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Jenni here, and I have a pretend scenario for you: You launched your business and things are going great. So great in fact, that you're working with new or different kinds of clients than you were a year ago. You're expanding your offering, including new services, or growing your service area. In this midst of all of this growth, you take a look at your website and realize that it doesn't really describe what you do anymore. You've outgrown it.
First off, congratulations, because this is a wonderful problem to have! As fellow business owners, we know that it's no small task to take your business to the next level and grow it to a point that you need adjust your website. But, now that you're thinking about changing your message to appeal to new clients or showcase new products, you're going to need a plan. Interestingly, the best way to grow your website is to scale it back. When we help clients take their online presence to the next level, we're consistently helping them streamline, filter and narrow down. Because when it comes to attracting your dream customers, the more specific you are the better.
For today's blog post examples, we're going to be using our newest website launch from a killer client: Colson Griffith Photography. Colson came to us wanting to expand his business from weddings to family portrait services. But in order to do this, he didn't just add another branch of his business. We got really strategic about how we could funnel his new portrait clients into clear ways of buying him. You can check out his great site here.
Here are our top ways that you can grow (SHRINK!) your website to keep up with your growing business:
When it comes to home page images, we like to use a small analogy: imagine a piece of sheet cake, and you're holding a knife. If you offer that whole cake to a friend you're giving 100% of the cake. But as soon as you start slicing — in half or in quarters or small pieces, you're giving away 50%, 25%, or 10% pieces.
The same thing happens when you insert competing messages on a home page. If you give your audience one thing to look at and just one button to click, 100% of their attention and action are going to go toward taking that next step. If you give them 4 different messages and 4 steps to follow, they're paying 25% of their attention to each (or less).
For example, on Colson's site, we used a series of parallax scrolling images to showcase his business, while distilling his messaging into something really clear.
Streamline your offering
A strategic website will feel like your viewers have a tour guide leading them through the site. It will be extremely clear where they are supposed to look or what pages they should visit next.
This couldn't be more true on your product pages. When you're growing your business you want to get even MORE CLEAR about your packages. By this point you know your clients better then they know themlseves, so create streamlined offerings that hit their pain points. Highlight these packages on your product pages.
Continuing our example with Colson Griffith Photography, he's developed a singular process for all of his clients: the Photographic Experience. He leverages his expertise in capturing meaningful moments, and gives clients one clear way to engage with him.
Cut your copy
Finally, this last suggestion can the hardest one of all. We're going to challenge you to take your current site, and cut the number of words by 50%. Yes, you heard right — half of the words on your site should go. Getting really slim in the amount of words on your site will force you to focus on the story you need to be telling, and telling it as concisely as possible.
If you have a site that is outdated or you want to take it to the next level, we're taking on two more website client for the Summer. Get in touch with us if you'd like to be a client!
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Wouldn't it be nice to press a few buttons and simply transform into the desired weight you inputted? Nearly all of us have trouble gaining, losing, and maintaining weight—the latter two being my main focus. Everything we ingest comes at a price; that is, nothing slips by the bodily systems without instant inspection. Calories, which are measurements of energy, are calibrated meticulously throughout the anatomy. Any food you consume gets tallied up and is weighed against the calories you've expended, the results being how you appear in reality, in this dimension at least. Shedding pounds is a perennial battle against your own psyche, but you decide who comes out victorious. Nevertheless, we are constrained by the boundaries of our allotted willpower, physique, and metabolism—all of which we had no hand in creating. There are no free lunches in nature, and the old adage is correct:"You are what you eat." All of the training you did before a holiday can fall by the wayside by a weekend of binge eating and drinking. Let me explain why all of this is unfair…
Think about spending a tiresome 30 minutes on the treadmill. The treadmill exhausts (for a person weighing 200 pounds), depending on your basal metabolic rate (BMR) and body mass index (BMI), about 350 to 550 calories—let's just say 450 for a point of comparison. Now, what is the equivalent in food and drink, you ask? Guzzling four Budweisers (12. oz., 143 cals.) would earn you more calories than the 450 you just arduously burned off. Any more than three crunchy tacos from Taco Bell (170 cals.) will have you regretting your decision immediately. Even a 12″ low-fat turkey breast sub on wheat bread from Subway catapults you to 560 calories. Six traditional medium wings (not including blue cheese) from Buffalo Wild Wings costs you 470 calories, which is absurd considering I've had over 35 in a sitting. Last but not least, the coveted Caesar salad is, on average, a whopping 500 calories. All of these are much larger than the exercise time of 30 minutes without factoring in the concomitant metabolic increase you're subsequently faced with. A pound is equivalent to 3,500 calories, and you tell me what's easier: eating 3,500 calories or burning 3,500 calories? The answer is a no-brainer; the former takes one tenth of the time, with 50 more smiles.
Mentally, it is unrewarding, unnerving, and unfair when looking at it from this standpoint. We seem to be in the thrall of our willpower, also. I recently read a book titled You Are Now Less Dumb by David McRaney, and he expounded on the idea of "ego depletion." Ego depletion is the exhaustible resource that is directly associated with willpower. For example, if you remain in abstaining from bad foods one day, you'll be more inclined to falter the following day because that resource has been depleted. But willpower is similar to a muscle, in that it can be expanded through training. The next time you decide to eat healthy, notice how hard it is the following day to eat as nutritiously. Those who've honed this ability tend to be better at controlling their weight. Remarkably, Hollywood actor Christian Bale lost 62 pounds for his role in the film The Machinist, with a noxious diet consisting of black coffee and a can of tuna OR an apple every day. Although he's incentivized by money and perfection, I'm sure his willpower is stronger than most of ours. Resisting that nagging urge to consume unhealthy food and managing the hunger pangs will pay huge dividends. Temptations interfere with our sense of self-control, only to lead us down the route to regret.
Eating is a cinch; it's a couple chews away from a swallow. This is the easiest, most rewarding task we face every day. Most people undertake the "sunk cost fallacy" when they're in the midst of a meal, meaning that since they paid the money for something that's either too low in quality or high in quantity, they must finish it because they paid for it. The cost of the meal is a sunk cost—you won't get that back, so eat until you're satisfied, not until you're full (or have gotten every dollar's worth). If eating consisted of getting an electric shock per chew or you somehow had to run a government-mandated mile afterwards then I'm sure we'd all be in better shape. Obesity is plaguing our nation, and I think many people are just cowering from the intimidation of putting in the necessary work to lose the calories. Yes, it's absolutely unfair how hard it is to get in shape versus how easy it is get out of a shape, but it takes time and consistent work—a lifestyle change. Overnight weight loss is illusory; focus on a realistic, long-term goal that will gradually bring you to your desired destination. Diet and exercise are the fundamentals of a healthy way of life. We must recognize this or continually be at war with ourselves.

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Sometimes I wish I didn't need spreadsheets and checklists. I wish I could just "be." Why am I so concerned with every thought in my head being just right... with every plan being carried out meticulously? But then I never follow through and it makes me feel like a failure.
If I only I provided myself with as much grace as Jesus already has... then I could possibly breathe a little easier and just follow Him without the baggage of constantly having to be "on."
Some days I am content with myself, but there are some days I really don't like myself, where I just feel like a dork. But that's ok. I'm working on it. I know God loves me, my friends love me, my family loves me and my husband really loves me, except when he doesn't… Like when I come up with excuses for not going out. But even then, I'm pretty sure he still loves me even if he's annoyed.
It's really sad how many of us have insecurities when the truth is God doesn't see what we see. God looks at us through clear glass, and can see the imperfections, while also seeing our strengths and gifts. However, many of us look at ourselves in a warped circus mirror. Everything appears backwards, our weaknesses are exaggerated, and our strengths are nowhere to be found. But we can't believe the mirror. It lies - every single time.
Every part of us is warped when we depend on that version of ourselves.
The biggest problem I have (holler if you've been here) is that I have such high expectations of myself which I will never be able to meet, yet I hold others to these standards as well. But I'm constantly reminded we are all imperfect so none of us will be able to reach the top of these ridiculous mountains, and we are constantly disappointed. It's a cycle that needs to be broken.
For me to truly love others through the good and the bad, and to build lasting, trusting, authentic relationships, I need to love myself first. Only then can I love others for who they are.
I really need to see myself through the eyes of God to be able to love myself, and I need to see others through the eyes of God to be able to love them.
There are many promises in the Bible regarding who we are to God and how God sees us, but my favorite is this verse from John. It provides me with a calmness, a peace. I know that I'm not so bad after all.
God chose me… God loves me… God calls me friend...
"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. This is my command: Love each other." John 15:9-17
Why is it so hard to love ourselves?


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PR Newswire
NEW YORK, May 1, 2014
NEW YORK, May 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday, the International Culinary Center (ICC) marked its 30th anniversary with the commencement of hundreds of graduates at NYC's Carnegie Hall. Chef and alumni Bobby Flay (Culinary '84, the first class) delivered the keynote. ICC, which opened its doors as The French Culinary Institute in 1984, now has locations in New York, California and Italy. Other notable alumni include Wylie Dufresne, Dan Barber, David Chang, Josh Skenes and Christina Tosi, while Deans of its culinary programs span legends such as Jacques Pepin, Andre Soltner, Jacques Torres, Jose Andres and more.
ICC has won the "Award of Excellence" for professional training by the International Association of Culinary Professionals from 2010-2014, and most recently was chosen with James Beard Foundation to create the USA Pavilion at the 2015 World's Fair (EXPO) in Milan.
For Flay, the skills he learned at age 19 gave him both roots and confidence to improvise. "My basic French technique is in use whether I'm cooking southwestern food at Mesa, American-regional cuisine at Bar Americain, with Mediterranean ingredients at Gato or even flipping burgers and making Parisian-style French fries at Bobby's Burger Palace. Every single day, I put to use something I learned at ICC."
Flay also urged patience, and to make sure the food came first. "I have to admit that it bugs me when I hear people enroll in culinary school just to get their own cooking show. I think going into the media of food is fun and exciting, but one plea to anyone in this hall is to hone your skills first. Become a great cook, bank a lot of knowledge, learn how to fix your mistakes...it's important to be patient."
With a 91% graduation rate, 15,000 students from 80+ countries have graduated from ICC. The average age is 28, and the majority has switched professions entirely – from bankers, lawyers, doctors, architects – to attend culinary school. Several Outstanding Alumni recognized at the commencement are "career-changers," including Susan Povich, a Harvard-trained lawyer who owns Red Hook Lobster Pound in Brooklyn, NY, and Chika Tillman, a Wall Street banker-turned-chef/owner of Chikalicious and Chikalicious Dessert Bar. Other Outstanding Alumni were recognized in various categories, including: Lars Williams ('06), Head of R&D at Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark; Johnson Yu ('02), Lead Bread Instructor at ICC; Elizabeth Button ('07), CEO of Heirloom Hospitality Group in Asheville, NC and Rebecca Banks ('05), Wine Director of Balthazar.
"Today's graduates are not only defining the culinary world by becoming chefs at ground-breaking restaurants," says ICC founder and CEO, Dorothy Cann Hamilton, "They're becoming entrepreneurs in a constantly growing culinary landscape."
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Did you know that cleaning your earwax by using a cotton tip is a bad idea? I didn't. I've been practicing this regime all my life until my husband told me that it is not a good practice. He on the other hand, uses a small curved instrument called curette. It gives me goose bump every time watching him doing it.
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So on one fine day I did felt discomfort in my ear. I've tried rubbing my ear externally, used cotton tip again and even allowing water in while bathing. None worked and I became kinda hearing-impaired for a few days. I should have gone to the doctor instantly but actually I was on sulking-mode with my husband from Monday until Saturday so I never broach on the topic. Things became worse as I felt like Harry Potter when Voldermort spoke to him via telepathic; that was how i perceived sounds.
When my husband noticed that I was 'deaf', he took me to Klinik Alam Medic Bukit Jelutong and I was attended by Dr. Vijaya. He confirmed that I was experiencing earwax clog that he can't even see my ear drum. That bad huh?
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He gave a liquid to ease the harden wax; 2 drops every application for every 8 hours for the next 4 days. I was made compulsory to return and have it clean on the 5th day. I did request for him to wash it instantly but as I wasn't in pain, he beg to differ. Furthermore washing a harden wax is painful he said.
Later that night around 11.30 pm, my ears became too itchy and the pain was intolerable. I figuratively scratch my ears (externally) until it became numb. I became unhinged with the whole deaf-pain-itchy torment. We went to the clinic again and Dr. Vijaya was still there. I gush to him about my formidable condition and beg him to clean it instantly.
My husband joined me while Dr. Vijaya doth his duty. The clinic assistant sterilizes a medical tray and prepared a pile of warm water. Dr. Vijaya attached a tube (around 2 inches) at the tip of a syringe. The sterilized tray was place under my earlobe while Dr. Vijaya shoots warm water inside my ears. I had a motley feeling at that point of time; it was painful but felt great too. At some points I did scream though but the doctor didn't stop. It was horrible to see the harden wax (with the size of tiny crystals) gushed out along with the water. You know what Dr. Vijaya said to me? "Show to her, let her see her treasures. Even gold have value". Damn.. heheehe…
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The pain eventually subsides and taper. Dr. Vijaya advised to have the earwax clean easily once a year for maintenance. I felt like a car while listening to his advice.
*Credits to Mr Google for the pictures.


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Camera Basics
An optical piece of glass that focuses the image as it enters your camera. On a compact camera, the lens is part of the camera, but on more advanced cameras, lenses can be removed or changed. Learn about lens basics.
Shutter speed
A camera has a "shutter" that opens and closes to allow light in, just like opening a blind in your bedroom will let in light. The longer the "shutter" is open, the more light comes in. The shutter speed is the length of time the shutter is open.
Aperture & F-stop
Aperture and F-stop are used interchangeably.
The aperture is adjustable opening in your camera lens that allows different amounts of light in depending on the size of the opening.
F-stop is a relative measure of how much light is let in through the aperture. The F-stop is a number, such as 2.0, 2.8, 4.0, etc. The letter "F" always precedes the number. The larger the number, the less light is let in. F4 lets in half as much light as F2.8, and F5.6 lets in half as much light as F4. As you can see, the relationship is not linear. The following F-stops each let in half as much light as the previous one: 1.4 2.0 2.8 4 5.6 8 11 16 22 32. Most photography students commit this sequence to memory. Closing your aperture is called "stopping down" e.g. changing from F2.8 to F4. Opening your aperture is called "opening up", e.g. changing from F4 to F2.8.
Depth of Field, DOF
DOF is the amount of your photo that is in focus. A photo with a small depth of field will have a blurry background.
ISO is how sensitive your camera sensor is to light. Most camera sensors have an optimal setting of ISO 100 or ISO 200. Raising the ISO, e.g. changing to ISO 800, makes the sensor more sensitive to light, and will have the effect of letting in more light without having to have a slower shutter or opening up the aperture. However, raising the ISO does not actually let in more light, and the cost is more noise in the photo and less dynamic range.
The amount of brightness in your photograph. It's a function of shutter speed, aperture (F-stop), ISO and flash power used when you take your photo. A "good" exposure means your photo has the brightness level that you intended.
Strobe, flash
An source of light artificially produced, in addition to light from the sun. A strobe or flash produces a burst of light at a very high speed.
Internal flash
Also called a "pop-up flash". It's the small flash that is part of your camera that can "pop up" when you need it. High-end dSLR cameras sometimes do not have an internal flash.
Ambient light
Light from the sun, also called natural light.
Here's the simplified version: If you have "TTL", that means your strobe/flash power is automatically adjusted for you, either by the camera, the strobe itself or an additional piece of electronics. If you don't have "TTL", that means you must set the power of the strobe/flash yourself.
White Balance
White balance is related to color temperature, and is how your camera interprets the colors in your photograph. Different white balance settings will result in a photo that looks more green, blue, red, yellow, etc.
Underwater Housing
A waterproof "case" or house that protects your camera and keeps it waterproof while allowing you to use the controls and take photos. Most cameras require an underwater housing to go underwater, although a few compact cameras are waterproof down to 10-30ft (3-9 meters).
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The Inishowen company running an oyster farm at Linsfort beach have said they wish to meet with campaigners calling for the withdrawal of its planning permission in order to "address any concerns."
'Save Linsfort Beach' was set up last week by a group of local people, who have expressed concerns over a 16 hectare oyster farm at the location.
The campaign, which has received over 1,200 'likes' on facebook, has expressed concerns over the impact the oyster trestles will have on the local area, stating they are an 'eyesore' which prevents locals and visitors from using the beach .
They said they are also concerned that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine granted ten-year permission for the trestles, allegedly, "without proper public consultation."
On Sunday, the group set up an online petition, calling on the Department to withdraw the permission, which, to date, has been signed 250 times.
One of the campaign group members yesterday told the 'Journal' they had "nothing personal against the developers, nor enterprise or employment," but said their campaign was about the "decimation of the coastline of Inishowen, where people go to swim and walk and have been enjoying for generations.
"With one stoke of a pen, this was gone," said the spokesperson, who said their campaign is being backed as far away as Canada and Australia.
They added that the permission for the development raises questions over planning for these types of structures nationwide.
In response, the company behind the oyster farm, Crocknagee Oysters, which is based in Inishowen, said it had not been contacted by anyone behind the campaign but would be willing to meet with them in order to 'address the concerns they have.'
The campaign group also confirmed they would be happy to do so if the company contacted them by messaging their facebook page.
Crocknagee Oysters told the 'Journal' they had applied for and been granted the licence by following all procedures as laid out and required by the Department.
Crocknagee Oysters is run by Derek and Sharon Diver as a "family-run" business and was set up over 25 years ago by Derek's late father, Paddy.
The company currently employs 15 full-time and four part-time members of staff.
They told the 'Journal' the licensing application process took over a year, with two notices appearing in a "local" Donegal paper, which was directed by the Department in line with its nationwide procedure.
The company said that in order to grow oysters, they are submerged most of the time "under water" and are only accessible during the "lower tides" of the month when they are worked.
They added that, in this regard, they are situated along the lower shoreline, "nowhere near" the high water mark and should not interfere with anyone walking along the shore.
Mr and Mrs Diver told the 'Journal' that Sharon is a native of Stragill and "knows and loves the area," with the family using and walking the beach regularly.
The 'Journal' also contacted the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine which indicated a response would be forwarded later in the week.


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Why Buy?
Starting with our web site, every thing about Doogie's & The Clam Digger is designed to be without fluff. As you peruse the market place for franchising opportunities, you will see a multitude of slick advertising and glossy brochures. We take the opposite approach.
The Cost
Straight forward, clear and easy to understand. Our operation is simple, the total investment, based on our experience, of $135,000 is significantly less than almost any other restaurant concept.
The Niche
We found it and we filled it. Many different hot dog presentations, char-grilled to order burgers (cooked as you like them ), the best Philly outside Philly, and fresh, breaded when ordered fried seafood.
The Ingredients
A Short Learning Curve - no culinary education required. A bubbling personality is the best asset a franchisee can bring to the business. The front end is every bit as important as the kitchen. Far too many places today treat customers like numbers. We treat them like customers.
Speedy Service
It's not pre-cooked and handed out as soon as it is ordered. However, despite being cooked to order, most single orders are served in 4 minutes or less.
Menu Design
Our lunch business is as you might expect: a lot of burgers, hot dogs, and seafood sandwiches or Jr. Platters. The excitement of our concept is the dinner business created by our seafood offerings and lacking in almost every fast-food operation. The result is a higher average check and lower food costs than almost every fast-food operation.
Our whole operation is as simple as we can make it. Doogie's is designed to work with minimal labor, generally four people per shift . Controlled labor and a healthy dinner business leaves more money in your pocket every week. Perhaps best of all we guarantee protection for market area and signature products. We will never put another franchise or a company store in your market area.
The "experts" say a web site needs a page named "Why Buy?"


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You have taken this great first step by visiting my website! Please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, or concerns, please either by email: firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone: 347-620-5433.


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A charging device for your car battery is quite cheap but very useful device that will help you charge the battery. The question we want to know the answer for is how does a charging device charge a car battery?
Actually, everything is quite simple. A charging device for car battery uses electricity from a corresponding power source – a socket to charge your car battery. There is one negative and one positive output that are connected to the corresponding battery terminals. That's it! Your car battery is being charged. An average car battery has the capacity of, approximately, 48 A. hour. This means that a fully charged car battery provides 1 ampere of current within 48 hours, 2 amperes within 24 hours, 8 amperes within 6 hours etc. The function of a charging device is to transfer these amperes for storage in a car battery. Then, they will be spent on the functioning of a car's devices. As a rule, a charging device is necessary when there are 2 amperes left in a car battery. Consequently, a car battery can be completely charged with 48 amperes within 24 hours. However, there is a variety of charging devices that allow you to change the speed of charging. There are charging devices with the speed of charging from 2 to 10 amperes available. The higher is the speed, the faster will a car battery be charged. Still, the fact is that fast charging is, as a rule, not recommended since the plates of a car battery can simply be burnt.
You can find out the load your car battery experiences according to the amount of current that's necessary for various devices of a car. For example, if there is low beam light turned on in the headlamps of your car, on average, from 8 to 10 amperes will be required. In case you turn on rear window heating, approximately the same amount will be required. In theory, a fully charged car battery, that is not provided with current from the alternator, should spin the starter for, approximately, 10 minutes, provide enough current for the function of the headlamps for 8 hours and enough current for heating rear window for 12 hours. However, as a car battery is discharging, this time is significantly decreasing as well.
A usual charging device for a car battery that you can use at home includes a transformer and a current rectifier that allow to convert 220 V of alternating current from a socket to 12 V of direct current. Besides, these devices make it possible for power source itself to define the best speed of charging in accordance with a car battery's condition. In case a car battery is quite new yet, a charging device can increase the intensity of current for up to 3-6 A. Therefore, such like car battery will be charged faster. If a car battery is very old and you used it for a long time, such like battery simply won't hold its charge at all. That's why it simply won't be charged even if a special charging device is used.
How To Charge A Car Battery With Charger? Step-By-Step Instruction
The first thing you need to do is take the car battery out of your car. You do it by detaching 2 wires of negative and positive charge from corresponding battery terminals. Make sure that all the devices of your car that use electricity for functioning are turned off. This mean that not a single lamp on the dashboard of your car should light up, the ignite key should be turned to the "Off" key and car audio system should be turned off. If some of the devices are left working, there will be sparking in the place of connection when you take the car battery out and, then, connect the charged car battery once again to the car's power wires. Once you take the car battery out, strip the contacts of the car battery's terminals and wires to establish a better connection later on.
Plugging In A Charging Device
Before you start the process of charging your car battery, remember to always check the level of electrolyte. There is a special small window on the shell of your car battery that will help you do it. If necessary, pour some more electrolyte inside the car battery, clean and wipe the battery's terminals. Set up the clamp of the positive (+) wire of the charging device on to the positive battery terminal. As a rule, the clamp of the positive wire is red and the positive battery terminal is bigger in size than the negative one. The same way you set up the clamp of the negative wire on to the negative battery terminal.
Plug the charging device in the socket and turn it on. The indicator or the sensor (the ammeter) will show you that the car battery is currently being charged. At first, the indicator may show you that the battery is charging fast. However, the speed of charging should, gradually, decrease during the course of charging. If your charging device doesn't have the function of the automatic intensity of current change, you need to set it manually. The maximum value of intensity of current amounts to 10% from a battery's capacity. The best value of intensity of current when charging should amount to 5%. In case the battery's capacity is 60 Ah, the intensity of current you are to set in a charging device while charging is 3 A. If you increase it up to 6 A, you are likely to damage your car battery. Remember that the lower the intensity of current is, the more time will it take for a car battery to charge. However, the service life of a car battery in this case will be longer, considering the fact that you will have to charge the battery from time to time when it's discharged.
Can I Charge My Car Battery In The Cold?
Yes, you can. While charging, a car battery is being heated. Therefore, the electrolyte's temperature will, anyway, be above zero. You drive your car in winter, when the temperature is, as a rule, below zero, and the alternator successfully charges your car battery. It is forbidden to charge a car battery no matter what the temperature is in case it was severely discharged and, due to very cold weather, the electrolyte is frozen and turned into ice. It is necessary to bring such like car battery to a warm place and start charging it only after the ice melts.
How To Know That A Car Battery Is Fully Charged?
If during the process of charging you notice that the intensity of current has stopped to increase and the charging current has been one and the same for more than 1 hour, it means that your car battery is 100% charged. In case of modern maintenance free batteries, the current voltage should increase up to 16,2±0,1 V. However, this value depends on the current of charging, a car battery's capacity, the density of electrolyte and other factors. The mentioned value is just for you to consider. In order to measure the value, you can use a voltmeter with any precision grade since it's not necessary to precisely measure the voltage. What is important is the value of the voltage being direct.
How Does A Total Discharge Of A Car Battery Influence Its Service Life?
It has a negative influence on the service life of a car battery. In case of modern maintenance free batteries, a total discharge is especially dangerous. The manufacturers of such like car batteries warn that even if such like battery is totally discharged only once, it may result in the battery being out of order and impossible to use later on.
How Long Time Does It Take To Fully Charge A Car Battery?
Once electrolyte starts to boil, a car battery can be considered to be completely charged. 8-10 hours is considered to be an average time for the charging of a car battery. However, the time mentioned is relative. Actually, the necessary time for the charging of a car battery may differ a lot. It depends on the level of a car battery's charge when you start charging it.
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- In order to extend the service life of a car battery for as long as possible it's better to charge it in moderate mode and gradually. The current provided by a charging device should be direct. A charging device also includes transformers that convert alternating current to a direct one. Besides, a special charging device guarantees stable voltage and protects a car battery in case of voltage surges thus guaranteeing that the process of charging will be as safe as possible.


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Sunday, July 17, 2011
2011 Hurricane season:NASA's TRMM Satellite Sees a Well-Organized, Major Typhoon Songda0 comments Posted by Jeff adams at 8:56 PM
Typhoon Songda was east of the Philippines when the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite had an early evening view on May 25, 2011 at 0903 UTC (05:03 EDT) and saw good organization within the storm and heavy rainfall. Songda has intensified into a major typhoon as it tracks parallel to the east coast of the northern Philippines, spawning warnings.
Both TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) instruments were used to provide the rainfall analysis. TRMM's TMI had the best coverage of rainfall with Songda and showed well organized bands of moderate to heavy rainfall converging into the typhoon. TRMM is managed by both NASA and the Japanese Space Agency, JAXA.
Infrared imagery from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite showed an eye about 12 nautical miles wide and strong convection surrounding the eye on all sides. Songda intensified over the over the last 12 hours because of very warm sea surface temperatures between 30 and 31 Celsius, and low wind shear.
At 1500 UTC (11 a.m. EDT) on May 25, Songda's maximum sustained winds were near 105 knots (120 mph/194 kmh) making it a Category Three Typhoon on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Sondga was located about 385 nautical miles east-southeast of Manila, Philippines and is now moving northwestward near 5 knots (6 mph/9 kmh). Yesterday it was moving to the west-northwest, so the curving northward has already begun.
Songda is predicted to become a very powerful category 4 super typhoon with wind speeds peaking at 125 knots (143 mph/231 kmh) as it passes to the northeast of the Philippines. By Friday, the current forecast track takes Songda's center very close to the island with Kadena Air Base in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Thursday, July 07, 2011
Noctilucent Cloud Season Begins0 comments Posted by Jeff adams at 4:30 AM
When noctilucent clouds (NLCs) first appeared in the 19th century, they were a high-latitude phenomenon. You had to travel toward the poles to see their electric-blue glow. Not anymore. Just this past weekend, these beautiful, "night-shining" clouds spilled over the Canadian border into the lower United States as far south as Denver, Colorado.
In recent years, a NASA spacecraft called AIM (Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere) has spotted the clouds appearing ever lower in latitudes, but just why is not yet known. AIM studies the clouds in order to better understand our lower atmosphere and how it is connected to weather and climate.
The clouds are seasonal, appearing most often in late spring and summer. In the northern hemisphere, the best time to search for these beauties would be between mid-May and the end of August.
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It's a merry time of year, and these are a few of my favorite things for the holidays. Any food or book lover in your life will be thrilled to receive a gift from this list, and in the spirit of the season, I'm hosting a giveaway for two of my favorites!
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I'm giving away copies of The Kinfolk Table and A Commonplace Book of Pie!
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Prepare yourself for the long journey before it surprise you!
The world never been the same since Allah (God) created it including our own planet and our race. There were Empires and superpowers raised and declined all over the history of mankind. Our era is no exception.
One of the most important factors that people always tend to forget is death and life after resurrection. It may be in the nature of human been is the tendency to dislike to think about death until it comes suddenly towards them by different ways. There is one fact no one can or able to deny or stop which is his or her destiny towards death. There is another fact that most people do not know or they do not want to know which is the existence of their souls after death until the day of resurrection when Allah order all the souls to combine their bodies again for a Day which is close to everyone like a minute or even less. Once you die your soul will go to the world called Al-Barzakh in which the time is zero because it is non-materialistic world and so timeless. Time only observed when things move from day to night and so on and in the Barzakh there is no such changes. It is therefore between you and the Day of resurrection is only the number of years or days or moments that you live.
There are many psychological studies proved that people who are thinking about death are much happier and wiser than those who do not want or completely forget it. Of course no body like to die and this is different from the fact of thinking about death and from denying it completely. These psychological studies indicated that those who are thinking about death as their final and unpredictable destiny are more satisfied with life because they only give this life what it deserve. However there are many people who indulge in this life and its materialistic deceptions and lusts to an extensive way leading them to be unsatisfied. These kinds of people when they think about life and death the only stuffs which attract them are the life itself. They are deceived like someone who is running after a mirage thinking that it is water. At the end he or she will expel his or her last breath thirsty about life irrespective of their wealth or achievements. There is a say which seems wise about life saying that if you divorce life it will approach you and if you fetch it; it will elapse you.
The more the people cling to life and ignoring death the more they become away from the spiritual life and their creator (Allah). This will lead to deviation from the straight path where soul and body get harmony towards the final goal of prosperity and happiness. Ignoring the soul means sinking the body in the dirt of this worthless life without the right path. If you are living for only work, study, enjoyment, wars, crimes, arrogances, and so on and so forth, then it is not worth it. The reason is simple because at the end you will be a dead body only as soon as it become corpse it will putrefy and rotten. This will lead us to the most important issue which is the aim of the whole creation and life. Allah created the heavens and earth then the people to worship Him. The reward is an eternal life without death in the paradise or the punishment is again without death. On the top of all of these is for the winners will be given the Allah approbation while for those who lose will be His wrath. Allah's wrath may come in two stages. One is in this life and the other is in the other life. The more the people indulge in corruptions, oppression, arrogance, transcendence, dictatorships, discriminations, loss of morals, loss of ethics, adultery, alcoholism, wars, mischiefs, and similar the more they become closer to the wrath of Allah as groups or as a whole. No doubts in our time we are becoming closer and closer to a calamity to happen. Allah will send signs first like earthquakes, tsunami, floods, and others before the big explosive wrath from heaven.
Read the Holly Quran and it will tell you exactly what will happen. In it are the words of God as it was revealed to Prophet Mohammad (Peace be up on Him). Read it because it is the most positive book in the world until the Day of Judgment. The Holy Quran will tell you everything and you will discover facts about earth and sun and moon and your body that were not known to the master of the mankind and the seal of all the Prophets the messenger of Allah Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
Give life what it deserve, take care of your soul, be humble and thankful to Allah and not proud because what you got and achieved is from Him. Do not mistake that proudness is from Satan to deviate you from the real path. Think about death and prepare yourself for the so long journey before death overtakes you.


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Adiponectin is a peptide hormone secreted by fat tissue that is associated with favorable cardio-metabolic profiles. The hormone plays a role in better outcomes in type 2 diabetes, obesity, atherosclerosis and NAFLD. That is, the higher your adiponectin, the better your health.
In July 2011, Dr. Anand Vaidya and colleagues at Harvard University analyzed two large groups of Americans to discover that the higher your vitamin D level, the higher your adiponectin. Previous studies had found the association, but the Harvard group was able to correct for all known potential confounders and still found a strong positive relationship.
Vaidya A, Williams JS, Forman JP. The Independent Association Between 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Adiponectin and Its Relation With BMI in Two Large Cohorts: The NHS and the HPFS. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Jul 14. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.210. [Epub ahead of print]
This was a cross-sectional study, so their study can't tell us if vitamin D is increasing adiponectin, if adiponectin is increasing vitamin D, or if a third unidentified factor is increasing both. However, I'd bet the ranch that future controlled trials will find that adequate doses of vitamin D (around 10,000 IU/day as the subjects will be obese) will increase adiponectin levels.
If you are obese, remember that 5,000 IU/day is probably not an adequate dose of vitamin D, at least for the first year or two. Sometimes very obese patients need 10,000 IU/day just to obtain vitamin D levels of 40-60 ng/ml. People on such a dosage need to have vitamin D levels checked twice a year to be sure that their vitamin D levels do not precipitously raise on such a dose.
I also bet that obese people supplementing with 10,000 IU/day will notice a slow but steady reduction in their weight. If that has been your experience, or if such supplementation has had no effect on your weight, I'd like to hear from you. I can't promise that I will reply to all responses, but I'd much like to try.


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It was 3.30am and pitch black when I first encountered the Amazon, for the start of what I hope will become a record-breaking kayak journey. We were travelling from our hotel to the start point, with crew, kayak and cameras all on board. None of us had broadcast from the banks of a river before; none of us knew how I would take to the world's biggest river; all of us feared that my mission would end before it had begun.
It didn't. We successfully linked up with Joel and Andy back in the Blue Peter studio and I started my kayak journey live on BBC One. Life as I will know it for weeks had begun.
I feel incredibly vulnerable – the river is wider than anything I've been on before and there are funny eddies and currents that make it tricky to maintain a straight line. When a big boat goes by I bounce around, with water washing over the sides of my kayak. My hands rub but each morning they are wrapped in white tape to prevent them from blistering.The tape is replaced every few hours, under the watchful eye of Dr Lucy Dickinson.
The water is so brown I can't see my paddle once it breaks the surface. When the flow is really slow it looks like melted chocolate. But after a storm, it moves a little faster and becomes more like a conveyor belt of water lillies, logs and even the odd flip-flop. I love the faster flow – I know I'm going farther for the same effort. Most of the time I just stare ahead, keeping a straight back so I don't look like Skelton Six Bellies while the cameras roll.
For the first few hours my arms and shoulders are stiff, then the pains in my bum and legs take over. My sunburned lips are healing, thankfully, as there are few shops here in which to buy lip balm. I'm usually on the water for at least 10 hours; it's boring at times, enlightening at others. When the day boat is able to travel alongside me I can chat to the crew – so far we've talked about favourite chocolate bars, substituted our names for song lyrics and discussed marriage. I'm only just closing in on the good stuff.
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Laila Rouass and co keep the Christmas calories down
Laila Rouass: "I eat little meals throughout the day rather than one huge one that makes you feel stuffed. It means I can still eat everything, just not a lot. And I limit myself – one Quality Street occasionally instead of a handful. If I'm going to a party, I dance for as long as possible to burn the calories – the jive is great because you're on your toes a lot so it works your calves, thighs and bum. And a quickstep is good aerobic exercise."
Lilia Kopylova: "As a dancer, I try to avoid carbs, too, because they make you feel so bloated, especially white bread, rice and pasta. So, before a party, I'll have a bowl of gluten- and wheat-free pasta which fills me up so I don't eat lots of sausage rolls."
Saira Khan: "I drive to as many parties as possible so I have no choice but to not drink. And I start weighing myself every day – if you see the pounds going on, you cut back straight away rather than letting them pile up until you're suddenly half a stone heavier."
Katy Hill: "I'll have hopefully given birth to my second child by Christmas so I'll have had enough of indulging myself. But I don't go mad for weeks anyway, just Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Then I picture how long I'm going to have to spend on the treadmill to work off that box of chocolates or how tight my New Year's Eve party dress is going to look and it stops me pigging out. And I wear fitted clothes so I can immediately feel the effect of my gluttony."
Claire Young: "It's difficult to avoid the temptations of the party season so I try to compensate by getting moving much more than usual – fitting in an extra gym class, walking as far as possible, even going shopping. And I stick to clear drinks – vodka and gin – with low-cal mixers. I do try to think twice before simply shoving another piece of food into my mouth, limiting treats at least until I'm hungry."


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The team at Everest are quite in love with their Rolex watches, so when it came to developing a tang buckle rubber strap they had some requirements. First, when customizing a Rolex watch with one of our straps, it had to give the watch a unique new look but still keep the essence of it. Second, it had to be extremely robust and able to take on any type of environmental element because we are so active with our watches. Lastly, since we are preserving a Rolex bracelet and clasp it had to be an easy install and removal.
With the Everest Rubber Tang Buckle watch band we able to make it an even easier install than our previous model rubber lines. Everest added a few new custom colors to give our Rolex clients an even better customization experience for their Rolex. As always expected from us, quality of materials and construction was improved with our new super durable 316L buckle and vulcanized Swiss Rubber. Preserve your Rolex bracelet with simply the best aftermarket Rubber strap for a Rolex owner.
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Because you are preserving your Rolex bracelet, we had to first think about how this watch strap looks on the watch itself. Since we create straps that keep the essence of a Rolex, Everest must offer a rubber watch band that hugs the case perfectly. Additionally, Everest focused very much so on a very simple, easy installation with a rock solid grip to the case. Again, Everest utilizes a Rolex size and style spring bar connection.
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Happy Friday everyone! Are you in the Christmas mood yet? It's hit me HARD. Probably because I spent last weekend either on the couch or with my head in a bowl....PTL my flu is GONE.
I watched The Holiday last night and cried approx 10 times....the old man walking, the cute little girls, the love, oh the love....it may be pregnancy hormones, but I don't even care, it was the greatest.
This weekend I plan to do all the Christmas things I missed out on last week! There's a Holiday City happening downtown and I'm excited to hit that up on Saturday along with my church's kid's Christmas musical! And on Monday I'm planning to GET MY BAKING ON. I have not baked in sooo long and there are about 5 cookie recipes that I want to bake haha.
I'm officially in the second trimester and plan on doing a 4 month preggers post to update you on all pregnancy related news...but I will tell you now that yesterday I found out when our 19 week ultrasound is (!!!) cannot wait to find out if Baby Liira is a boy or girl!!!!!
Our Christmas tree and stockings are up (photo above) and my new Christmas candle just arrived! So this weekend, I also plan to spend some quality time in our living room watching a few more Christmas movies....wishing I had these comfy joggers or these pj's (hint hint ;)
Our lovely students left yesterday and this morning and man it feels weird to have just James & I living in our house but I will not complain because we are going out for dinner tonight and we don't have to make sure anyone else has food (GLOOORRRRYY!!!)
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Hannah Marcus
Hannah was raised in Spanish Harlem, New York City, by parents who were interested and involved with visual art (her painter mom) and music (her composer/cellist dad). She was influenced equally by her mothers' Leonard Cohen records and the chaotic chamber music rehearsals that frequently took place in the living room. But she was perhaps most deeply affected by growing up alongside her autistic older sister Melissa. As she told one interviewer, "She allowed me to empathize with states of mind and sensory perspectives that defy generalization - that challenge one's sense of who one is, of what intelligence and morality are, of what love is."
Hannah began her recording career after making a disorienting move to Northern California. She plunged into the San Francisco "sadcore" scene - a move catalyzed by hearing Mark Eitzel and American Music Club play in a parking lot. Mark Kozelek of Red House Painters was an early friend, supporter and collaborator. He helped her make her first demos and produced her 1995 debut album, River of Darkness.
Even after she got married and moved to LA for 5 years, Hannah still traveled to San Francisco to record, working with American Music Club drummer Tim Mooney and ex-Swans bassist Joe Goldring to create her 1998 album Faith Burns. (AP called Faith Burns a "moving opera of angst and renewal".) Tim and Joe also co-produced her Bar/None debut Black Hole Heaven, a chronicle of the frayed edges of her LA experience. Black Hole Heaven drew fierce praise from critics and interviewers...CMJ described it as:
" torchy daydreams.. .as consoling as they are feverishly moody...rich provocative stuff." Thom Jurek said in AMG: "Of all the alleged pop records released in the year 2000, none is more beguiling, lovely and confounding...a wonderfully perverse carnival ride... containing "one of the 10 best breakup songs ever"("Los Alamos").
Back in New York City now, Hannah has become very active on the music and literary scenes. She has begun to perform material from Desert Farmers live, both as a solo act and accompanied by various fellow artists. She also recently composed the music for Refrigerator Mothers, a documentary about the mothers of autistic children in the '60s that aired on PBS. (Information on the film as well as an article about the music can be found at www.pbs.org.) She and Rick Moody have collaborated on several projects, including Canon: for Fred Tomaselli for local National Public Radio station WNYC. Go to www.wnyc.org to hear the archived piece; a re-worked version appears on Desert Farmers as "Canon." The pair also performs with guitarist David Grubbs (from Gastr Del Sol and The Red Crayola) as a trio called The Wingdale Community Singers.
Desert Farmers
Hannah Marcus follows a path seldom traveled since the earliest days of 20th Century punk, NYC –style. On Desert Farmers, she recalls the incantatory power of Patti Smith circa Horses and the mystery and carefully crafted foreboding of Nick Cave's quieter moments or John Cale's chillingly austere productions for Nico. Her music is as artful as it is iconoclastic and leaves plenty of room for poetry. Hannah is forward-thinking and fearless, emulating the spirit if not exactly the sound of her progenitors, and on her latest release she's aided and abetted on much of it by the equally visionary members of Montreal band Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Together they've created an album that's transfixing and beautiful, startling and disturbing.
The enigmatic cult faves GYBE were already fans of Hannah when they invited her two years ago to open shows for them in Amsterdam and in Germany, where Hannah has long had a following. Touring in tandem led to their recording together; Desert Farmers was recorded and mixed in Montreal at Godspeed's home base, the Hotel2Tango. Key players included GYBE guitarist Efrim Manuck and bassist Thierry Amar, as well as violinist Jessica Moss of the GYBE offshoot, A Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra.
On its own, Godspeed You! Black Emperor creates eerie, wordless soundscapes; combined with Hannah's narratives and vocals, the tracks become all the more compelling. It's haunting, riveting stuff, like a book that might be scaring the hell out of you but that you still can't put down. There's definitely a unique literary bent to Hannah's work; lyrics for two of the tracks were adapted from the writing of another Hannah admirer, and now frequent collaborator, author Rick Moody (The Ice Storm, Purple America).
Referring to the slow, cinematic pace of her material, one critic declared Hannah "the Jim Jarmusch of indie rock." Time Out magazine said of Hannah: "Many artists aspire to create and populate their own worlds, but Hannah Marcus actually succeeds." All one has to do is listen to the remarkable riff of "Hairdresser in Taos" that Hannah works into a drug fueled road trip with surreal results. Sympathetic playing by Thierry and Efrim (of GYBE) move the performance to a transcendent conclusion that picks up on the work Patti Smith abandoned after Horses. On "Desert Farmer" a simple plucked parched guitar sounds like drops of rain in the sand as Hannah sings "when you got clean you took your loot and sunk it into dragonfruit and now you have become a desert farmer." The guitar part gets more complex as the rain comes down and when the contrabass comes in the listener can feel the desert coming into full bloom.
Black Hole Heaven
"The landlord's son is a drunken bum and he weed whacks weed whacks all the time. Once he got so bombed that he took out his scythe and he chopped down all the Birds Of Paradise behind Lot 309 He went wild... "
Lot 309 (track 1)
So begins the beautiful bittersweet Black Hole Heaven. For her forth album Hannah Marcus takes us on a Kafka-esque cook's tour of the new western front, from the psychotropical artist haunts of San Francisco and Los Angeles to the fluorescent sunsets of Los Alamos. It is an epic tale of love and chemicals. "I wanted to make a big 70's rock concept album when I started" explains Hannah. "But then things went awry. I got divorced, and began staying up way too late at night." The net effect is a woman bouncing between the gods and he cockroaches, waxing turmoil with the wonder of it all. Some artists make albums that are a collection of snappy numbers to tap your toe to-- Hannah Marcus writes songs that will inhabit you.
Alone in her apartment she began recording songs on an ADAT - the basic tracks for "Los Alamos", "Crimson Bird", and the revivified "Osiris In Pieces", the humble yet hopeful "Tired Swan" and the wonderfully resigned "Darling How Are You". She gave them to Tim Mooney who was very excited about continuing with the project and encouraged her to go back in the studio. Tim co-produced the record, bringing in such musicians as guitar effects master Michael Belfer (Tuxedomoon, Black Lab), DJ Ill Media (from Most Chill Slackmob) and Joe Goldring returned to play and work on the mixes, (especially "Osiris In Pieces"). The album emerged like a lotus from the muck.
Hannah Marcus is a reporter back from the edge and Black Hole Heaven is her intra-galactic war chronicle of the heart - dark to be sure - but infused with lucid wonder and humor that transcends mere irony. Imagine that.


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We provide Grace, Love and Dignity. We provide food as a part of the Montana food bank for people in need. We meet every Saturday morning at 9:00 am; we have a meal, groceries, a smile, a whole lot of Love, and a little help in Jesus' name.
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This is a carved seat made out of a tree trunk that I found in a woodland walk within the grounds of a stately home open for public viewing. The seat has squirrels and oak leaves carved around the sides. It is positioned in an ideal spot, in the sunshine.
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Sexual addiction makes it possible to forget about the painful realities and responsibilities of the real world. Unfortunately, sexual activities only works for a limited time making it necessary to constantly be looking for the next available opportunity to escape. Sexual addiction traps both men and women in cycles of shame and guilt until they feel helpless and hopeless.
"Sexual addiction is defined as any sexually-related, compulsive behavior which interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family, friends, loved ones, and one's work environment." (Patrick Carnes) Estimates say three to six percent of the population struggle with some form of sexual addiction.
Types of Sexual Addiction
- Compulsive masturbation
- Compulsive relationships
- Pornography
- Prostitution
- Exhibitionism
- Voyeurism
- Molesting
- Incest
- Rape
The solution? Through counseling, a sexual addict finds both a person and place where they can finally feel safe enough to face the reality they've been running from. I help my clients learn to use appropriate methods to deal with their pain therefore making the sexually addictive activity unnecessary and more managable.


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Fashion Quarterly is a bit of an institution in the world of Kiwi fashion. And now it's about to add a bit of class to the worlds of food and interiors with the latest addition to its stable, Fashion Quarterly Entertaining.
Janine Bourke, FQ's magazine manager, says there are a few reasons ACP has decided the time is right to publish a special annual issue 1) FQ is doing very well under the editorship of Fiona Hawtin, with circulation increasing by 17 percent in the latest ABC figures and ad revenue also on the up 2) the consumer lifestyle sector as a whole is performing fairly well (Fairfax's NZ Life and Leisure clocked one of the biggest circulation increases in the last round) 3) FQ Occasions, another special annual publication that was launched around one year ago, has also proven very successful and 4) the October 10 launch fits in nicely with all the festivities of the RWC and the onset of the summer entertaining season.
Back in 1997, Fashion Quarterly launched an 'entertaining' issue and Bourke says it is "a slight resurrection of that, although it will be quite different" and will include beauty and fashion (speaking of which, in what ACP calls a NZ first, it has just launched www.nzbeautyreport.com, with beauty editors and editors from The Australian Women's Weekly, Woman's Day, Next, Good Health, Fashion Quarterly and Cleo providing a "daily dose of all things beautiful, from hot launches and insider tips to product reviews and downloadable tutorials").
Of course, things have changed considerably in New Zealand since 1997 and she says there's undoubtedly been a maturation of the 'entertaining' sector. But, as you'd expect, "it's not three ways with mince on a Wednesday". It's premium, it's aspirational and it's aimed at what Nielsen calls high-end entertainers, or the top 12 percent of income earners. And, despite the recession over the past few years and continuing fiscal uncertainty, she says the very rich haven't really changed their spending and the likes of Gucci and Louis Vuitton have continued to advertise, which seems to indicate the luxury industry is still alive and kicking in New Zealand.


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Just visited your friend's or any relative's house and noticed the beautiful LEDs in their home? If this is the case with you, then your mind must be curious to know that why your friend or relative has replaced the tradition CFL or Fluorescent bulbs. Right? Well, don't get lost in the clouds of confusion and read this article to put an end to your curiosity. This article will bring answer to your question 'Are LEDs Worth Using' ? and what are an actual advantages of using LED lights. Let's proceed ahead to the answer part.
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Advantages of using LED Lights:
Long Life :
Whenever I buy something, I wish to use that product for a long, so that my money can be safe in my pocket. This is thinking of smart shopper. LEDs come with the guarantee of long lifetime and keep running perfectly for about 16 years. This means that you spend your money on LED for once, and then enjoy it for 16 years. Now that's perfect example of shopping. That is what we call the perfect investment. Your friend or relative is smart enough which clearly reflects from his/her selection of LED technology over the CFL and Fluorescent bulbs. But what about you?Why you are still living the same old lifestyle ?
No Heat :
The heat production in LEDs is near to zero. While CFL produces much heat while in use. Now zero heat production by LEDs is beneficial for you in two ways. Firstly, as the heat production is zero, it clearly means that LED bulb is not wasting a single part of input energy. Secondly, as whole of the input energy gets converted into light, so you find your electricity bills to get reduced. Moreover, no heat production by the LEDs makes them to stand at the top most in safety measures. So one can use LED bulbs in small areas, without any fear.
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If you buy CFL bulbs, then its a foolish step not only from its bad points for yourself, but its bad points for the environment as well. There are many people who are unaware from the fact that CFL manufacturing includes the use of extremely dangerous material for environment, 'Mercury'. So if any person uses CFL, then he/she plays a role in the more use of Mercury. Though this role is indirect and can't be blamed directly, but yes, can be blamed for some extent. The manufacturing work of LEDs does not include the use of 'Mercury' or any other harmful material. This makes LEDs as environment friendly products.
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While having a look at your friend's house's lighting system, you must have noticed the beautifully designed LEDs. This is another plus point in using LED technology. As the LEDs come in various shapes and outer colors, so you can opt for the one, that suits you the most, one that suits your home arrangement the most. While in CFL, you are compelled to use that poorly designed bulbs. The major points are in your front. The choice is yours. I hope that you can now answer your own question 'Are LEDs Worth Using?'


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The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has pitched anew for the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) in Congress despite President Rodrigo Duterte's pronouncement that only federalism can bring peace to Mindanao.
"We say that federalization per se may solve the general problem of the country but we feel that it may or may not solve the specific problem in the Bangsamoro homeland," MILF chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim told reporters following the signing of a Joint Communique for Peace with the Moro National Liberation Front at Camp Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on June 29.
"We will still push for the continuity of peace process and then the implementation (of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro), because we said practically the negotiation has already ended. It's a matter of implementation of the agreement (through BBL)," Murad said.
The BBL seeks the creation of a new autonomous region that will replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, the entity created after the government reached a peace deal with Misuari's MNLF.
The BBL, however, failed to take off in the 16th Congress amid suspicion that MILF members were involved in the botched Mamasapano anti-terror operation in January 2015, which resulted in the death of 67 people, including 44 Special Action Force troopers.
Offering federalism as an alternative, Duterte, then a presidential candidate, repeatedly said his proposal will address injustices such as unequal distribution of wealth in Mindanao by allowing regions to keep most of their income, which could be used to develop poor areas.
Duterte believes that Moro rebels may like the idea of federalism as long as key aspects of the BBL are present.
The MILF and the MNLF had said they support the President's campaign for a shift to federalism.
Also, in their joint communique, the MILF and the MNLF promised "to work at common goals and objectives to engage" with the Duterte administration.
"As they join together, they declared a cohesive stand on their efforts to regain their lost freedom and self-determination so that they will enjoy the blessings of peace, justice and development," they said.
Duterte's allies, led by incoming House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, have already filed resolutions to jumpstart the debate on establishing a federal system of government.
The President, meanwhile, will meet with MILF leaders next week to follow through on the peace negotiations with the rebel group.
He also plans to visit MNLF founder Nur Misuari, who is said to be hiding in Sulu to escape prosecution for the bloody Zamboanga siege in September 2013.
Duterte previously met with MILF and MNLF leaders in Davao City weeks before he assumed the presidency on June 30. —ALG, GMA News


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Opening remarks: ITU Forum "Bridging the ICT standardization and development gap between developed and developing countries"
Kigali, Rwanda
2-4 October 2007
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen
It is a great honour for me to join you at this seminar on bridging the standardization gap. My sincere thanks must go to the Rwandan Ministry of Infrastructure who have worked very hard to make this event happen.
I am proud of the links that have already been established between ITU and Africa, thanks to our regional offices, and the efforts of our staff and people on the ground in various organisations and administrations. In recent years we have held workshops in Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Ghana and Uganda.
I very much hope that this event will serve to forge even stronger links between Africa countries and ITU. As you will be aware, at the end of this month, ITU, together with the World Bank, GAID, the African Union and other partners are organising the "Connect Africa" Summit, also in Kigali, and this workshop will provide input to that Summit.
One of the major issues that we, as a standards development organization, have to deal with is extending the benefits of our work and the opportunities for participation to a wider audience. This is part of bridging the so-called standardization gap. I can assure you that it is something that I take very seriously. Indeed, I am mandated to do so by our members, as outlined in
Resolution 123
from the 2006 Plenipotentiary conference. Over the next few years, we will be putting a great deal of effort into researching new tools which will allow remote participation. We will also be holding more regional workshops – like this one –to push the message that the standardization process is open to all and it is important for developing countries to take part.
Much has already been done to facilitate easier access to ITU-T's work.
In the past, I have put a lot of effort into encouraging regional preparations for ITU conferences and this has become very successful. Countries can now participate in the development of regional proposals even if they do not have the resources to attend meetings themselves. Focus groups provide another way for both members and non-members to participate; currently we have a number of active Focus Groups on hot topics including IPTV and identity management (IdM). Events, especially workshops, are increasingly webcast live and something that is not so commonly known is that chairmen of any ITU-T meeting can invite a non-member to attend as an individual expert. (Ref: Resolution 1, 2.3.1).
However, we acknowledge that more can and must be done.
The standardization gap might be defined as the disparity in the ability of representatives of developing countries, relative to developing ones, to access, implement, contribute to and influence international ICT standards, specifically ITU Recommendations.
The significance of the standardization gap is that it contributes to the persistence of the wider digital divide in ICTs. That is because one of the underlying causes of the digital divide is unequal access to technology and the ability to use that technology. As an example, as many as 33 African countries did not have broadband at the start of 2007 and the average price of service, where it was available, was around ten times higher than in high income economies. The dominant form of broadband available in other African countries is based on the digital subscriber line (DSL) standards published by ITU (e.g., ITU-T Recommendations G.991, 992, 993). Thus, for broadband to be implemented throughout Africa there needs to be a process of technology transfer and adoption. That can happen much faster where African engineers have access to the relevant standards and can implement them, and perhaps more importantly when they can participate in standards development, particularly at the requirements gathering stage
The number of Study Group chairs and vice-chairs from developing countries has increased from just 10 in 1996 to 26 in 2000 and 36 in 2004. From Africa we currently have Study Group officials from Morocco, Egypt, Kenya and Uganda. It may be possible to increase the percentage of chairs and vice-chairs at the next World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) which is the regular event that defines the next period of study for ITU-T
One of the most significant changes made in recent years by ITU to assist participation from developing countries in the standardization process is the freeing up of ITU-T's biggest resource – its vast library of standards – ITU-T Recommendations. In the first eight months of 2007 some 16.1 per cent of downloads from the ITU-T website were from organizations or individuals located in developing countries This corresponds to almost 300'000 downloads by developing countries, compared with just 500 ITU-T Recommendations that were sold during the whole of 2006 when they were priced. The historic decision taken by the 2007 Council to make permanent the free access to Recommendations will be a major step forward in bridging the standardization gap.
The new management team is keenly focused on addressing the digital divide and the corresponding standardization gap. In ITU-T's secretariat – the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB) - a Task Force has been established to oversee implementation of all PP-06 and WTSA Resolutions, and assistance is offered in establishing regional groups. ITU-D and ITU-T will also work more closely together in organizing future regional events, in collaboration with the regional offices. It is our intention to hold more ITU-T meetings in developing countries and to seek sponsorship so that fellowships can be made available. Work on bridging the standardization gap will also continue, both through a Correspondence Group and through a series of regional workshops including one recently in Mendoza, Argentina followed by this one in Kigali and one in Minsk, Belarus (4-6 December 2007).
The topic will be further discussed at WTSA-08, notably in the Global Standardization Symposium planned for 20 October 2008. A morning session will deal mainly with bridging the standardization gap while the afternoon session will be devoted to global standards collaboration and future challenges. The day will end with a roundtable involving standards development organizations and regional/national standards bodies. The city of Durban in South Africa has kindly offered to host the event, and ITU is currently negotiating the arrangements for WTSA-08, which is due to take place from 21-30 October 2008.
ITU has a noble ambition: to Connect the World. The Connect the World initiative was launched, as a WSIS multistakeholder partnership, in June 2005. On 29-30 October 2007, the Connect Africa Summit will be held in Kigali, with the presence of many Heads of State and Ministers from around the region. It is planned that this will be the first in a series of such events in different regions around the world, focussing attention on infrastructure requirements. It is important, therefore, that this meeting send a clear message to the Summit on the need to bridge the standardization gap. I would encourage you to try to formulate recommendations to ITU on measures to bridge the standardization gap that can be reported to the Summit.
The modern world is undergoing a fundamental transformation, as the 20th century's industrial society becomes the information society of the 21st century. Politics, democracy, health, education, entertainment, literacy, financial markets and poverty are all being changed irrevocably by the ICT revolution. ICTs have become too important to the world's future development to leave purely to market forces. Standards, competition and innovation need nurturing and fostering. The work of the ITU-T should go a long way to helping the smoother, more economical introduction of new standards, topologies, protocols and interfaces. And Africa has an important role to play.
I cannot conclude my remarks without a brief reference to the International Telecommunication Regulations, a treaty maintained by the ITU whose purpose is to promote the development of telecommunication services and their most efficient operation while harmonizing the development of facilities for world-wide telecommunications. Some countries have called for a revision of the ITRs, which were adopted in 1998, other countries believe that no revisions are required, while still others believe that the ITRs should be abrogated. Debates have taken place for the past eight years and have been delicate and difficult. At the Plenipotentiary conference last year, unanimous agreement was reached for ITU-T to lead a review of the current ITRs, and I have created an expert group to conduct that review. It has been agreed that Cleveland Thomas of Trinidad and Tobago should chair that group, and that each region should name a vice-Chairman. From Africa I can confirm that Mr Hisham ABOUL-YAZED will act as this region's vice-Chair.
Lastly I would like to thank the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA) for sponsorhip of the social events yesterday and tomorrow and Cisco for its sponsorship of the event this evening.
I wish you all a productive and informative meeting.
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CARLSBAD — There was something in the air all week for students of La Costa Canyon High School as they awaited the arrival of the San Diego Section CIF Playoffs for their football team.
All the championship games were held Dec. 12 at Qualcomm Stadium, where the Mavericks beat the Escondido Panthers 45-28.
The title, a first for the high school known for its athletic as well as academic achievements, was a relief but not a surprise.
"We've been knocking on the door for the past three years," John Labeta, the athletic director for La Costa Canyon High School, said. "It was nice to finally get there."
Although the Panthers scored first, the Mavericks made a strong comeback, took advantage of opportunities, and continued to find ways to make the game interesting. They sealed the deal when they scored 21 points in the third quarter, despite the fact the Panthers had running back Ricky Seale, who set a San Diego Section record for most rushing yards in season.
After the game, the La Costa Canyon High School Mavericks football team enjoyed the victory, as did the students, facility and even parents.
"It was fantastic to see the huge crowd on Friday night," Labeta said.
The school spirit rivals the holiday spirit this December, as the girls volleyball team, said to be the best in the nation, took the state CIF title in the final against Homestead in Irvine on Dec. 6, where they clenched the Division 1 State Championship.
"School spirit is very, very high right now," Labeta said. "It's at an all-time high, except maybe when Chase (Budinger) played."
Those who follow prep sports know that athletics are a large part of the pride of the school.
"La Costa Canyon High school is competitive in every sport," Labeta said.
In winter sports, the boys and girls basketball teams are currently rated in the top 10, he said, and the boys wrestling was competitive this year. In spring, the lacrosse, baseball and softball teams also made it to CIF, as well as the girls tennis team. The boys tennis would have too, if not for cross-town rival Torrey Pines and their consistently strong team.
"We are having a banner year," Labeta said. "There's no shortage of talent this year."
The district has been known to have banner years in the past.
"The district itself has great athletic programs," Labeta said. "We're in the spotlight this year because of football and volleyball, but Torrey Pines has pushed us to the limit."
The two large schools in the district, La Costa Canyon and Torrey Pines, have long been considered cross-town rivals in many sports. The two smaller schools, San Dieguito Academy and Canyon Crest Academy, are in a different division because of their smaller size, he said.
"CCA had three teams that had the San Diego Section highest GPA," Labeta said. "They may not have won any titles, but that is not always what it is about."
School spirit at all-time high at La Costa Canyon
CARLSBAD — There was something in the air all week for students of La Costa Canyon High School as they awaited the arrival of the San Diego Section CIF Playoffs for their football team.