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I'm giving you fair warning, I'm going to get gushy-mushy in this blogpost (and I'm not even sorry about it). Being married has been incredible and I really wanted to share 4 important lessons I learned after one year of marriage. This is my way of sharing what I've learned so far, but it's also a nice way to journal (publicly) some reflections on married life.
Some of you might be thinking that one year isn't a long time to be sharing lessons. And to some extent, I agree. But at the same time, I'm the type of person that spends a lot of time reflecting on my actions, behaviours, what works and doesn't work, what I can work on and what are my strengths that I can continue developing, all so that I can constantly improve as an individual, and now as someone's wife. I want to to be the best version of me, not only for my own sake, but also for the sake of my marriage! What's interesting is that some of these lessons are relevant to those of you not married yet or who aren't even in a relationship, and I'd love to hear your thoughts on what YOU think contributes to a healthy relationship (romantic or not).Invest in your personal growth: take time to reflect on your progress Click To Tweet
Let's get to it then! Today, we are celebrating my one year wedding anniversary. If I could relive the day every year, I totally would. It was one of my most memorable days of my life. I'm still in awe and SO grateful that I was able to marry such a wonderful person and I feel so blessed to have him by my side for the rest of my life. Our path to marriage hasn't been easy (I might share that story with you one day) and now that we're married, I think it's important to appreciate our marriage and constantly reflect on the progress that we've made to make sure that we continue improving and growing.
After one year of marriage, I can definitely say that it isn't always easy, but it is always worth it, especially when you're with the right person. Everyone always told me that marriage is hard work and although I could conceptually understood why, I never truly understood it until we got married (maybe I'll do a separate blogpost about it if you're interested about the topic of marriage. I would have liked to have prepared myself a bit more on the transition to married life so if any of you are interested, I can write about that topic. Let me know in the comment section below!).Marriage isn't always easy, but it's ALWAYS worth it Click To Tweet
I know that one year of marriage isn't a lot. But what's really nice is that some of the habits and dynamics that we had in our relationship while dating have only been reinforced in our marriage. So I think they're important for anyone in a serious relationship to remember to foster these aspects so that you can build a strong foundation for marriage or a lasting relationship (if you don't want to get married). So here you are, 4 important lessons I learned after one year of marriage!
{ Communication is key }
This needs to be hammered in everyone's heads because communication is not only important in friendships and family relationships, but even more so in a marriage. You need to communicate about ev.ery.thing. And I mean everything. Talk about expectations for chores, cooking, sleeping habits, how to organize the fridge, pantry, kitchen, linen closet, how you want to spend your money, what your finances will look like, how household expenses will be shared, your needs, your emotions, your reactions, why something upset you… and the list goes on and on…and on. You can't assume that your partner knows what you're thinking or feeling so you have to learn how to express that in an effective and clear way.
It's about what you're communicating but also HOW you're communicating. I strongly believe that it's better not to talk when you're upset or angry, but if you must talk about it in the moment, make sure to try and take a few deep breaths and calm yourself as best you can. Talking with each other in a polite tone and staying respectful is the first step in keeping the lines of communication open. If you start insulting the other person or raising your voice, your partner is less likely to be open to hearing what you have to say. And the same way that you expect to be heard, you also have to be present and listen to what your partner has to say and put your ego aside to recognize when you're wrong and to apologize if necessary.
These are all the foundations of effective and constructive communication to create strong bridges between the two of you because you want to create trust, honesty, respect and openness. You want your partner to trust that if they have something on their mind, they can come to you and talk to you about it and you won't bite their heads off. If you create an environment where you can't talk to each other, things will go south very quickly because you will start holding things back from each other instead of sharing and talking things through.Create a safe environment built on trust, honesty, respect and openness Click To Tweet
{ Appreciate the little things }
Life is so short and you never know when it's your last day. I don't want to get too dark on you but it's so important to remember that. Don't take anything for granted and appreciate the little things. Appreciate being able to come home to your partner, for their acts of kindness like emptying the dishwasher or doing the laundry even though that's something you usually do. Vocalize that you appreciate them so that they know that you noticed it. Take the moment to appreciate being able to wake up beside them. Take in the small moments of cuddling in bed or cuddling on the couch watching a movie on a Friday night instead of going out. These intimate moments are just between you and your partner and it's important to internalize them and appreciate them.Life is too short, appreciate the little things Click To Tweet
I believe that by appreciating the little things (which I actually don't think are 'little' by any means because they are so precious and special), you're also growing your love and bond with each other because you are reinforcing the 'day-to-day' things that actually contribute to your connection and life together. Life is about the day-to-day. It isn't always about the grand romantic gestures. To me, my hubby knowing that me well enough to do things around the house when I don't have the physical or emotional energy are the things that I appreciate the most and remind me that he loves me and is there for me. So do the same for your partner, and tell them how much you appreciate what they did for you, because a sincere thank you, a hug and a kiss go a long way.
{ Prioritize your marriage }
I believe that marriage is not only two people coming together and committing themselves to a life together, but it's also about two families creating a new bigger family! However, especially in the first year of marriage (and maybe even in the first couple of years), I think it's important to prioritize your marriage. You are still adjusting to a new life together and are creating habits and adjusting to a new lifestyle, so it's going to be uncomfortable at times. The priority is each other and your new family unit. Once that family unit is strong, you will be able to manage everything else a lot more easily. If your marriage is a safe haven from the world, then you will be able to retreat to it no matter what happens and you will be stronger individuals because of it. Prioritize each other and put your marriage first when you are making decisions to ensure that it is contributing to the well-being of your relationship.
{ Keep on taking care of each other }
After you get married, you have to work even harder on your relationship. Marriage is the beginning of your life together, don't you want to make it as amazing as possible? That's why you have to continue treating each other the way you would if you were dating and trying to impress the other person: surprise each other with little notes around the house, cook for your partner their favourite dish and leave it in the fridge, prepare their lunch, do the laundry and put it away, tidy up the house, make the bed, pick up their favourite drink or snack if you're at the grocery store. Know what makes your partner happy and DO IT. There are so many little things you can do it for each other and it's important to continue doing it so that your partner feels taken care of and that they know that you are thinking of them and want to make them happy.
It doesn't have to be extravagant, but knowing your partner and fulfilling their needs is one of the most basic ways that you can show your love. Continue doing things for each other and finding new ways of surprising each other so that you can constantly remind your partner through your actions that you are thinking of them and that you love them!
Now I want to hear from YOU! What's one thing that you think is important to create a strong relationship?


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Matt Cutts is the head of webspam at team at Google.. Bay Area, California. There is a video on YouTube named Why don't you turn off the PageRank feature in the Google Toolbar?
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Throughout the past 16 years, I've seen many qualified women come through our doors who are simply passed over in the job market, judged on external factors rather than on their experience and capability. One of our clients, Sheba, came to us with an impressive resume and a long career working in non-profits and human resources. But in 2009 she was unexpectedly laid off from her job and has spent the last six years trying to navigate her way back into the workforce. Employed steadily since she was 17, Sheba's now in her 50s and reaching her prime earning stages but subsequently receiving little interest from employers. Unfortunately, her story is not unique. Many women in their late 40s and early 50s are being pushed out of the workforce during what should be the height of their careers.
Since the recession in 2009 there are about one million fewer women ages 45-54 in the workforce. But these women are not leaving by choice. In fact, a recent study by Pew Research shows that middle-aged to older women value a high paying career as much as men while younger women value a career more than men.
Yet despite ambition women are still seemingly "retiring" earlier than men. According to the American Time Use Survey, only 55% of women ages 55-64 are still employed, compared to 64% of men the same age. And it's not just women's career aspirations that have changed; we also have the credentials to back it up, attending more schooling than men overall. Women are still falling through cracks in the system every day, part of a lost generation who are too young to retire but seemingly too old to be marketable in the workforce.
Unfortunately, Sheba and many other hardworking women her age have little control over the structural and cultural factors that have left them out of work for years. Though some see it as antiquated, ageism is a real factor for many women I see, especially those who fall into the "middle-age" bracket and find themselves subject to stereotypes. In fact, at Dress for Success our largest demographic falls within this range. Middle-aged women are being passed over in the job market, perceived as out of touch and even less productive than younger applicants. Rather than face years of struggle with unemployment or settle for below-living wages, many of them look to retirement so they can at least reap the benefits of their 401(k) or other security funding.
However, this path should not be their only option, and it's not even a viable option for many, since women are generally still paid less than men. We earn less over our lifetimes and are subsequently left with smaller pensions and assets. And with longer life expectancies than men, we are forced to live on less for longer, making us twice as likely to live below the poverty line after retirement.
But stereotypes are not the only hurdles these women encounter. As our health care improves, we are all living longer, but this shift has also positioned many women to sacrifice their prime earning years to serve as caregivers to sick and elderly parents. Others are stretched even thinner, caring for their own children, who are now living at home longer, as well as an elderly parent. And with more and more women as single breadwinners, I've seen many struggle to take on the extra burden of finding an income large enough to support more than one household.
Despite the shifting attitudes and career progress for women, society still lacks the structure to support senior women in the workforce. Until we can create a system that will incentivize women to care for both their families and careers, we need to offer more services to give older women opportunities to utilize their experiences and skillsets in the workforce.
Shortly before she was laid off, Sheba was looking to move up in her career and came to Dress for Success to join our programs and improve her interviewing skills. She wasn't receiving any feedback from employers, and, like many women we work with, she found it difficult to market herself. When she suddenly lost her job, Sheba's lack of confidence was further complicated by gaps in her resume. After joining our Going Places Network by Walmart, Sheba participated in mock interviews and career counseling and learned to understand her resume as part of her own narrative.
As we age, we experience a change in perspective that causes some of us to readjust our career paths to find new means of fulfilment. Speaking with our career experts, Sheba decided to explore other options and go back to school. Attending college part-time, allowed her to still care for her elderly father. Now with a better idea of how to tell her story, Sheba is able to speak to her job experience as a part of "her brand" and is comfortable communicating her skillset to employers, even landing a work-study job while in school.
A recent graduate, she holds a degree in business administration and is currently enrolled in a certificate program for non-profit management. Like many of the women who come through our doors, Sheba lacked options but not ambition. With more services available to middle-age and mature generations, these women could regain the confidence and skillsets needed to overcome structural and cultural barriers that have left them prematurely displaced. Society as a whole would benefit from a new generation of untapped experience, bringing flexibility and productivity to the workforce.


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Arrival is based on the idea of first contact, with an unknown alien race touching upon the planet and doing nothing but offering limited bits of cryptic information. The arrival pods come in a number of twelve landing in spots across the globe that seem to follow no particular mathematical order. This leads into a worldwide frenzy of ideologies clashing as the multiple nations each deal with this possible threat by their own beliefs. Taking place at the Montana site the story largely follows Louise (Amy Adams) which is a linguistic and the path she takes to communicate with these advanced beings. She's joined by theoretical physicist Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) and the two work together to unravel the mystery. They work around the clock in finding solutions to mimic or create a connection between the two races before conflict and confusion takes hold of the world.
It's very much an against the clock type scenario where each moment feels tense and gripping as they work towards a solution. The movie is absolutely fantastic in keeping you guessing along the way with many intense moments to throw you off. It also hid the many twists well without giving much away and despite doing so in this manner it gave a satisfying ending that is definite. Perhaps not in terms of story, but in the sense that you can get a full experience without leaving the theater confused.
Arrival was a beautiful, yet simplistic film that largely just focused on the view point of these characters while still providing enough information that we could see what was happening in the world around them. It covered all possible aspects of an encounter of this kind and doing so in a gripping way. The acting was fantastic with both Adams and Renner capturing the scientist role perfectly. They did this with anxious moments that were followed by genuine scenes of exciting discovery.
You're never sure where Arrival is headed and that's part of the magic for the film as it keeps you in suspense the entire way through. It also doesn't leave you hanging like other movies of the sort and you feel satisfied knowing exactly what happened afterwards. This is one the best movies I've seen filled with so many moments of excitement that were countered with tense scenes where things could have gone anyway. It's particularly exciting if you like the idea of first contact with aliens and this covered all possible bases of what could happen. The acting was perfect here and it's a film that will demand your attention through each moment. It also explores many elements of how humanity views certain subjects and the way we react across various scenarios feeling very real.
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Dabur India ended the second quarted ended September 30, with a consolidated revenue of Rs 1,958.9 crore as against Rs 1,981.6 crore a year earlier.
The comparable consolidated revenue growth adjusted for currency translation and GST marked an 8% growth during the second quarter of 2017-18 financial year, the company said in a statement. The comparable standalone revenue growth for the quarter was 10.7%, led by an underlying volume growth in India FMCG business of 7.2%, it said further.
According to Dabur, the overseas business performance was hit by a combination of steep currency devaluation in Egypt, Turkey and Nigeria, and the continued geopolitical disturbances in key geographies.
"The overall business environment continued to be challenging particularly with the overseas geographies like the Middle East and Africa facing geopolitical headwinds. In India, the trade channels have largely normalized post the introduction of GST and consumer offtake has been reporting a steady growth. We continue to invest behind our brands and are confident of our ability to report profitable growth, going forward. We have navigated the external business environment well. Our standalone operating profit for the quarter reported a 11.2% growth," said Dabur India's chief executive officer, Sunil Duggal.
"The medium to long-term prospects, particularly for India, remain robust and we are confident that domestic consumer demand will gain pace in months to come. With consumer demand for nature and Ayurveda-based products on the rise, Dabur's positioning as the 'Science-based Ayurveda' specialist will pave the way for future growth. We have lined up a number of exciting initiatives and are committed to aggressively launch new products leveraging on our Ayurvedic heritage and cutting-edge science," Duggal added.
The oral care business for Dabur, led by continued demand for Dabur Red paste, continued to move forward on its strong growth trajectory and ended the quarter with around 23% growth, the statement said. The skin care and salon business reported a 16% growth during the quarter, while the food business ended the second quarter with around 12% growth. The digestives segment also reported nearly 12% growth in Q2 of 2017-18.
The Board of Directors of Dabur also declared an interim dividend of 125% for 2017-18.
"Continuing with our payout policy, the Board has declared an interim dividend of Re 1.25 per share, aggregating to a total payout of Rs 265.02 Crore, including tax," said Anand Burman, chairman of Dabur..


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Electric underfloor heating has a somewhat ironic reputation for being a luxury product. Yet it's one of the cleanest, efficient, and affordable heating solutions. Most people just don't realise what they're missing out on. Because it sounds amazing, they assume underfloor radiator installation demands a high price - it doesn't, and it's a fantastic addition to any home. When installed beneath your floor in the form of heat maps or cables, heat is radiated upwards; warming both the floor, your feet, and the room above. With enough coverage in a room underfloor heating can even be used as the primary heat source. For example, when installed in a bathroom, under floor heating keeps your usually chilly tiles warm and dry; eliminating puddles and cold toes. Plus, when combined with a smart or timed thermostat, you can programme your underfloor heating system to activate at particular times of the day; thus making your central heating even more efficient and cost effective. Or, for even more control and cost-cutting, you can use zone control to manage individual rooms so you're never heating a room you're not in.
Our electric underfloor heating solutions are supplied by some of the biggest titans in the UFH industry; such as Thermogroup and ComfortZone, who are renowned for their sustainable underfloor heating solutions and industry-leading advancements in bringing underfloor heating to every budget level of the consumer market.


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Amdapur is a village in Buldhana, in Maharashtra, India. This village comes under the Vidarbha region and is a part of the Amravati division. Amdapur is based 35 km away from Buldhana. Chikhli lies 24 km away from Amdapur and Mumbai city is 475 km away from Amdapur. Kavhala,Undri, Mohandari and Toranwada are villages that are near Amdapur. Nandura, Lonar, Malkapur and Mehkar are some of the cities that are near Amdapur.
Places to Stay
Amdapur offers homestays and lodges to its visitors. For budget-friendly hotels, it is best to look in Chikhli which is 24 km from Amdapur. Some of the popular hotels here include Hotel Sadguru (Tariff – Rs. 800) and Hotel Haandage (Tariff – Rs. 500.)
The official language of Amdapur is Ahirani. Hindi and Marathi are also spoken here.
Some of the festivals that are celebrated in Amdapur include Hanuman Jayanti (September), Diwali (November) and Dussehra (October.)
Places of Interest
Some of the popular tourist attractions around Amdapur include Washim (90 km), Burhanpur (94 km), Hingoli (118 km) and Aurangabad (146 km.)
How to Get There
The Chikkalthana airport is nearest to Amdapur. It is located about 139 km away.
The nearest railway station to Amdapur is the Khamgaon railway station. It is based at a distance of 40 km from Amdapur.
Amdapur is well-connected with other cities through buses. Some of the best bus operators in this region are Lakshmi Travels and Shri Gajanan Travels. Ticketgoose.com is one of the most popular bus booking sites from where you any book your tickets to anywhere in India.
Pune is said to be the cultural capital of Maharashtra. The place, which has been in existence since 847 AD, is famous for its magnificent land and forts. This cultural city was actually the capital city of Shivaji. Today this city takes pride in its traditional Marathi culture, education and theatre. Pune city attracts a lot of tourists for its old world charm. The weather is warm and pleasant in this place because it is surrounded by hills and mountains.
Budget Hotels in Pune
There are good budget hotels in Pune. Some of them are Hotel Pearl Continental, (Tariff – Rs.1512), The North Pride Hotel (Tariff – Rs.1,600), Hotel Castle Rock (Tariff – Rs.1911) and Hotel Maple Regency, (Tariff – Rs.950).
The official language of Pune is Marathi. The other languages spoken include Hindi and English.
Events in Pune
Some famous festivals and events of Pune include the Ganapati (Ganesha) Festival (August/September), Shaniwarwada Dance Festival and Sawai Gandharva Music Festival
Places to See in Pune
There are several places of tourist attraction in Pune. Some of the places include Aga Khan Palace (7kms from bus stand), David Synagogue (12kms from Railway station), Shinde Chatri (5km from Pune) and Pataleshwar Cave Temple (2Km from bus stand)
How to Get There
Pune Airport is located on the north-east of Pune. The airport has domestic and international flights. Two international flights Lufthansa and Air India Express provide Air transport services to Frankfurt and Dubai.
Pune railway station is the main railway station of Pune. It's railway station is connected to the Mumbai and Chennai railway line. This railway junction is well connected to some of the major cities in the country.
Pune Bus Stand is the one of the busiest bus stations in Pune city. Buses from major cities and states operate from this city. Some of the best bus operators that offer good experience for passengers include Neeta Pragati Volvo, AR Tours and Travels and Natraj Travels. Avoid standing in queues in bus counters and go for online bus ticket booking facility instead.


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Viruses and spyware accounted for $6.5 billion in damages to U.S. households in 2008, according to Consumer Reports. And the worst part is that there is hardly a place on Internet, where a common, non-Technical person can interact and understand the online threats.
Consider a situation: You are a blogger or webmaster having a blog on weight loss. Suddenly one fine day you find that your site has been blacklisted by Google for spreading malware. What will you do? Rush to the security forums, search for the security blogs, enquire directly to Google.
Unfortunately, it is unlikely that you will find a solution of your problem at most of these places. There is hardly any place, at least I could not find, where an average Internet user can interact with actual security experts directly and request their help.
But BadwareBusters.org is something different. It is a common platform for people like an average Joe, who can put their security related problems in plain no-geek English and expect to get a sincere and authentic advice from security experts, who really matter.
BadwareBusters.org is a partnership among the academic community, consumer groups, technology industry leaders, and volunteers committed to protecting Internet users from threats to their privacy and security caused by bad software. It has been launched with a partnership of StopBadware.org and Consumer Reports for people looking for help preventing and countering viruses, spyware, and other "badware" on their computers and websites.
And if you are not aware, StopBadware.org is a partnership among the academic community, consumer groups, technology industry leaders, and volunteers committed to protecting Internet users from threats to their privacy and security caused by bad software. The initiative is supported by Google, PayPal, Mozilla, AOL, and Trend Micro.
The best part is that Google is behind this project. You can expect many people associated with Google and other organizations directly trying to help you out with your problems. I am not aware of any such place, where you can expect AUTHENTIC help in plain simple English.
Bookmark BadwareBusters.org. You never know, when you will need it.


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Probably the best example of what a DJ could do at a show if they had the skills like this guy does. I always assumed that Dubstep was more of a mixing of completed sound clips and wub wub's with some additional tracks and sounds and then gently blended live. Someone should setup a high speed camera and try to see how many beats per second he can bang out.
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Obama's Plan to Prohibit Firearms for SSI Beneficiaries
Obama's Veterans Administration (VA) has already used to deny the gun rights of about 177,000 veterans and survivors of veterans, and its only criterion for doing so is whether those former GIs and family members have been appointed a fiduciary—someone to help them with their financial affairs.
But in the Obama administration's latest scheme to "transform" America into a non-gun-owning country, the Social Security Administration is now planning to add the names of many SSI beneficiaries to the National Instant Check System (NICS) as "prohibited persons" who are barred from buying, possessing or owning firearms.
In his final years, the author's (America's1stFreedom.org) Dad became an ideal mark for con-men of all kinds, from the hucksters of late-night infomercials to the "bank employees" on the telephone. None of the thieves ever successfully scammed him.
Today, there are millions of Americans just like my dad who, for whatever reason—age, infirmity, memory loss or just to appease their children—have handed over the responsibility for their financial affairs to a family member or friend.
Maybe, as with my dad, they're too trusting for their own good. Maybe they have trouble balancing a checkbook, or handling money with enough diligence.
That doesn't necessarily mean they're unfit to own a firearm.
Read this full article at America's1stFreedom.org
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If you enjoy going cycling and don't really want to try and fit your prized bike into your shed, you will find bike stores in this section. They are specifically designed to house your bike to protect it from rusting, plus some designs also have a shelf fitted inside so you can place down your helmet and any tools in a secure place. Shop big brands like Rowlinson & Trimetals at low prices at Garden Street today.
Metal Bike Stores
Do you live in a biking city? Is your bike protected and secure from the elements? A metal bike store can offer further protection to your bike. Nowadays, bikes can cost thousands of pounds. Would you leave your car unlocked? Metal bike stores offer enhanced security, and can be bolted to the ground for a robust storage solution. Trimetals and Asgard both specialise in metal bike stores, and the good news is we retail both on Garden Street!
Wooden bike stores can be cheaper than metal ones, and maintain a traditional feel for your garden. If wooden aesthetics is your key requirement, a wooden bike store can provide shelter for your bike.
However, if security is your key concern, metal bike stores are the most secure available. Whilst still allowing easy access to your bikes, they are harder to break into, and padlock points and alarm cables can further deter thieves.
The Greenvale 6x3 is a preferred choice for metal enthusiasts, whilst the 6x3 Overlap and Shiplap Bike Stores by Rowlinson are preferred by wood lovers.
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The concept of paper planners is a big trend right now in the world in general. Filofax has suddenly become a hot brand (a scrapbook store near me recently started promoting they are carrying Filofax). Many scrapbook brands have jumped into the market for planners as well, providing planners in their company's familiar signature design style that customers already love.
The current trend to paper planners has been driven in large part by people who wish to create customized planners. In that area the scrapbook companies have an advantage over office supply companies who have traditionally made planners, as they have a lot of familiarity and experience with designing products like stamps, stickers, washi tape and other decorative items currently desired by planner users.
Most of the scrapbook industry planners are set up on a monthly/weekly format. A few, such as the Simple Stories collection, have additional daily organization pages. However, the downside of daily pages is bulk – it makes the entire year so huge that it can't all be carried around at once and pages have to be cycled in and out of the planner.
Perhaps the most excitement of all the new planners has centered around the Life Documented collection by Simple Stories. Created in their signature bright colors, in a 6″x 8″ size, the planner is a modular system. Each element can be purchased separately, allowing users to build their own custom planner containing only the elements they wish to use.
One popular feature of Life Documented not seen in a lot of other planners is the meal planning section.


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The Kaleido XP is a constantly changing decorative effect that projects a varying display of psychedelic patterns. Using a high power 100W LED its bright output and razor sharp images add a unique element to any show, venue or party.
- 1 x 100W white LED- 3 facet rotating prism- DMX channels: 4- Manual, sound active and master/slave modes (master/slave motor speed synchronisation only)- 0-100% dimming and variable strobe- Supplied with hanging bracket- 4 push button menu with LED display- IEC input/output- 3-pin XLR input/output- Fan cooled- Power consumption: 133W- Power supply: 100~240V, 50/60Hz- Fuse: F3A 250V- Dimensions: 230 x 275 x 340mm- Weight: 2.6kg


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It's not every day that you can speak to a spy and even learn a few of the tricks of the trade, but that's just what participants in a "Secrets & Spies" package to Luxembourg this March will be doing.
First-hand accounts of exploits of World War II underground and members of strategic services of 11 countries will be given by people who actually lived the experiences. Among the participants will be William Colby, former CIA director.
For more information on the four-day session, call Galaxy Tours in Pennsylvania at (800) 523-7287.


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MindLink Announces Strategic Partnership With Mobco
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LONDON, January 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
MindLink, provider of secure Chat Enabled Collaboration (CEC) solutions for global businesses, and Mobco, a leading mobile IT firm in Belgium, have today announced a reselling partnership agreement.
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Mobco will be offering secure messaging & chat solutions to its clients to support collaborative working on-the-go. A MobileIron partner with over 6 years' experience in working with mobile technologies, MindLink's secure messaging app fits in perfectly with Mobco's mobile business focus.
"Based on our experience in the enterprise market, the customers' mobile journey falls into 4 different phases: device management, intranet access, mobile documents and finally efficiency apps. It is in this 'final' phase that we see most of our customers today and this is exactly where MindLink provides a great solution." says Ulrik Van Schepdael, CEO of Mobco BVBA.
The announcement comes on the back of the first joint customer win in the region as well as several major award allocates including the 'Collaboration App of the Year' 2016.
The ability to share information and collaborate on projects real-time is crucial to any organisation's success in the digital business world. However, security and compliance concerns have set the bar high for enterprise messaging providers. By partnering with Mobco, with its track record and expertise in enterprise mobility, MindLink and Mobco can now bring a new dimension to how sensitive business information is shared within firms when out of the office.
Mobco's strong footprint in the BENELUX region will allow MindLink to expand into a market that is security conscious with demands for tried and tested, enterprise-ready chat solutions.
"Our joint objective of bringing efficiency apps securely on to mobile devices has been a perfect fit for our partnership," says Annekathrin Hase, CMO, MindLink Software. "We have the goal to enable companies to build a digitally-enabled collaborative workplace, all whilst putting major emphasis on data security, privacy and compliance."
MindLink and Mobco are Microsoft partners, with MindLink being also a partner of MobileIron's AppConnect Ecosystem, designed to bring security to mobile devices and apps, and Mobco being a Value Adding Reseller of MobileIron for more than six years.
"We see a lot of our partners extending their portfolio with mobile solutions, as customers are going beyond EMM, while mobile is the most frequent platform to get things done today. Secure Enterprise Messaging will be one of the hot topics this year and we appreciate our Value Added Resellers to extend their portfolio with solutions such as MindLink, which fit perfectly into our Security Ecosystem", says Bernhard Carli, Director Ecosystem EMEA at MobileIron.
MindLink's chat tools have become popular amongst a range of clients, notably financial services firms, governments, pharmaceuticals/healthcare and law firms, who all share a common need for secure & compliant messaging tools whilst catering for dispersed teams and a highly mobile workforce.
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About MindLink
MindLink is a highly secure Chat Enabled Collaboration (CEC) platform for global enterprises. Think of MindLink as a secure alternative to WhatsApp™ designed for corporate use. Its messaging and chat app encourages employees to stay actively connected, reducing unnecessary email usage.
MindLink offers all modern collaboration features across desktop, mobile and tablet - instant messaging, presence, group chat as well as file sharing & archiving combined with mobility, security, compliance and advanced integrations to provide relevant content to users whilst connecting to UC platforms such as Microsoft Lync & Skype for Business. Sign up for free: http://www.mindlinksoft.com
About Mobco
Mobco is a mobile IT focused company who provides firms the tools to configure, manage and secure all their mobile devices, apps and content.
Mobco's focus is the configuration, management and security of all mobile devices, apps and documents within a corporate. The Mobco certified engineers mobilize businesses since 2010 and have built up references in large finance, public and private sector. In 2015 Mobco was named market leader in its domain of expertise.
Mobco is a privately owned company located near Brussels and project size ranges up to 5000+ devices and includes technology from industry leading suppliers. http://www.mobco.be
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All my own work, sadly
After the ups and downs of bringing the Gabriola skirt project to a conclusion, I was looking forward to a nice, simple project to bring me back to an even keel. I thought Maria Denmark's new Olivia Oversized Tee project would do the trick. Sadly, no.
I always appreciate it when sewing bloggers share their wadders. There is always something to learn, but let's be frank, it is also comforting to know that when you make a howler in the sewing room, you are not alone. And so, in the interest of service to the sewing blog community, here's the story of a Simple Tee Gone Horribly Wrong.
Alarm bells rang straight away on this project. I brought this fabric out of the stash, where it has been since I consigned it after washing in January. I did not notice then, but it sure was obvious now that in the process this stretchy rayon knit's stripes had gone badly awry in one corner. I should have bailed right then, but what did I do? Yep, I ignored this fact, in the hope that it was some sort of mirage, and would all go away.
So yes, matching the side seams didn't work too well. As you can see these stripes are only horizontal if you have one leg substantially shorter than the other. Or are drunk. Or something like that.
The neckline band went in ok, but trying it on, I found that it flopped out. Probably a result of the slinky fabric, teamed with the rounded off V-neck. Annoying.
Then finally, when it came to attaching the waistline band, it became obvious that there was no way that tee was ever going to ease into that waistband. This was because I cut the waistband 13cm shorter than stated in the pattern. I cut the length for the neckline instead of the waistband, it seems. I didn't have enough fabric to cut another waistband but even if I did, I doubt I would have persevered, especially in light of the inadvertent diagonal stripes feature. I stopped just short of the end in a huff, and the tee-shirt went straight from sewing machine to bin, with a brief respite to be photographed for this post.
Sigh. I feel better for writing that.
So what have I learned? Mainly, proceed with caution when it comes to handling rayon, and do not sew if time or patience poor.
What next? For the first time in ages, I'm not itching to get to the next project. I have no gaping holes in my wardrobe that need filling. My lack of inspiration I think is down to the fact that I probably need a bit of wound-licking after stuffing up a tee. Then I think I would be well advised to sew something in a stable fabric.


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Location: Sathorn, Bangkok
Rating: **** (4 out of 5)
Rating: **** (4 out of 5)
The Sukhothai opened in 1991 and was at the time the most sought-after international hotel in Bangkok. Named after an ancient capital city in Thai history, the hotel boasts all the amenities of an upscale resort hotel: world class restaurants, a palatial health spa and an outdoor swimming pool surrounded by cabanas.
|The serene courtyard at the Sukhothai
The Sukhothai is located on the ritzy embassy stretch on South Sathorn Road, a 15-minute walk from the Chong Nonsi BTS station. Travelers who only hang out in the Silom shopping area will find the location a bit out of the way. In 2011, Suan Lum Night Market, one of the city's most popular tourist sights inside the nearby Lumpini Park, was closed for redevelopment. As far as tourists are concerned, the closure further isolates Sukhothai and neighboring hotels like the Banyan Tree and the Metropolitan from the rest of the city. Nevertheless, we find solace in knowing that Health Land, a popular massage parlor for locals and foreigners alike, has no current plans to leave the Sathorn area.
I remember my first Sukhothai experience over 10 years ago. I stayed at one of the executive suites and was completely wowed by the sheer space. The bathroom/walk-in closet alone was bigger than most apartments in Hong Kong. Then there were the small details that worked: the iPod dock on the nightstand, the complimentary stuffed toys on the pillows and the truffle chocolates atop the living room credenza. Since then, the Sukhothai has been my residence of choice in Bangkok and a place I always recommend to friends and family.
|A spacious executive suite at the Sukhothai
21 years after it first opened, the Sukhothai is showing its age. The wallpaper begins to peel and the furniture looks distressed. With new luxury hotels like the St. Regis and the Kempinski popping up everywhere in Bangkok, the veteran hotel is facing tough competition and, sadly, slowly losing its fan base. Though the hotel premises may be due for an overhaul, its service remains the very best in the market.
Interestingly enough, the Sukhothai is known for two things among Hong Kong travelers: haunted rooms and breakfast buffet. The first is an urban myth, the same myth that has been associated with nearly every hotel in Asia: that the hotel was built on top of an old military burial ground. Cantonese people have a tendency to get worked up over silly things, in this case over unsubstantiated rumors that were most likely invented by the hotel's competitors. The second is a bit of an urban myth as well, for I don't find the all-you-can-eat breakfast at the Sukhothai any more impressive than what other Bangkok hotels offer. If you are interested in giving Sukhothai a try, let that be for the right reason: its spacious suites and understated grace.
|The peaceful driveway leading to the hotel


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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Changing how I enjoy nature
This afternoon, I experienced a small moment of realization.
This may seem obvious to others, but it wasn't to me: there are many different ways to commune with nature. For 35 years, the only way I've known how to relate to nature is as a sort of 'conqueror' - for lack of a better term - by demonstrating some sort of mastery over it. Most of my experiences with nature involved participation in various sports. I harnessed waves on a surfboard. I negotiated mountainsides on a snowboard, and I jogged through wooded areas. On camping trips I chopped, I gathered, I built, and I kindled -- all very active ways to engage nature. So ingrained was this way of thinking that I hadn't even considered other ways to enjoy nature.
I realize now that there's nothing stopping me from experiencing nature, for instance, as Monet did - as a palette of colors. Or as Ansel Adams. Or John Muir. Or Emerson. Or Thoreau. Or even Darwin. Or countless others who made careers and reputations simply from the way in which they enjoyed nature...passively. As observers.
The point is, my old manner of connecting with nature was a young man's manner. I probably would have outgrown it in the next decade anyway. As we grow order, our relationship with nature matures. There's nothing preventing me from maturing now, a few years ahead of schedule. So that's what I intend to do. Who's path I'll follow, I'm not exactly sure yet, but I'll make sure I personalize it and make it my own.
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- AnonymousApril 4, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Yay! Yes, that's the way to do it! I, like many others (one could pretty much say almost all) with ME, was also an active outdoorsperson - horseback riding, skiing, hiking, camping, and turned away from my suburban upbringing to raise sheep, goats, and other livestock, and garden organically.ReplyDelete
That very active life is a far cry from what I can actively DO now. Even camping when my youngest does all the work (she's 17 & with mild CFS), is hard - I'm exhausted by the time I get there!
But we live on a mountain in the Blue Ridge, about an hour west of DC. I spend many short periods of time out of bed & sitting in a swinging chair on our screened in porch, just watching... and have seen the red foxes running at full tilt down around the house, the deer amble by (and every June watch with great anticipation for the fawns to be born), the squirrels play, the leaves change, more gorgeous sunsets than anyone else I know, the trees thrash in the wind or bend under the snow.... its in the details that you will find the happiness you seek.
Right now, what passes as our front yard is currently carpeted in blooming purple & white violets, and the redbud trees are still blooming in their wonderful pinkness. Every day, the leaves are just a little bigger on the trees, and soon the lilac by the porch will be inundating my senses with a heady perfume. And the phoebe's are nesting under the eaves.
Most people don't have the time to really see all that happens around us, to notice the daily changes. They walk around and see green or brown or snow white as they rush, but fail to see the glory in the sparkle of sun on a snowflake, to appreciate the work and finesse of a spider's web.
I hope & pray you never become as ill as I am, stuck at home constantly, in bed most of the time. But if you cultivate a sense of wonder & appreciation of the natural world now, you will find that yes, it is possible to be happy while chronically ill.
Best of luck to you!
Ash, this comments comes a little late, but I continue to appreciate your perspective and insight. Thank you so much.Delete
Ah yes. This is something I had to learn early on. I've only ever discussed this with Danny but when I was bedridden in 09, I couldn't stand to be "in" my bed any longer, I was getting dangerously depressed. So every morning my parents took me outside before work and I laid outside on a blanket all day until they came home and brought me back in. I learned to appreciate things I hadn't before, the trees, leaves, the clouds - how they moved and formed, the sun, bugs. It wasn't easy, lying in one spot all day is never easy, but I learned as you said, a way to appreciate nature as I never had before. Things I do now (low energy)ReplyDelete
#1. Sitting on a rocking chair on the front porch...typically with ipod playing through speakers.
#2. Sitting outside with my dogs next to me.
#3. Taking up photography - wow, who knew when you slowed down what you could find. I.E. - http://www.flickr.com/photos/callieandtoby/7528014336/ Have you ever seen one of these spiders? All my years in florida, I never had, not until I sat down next to that flower looking through my camera lens.
#4. (my favorite)Playing guitar on the front porch. There is just something about strumming a guitar outside, with the wind blowing, and the birds chirping, very inspiring for songwriting.


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Saturday, April 12, 2008
What should Sean Hannity do?
Hannity, worshipping Ronald Reagan as he does, regularly asks as a Christian might of their chosen savior: What would Reagan do?
And I'm surprised the answer hasn't occurred to the credulous Hannity, who always runs features about the supernatural and what not on his Sunday program*. He should bring on, as did Fox and Friends, John Edwards so he can speak to Reagan and give Hannity the beyond the grave guidance that he so desires.
*My all time favorite being when he had on a man who claimed to have traveled to Hell and back. The segment expressed zero skepticism.
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- spocko said...
Actually this a great question. Hannity LOVES to browbeat people who support any religion except his radical from of Christianity.
The "Kill those people who might potentially kill us," Christianity.
Now we could have on a Christian that disagrees with Sean and who is not going to be browbeaten by Sean (but that is a tall order) or we can
Ask him to defend his view of Christianity in a ecumenical setting with people from other faiths. Get him out of his radio station and into a panel with real experts, where he doesn't control the mike and he has to listen to other people and defend his radical "Christian" views.
-From his radio show:
"What do you mean I worship Reagan?" (plays clip from Mark Levine saying, "Get off the phone you big dope!" cuts off caller.
--During the panel session.
"Sean we notice that you call yourself a Christian. How do you reconcile your worship of Reagan, your support of killing innocents, your inability to forgive others, your inability to love your neighbor as yourself (and by neighbor let's look at who Jesus meant by neighbor), Why do you only follow some of the teaching of Christ and not the ones that Jesus said are the most important?
Sean you seem to be using the old testament more than the new, yet you don't use ALL the old Testament, for example you have said you eat shellfish. Why is that?"
If he he couldn't hang up on you he would resort to bullying. So the person to get him would be a person that he wants to love him. The head of his faith. And that person could correct Sean and Sean couldn't attack him, unless he wanted to look like a jerk to his followers.


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Ron Wolf: Favre is "greatest player ever" to play for Packers
GREEN BAY — Green Bay Packers fans are feuding over Brett Favre once again, after comments from former Packers general manager Ron Wolf.
In an interview with the Green Bay Press Gazette, Wolf said: "When I got here Don Hutson was the greatest player ever to play for the Green Bay Packers. I think everybody will tell you now, the greatest player ever to play for the Packers is Brett Favre. That's his legacy."
In his 16 seasons in Green Bay, Favre set a lot of records. He has the most yards, most touchdowns and most wins as a quarterback and most consecutive games played at any position — not just quarterback.


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Colorado Mountain Wedding Photographer – Keystone Mountain
Colorado Mountain Wedding Photographer – Keystone Mountain: I've got so many thoughts and feelings about Shannon and Jake's wedding, but my mind just keeps coming back to just how sweet these two are. I got the chance to hang out with the two of them at a brewery a few months before their wedding–just to get to know each other. It was just plain fun chatting with them about anything and everything in the world. It was just easy. Two totally down to Earth people who clearly love each other a whole lot. And so on their wedding day, it was more of the same– a total pleasure to be with them. Turns out, it's not just them–but their whole crew of family and friends are super fun too! There were a couple hiccups here and there during the day, but it was all perfectly ok. Everyone took it all in stride and it was just a blast. Oh, and don't even get me started on the details that Shannon brought together for her wedding. This small sample of photos doesn't do it justice. It was DIY to the max, but nothing came across as less than 100% professional in the execution of ALL of the fine details. Just amazing! Well, I'll let these photos do the rest of the talking. Enjoy a glimpse into the wonderful day at Timber Ridge in Keystone, Colorado. And here's to the two of you, Shannon and Jake!
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Don't let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity. 1 Timothy 4:12
Best Group
PBUMC's self-titled "Best Group" is comprised of elementary children in 2nd – 6th grades. Best Group meets once a month for a variety of activities; the time varies depending on the activity that month.
United Methodist Youth Fellowship (UMYF)
UMYF is comprised of Middle School and High School youth. This group generally meets weekly on Sunday evenings. We also participate with other United Methodist youth groups for district-level and conference-level activities including times of worship, service, dance and retreat.
Youth in Mission
Here are some examples of how the youth of PBUMC are encouraged to act on their faith within the local church:
- assisting in worship as acolytes, communion servers, greeters and ushers
- helping with a meal during the Interfaith Rotational Shelter
- serving at our Wednesday Night Ministry
- cooking and providing meals for Storefront shelter…
…and beyond our local area:
- By participating in Sierra Service Project
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How to be good at your job
Whatever it is that you do, whether you work for someone or for yourself, if you want to be known as somebody who is good at his job then here is the secret to that:
Show up on time, complete your tasks within deadline with 100% honesty & to the best of your ability, then leave.
That's it! Just keep doing that consistently, year after year. That's all there is to it to become a successful employee or business owner.
It's not that difficult.


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Foreman Photos
I appreciate good photography just as much as I do music. A long time friend of mine, Chad Foreman, takes killer photos and is one of the most bad ass people I know. I had the privilege of working for Chad when I was younger, and learned a lot from him about work ethic, respect, and how to get shit done. He's currently on a solo road trip from San Diego, CA to his hometown of Dothan, AL and back, but he's taking all back roads along the way, no freeways. Chad is documenting the entire trip with his camera, and is going to make a book when he returns. I sure as hell can't wait to see it. Follow his journey on instagram or check out his website. I want a signed copy when you get back, Chad!
- Jake
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For the longest time, Directioners have been obsessed with the Louis + Harry ship, Larry Stylinson. The two guys are best friends and it's pretty dang cute. They're definitely our #BestFriendGoals! Who wouldn't love touring around the world and performing in front of millions with their best friend?!
Take this quiz to find out which half of the Larry Stylinson friendship you're most like! Be sure to share your results with us over on Twitter at @maximumpop.


text: House Democrats at a news conference Friday unveiled the legislative priorities that make up H.R. 1 — a package with voting rights, campaign finance and ethics measures. Leaders said they're hoping for votes soon on parts of the package, which received the No. 1 to indicate their view of its importance in the new Congress.


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I've been asked by a few people to provide a list of vegan products I use on a daily basis, so I will group them below based on my typical meals of the day when at home. I may forget some of them, but overall, this list should be pretty comprehensive.
Also, feel free to notify me in the comments section if there are any interesting products you are using.
Here we go…
- Coconut or almond milk. Brand: Rude Health or Alpro
- Organic ripe avocados
- Bananas
- Cocoa powder
- Cinnamon
- Toasted coconut flakes. Brand: Fresh & Wild.
- Maca powder. Brand: Lucy Bee
- Moringa. Brand: Aduna
- Pea protein powder. Brand: Nutristrength
- Milled flaxseed, cocoa & berries. Brand: Linwoods
- Organic spirulina powder. Brand: Naturya
- Chia seeds. Brand: Superfruit
- Coconut sugar. Brand: Sevenhill
- Acai frozen pads. Brand: Acai
- Frozen berries
- Goji berries. Brand: any
- Fruits and nuts trail mixes. Brand: any with no added sugar or salt.
Protein Bars/Chocolates
- Zootelicious Bars. Brand: Zoot
- Squirrel Sisters bars
- Chocolates: Lovingearth (my favorites)
- Puffed Quinoa. Brand: Qnola.
- Any nuts and flakes mix.
Fruit bowls
- bananas, berries, pineapple, orange, etc (low GI in general)
- peanut butter powder. Brand: PB2
- peanut butter. Brand: whole earth
- coconut butter. Brand: Biona – coconut bliss
- ripe avocados
- hummus. Brand: The precious pod.
- Avocados
- Cherry tomatoes
- Bell peppers
- Cucumber
- Baby leaf spinach
- Nutritional yeast with B12. Brand: Engevita.
- Tahini.
- Carrots
- Sweet Gem lettuce
- Seed oil. Brand: The Groovy Food Company
- Apple cider vinegar. Brand: Bragg
- Gluten free pasta. Brand: SuperGrain Pasta, Napolina
- Baked sweet potatoes
- Baked any vegetable haha
- Cornmeal. Brand: Biona
- Quinoa. Brand: any.
- Cream soups made out of just veggies. No brand.
- Hemp Flour (for cakes). Brand: Braham and Murray
- Coconut Flour (for cakes and pancakes). Brand: Coconut Merchant
- Frozen bananas (for ice creams)
- Pro- and pre- biotics. Brand: Optibac, One week flat
- Liquid vitamin D3. Brand: Solgar
- Vitamin B12. Brand: Solgar


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U'th Time Integrated Media Labs Pvt. Ltd. is one of India's Biggest Youth Media Brands. We create, aggregate & distribute content in various different forms on our Online Platforms:
In addition, UT has businesses in Content Solutions, Education & Events
UT has an Overall Online Reach of 15 Million Per Month
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The Quick Launch Toolbar in Windows XP is considered to be one of the handiest features included. It enables you to click on your favorite links anytime, even when you have other applications open. You do not need to get to the desktop to open another program. All your links are there for you to access. To read more information see the article first Enable and disable the Quick Launch Toolbar in the Windows taskbar.
Here's a video tutorial on how to enable your Quick Launch Toolbar
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- You can also choose to lock the taskbar will limit the length of your Quick Launch toolbar. Give it a try.
- It is also handy to put a shortcut to your absolute favourite webpage in the Quick launch toolbar. You need to make a shortcut on the desktop and then drag it to the Quick launch. Here's how to create a shortcut to a webpage on your desktop.


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It's simple! Regarding where you come from, you can choose between getting discount on your registration fee or on your travel expenses. By becoming an official ambassador, you help us promoting our event, while you pay less for coming and bringing your friends.
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II. The formal contact between ambassadors/interested ambassadors and the organizing committee must be through our public relations the e-mail (please read the guidelines in order to know exactly how to do it).
III. In order to be an ambassador, you must explicitly agree to follow all the terms established at our guidelines.
Full information about the Ambassadors Program of 2018.
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This program will be available until October 12th !
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Definition: A loss leader is a product sold at a low price (at cost or below cost) to stimulate other, profitable sales.
If etailers analyze their sales data they'll see a familiar pattern- a small percentage of visitors buy, and those that buy once often buy again.
Before discussing loss leader strategy let's understand what is happening online. According to Practical Commerce, there are 600 available shopping carts. Magento, which is just one of those 600, is the cart of choice for 75,000 etailers (source). Long story short, there are way too many online stores. Translation- to succeed etailers have to figure out a way to improve first purchase metrics.
This is where a loss leader can be useful.
Few rules for picking a loss leader-
1. It should be an item that appeals to early-stage shoppers.
2. It should be an item with broad appeal.
3. It should be an average ticket item (when choosing between a $50 and $94 dollar item pick the one priced @ $50).
For a gardening site like cleanairgardening.com Grow Your Own Food Made Easy Book is a good loss leader because it fulfills criteria 1, 2 and 3.
Here is how I'd implement the idea. Identify new visitors through a cookie. For new visitors display a banner graphic with the text- "Welcome first time visitor. We have a special one time offer for you…"
Clicking this drives traffic to a page (/welcome.html) with a two sentence intro. Below that is a paused video welcome message. In the video, the CEO/founder welcomes the visitor, mentions why she started the company, talks about their unique selling proposition, presents the loss leader and notes this a one-time lowest-price-on-the-web offer. Below that we display a photo of the loss leader with an add to cart button.
Split test /welcome.html to see conversion lift. Advanced users can split test different loss leaders to identify the best one.


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The Launch Rail Ticket (Part 4)
This is part 4 of a short story. Part 1 was posted on Monday and the story concludes on Friday.
(Start with Part 1)
As the earth receded, the horizons seemed lower, the world seemed an island beneath him. Soon, he could see past the ocean, and the sun glared brighter through his visor. A vision pressed itself into his brain, that of Icarus and his wings of feather and wax, plummeting. Jeremy would perform a similar plummet into the ocean later today, but hopefully a more controlled one.
Jeremy's elbows began to throb. He figured this was normal for the arm strapped to the crate, but he was confused about his right arm, which seemed to hurt more. Worry fluttered. Worry bloomed into outright concern when his knees began to ache as well. Then, his lower back began to burn. Muscle cramps? Jeremy feared worse, because he had finally noticed a rhythmic whistle coming from the confines of his helmet. There was a leak, letting his air pressure out, or the pure oxygen it was sucking from the thin atmosphere was being contaminated with carbon dioxide. Whatever the cause, he was suffering the first effects of decompression, otherwise known as the bends.
Once again, he berated himself for this stupid thrill ride. However, he would ride it out until he knew he had to dismount. Too early, and he would land out in the ocean where no one would ever find him.
The cable began to level out, and the moon rose over the horizon, large like a zoomed-in shot in a movie or a fantasy painting. He thought about maintenance men for the cable, how unlucky he was to get a malfunctioning suit. Then, suddenly, he realized it wasn't luck, but bad planning. The cable of the launch loop could be lowered. The only time the maintainers would actually need the suits would be for very rare (perhaps nonexistent) circumstances in which they didn't lower the cable. Jeremy found it difficult to find a reason to do it, but he tried anyway. Maybe they occasionally rode the cable, like him, to observe its operation. Or maybe they had hopes to convert it into an honest-to-goodness thrill ride. Or maybe there were space bats that would attack the cargo, and the maintainers would have to fend them off with flaming swords. Or maybe.... Wait. Something wasn't right. He shook his head and looked up to see the moon overhead. His mind reeled, and dizzily he rolled off the size of the crate and hung out over the smooth sea. Sun poured in his visor, and he realized that his lungs were burning, his head ached, and he could not concentrate. Time to dismount, he thought, lazily. He looked up at the knot strangling his arm, and pulled at it. How did you untie this damn thing, anyway?
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Nick Dempsey guaranteed himself a second consecutive Olympic silver medal on a disrupted day of sailing at the Marina Da Gloria.
While many of the classes only managed one or two races after a late start, the men's and women's RS:X competitions approached their conclusion with races 10, 11 and 12.
Lying second at the start of the day, Dempsey finished fifth, seventh and eighth respectively in the three races, meaning he can only place second overall after Sunday's medal race.
And while he couldn't hide his disappointment at finishing second to the Netherlands' Dorian Van Russelberghe for the second straight Games, Dempsey insisted he was proud of his progress over the past 12 months.
"It's been a good day and I was consistent but it was consistently not quite good enough," said the Weymouth sailor, who turns 36 on Saturday.
"Today I had to really try and stay in touch with Dorian and also I'd be lying if I said I didn't also have an eye on the two people behind me.
"But Dorian was too good today. He won it rather than me losing it. And I feel very happy to have won a silver medal.
"It's cool to be back on the Olympic podium. I think a year out at the test event last year I wasn't anywhere near the podium and I knew I had a lot of work to do so the last 12 months have gone really well and I've worked bloody hard so it's nice to come here and give myself a chance of winning."
Bryony Shaw continued her excellent finish to the women's RS:X with three fourth places.
The 33-year old from Weymouth endured an inconsistent start to the competition, but has recovered her form to finish in the top five for the last six races and will go into Sunday's medal race ranked eighth.
There were race wins for both British 470s on the day as Saskia Clark and Hannah Mills maintained their lead after five races in the women's event, and Chris Grube and Luke Patience moved into third at the half way stage of the men's.
Nick Thompson lies fourth with two races to go in the laser class while Alison Young's hopes of making the medal race in the laser radial class remain alive with the Brit in ninth.
Finally, the 49ers kicked off their campaigns with their first two races.
In the 49 FX class, Charlotte Dobson and Sophie Ainsworth finished second in their first race and lie seventh overall. Men's 49ers Dylan Fletcher and Alain Sign are in 10th after their openers.


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Simone Zelitch
(2010 - Prose)
From the novel Judenstaat
Selected Footage: 1945-1947
After the war, many refugees passed through Germany and moved on, but the Jews remained. They lived in and around Displaced Persons camps, and slowly took up residence in cities like Munich and Berlin. They came from Poland, from Lithuania, from Hungary, from Romania, and though the refugees were under U.N. auspices, the true administrators were the antifascist factions that had kept a steady presence through the war: the Communists, the Social Democrats, the Bundists. Most survivors had no interest in politics, but they knew where their bread was buttered and who gave out boots that fit, and who served the strongest coffee.
The coffee that the Bundists served was, as Leopold Stein said, "as strong as an ox, as rich as a Rothschild, and as black as the soul of man." Not that Stein believed in souls, but if history dictated that souls were black, well, who was he to argue? Stein had lived out the years of the war with a band of partisans and Free French in the Rhineland, and had emerged with his shirt-sleeves rolled up his hairy arms, to build a Jewish State in Germany.
Stein had a cloud of ill-kept hair. He was never quite clean-shaven. At some point, he had grown a beard, and it came in gray, and in one rare photograph, he peers through all that hair into the camera, embarrassed by his resemblance to a rabbi.
Some would claim that Stein came from a family of believers, but in fact, his father was a life-long atheist, his mother a trouser-wearing vegetarian. Who knows when he first wandered into the quarter where the Eastern Jews all lived and spoke their jargon? He went there because his parents told him not to go there. It was one of the very few things they had forbidden. Just as he was the kind of young man who would drink with the servants, get himself expelled from the most progressive school in Germany, and not only choose sides in a fight, but throw himself into the fray, Stein tasted what his parents found distasteful. The scent of pickled garlic, the dizzying vulgarity of their marketplace, the Hebrew characters painted on the shops, all made him wonder who he was and what he had to do with these strange people.
Stein came of age after the Great War, when borders shifted, and large numbers of Yiddish speakers crossed into Germany. Stein pushed himself to learn that bastard language, and wondered that after centuries among the Slavs, it remained so completely German. Was there a Germany that still lived inside these Jews, beaten down as they were by other nations? That Germany lived inside of Yiddish, carried everywhere just like a lantern, dimmed by compromises, superstition, fragments of liturgy and marginalia. Did the light still burn?
Having both the temperament and resources to pursue these questions, he sought out Eastern Jews in Hamburg, where he got to know trade-unionists among the dock workers who argued about Marx in Yiddish. He traveled along the Rhine where the Emperor Charlemagne had opened the gates to Jews a thousand years ago. All the while, the Germany he knew--the Social Democratic Germany--receded. He felt as though he was watching a beautiful woman die, and all the while knew that she was not his wife. To whom did he tie his fate? To the Germany Jews made.
Right here. The world rooted in Ashkenaz--that ancient word for Germany-- dispersed and deepened, brought home and embodied by Mendelssohn himself who laid claim to the heritage right under his feet. He traveled to Vilna, to an international conference of Yiddishists and Bundists in 1929, and he urged them all, with the passion of a man with a fixed idea, to build a Jewish home in Germany.
They laughed at him. They listened, but they laughed, these poets and linguists, these Socialists who'd walked out of the Third International, and most of all the ones who had stayed and then regretted it, who had weathered years and years of fixed ideas. "Young man," said one delegate, "if I were you, I'd take a walk around the park and calm down. For what do we need a country? We have a country. It's called the Yiddish language."
Stein had an answer, but it was not one that these Old Bundists would be ready to hear, not yet. He would quote Comrade Stalin on the National Question. Here was a people with a common culture and a common language. All that was missing was a land.
"Then go to Moscow," someone countered. "I hear they treat Yiddish writers very well there, if they stay on their leashes."
"I'm not a Yiddish writer. I'm a citizen of German, and so are you, in spirit. Join me there!"
That started a back-and-forth so fierce and hostile that Leopold Stein felt both battered and invigorated. He joined the fray, just as he would have as a schoolboy, and afterwards, a few delegates came up to him and asked if he had written a clear summary of his ideas. They went to a café and kept talking until they closed the place down. By 1945, all of those people would be dead.
Now 1947, in Bad Reichenhall Camp, Stein filling a coffee urn at a water pump. In Feldafing Camp, Stein at a long, plank desk. Stein in a work-shirt and dungarees, holding a spade over his shoulder. In Munich, his home town, Stein filmed with a hand-held camera by French occupation soldiers, walking none-too-steadily through the milling crowd, gesticulating, overwhelmed by the force of his own logic, and the camera lingers on two men who share the newspaper: A Home. The headline reads, in Yiddish: "Roosevelt to Jews: Unpack Your Suitcases. Our Hotels are All Booked."
Beside Stein, Stephan Weiss, Auschwitz survivor, bird-of-prey demeanor. Weiss is not a Bundist. Weiss is not a brawler. Yiddish is one of his eight languages, and he shares with Stein the common language of a fixed idea. He was born in Vilna. Talent and ambition led him to Berlin. Then, following what he'd thought were sound instincts, he crossed the border, first to Vienna, then to Budapest, and then, at the prospect of induction in a labor battalion, he decided to stay with distant relatives who promised him a job at their printing press in Warsaw. This was in early 1939.
Now, he publishes the newspaper A Home. For all his frailty, Weiss leads the Jewish Association of Brandenburg, a powerful body that manages its own affairs and deals with armies that control all four sectors of divided Berlin. Stein knew Weiss before the war, when their paths crossed briefly in the late '20s. He'd been a different man there, a kind of aesthete, always a cigarette in a holder, babbling and posing. Now, the cigarette is gone. He looks like an emaciated owl. No one can match Weiss's single-minded energy, nor can they, in the end, understand what drives him. No one sees him sleep. No one much likes him. He might have frightened children, had those children not been rendered entirely fearless by the time they had reached this pass.
Stein, Weiss, a crowd of adolescents, and row after row of boots: this film stock, rare and near decay, found after the death of one of those same young men, now a grandfather retired from a factory in Zwickau. The boots are laid out on a long table. Stein's people have stuffed each boot with a note, and the young people remove the notes in a hurry, papering the raw dirt as they hold up the boots, measure them against their feet, and swap them with their neighbors. All the notes are printed in the bold typescript of A Home. "Don't go anywhere".
Yes, this is all well-documented, the continuity of Ashkenaz, the people and the nation, through generations of development and then expulsion and expulsion, and renewal and poignant flowering, and finally the great Churban, the piles of ash to make good fertilizer. Stein would make use of his considerable connections to try to lay claim to the three great cultural centers on the Rhine: Speyer, Worms and Mainz. Those cities were in the French Zone, where few of the officers were sympathetic. Yet is there a need for a historic claim? The present is claim enough. That was the position of Stephan Weiss, who finally persuaded Stein to arrange a certain meeting.
Now emblematic newsreel footage shown around the world: the Yalta Conference: Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. A seagull picks at something near the chair where Roosevelt is seated. Leopold Stein stands nearby. He wears a suit-coat. He extends his hand a little, as though he intends to feed the bird.
What would become of the Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidjan, or England's unhappy experiments in Palestine and Uganda? What of the role of Roosevelt, who is quite ill at the time? Leopold Stein can be very persuasive. Surely, he emphasizes the humiliation of the enemy. Churchill might not be drawn in that direction, but Stalin is another story. Stein, energetic, muscular, vibrant, resembles a working man. Legend has it that Stalin says to Stein, "So you want to be king of the Jews?" But this is just speculation.
There would be opposition from some quarters, opposition which could only be overcome if things happened quickly, before forgetting started. Forgetfulness would be the enemy. Some say that Stein returns with a promise. Some say that on that April day, he and Weiss walk to the Brandenburg gate, knowing that the men who meet them there are under orders.
The orders are to raise a flag. The night before, Weiss had laid out the materials, and by the light of a primus stove, he'd patched together his design. He knew the cloth; he knew the thread. When he'd unfolded it that afternoon, he did so carefully, for the material was in danger of unraveling.
Weiss does not believe in flags as a rule. He'd lived under too many of them: the crest and crown of the Hapsburgs, the double-headed eagle of the Russian empire, the optimistic flags of four republics, the Soviet flag, and of course the flag that brought him close to death. But this flag, he believes in.
Thus, Stein and Weiss meet at an arranged time with Soviet officers who have a quiet conversation with the guards, and lower the flag of liberation. Then, they raise the new one, constructed from the uniform Weiss had worn in Auschwitz.
Black with white prison stripes: in the corner, a yellow star. The flag of Judenstaat.
Simone Zelitch, is the author of three novels, The Confession of Jack Straw (Black Heron Press, 1991), Moses in Sinai (Black Heron Press, 2001), and Louisa (G. P. Putnum's & Sons, 2000), which was the recipient of the Goldberg Prize in Emerging Jewish Fiction. Her work has also appeared in The Lost Tribe Anthology and has been featured in the NPR broadcast and the published anthology Hannukah Lights. Recent honors include residencies at the Edward Albee Barn and I-Park. A former Peace Corps volunteer, she has taught in Hungary, and at Southern Illinois University, the University of the Art,s and the University of Pennsylvania College of General Studies. She is Associate Professor of English at Community College of Philadelphia, where she directs the Certificate Program in Creative Writing. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband, Doug Buchholz and his daughter Jane.
Photo by Dennis Gingell
Author's Statement
My phone call from the NEA came less than a week after I'd completed the first readable draft of Judenstaat. So much time had passed since I submitted my application that I'd literally forgotten what I'd sent: an early version of the first few chapters. Certainly, the most significant impact of this fellowship is the vote of confidence it gives to my very strange novel. I have been struggling with Judenstaat for nearly five years, and only a handful of people had read the chapters I'd submitted. I'm grateful that I had the good sense to offer the panel rough, new work, as it means that the fellowship was awarded not on the basis of what I've already done, but where I'm going.
In the past few years, much of my energy has gone into teaching at a community college, and building a creative writing program. Once, I dreamt that I told a group of hostile students that I hadn't marked their papers because I was finishing a chapter of my novel, and the students laughed maniacally and shouted, "You're not a writer! You're a teacher." Of course, I'm both, but it's often difficult to say as much to students who have good reason to demand my full attention. Essentially, the NEA has given me the resources to focus on revising and enriching Judenstaat through revision and further research in Germany and elsewhere (yes, alternative histories do require real research), and it has also given me permission to insist that writing is an urgent business, with its own set of obligations. That, in itself, is a valuable lesson for my students.


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This time of year, there are a lot of releases from around the NFL about players getting waived or released as teams set their rosters for the start of the season.
Most of the names are unfamiliar and few are players projected to have much consequence, but they all had dreamed and worked toward making it in the NFL. In a break from the normal team release listing names that have been stricken from the roster, the Jaguars included a quote from General Manager David Caldwell thanking them for their effort.
"This is never an easy day. Some tough decisions were made today," Caldwell said. "These players all came in and competed every day and we appreciate all the work they put into the building of our team. We wish them nothing but the best in the future."
The biggest news to come out of the Jaguars' cuts is that long snapper Jeremy Cain is out after seven years with the team. The team also released Luke Ingram, leaving Carson Tinker as their long snapper. Tinker, an undrafted rookie who played at Alabama, was one of the subjects of a moving Sports Illustrated article in 2011 about tornadoes that ripped through Tuscaloosa, killing 41 people including Tinker's girlfriend.
Jacksonville placed 2013 seventh-round cornerback Jeremy Harris (pictured) on injured reserve with a back injury. The team also waived guard Mark Asper, punter Ken Parrish, cornerback Lionel Smith, linebacker Maalik Bomar, linebacker Jeremiah Green, defensive end J.D. Griggs, defensive end Paul Hazel, wide receiver Jamal Miles, safety Ray Polk and tackle Roderick Tomlin.


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And what celebration would be complete without entertainment right? As our blogoversary month winds down, we've asked the Dirty Monsters to perform for our beloved, Supies.
A Letter Arrives for The Dirty Monsters
by Jackie Trippier Holt
Once upon a time, before The Ringmaster had conceived his amazing Plan and before The Boy had run away to join them, Burfoot's Circus troupe had set up camp in a field outside a quaint seaside town in a southern English county. It was around the time of the summer solstice, and the sun had baked the sky a deep blue.
The performers were together outside, getting ready for that night's performance: there was much mending, fluffing, tugging, posturing and chatter; amid this bustle, the rich singing of The Storyteller carried across the camp site, a folk tune that Violet hummed too as she stood within the shady, open maw of the Big Top, patiently waiting for Ruby to finish her hair. The hot pressure of the demon's fingers braiding, the steady, metallic scrapes of Vincent The Saw Man sharpening his props, and even the flap and twang of the canvas and guide ropes, all added rhythm to their preparations and made the moments almost like a dance. These were the family times Violet loved most, these just before the townies arrived.
"What are you opening with?" Ruby asked.
"I thought, the card trick with the Queens and Aces," she replied, watching The Owl Lady flap her wings at The Illustrated Woman. The demon made a grunt of approval.
"What's a blog?" Zack waddled past, his nose almost touching a sheet of paper in his hands. "Or, good grief, a blogoversary?"
"A huh what?"
Zack stopped and looked up at them, already dapper in his ringmaster finery. "A blog," he repeated reluctantly, as if he feared it was a dirty word.
"Sounds kinky," Ruby said confidently. Her palms touched Violet's shoulders briefly. "All done, pussy cat. Want me to brush your tail?"
"Yes please." Hector, wearing a threadbare velvet ensemble and flip-flops, sidled up behind Zack, his feline ears pricked through his tousled hair. Ruby snorted at his flirting and Violet rolled her eyes, though the tomcat was too interested in reading the letter over The Ringmaster's shoulder to notice. "Oh, cool," he said. "A blog."
"Do you know what it is?" Zack asked, anxiously. "They're not going to shut us down or start asking about unpaid taxes and the conditions of the animals, are they?"
He let Hector pluck the letter from his hands. The Cat Boy smiled as he read and Violet's heart jumped a bit. Damn he's cute. "Talk Supe," he said. "A blog. About witches, vamps, fairies and 'everything else in between'. They fuckin' know about supes. We're famous!"
"But what's a blog?" Zack demanded through his teeth. Then he blinked. "Famous?"
Hector shrugged and handed the letter back, finally raising his gaze to look at Violet, appraising her costume – and the rest – from head to toe. "We're not all supes anyway."
"Indeed," said Vincent, who had come to see what the fuss was. "Some of us are just freaks."
"Or plain old fuck ups." Hector met Violet's eyes and grinned; a blush tickled her cheeks and she glanced away.
"Watch it, fuck up," Ruby warned as she moved past. "Some of us are just naturally super." She walked on to help Dave set up the hot dog stand, passing Bridget, who was carrying bundles of lucky heather in a basket.
"Is there a problem?" Lady Fortunata asked.
"Yes, do tell," said Vincent.
"Some blogger chicks called Braine and Debbie have been writing about how fuckin' great we are and now they want to come and see the show for themselves," Hector explained.
"Braine," Bridget echoed, and Violet giggled as she guessed what the fortune-telling fae was thinking. "Are they freaks, like us? Do they want to join the circus?"
"Oh, blogger," said Zack, as if he'd had an epiphany. "Aren't they like trolls? Only, bloggers probably don't live under bridges … and they're nocturnal and thrive on large amounts of coffee, I think."
Hector lashed his striped tail and gave The Ringmaster a hard stare. "No," he said, shortly. "Definitely not like trolls. These chicks have written cool things about us – look!" He jabbed a clawed finger at the letter.
"Pixies, then," Zack flailed. "Brownies?"
"Let me read it," Violet said, holding out her hand, thinking this might be important. "If we have special guests tonight, we need to up our game, right?" But Zack wouldn't give up the letter, his eyes quickly rescanning each line as he struggled to understand what was going on.
Hector was peeling his shirt off as he headed towards the caravan he shared with Fearless Henry. "I'm gonna look my best tonight if these bloggers have come all the way across the Atlantic to, ah, experience my performance in the flesh," he called lasciviously over his shoulder.
"Goddess help them," murmured Bridget, and took her lucky heather to the ticket booth.
"Oh!" Zack exclaimed, sounding delighted. "I believe they're elementals, from a realm called Blogosphere. I really think we might have some fresh blood for the troupe! How exciting!" He bustled away. Violet could hear hear him marshalling the others to hurry up.
"Fresh blood," she echoed, thinking that it had been an unfortunate turn of phrase.
"I'll be careful" said The Saw Man seriously, as he stroked an oily rag down the curved blade of his scimitar.
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