. This is helpful as you are able to see how your caterer performs in a real life situation. The down side of doing it this way is that you'll most likely have individuals you didn't invite show up to your event and eat your food. Caterers who charge for tastings will sometimes just charge you a fee to cover their time and materials. Others will simply apply the fee to your balance if you decide to book with them.
Our Process
At Draper's, we have decided to take a more personal approach to our tastings. After we meet with you and discuss your needs and a tentative menu, we invite you and up to 3 other people over to try the items you chose, plus a few extra. If you are considering an hors d'oeuvres menu, we typically serve fruits, veggies, a couple types of appetizers and 4 to 6 hot selections. If you are considering a dinner menu, we usually have you pick 2 to 3 entree selections. We also serve the food to you in the actual portion sizes that we will be preparing for your guests the day of your event. Doing it this way eliminates potential disappointment with a particular food item or portion size. There is no pressure to book with us at the tasting although we will always ask if you would like to leave a deposit with us. Once you do deposit with us, we would be happy to make available additional food items so that we can be sure you get exactly what you want the day of your event.
Some Restrictions
The purpose of the tasting is to not only ease your mind about your caterer choice but to ease the caterer's mind about whether you'll like the food or not. It's important to understand, however, that there are always limitations when it comes to tastings. In order to keep prices at an appropriate level for both you and your caterer, you may be limited to the number of guests you bring, the number of food items you choose, and the amount of time you spend at the tasting. Also, many caterers have minimum restrictions for events that qualify for complimentary tastings. They may require your event to serve a minimum of 75 guests or be a minimum $1000 order. It really just depends on the caterer. At Draper's, we restrict tastings to any wedding or events over $1000.
-Ryan Draper, Operations Manager, Draper's Catering of Memphis


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Django Bates' Human Chain: Live At The Hackney Empire, London, 24 July 2005
Appropriately, Bates chose to play his final London gig for a while at the East End's Hackney Empire, a Victorian Music Hall and Palace of Varieties with a long, distinguished, and ongoing history of blowing raspberries at the establishment. Clowns, irreverent comics, and musical mavericks have always found a welcome here, and Bates' Human Chain fitted right in amongst them, underneath the mirror-ball which still hangs behind the proscenium arch (and which Bates, naturally, incorporated in his stage presentation).
Human Chain's long established permanent line-up - Bates, keyboards, electonics, tenor horn, vocals; Iain Ballamy, tenor and soprano saxophones; Michael Mondesir, electric bass; and Martin France, drums - was augmented by the young Swedish vocalist and regular collaborator Josefine Lindstrand.
The band opened as they meant to continue by playing "a lovely, lovely old tune," as Bates likes to put it, "in a horrible, horrible new way." The deserving first victim was the junk classic "My Way," assaulted by cod-rap and punk, followed later in the set by "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and "New York, New York," both of them deliciously horriblified. Another much loved tune which got a going over its composer probably hadn't foreseen when he wrote it was David Bowie's "Life On Mars." Originals "You Live And Learn...(Apparently)," "From Chaos Anything Is Possible," and "Food For Plankton In Detail" weren't spared either: Bates' out with the old and in with the new aesthetic applies to his own material too.
The instrumental quartet itself was on top form. Bates' kaleidoscopic series of keyboard sounds and styles - from berserk fairground organ through supercharged mambo piano and all points south - was utterly compelling. Ballamy's rapturous tenor (and soprano on "Plankton"), France's non-flashy but seriously propulsive drums, and Mondesir's funktified bass were all delights too.
A sense of fun is a constant in Bates' music, but so is serious intent. Like George Clinton, who had played elsewhere in town the night before, Bates is a sane-crazy genuis intent on recalibrating his own and the world's cultural antennae. Wherever he lays his hat he'll be a national treasure, and Denmark is lucky to be getting most of him for a while. But part of Bates' brief in Copenhagen is to raise the international profile of the Rhythmic Music Conservatory, through performance and recording - so chances are we'll be seeing him regularly.
Meanwhile, Human Chain play what will almost certainly be their final UK gig this year at Brecon Jazz Festival on 13 August.


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I Have to PAY for This?!? The Online Myth of 'Free'
Back in the mid-90s, as I remember it; the Internet was mostly fan-made music sites, Yahoo! was the best search engine, and only the larger retailers had a web presence. Back then, it felt like everything at your fingertips was there for free – as long as you paid your ISP every month. This was mostly true. The Internet was being built back then by people with passion for the topics at hand, rather than those looking to make money off of that passion.
With the growth of the Internet, and a proliferation of funding and advertising models emerging, Internet users still feel that getting things for 'free' is the only way the Internet should work. Those reading this website will, however, know that isn't true. Someone, somewhere, has to pay for all this!
Free is always better for me, right?
I had an interesting Twitter chat last month with a 'filmmaker' who claimed that YouTube was the superior platform to Vimeo for his film distribution. He claimed that since YouTube gave him some features for 'free,' that Vimeo offered at a dollar amount, there was no comparison. I looked at this later in a YouTube vs. Vimeo marketing comparison piece.
I countered that while he did indeed get certain services for free, his audience certainly did not. They were paying for his 'free' service by watching ads. He countered that those ads were how he made money. That's about where the discussion fell apart as he was unable to envious funding models from an angle besides 'free is always better for me.'
His goal was not to increase the exposure of his brand as a filmmaker and go after the big money of producing films for the big screen. His goal was to make money on YouTube one piece of Adsense Revenue at a time; he was a vlogger.
Advertisers make the 'free' world work
The filmmaker/vlogger in question is having his audience pay for his 'free' services by watching ads. The challenge this presents for marketers is two-fold:
- They have to join environments where being the 'cost' of viewing content doesn't disturb the viewers. It's all about appropriate platforms for your content.
- They have to create content themselves which is enjoyable to view. Viewers want to feel they're getting content for free, not being forced to watch unenjoyable ads.
This is no longer the television age where people must sit through advertisements in order to not miss a second of their favorite program. This is the age of a world that operates at the speed of a click.
When 'free' doesn't feel like free
To illustrate these points, I recently went onto YouTube to watch one of my favorite shows – my fellow Canadians on Epic Meal Time. This is an extreme cooking show where they make ridiculous meals that always include bacon.
I tuned in to watch the latest episode and an ad played for a Toyota truck. It wasn't special in any way, just your average ad for a truck driving through the desert looking tough. This annoyed me greatly. Toyota scored zero points with me. I have even less of a desire to buy a Toyota now!
The problem with this content was two-fold:
- Toyota should have had better targeting for their advertising – people watching a cooking show are probably not their target audience.
- Toyota should have created something with better entertainment value. I am paying for the free YouTube features Epic Meal Time enjoys. I deserve something out of this too, and I want to be entertained.
In this instance, being free failed. It failed for the advertiser as it shrank my interest in their product. They didn't create anything of value for me or anyone else. It was just the same truck advertisement we've all seen a thousand times where a gruff-voiced man is making claims about performance while the truck goes into slow motion with dirt flying off of its wheels. It's no way to get more views for your brand, you're better off reading a video guide like this than trying TV marketing tactics like Toyota is using here.
It also failed for Epic Meal Time in that I didn't want to watch their video any more. The speed of a click, remember? I recall moving on to a video for Jimmy Fallon.
As marketers, it's going to be our job to make people feel like they're not paying when they're reading our branded content, watching our branded videos, and using our branded games. If we do our job with this in mind, we'll truly be creating an environment where users actually get 'free' services online.
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In private testimony before the House Benghazi Committee, Clinton confidant Sid Blumenthal is asked about the accuracy of the frequent intelligence emails he sent Clinton. Bloomberg News reports: "Blumenthal repeatedly refused to take any ownership of the information in the emails. He told the committee he was just passing on information to Clinton…"
According to one lawmaker attending the hearing, Blumenthal is asked about an October 15, 2011 email he sent to Clinton claiming that Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi was hiding in the neighboring country of Chad and was about to be interviewed by renowned journalist Seymour Hersh, when in fact el-Qaddafi was still in Libya and died there five days later. Blumenthal is asked, "Did it turn out to be true?" He responds, "I don't know," despite the email clearly being untrue.
Committee Chair Trey Gowdy comments to reporters afterwards, "I am interested in the reliability of the information being presented to our top diplomat, and the reality is, having been in the room all day, [Blumenthal] has absolutely no idea whether the information is credible or not." (Bloomberg News, 6/17/2015)


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London, UK – Feb 05, 2019 – Zoetis Inc. today announced that recent cases of serious disease caused by severe encysted small redworm infections have prompted Zoetis vet Wendy Talbot to remind horse owners of the risks posed by not treating for this potentially fatal parasite.
In the spring the small redworm larvae can erupt from their hibernation inside the horse's gut in large numbers, breaking and damaging the lining of the intestinal wall. Symptoms include diarrhoea, weight loss and colic. This condition (known as larval cyathostominosis) can be fatal. Young horses (<6years old) have the highest risk although all ages may be affected.1,2,3
"Over the past few weeks I have heard of a number of cases of larval cyathostominosis," says Wendy. "Unfortunately people think their horses are safe from this parasite if they have had a recent, negative faecal worm egg count (FWEC) but this absolutely is not the case. Because encysted small redworm are hibernating, they won't show in faecal worm egg counts. A horse could actually have a burden of several million encysted small redworm larvae yet show a negative or low FWEC." 2
Currently there is no effective test for encysted stages of small redworm. All horses of more than six months of age should be dosed for it ideally during the late autumn/early winter and certainly before the spring arrives.
There are only two active ingredients licensed to treat encysted small redworm: a single dose of moxidectin or a five-day course of fenbendazole. However, there is widespread evidence of resistance in small redworm to fenbendazole, including the five-day dose so a resistance test is recommended before using it.2 Moxidectin has high efficacy against adult small redworm including encysted mucosal larvae.4
"It's imperative to use the right worming product," says Wendy. "Treating with a wormer that does not specifically target the encysted stages (ivermectin, pyrantel or single dose fenbendazole) during late autumn and winter can actually increase the risk of a horse with a high ESRW burden developing larval cyathostominosis." 3
Always make sure you choose the right worming methods and products for your horse's circumstances by discussing your worming programme with your prescriber.
Learn more about why encysted small redworm are a serious health risk to horses by watching this video http://bit.ly/2AigdIR You can also visit www.horsedialog.co.uk to read some helpful articles on equine health and wellbeing.


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Seoul • Princess Diary Café
Always wanted to wear a Hanbok or a Wedding Dress? At Princess Diary Café you can actually wear them and have a little photoshoot with your friends.
I have been introduced this by my roomie Carita. Since I have worn an hanbok before the first time I was in Korea, I really wanted to try a wedding dress. I think it's every girl's dream to wear one before their real wedding.
Fortunately when we came in the café with my roomies, we were the only ones: the more choices we have in the dresses and hanboks. First thing to do is to take a seat and you have to order a drink per person. Then you let them know who is going to wear what: hanbok or wedding dress. The costs is actually per dress, so you could wear them both if you want.
For the hanboks, you can choose the model and color per top and skirt. They will hand out little pictures which you can combine them and see which combination you want to wear. The prettier the styles are, the more expensive it will be. As for the wedding dresses, you can pick and choose. They have a lot of different styles! But also: the prettier they are, the more expensive they will be. I am not sure, but I think the price ranges from cheap to 45.000/50.000won. Carita and I chose the same kind of style, but mine was a bit more expensive due to the fact it was a newer dress.
Don't worry if you can fit in the dress or not - the employee has her tricks to fit you in any dress no matter what. They also have accessoires for you and a studio lamp for you to play with. You do have to do your makeup beforehand.
Princess Diary Ewha Women's University
54-9, Daehyeon-dong, Seodaemun-gu | 3F, Ihwa Bldg., Seoul, South Korea
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Epione Chiropractic
Chiropractic treatments can benefit people of all ages and backgrounds
What's a chiropractor?
Chiropractic is a health treatment specialising in the diagnosis, treatment and overall management of conditions that are due to problems with the joints, ligaments, tendons and nerves, especially related to the spine. For more information visit the British Chiropractic association
Who can benefit?
Chiropractic treatments can benefit people of all ages and backgrounds. If you have musculoskeletal issues (e.g. problems with the joints, bones and muscles), particularly back pain then you could benefit from seeing a chiropractor.
What chiropractors treat?
- Joint pain, including the hip and knee from arthritis
- General, acute and chronic back pain
- Lumbago
- Mechanical neck pain
- Prevention of migraines
- Headaches arising from the neck (cervicogenic)
- Frozen shoulder
- Shoulder pain arising from the back or neck
- Elbow pain arising from the back or neck
- Tennis elbow arising from the back and neck
- Tension and an inability to relax
Why choose an Epione chiropractor?
We believe in spending more time with our client to ensure we can offer the best possible care. We also try and create a relaxing environment where we can get know you and treat you in the most effective way. Epione's chiropractor Lianne Griffiths has been practicing chiropractic in the Solihull and West Midlands area for over 10 years.
At Epione we certainly believe that maintenance is good prevention, but don't believe this should be at the compromise of quality care. Epione's treatments are a social time and although it's good to see you we will not demand you come back more often than is necessary.
Chiropractic care is covered by most insurance companies such as BUPA, Aviva etc.
Please check with your insurance company to see whether you are covered.
All insurance payments that are invoiced through ourselves incur a 10% administrative charge
Evening and weekend appointments available
What's involved?
1. The consultation
This is our opportunity to get to know you. It's not just about establishing what is the problem we need to treat, it's about finding what was causing the issue and if there are things outside the clinic that can help in preventing the problem recurring. Our focus as a clinic is about getting you back 2 active. This might be playing for your local rugby team or enjoying the gardening at the weekend. We need to find this out to know what to aim for and how long it will take us to achieve it.
- Initial consultation £70
Our consultation usually lasts about 1 hour
2. Treatment
An adjustment is an unusual sensation but it is necessary to bring relief the area being treated. Areas with restricted movement are corrected with chiropractic manipulation (adjustment.) Manipulation is accompanied by massage, stretching and mobilization techniques. Over time treatment corrects muscular imbalances and reduces irritation and inflammation. The overall result is a reduction in pain and an improvement in joint movement and function. Exercises may also be provided to help maintain recovery and prevent reoccurrences.
Our treatment usually lasts about 20mins
- Follow up visits £35
- Referral for private MRI scan from £220 per area
3. Maintenance
Prevention is the best cure. By providing ongoing treatment we can prevent some acute trauma before it happens. We don't believe in compulsory maintenance and each maintenance programme should be looked at on a "case by case" basis to suit the needs of each clients personal circumstances.


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What Is Tag Management?Blog Post: October 15, 2012
Recovery From Google Penguin - Tips From The TrenchesBlog Post: September 10, 2012
Using Followerwonk to Grow Your Twitter Account - Whiteboard FridayBlog Post: September 07, 2012
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Moz's $18 Million Venture Financing: Our Story, Metrics and FutureBlog Post: May 01, 2012
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Poor Website Loading Times Irritate People, Matter to Search Engines, Plus Can Cost you MoneyBlog Post: April 16, 2012
Great post! While bounce rate doesn't seem to be affected much in your case, I wonder what your conversion rate has done with the faster load times? There is an oft cited statistic that Amazon put out several years ago that says that every 100ms in load time cost them 1% in sales. Something to consider!
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Good post! Our head of SEO also did a lunch time info session breaking down the basics of SEO. Opened a lot of eyes. Including some mini case studies and tying those efforts back to traffic/revenue or some other metric that everyone can relate to is also a great idea. Money/traffic/conversions motivate people more than title tags, keywords alt text.
Linkscape Index Delay ExplainedBlog Post: April 06, 2012
People/businesses make mistakes all the time. Even when dealing with a large number of customers. It's how we/they deal with those mistakes that makes the difference. The honesty and transparency is much appreciated. Now get back to work ;-) I kid! We look forward to the updated index when it's ready.
Illustrated Guide To Web ExperimentsBlog Post: March 26, 2012
Great Post and something we need to see more of at SEOmoz. Yes, someone preaching the A/A test! We've used these in the past and it's a great sanity check to make sure the testing tool is doing what it's supposed to as well as just getting used to setting up a test and minimizing your risk. I've had success and been pleased with Visual Website Optimizer's tool.
A commenter above mentioned the need/desire to view results based on traffic sources. This is a very valid point and one that all testers should consider. However, there is a counter-point: What do you do if one traffic source's conversion rate drops and another increases, but overall revenue increases? In an ideal situation you would then roll out a control page for each traffic source that reflects the performance of that page + traffic source combo. However, most basic testing solutions outside of Adobe Test and Target, SiteSpect, and other enterprise level tools do not offer this CMS-style testing management. So, I think it's definitely valid to look at performance gain/loss of each traffic source when running a test, but simply moving the needle in the positive direction when performance is viewed as a whole is usually the best option for those starting out with split testing with the majority of the tools that are out there.
Tools and Tactics to Test Your Product/Marketing Before You Launch - Whiteboard FridayBlog Post: March 22, 2012
Great post, Rand! We've had success with Fiverr as well. One additional resource I will throw into the mix is usertesting.com. For about $40 per user, you can get a video of a regular internet user interacting with your product and giving feedback based on specific instructions that you give. The user also gives a write up of their thoughts. We've found it to be a cheap, valuable and quick way to do usability testing for new products/landing pages.
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Great post! Broad match gets broader by the day it seems. Speaking from the perspective of an ex-googler, broad match should only be used by folks who know what they are doing, otherwise, you are wasting money.
The best case scenario is that you get your broad match words to convert well and provide a positive ROI. BUT!... you then have multiple queries driving that positive ROI. You will be better served, and drive significantly more profit if you separate out all those queries and bid them individually based on their value. This is the same effort as splitting search and search network into different campaigns. Negative keywords are a great way to improve this performance/reduce the amount of queries that you have to bid 1 keyword based on.
I typically spend a very small amount (>5%) of my budget on broad match and use those broad match campaigns only for keyword discovery to feed into exact and phrase match. Probably 80% of my budget is spent on exact match, and the rest on phrase.
Lessons Learned by an Over-OptimizerBlog Post: February 20, 2012
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Be Careful Using AdWords for Keyword ResearchBlog Post: February 14, 2012
Great point to make. I think the Google keyword tool should just be used to come up with keyword modifiers. Then, we can use concatenation to make up our own keywords. The results from concatenation can then either be plugged back into the keyword tool to repeat the process (as many times as necessary) or utilized as the target keyword list list.
Paid Search Ad Copy Auditing - Whiteboard FridayBlog Post: February 09, 2012
Hey Brian,
Great video with lots of solid best practices for ad copy testing. Being a PPC guy myself I started the video just to see what you would go through and wasn't expecting to learn much. However, the last tip you mention about using social monitoring tools to come up with new ad text ideas was golden! Have you all tested using metrics in ad copy? We've found success with that. For the SitterCity example, maybe including the number of sitters available to choose from in the location the user is searching from could be successful. Just a thought. Thanks again.
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Thumbs up on this post for sure! I totally agree that every situation needs to be looked at in its own right to determine what's needed to rank. One thing that comes to mind is the notion of "natural" that you bring up. I think a determination of what's natural based soley on the stats from the top 10 results can be dangerous in some cases. What's needed to rank and what's natural can sometimes be two different things (as seen in some industries where a lot of the top 10 sites are utlizing shady tactics).


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- Experience exciting game drives and bush walks
- Perfect for both business and leisure travellers
- Room amenities include air-conditioning and en-suite bathroom facilities
- Comfortable accommodation near the Kruger National Park
Crocodile Kruger Safari Lodge is situated on the banks of the Crocodile River in the Marloth Park Nature Reserve overlooking the Kruger National Park. This lodge near Kruger Park provides guests with comfortable accommodation.
The thatched main lodge offers 6 comfortable suites with room amenities including an en-suite bathroom, air-conditioning, mini bars and safes. The main lodge consists of a dining area, swimming pool, and a bar where guests can relax and and unwind.
Activities at this lodge near Kruger Park range for exciting game viewing to exploring the surrounding area. Search for African wildlife and the Big Five on a game drive in the Kruger National Park. Guests can also enjoy day tours of the surrounding area.
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Google has announced the Google Home Max, a speaker with '20 times the audio power' of Google Home. Obviously, it has Google Assistant built-in.
It's available from December like Apple's HomePod and will launch in the US only at first for $399.
Read more: Google Home Max review: premium sound quality at a princely price
It features Smart Sound, a new sound feature powered by Google AI that maps the sound to your room.
It also supports Voice Match, so it can play your own individual playlists and comes with a year's subscription to YouTube Red.
Max also supports Cast, Bluetooth or stereo aux input. You can change the orientation of the speaker to suit.
We'll have more on this story later.
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President Nicolas Maduro replaced Venezuela's petroleum and mining minister, who ran the state-owned oil company, in an apparent move to shore up support for the socialist economic model put in place by late leader Hugo Chavez.
Rafael Ramirez, who became energy and mines minister in 2002, is thought to have been pressuring Maduro to make more free-market concessions in a bid to ease the economic crisis gripping the country. Venezuela suffers from accelerating inflation, rising debt and declining oil revenue.
Maduro, who announced a Cabinet shake-up during a three-hour televised speech late Tuesday, briefly praised Ramirez, who has been appointed foreign minister.
"He was at the front line for 12 years of revolutionary oil politics, rescuing our industry from the clutches of oligarchical and imperialist meritocracy," Maduro said.
Ramirez's departure from the two posts had been rumored for weeks as reports filtered out that Maduro opposed his urging that state-owned oil company PDVSA sell its U.S.-based Citgo subsidiary and that the current parallel foreign exchange regimes be changed. Ramirez also apparently lobbied for an increase in the price of gasoline, which costs pennies per gallon, thanks to subsidies.
Ramirez leaves PDVSA at a time when Venezuela's oil output has declined and accumulated debt has risen to $48 billion. The country has taken out increasing sums in loans, much of them in the guise of advance oil sales agreements with China to finance social programs.
"PDVSA's debt is more than 250% of the value of its foreign reserves, while the production of crude declined by 505,000 barrels a day from 2008 to 2013," said Einstein Millan, a Venezuelan consultant based in Kuwait.
Some analysts blame Ramirez for the country's failure to invest in infrastructure. Venezuela has also relied too much on foreign partners to finance new energy development projects in the eastern Orinoco Belt, one of the world's richest crude deposits, critics say.
"Under Ramirez's management, PDVSA increased its payroll by more than 260% while its performance fell from 81 barrels a day per employee in 2005 to only 21 barrels per worker in 2013, " Millan said. "It's a situation that won't be cured by simply changing the manager."
Ramirez had also become a visible proponent of economic "adjustments" that apparently were put to the annual Congress of the ruling socialist party PSUV, which concluded Monday with Maduro present. The proposals were fiercely opposed by the conservative factions of the Chavista party, analysts said.
Maduro has been expected to announce some reforms, but his talk Tuesday night made no mention of policy changes.
The new head of PDVSA is Eulogio Del Pino and the new energy and mining minister is Asdrubal Chavez. Both men are longtime PDVSA executives.
Meanwhile, shortages of basic food and household items continue, a problem that the government is addressing by trying to clamp down on the trafficking of contraband goods to Colombia. The inflation rate remains at more than 50% and the black market exchange rate in recent days has soared as high as 90 bolivares per dollar, far above the official rates of 6.3 bolivares and 11.5 bolivares per dollar.
"There will be no changes in the established economic path. Humanist and socialist [concerns] will prevail over the economic ones," Maduro said Tuesday. "Our problems are a result of economic war waged by the opposition and private business."
Special correspondents Mogollon and Kraul reported from Caracas, Venezuela, and Bogota, Colombia, respectively.
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Just wanted to share some pictures with everyone from our recent speaking trip at the E-Tourism Summit in San Fran. The picture I took of the city at night is probably one of the coolest pictures I have ever taken in my life.
All Chris needs is laser beams coming out of his eyes to make this picture better! I am no photoshop hacker though ... (sadly)
This picture is the walk of death we had to climb everyday just to get to the hotel we were speaking at. I am out of shape bad!
Shot out the window from our hotel room in the morning.
This is the same view at night. This is probably one of the coolest pictures I have ever taken!


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The long-in-development adaptation of Tim Seeley and Stefano Caselli's horror-action comic book Hack/Slash may finally be coming to fruition. Heat Vision reports that Conan director Marcus Nispel has been set to direct the adaptation for Relativity Media. The story centers on Cassie Heck, the girl who always survives at the end of every horror movie. Not content with simply outliving whatever creature/serial killer was after her, Heck takes action and seeks out the horrible slashers who inflict harm on the innocent. A giant protector named Vlad joins her on her journeys, and the two enact justice on the predatory.
Nispel is no stranger to the action-horror genre, as he's previously directed some slasher flicks of his own like the remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th. While Conan didn't exactly do gangbusters business, the visuals looked pretty fantastic and I think Nispel is a suitable fit for this twist on the slasher genre. Though the project has been lingering in development hell for quite some time, Nispel's involvement should get things moving forward. Hopefully a new screenwriter will be attached soon. Hit the jump for a synopsis of Hack/Slash.
Here's a description of Hack/Slash:
It's the genre mash up you've always secretly wished for! TEEN SUPERHEROES meets TEEN SLASHER! In suburban New Jersey, a group of teens decide to take on the identities of long forgotten masked vigilantes! But it's not long before the skimpy spandex draws the attention of a knife wielding maniac! Cassie and Vlad must infiltrate the supervillain underground to stop the Super Sidekick Sleepover Slaughter! [Image Comics]


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Bedwetting In Teenagers – How to Get Relief
Bedwetting in Teenagers – How Can This Happen?
A mom of a 16-year-old wanted to thank the treatment team for all their help. Her son located our clinic and urged his mom to call to learn about our bedwetting solution.
Dear Mrs. Moore:
I have an 16 year old son that just successfully completed your bedwetting program. My teenage son had a bed wetting problem all his life and finally took matters into his own hands to stop bedwetting. He found out about your bedwetting clinic and pressured us to call and start this program. I was very apprehensive believing my son would feel ill at ease, but I was pleasantly surprised. Our treatment advisor, Michael, was very professional and my son had absolutely no problem following the bed wetting treatment plan developed for him.
After years of taking enuresis medication pills and using the bed wetting nasal sprays, which had side affects, and still wetting the bed, my son was at his wits end. He was on the internet and easily found your website.
My son kept pushing us until we agreed to make an appointment. Thank God. After 6 months of treatment my son no longer wets the bed. Each month saw an improvement. He has been dry for 5 months and is now looking forward to college. The cost of the program was well worth it and we do not regret making the decision. How can a doctor look a sophomore in high school and tell he will not be wetting the bed when he graduates!
I decided to write this letter so parents with older children did not continue to think nothing can be done because a doctor tells them to wait.
I cannot thank you enough for the help for ending the deep-sleep bed wetting. You are the specialist that really understood his sleep and how it caused the bedwetting.
We worked hand in hand toward the same final goal. My son is confident and pleased that things worked out so well – this is what he hoped for and he was not disappointed with the handling of your program.
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On July 9th, for the people, a label to be introduced further in the near future, held its first creative event at Evergreen Brick Works: SENSELESS
Senseless [sens-lis]
- Stupid or foolish, as persons or actions
Senseless…would've been not picking a venue that channels Toronto's uniqueness, instead recycling the typical options – parks, clubs. Evergreen Brick Works, unconventionally selected for this type of event, is just as rich in offering a raw, dynamic setting as it is in history. Hidden in the Don Valley, this graffiti-painted, brick & beam gem was once the birthplace of the very bricks used to build the Massey Hall and Casa Loma. Fittingly, it became the birthplace of the first for the people event.
"Over the last few years, Talal (of Toronto's Lost Boy/Talal & Zoi) and I had many conversations about organizing a different type of event in Toronto," recalls Asad Zaman, one half of the for the people masterminds. "Last summer's tour through Europe inspired him and Zoi even more. A group of us decided it was time to act."
Senseless…would've been inviting back the same musical talent we see flowing through Toronto every summer, consistently luring in the same crowd, making it all too easy for this to be just another festival to [not] attend. For the people and team found a way to bring locals like Nature of Music (Sudbeat), Nitin (No.19) and Alberto Jossue (WLP) on the same stage as TEED (UK), Tube & Burger (Berlin), Frank & Tony (USA) and Rodriguez Jr (France) to name just a few on the impressive line up.
Senseless…would've been to focus on just the music, to have yet another rave-esque Saturday under the sun, sold out but perhaps missing the point. The organizers consciously chose to avoid the financial appeal and to address the details, the often neglected senses, instead. This was evidenced by the carefully chosen food stands like Leaf + Bone and Penthouse Catering, the SubPac backpacks to help you feel the music vibrate through your bones and the VR booth for those craving an even more immersive experience.
"We've read somewhere that scents like orange and peppermint can actually have a positive impact on club-goers, perhaps making them dance more," laughs Zaman, "we paid attention and partnered up with AromaTech to test this theory out."
Senseless…may have seem the art works carefully curated by a local artist Amal Peerzada. Except…
…Except that Simon Falk's animated visuals were intentionally aligned with the already graffitied Brick Works space, working to transform the hall behind the main stage into a study of colour and shape. "I'm influenced by 80s graphic design, fashion and pop-art," admits Falk. The visuals became the day's favorite backgrounds for selfie takers and photographers alike. Peerzada's own work depicting characters who swim in their heads were on display and further complimented by Shaheer Zazai's projected recordings of intricate patterns created in …Microsoft Word!
"I began this project on Jan 1, 2013, while working at an office day job, frustrated by the boredom of the MS Office applications," admits Zazai. "Yet the restrictions inherent to MS Word provided for a sequence of characters, which when highlighted in different colours, are repeatable and similar in appearance to carpet weaving patterns." The logic behind Zazai's exhibit alone is mind-blowing and warrants a more thorough study.
…Except that for the people team wasn't senseless in the foolish meaning of the word.
"Every festival is seeking to get a reaction from its audience. Many attend events to take their mind off things. Often a full immersive experience is promised and yet you get onsite and there's a candle and a picture of a donkey backing a huge headliner," jokes Zaman. "We thought, why not go all the way? Why not challenge ourselves and push for that full appeal? When all your senses are stimulated, you go into a state of being that we call senseless."
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- A state in which all senses are stimulated, leaving you senseless; July 9, 2016 @ Evergreen Brick Works for the people


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On the 20th November 2017, Dr Denis Smith passed away after finally succumbing to the effects of Alzheimer's.
Denis had been playing music for many forms of folk dancing from as far back as the late 50's contributing to many recordings and influencing many of his fellow musicians. For many years, Denis was the main musician for the Westminster Morris Men and I believe that his music was fundamental in the development of Westminster's high standards and style of dance and without his influence, Westminster would have been a very different team for which they owe a debt of gratitude.
I was fortunate to have known Denis and I have both learnt from, and danced to his unique playing.
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Isn't it a lovely day for a guest post? The rest of this wonderful week while I am honeymooning will be filled with guest posts from some of my favorite gals. Please welcome Molly, from A Piece of Toast. She's here to share a little love about quilling; spoiler alert, it is phenomenal! Take it away, Molly:
Quilling Masterpieces – Perfect for the Holiday Season
A creative coworker recently introduced me to quilling art while we were discussing options for our company's annual Holiday card. I had seen paper masterpieces like these before, but I definitely didn't know there was a name for this type of work, and I definitely didn't know how incredible the possibilities were… All the work you see was created by Yulia Brodskaya, an innovative artist who is world renowned for her artistic talents both in paper and other mediums. Aren't they stunning? As you can see, many of the quilled designs she creates are photographed and used for printed advertisements, magazine covers, etc. Pretty great idea for a Holiday card, right?
Creating Your Own Quilling Masterpiece
If you have a steady hand with an exacto knife and an affinity for labor intensive crafting, quilling might be something you want to explore… Just a quick Google search revealed tons of references for how to create designs. And hey, if crafting isn't your thing, hopefully you can just appreciate the beauty of paper artwork!
{All quilling pieces via Yulia Brodskaya; Top image via}


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With LEONiQ, we have developed an intelligent cable technology that is capable of recording and analysing a wide range of parameters throughout any kind of cable system. LEONiQ provides feedback on the state of the entire system and its controls, and offers recommendations for future development cycles.
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20 Amazing State Parks In Texas That Will Blow You Away
With more than 90 state parks to explore, we have plenty of nature spots to get lost in when we just want to get away from it all. Some of the most traveled state parks are right here in Texas, and I don't blame people for coming long distances to witness the beauty of the Lone Star State for themselves. From the mighty red rocks near Amarillo to the pineywoods of East Texas, here are what we consider to be some of the most amazing state parks in Texas.
Texas is just such a beautiful state; I can't say that enough! Now that summer is almost here, you and your family can take a road trip to some of these beautiful gems throughout the state! Did I leave off any of your favorites? Let us know in the comments!


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Hello stampers and crafters,
My craft table and storage shelf are done! I'm still organizing all my supplies - but that's seems to never end. The table tops are made from sheets of melamine. The shelves or cubicles were ordered from Closetmaid.
I designed the craft table to be quite high - I am fairly tall and wanted to be able to stand at the table and work without being bent over. My chair is adjustable and be used at a standard height or raised up for the craft the table.
The craft table sit on 8 casters. This allows me to move the table around to position it in the best light or push it up against the closet doors when I don't need to get in there. The room is small but the casters allow me to make the best of the space.
The paper storage, ink storage, and shelf are from Stamp n' Storage. I highly recommend their products. I'm hoping to add a few more pieces in the near future.
I am loving my new craft room! Please share your craft room design ideas and organization tips.
Check out my new Etsy shop here, Handmade by Kathie K (the shop name is all one word handmadebykathiek).
Thanks for stopping by. Happy crafting!
Kathie K
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Bottle Cap Boys Dancing On Royal Street
Written by Rita-Williams Garcia
Illustrated by Damian Ward
Tap dancing on sidewalks, especially in the city's French Quarter, is a New Orleans tradition as familiar to some as Jazz, Creole and Cajun food and Mardi Gras. For generations, Black youngsters have danced for tourists on the streets of New Orleans some because they enjoy it, but many others to earn money for their families. Instead of dancing in store bought tap shoes, young boys and girls stamp and grind bottle caps into the soles of their sneakers until the bottle caps stay firmly in place at the toe. And they don't miss a beat! Clickity-clack, Clack......tipity-tap, tap tap......tipity-tap, tap In Bottle Cap Boys Dancing on Royal Street, award-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia introduces two bottle cap dancers, brothers Randy and Rudy. Through rich and upbeat rhyme, Williams-Garcia gives voice to the dancing and the youngsters who keep this unique New Orleans tradition alive. Damian Ward's exuberant illustrations are perfect complements to Williams-Garcia's perfectly pitched poetry.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8; Hardcover: 32 Pages
Rita Williams-Garcia is the celebrated author of many acclaimed books for children and teens. Her most known title, One Crazy Summer received the Coretta Scott King Author Award, the Newbery Honor, and the Scott O Dell Historical Prize for Fiction. Rita is on the faculty of Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA program for writing for children and young adults. She resides in Queens, New York and has two adult daughters. When Rita isn t writing, she is knitting, daydreaming, and boxing. Bottle Cap Boys Dancing on Royal Street is her second picture book.
Gr 2–4—Two African American brothers battle it out in a friendly tap-dancing contest on the sidewalks of New Orleans by attaching bottle caps to the bottoms of their shoes. Williams-Garcia's fluid rhyming text, which includes the staccato onomatopoeia sounds the shoes make ("Clickety-clack-clack, Clickety-clack-clack"), makes this an enjoyable read-aloud or individual read. The boys put down boxes for tips, one for each of them, and begin not only dancing but singing as well. Throughout the performance, it seems as if the brothers are competing, but the last line sums it up happily: "'I'm a bottle cap king! And so is my brother.'" The fun, cartoonlike illustrations present the scenes from a variety of perspectives. Teachers will want to use this book for units on onomatopoeia, tap dancing, New Orleans, or just for plain fun. An author's note at the end provides definitions of culturally significant words like beignet and jambalaya. VERDICT This is an enjoyable romp through the streets of New Orleans with a fun narrative and lively illustrations. A good choice for most picture book collections.—Jennifer Steib Simmons, Anderson County Library, SC
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China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Deputy Chairman Zheng Lizhong (鄭立中) heads to Taipei today after his visits to Chiayi County and Greater Taichung at the head of a Chinese business and agricultural delegation.
Zheng and his delegation will visit the Neihu Technology Park and will meet with former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman Lien Chan (連戰) in Taipei, said the trip's organizers, the non-profit National Policy Foundation.
The group will also visit tea and bamboo plantations in New Taipei City (新北市) and fishery processing plants in Keelung, the foundation said.
The group is scheduled to tour a tea plantation and a tea factory in Taoyuan County on Monday before heading home later that day, the foundation said.
In the south, the group was looking for areas of -cooperation with small and medium-sized businesses and agricultural enterprises.
Zheng said on Wednesday that China was prepared to institute massive long-term procurement programs to help ease the financial woes of Taiwanese farmers, who have been hurt by falling produce prices and market gluts.
Another visiting Chinese official, Shandong Governor Jiang Daming (姜大明), also said on Wednesday that his province would purchase 5,000 tonnes of bananas from Taiwan this season.
Jiang, who is leading a Shandong business promotion delegation on a visit to Greater Taichung, met yesterday with Taichung Deputy Mayor Hsiao Chia-chi (蕭家旗), who also urged them to buy some of the city's fruit and flowers.
Hsiao particularly mentioned Taichung's lychees and the Flaming lily, a flower species that is rare in Shandong.


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WWE Hall Of Famer Road Warrior Animal recently spoke to Hannibal TV to talk about his former tag team partner Hawk's death, their friendship, and much more. You can read the highlights below:
How he found out about Hawk's death:
"Well, I was actually vacuuming my pool and the phone rang. I thought Hawk was doing really good, and it's my buddy Bob on the phone. 'I said hey Bobby how you dong?' He said 'Hey you talk to Mike today? Hawk?' I said 'No, why?' He said 'Has anybody called you today?' I said 'No why? It's Saturday, it's the day off, why would anybody call me?' He said 'Joe, Mike died last night.' I said 'What?' 'Yeah he died,' he said. I sat down on the steps of my deck, man, and I cried like a baby. I said man not only did I lose my partner in wrestling, I lost a brother and I lost a friend. As messed up as he was, I loved the guy. I was a proud man to say that. Hawk and I were like glue stuck to each other, made a lot of money together, to this day we're still touted as the number one tag team ever in wrestling. Even with the new guys. And that said something for what we did. He died and it was like someone took a stake and drove it through my heart. It was bad man, it was a bad time. I heard that there was some kind of medicine on the table, I don't know what it was. I know he was moving his wife, they had a condo on the beach and they kept getting pelted by sand or a storm, so he wanted to move into a house. He moved and he wanted to move all the heavy stuff so his wife wouldn't have to lift it. He goes 'Honey I'm going to go and lay down for a little bit. My back is sore, let me rest for three hours then get me up so I can finish.' She was there to wake him up at three o'clock but Hawk was gone. That was it."
The cause of death:
"They said heart failure, yeah. I think his heart was worse than he was telling me and it was only a matter of time when he got diagnosed. In Australia, when he had his heart problem, I thought it was a matter of time. Once he got the green light and they told him he was healthy he went right back. You can't do that, not with a bad heart."
His best memory of Hawk:
"Man the greatest memory of Hawk, that's a tough one. I got a lot of funny ones, I got a lot of good serious ones. I remember Hawk doing the war games, being the last guy in and literally knocking out Arn Anderson, Tony Blanchard and Lex Lugar with three clotheslines. Bam, bam, bam and all three are laid out. Cause Hawk was waiting, five guys go in at two minutes at a time, and Hawk was the last guy who had to wait literally 30 minutes to get into the ring. It was like a ticking time bomb. That was a pretty good one. Another one man, greatest moments of all, just the way he never had any kids of his own but he was great with my kids. He always thought of my kids as his kids. My son James was in high school and was becoming a stud football - Hawk was as proud as I was. My son Joe, playing hockey and my daughter Jessica, he was proud of all my kids man."
If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit Hannibal TV with an H/T to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.
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"Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster," [Galatians 3:24-25, KJV]
"So that the law is become our tutor to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But now faith that is come, we are no longer under a tutor," [Galatians 3:24-25]
The nature of law is to divide. Black and white, good and bad, and right and wrong are all defined by law. The interpretation of law can only be clearly defined by God. God is completely Good and is forever unchanging –and His very Nature is Good, therefore He is the only qualified Person to determine right and wrong. When man makes laws, there is always be a tendency to make more and more laws so long as the interpretation of law is determined by man instead of God. Interpretations of right and wrong change when man makes good and evil relative to events of the day. The Scriptures clearly state: "We know that law is good if one uses it properly. We know that law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious…" [1 Timothy 1:8-9]. Ideally, Christians should never need external laws, because they have God's Nature within them; laws are made for lawbreakers. But the purpose of God's Law in the Old was to divide. He gave His Law because people had wandered so far from His Truth that He needed to explain to them the difference between holiness (His Nature) and sinfulness (the nature of a fallen world). Romans 3:20 says: "Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin." God's Law explains the Nature of God to fallen, sinful people. And God did this to help us, that we might come to the realize that we have no hope of avoiding God's Just Judgment –unless there is a possibility to appeal to the mercy of God. So people who realize their own capacity to sin put their hope in faith that God will be merciful because they hate their own fleshly nature and desire to please God –even if they are helpless to do so. The Law was given to teach us that we desperately need God's help; we need grace –which only God Himself can provide.
In Galatians, chapter 3, verses 24 and 25, we are told that the Law of God was given to "supervise" us until we could reach maturity by grace through faith. The KJV uses the word "schoolmaster" while the NIV says "supervision" but the actual word is "Paidagogos" which means "child leader." The Greeks and Romans would often choose a trustworthy male slave who was charged with the duty of supervising the life and morals of upper class boys in a household. The slave would be a tutor, guardian and guide for these boys. They were usually not even allowed to step out of the house without the guardian until the boys reached adulthood. Now that this grace has come, all Christians are no longer under the supervision of Law. There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. And we no longer need to divide the world into black and white and fear God's condemnation. Rather, we are free from Law and are charged to lead others into His marvelous grace. And grace does not disappoint us; it empowers us to be good by God's Spirit. This is not to say that there is no longer a right and a wrong –it means that we are no longer part of the wrong and we are being transformed continually into the right. The very Nature of God is changing our nature to be like His. And He delights in His children who love the Nature of His grace.
And as we approach God's throne, our new nature seeks to bring God's Light into the dark places of this world –that others might experience the amazing freedom of God's grace. Pray for grace to prevail in the lives of those around you so that others would not remain condemned but find the wonderful grace that sets captive free. When the Son sets you free, you are free indeed!
Pray with confidence,


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