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The Strathallan's Arrival
Contemporary reports of the Strathallan's arrival and the number of
passengers who disembarked at Timaru are conflicting, and an examination
of the original passenger list reveals that several alterations were made.
The Lyttelton Times, in recording the arrival of the vessel at Lyttelton on
21 January 1859, stated that several passengers did not disembark at Timaru,
as intended, but continued the voyage to Lyttelton. Among these were
Enoch Barker, his wife and two children, and John McDonald and his wife.
Some children who disembarked at Timaru are not included in any published
passenger list.
An account of the vessel's arrival, as told by an eyewitness, Charles Black,
who carried the news to Lyttelton, stated that the Strathallan arrived off Timaru
on Friday, 14 January 1859, and dropped anchor about three miles out because
a boisterous southerly was blowing. This had abated sufficiently by Sunday,
16 January, to allow some of the passengers to disembark. Disembarkation was
completed by Monday, 17 January, and the Strathallan sailed for Lyttelton that
evening, taking four days to make the journey along the coast.
Among the Strathallan's passengers were some immigrants who had been
unable to join their own ship because of illness and had been left behind.
They were not included in the passenger list because their passages had already
been paid as immigrants and debited against the ship in which they should
have travelled.
The following is a reasonably accurate list of those who disembarked at
Timaru, compiled from the ship's papers:—
Berrill, William, and his wife Abigail
Brodie, James, and his wife Mary
Butterworth, William, and his wife Emma
Cairns, William John, his wife Elizabeth, and their son Robert S.
Double, William, and his wife Sarah, and their six children, Caroline, Emily,
Ann Maria, Elizabeth Ann, Amos and William Daniel
Exley, Harpin, his wife Susan, and their son Albert
Gibson, James, his wife Margaret, and their four children, James, Alexander,
Rebecca A. and Margaret
Gibson,. John, and his wife Sarah
Gordon, George, his wife Christina, and their six children, John, William,
Christina, Charles, Catherine and Elizabeth
Hammond, John, his wife Mary, and their son Robert
Hornsby, Thomas, and his wife Ann
Hayes (four children travelling with Hornsby and his wife), George
William, David, Thomas and Margaret
Jones, William, his wife Sarah, and their daughter Ann
Kohn, Frederick, his wife Catherine, and their daughter Mary
Kennedy, Charles, and his wife Margaret
Mackay, Robert, his wife Bell, and their four children, Robina., Ann,
Alexander and Christina
Padgett, William, his wife Martha, and an infant
Patterson, Thomas, and his wife Margaret
Reed, Robert, and his wife Mary Ann
Scarf, William, his wife Letitia, and their children, William and Letitia
Scarf, Robert, and his wife Jane
Stranks, William, and his wife Matilda
Ward, John, his wife Ellen, and their children, Elizabeth and William
Ward, Robert, his wife Elizabeth, and their daughter Catherine
Wade, Richard, and his wife Emma
Wilson, John, his wife Elizabeth, and their three children, Valentine, E.,
and Mary Ann
Young, Albert, his wife Emma, and their two children, Emma and Louisa
The single men were:—
Henry Butcher, Edward Jesson, John Pollock
James Blythe, James Lumsden, John Stewart
John Clark, John Manchester, Charles Smith
John Chapman, George Manchester, Thomas White
Richard Champion, William Murray
Francis Harrison and James Proudfoot
The single women were:- Isabella Chapman, Isabella Hayes
The Lyttelton Times recorded that H. Healey, his wife, and their child
disembarked at Timaru.
THIS RECORD of the voyage of the Strathallan was extracted from a diary kept
by J. T. Morris, who did not disembark at Timaru but returned there from
Lyttelton and became a popular figure in the town.
OCTOBER 12th 1859
12. Started at last. Man overboard.
13. Went ashore at Gravesend with E . Mustered on the poop, and was
made captain of No. 27 mess. Prayer meetings on board.
14. Towed down to the Nore. Cast anchor off Ramsgate. Weighed again at
5 p.m. Saw the comet.
15. Off Deal. Up anchor again 3 a.m. Wet foggy morning. Poor grub.
Anchored again at 12 a.m., Deal. Preserved meat and potatoes. Plenty of
bumboats alongside. Porpoises. French coast in sight. Fine day. Made sail
at 8 p.m. Passed Foreland.
16. Beachy Head at 7 a.m. Isle of Wight in the evening. Serving out stores
all day.
17. French coast in the morning. Off Cape la Hogue. All hands making
puddings. Dark wintry night. Sea rising. Ship going well.
18. Sea higher. Ship going well. Commenced serving out water. ' Bay of
Biscay 0! ' Sick. Pitch and toss. Heavy sea all night. All in motion.
19. Sea as high as the maintop. Rain and cold. Much sickness on board.
Pig fell down the main hatch. Chaffinch followed us from Beechy Head.
Through the Bay. All right again.
20. Ship going well. Studding sails set. Shoals of porpoises.
21. Becalmed all day. Starling came on board, and a hawk. Several whales
about the ship. Another pig down the main hatch.
22. Dead calm still. A woman died this morning. Funeral at half-past 4. Stiff
breeze all night.
23. Puffy breeze all the morning, then calm. Ship's newspaper read after dinner.
24 (Sunday). Breeze during the morning. Passed the Joshua and Mary of
London. A child died this afternoon.
25. Funeral this morning. Dull heavy weather. Continually close hauled.
27.27 lat. today.
26. Close hauled. No progress. Heavy sea all last night, broke the cabin
windows. Very heavy weather; shipping a great deal of water.
27. Fine morning. Becalmed, looking out for the Trades. A song below at
night till 12. Trades expected.
28. Fag end of the trade winds. Trades at last! First warmth of sun.
29. Favourable. Sun warmer, light wind.
30. Similar weather.
31 (Sunday). First fine Sunday. Sun warm; sea smooth; wind fair. Dinner
and tea on the forecastle. Very pleasant day altogether.
1. Fine day. Wrote for minister. Steward and boy fought. Our steward and
boy came sleeping with us.
2. Fine day. Flying fish seen, also waterspout. Concert on deck in the evening.
3 and 4. Light winds. No progress.
5. The Trades at last, at 2 in the afternoon. Going well. Saw flying fish.
6. Going well. Lots of flying fish. Dance on deck in the evening.
7 (Sunday). Splendid weather. Flying fish came on the poop. Several nautilus
seen. Ship very lousy. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon passed the Pierre la Grande
of Dunkeyen from Bordeaux for the Brazils.
8. No sun. Fine breeze. Ship going well. Aired bedding. Dance on deck.
9. All well. Squall of wind and rain. Much lightning at night.
10. Wet. Buckley and Tobin fought. Becalmed all day. Shoal of fish blowing
alongside after dark.
11. Becalmed. A large ship in sight all day and yesterday. Lunar rainbow at
8 o'clock at night. Breaking out stores all day - the hottest job that I ever had.
Becalmed all day. The ship still in sight. A squall of wind and rain at
7 p.m. and then becalmed again. Dreadful rain all night; the ship flooded.
13. The same sort of weather. The ship in sight still. Fish jumping all round.
Becalmed nearly all day. Rain at intervals.
14. Becalmed still. Ship still in sight. Very hot. Sharks' fins in sight. A shark
came on the port side and went away aft, and after smelling the bait went away
ahead. The first mate got down on the guys of the martingale, and dropping the
bait the shark presently came back and took it. Landed it on the main deck
and cut it up. It proved to be about a year old.
15. Shark for breakfast fried in butter. Shark for tea stewed in vinegar. Very
light winds all day. Ship still in sight. Breeze in the evening.
16. Pickles sent to prison for 12 hours. The 30th day since we saw land.
Ship going better. Leaping and games on deck. Lay on forecastle at night till
rain caused a retreat.
17. Ship going well at last. Sailing close-hauled. Dancing and singing at
night. South-east trades.
18. Ship going well. School of whales at 2 in the afternoon. Crossed the Line
between 2 and 3. Neptune came on board in the evening. Pumps rigged; all
hands pumped on. Plenty of grog in forecastle with sailors; all singing and jolly.
19. Ship going well. Ten knots an hour. Fine day and all well.
20. Mrs Kohn's child died this morning. Funeral at half-past 4. A ship right
ahead of us at half-past 11 in the morning. We are in chase of her.
21. Ship still ahead, but we have gained a few miles on her by noon. Fore
stun'sail set and main top-gallant. Going from 10 to 12 knots.
22. Lost the ship in the dark last night, after chasing her between four and
five hundred miles.
23. Mrs Padget had a child at 3 this morning. Abreast of St Helena at
mid-day. Between 15 and 16 south lat.
24. 4 doz. shirts, 18 pairs of trousers, etc., etc., lost. A general search among
the boxes, but no result. 20 degree south at 12. Looking out all night for
25. Large shark swimming round the ship. Stiff breeze.
26. Blowing stiff all the evening and night. Clewed up the royals, etc. First
mate knocked a cabin passenger down on the poop.
27. Strong breeze. Gus B- washed shirts, etc., and the wind blew them all
to pieces.
28. Fine weather.
29. Two ships in sight, the first since the 21st. Becalmed all day. Whales
blowing about the ship. Five mile walking match on the poop.
30. The Julia, 52 days out from Callao for Liverpool and Cork, in sight this
morning. At 8 a.m. the ship 10 miles off. A boat put off and came alongside
a little after 10. Left again a little after 12, with letters and some tar, twine, etc.
Becalmed all day, the sea as smooth as a sheet of glass. Saw a large sun fish.
About the hottest day we have had.
1. Gentle wind. Rather cooler. Going from four to five knots with the breeze
right aft. Shoal of porpoises. The first mate tried to harpoon one but failed.
In the latitude of the Cape at last.
2. Fresh breeze on the starboard quarter. Ship going 9 to 11 knots. The lacing
rope of the fore-topmast-staysails carried away. 12 o'clock: 36 deg. lat. S., 27
deg. long. W. Several large albatrosses in sight.
3. Albatrosses, Cape pigeons, etc., in sight. Fishing for them. No go. Becalmed
all the morning. The King Phillip, of London, for Bombay with between five
and six hundred troops, which was in sight all day yesterday, came alongside
of us in the afternoon and a race ensued, but she left us before dark. The men
cheered us for several hours, and the bugler played ' Home Sweet Home ', and
' Cheer Boys, Cheer '. Stun'sails below and aloft, but she left us behind. She
sailed three days before us.
4. Stiff breeze. Plenty of sail on. Ship going before the wind from 10 up to
13 knots. The water rising under the bows like a great plume of white feathers.
Main-top-gallant yard-arm carried away.
5. Strong gale, beginning last night at about 10. At twelve the rolling yard of
the main-topsail broke off at the end, the whole ship giving a tremendous lurch,
and throwing boxes, pots, etc., in every direction. At 7 in the morning while
hauling in the haulyards on the poop we shipped a sea up the whole of the
starboard side, the ship lying right over on the water, carrying away everything
loose on deck, and flooding the whole of the 'tween decks a foot deep in water.
Took in sail and drove before it, the wind blowing fearfully and the sea rolling
in perfect mountains. Ship rolling frightfully, and shipping water every few
moments. About 8 it began to abate and we were again enabled to set the
foresail, and thank God the worst of it was over. Driven by it 270 miles, going
sometimes nearly 13 knots.
6. Heavy sea still rolling, but not so much wind. Went below to get things to
rights in the hold. All in a mess among the stores. Shooting albatross on the
poop in the afternoon. Going over 12 knots all the evening. Splendid sailing.
7. Fine morning. Ship all right. Sighted the Island of St Antonio in the night.
Concert at night and grand chorus in bed.
8. Wet morning. Ship went as high as 13 knots at some time during the past
night. Said to have run 324 miles yesterday in the 24 hours. Doubtful. Started
a new band in the evening. Ship rolling very much. About the longitude of the
Cape and about 45 south.
9. Light winds. Ship rolling dreadfully. Sailor Jack knocked the boatswain
down. Single men's band on deck in the evening. Fight between Clark and
Jim the sailor.
10. The ship still rolling dreadfully. Wind gradually falling. Supposed to be
6,500 miles from port yesterday morning.
11. Mrs Bishop's child died last night. The cabin steward went into the hospital
on Thursday. Row between the captain and boatswain; between the boatswain
and little Jimmy the sailor and general quarrelling. Child buried between 12
and 1. Heavy seas during the service. Dreadful weather all day till midnight,
then it gradually broke off. The second stormy day. Thank God for its
12 (Sunday). Fine day with good breeze. Ship going well. Sermon on the
forecastle ladder.
13. Stiff breeze. Ship going up to 14 knots, over 300 miles in the day. The best
sailing since we started.
14. Another day's fine sailing. Hospital cleared out.
15. Calm gentle wind. Shoal of porpoises alongside. Mrs Abbott's child died
at 9 p.m. Ship close hauled; right over on her side. Strong wind. 10 p.m.,
13 1/2 knots.
17. Awful weather all night, the sea breaking right up the rigging. Rain in the
morning. Wet through with hauling ropes on deck. The first mate going to put
Cameron the sailor in irons.
18. Wind right aft. Ship rolling heavily all day. Patches of sea weed floating
past all day. Porpoises about.
19 (Sunday). Fine morning. Ship going well. Blackfish about the ship. Cold,
rain and snow. Look out for land. Kerguelen's Land (or Crozets) half-past
three on the starboard side. There is a doubt as to which it is. Heavy squalls
of wind and rain from E. by N. Hard work to keep the ship off. Waves washing
over her and our side under water. Flying jib carried away, off the rocks.
Lot of ducks flew off the island; ragged looking fellows.
20. Getting out a new flying jib. Starboard fore stun'sail boom carried away.
Rigged the main ditto in its place. More sea weed. Sleep on the forecastle.
Looking out for more land.
21. The longest day with us. Fine morning, then storm of snow and hail. The
boom rigged yesterday snapped off in the middle. Mended concertina. Band
22. A barrel of flour and box of raisins given to the passengers for their
Christmas box on the quarterdeck. Ship going well.
23. Ship going splendidly, and from 10 to above 14 knots an hour. 72 east at
24. Another stormy day. Shipping water every moment. One sea filled the ,
whole belly of the mainsail and then plumped down the main hatchway.
Mr. Double's child died this afternoon and was buried directly afterwards.
Wind fell off about 8 p.m. Ship rolling fearfully. Southern lights, or Aurora
Australis very plain after dark.
25 (Saturday, Christmas Day). Fine day. Splendid weather. Shiny, cool and
pleasant. Ship going well. Two children christened this morning. One called
William Strathallan Padget and the other Strathallan Hayes. Plenty of plum
duffs on board. Sailors all drunk and fighting. Blue murder. Hurrah!
26 (Sunday). Queer. No how. All wrong. Too soon after Christmas.
27. Fine morning. Another stun'sail boom carried away during last night
Ship rolling very heavily all night and this morning. Snow at midday. Another
boom carried away this afternoon. Rough weather. Heavy hail and snow at
intervals during the night. Manchester's phot. stolen.
28. Snow this morning. Bitter cold. More heavy snow and hail. The boatswain
29. Clearing out under the forecastle. Snow and cold.
30. Nearly a calm. Curious piece of sea weed floated past. Good breeze in
evening and all night.
31. Ship going tremendously all day. Half-past 6 p.m. main-topmast stun'sail
carried away. The last day of the old year. At midnight the ship's bells rang
for a quarter of an hour, after which a concert of pots and pans kept up a chorus
until the captain brought out the rum bottle. Heavy sea. Water coming
on the drummer.
1st, 1859. Strong wind all day. Sea rising. Mrs Brightmore, the mad woman
brought down to the single men's hospital at night. Mutiny and rebellion.
ladder taken down and the devil to pay.
2 (Sunday). Another stormy day. Wind blowing, sea rolling. Main topgallant
sheet chain carried away. Child died this afternoon. Wind fell about 8 p.m.
Ship rolling all night.
3. Beautiful morning. Sunshine. Smooth sea. Very little wind. Child buried
this morning. All hands sorting out boxes for Timaru.
4. Light wind all day. Row between old Pickles and young Everett.
5. Wakeful last night. Went on deck. Curious appearances like balls of fire
floating past every moment in the dark. Breeze all day.
6. Dreadfully rough day. The wind nearly ahead. The sea breaking over every
moment from 9 in the morning until 4 in the morning of the 7th. Mrs Brightmore
died in the afternoon, and was buried directly afterwards. Land birds about the
ship. Wet through in the afternoon from two seas that came on board.
7. Almost a dead calm. Serving out stores. Half the usual quantity for those
going to Timaru.
8. Both anchor chains up and bent on. The steward knocked off by the captain's
orders one day this week. Pumping ship in the evening.
9 (Sunday). Light winds. Very little progress. Row between B. and R.
R. tried to cut B. down with a scraper. A watch kept below all night for fear
of R. assaulting B. in his sleep.
10. Light wind. The ship going no how. The cat-fall hove ready for the
anchors. Studding-sail booms all taken in. Looking out for the land. Breeze
right ahead. Seven points off her course. A shoal of large fish in sight extending
for more than ten miles, blowing every moment. No land in sight yet.
11. Nearly a head wind with heavy fog. No seeing above half a mile. Half
week's allowance of rations for Timaru people. Caught a large mohawk, as
large as a fine goose, and turned it loose on deck. Got the anchors over the side
and got more chain up. Put the ship about at 8 p.m.
12. Cold, misty, wet morning. Struck the bell at 6 a.m. All hands looking out
for land. Faint appearance of land at different times during the day. Wind
falling, dead calm in the evening.
13. Studding sails set again. Land on the port bow about 11 a.m., between 30
and 40 miles distant. NEW ZEALAND! 35 miles from land at noon. 2 p.m., mist
and light rain, land down again. 3 p.m., chains of high mountains on the port
bow. Land continually rising ahead. 4 p.m., more very high mountains just
rising. Long, being made fast in the fore rigging, drew his knife and threatened
to stab little Jimmy the sailor.
14. Ten thousand mountains towering far above the clouds, some of them
covered with eternal snow, but all barren and desolate, not a sign of human
being or human works. Thousands of little red lobsters the size of shrimps, and
jelly star fish. One of each caught. Gnats, butterflies, and dragonflies flying
about at 9 a.m. All the studding sails set at night. 6 a.m., sailing under closereefed
fore and main topsails and standing jib. Half-past eight, more sail again.
Half-past ten, made signal for a pilot. More mountains, the high ones crowned
with snow. A point ahead which we are trying to round. Heavy tide running
in-shore. Our cake stolen.
TIMARU AT LAST! Five houses in sight. A boat comes off with six men. They
come on board and the boat is smashed against the side. Spanish Joe, the sailor,
gets a ducking in slinging the boat for lifting. Shoals of porpoises round the
ship. Riding with one anchor and a gale of wind blowing. Sent down all the
royal yards. No accommodation for the immigrants A queer look out! The
water since the morning of the 12th of a brilliant green. Several of the
immigrants engaged. One short ale is 2s 6d per bottle, rum 9d a glass, tobacco
4s 6d a pound, a sheep for Ł1 or Ł1 5s.
15. The wind took off in the night and freshened again this morning. Another
boat came alongside last night at 12 with seven men to look after the others.
Very cold wind. Ship rolling all day in the ground swell. Served out provisions
today for full week for Lyttelton; two days for Timaru. Boat left at half-past
4 p.m.
16 (Sunday). Boat came alongside at 6 a.m. with seven men, bringing off a
live sheep, a leg of mutton and some grog. Hove the anchor chain straight up
and down before 8 a.m. Old Jimmy pitched into the black cook and the
boatswain followed suit. All in confusion. Beautiful morning, warm sun.
Made sail and stood further in and anchored in 9 fathoms. The boatswain went
on to the poop and made a noise and got put into irons. Had fresh mutton for
dinner in the forecastle. Radishes and new potatoes brought on board.
Commenced landing passengers.
17. Finished landing passengers.
This description of the arrival was written by J. A. Young who afterwards
lived at Winchester:—
' We arrived off Timaru on January 14th, 1859, and lay off a good distance
from the shore. The first persons to come on board were Mr. Woollcombe,
Captain Cain, and old Sam Williams. Their boat was made fast so that it got
under the stern of our ship and was broken. Mr. Woollcombe came into the
cabin and asked me where the captain was. I called the captain and he brought
out his papers. I wondered who this man was. I saw another (Captain Cain
this was) standing outside, and I went and asked him who the man inside was,
and he said it was the Resident Magistrate. Well, I thought to myself, if that
is the Resident Magistrate, we have come to a queer place. It was his dress that
amused me. He wore a blue serge jumper, moleskin trousers tied at the knee
and turned up at the bottom, and heavy Cookham boots yellow to the top with
clay. I learned afterwards that he had been building a cob whare, and had been
puddling the clay by tramping it. The next boat brought two sheep for the cabin
from Mr Rhodes. . . . There were plenty of vegetables for those who landed on
the first day. Myself, wife and two children landed by the last boat but one,
and we found that those who had landed before us had had the best of the good
things provided. Strong Work Morrison was the steer-oarsman of the boat we
came ashore in. As soon as we landed we looked for quarters and found that
the only place unoccupied was Mr Rhodes's shed for storing wool. I went up
two or three tiers of bales, and selected the top of two bales. We fixed up a
screen of shawls and blankets and made ourselves as comfortable as we could.
As soon as a stir was made next morning I looked over the top of our screen at
the scene below. What a sight! There were men in from the bush to welcome
us, with buckets of port wine and rum, and they were ladling it out in pannikins
to anyone who would partake of it.'
Here is Young's description of Timaru:-
' There were only four or five houses in the place, which was all covered with
native tussock. Sam Williams had an accommodation house on the beach, near
the wool shed, and they were then adding to a lean-to which had a licence
(which is now the Royal Hotel) .. . . Captain Cain was living in a cob house on
the hillside, where Turnbull and Co.'s brick store is, at the back of Mee's office.
Dr Butler had a small one-roomed house at the back of what is now the
Crown Hotel.'
From "South Canterbury - A record of Settlement" by O.A.Gillespie 1958


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Motor Vehicle Accidents
Motor vehicle accidents caused by the negligent operating of a motor vehicle resulting in personal injury are actionable. There are many types of motor vehicle accidents from fender benders, high speed crashes, traffic light accidents, slipping and sliding due to inclement weather, ice or snow.
As a result of New Jersey's motor vehicle laws, not every injury sustained in a motor vehicle accident is compensable and for the most part, the decision of compensability in the first instance is made by the selection that the motor vehicle owner makes when purchasing motor vehicle insurance. A motor vehicle owner can purchase a policy with or without a verbal threshold sometimes called limitation of lawsuit option. No threshold is sometimes called the no threshold option. A selection of the verbal threshold will limit recovery in certain types of personal injury cases. In verbal threshold cases, there must be displaced fractures, significant disfigurement or scarring or permanent injury which is an injury that has not healed. There are certain exceptions to the verbal threshold limitation such as if the other vehicle is a commercial vehicle. Verbal threshold cases require the filing of a certificate by a physician that permanent injury is sustained.
Pedestrian Accidents
Pedestrians have the right to expect that motor vehicles will yield to pedestrians in crosswalks, obeying traffic signals, lawful traveling in or about construction sites, walking in public right of ways, parks and fields. Depending on the insurance coverage of the pedestrian's household, the verbal threshold may apply.


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I manage a DJ/Entertainment business and for a while I avoided the "Promote" feature just like I did the "Instant Match"...because I do not like having someone/thing other than me in control of my money. But since I have seen little results from the traditional way of responding to a client job (this is a whole other issue I want to address with Thumbtack) then I guess I will Promote. After trying Promote it appears that even though I have set my price estimates for certain jobs I'm still getting leads for clients who list their budget WAY below my price estimate. How is this considered a good lead and why should I pay for that? If the client has to list their budget then why can't that be part of the criteria that qualifies them to be matched with my business? I'm ok with paying for leads if their budget matches my price estimate or is at least near it but that is not the case, not to mention the cost per lead is already pretty high. Honestly, I feel that if I continue to use Promote I'm going to be broke in a month.
@MR I'm a DJ service pro in AZ. Been using TT for about 10 years now. I'm right there with you. I've made that same suggestion multiple times over the years along with many other suggestions multiple times over the years. What's been done with those suggestions I've made is beyond me to the point I've given up making any more suggestions. TT listens really well to their service pros. They just don't hear us!
I 'm a DJ service Pro in Florida, and been on Thumbtack for almost a year and a half. Myself, @Hankster and many other Pros have given our suggestions and ideas for improving Promote for several months now. There have been a few threads recently asking for our input, but I'm not going to repeat all of my suggestions/ideas here because repitition is frowned upon here.
Just like you, I do NOT like having someone/thing control my money and how it's spent. I want to see everything ahead of time, but some Pros don't care how much they spend. As for Promote, I've tried it a couple of times, being charged for conversation starters has become ridiculous. Last time I tried it was about month ago at the advice of a rep via phone who wanted to help and show me that Promote will work. Well, I had nothing! Even she was surprised, because I did everything this rep asked me to do and more. So with that said, she agreed that I keep Promote on pause, where I was having alot of success. Then middle of last week, the local jobs stopped coming in the jobs tab.
Anyway, I've also noticed customers' budgets are WAY under my fees. We can't control that, but do we accept 4 hour DJ jobs for under $300, if lead cost is between $25-$40, travel time, and anything else we may need to purchase( gobo, props, etc). How much is left for us to make a profit? Not much. That is one reason I need to see everything ahead of time before I decide on sending a quote. What is hard for them(not the moderators because someone else brainstormed Promote) to understand?
Hopefully the past suggestions/ideas for improving Promote will be implemented very soon. I'm more than frustrated with their thread mentioning improvements, where in actuallity, some of the improvements have taken away very helpful tools.
Excellent point @DJStevie! I just got a DJ lead in the Jobs tab today for a 5 hour Wedding event. Her budget? $100. That's not a typo! The cost for this lead was $32.98. I'd be happy to show the moderators this job lead. I declined the lead naturally. I don't blame the lead at all. They have no clue what a DJ service charges. I blame Thumbtack for not educating their customer on what it would cost for a DJ service. I mean after all Thumbtack tailors everything to their customers forgetting of course that we the service pro are also their customer & deserve the same respect. Your competitor who I won't name does that EVERY TIME a lead submits a request. It should read something like this:
DJ | Wedding, Guests: 25-50 , Private Residence
The leads name, city, state & zip code of where the event will be
Average value: $425-600
How hard is this simple change to implement? Thumbtack has been in business for 10 years now! Why has this never been done? Let's get this right & educate your customers! Maybe then we the service pro who again are also your customers will start to see better quality leads come our way!
@ProfoundEnt thanks for starting this discussion. I hear you that it can be frustrating to list your prices to then have customers reach out with a much lower price in their mind. I'll be making sure to pass on your feedback that you feel the customer should enter their spending limit and see pros within that range if any.
Sorry to be repetitive here on this thread but the lead needs to see what the average value of a service pro is @Kameron That to me would elimnate a lot of the ridiculously low budgets that we see from leads on a consistent basis in the Jobs tab. These same leads use Promote. I want to make money. Not give my business away! At least one of the other lead services out there provides that to their customers which I've already included on a previous post on this same thread.
Great idea!! I've seen that on 2 other platforms and it works great!! If customers saw that, as we see their budget line, it would help to weed out all those ridiculously low budgets.


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Mozambique Accommodation
Holiday Packages
Places in Inhambane
Inhambane is located in southern Mozambique and it is 470 km northeast of Maputo the capital city. Inhambane means the place of the friendly people. This town is one of the oldest towns in this part of Mozambique and goes back to the Portuguese in the 16th Century. Inhambane has the most beautiful beaches with salt water mangroves, coconut palm groves and its characteristic cashew trees.Mozambique
The one place which is worth a visit is Linga Linga Nature Reserve which was also a whaling station. The reserve is now the last place for the rare aquatic mammal called the Dugong and the only way to see it is by dhow or a short boat ride.
Activities include walks to see the many old Portuguese colonial buildings in the town of Inhambane as well as having a look at the craft markets with lovely crafts such as straw baskets and mats.There are other attractions which are the Inhambane museum with all the interesting historical facts about Mozambique. Scuba diving where you can dive with whale sharks, the giants manta rays and turtles is particularly popular in locations such as Manta Reef and Gallaria. Inhambane accommodation is available in the form of lodges and resorts.
See below for Inhambane accommodation in Mozambique.
Inhambane Coastline : Inhambane
Casa do Capitao, Inhambane, MozambiqueAt this Mozambique hotel in Inhambane you can enjoy a great location on the lagoon near city highlights, but also access a stunning beach club on Barra Beach for exciting water sports


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Open the documentary treasure chest with us on Tuesday, February 28, 5:00–7:00 at the Powell Branch as we dive into the digitized newspapers of long ago in our "Historical Knoxville News-Sentinel" workshop. Space is limited to the first 10 people to register, so call 865-215-8700 today to save your spot.
Explore history and search for family and friends in full-page images scanned from the historical microfilms of the Knoxville News-Sentinel (1922–1990). The workshop will also cover ProQuest Historical Newspapers such as Atlanta Constitution (1868–1984), Chicago Defender (1909–1975), New York Times (1851–2012), and more. We'll show you how to compose and refine effective searches, browse by date, save and print articles.
This hands-on workshop with our new mobile computer lab uses tablet/laptop hybrid convertibles. There is a compact keyboard, and you can choose to use a mouse, touchpad, or the touchscreen interface.
While we hope everyone's use of the newspapers will be accommodated, the Internet connection might become slow during the evening and we might have to limit our traffic. Even so, we expect that you will learn something about digitized newspapers that will help you continue your research any time, any place, with your Knox County Public Library card.


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Dawn Breakers International Film Festival
You are invited to attend a unique and historical event – the first traveling international Baha'i film festival.
The Dawn Breakers International Film Festival will take place (in conjunction with the conferences)
TAKE 2 – Grand Canyon: Saturday, December 27th and Sunday December 28th at 2 p.m
TAKE 1 – San Diego DAL: Saturday, November 29th
Learn more @ http://www.kdkfactory.com/dbiff/
-Are you a filmmaker? SUBMIT your film.
-The festival is open to everyone, so invite your friends.


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Crackdown Residual Insecticide
Crackdown Residual Insecticide
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Product Description
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- Very fast knockdown and kill
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- Biodegradable
- Effective indoors and outdoors
- Works on porous and non-porous surfaces
- Easy to mix
- Contains piperonyl butoxide, which assists in overcoming certain types of insecticide resistance
Use & Safety
Application rates and deliverySafety instructions
- Avoid contact with food, utensils or kitchen surfaces
- Remove or cover all exposed foodstuffs
- After use thoroughly ventilate treated area
- Clean up thoroughly before processing/serving resumes
- Form a pre-mix of the product with an equal volume of water.
- Stir thoroughly.
- Add to spray tank and dilute with remaining amount of water.
- Agitate thoroughly.
- Do not store diluted insecticide.
- Prepare a fresh solution as necessary.
Rate of Application
- Initial treatments: 150 ml
- Maintenance treatments: 75 ml
- Apply as soon as an infestation is identified.
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BROOKLYN/STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Realtors and other business people seeking stronger ties to international commerce were drawn to the 10th Annual Global Real Estate Summit & Expo, held Sept. 15 in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Co-hosted by the Staten Island Board of Realtors® (SIBOR) and the Brooklyn Real Estate Board, this year's gathering attracted hundreds of attendees to the Dyker Beach Golf Course, where the Summit was held in a borough other than Staten Island for the first time in its 10-year history.
"This event is important not just for Staten Island but for all the boroughs," said Ron Molcho, a SIBOR director and chairman of the Global Real Estate Summit, during an interview with Spectrum News NY1. "Today our businesses are no longer limited to our locale. We are able to engage with clients across the globe."
Relocating the Summit to a new venue across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was a logical next step in its growth as a prominent business event, said SIBOR CEO Sandy Krueger in advance of the event. "Talking about global real estate requires that we expand horizons beyond our boundaries. "We see this initiative evolving into a citywide program."
A variety of notable businesses and organizations participated at the Summit, such as: RE/MAX; Douglas Elliman Real Estate; Halstead Property; New York Wheel; Sotheby's International Realty; Gale International; New York City Economic Development Corp.; NYC Department of City Planning; NYU School of Professional Studies Schack Institute of Real Estate; Wells Fargo Home Mortgage; Citi; Empire State Bank; HSBC Bank USA; Quontic Bank; Triangle Equities; Keller Williams Realty; CBRE; NY1 News, and others.
The daylong event also included the Global Real Estate Summit's 2016 media partners: The Real Deal; Staten Island Media Group (Staten Island Advance/SILive.com); Star Network, and Brooklyn Home Reporter.
Presenting sponsor of SIBOR's 10th annual Global Real Estate Summit was InterContinental Capital Group.
Experts at the symposium discussed a range of topics, such as: "Financial Issues in Global Transactions; "Marketing Across Borders: The Developer Connection;" "Paradigm Shift: The Multi-Cultural Millennial Effect;" "The Renaissance of Staten Island's North Shore," and "A Broker's Perspective: Rules of International Engagement."
About The Staten Island Board of REALTORS® (SIBOR)
Having marked its 100th anniversary in October 2015, the Staten Island Board of REALTORS® (SIBOR) is the largest professional and trade association in Staten Island, N.Y.
SIBOR exists to enhance the ability and opportunity of its members to conduct their business successfully and ethically, and promote the preservation of the public's right to own, transfer and use real property.
Comprised of approximately 1,800 members, SIBOR serves real estate agents, brokers and affiliated professionals throughout the borough and surrounding areas.
SIBOR is the provider of the Staten Island Multiple Listing Service Inc. (SIMLS), which works as a clearinghouse through which more than 250 local real estate firms exchange information on properties they have listed for sale. Together, its members participate in over 3,000 real estate transactions every year.
All SIBOR Realtors belong to the New York State Association of REALTORS® (NYSAR) and the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR).
SIBOR may be reached at 718-928-3220 and viewed online at www.SIBOR.com. SIBOR may also be visited on Facebook at "Staten Island Board of Realtors" and "SIBOR Global Real Estate Summit," and on Twitter via @SIBOR.


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Vivo Local Endorsers KZ Tandingan, TJ Monterde Wow Fans in CDOSunday, February 25, 2018
|TJ Monterde and KZ Tandingan, in a rare occasion, held a concert together for their fans in CDO.
|The acoustic singer-songwriter serenaded Kagay-anon fans with his original hits like "Dating Tayo," "Tulad Mo," and "Ikaw at Ako."
|TJ and KZ showed undeniable musicality and chemistry during their post-Valentine's Day concert in CDO.
|TJ and KZ personally hand out two Vivo V7 smartphones to their audience during their concert.
|Two lucky fans got a Vivo V7 smartphone from their idols themselves.


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A proposal addressing environment and society has been chosen as one of the University's two Signature Academic Initiatives to be supported under the strategic plan, serving as major hubs of scholarship and research, Provost Mark Schlissel P'15 wrote in an email to the faculty last month.
The Humanity-Centered Robotics Initiative will likely become the second major initiative, pending a positive external review later this academic year.
The decisions on the Signature Academic Initiatives are the result of a process that began last fall. The process was intended to identify interdisciplinary collaborations that would draw on existing University strengths and work on questions of broad significance.
The goal was to select two broad areas of scholarly inquiry in which consistent substantial investments over the course of the next decade could earn the University recognition for its leadership and contributions to those fields, Schlissel told The Herald.
Choosing initiatives
As the strategic planning process launched last fall, Schlissel charged Sue Alcock, deputy vice president for research and professor of classics and archaeology, and Clyde Briant, professor of engineering and then-vice president for research, with leading the Signature Academic Initiatives process.
Alcock said she spent much of the fall speaking with faculty members across campus about what the University was seeking and encouraging them to submit their best ideas in the form of a two-page "white paper" in December.
The Academic Priorities Committee expected to receive no more than 30 white papers but received over 80, she said.
Over spring semester, the APC reviewed the proposals and a few thematic "clusters" emerged, Alcock said. The APC encouraged groups dealing with overlapping issues to join forces, she said.
Six finalists were selected "for additional development," and the faculty members who had worked on those white papers were asked to submit 20-page proposals early this summer, Schlissel wrote. Schlissel, Paxson and several other administrators closed in on two goals from those finalists.
Environment and Society
The Environment and Society proposal arose from one of the groups that formed after the APC reviewed the initial white papers, Alcock said. Its core is the white paper submitted in December by Amanda Lynch, professor of geological sciences and director of the Environmental Change Institute, but it also incorporates aspects of proposals regarding water use and political ecologies, among others, Alcock said.
Environment and Society was chosen because it "cuts across a wide swath of the campus, involves faculty from many different departments — not just in the sciences but also in the social sciences and humanities — and addresses a set of issues of unarguable importance," Schlissel said.
The Environmental Change Initiative, which is at the heart of the proposal, received "a spectacular review from some leading environmental scholars from around the country" two years ago, he said, so senior staff members felt confident it was an existing strength upon which the University could build.
Marty Downs, associate director of the ECI, said the institute has facilitated interdisciplinary research initiatives among geological sciences, the Center for Environmental Studies, ecology and evolutionary biology, economics and sociology.
But the ECI wanted to have an "even broader reach" by fostering collaborations with political science, anthropology and archaeology, among other departments, Downs said.
With the call for proposals for Signature Initiatives, "we were poised to make that pretty real," she said.
Downs said the initiative will have five focus areas: the maximization of food production and minimization of environmental costs; sustainable and fair water use and distribution; historical lessons about the interactions between climate and ecosystems; human health and the impact of environmental stressors; and governance structures that facilitate sustainability.
She said the fifth theme is the farthest from the ECI's current research projects and will be the product of collaboration with the Watson Institute for International Studies, the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions and the Department of Political Science.
The other focus areas are more grounded in the ECI's existing strengths: land change science, conservation science and biogeochemistry, Downs said.
The most prevalent current model for cross-disciplinary collaborations is to "pass data from one side to the other," Downs said, but the Environment and Society initiative is "aspiring to a model where the questions that you ask are really shaped by the knowledge and the needs and what people think is important across that disciplinary divide."
Downs said the interdisciplinary nature of the initiative would make faculty members more competitive in their applications for funding from the National Science Foundation and other organizations.
She also said she anticipates the initiative will be attractive to individual and foundation donors and that the initiative's leaders would actively pursue those sources of funding.
The initiative "captures the vast majority" of the strategic plan's "Sustaining Life on Earth" integrative theme, Schlissel said.
Placing the initiative under the heading of "Sustaining Life on Earth" will allow the University "to fold in support for campus sustainability efforts and possible other activities Brown might engage in to support sustainability in Providence and beyond," Schlissel wrote in a follow-up email to The Herald.
Humanity-Centered Robotics Initiative
The Humanity-Centered Robotics Initiative was intriguing because, in addition to focusing on an area of growing importance, it approaches robotics from a less technical perspective than existing robotics programs, Schlissel said. It is novel in the way it views robotics through the lenses of human cognition and human need, he added.
Professor of Computer Science Michael Littman, one of the proposal's principal drafters, said the initiative grew out of Associate Professor of Computer Science Chad Jenkins' research interests. Jenkins is teaching a seminar on human-robot interaction for the first time this fall.
Littman and Jenkins, together with Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences Bertram Malle, covered the three main components of human-robot interaction: the hardware of the robot, the decision-making programs that govern the robot and the moral judgment and social component of how robots interact with people.
As robots become more integrated in daily life, it is important that academia take on an integral role in making sure they have a positive influence on society, Littman said.
"Unlike the rise of computing, which focused specifically on gains in productivity through new technological capability, the Humanity-Centered Robotics Initiative at Brown aims to ensure science and technology innovations also enhance the quality of life for humanity across the global socio-economic spectrum," Jenkins wrote in an email to The Herald.
"Most universities take a purely technological approach to robotics," Jenkins wrote. "By focusing on humanity-centered robotics, Brown will be able to take a pioneering lead in the area that will enhance our global visibility in research and offer new interdisciplinary opportunities for faculty and students to collaborate towards serving a major societal challenge."
Littman said HCRI's tentative selection came as a surprise to the team behind the proposal. "We had pretty much at that point assumed that it was a no-go and that we were going to be kind of disassembled. We were quite surprised … that we were being considered for the external review process," he said.
Up next
Despite the administration's excitement about the robotics initiative, it will undergo an external review later this academic year before it is definitively selected as a Signature Initiative to assess whether the area is as much of a strength as its proponents think it is, Schlissel said.
"A small group of outside experts" will meet with the faculty behind the idea, read the proposal and meet with Schlissel, the deans of the faculty and engineering and possibly Paxson "to discuss their impressions of how important and likely to be successful … they think this effort will be at Brown," Schlissel said.
Schlissel said the Signature Initiatives will be financed through both fundraising and allocating existing resources more efficiently, adding that the initiatives could be a strong driving force behind the next capital campaign.
Multiple administrators emphasized that the other four finalists will still play a role in the University's future.
Dean of the Faculty Kevin McLaughlin P'12 said the disappointment of faculty members who worked on proposals that did not get selected was tempered by the realization that their work would be incorporated into the strategic plan in other ways. "It wasn't just going to be labor lost," he said.
Schlissel cited the strategic plan's emphasis on enhancing data fluency as an example of a finalist that made it into the plan in another form.


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Award Ceremonies
Over the past week I have attended two award ceremonies. The first was
one of my cousin's graduation from college, and the second was another
cousin's high school award ceremony. I have to admit both of these
ceremonies took place a private yet religiously affiliated schools, so
maybe other school award ceremonies do not match my critique. However,
these two ceremonies had one thing in common: belittling the recipients.
The basic theme of each ceremony was that the awards recognized the individual's and community's achievement. Speeches at these ceremonies would state that the individual's should be proud of their achievements, yet use their abilities that earned them their achievements to go on and help the community. At my cousin's graduation politicians stated that the graduates should think about remaining in the state to help it become a better community. At my other cousin's high school award ceremony faculty members argued that recipients should better the school community. However, as I stated before, while recipients earned there awards with their own merit and ability the speakers also argued that much credit goes to the work of the community such as the school or state. What I am trying to point out is a contradiction with these award ceremonies.
The ceremony itself honors individual merit and ability. Obviously, this means that single people a judged to earn awards. Groups of people, communities, are not judged, and they do not receive awards. Each recipients earns a unique individualized award with their name, and they receive one award. There is not a mass of awards for every person of the community. There is not one award with all the names of the community members, or the name of the community in general. An award ceremony is about the individual. However, politicians and faculty members are trying to mooch in on individual achievement. Their basic argument is, "Great job, but you would have failed if you didn't have us." They are arguing that the individual achievements only prove the community's success. If this is the case, then there should not be an award ceremony. If the individuals would have failed without the communities, the individuals should not be honored. By the speaker's argument the individuals have accomplished nothing aside from listening to the community's orders. They are awards for loyalty and obedience, or conformity. According to the speakers, there is nothing individual about these awards. Of course, I believe this to be all very incorrect. The community, or as I will call it institution, may have programs to assist individuals towards excellence; however, the individual must choose to utilize these programs. Furthermore, the individual must do outside work, not required by the institution's programs, in order to excel. Therefore, the institution may set the standards for an award; however, the institution cannot ensure that the individuals meet these standards. The individuals must choose to complete these requirements. Essentially, all the students could choose not the participate. The institution or community has nothing to do with this choice.
However, there is a more important contradiction here, and it is especially important since these are both religious and Christian institutions. Awards are about pride, and several of the speakers stated that the recipients should feel proud. However, Christianity identifies pride as one of the seven deadly sins; therefore, an award ceremony is a moral compromise against Christianity. Additionally, within the very same breath that the speakers stated that recipients should be proud they also stated the individuals should be modest, thank their community, and serve their community with the same skills that earned the award. Basically, they are saying the individual should praise his self, and destroy his self at the same time. He should identify the award as the fruit of his own labor, yet also identify it as the fruit of the community's labor. He should bask in his personal success, his desire to achieve his best, his own happiness, and then slave away and sacrifice his desire to achieve his best to the community, so that the community may be its best. One cannot have it both ways. The second way is absolutely wrong; however, what is more frustrating is the inherent moral compromise in their philosophy. It is as if they recognize their philosophy is wrong, disgusting, and heinous, and cannot completely adhere to it. That is why philosophies like this survive. No one recognizes its ultimate conclusion, a community with no individuals just cogs. They pick and choose principles like they are in a cafeteria. Unfortunately, these people lack the motivation to use their reason and discover truth. The man in the back seat of the car has already told them they are home and they should stop driving. Consequently, they are satisfied living in a moral compromise where they ask for self praise and self destruction, where they honor individual and community achievements with the same awards, and where they demand individuals sacrifice themselves to cogs of the community under the guise of personal achievement.
The most disturbing part of these award ceremonies, however, was at my other cousin's high school award ceremony. The principal gave the most stomach churning speech I have ever heard. He told the story of a family who had a dog that had to be euthanized because it had cancer. When the parents and the doctor spoke about how short animals' lives are the child stated that he knew why. He argued that the purpose of life was to learn to be caring and loving towards everyone. (This is wrong, but I will let it slide for the rest of the story). However, since dogs already knew how to do this they did not need to live as long.
This leads to the first problem. After hearing this the crowd went, "Awe." I wanted to run away, but instead I glanced over at my other other cousin sitting next to me. The message of the story thus far is vile and vicious in several very special ways. First, the message is the good die young, and that is the way it is. Of course, their definition of good is warped, but that is still the message. Also, there is this stranger foul hint of fate in their, which means there is no liberty. Furthermore, this characterizes the controller of fate as a real dick. He wants you to be good, and then once you are he kills you.
Now, to continue with the story. The principal then went on to identify all the things people can learn from dogs. Premier among these was to learn to love everyone regardless of their actions and mistakes. Just love people for who they are.
That is the end of the story, and it opens up a whole new can of problems. Firstly, there is another annoying moral compromise these fools are making. The Catholic church, and this school was a private Catholic school, states that animals do not go to heaven because animals do not have a soul. Not only does the story argue that the dog "transitioned" instead of "died," meaning that to dog became something knew like a spirit, like he is some type of transformer, but according to Catholics a soul, not reason, is necessary to be good. Obviously, reason is what makes a man virtuous, and dogs have no reason; therefore, they cannot be virtuous anyway. Morality does not even apply to animals. However, since the Vatican says animals have no souls and souls are necessary to be good, a dog cannot be good. Of course, this is not considered, a moral and logical compromise is made. Picking and choosing like they are in a cafeteria. The second atrocious problem is the argument for unconditional love, meaning to love everyone for who they are, not because of their actions and mistakes. This is an incredibly confusing statement. Love someone for who they are; however, who they are does not include their actions. Then what is the person? What is there to love? Is "who they are" defined by mere physical features? Is the person to be loved cause they have a nose and a pair of eyes? In actuality, the argument is that one must love everyone because everyone exists. That is absolutely ridiculous. Love is about valuing someone; therefore, love is earned it is not freely given. Love is not a hard candy like these clowns will argue, and by arguing so they degrade the meaning of love. One loves another because he values the individual as virtuous, not because the person was merely born. One loves another because he wants to be virtuous, he lives by true virtues, and recognizes that the other person lives by the same true virtues. However, one's virtues are evident in his actions, but one is not supposed to be loved by their actions. Therefore, one must love his son, daughter, wife, mother, and father equally to a stranger, and equally to a murderer, and equally to the man who raped his wife, and equally to the man who stole is car, and equally to the man who knifed his son. Those are all clearly vicious actions, identifying these people as vicious, as undeserving of love. Those men do not live by and thus do not value true virtues like the man. There is no reason to love these men; however, according to the principal they must be loved because they breathe.
- Things I Love and Hate about Karachi
Obviously, sea is the only feature which makes Karachi distinct from all other cities in Pakistan. It is the only city to be blessed with such exquisite, breath-taking locations. A place where Karachiites can go and refresh themselves.
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Megaesophagus in Cats
Megaesophagus is the enlargement of the esophagus, a muscular tube that runs from the throat to the stomach. The esophagus functions solely to deliver food from the mouth to the stomach. Magaesophagus involves a lack of motility required for the movement of food and liquid down to the stomach and can be the result of a variety of underlying diseases or causes.
Siamese and Siamese-related cats are found to be predisposed to the this condition.
Symptoms and Types
- Vomiting
- Cough
- Nasal discharge
- Increased respiratory noises
- Weight loss (cachexia)
- Extreme hunger or lack of appetite (anorexia)
- Excessive drooling (ptyalism)
- Bad breath (halitosis)
- Poor growth
Megaesophagus can either be congenital in nature (born with) or acquired later in life. The congenital form is typically idiopathic or due an unknown cause; although it is rarely due to myasthenia gravis. The acquired form is also commonly idiopathic, but may also be due to:
- Neuromuscular disease (e.g., myasthenia gravis, dysautonomia, myositis)
- Esophageal tumor
- Foreign body in esophagus
- Inflammation of esophagus
- Toxicity (e.g., lead, thallium)
- Parasitic infections
Your veterinarian will first ask you for a thorough history of your cat's health. He or she will then perform a complete physical examination on your cat and attempt to differentiate, with your description, whether it is regurgitating or vomiting, which is important in ruling out underlying diseases that cause vomiting. The shape of expelled material, presence of undigested food, and length of time from ingestion to vomiting (or regurgitation) will also help differentiate between these two issues.
Routine laboratory tests, including complete blood count (CBC), biochemistry profile, and urinalysis results, are usually normal in cats with megaesophagus. However, abnormalities related to underlying diseases or complications, like aspiration pneumonia, may be seen. Radiographic studies will show the enlarged esophagus filled with fluid, air, or food, and will help identify abnormalities related to aspiration pneumonia.
More advanced techniques, like esophagoscopy, will be sometimes be employed, too. Esophagoscopy allows for the examination of the interior of the esophagus using an esophagoscope, a thin, tube-like instrument with and light and lens for viewing the inner areas of esophagus. It also allows for the removal of foreign bodies, evaluation of obstruction, and neoplasia.


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Puntarenas is the largest city in the Central Pacific region, situated on a long, narrow peninsula in the Gulf of Nicoya. For many years, this port was the country's principal cargo port but that distinction now goes to the newer port in Caldera. However Puntarenas is still Costa Rico's most important fishing port and still handles visiting cruise ships.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
give the reason why the boys got scared with the whining of the dog?
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After they bury the contract, Huck and Tom hear a dog howling a sign that death is coming, according to black slaves' tales. Still afraid for their lives, the boys let out a sigh when they realize the stray dog is howling directly at Muff Potter.


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- 13:23 It's just one of those days when you don't wanna wake up. Everything is fucked. Everybody sucks. #
- 20:26 Metroid's Samus Aran speaks out about gay marriage: urX.in/wc #
- 20:37 Today someone mistook me for working at a respectable company like AT&T. Professionally, that's the nicest thing I've heard said in a while. #
- 21:02 "Even flow...Thoughts arrive like butterflies..." Beautiful lyric. And masterful how Pearl Jam could work butterflies into a grunge song. #
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Like most other pieces of cardiovascular exercise equipment, a recumbent bike can provide you with a good workout -- assuming you put a decent effort into it. If you lounge back and casually pedal while listening to Beethoven and flipping through "People" magazine, you may not achieve enough intensity to elevate your heart rate and reap the fitness benefits. However, if you crank up the resistance and keep a steady, intense cadence, a recumbent bike can help you burn calories, train your heart and strengthen your lower body.
Using aRecumbent
Recumbent bikes come as either stationary pieces of exercise equipment or actual bicycles that you ride outdoors. The difference between recumbent and traditional bikes is that recumbents require you to sit back and pedal with your feet out in front of you. The relaxed ride posture of recumbent bikes make them a good option for people who can't use upright bikes because of neck or shoulder issues. If you decide to hop on a recumbent for your cardio, make the most of your exercise time by maintaining at least a moderate intensity throughout the duration of your session.


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Southern Cross Austereo Announces Integration With Amazon Alexa
Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) has announced that Hit Network and Triple M flash briefings are now available for Amazon Alexa.
Listeners can now add Triple M news and sports updates, as well as news, entertainment and celebrity news from The Hit Network, to their personalised flash briefing, which they can then play simply by asking, "Alexa, what's the news?"
The briefings are short, on-demand pieces of audio and radio's spoken word updates, which are an ideal news source for users of connected speakers
SCA's chief creative officer, Guy Dobson, said: "Connected home products like the Amazon Echo and other Alexa enabled devices will only become more and more popular with Australians, and we will continue to lead in this space, making sure our content is easy to find from anywhere that our listeners want to find it.
"Like radio, we will be updating our content several times a day, but importantly, it is always available to the listener on demand."
At launch, briefings will be available for the major metro markets, but SCA said this may be extended to other markets in the future.
The news follows SCA's announcement in November last year that its Hit Network and Triple M news and sports briefings would become available on the Google Assistant suite of connected speaker products.


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In one of his first acts as Missouri's new attorney general, Republican Josh Hawley decided he doesn't have to live in the capital city.The law is pretty fucking clear on where he's required to live. But he's not going to do that.
That decision comes despite a law that says the state's top legal officer "shall reside at the seat of government and keep his office in the Supreme Court building." The state's constitution designates Jefferson City as the seat of government.
So, the "top law enforcement officer" for the state begins his tenure by declaring that he's not going to follow the law, at least when it applies to him.
Wonder if Hawley thinks that other laws don't apply to him. Or which ones might he consent to follow.


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On December 9, 2011, in Podcast, Productivity, by Joshua Zerkel
How can you make the most of what's left of the year?
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[If you are interested in more information about this grant opportunity, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this blog post].
"Deadline: September 17, 2012
"Institute of Museum and Library Services Accepting Applications for the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
"The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is accepting applications for the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program.
"The program invests in the nation's information infrastructure by funding projects designed to address the education and training needs of the professionals who help build, maintain, and provide public access to information systems and sources.
"In 2013, the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program will support projects to develop faculty and library leaders, to recruit and educate the next generation of librarians and archivists, to build institutional capacity in graduate schools of library and information science, and to assist in the professional development of librarians and archivists. The program is especially interested in developing information professionals who can help manage the burgeoning data generated by the nation's researchers, serve as stewards of the nation's cultural legacy, and meet the information needs of the under-served. The program also seeks to help librarians develop the information and digital literacy of their communities, as well as other critical skills users will need to be successful in the twenty-first century.
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"Visit the IMLS Web site for complete program guidelines, eligibility requirements, and application procedures."
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- ITV Report
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Quartet say BGT egg thrower 'acted entirely alone'
The woman who hurled eggs at Simon Cowell during the final of Britain's Got Talent "acted entirely alone", the other members of her rock string quartet have said.
The Raven Quartet took to Twitter this morning to reiterate that Natalie Holt's actions were never discussed with the group or their manager:
Natalie's decision to do what she did on Saturday eve was never discussed with the group or our manager; she acted entirely alone. We'd …..
…never condone such a disturbance & think Richard & Adam did a brilliant job of carrying on their performance under the circumstances.
Attraction attacks BGT egg thrower for spoiling win
The leader of shadow dance troupe Attraction - the winner of this year's Britain's Got Talent - has attacked the woman who threw eggs at Simon Cowell during the final.
Zoltan Scuzs told The Sun newspaper that Natalie Holt spoiled the group's big moment when she did something "stupid".
He said: "It was not good. We picked up the papers and there was a big article about this girl throwing eggs and just one line on Attraction.
"What she did was stupid and we are not happy about it".
BGT egg thrower 'took stand' over miming on television
The woman who threw eggs at Simon Cowell during the final of Britain's Got Talent said she did it in protest against his "dreadful influence" on the music industry.
Viola player Natalie Holt was watched by an audience of more than 13 million people when she ran to the front of the stage on Saturday and hurled the eggs during a performance by Welsh brothers Richard and Adam.
Speaking to The Sun, Holt, who was part of the orchestra for the brothers' song, said, "I took a stand against people miming on television and against Simon and his dreadful influence on the music industry".
Her mother Patricia told the newspaper she "was in shock" when she saw her daughter on television throwing the eggs, but added, "Simon Cowell does monopolise music. Apparently he'd been on Twitter saying he doesn't like eggs so I think maybe she was reacting to that".
John Prescott, Simon Cowell and the egg thrower
Former deputy leader of the Labour party, John Prescott has reportedly offered his support to Simon Cowell after he was targeted with eggs by a perfomer on the Britain's Got Talent final last night.
Mr Prescott apparently tweeted "@SimonCowell I'm here if you need to talk", which has caused much mirth on the social media website, and has been repeatedly retweeted although now removed.
The former MP suffered a similar fate in 2001 when he reacted by punching the egg throwing protester during a visit to Rhyl in north Wales.
BGT judges' reaction to egg throwing
I really don't like eggs.
Eggs ellent show tnte!
One of the string quartet apparently. Well she has had her 15 seconds of fame...! #BGTFinal
London quartet's speculation over egg thrower
We were as surprised as all of you.
Just to clarify…. The other 3 of us were working elsewhere today and found out when you did.
It's reported the woman who ran on stage in the final of Britain's Got Talent belonged to a musical quartet based in London. While three of the quartet were not in the studio when the eggs were thrown, it appears one of them may have been.
Eggs thrown in BGT final
A woman, who ITV believes was part of a musical quartet from London, threw eggs at the judges during last night's Britain's Got Talent live final. The channel confirmed 30-year-old Natalie Holt was a member of finalists Richard and Adam's backing group.
The London group Raven speculated that one of their members may have been involved in the incident.
Cowell's tribute to Winner: Laughter was never far away
I'm very sad to hear about Michael passing away.
He's become a very good friend over the years and someone whose company I have always really enjoyed.
Laughter was never far away when Michael was around and he is someone who the more I got to know, the fonder I got of him.
I am sure there are a lot of other people who, like me, will really miss him.
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After many months of planning and preparing, I've finally made the big move to Phoenix, Arizona! I'm so thankful for the opportunity to pursue a graduate degree in this amazing city. Now that I'm mostly settled into my apartment, I thought I'd share a few photos of my favorite little corners.
The Living Room
If you'll recall from my previous post on my IKEA shopping list, I wanted to choose items that were very soft and neutral as well as simple. I prefer my living spaces to be clutter-free, so you'll notice that I opted to take the less-is-more route with furniture.
The living room is perhaps my favorite spot. I'm so happy I decided to get this pretty little tray table instead of a coffee table; it adds just enough character and makes the whole space look roomier.
I love the entire Opalhouse collection at Target; the pom-pom banner adds a whimsical bohemian touch to an otherwise plain space.
I haven't decided if I want to add throw pillows to the couch. I kind of like it as is with a soft beige throw draped along the arm, but there are so many perfect pillows in the Opalhouse collection.
(All furniture, aside from the Opalhouse pom-pom banner, is linked in my previous post.)
The Bedroom
My bedroom is very small, and as of right now, extremely bare-boned. I really like it as it is and may add a couple of throw pillows, but for now it will do.
The bedframe and mattress are from IKEA. They were both extremely inexpensive and I will admit that they are quite comfortable! I used a sidetable as a nightstand, placing a cube storage box from Target underneath.
Don't you love this washed-out blue duvet set from Opalhouse at Target? It's exactly the soft and clean look that I have going on everywhere else in the apartment. I love that it's solid colored, because I can accessorize with so many different pops of color and pattern if I decide to do so. The tassels give it that extra dose of character.
The Bathroom
I don't have my entire bathroom set up the way I'd like it (my makeup collection is just kind of chilling in boxes), but here's a peep into my medicine cabinet. See any favorites?
I'll be sharing more photos as I settle in, but I was so excited to give you a glimpse into the little home that I've created!
I start classes in a few days so I will be spending a bit of time preparing for that. Wish me luck because I'm going to need it! Coming out of a gap year, I have a lot of rust to shake off.
P.S. If you aren't already following me on Instagram, please do! I like to poll my followers to find out what content you'd like to see next. I think Instagram is just the easiest platform to get feedback on. Regardless, I love hearing the comments you have to offer on my blog posts, so let me know your thoughts below!
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Gartner ranks data warehouse software, DBMS market leaders
Gartner's new Magic Quadrant for data warehouse software and DBMS systems finds that mixed workloads, new appliances and pricing pressures are all affecting the market.
Things have changed since Gartner last published its Magic Quadrant for data warehouse and database management systems (DBMS) two years ago, an eternity in technology terms.
The 2006 version, released this month, reveals some telling trends, according to study author Mark Beyer, research director with the Stamford, Conn.-based analyst firm. Thanks to drivers like regulatory compliance and increased tactical use of business intelligence, data warehouses and DBMS systems must accommodate mixed workloads of analytic, operational and transactional functions. "Appliances," or bundled hardware and software configurations designed for specific data analysis tasks, were just emerging two years ago. Now, appliances, which tend to be faster to implement and cost less, are changing the market and putting new pressures on established leaders. And leaders have updated their pricing strategies, Beyer said, creating a better buying environment for customers.
Using Gartner's Magic Quadrant methodology, Beyer examined a host of vendors, arranging them into four categories: leaders, challengers, visionaries and niche players. Vendors are evaluated based on a combination of technical vision and ability to execute at customer sites.
This year's challengers, which get high marks for execution but lack vision, were Sybase and Microsoft. The software giant straddled the leadership line, Beyer said, and it may emerge as a leader, pending more data about SQL Server 2005.
"SQL Server 2005 is a good challenging product. Microsoft, of course, can execute, but now we need to wait and see if it lives up to its vision," Beyer said.
The quadrant's visionaries have notable technology but less proof of execution, while niche players are worthy of note but need improvement in both areas. The niche quadrant included U.K-based Kognitio Ltd.; Swedish MySQL AB; and Westmount, Quebec-based Sand Technology Inc., none of which appeared in the study two years ago. The sole niche player two years ago, Framingham, Mass.-based Netezza Corp., has made it to the visionaries quadrant, along with Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Datallegro Inc.
The visionaries have notably increased pressures on the leaders with their lower-priced appliances, Beyer said. But it's not that they have overwhelming market share, he explained. Rather, the smaller vendors proved that there's a market for preconfigured systems built with commodity-class hardware and open source databases. This has not gone unnoticed.
"Physics" helps appliance market heat up
IBM has built its own appliance. Oracle has joined with hardware partners to create "approved configurations," which similarly lower implementation costs, Beyer said. Teradata has always had an appliance-style, preconfigured system, albeit at the higher end of the cost scale. Whether appliances will rule the market remains to be seen, he said, but they've brought attention to the important issue of the "physics" of data warehouse and DBMS systems.
"The mixed workload of data warehouses means it's critical now to balance the physics of simply moving data through an electronic and digital environment, along with having a good design for your database," Beyer said.
The study identified different kinds of workloads or functions that a system may address, such as enterprise reporting, strategic data mining, tactical business intelligence, continuous data loading, batch loading and ad hoc queries. Enterprises usually require systems that can handle mixed workloads or different combinations of these functions, Beyer explained. This means that companies must choose hardware and software combinations that are appropriately configured and balanced for the required tasks. Whether they choose an appliance or full-blown system depends on their requirements.
Buying advice and other considerations
Traditional data warehouse and DBMS systems are highly configurable, so organizations can tune them for their unique needs. Appliances are generally purpose-built to address specific kinds of workloads, Beyer said. For example, an appliance for strategic analytics or data mining is configured differently than an appliance designed for operational, tactical business intelligence. Try to stretch the use of an appliance, and it probably won't perform as well.
"If you buy an appliance, use it for what it's intended," Beyer advised. "Don't use a blender to try and bake a cake."
Those purchasing a DBMS should understand that they're only buying software, and there are important physics and hardware issues to deal with as well, he said.


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What Are the Dangers of Sleep Apnea?
- Research shows that untreated sleep apnea can:
- Cause excessive daytime sleepiness
- Cause high blood pressure
- More than double the risk of stroke in men1
- Significantly increase risk of motor vehicle accidents
- Increase risk of fatal and non-fatal cardiac events2
- Cause greater likelihood of sudden death during sleep3
- Increase risk of diabetes4
- Increase risk of death from any cause5
Other adverse health effects of sleep apnea include:
Sleep apnea and obesity often occur together. Obesity contributes to sleep apnea and sleep apnea increases the risk for weight gain.
Sleep apnea can be an underlying cause of chronic headaches, especially those occurring in the morning.
1Sleep Heart Health Study, Redline, Susan, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, 2010.
2Marin JM, Carrizo SJ, Vicente E, Agusti AG, Long Term cardiovascular outcomes in men with obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea with or without treatment with continuous positive airway pressure: an observational study. Lancet 2005;365:1046-1053.
3Gami AS, Howard DE, Olson EJ, Somers VK. Day-night pattern of sudden death in obstructive sleep apnea. N Engl J Med, 2005; 352:1206-1214.
4Reichmuth KJ, Austin D, Skatrud JB, Young T. Association of sleep apnea and type II diabetes: a population based study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005;172:1590-1595.
5Punjabi N, Caffo B, Goodwin J, Sleep-disordered breathing and mortality: A prospective cohort study, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, open access journal, PLoS Medicine, August 18, 2009.
Oral Appliance Therapy
Oral appliance therapy has been shown to be effective for treating mild, moderate and severe obstructive sleep apnea. For patients diagnosed with mild and moderate obstructive sleep apnea, the oral appliance and the CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine are considered by many practitioners to be equivalent alternatives. According to the 2015 Guidelines for Oral Appliance Therapy developed by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, (AASM) and the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, (AADSM) patients diagnosed with severe sleep apnea should try CPAP treatment first. If they are not able to tolerate CPAP, then the dental oral appliance becomes indicated.
Positive Airway Pressure Therapy
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy was the first treatment developed for sleep apnea. CPAP users wear a nasal interface or mask at night during sleep, and the machine delivers air pressure which acts like a splint to keep the airway open. While effective, many CPAP users discontinue treatment for a variety of reasons, most commonly, mask discomfort.