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There's been a lot of talk about Spitzer coming back into politics. Most of it centered around the question of could Spitzer overcome his prostitution scandal. Missed in that conversation or maybe forgotten (mostly) is that Spitzer was a pretty awful governor before he resigned. I wonder if the prostitution scandal didn't actually save Spitzer's reputation. Is it easier to rebound from seeing a prostitute or being a horrible governor?
Well, since Scott Stringer thought it was his his civic duty to remind people that Spitzer's second act is really the same as his first -- claiming to be a reformer then letting everyone down).
Strategically this is probably the best way to go, smarter than pounding Spitzer on the prostitution scandal, which could seem less than honroable and everyone already knows about.
Now this is a video rather than an ad, but it makes the point, pretty straightforwardly. I found the quotes powerful and the press conference scene especially good.
This is Stringer's best shot to take down Spitzer, and to the extend that it starts a conversation that subverts Spitzer's appeal it will be successful. But, I wonder if people see two Spitzer's one the arrogant failed governor who failed and the other a gunslinging Attorney General who kept them safe from the predators of Wall Street and their kind.
Is making the race a referendum on Spitzer enough? I'm not sure. I think Spitzer's story is too strong in voters' minds. I think Stringer still needs to sell himself, this needs to be a choice for voters.


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Match Reaction - Dai Young post Leicester Tigers
Date: 2 Dec 2017
Wasps' director of rugby Dai Young was delighted by his team's thrilling 32-25 bonus point win over old rivals Leicester.
The home side clinched the spoils with a 79th minute Kearnan Myall try, and despite the teams being locked together at 25-all for much of the closing ten minutes, Young saw a draw as an unlikely outcome.
"In the last couple of minutes, I always felt there was going to be a winner," he said. "It was going to be a penalty or a try one way or the other, because both teams were attacking.
"Both teams were a little bit loose and made mistakes trying to win the game, and I always felt there was going to be a mistake and the other team would come out on top.
"I felt confident if we could get good position, if we were a bit patient and composed which we weren't for the first 20 minutes, we would score again."
"I'm really thrilled to get that win, there's not much between the two teams and I couldn't have complained if the Tigers had nicked it at the end.
"I was really pleased that we had enough bottle to keep playing and we certainly had the quality to come out with the win in the end."
Some outstanding last-ditch tackling denied what seemed certain Leicester tries in the second half, and Young praised his team's defensive display in addition to their creative abilities.
"Defence is always important," he said, and although they kept on bouncing back on our short-side, and made too many yards there for our liking, we patched that up for most of the game.
"You couldn't doubt the attitude to defend and I couldn't doubt the work rate.
"You are always going to be put under pressure by a team like the Tigers and you don't win games if you can't defend.
"We were making line breaks for the first 20 minutes, but we kicked the ball away looking to score in the first two or three phases.
"What we had to do was back our policies and our shape, and once we got six phases on two or three occasions we scored tries - we just had to demonstrate composure and patience."
Wasps have been boosted by the return of a number of backs from injury in recent weeks, and their rugby director said this provides him with plenty of options.
"It is nice to have two or three players coming back at the same time," he said.
"We now have options, and we look far better with two distributors that can play right on the line, and put some of our outside backs into space.
"I don't think we picked up too many injuries today either. We are struggling prop-wise, as we only had four available, and we also only had three second rows and four back rows today, so selection wasn't too tough, and thankfully they all look like they have come through.
"Once again we had absolutely fantastic support from Wasps' fans on the sidelines who got behind the boys from the 1st to the very last minute of the match, so another big thank you from all of us to our supporters here today and we look forward to seeing some of you on the away trip to La Rochelle next week, and then everyone back at the Ricoh in a fortnight."


text: Vivien Wise is an MFA candidate in Fibers and Material Studies at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia. She has a BFA in Fibers from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore. Through explorations of materiality and tactility, her work comments on the concept of shared spaces and connections. Vivien searches for connections between others and herself to find community in this way. She mainly makes objects, in which she incorporates function through either the object itself or an implied action. Additionally, Vivien integrates a personal domestic history, especially connected to her mother and grandmothers. This personal domestic history as well as an interest in the function of objects is based primarily in craft. Vivien is drawn and connected to the process and materiality of the rag rug, the quilt as art object, and the community formed by a knitting circle. Sustainability as a general concept is woven into the fabric of her being and consumption/waste is an important consideration for her.


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CFP: Curating Health: Graphic Medicine and Visual Representations of Illness
The Nordic Network for Gender, Body, Health in collaboration with the Division for Gender Studies, Stockholm University CALL FOR PAPERS for the international conference
We invite individual presentations, panel proposals or artistic contributions from across a range of disciplines in the Humanities, Practice Arts, Social Sciences and Biomedicine that engage with the theme of graphic medicine and visual representations of health and illness in all their dimensions. Graphic medicine is one major theme, but proposals may also focus on other forms of (experimental) visual representation in areas such as autobiography and memoir, poster art and display, and visual narratives.
We are particularly interested in papers that address the power differentials of gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, crip, queer and ageing.
The deadline for abstract submissions is 15th August 2018: Send abstracts of no more than 300 words, including a biography of no more than 100 words, to firstname.lastname@example.com
The Nordic Network for Gender, Body, Health will celebrate its 10th year with a reception during the conference. The Network is currently based in Sweden but has more than 200 members from across Europe. Previous international conferences and workshops include: Disability, Arts and Health (Bergen); Monitoring the Self (Helsinki); Interrogating Prostheses (Stockholm); Re-imagining Transplantation (Copenhagen).
Stockholm, December 2018 (Curating Health: Graphic Medicine and Visual Representations of Illness)


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The snow has begun to melt a little today - and I'm not sorry! Although it looked beautiful when it was freshly fallen, by now it has started to look very dingy and slushy and dirty - not pretty at all. It's wet and cold and difficult to walk in, and we're all quite glad that it's finally begun to beat a retreat. Papa Bear hopes to be back at work soon - which I'm not so happy about - but it will be nice to get back to our usual routines.It's Cubby Bear's birthday this week, and as always before a special occasion I hope to be able to do a bit of spring cleaning. It feels right, for the weather and the time of year! Usually when I spring clean I use the Emilie Barnes technique of doing "15 minutes a day from total mess to total rest" - yes, just 15 minutes of extra cleaning and organising a day can quickly lead to a lovely tidy home!
One thing that I do find helps to get our home tidy quickly is having enough storage space. At the moment, where we live just now has very little real storage space, and it's something I have to work at daily, juggling what we really want and need to hold on to, with the tiny amount of storage space we have. I've got very clever and inventive over the years at how to store things!
However today's 15 minute chore was to get the living room nice and clean. As well as doing my usual dust, polish and hoover, I paid some attention to an area on the carpet where, unfortunately, during our busy Christmas holiday, someone knocked over a glass of Lucozade (Gatorade) - the glass was mine, so it was my fault as much as the other person's - I shouldn't have left it on the floor to get kicked over! Oh it has made a bad stain though - it's bright orange, and that bright orange mark is still on the carpet pretty much a month later.
I've bought some Vanish to try to get rid of the mark - my usual technique of dabbing it thoroughly, washing with water, dabbing some more and then getting as much of the stain up as possible using rubbing alcohol (which is usually brilliant at getting rid of stains on all kinds of surfaces - without harming them) - this time around didn't work. So the Vanish is going to be applied today! I hope it works - it's in such an awkward position, right in the line of vision as you walk into the room. I can't cover it with a rug either, because the settee is right next to it. I'll report back later to say how well it worked!
There are all sorts of things I can try if that doesn't work though - here's a website that has many suggestions! I definitely plan to use the recipe for home-made carpet freshener too - we can't use commercial brands, as they aren't bird safe (I'm going to wait until the birds are safely covered up, before using the spray I've got, today). But this is - so I'm keen to try that out as it sounds lovely and fresh!


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As I sat in the Simple Things shop, the sound of Frank Sinatra playing lightly in the background, the sun beaming off the raised white barn ceiling, I fell in love.. Simple Things is small furniture business based out of Benbrook Texas and it is a sanctuary. These people are passionate about furniture and about helping their clients to create unique spaces. It is a beautiful space with beautiful products.
Our Meeting
I sat down and talked with Patti, an employee at Simple Things and Jim, the owner, a few weeks ago and they filled me in on how Simple Things came to be. Patti is a sort of jack-of-all-trades. According to Jim, she is the best-kept secret in Texas. Patti is an artist for Simple Things. She takes care of the photography, the styling, the social media, she helps design the furniture, and she is a buyer among many other titles. Jim, on the other hand, has been designing his own furniture for over 20 years. He humbly referred to himself as a "competent forager at best." But all it takes is one glance around his shop to know that that is quite the understatement. The building itself has a bit of a unique story as well. Apparently it functioned as a workshop when Simple Things was still running out of a space in University Park Village in Fort Worth. However, when Jim decided he wanted his own space, he made the decision to renovate the warehouse. According to Patti, it was a hideous building and everyone thought that Jim was crazy. But now, looking around and admiring the wood flooring, the airy windows, and the white washed wood ceiling, I never could've imagined that this space was ever anything but lovely. Simple Things has been open at this new location in Benbrook for about 3 ½ years now. They like to say that they are "the coolest furniture store in Benbrook, Texas."
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Songs are powerful. There was a time when songwriters ruled the world. They were the voice of change, the voice of poetry, the expression of the highest hopes and dreams of the people. Too many songs these days seem to lack that pure poetry that used to be so common in top hit songs. We love to perform songs that have stood the test of time, as well as create our own. There is something magical about bringing seldom heard songs back to life on stage. Once in a while we'll get requests from the audience to perform classics. Songs like "Dream a Little Dream of Me". One of the best versions of that song is the one sung by the beloved crooner Bing Crosby. This vinyl record has a classic version on it, something worth studying to hear the kind of timing and careful nuances that he puts on the lyrics. His backing jazz band recorded this version in 1957 in San Francisco.
Here are the lyrics to this classic song:
Stars shining bright above you
Night breezes seem to whisper "I love you"
Birds singing in the sycamore trees
Dream a little dream of me
Say nighty-night and kiss me
Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me
While I'm alone and blue as can be
Dream a little dream of me
Stars fading but I linger on dear
Still craving your kiss
I'm longing to linger till dawn dear
Just saying this
Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you
But in your dreams whatever they be
Dream a little dream of me
Stars fading but I linger on dear
Still craving your kiss
I'm longing to linger till dawn dear
Just saying this
Sweet dreams, till sunbeams find you
Gotta keep dreaming leave all worries behind you
But in your dreams whatever they be
You gotta make me a promise, promise to me
You'll dream, dream a little of me
The imagery in this song is timeless. Call it cheesy, but you have to admit "night breezes seem to whisper "I Love You" " will always create an incredible atmosphere. It's no wonder this song has been covered by so many singers. We've been creating music a long time, and we feel fortunate to have grown up hearing about songs like these and taking what we can from the poetry, the nuance, the musicianship that went into making them such beloved hits. For all you music lovers out there, keep the poetry alive. We're going to do our best to bring it with the songs that we're working on for our upcoming album.


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Tuesday, 9 August 2011
31 comments:
- Dodici said...
Adorable card.x
- 9/8/11 17:20
- Vicky said...
Such a pretty card Wendy...love the image and fabulous colours too hun..
thanks for joining us at The Poodles Parlour...and good luck..!
have a lovely evening...hugs Vicky xx
- 9/8/11 17:36
- CraftyLoops said...
Oh my goodness Wendy this is a gorgeous card, really stunning. Lee xx
- 9/8/11 18:28
Beautiful card Wendy.
Sue x
- 9/8/11 18:57
- Doreen said...
This is gorgeous Wendy,so pretty.Thanks for sharing this with us at CYDA.xxx
- 9/8/11 19:04
- Jenny said...
what a sweet card!
- 9/8/11 20:18
- Pop's Cards said...
Hi sweetie this is fab i love the image and colours, gorgeous work hugs pops x x x
- 9/8/11 21:43
- Little K Smith said...
Oh this is gorgeous Wendy, I love this sweet image and you've used my fave papers too :)
- 9/8/11 21:50
- Sarah said...
Hi Wendy, such a pretty card. Love the papers (you really have such good taste, I have those papers too ;-). Love the way you've layered the image onto the patterned paper and then the cardstock. Cheerio, Sarah
- 9/8/11 22:09
- Sarahshandmadecardsx said...
Hi Wendy such a pretty card. I love that image and the papers you have used.
Thanks for joining in our birthday celebrations this fortnight at Craft Your Days Away.
Hugs Sarahxx
- 9/8/11 22:12
- Elke said...
a very pretty card, thanks for joining us over at The Poodles Parlour. Good luck.
Elke XX
- 9/8/11 23:04
- Mina said...
wow Wendy this is beautiful, so pretty and girly too...beautifully coloured
Mina xxx
- 10/8/11 00:19
- lalkygirl said...
wow ,i love this card ,so pretty and girly ,i love all the pretty flowers,thanks for joining us at the poodle parlour and good luck
tracey x
- 10/8/11 06:43
- * Shaz * said...
Gorgeous card, thank you for joining us at CYDA on our 1st birthday, hope you will join us again, good luck xx.
- 10/8/11 07:37
- debby4000 said...
Fabulous sweet card Wendy, adorable image and pretty colours.
- 10/8/11 08:42
- coops said...
beautiful card wendy.the image is gorgeous and fab pretty colours and design :D
xx coops xx
- 10/8/11 11:45
- Debbie said...
Wow, this is so lovely, your layout is great, hugs Debbie x
- 10/8/11 12:52
- Debbie said...
Wow, this is so lovely, your layout is great, hugs Debbie x
- 10/8/11 12:52
- Dena said...
Gorgeous card! Those Papermania papers are just so pretty with that image!!! Great job!
Thanks for joining the LOTV Challenge this week!
Hugs, Dena
- 10/8/11 20:45
- Ruth said...
This is really gorgeous! I see you have used one of my fav paper packs! I'm making a card using it tonight, Ruth x
- 10/8/11 21:02
- Kerry said...
This is so pretty and fabuliciously feminine Wendy. Love the pearls on the punched border...fab colouring too :-D xx
- 10/8/11 21:42
- Jules said...
Hi Wendy
You use your LOTV images so beautifully .. .. and this one is no exception.
Love your layout and pretty papers .. so many gorgeous layers and embellishments. Love it!!
Love Jules xx
- 11/8/11 06:48
- Sally said...
This is gorgeous. Love it.
Hugs Sally xx
- 11/8/11 15:51
- darcy48 said...
Hi Wendy love your card I love the delicat colour combo you have used with this cute image. Arlinex
- 12/8/11 11:40
- Inkypinkydelights said...
Hi Wendy, Love your card! Love the soft colours and well I just love the whole thing! Judy x
- 12/8/11 17:07
- Chelle said...
Very pretty, love the colours x
- 14/8/11 14:08
- Kathleen said...
this is lovely!!
kathleen mc x
- 14/8/11 22:42
- ~ Ali Watson ~ said...
Oh my this is beautiful! love love love it
Ali x
- 16/8/11 21:41
- Shelley said...
Fab card, thanks for joining in our 1st birthday challenge at Craft Your Days Away. Hugs Shelley xx
- 19/8/11 20:31
- Hank Hendricks said...
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The contemplative path of yoga refers to a cluster of experiential techniques of self-inquiry which arose on the Indian subcontinent approximately 4000-5000 years ago. Although different, and at times even contradictory in their existential philosophies, all yogic methodology arising at this time share one common purpose, that of spiritual liberation through empirical wisdom and resulting in the cessation of suffering.
Classical Yoga Philosophy
Whit teaches the philosophy of Classical or Raja-Yoga as passed down through the teachings or Patanjali's Yoga-Sutras. The path of Classical Yoga is a meditative trek designed to unearth and extract the true nature of Self from the myriad experiences with which we readily identify.
Yoga expounds that we create our own suffering as a result of the misidentification (avidya) of ourselves with mind states and the body. By slowing down and stilling the body and mind through meditative techniques, we can begin to observe that which we are not, in turn revealing over time that which we truly are, pure awareness. And once we have returned home to and remain abiding in the seat of witness-consciousness, we no longer misidentify or become affected by the vicissitudes of life. This is the liberation of the Self and the cessation of suffering.
Vinyasa Yoga
The essence of vinyasa yoga, colloquially referred to as 'flow' yoga in the West, is the integration of movement, conscious breath and mindfulness. The most fundamental aspect of this approach to posture practice is the breath. It is the breath which animates the movements of the body and without the breath there is no yoga. The term yoga is most commonly defined as union and in vinyasa yoga it is the breath which yokes the mind and body into a state of spatiotemporal unification. So by definition, without consciously controlled rhythmic breathing, there can be no union between mind and body and in turn no yoga.
A 'vinyasa' is a planned course of action and is not necessarily solely an aspect of our yoga practice. However, upon the mat, a vinyasa is a deliberately planned course of action to transition from and link together the various postures (asanas). Simply put, a vinyasa is the transitional movement that takes us from point A to point B. Vinyasa yoga thus unites the postures throughout the practice, giving rise to a steady stream of mindfulness and deep levels of meditative absorption.
Vinyasa Krama
Vinyasa Krama is a traditional form of vinyasa yoga taught by the father of modern yoga, Sri T. Krishnamacharya (1888-1989) and passed down to Whit's primary asana teacher, Srivatsa Ramaswami (1939 - ). Krama means to put or place in a particular order and thus Vinyasa Krama is the intelligently sequenced application of the vinyasa approach.
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The practice of yin yoga is a relatively young and recent addition to our modern yoga culture. Initially devised as a result of the study of the meridian system of Chinese medicine and its intention to stimulate the health of the subtle energy body, yin yoga is a passive and transformative practice targeting the connective tissue of the body and the health of the joints.
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Owing to the passive stillness of this practice, yin yoga provides a rich opportunity for the arising of wisdom through contemplation of mind and body. Whit's approach to the practice of yin yoga incorporates the methodology of Buddhist mindfulness practice, the foundation for the practice of vipassana (insight) meditation and is a wonderful, complimentary practice for formal meditation.


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Whose website is it anyway?
I've been doing a lot of keyword research in recent weeks, looking for the most popular search terms that people are looking for, related to what Texas A&M does. At www.tamu.edu, we want to have useful pages devoted to each of the important queries – questions – that people have. I've come up with hundreds of keywords. And I've come to an obvious conclusion – we can't do this by ourselves.
All keyword research and search engine optimization requires a balance between what's desirable and what's possible. Sure, we'd like to have the number one result for "universities" but we only cover one university, while other sites cover thousands of them. If you want to know all about universities, you really ought to look elsewhere. When I look at statistics for the most popular yet relevant searches, I see search terms with words such as "scholarships" (1,830,000 Google searches a month) and "online schools" (3,350,000 Google searches a month).
The problem is, other Texas A&M websites have a lot more information about scholarships and distance education than www.tamu.edu. Other Texas A&M websites have a much better chance of getting to the top of the search engine results than any of my web pages.
Now, we're glad to help other webmasters optimize their sites for better search results. All I'm saying is that it doesn't make sense for us to reinvent the wheel. The most powerful Web address for scholarships will always be scholarships.tamu.edu. If Texas A&M is going to compete with online schools such as the University of Phoenix, we're going to do it through the folks at distance.tamu.edu.
And so far I'm only talking about the big targets – the keywords that get millions of searches a month each. But what about the even more potent long tail keywords, that collectively get tens of millions of searches a month – from the most highly motivated searchers? The ones who search for "ocean hydromechanics fellowships" know exactly what they want. They may have a million dollars to give away. They are not writing a fifth grade school paper.
The only way to satisfy these millions of long tail searchers is for each webmaster to optimize his or her own pages. What would that mean?
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- Label your pages clearly. Have you named and titled your pages based on what your visitors need to do? Are you using the keywords that your visitors would use? Do you have links in your navigation and headings on your pages that use words such as "Sign up" or "Donate" ?
- Make a good map. One important reason for navigation is to avoid getting lost. Even if this doesn't relate directly to search engine optimization, it's still important: do your menus allow your visitors to reach any page on your site in a few clicks?
In the end, you are responsible to helping visitors find your website through proper search engine optimization. The process need not be laborious or mystical. Let us know if we can help.
2 Comments to Whose website is it anyway?
This is all great introductory information. If I may make a suggestion, there's a setting in WordPress that will automatically configure the page names for you. If you go to Options > Permalinks, you can select the "Custom" radio button and add this to the field: /%postname%/
At that point pages like this one will look like:
…instead of
This is far more useful for search engine optimization.
Will Reinhardt on
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So true, and that's how we've set up our most recent blogs, such as http://aggieblogs.tamu.edu/.
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As most of my friends know, my buddy KP and I love to make hunting videos on the side. We title them Fat Boy Hunting. They are usually low quality and high comedy....at least to us. We had a chance this week to take our boys, along with a our good friend Kirk Stephens and his two boys, out to the country. We attempted to hunt coyotes. We did not see any coyotes, probably due to the smell of Rice Krispie treats and Capri Sun.
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By comparison to its Competitors, Aweber provide one of the largest collections of e-newsletters templates available: there are over 700 available.
To Supply a bit of circumstance, There are approximately 500 templates available for Getresponse, 90 for Mailchimp and around 50 for Campaign Monitor.
Toe be honest, I do not adore all of The designs – some of them look slightly dated. I would believe them to be marginally better than the Getresponse ones, but not as good as Mailchimp's or Campaign Monitor's.
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RSS Feed
Like comparable e-marketing products, Aweber can take your website's RSS feed and turn it into e-newsletters which get sent out according to your schedule that you define. In Aweber, this can be called'Blog broadcasts', although you can take advantage of this feature with any content which has an RSS feed.
This functionality is Particularly handy for bloggers that need subscribers on their mailing lists to automatically receive e-newsletters containing their newest articles (or, indeed, a monthly digest of blog posts). In essence, it means you can force your newsletters from your website – this is a large time-saver.
It's worth noting however that You can not use the normal Aweber template layouts for RSS-to-email purposes – you need to choose from a set of templates that are specifically designed for this purpose.
On the other hand, you will find quite Some of these to pick from – over most other e-marketing alternatives I've tried.
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1 thing that you can't use in Aweber templates which you can in certain other competing platforms (like Mailchimp and Campaign Monitor) is net fonts. You're limited to using the normal'safe fonts' – Arial, Times New Roman, Trebuchet and so forth.
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Autoresponders – a series of Follow up emails which are automatically triggered by either time or user actions – are an integral part of any e-marketing solution.
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Using Aweber, you are able to make 'targets' or combine automation rules with tagging to create autoresponders act in quite funky ways. . .but if you would like to make use of autoresponders in really advanced manners, you'll probably need to appear at other products, especially Getresponse, which provides'advertising automation' performance that hooks up to a built-in CRM.
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Mobile Responsive Design
Unlike some other e-marketing Tools – notably, Mad Mimi – all Aweber's email templates are 'responsive'.
This means that they Automatically resize themselves to suit the device they are being viewed on. In this day and age of smartphones and tablets, this definitely is a good feature.
1 minor Gripe I have however regarding the reactive designs is that to preview them you'll actually have to send a test email to a smartphone. On other platforms you can usually just hit a'preview on telephone' button or similar. The lack of this operation isn't a dealbreaker by any means, but it will slow you down a bit, especially if you're sending a lot of campaigns each month.
A/B testing
Divide testing (also known as A/B testing) entails sending variants of your e-newsletters to a number of your mailing list, tracking the operation of each, and sending the'best' version to the rest of your list.
Most e-marketing tools manage This automatically for you: you produce a few distinct variations of your email (using either differing content or theme headers), send them into a sample of your data, and your e-marketing solution will roll out the best performing version mechanically to the remainder of your mailing list.
Split testing USED to be great In Aweber: until quite recently, you were able to create and test four variations of an email (making Awber's split testing functionality better than most major rivals; Getresponse being a noteworthy exception).
For some Reason split testing is presently completely inaccessible in Aweber – I've been assured by their sales team that it's coming back during the upcoming few months, but if you believe you are going to want this functionality urgently you could be best off considering an alternative email marketing solution.
Email analytics in Aweber have been good. In addition to being able to monitor key stats like open Pace, clickthroughs and bounces, you can also look at a lot of additional useful analytics / advice, such as
that the Increase of lists over time
an overview of sign up approaches
where people are opening your email (i.e., geographical place )
the history of an individual's activity – you can view past opens and clicks etc. at a per-subscriber level
And more besides.
With regards to how this compares With competing products, I'd say that Aweber's reporting is more comprehensive than that which is available in Campaign Monitor or even Mad Mimi; nonetheless I would argue that Mailchimp and Getresponse both provide better reporting interfaces.
Together with the latter two goods you Seem to have the ability to get more of an summary of information in one spot, particularly when considering the operation of individual e-newsletters.
By contrast, With Aweber you have got to flick involving three segments -"Broadcasts","Clients" and"Reports" to find a general picture of information, whereas Getresponse and Mailchimp current most of the reporting data onto a single dashboard (that you can then use to drill down to specifics). Aweber Custom Fields
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A Great feature of Aweber is that the Flexibility it gives you about how you need to deal with the opt-in process.
You Can Opt to sign up your Users on either one opt-in or a double opt-in basis (single opt-in is when a user is dispersed instantly after finishing a form; dual opt-in is if they have to click on a link in a confirmation email to complete their subscription).
Both Approaches have their own merits, so it is good to see Aweber being flexible in this regard – not all of competing solutions provide their clients with this selection.
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Aweber Provides a decent selection of integrations with other options. You will find more than 400 integrations available which enable you to connect Aweber to various kinds of cloud-based software – web builders such as Wix or WordPress; CRM tools like Salesforce; landing pages such as Instapage and so forth.
A number of these involve dedicated widgets; others demand including a snippet of code into a site; others involve a sync tool such as Zapier.
It is rare that Aweber will plug into other applications quite as easily as Mailchimp (that seems to be the default'standard' email advertising option for a great deal of apps), but you should not have too much difficulty getting Aweber to work with a wide range of other SaaS (software as a service) apps.
Leveraging data
Segmenting data in Aweber is Fairly straightforward. You may produce segments not only based on the contents of any field in your database, but also on consumer action too – emails opened, web pages visited, links clicked, products bought and in the future. It is all very flexible and simple to use.
It's a bit tricky however To figure out how to get to the screen where you make the segments – you essentially have to go to some'manage subscribers' section, search for some readers and then save the search as a segment.
To be fair, some options (such As Getresponse) use a similar strategy to section creation – although others (like Campaign Monitor and Mailchimp) supply a more findable'sections' section.
Unfortunately Aweber does not let You broadcast mails to multiple segments at once, however. This will cause problems for some users that have a need to'pick and mix' segments in mailouts on a regular basis.
For instance, say you are a dealership with a mailing list comprising a field known as'car model.' You have used this area to segment your mailing list into owners of VW Polos, Golfs, Passats, Tiguans and Touregs.
You now have an offer which is Specifically relevant to Polo, Golf and Passat owners, and you wish to send a message about it to those three segments in 1 go.
In an Perfect world you would only be Able to select the applicable segments and send the message to those three groups. With Aweber however – this isn't possible. You would have to either send three separate messages or create a new segment targeting'Polo OR Golf OR Passat.'
You'll have a similar problem if You would like to exclude particular segments from the broadcast; so ultimately it's a bit of thumbs-down for the segmenting performance in Aweber.
Other email Marketing tools, notably Getresponse and Campaign Monitor, handle this in a far better way.
Overall I would say Aweber is a Solid email marketing tool.
It's not the best product of its Kind accessible, but it's reasonably priced, simple to use and comprises most of the key features you'd expect from an email marketing solution.
The primary aspects of the Item That would nudge me Aweber's direction are its ease-of-use and comprehensive support. The latter may be particularly important for some potential users, especially those starting out in e-marketing with no truckload of technical abilities (you probably won't have stuck, but if you do, you are able to talk to an actual person being on an actual phone line about your issue ).
In Addition, It's not overly Expensive by comparison to a competing products, especially Campaign Monitor and iContact.
The main things that would Dissuade me are its lack of split testing functionality and its relatively basic automation features.
I hope you have found this Aweber review Helpful so much, but in case you have not made up your mind on whether this is the e-marketing alternative for you, here's a simple breakdown of the key advantages and disadvantages of utilizing it: Aweber Custom Fields
Benefits of using Aweber
Split testing is currently disabled.
You can find cheaper options out there that offer much more attributes in the marketing automation department – Getresponse being a prime example.
Some of the templates look a bit dated.
The RSS to email templates are poor and they can't be edited with Aweber's regular drag and drop email builder.
You can not include or exclude a number of segments simultaneously when sending an e-newsletter.
Benefits of Aweber
It's Simple to Use.
Support alternatives are more extensive than is the case with some essential competing products and according to Aweber's Stevie awards for client support, ought to be high.
It's reasonably priced – whilst not the most expensive product of its type out there, it's cheaper than many similar options.
It enables you to select whether to join people to your list on a single or double click basis.
It's good import functionality, together with the choice to import a wide range of file types and add the email addresses you're importing directly to an autoresponder cycle.
It integrates neatly with a good range of third party tools and programs.
It includes a very large range of templates – more than its key rivals.
Setting up simple time-based autoresponders is very easy to do.
All email templates are all responsive.
Reporting attributes are powerful.
Segmenting information is relatively simple and you can use both field contents and user action (email opens, hyperlinks clicked etc.) to make your sections.
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There are 5 Aweber plans on Offer:
Hosting and emailing a list containing up to 500 subscribers: $19 per month
501 to 2,500 readers: $29 per month
2,501 to 5,000 readers: $49 per month
5,001 to 10,000 subscribers: $69 monthly
10,001 to 25,000 readers: $149 per month
If you have 25,000+ subscribers, You'll have to call Aweber to get a quotation.
A 14% discount can be obtained In case you pay quarterly; a 14.9% discount is available if you pay yearly. Additionally, there are some discounts available for students and not-for-profit organisations.
One aspect of Aweber's pricing Construction that potential users may enjoy is that all of features are available on all plans – unlike some competing products you don't have to be on more expensive plans to unlock certain performance.
Nevertheless, The performance on Aweber – as we will see below – isn't always as extensive as you might find in competing email advertising solutions.
Pricing Vs. Competition
Aweber is, Generally Speaking,
Significantly more affordable than Campaign Monitor
much more affordable than iContact
roughly the exact same cost as Mailchimp
slightly more costly than Getresponse
considerably more costly than Mad Mimi (notice: Mad Mimi's attribute set is more basic nonetheless ).
It is worth noting that the above Comparisons do not really apply to very little lists however – if you've got a small email database, several of the competing goods are greater value.
By Way of Example, hosting a listing Comprising 1000 records will cost you $29 using Aweber, and…
$12 monthly with Mad Mimi
$15 per month with Mailchimp
$15 monthly with Getresponse
$29 per month using Campaign Monitor *
$32 per month with iContact
Taking another example, if you Have a larger list containing 10,000 documents, it is going to cost $69 using Aweber and…
$149 per month using Campaign Monitor *
$79 monthly with iContact
$75 monthly with Mailchimp
$65 monthly with Getresponse
$42 monthly using Mad Mimi
* A brief note about Campaign Monitor: you will find some cheaper Campaign Monitor programs available which allow you to host the same quantities of email addresses outlined above, but they restrict the number of e-newsletters that it is possible to send them. For the sake of a comparison, I have referenced the prices for Campaign Monitor plans that permit unlimited broadcasts as these plans are similar in terms of send volumes allowed to the Aweber ones.
That is just two examples of Course, and Aweber's opponents have different pricing tiers which will sometimes make Aweber more economical, sometimes more expensive. But normally I would say Aweber is priced about in the center of the e-marketing solution scale.
Of course, pricing is not exactly the Only variable you should base your choice on. . .the more important consideration to work out is what bang you get for your dollar.
So let us Look at some Aweber features.
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Sleep apnea in children can cause serious health issues, developmental delays, and behavioral changes that resemble the symptoms of chronic attention-deficit disorders. Consequently, many parents misinterpret these symptoms and expose their children to unnecessary medication rather than seeking sleep apnea therapy.
Dr. Todd Fincher has partnered with HealthyStart™ to provide therapy for children suffering from sleep disorders and improve their quality of life. Dr. Fincher is one of the only dentists in Greenwood, MS, Columbus, and the surrounding areas offering this non-invasive treatment.
Because sleep apnea is the result of a constricted airway, it can not only cause immediate unrest but also impact attention span and behavior. As a result, many parents misidentify the cause as ADD or ADHD and seek out medication instead of non-invasive, therapeutic sleep apnea treatment.
Parents should keep an eye out for:
Unfortunately, unless you monitor your child's sleep, it is easy to miss certain symptoms. Consequently, reaching out for a professional's opinion may pinpoint the cause more quickly and accurately.
In addition to genetic predisposition, there are other factors that can increase the risk of sleep apnea in children, including:
Identifying the cause of sleep apnea can help Dr. Fincher prescribe the appropriate treatment.
Dr. Fincher offers a program called HealthyStart Ortho-Tain® for children and adolescents suffering from sleep-related breathing disorders. Developed by Dr. Earl O. Bergensen, the HealthyStart program uses a specialized plastic appliance approved by the FDA to train your child's airway to stay open during sleep. Ideally, it is used as early as possible so that the appliance can more easily guide your child's development.
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Italian food, best friends and spending time in my old home of Manchester; just three of my favourite things. So when you combine these together in the ever so cool setting of Gusto – a fairly recent addition to Manchester's ever-evolving food scene – I'm one very happy lady indeed.
Diners are enticed at first sight off Deansgate and into Gusto by the majestic chandelier that hangs in the foyer. Once inside, you're welcomed by a chic brasserie style dining room with a stunning island bar bedecked in stained glass.
Green banquet booths meet formal tables settings and the whole room is aglow with domed table lamps and twinkling lights. The place is designed with an unmistakable 1920s design – think Brasserie Zédel in Piccadilly, or The Holborn Dining Room at the Rosewood in London. Except here, we're swapping boeuf bourguignon and escargot with elegant pasta dishes, colourful antipasti and inventive pizzas.
After a few tipples from the chesterfield-style bar stools, it was all eyes on the menu from our slick leather booth. They had me at the sound of truffle verdi and goats cheese pizzas. And don't even get me started on how alluring creamy pesto mash and oven baked gnocchi with spicy 'nduja salami sound. Italian food rarely fails to seduce me – anything that's seeped in white wine, garlic, pesto and Grana Padano cheese has me salivating more than Pavlov's dog.
That said, I couldn't help be drawn to an enticing selection of seafood. From baked fillets of sea bass with roasted pepperonata and drizzled with lemon puree; to a whole salt baked sea bass infused with lemon and Italian herbs, this was closer to dining on the Amalfi Coast than your average Italian joint. This was not a night for Bolognese.
It was a fortunate thing there were four of us because it offered us a half attempt at denting this incredibly varied menu.
While the men tucked into their flavour-packed meatballs, I delved into a bowl of mussels cooked with white wine, cream and garlic. Typically, this moules marinière-style dish is of course, more French than Italian, but on the contrary to what I just said, sometimes you've just got to go with what lures you in.
And while the sauce was silky, ever so creamy and comforting – just as it should be – with a healthy whack of garlic; serving me a cremated piece of ciabatta with a bowl full of mussels is just cruel. This dish cried out for huge chunks of French baguette bread to allow me to fully mop up the sauce, however uncouth that may sound (I'm northern, I'm allowed). And after managing to spill the garlic, tomato and cream sauce of my friend's tiger prawns (delicious but also served with crisp ciabatta), down my bright white top, I decided it was time to down utensils and give up my battle of the sauce. That said, both dishes were downright delicious, and the waitress was ever so lovely in helping me wipe the red splodge out of my top.
For mains, Mr C's roast lamb rump was a vibrant dish of perfectly pink and tender meat, buttered soy beans and trofiette pasta which hit all the flavour notes.
We three embraced the seafood offerings with the pan-fried whole Dover sole and the roast monkfish (both from the specials menu) and the roast fillet of cod wrapped in prosciutto ham.
You can't beat the combination of cod and a fine prosciutto ham that brings out the saltiness of the fish. And combined with a pea purée (which in my mind, is flavour heaven with ham and cod) and served with a touch of lemon oil, this was a plate of deliciousness.
The Dover sole was presented as fresh curls of meat (as we asked for it to be filleted), accompanied with artichoke tartare: a simple yet wonderful dish.
The roast monkfish arrived with a pine nut, pomegranate and fregola salad with a decadently silky lobster sauce. These seafood dishes don't offer the big comforting flavours of Italian meatballs, Gran Padano and pesto, but they are wonderfully light and delicate in flavour, which I could return to again and again.
Desserts here are top notch so leave room.
While the chocolate brownie wasn't as gooey as hoped, the pistachio ice cream it was served with was lovely, as was the sweet, sour, creamy and crunchy 'meringuey' treat that was the strawberry and passion fruit mess.
I would definitely opt for the Baked Alaska again. Not just because it's presented to you doused in booze and still aglow with a blue flame (be careful not to singe your hair), but because it's also fruity and delicious with plenty of berry tang.
For those of you bowled over by pure chocolatey indulgence, I've saved perhaps the most silencing dish until last – our friend's nutella and mascarpone calzone with ice cream. Need I say any more? This is a dessert the most disciplined of healthy eaters will be prepared to sin for. Just delicious.
And last but absolutely not least, the wine list at Gusto is worth shouting about. The prices vary from around £16 to £50 with some deliciously crisp sounding whites from Piemonte and the Dolomites to classic Italian reds like the pinot noir and then international wines from New Zealand and further afield. Its divides the wines into North, Central and the South & Islands so if you want to work your way around Italy's grapes, you absolutely can.
And like a fresh Pinot Grigio, I never tire of Italian. Nor do I get bored of the elegant 30s restaurant style. It's a winning formula at Gusto: real Italian comfort food topped with five star finesse. You can see why I'm dying for this group of northern restaurants to hurry up and make its journey south.
Until next time x
Thank you to Gusto for hosting Oh So London as part of this review. All views are our own. For more information about Gusto restaurants, visit Gustorestaurants.uk.com.
4 Lloyd Street (off Deansgate), Manchester M2 5AB


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(logo by Tadeo Casiraghi from Y11)
We explored a varied list of topics, included in the IB Physics and Maths syllabus. The discussions started from clips of movies that we showed or by suggesting the students they watch the entire movies.
Topic: Special Relativity, part of the options in both Standard and Higher Level Physics.
Movie: Supergirl (1984) – Trailer
Reading material, also used in the class: Special Relativity
Notes: How essential is to the plot, specially connected to Superman movies, the time dilation concept?
Topic: Simple Harmonic Motion, or how long does it really take to oscillate from one side of the Earth to the other, through its center? Part of SL and HL Core syllabus.
Movie: Total Recall (2012) – Trailer
Specific clips studied: Clip 1 – Clip 2
Reading Material: Total Recall-The Fall
Notes: We included a discussion of derivatives, a topic in IB Maths.
Topic: Infinity and Aliens or "Where's everybody?"
Movies: Any movie with aliens 🙂
Reading materials: Fermi Paradox – Infinities
Topic: Forces, Conservation of Momentum
Movies: Superman Returns (2006) – Trailer – Superman The Movie (1978) – Trailer
Clips: Clip 1 (Helicopter scene) – Clip 2 – Bullet-Eye
Questions and reading material: syfy1
Topic: Teleportation or How much bandwidth would you need to transport a Human Being? Cablemodem or ADSL? General Relativity concepts and Digital technology ideas from topics in IB Physics are used.
Movies: All Star Trek
Reading material: Teleporting
Notes: Challenge assumptions made in the paper. Also, discuss plot holes arising from this idea: Why use the Enterprise at all if I can teleport to another planet? Where do we get the energy?
Pedro Odón – Maths Teacher
Luciana Savanti – Film Teacher
Alejandro Solernó – Physics Teacher
Categories: Professional Development Contest 2014


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FODMAP and IBS
So lots of you have messaged me asking for information or advice about ways in which you can ease symptoms of IBS. It seems to be something that a LOT of people are experiencing and something that is really difficult to understand and manage.
I don't suffer from IBS personally, but it is something that my sister has been dealing with for the past few years. In her quest to understand more about her own body and the ways in which she can influence the severity of her condition, she has spent hours and hours researching, talking and learning about IBS.
Now, as she embarks on a course in Naturopathic Nutrition at CNM, she is more interested than ever in raising awareness about this condition and so I thought she would be the perfect person to share a little about what she has learned so far, in order to help guide some of you lovely readers that have been searching for some help! So over to Ellie... "I was hardly surprised yesterday when I saw a newspaper reporting that as many as 1 in 5 of us suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or 'IBS'. Rarely a day goes by that I don't hear of a friend dealing with the infamous post-meal bloating, stomach cramps, or unglamorous trips to the loo that the condition presents. Although it's usually considered more of an annoyance than a serious medical condition, for some, IBS can be a really debilitating problem.
Unfortunately there is no 'quick fix' or 'magic cure'; IBS tends to be a chronic condition, coming and going in waves of severity or, as the doctors like to call them, 'flares'. Furthermore, what triggers these flares differs from person to person; one individual might be sensitive to certain foods, whilst another sensitive to stress, or both, which can make pinpointing and avoiding the culprit hard work.
What I've learnt from my own experience is that there is a strong connection between my emotions and gut, with stress and anxiety playing a major role in my digestive health (I recently read an interesting book called 'Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ' by Giulia Enders, which helped me realise the extent to which this is the case). To manage this, I try to incorporate as much balance into my life – counteracting a busy working week with self-hypnosis and yoga practice.
However a 'stressful metropolitan schedule' is by no means the only culprit in my case. My favourite pastime, eating, is also held strongly accountable. Which brings me to talk about FODMAP – the strange acronym that has been receiving a lot of press lately.
FODMAP stands for Fermentable Oligosaccharides Disaccharides Monosaccharides and Polyols – or, in other words, a collection of carbohydrates and sugar alcohols found in many foods. Over the past few years, researchers at Monash Univesity in Melbourne have been discovering a strong correlation between these FODMAPs and Gastrointestinal disorders including IBS. During our bodies' digestive process, foods high in FODMAPs ferment in the lower part of our large intestine, drawing in water and releasing gases that cause it to expand.
In some people, this results in bloating and other unpleasant symptoms. A diet that is low in FODMAPs ("a Low FODMAP Diet") has been scientifically proven as the most effective dietary therapy to relieve symptoms of IBS, as well as fatigue, lethargy and poor concentration. Slowly making its way to mainstream medical practice, it's being haled as the first 'official treatment' for IBS. In fact, this year Kings College London, who is honorably leading gut research development in the UK, announced that they'd train 500 doctors in FODMAP coaching.
It works like this – an individual complaining of gastrointestinal problems is introduced to a vigorous 8 week FODMAP elimination phase, followed my several weeks of controlled re-introduction of different sugar groups designed to identify 'trigger foods'.
But this Low FODMAP Diet comes at a price, with tons of delicious foods failing to make the cut – take avocados, dates, mushrooms, garlic, online, cashew nuts and cauliflower for example. For this reason, many people I've come across are understandably reluctant to go through with it…it is quite a sacrifice after all!
However for me (and other committed soles), the energy and relief that the diet unearthed after only a few days into my 8-week elimination phase was enough to motivate me to stick to the challenge. During my journey, I came up with a few ways to make things easier, such as printing off a list of low-FODMAP foods to take to the supermarket to ensure I made the right food choices. For the first time in 5 years I felt improvement! A year on, by-and- large I maintain a low-FODMAP diet, supplemented by a miracle pre-biotic drink called 'Symprove' to keep my gut health on track. One thing I have found though – many of the recent healthy/clean eating/refined sugar free cookbooks available are packed full of recipes containing high-FODMAP foods, with ingredients such as dates, cashew nuts, honey, beans and cauliflower having a real moment.
Whilst some dishes are easily adaptable with a little imagination, I still find sweet things and on the go snacks a little tricky, so do my best to come up with new ideas. (Check out Ellie's most recent creation here)
I'm mad about ginger and cacao at the moment, so it's no surprise I reached for those as I was throwing ingredients together. Texture can be a little tricky when it comes to gluten and dairy free baking, so I patted the dough out thinly to ensure a crisp finish, and topped them with roasted hazelnut sprinkles for added crunch. I also made a conscious effort to keep the sweetness right down by adding a very small amount of coconut palm sugar and maple syrup (note that they are both low-FODMAP sweeteners). All in all they make a great sweet snack that are simple and fun to make. And they look pretty good too!"
So I hope that in sharing a little about what Ellie has experienced and understood can help you with your quest to get in touch with your gut. She is a brilliant cook and is hosting her first Supper Club at her beautiful flat in South London in December. Tickets are just £20, available here.