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R1 Level Lopez Drive,
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Disclaimer: Wrote this based on my experience. Was invited to try out their dishes.
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Aside from food, i also look at the place's ambience when it comes to dines. :) This one's really a place for comfort and food, i love how they incoporate those handlike paintings on the wall. I cannot comment on the food because i haven't tasted it, but from the looks of it, they seem to be very delicious!
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Great shots! Well, I haven't tried dancing and drinking at the same time. Haha. I think it's wild. :)) The interior design looks marvelous and every dish presented here are right up on my alley. Next time we go to Powerplant Mall, I'll check this out. :)ReplyDelete
@Stevevhan ... definitely!!! The food looks and taste good! Believe me trust me on that one hahahaha
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@ ROCH!!! Ow cmon!! You should try it! Wild as it is.. It is sooo going to be fun dancing and drinking then repeat.. or is it the other way around!!!!:D CDP is posh but the dishes are down to earth and straight forward... You should have a go at themReplyDelete


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The Tsunami Quilt: Grandfather's Story
Anthony D. Frederick's
Illustrated by Tammy Yee
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Ages 6 to 8
Sleeping Bear Press, 2007, 1-58536-313-8
When he was little a boy and his grandfather shared many good times. They also shared special times. Every spring his grandmother would make a special lei for his grandfather to wear and the together they would go to a Laupahoehoe Point where the boy and his grandfather would walk along the ocean and quietly look at an old marble monument. Grandfather would place the lei on the monument and he would look sadly out to sea.
Soon after the boy has his ninth birthday his Grandfather died and his father decided that it was time to tell his son what those visits to the monument were all about. He was told how long ago, before he was born, there used to be a school near where the monument now stood. One April day, when Grandfather was a student at that school, the children saw that the ocean has disappeared in the cove below the school. It had simply rolled out to vast ocean beyond. Of course most of the students went down to the cove to investigate, including Grandfather's little brother. Then the ocean began to roll back in with a powerful big surge. It receded once more. And then surged back. Then the third wave poured in and this time the wave was enormous, "as high as the lighthouse on the point." This was a tsunami wave and it destroyed everything in its path. Because the boy's grandfather was above the beach, he was able to get to safety but many people were not so lucky, including his little brother.
The boy's father then takes his son to the Pacific Tsunami Museum and here the boy sees a quilt which was made as a memorial to the twenty four students and faculty who lost their lives in the April 1st, 1946 tsunami at Laupahoehoe Point.
As they read this story young readers will see how traditions of a singular kind can be handed down through the generations. In this case the grandson will continue to remember and honor the memory of those who died in that long ago tsunami. Because of his grandfather he learns about a tragic event in Hawaiian history.
Written with great pathos and warmth, the author of this book not only tells the story of a historic event but he also shows his readers how close the grandson and his grandfather are. We are able to see that this is a closeness that the grandson will continue to respect and remember even after his grandfather is gone.
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Book XIV
Passing the Cyclop's fields, Messina, and that dangerous strait that separates Ausonia and Sicily, Glaucus streaks through the Tyrrhenian sea until he reaches Circe's palace. He tells of her of his woe and the fleet foot of Scylla who spurs his advances, but the goddess is enraged that he can only love Scylla and not her. Chanting infernal spells of Hecate, she heads for Rhegium across from Messina, polluting Scylla's favourite pool with noxious poisons. As soon as the girl immerses herself, she sees snarling barking dogs in the water. Leaping up and running, she is astonished that she cannot escape them, finally realizing that they are part of her lower quarters. Glaucus flees in anguish but Scylla remains, and it is she who snatched up Ulysses' men for revenge on Circe (see The Odyssey Book XII). She would have swallowed all the ships that passed if she hadn't been changed into a rock, but even then, sailors fear her presence.
|Tilla Durieux als Circe (1913)
Franz von Stuck
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When the Trojan ships pass Scylla and Charybdis, the wind pushes them back to the Libyan coast where a woman from Sidon (Dido) welcomes Aeneas. Unable to bear his departure, when he leaves she falls on her sword, but Aeneas continues on, visiting Acestes at Eryx, passing the rocks called the Sirens, Achelous' daughters. Having lost his pilot, Palinurus, he sails along barren Pythecusae (an island off the coast of Naples) where a pack of scoundrels called the Cercopes live. They were so dishonest that the father of the gods transformed them into monkeys and their words into chatter.
Aeneas sails past Parthenope and turns westward, finding the tomb of the trumpeter Misenus. Upon entering the Sibyl's grotto, he requests to cross Avernus and speak with his father's shade. The Sibyl reveals that because of his great virtue, she can assist him and orders him to pluck a golden bough in the forest of Persephone. He is shown Anchises' shade and the laws of the underworld. Grateful, Aeneas thanks the Sibyl and offers to build her a shine but she refuses. She could have been a goddess but she submitted to Apollo's love and afterwards, she asked him for long life, forgetting to also ask for youth. Thus, she will become a shrivelled form and suffer the frailties of old age. Aeneas then sails to a shore, naming it Caieta after his old nurse.
|Aeneas and the Sibyl (c. 1800)
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Macareus of Neritus, companion of Ulysses, had long been living on this shore and is astounded to see his friend, Achaemenides, still alive and among the Trojans. He wants to know why his friend, a Greek, is sailing in a Trojan boat. Achaemenides reveals that he loves Aeneas as a father because it was he who prevented him from becoming food for the Cyclops (see The Odyssey Book IX). He saw Ulysses and his comrades sail away from the island of the Cyclops, and he would have shouted but was terrified of discovery. Watching the Cyclops cursing the Greeks, he remembered how he'd eaten his friends, and he hid, eating acorns, leaves and grass. He finally saw a Trojan ship that took him away. Now he wishes to hear Macareus' story.
Macareus tells of his voyage with Ulysses and how they received a gift from king Aeolus of a sack of wind (see The Odyssey Book X). Finally, they reached Ithaca, but greedy and curious, they released the tie and the wind rushed out, blowing them all the way back to where they'd started. They reached the city of the Laestrygonians surrounded by the walls of Lamus, and Ulysses sent his men to reconnoitre but the inhabitants attacked them and then threw rocks at his ships from above. Only the ship of Ulysses escaped. Next, they landed at the isle of Circe (see The Odyssey Book X), against whom Macareus delivers a ominous warning. They drew lots to see who would call at her door and were met by a number of beasts, but though her appearance was appealing, she slipped a drug into their drinks, transforming the men into pigs. Eurylochus escaped to warn Ulysses and although Circe attempted to charm him, he drew his sword, forcing her to change the "pigs" into men again, even as he agreed to be her husband.
|Circe (1889)
Wright Barker
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For a year they stayed in the land of Circe. One day her nymph showed him a snow-white marble statue of a man with a woodpecker formed on his head. The nymph informed him that the effigy was Picus, son of Saturn. He had been sought by all the nymphs and dryads, but he had love for only one, Canens, and she became his bride. As beautiful as she was, she could also move the woods with her songs. Seeing Picus hunting one day, Circe lured him into the woods and confessed her love for him but he spurned her advances. In anger, she turned him into a woodpecker, and as his men attempted to find him, accusing her of his disappearance, she transformed them into beasts. Canens, in mournful despair, wandered searching for her husband, and finally, worn out, vanished into thin air. The story finished, Macareus tells his listener that they prepared to leave Circe's island, but the witch warned them of treacherous dangers, so he decided to remain behind.
|Nymph (1929)
Gaston Bussière
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They leave the ashes of Aeneas' nurse, Caieta, on a tomb, then set sail, next landing in Latium where 'the Tiber's waters pour their yellow silt into the sea'. He is greeted by Latinus, son of Faunus, and Aeneas takes a bride, Lavinia, the daughter of Latinus. Turnus is enraged because Lavinia had been promised to him! The battle is furious with Aeneas receiving help from Evander, but Turnus, through his man Venulus, receives a refusal of assistance from Diomedes. Diomedes had earlier arrived at Iapygia, founded a great city and married Daunus' daughter. His refusal stemmed from the weakness of his troops, as they had been greatly reduced. When Ajax had raped the priestess, Cassandra, at the end of the Trojan War, Minerva in her rage cursed the Greeks and their journeys home were fraught with peril. Diomedes and his men were shipwrecked and Acmon scorned the goddess, causing her to turn him and almost all the rest of Diomedes' men into a flock of birds.
Venulus continued on, passing the Peucetians and arriving in Messapians where he saw great caves. Long ago, it had been the home of Pan, and then nymphs, but an Apulian shepherd had startled them, and as he mocked their choral dance, was changed into an olive tree.
|An Olive Tree in the Garden of Gethsemane (1882)
Vasily Polenov
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When Turnus learns no help from Diomedes will be forthcoming, he attacks Aeneas, reaching his ships and putting torches to them. But Cybele recalls the timbers of Aeneas' ships had come from her pine trees, sacred wood, and cursing Turnus, she promises their salvation. The Mother goddess snaps their hawsers, then tilts them into the sea and they become sea-green Naiads.
There was hope that the Rutulians, seeing such power, would cease fighting but it was not to be. Both sides, contended still, driven by courage more than the gods, and instead of brides, or dowry, or land, they fought for glory. However Turnus fell and so did his town of Ardea; it was burned to the ground and from the ashes, a heron flew into the sky.
Ascanius, son of Aeneas, and now named Iulus (hmmm ….. sounds very similar to "Julius") has grown to manhood and his father reaches his end. Venus petitions Jove to grant her favourite a divinity. When even Juno agrees, Venus flies with her harnessed doves to ensure the river-god carries the mortal parts of Aeneas to the sea, where she anoints him with ambrosia and declares him the god, Indiges.
|The Purification of Aeneas in the River Numicus (1725)
Pier Leone Ghezzi
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Iulus is now the king of Alba. Next in line came Silvius, then his son, Latinus, then Alba and Epytus, his son. Capis and Capetus followed, then Tibernius who had sons Remulus and Acrotas. Remulus was struck by lightening, so Acrotas passed the title to Aventinus and finally Proca. The next story about Pomona, took place in the days of this king.
Pomona was a nymph who loved all gardens and orchards, but spurned all men. The god, Vertumnus, brought her gifts but to no avail, so he craftily disguised himself as an old woman, bestowed forceful flattery upon her and told her the following story.
In Cyprus, young Iphis loved Anaxarete, but while she was from a noble family, his birth was very humble. Continuously, he wooed her and left her gifts wet with his tears, yet she was harsh and disdainful towards him. When his torment became long, he took a rope and hung himself from her doorway. Wailing servants returned his corpse to his widowed mother, who was heartbroken. As his body passed Anaxarete's house on the way to its pyre, she leaned out the window, and when her eyes rested on Iphis, she tried to step back but couldn't. Her body was held fast by the stone that began in her heart and she metamorphosed into a stone statue. Vertumnus cautioned Pomona to remember this tale, urging her to wed the one who loves her.
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Peter Paul Rubens
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Pomona was unresponsive to Vertumnus' pleas, but when he shed his disguise, revealing himself as a god, and prepared to take her by force, she decided that she liked him more than a little and gave herself to him.
The above story took place during the rule of Procus in Ausonia, then Numitor should have had the crown, but his false brother usurped it, his name, Aumalius. But Numitor's grandsons came to his aid, Romulus and Remus, and Rome was founded. Tatius and the Sabines waged war upon the city, the treacherous Tarpeia showing them the secret route to the citadel. They reached the gate and dispatched the sleeping sentinels, however Juno had loosed a bar to allow the gate to be opened. Venus wished to undo her work but one god cannot undo the work of another so instead, she had the Naiads of Ausonia rush the waters of the fountain of Janus downstream, igniting the stream with burning sulfur. The Sabines could not pass easily and the Romans had time to arm themselves. There was much slaughter before peace was declared and Tatius shared the crown.
|Finding of Romulus and Remus (1720-40)
Andrea Lucatelli (credited)
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When Tatius dies, Romulus has sole rule and treats both the Romans and Sabines equally. It is time for the death of Romulus and Mars asks for him to be deified. Racing down in his chariot, Mars seizes his son, and as his mortal parts dissolve, he becomes the god, Quirinius.
The wife of Romulus, Hersilia, weeps endlessly for her husband, so Juno orders Iris to fetch the woman. She follows Iris to the Palantine hills where a star descends, lighting Hersilia's hair and she ascends with the star, becoming the goddess Hora, who now walks with her husband.
There are interesting parallels that Ovid provides us: both Odysseus (Ulysses) and Aeneas have contact with Polyphemus, Scylla, Aeolus, the Sirens and Circe.
The verse gets less fluid towards the end of this book, with lots of changes in time and a very quick catalogue of Latin kings. I must say I've enjoyed the Greek stories more, but it's been fun to revisit some of Odysseus' journeys through Aeneas.


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"Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in."Psalm 24:7
The Lord says, "I am restoring your passion, joy, and intimacy with your bridegroom. Many have become so weary from the constant battles, they are crying out to Me and wondering if I've forsaken them. Beloved, it is quite the contrary. I have been by your side all along, forging you like a diamond through the very trials that you have been encountering.
Even though the night season has been long and you may not presently understand, you have trusted Me none the less. Even as you've said within the depths of your heart, "though he slay me, I will trust Him" (Job 13:15). Beloved, weeping may endure through the night, but truly joy comes in the morning (Psalm 30:51). You have now shifted into a new season; winter has past and spring has come!
"For behold, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers have already appeared in the land; the time has arrived for pruning the vines, and the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land. The fig tree has ripened its figs, and the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance. Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come along!'"Song of Songs 2:11-13
"Do not fear! Your deliverance is at hand. I am restoring all! I am loving you back to life again. Though you have felt alone and forsaken, I have been the friend by your side that has stuck closer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24). You have endured much pruning and now you will bear much fruit- even greater than that of your past season (John 15:2).
"You are entering a mighty season of harvest and promotion! Lift your eyes, your deliverance has come. I am bringing restoration of your passion, joy, and intimacy. Truly, your latter shall be greater and you shall see and testify of My goodness in the land of the living. Rejoice, for I make all things new!"
"Yet I believe with all my heart, that I will see again your goodness, Yahweh, in the land of life eternal!"Psalm 27:13


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This move is widely seen as "Google giving in to advertiser demands." Interesting. Jarvis sees it another way: He says publishers – in particular bloggers – are getting shafted by an ever more powerful Google. He's hoping to drive interest in alternatives via his session at Bloggercon.


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I have spent hours and hours on the phone each day...wasn't sure I would get anything accomplished in the way of sewing. Not that I need to...but, well...yeah, I need to. You know?
I was so looking forward to using the prints I had collected...Vintage Happy and Bake Sale by Lori Holt of Bee In My Bonnet, along with some basics by Michael Miller. Let me tell you, I was not disappointed. These are lovely fabrics...and they all played well together. Here's what I did with them...
I made the first block last Saturday...and then there were several days when I did nothing on it. But, I managed to get the blocks done one by one. Not that it took much time at all to put together a block, mind you. These blocks are so much fun...rather addicting, for sure!
I spent a bit of time yesterday and today working on the layout and sewing it all together. I think I like it! Sixteen large granny square blocks with sashing. I need to add a small border, yet.
I had mentioned to Sharon (you really ought to visit her blog to see the summer block of the week she is doing with Temecula Quilt Company) that this was the second to last quilt I was making and I think she about fell off her chair laughing...in fact, she may have gone into hysterics. I just meant until I got all those flimsies quilted! (see my sidebar) Since then, I had another shot of inspiration. Yeah, where is it when I want it and why is it overwhelming me when I have a bazillion other things to do? ~sigh~ It has to do with this bundle of fabric...
I received this wonderful gift of Bali Handpainted Batiks (named Coconut) from Kim over at My Field of Dreams in December of 2010 and thought I knew what I wanted to do with it. Until today. I saw a photo of a quilt that totally captivated me and is now what I think the perfect design for these fabrics! So, perhaps I need to do that one before I put a halt to the ever-growing pile of flimsies!
I know, I know.
Only time will tell.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.". Jeremiah 29:11


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While Valentine's Day is all about celebrating love, let's not forgot that a part of that love includes the sensuality we feel for our partners, the lust, the expression of our sexuality and physical attraction. That is why we're sharing these very sultry aphrodisiac Valentine's Day cocktails made with SomruS Cream Liqueur. A few drinks to savor while you are enjoying each other. Trust us when we say these seductive cocktails are ones to enjoy beyond the day of celebrating love. If you and your partner try enough and have your blood rushing to the more explicit parts of your bodies, it could be worth trying to consider watching men get blown or other mature content for additional arousal of you and your partner between the sheets.
What makes this decadent cream liqueur so intoxicating and seductive? It's ingredients of course, specifically, it's many aphrodisiac ingredients:
- Rose: Everyone knows how indispensable roses are in romance. The very scent of the essential oil from the flower can arouse you.
- Cardamom: In the Arabian Nights, you can read about the use of this ancient spice as an aphrodisiac. Cardamom is warming and pungent, and can increase blood flow, which probably accounts for its aphrodisiac properties.
- Almonds: The aroma of almonds supposedly arouses passion in females – or so thought the poets and scribes of bygone eras. French writer Alexandre Dumas dined on almond soup every night.
- Saffron: Worth its weight in gold, Cleopatra was said to bathe in saffron-infused water before initiating any important intimate rendezvous. Saffron's reputed longstanding aphrodisiac properties revolve around Crocin, a natural carotenoid chemical and potent anti-oxidant found in saffron threads.
- Pistachio: In central Asia and India, it is believed that pistachios arouse sexuality and cleanse the blood.
Without further ado, we present four delicious cocktails, you will be enjoying on Valentine's Day and beyond.
Lotus Blossom
1.5oz Somrus
1oz Cognac
1.5oz Almond Milk
3/4oz Cardamom Syrup
½ oz Green Chartreuse
Finished with rose smoke (dried rose petals run through a smoking gun or light dried rose petals and cover with drinking glass to trap smoke)
Served in cocktail glass (see pic)
Add all ingredients to shaker and shake with ice
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with rose smoke
Sexual Chocolate (Serves 2)
8oz Somrus
Preferred drinking chocolate
½ cup Strawberries
Served in sharing bowl
Using SomruS instead of milk or cream make your favorite hot chocolate, gently warming the Somrus so it does not boil and adding your preferred drinking chocolate
Add chocolate mix and strawberries to blender and blend until smooth
Add mix back to the pan and warm until sensual
Serve in a sharing bowl to be enjoyed by two prior to bedtime
Garnish with a platter of sweet treats to dip and share with your partner
Suspended Congress – layered shot
1/4oz Kahlua
1/4oz White Crème De Cacao
1/4oz Amaretto
1/4oz Somrus
Garnished with chocolate shavings
Put on a dazzling display of your cocktailing skills and a shot that Using a bar spoon to slow the pour, add each liqueur in the order above to a shot glass with the Somrus added last to sit on top for the aromatics
Garnish with chocolate shavings
Prone Tiger
2oz Somrus
1.5oz Aged Rum
1oz Espresso
1oz Amaretto
Garnished with cinnamon stick
Served in rocks glass
Add all ingredients to shaker and shake with ice
Strain into a chilled rocks glass and garnish with cinnamon stick stirrer
These recipes and other SomruS Cream Liqueur cocktails are currently available in SomruS Cream Liqueur's Soma-Sutra recipe book, available online now.


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Once we understand what we need to say, it is time to figure out how to say it.
A good IA helps people to understand their surroundings and find what they're looking for. In this stage of our process we take the information we discovered in step one and created an organized structure of the content. By discovering the goals we can prioritize information, making it easy for the audience to navigate the content.
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An essential component in the design process, wireframes are used to illustrate the clearest path a user can follow to complete their goals.
Once we define the information hierarchy we plan the site layout according to how we intend to have the user process the information or complete a task. The wireframes create the structure—the backbone—of the entire project layout, making it easier to later build individual parts.
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We are passionate about great design and rely on principles of modern design to ensure the details are carefully considered and the design is purposefully executed.
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The Russian sturgeon, Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833, is an ancient fish native to Black Sea, Sea of Azov and Caspian Sea entering all the main rivers that empty into them.This species has both anadromous and freshwater populations: at sea, it occurs in shallow coastal and estuarine zones, while in freshwaters it inhabits the deep parts of large rivers with moderate to swift current. It was introduced throughout Europe and, due to loss of habitat caused by the construction of dams and to overfishing to collect its eggs, it is now considered critically endangered although it is a promising species for aquacultural purposes.
In recent decades, sturgeon farming for meat and caviar production has increased in Europe. Nevertheless, the development of sturgeon aquaculture activities has been frequently accompanied by disease outbreaks, including those unknown prior to farming. Unfortunately, research on the major sturgeons diseases had not received much attention in the past and, therefore, the knowledge on their prevalence, distribution, origin and ecological significance is still fairly limited. Although sturgeons are considered relatively resilient to diseases, several bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases have been reported worldwide, including Columnaris disease, motile Aeromonas septicemia, yersiniosis, pseudomonosis, epitheliocystis, white sturgeon adenovirus, herpesvirus and iridovirus.
To date, no reports of skin and/or oral tumor-like masses in sturgeons associated with mycobacterial infections are documented. Only few papers described a group of Siberian sturgeons (Acipenser baeri) imported in Italy from France showing visceral granulomas, and caviar fishes from Iran exhibiting gill lesions, both caused by Mycobacterium marinum.
The non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), also known as environmental mycobacteria (EM), atypical mycobacteria (AM) and mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTT), include those Mycobacterium species which are not members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (and M. leprae). NTM have a worldwide distribution as saprophytes in soil and in treated/untreated waters, where they can remain viable for over 2 years. NTM include many species of acid-fast bacteria, some of which are capable of causing chronic progressive diseases in mammals, birds, reptiles and fish. Thus, infected fish may be considered as primary reservoir for these pathogens and infection is probably acquired from NTM present in the environment by ingesting contaminated food or water containing organic matter, or through gill or skin lesions caused by trauma and parasites. Mycobacteria may cause cutaneous lesions or spread into internal organs through the circulatory or lymphatic systems. Transovarian transmission has also been documented in Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens). All fish species should be considered susceptible to mycobacteriosis, with a higher prevalence in farmed animals and significant losses frequently observed in aquacultural activities. However, mycobacteriosis infections and mass mortalities in wild fish is not easy to recognized but see, because infected fish die and are easily predated or scavenged.
Disease outbreaks in farmed fish can be related to several management features, such as the quality and quantity of food and water supplied, and the rearing density. As a result, inadequate management could cause abnormal stress associated with a decrease of the normal resistance of the host.
Mycobacteriosis in fish is currently attributed to a wide array of species belonging to the Mycobacterium genus, but historically M. chelonae, M. fortuitum, and M. marinum are the most reported species. Furthermore, M. marinum is the most common in a wide range of saltwater fish and M. chelonae (M. salmoniphilum) has been identified in different coldwater fish, especially in salmonids.
In general, piscine mycobacteriosis is a systemic subacute to chronic progressive disease causing grey-whitish nodules (granulomas) and enlargement of various organs (mainly spleen, liver and kidney). Clinical signs are often lacking and hardly detectable until advanced stages, in which cachexia, lordosis, pale gills and skin ulcerative lesions can be seen in some fish species. Skin granuloma caused by NTM infection was not reported in any fish species, except for Atlantic salmon farmed in British Columbia.
However, to our knowledge, no skin or oral granulomatous inflammation with excessive mineralization associated with mycobacteria has ever been observed in sturgeons. The aim of this study, therefore, was to describe in detail the first occurrence of tumor-like lesions associated with Mycobacterium chelonae in the Russian sturgeon, Acipenser gueldenstaedtii.
Macroscopical findings
At postmortem examination, a total of 20 skin and oral cavity masses were found in the 15 sturgeons examined. The 73 per cent of the fish exhibited single lesions, mostly located in the mouth (82 per cent), although 27 per cent of the sturgeons showed multiple skin and oral masses. Total skin lesions accounted for 35 per cent, and were located in both pectoral (43 per cent) and caudal fins (57 per cent). These lesions were mostly medium-sized (Figure 1A), except for one large (Figure 1B) found in case No. 7 and another small one (case No. 1) located in the pectoral and caudal fins, respectively (Table 1). Grossly, all the skin masses were firm, whitish in color and showed a cauliflower-like exophytic growth (Figure 1A and B). Oral cavity masses (Figure 1C) accounted for 65 per cent and were significantly larger (>2 cm) compared to those on the skin (Kruskal-Wallis H = 12.504, P < 0.01; Dunn's post-hoc test, mouth vs caudal fin Q= 2.622, P < 0.05). Oral masses were mostly infiltrative within the submucosa and, on cut section, were composed of a yellowish gritty material (Figure 1D). No one of the sturgeons examined showed visceral lesions.
Cytopathology and histopathology
Grossly, unstained smears showed a chalky, white material. Cytologically, the aspirate exhibited a large amount of amorphous granular, dark-gray to bluish material admixed with glassy retractile fragments, suggestive of calcium salt deposit, uniformly dispersed in the background. Cellular components were represented by a moderate to severe mixed inflammatory reaction (macrophages, lymphocytes and multinucleated giant cells) and numerous reactive spindloid, fibroblast-like cells. There was no evidence of bacteria or other infectious agents and ZN was negative for acid-fast bacilli.
On histopathology, skin masses showed generally a multinodular aspect, with an infiltrative growth pattern into the dermis and subcutis, surrounded by abundant fibrous stroma. Only one caudal fin skin mass (case No. 1) exhibited a nodular pattern and was well encapsulated and demarcated (Figure 2A).
Skin lesions were mostly characterized by mild to moderate deposition of amorphous granular calcium material, positive to Von Kossa stain, and by mild to moderate inflammations composed mostly of macrophages, lymphocytes, and few giant cells. Mild to moderate fibroplasia was also evident with Masson's Trichrome stain. Oral masses were characterized by a multinodular infiltrative pattern into the submucosa and were poorly demarcated and nonencapsulated (Figure 2B). Moderate to severe inflammatory reaction with a high number of macrophages, lymphocytes and numerous giant cells, phagocytizing calcium debris were found (Figure 2C). Excessive mineralization deposit associated with severe fibroplasia and necrosis was also observed. Red, rod-shaped extracellular acid-fast bacteria within mineralized deposits of calcium and necrotic debris were seen in one of the oral masses (case No. 3) examined (Figure 2D).
Fourteen out of twenty lesions (70 per cent), mostly found in oral cavity (86 per cent), exhibited severe histological changes, and showed a higher degree of severity than those located in the skin (Kruskal-Wallis H = 11.020, P < 0.01; Dunn's post-hoc test, mouth vs caudal fin Q= 2.578, P < 0.05). Spearman correlation analysis found a significant positive correlation only between the size of the lesions and their histopathological severity (ρ = 0.7028, P < 0.001).
Bacteriological and molecular results
None of the smears obtained from the masses sampled were positive to ZN stain. Colonies growth from cultured oral and skin masses, were clearly visible in Löwenstein- Jensen media tubes showing acid-fast bacilli at ZN stain (both tubes incubated at 25°C and 37°C were positive). These colonies were phenotypically and biochemically identified as Mycobacterium chelonae. All the internal organs cultured were negative for mycobacteria. Furthermore, no colony growth of mycobacteria were observed from all negative controls.
All the strains subjected to PCR-RFLP analysis showed a restriction pattern identical to the one of M. chelonae (Figures 3 and 4), confirming the results obtained by phenotypic and biochemical identification.
In the present study, the occurrence of Mycobacterium chelonae associated with tumor-like masses with excessive calcium deposition was described for the first time in farmed sturgeons. In general, the presence of this mycobacterium species and its association with gross lesions is considered quite rare in fish, with few reports in the literature. These records described M. chelonae mostly associated with granuloma-like visceral nodules in farmed salmon and turbot, in wild perch, and also in ornamental fish. Furthermore, M. chelonae was evidenced in several other wild and domestic animals but mostly associated with ulcerative skin lesions and references therein.
In all the sturgeons examined in this study, the lesions were different in size and larger masses were mostly observed in the oral cavity, most of which showing a severe histological pattern significantly correlated with their size and with an infiltrative activity. Moreover, all the skin and mouth lesions were characterized by different severity levels of chronic granulomatous inflammation. To the best of our knowledge, granulomatous infiltrates associated with few bacteria, isolated and confirmed by PCR as M. chelonae, were described in salmon. It is worth noting that none of the lesions we observed showed typical granulomas, although these structures are quite common in fish organs with mycobacteriosis and references therein. In particular, typical granulomas are characterized by peripheral fibrosis and several layers of epithelioid cells surrounding necrotic areas containing a large amount of acid-fast bacilli. Conversely, we observed scant ZN positive bacilli intermingled with abundant mineralization, tissue necrosis and fibroplasia. Strong positivity to Von Kossa stain of mineralized material confirmed that calcium salt deposition was diffusely present within nodular and multinodular masses and increased from smaller to larger lesions. In general, mineralization is rarely encountered in piscine mycobacteriosis and references therein. Nevertheless, ectopic mineralization in soft tissues has been reported for many other fish species and references therein, although different names to describe similar lesions have been used, leading to confusion in terminology. In particular, an ectopic mineralization characterized by tumorlike nodules in subcutaneous tissues containing calcium deposition is defined as Calcinosis circumscripta (CC) and references therein.
Thus, due to the macro and microscopic aspect of the masses we examined (that were all characterized by single or multiple nodules containing abundant calcium deposits), their distribution (single or multiple) and localization (skin and oral mucosa), CC syndrome was considered as a possible diagnosis and references therein. This syndrome is a disorder affecting humans and several animal species (but never described in sturgeons before) and is classified in 3 different forms: metastatic, idiopathic and dystrophic calcinosis and references therein.
Aetiopathogeneses for calcinosis include trauma, foreign body reaction, neoplasms, connective tissue diseases, abscesses, granulomas, inherited disorders and infections. Generally, the ectopic calcified masses consist of hydroxyapatite and amorphous calcium phosphate. It has been hypothesized that the denatured proteins of necrotic cells can serve as a core for ectopic calcification, and that the following degeneration of the collagen fibers and subcutaneous fat tissue can induce the calcification process. In addition, inflammation and fibrosis may be frequently observed as a reaction of calcified deposits (e.g. foreign body reaction).
From a clinical point of view, nodules of calcium deposits can cause skin ulcerations occurring in areas of recurrent microtraumas. Thus, most probably, the calcinosis we observed in the sturgeon masses was of dystrophic origin, because tissue injures especially occurred over body prominences (e.g. pectoral and caudal fins), or in areas susceptible to trauma (e.g. mouth). Probably, therefore, sturgeons affected by these masses can be assumed to have feeding problems, leading to starvation.
Furthermore, the fact that a number of sturgeons exhibited mouth and skin lesions could be related to farming conditions and, in particular, to stressful breeding density. As a consequence, the mycobacteria observed inside the sturgeon masses could have been present in the rearing environment (i.e. the water) and only after traumatic events infected the fish lesions. Based on this hypothesis, we can suppose that the granulomatous inflammation process could be related to the presence of a foreign body reaction (i.e. the calcium), and the occurrence of M. chelonae associated with tumor-like skin and oral lesions was only a secondary event. In fact, this mycobacterium is a fast growing, opportunistic bacillus ubiquitous in nature, exceptionally pathogenic and mainly associated to chronic granulomatous infections in immunocompetent and immunosuppressed subjects. The histological pattern observed in almost all the sturgeon lesions (19 out of 20; 95 per cent) seems to confirm this hypothesis, because no acid-fast bacilli were noticed in the macrophages cytoplasm, in epithelioid cells, nor in multinucleated giant cells which contained almost only calcium. Only in one of the oral lesion examined, we found a few extracellular acid-fast bacteria intermixed calcium deposits. However, a number of studies demonstrated that the sensitivity of some piscine mycobacteria to ZN staining could be referred to their physiological state, with acid-fast bacilli easily visible in mature granulomas, but difficult to observe in early lesions and references therein.
For all the above reasons, we are reasonably doubtful in making a definitive diagnosis of mycobacteriosis for the Acipenser gueldenstaedtii specimens examined, although the presence of M. chelonae was detected by both tissue cultures and PCR-RFLP analysis. Nevertheless, we may not completely rule out that the lesions we observed could be primarily caused by M. chelonae, and a diagnosis of an unusual mycobacteriosis in sturgeons could be made. Thus, the excessive mineralization found in the lesions could be considered the result of a long standing granulomatous inflammation caused by M. chelonae. In fact, it could be supposed that sturgeons show an aberrant response to mycobacterial organisms in subcutaneous or mucosal localization leading to a pathological accumulation of calcium in inflammation reaction. Sturgeons, ancient fishes with a mostly cartilaginous endoskeleton, have smaller calcium requirements for calcification than other fish species and deposit significant amounts of calcium in their exoskeleton (i.e. the ganoid scale system and cranium), a feature that is unique to this group of vertebrates. However, although many research efforts have been made in explaining the extracellular matrix calcification (ECM), the pathogenic mechanism causing ectopic deposition of calcium in sturgeon soft tissues remains still unknown. Actually, among a number of molecules involved in the pathways of ectopic mineralization, vitamin K-dependent proteins (VKD) are known to play a important role in this pathogenesis.
In particular, a new type of VKD, called Gla-Rich Protein (GRP), which importance in normal and pathological deposition of calcium in tissues is still not completely understood, has been recently isolated in the Adriatic sturgeon, Acipenser naccarii.
To our knowledge, this unusual occurrence of M. chelonae associated with tumor-like masses with excessive mineralization was never described before in sturgeons and, in general, in fish. It is worth noting that the probability to find mycobacterial infections is higher in farmed fishes than in wild ones, as already pointed out in a recent study for several freshwater species. M. chelonae is considered a human pathogen associated with infection of wound in immunocompromised person. However, because the strains of M. chelonae grow at different temperature (28.5°C or 37°C), further research is thus needed to definitely clarify the relation between the potential risk of the presence of M. chelonae in farmed sturgeons also for people working in aquaculture activities.
The presence of Mycobacterium chelonae in skin and oral masses of the farmed specimens of Acipenser gueldenstaedtii reported in this study was considered as a secondary event subsequent to a dystrophic calcinosis occurred in previously damaged tissues. In fact, the absence of typical granulomas in all organs of the fish examined lead us to exclude a primary role of the piscine mycobacteriosis. Finally, experimental in vivo studies will be helpful to clarify the role of M. chelonae as a potential pathogen (or opportunistic agent) causing skin and subcutaneous tumor-like masses with calcinosis in sturgeon.
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Hoop dancing is one of the activities that I never knew would change my life in such a drastic way. At the time I was going through a breakup, and I wanted to exercise to get some endorphins naturally to be happier. A lot of things did not interest me such as the gym, running outdoors, outdoor sports, etc. A friend of mine has been playing with this hula hoop for a year. I never gave it much thought until this moment where I needed a positive change. Experimenting with it gave me that childlike sense of joy and playfulness. It made me happy and I found it very healing.
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Everything started for fun and healing. I never thought I would have gotten more out of it. One year later, I got my first paid gig as a hoop dancer. Another year after that I started to practice fire dancing incorporating a fire hoop and other various fire tools. Soon enough, I was a working performer while also getting hired at a pole studio to teach my style of hoop dance.
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I teach Beginning Hoop Classes at a hoop shop called Superhooper in Anaheim, CA:
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You will see different types of hoop classes and workshops taught by other instructors as well.
I like to cross train and mix it up by taking a break from Hooping to do Pole & Aerial Fitness.
I actually am a student at this studio called Smoke and Mirrors Fitness in Santa Ana, CA.
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Contact Nicholas Ryan for his different flow arts lessons.
Contact Sam Tobey for rope dart lessons.
She has some tutorials here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg8Q4itGVANc0qxutGu1dSg?app=desktop
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Contact Love In The Fire about weekly classes in poi and staff.
Adam Weisman teaches Acro once a week at this pole studio.
Contact Christopher Filkins to learn his many skills.
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Contact Bianca Ernano for the Venice Glow Flow event she hosts every (Wednesday) 6:30-9:30pm
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And while I am working on being an evolved, peaceful person, content with the gifts the Universe has given me, when I see someone else do something on a blog or in a book that looks really amazing, I want that. I want it now.
Being the
the little image or picture that appears in the web window to the left of the actual page name when a page is open - FaceBook's little white f on blue, Blogger's white B on orange - I know it has a name - but WHAT?Turns out it's called a FavIcon, or favicon. Favorite + icon. Who knew? Besides Paula, but then, Paula knows and sees all.
Paula even twittered a link, except that the link she put up, while totally slick at creating a favicon, was not able to help me slip a pic with the file extension .ico into my Picasa picture album. Not even stuffing her bra and asking her to wear a slutty skirt (Not that she was asking for it, even if she was dressed like a slut. Ya'll know how I feel about that.)
See, Paula's a Mac girl, and I'm PC all the way, baby! I've stuck to PC because that's what I use at my day job, and I am, frankly, not a techno-geek. Lots of other kinds of geek, absolutely, but starting talking HTML and my brain gets out the butterfly net, and not to post the pretty things as favicons.
Still. Now I had the name, surely I could query Blogger Help and get some answers. I did. Not in English, but I got answers. There was one answerer rated at 3 stars or nerd points or however it works, and I tried his answer, but I might as well have been trying to swim to the moon.
I also got one, good link [cue the Hallulujah chorus here.] Hubpages. They spoke techno-retard. After only about 3 hours of blood, sweat and cursing, I was able to get my little butterfly. (Although, sadly, now that I have it, I have to admit, it ain't real impressive as an favicon.)
Still. I did it. I figured it out all by myself. (With Paula's help, and Blogger's help, and Hubpages help, and...)
I feel triumphant. I feel powerful. I am Blogger Woman!
If I have to, I can do anything. Even add a butterfly as a favicon.
(The audio is unbelievably crappy on this, but it's an authentic live version, not just a lip-synch performance, and I prefer the heart and soul that shines through here to the ones with cleaner sound. Amazing lyrics, even 40 years later.)
Part of me resents having to do this technical BS at all. I'm a writer, dammit! I should just be able to focus on writing, not deal with all this... stuff.
Reality is, if we are not Stephen King (and out of all the possible Writing in Flow readers on the planet, There Can Be Only One,) we don't get to build our own baseball diamond and set our own rules. When/if we become the mighty Casey at the plate, we can afford to pay someone to keep the PR machine rolling. Until then, this is the way the game is played.
Suck it up; there's no crying in baseball.
FYI, if you are having problems, paste your code EXACTLY where these peeps tell you to, in the picture, below. Because that actually works. (As opposed to the creative ways I thought it should work.)
Even though I hated doing it, I am still proud I got it done. I beat up on a butterfly, I rule!
Have you struggled with technology and blogging?
Do you have a "wisdom born of pain" story? Please share.
P.S. The Fabulous Roni Loren of Fiction Groupie (who does, in fact, use her own favicon, as noted above) will be here to share her wisdom born of pain/experience this Monday, July 11. Ya'll come back, you'll be glad you did.
P.S.S. As one of my commenters has pointed out, about 3 days after I write this Blogger came with the feature to add your own Favicon, as part of the Design dashboard. Which is how it usually works - after I have cried and sweated, suddenly it - whatever "it" is - is now available at the touch of a button. Oh well.
P.S.S. As one of my commenters has pointed out, about 3 days after I write this Blogger came with the feature to add your own Favicon, as part of the Design dashboard. Which is how it usually works - after I have cried and sweated, suddenly it - whatever "it" is - is now available at the touch of a button. Oh well.


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Once again and with his kind permission, I'm posting one of Craig Pindell's Never Forget series of photographs and his words in remembrance of the attack on New York's World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.
If you are reading this at 08:46 EST on September 11th, 2020, Craig will have just captured the latest image in his series.
About the project, from the man himself:
Each year in preparation for creating the new Never Forget image, I look back at the images I have made so far for the project, not so much to copy what I have done, but to remember the feeling that I had as I created each photo. I never expected the project to become a diary of the world I live in, when I started, the only purpose was to make sure I marked the day in a meaningful way. On 9/11 2001, I was at work at a Budweiser plant in Fort Collins Colorado welding thin wall 8-inch pipe for a CO2 system.
Mid-morning my foreman, Tony, climbed up the scaffold I was working on to tell me that the world as we knew it had ended, terrorists had attacked New York City. That particular moment is forever burned into my memory, and the photos I create marks that memory. When the project started, I expected that 9/11 would become a holiday in the US and that like the rest of our holidays, it would turn in to a commercial moneymaker with no memory of the reason behind the day. I was obviously very naïve. It is easy to be disappointed that others do not feel the same as I do about 9/11, and I recognize that there are many who feel much more strongly about 9/11 than I do. We each remember in our own way, I suppose, and in our COVID Fatigued world, taking time to remember another tragedy probably isn't helpful nor healthy.
About the image from Craig:
When I looked through the prior images, Lake Marie, Snowy Range Wyoming, 2008 always catches my eye. I like the image, I like the location, and I remember the day like it was last week. Weather was chilly but no wind, and the lake was still and quiet. The sound from the other person carried for a long way across the lake. I remember also how calm the world was at that time. For me, life was peaceful and fun. I was working close to home on a job that was fun, challenging, and paid well. I had no idea the global recession was just around the corner. I didn't know I was about to leave my great job and go to work in Australia. I didn't know that life was about to never be the same, again.
As I write this I am still not sure where I will make this year's photo. It was 90 degrees F yesterday, and today it is snowing and 29 degrees. I suspect I will not be able to get through the snow to get to the mountains to make a photo, so I will probably have to stay in the lowlands and hope for the best. No matter where I go, the day will be impacted by the virus in some way. Nothing happens in this part of the world that is not impacted in some way, large or small. No matter what, I will be creating an image and it will become part of this book of memories.
Once again, thank you for allowing me to share, Craig.
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Back on January 7th, we told you that Johnny Manziel would be signing with LeBron James' business partner, Maverick Carter for his marketing needs. It looks like that has officially happened. From USA Today:
Johnny Manziel confirmed Monday that he has signed with LRMR and Maverick Carter, the longtime friend and associate of LeBron James, to handle some of the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner's off-field projects.
Manziel also said Erik Burkhardt will be his agent and Bradley Beckworth and Jeffrey Angelovich are overseeing his business-related matters.
Johnny and LeBron have been friendly for a while so this isn't surprising. Of course LeBron had to welcome Johnny to the family:


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foodie fridays: blood orange mint julep
A couple of weeks ago, I visited the skin doctor.
I go once a year for general check up because I am super, errrrr, more on the scale of MEGA paranoid about skin cancer. I think people often overlook this checkup and hello, skin is the largest organ on our bodies. If you check your whoo-ha, then you need to check your back, face, etc. It makes sense!
Anyways, nothing serious, I just have one of those wonderful quirks where my oil glands like to get together, party hard for a night, and leave a weird, cartilage looking present on my body. So rude. I had it removed because it was embarrassing and totally got in the way of a smooth leg shave.
The doc gave me three stitches, which was nothing and didn't even hurt. Hooray! But after she removed the cartridge beast and stitched me up, she said to make an appointment to come back in 10 to 14 days to have the stitches removed or I could remove them myself. DO WHAT?
So, I replied, "Doc, are you telling me that I can remove my own stitches?" "Oh, yes, people do it all the time. It's really not that big of a deal", she said.
"Not a big deal? Let me get this straight. So back in my childhood years where my parents taught me the importance of changing a tire, saving money, and brushing my teeth, you don't think they should have mentioned how to remove stitches? I feel as though that should be a top five make sure you know how to do!"
Anyways, I will keep you posted on whether I attempt the removal of my own stitches. In the meantime, let's cheer to the weekend with these blood orange and bourbon mint juleps. Because sipping bourbon and citrus together is like learning new tricks or pulling stitches. They just have to happen sometime.
Blood Orange Mint Julep
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup water
zest of blood orange
8 ounces bourbon
Blood orange bitters
Handful fresh mint
1 Blood orange cut into slices
In a saucepan, add sugar, water, and orange zest. Bring to a slight simmer, consistently stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and let it cool.
Muddle mint and orange slices in the bottom of two glasses. Add ice, bourbon, bitters, and simple syrup. Stir to combine and serve.
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This workshop will consist of hands-on group work and will end with a powerful meditation that will propel us further into our intuitive journey with confidence through the community.
You will walk out of this workshop with a deeper connection to your Higher Self, Spirit and the universe around us.
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1. Strive to be helpful.
People turn to the internet to search for answers. If you are able to produce genuinely helpful content, you will find that your target audience will return to your website or blog time and time again for information. So don't get caught up in trying to make your content sound interesting to a broad audience. Instead, focus on creating highly educational content that will appeal to your buyer personas.
2. Drop the corporate voice.
Brands today have less and less face-to-face interaction with customers. Often, the only interaction that today's consumers have with brands is over the internet via a website, blog, or social media page. With this in mind, brands that sound too corporate and use too much "business babble" in their content will come across as boring. Write like you speak. This will help to give your content a conversational tone and your brand a much more personal voice.
3. Write to your specific buyer persona(s).
Brands get themselves in trouble when they try to cater each piece of content that they create to too broad of an audience. It's likely that your company has several different buyer personas, and each of these groups has different pain points that should be addressed. If you create content directed toward a more specific buyer persona, you'll find that you are more able to make a connection with your audience, therefore making even the most mundane topics interesting to this group of people.
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This is especially important if you're trying to simplify an idea that is both complex and traditionally boring to talk about. So, for example, while business blogging might not be the most exciting thing in the world to talk about, a business in the inbound marketing industry could make the analogy that blogging is like jogging–the more often you do it, the faster you will see results.
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Did you know that the brain processes visual content 60,000 times faster than text? This reason alone should encourage you to incorporate high quality visuals into your content. Mixing in images, video, and GIFs can help you to capture your audience's attention and communicate concepts in the least boring way possible.
So if you happen to be in one of those industries that may not sound particularly interesting on the front end, take advantage of these 5 tactics when creating content so that it is more appealing and resonates better with your audience.


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How to Set Maintenance Tasks with Hostaway
Without a fully integrated solution in place for scheduling and communicating maintenance tasks, it's easy to end up struggling to manage multiple dashboards and calendars.
Ultimately, this leads to a stressful relationship with staff and upset guests as routine or urgent maintenance tasks slip through the cracks.
But when you connect Hostaway with an easy-to-use scheduling software solution, you can keep on top of all your operations, have visibility over what needs to be done, and make sure staff are always informed with the latest updates.
Let's dig into how to set and manage maintenance tasks with Operto Teams.
Operto Teams
Set maintenance tasks through Hostaway
Before setting your housekeeping tasks, make sure to first check out Hostaway Integrations.
Ask Hostaway for your API connection information. Then request a sign up link from Operto Teams to plug in your information and get started.
This step will ensure that Hostaway can start updating your Operto Teams calendars and tasks with each new reservation.
Keep on top of all your routine and urgent maintenance tasks by connecting Operto Teams to Hostaway.
Set up your teams and departments
From Hostaway or via email
Next, configure your company within the Operto Teams system. Here, you'll complete 10 onboarding steps, including:
- Establishing your departments: Choose between maintenance, cleaning, and inspection depending on your properties' needs.
- Creating staff dashboards: With their own employee dashboards, your staff can easily access their schedules and get all the information they need via the Operto Teams Staff Portal.
- Regionalizing your units: Group your properties together based on their location. Organizing your units by region ensures employees always receive time-saving schedules that take into account the time taken between properties.
Operto Teams onboarding steps example
Create task rules
You can create as many task rules as you wish so that with every new booking, scheduling is automated for each property. These can be set for any stage of the reservation process:
- Check-in
- Check-out
- Mid-stay
- Mid-vacancy
- Set daily, weekly or monthly schedules
Setting task rules example
You can also set up maintenance tasks independently of Hostaway reservations and based on your own pre-determined set schedules. For example, you can create task rules that cover quarterly maintenance checks.
Some examples of typical maintenance tasks include:
- Cleaning the gutters
- Checking roof drains
- Replacing furnace filters
- Hot tub chem check
- Barbecue cleans
Automate and assign tasks to maintenance with Hostaway
Now that you've set up your task rules, you're ready to assign them.
Operto Teams will automatically schedule and assign tasks based on Hostaway bookings and pre-determined set schedules within your color-coded Scheduling Calendar.
Automated calendar dashboard example
Even though these schedules are automated, it's still easy to manually adjust your calendar using the drag-and-drop interface. This allows you to make quick changes, for example, in the case of sickness.
Manually assign tasks to maintenance with Hostaway
From Hostaway or via email
In the event your housekeeping staff spot a maintenance issue—say, a broken lamp or leaky tap—they can report the issue while on the job within the Staff Portal from their smartphones. Here's how:
1. Your housekeeping team completes the Issue Form in-app, adding a description of the problem, marking it urgent where necessary.
2. If needed, they can add photos or a video of the problem—for example, to help show the nature of the problem or the model of the apparatus that needs fixing.
Automated calendar dashboard example
3. The property manager receives the maintenance request and then assigns it to the maintenance team by adding a task for maintenance with all the details to the Scheduling Calendar.
4. The maintenance team receives the request in their department's calendar.
Maintenance dashboard example
With manual assignments, you can maintain a human element to the otherwise automated traffic control of incoming field requests.
Automate your maintenance calendar with Operto Teams
Scheduling software for cleaning businesses gives you control over managing maintenance schedules, keeps you on top of your communication with the team, and tracks tasks as they're completed.
And with Operto Teams' maintenance and housekeeping software, you can even optimize scheduling by property location, drag-and-drop jobs within the Scheduling Calendar for total flexibility, and add billing information to urgent tasks so you never leave money on the table.
See our Operto Teams to Hostaway integrations to learn more.
Keep on top of all your routine and urgent maintenance tasks by connecting Operto Teams to Hostaway.


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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Game Day Wear: Seminole Sequins part II
{Linking up with Blonde Episodes, Real Girl Glam & Watch What I'm Wearing}
22 comments:
Oh those moto boots make me warm and fuzzy. I want someeeee.ReplyDelete
love that skirt, just beautiful!ReplyDelete
love that skirt, even if it is garnet and gold! ;)ReplyDelete
xx amy
Leopard and Lillies
Hey honey! Thanks for linking up but I don't see any mention of my blog...can you add it please? Thanks! Kori xoxoReplyDelete
Love the sequin skirt with the denim jacket!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 20, 2012 at 12:02 PM
Love the whole outfit! Not enough people wear short skirts with ankle boots and it's such a cute look.ReplyDelete
Lydia N. <3
Cute sequin skirt! And the denim jacket is always a great touch!ReplyDelete
Any opportunity to incorporate sequin into everyday, I'm all for! This is an awesome gameday outfit!ReplyDelete
This outfit is very well styled.You have a great taste in clothing.ReplyDelete
such a fun segment! fashion and sports - love it!ReplyDelete
loving your game day style! might have to steal it for mizzou :)ReplyDelete
xo SideSmile,
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Love it! Yellow looks amazing on you!!!ReplyDelete
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Love, love, love this outfit, you little sex bomb! Yellow sequin skirt, absolutely! Awesomely paired with the burgundy top, denim jacket and adorable booties. Love...ReplyDelete
I had my eye on that tank at Target the other day. I love how you paired it up with the yellow skirt for some team spirit. Moto boots are great!ReplyDelete
Love the sequin skirt with those boots! So cute! ;)ReplyDelete
That skirt is fab! I love it and the color looks great on you.ReplyDelete
Although as a Miami fan, I can't say I'll be rocking garnet & gold anytime soon. Even when we're down, it's all about the U.
p.s. - check out my blog roll next time you stop by :)
Stopping by from RGG-- this is such an amazing look! I absolutely love that the sparkle and shine isn't over the top; it's just perfect! Would you stop by my blog and follow? I'd follow you back, of course :)ReplyDelete
Kate @ A Journey in Style
Great outfit!! Found you on RGS.ReplyDelete
Newest follower here! I found you through the Wednesday blog hop! Cute blog, I love that skirt!ReplyDelete
Hey, great minds thing alike! One of my upcoming posts will be me wearing a yellow skirt, a light purple tank top, and a chambray shirt, haha. Still editing it.ReplyDelete
I'm a cane, but I won't hold it against you that you're a seminole fan. You've got yourself a new follower!