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This article provides an overview of the different types of payments you can create for your customers via the GoCardless dashboard.
These are:
Which one you choose will depend on several factors including:
- How you want to charge your customer(s)
- Whether the customer is already active or still needs to authorise their Direct Debit with you
- The method you offer your customers to sign up e.g. via email, a link on your website, etc.
- The number of customers you would like to create the payment/subscription for
Here's a run through of when you might want to use each method:
One-off payments are ideal for when you need to create an ad-hoc payment for an individual customer who has already authorised their Direct Debit with you.
These are created via the Create button, which you will find once you've navigated to that customer's individual overview page in your dashboard. All you need to do is select Payment from the dropdown menu options.
Find out how to create a one-off payment for an active customer.
The Subscription option is used when you would like to create a recurring payment plan for an individual customer.
When creating a subscription for an individual customer you specify the charge amount, frequency, and start date of the subscription. You can also specify the number of payments the subscription runs for or set it to recur indefinitely.
When creating a subscription for an individual customer, you can set the start date for any date up to 13 months in the future.
Find out how to create a subscription for an individual active customer.
Plans are created via the Plans page within your dashboard, and can be accessed via the left menu bar.
The Plans feature is beneficial for several use cases…
a). You need to charge multiple active customers on the same recurring payment plan.
Once you've created a plan, it acts as a template that you can then assign to multiple customers without having to enter the details each time as you would if using the subscription method above.
To add an active customer to a plan, all you need to do is navigate to their individual overview page, then click the Add to plan button at the top and select your desired plan from the dropdown list.
Find out how to add an active customer to a plan.
b). You would like to invite multiple new customers to join the same payment plan via your dashboard. (These are customers who don't yet have an active Direct Debit mandate with you).
Once you've created a plan you can send an invite to multiple customers at once via your dashboard. When each customer completes the corresponding authorisation form, they will be automatically assigned to that plan and payments will process according to the parameters you've set.
Learn more about sending plan invites to multiple customers.
c). You would like to offer new customers the option of signing up to a recurring payment plan via your website, newsletter, or personalised email. (These are customers who haven't yet authorised a Direct Debit with you).
After creating a plan, you can copy the corresponding link and embed it within a button on your website, within an email newsletter or campaign, or other. Once the customer completes the authorisation form they are automatically assigned to the payment plan so you don't have to take any further action yourself.
Find out how to get the plan link and add it to your website, newsletter, or other here.
Paylinks are a great option when you want to enable any number of new customers to sign up to make a one-off payment. As with plans, these links can be added to a website, newsletter, email campaign, and so on.
Once a customer authorises their Direct Debit by following the paylink, their payment will begin processing automatically.
Even after a customer has made their one-off payment, you can create further payments for them without their need to complete their authorisation again if required. Depending on the option chosen when creating the Paylink initially, the customer will either be sent an "Approve" button that, once clicked, initiates the payment processing; or otherwise will simply receive a notification email advising them of the payment details without their need to take any action.
Paylinks are created via the Payments page within your dashboard.


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Summary of Findings
The arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich last week on corruption charges drew public interest at levels rivaling or topping most national political scandals of the past few years. The charges include allegations that Blagojevich sought personal financial gain from his choice to fill President-elect Barack Obama's senate seat.
About three-in-ten (29%) Americans say they followed the breaking scandal "very closely;" another 35% say they followed the story "fairly closely." Only the congressional check bouncing scandal of 1992 – in which members of Congress were investigated for overdrawing their office checking accounts – and the alleged Clinton-Lewinsky affair in 1998 rated higher in terms of public interest. Roughly a third of Americans followed those stories very closely (36% and 34% respectively) when they first became public.
In comparison to other recent scandals, interest in the Blagojevich story is on par with March reports about New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's involvement with a prostitute and the 2006 congressional page controversy involving former Rep. Mark Foley (26% followed each very closely). Other recent personal or political scandals, such as those involving Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the firing of federal prosecutors, or Sen. Larry Craig, received less public attention.
The governor's arrest, based on information gathered from a federal wiretap investigation, led all news coverage last week, accounting for 28% of the newshole, according to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism. The scandal was the top story in three sectors (online, radio and cable TV), making up 44% of all cable news coverage. The Blagojevich case surpassed the level of weekly news coverage devoted to Spitzer (23%) when that story broke earlier this year. Republicans and Democrats were about equally likely to have paid very close attention to the Blagojevich arrest (34% vs. 29%).
Continuing Attention to Economic News
While the Blagojevich scandal dominated news coverage, many Americans remained focused on the nation's economic crisis and news about a potential multi-billion government bailout for the U.S. auto industry. A majority (51%) followed economic news very closely. About one-in-four (24%) named economic news as the story they followed most closely. Four-in-ten (40%) say they followed news about the auto industry bailout very closely, while 24% list this as their top story. By comparison, 29% followed the Blagojevich scandal very closely and just 14% say it was the story they followed most closely.
Following the extensive Blagojevich coverage, press accounts favored news about government assistance to the automakers (18% of all news) over reports about the economy (11%).
In other news, slightly more than two-in-ten (22%) paid very close attention to the discovery of remains in Florida that could be those of missing toddler Caylee Anthony. For 13% of the public, news about that discovery was their top story of the week, roughly equal to the percentage who listed the Blagojevich scandal as their top story (14%).
The level of interest in the Anthony story is comparable to that of several other stories about murder investigations and missing persons, though the 2003 Laci Peterson murder received more public attention. For example, slightly more than two-in-ten (22%) Americans paid very close attention to news about the murder of a pregnant marine in January 2008. Approximately the same percentage (23%) closely followed news in 2007 about a missing women from Ohio who was nine months pregnant when she disappeared.
As is often the case with stories about missing persons, a greater percentage of women than men reported following news about Caylee Anthony very closely (27% vs. 16%). The largest gender gap in news interest was seen in the Laci Peterson story. Four-in-ten women followed that story very closely in May 2003, compared with 22% of men.
On other stories, about one-in-four (24%) Americans paid very close attention to news about the current situation and events in Iraq last week. Mid-way through the survey's field period, an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush at a Baghdad press conference, drawing significant media attention. But an analysis of survey interviews conducted before and after the event indicate the incident did not influence the level of attention paid to events in Iraq last week.
The public continues to closely follow news about Barack Obama's appointments and plans for his new administration, though less closely than in recent weeks. Three-in-ten followed the Obama transition very closely last week, down from 49% who were following it this closely at the end of November.
These findings are based on the most recent installment of the weekly News Interest Index, an ongoing project of the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. The index, building on the Center's longstanding research into public attentiveness to major news stories, examines news interest as it relates to the news media's coverage. The weekly survey is conducted in conjunction with The Project for Excellence in Journalism's News Coverage Index, which monitors the news reported by major newspaper, television, radio and online news outlets on an ongoing basis. In the most recent week, data relating to news coverage were collected from December 8-14 and survey data measuring public interest in the top news stories of the week were collected December 12-15 from a nationally representative sample of 1,001 adults.
About the News Interest Index
The News Interest Index is a weekly survey conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press aimed at gauging the public's interest in and reaction to major news events.
This project has been undertaken in conjunction with the Project for Excellence in Journalism's News Coverage Index, an ongoing content analysis of the news. The News Coverage Index catalogues the news from top news organizations across five major sectors of the media: newspapers, network television, cable television, radio and the internet. Each week (from Sunday through Friday) PEJ compiles this data to identify the top stories for the week. The News Interest Index survey collects data from Friday through Monday to gauge public interest in the most covered stories of the week.
Results for the weekly surveys are based on telephone interviews among a nationwide sample of approximately 1,000 adults, 18 years of age or older, conducted under the direction of ORC (Opinion Research Corporation). For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
In addition to sampling error, one should bear in mind that question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of opinion polls, and that results based on subgroups will have larger margins of error.
For more information about the Project for Excellence in Journalism's News Coverage Index, go to www.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/journalism.

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While there are fewer than 100 child fatalities each year at school, literally millions of kids suffer from physical and emotional violence in the form of bullying, harassment, stalking, intimidation, humiliation, and fear. Beyond the rare events of gun shots at school are the common events of psychological stabbings- the millions of kids who suffer emotional daggers to their hearts at school. Sticks and stones and bullets may break their bones, and words can break their hearts.
This presentation offers a guide for parents, professionals, and other concerned adults seeking to help their adolescents, their schools, and their communities overcome this problem. The presentation focuses on how the social system of the school plays a decisive role in the process of bullying, sexual harassment, and emotional violence in the lives of teenagers. It is based upon James Garbarino and Ellen deLara's And Words Can Hurt Forever: How to Protect Adolescents from Bullying, Harassment, and Emotional Violence (NY: The Free Press, 2002).
This video is part 2 of 7 in the Protecting adolescents from bullying, sexual harassment, and emotional violence series.


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-13 minutes. The online countdown clock races toward zero. Dramatic music with a heavy bass line begins to play. Hashtags sprout in Twitterspace: #HamOnNye. #CreationDebate. #NyevSham. One could easily add, #OMGWeAreDebatingCreationIn2014. Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a long 150-minute return of the culture wars, because creationist Ken Ham is about to debate Bill Nye the Science Guy.
-5 minutes. The epic Braveheart-Lord-of-the-Rings-style soundtrack intensifies. Only thing missing is a sweeping camera pan over the horizon as Frodo travels on toward Mount Doom. Ham and his PR team are firing away tweet after tweet about the debate and its importance. Nye, meanwhile, has tweeted about it only once. Al Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, tweets for prayers that the debate will reveal God's truth.
0 minutes. A cartoon camel, a T-Rex, and a flying monkey flash across the screen. It's a surprise ad for the Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY, Ham's (unaccredited) $27-million museum that is the site for the debate. Kids under 12 are free in 2014!
30 seconds. The feed takes us live inside the museum's Legacy Hall, where a lucky 900 people managed to score tickets to the event before they sold out in two minutes. Some 750,000 other people are watching the debate online. At least according to Ham's evangelistic organization, Answers in Genesis.
1 minute. CNN's Tom Foreman appears out of the darkness. He's moderator, and the guy who wrote Obama a letter every day for four years. This isn't exactly the same as moderating a presidential debate, but tonight's symposium gets at something far more important: the origin of life. Foreman introduces the topic at hand: "Is creation a viable model of origins in today's modern scientific era?"
2 minutes. Nye, in his signature bowtie, and Ham, with his Aussie accent, hop on stage, shake hands, and ready themselves behind their respective Apple laptops (only Nye's has stickers). Nye stands on the left. Ham is on the right. The cameras pan to an all-white audience.
4 minutes. Ham won the coin toss, so he's up first with an opening statement: the word science has been hijacked, hijacked by secularists. America's textbooks have been indoctrinated by Darwin, and we need to take back the terms. He starts listing scientists who believe biblical creationism, and he's got a slide show to back it up. His voice races as he talks about Raymond Damadian, the inventor of the MRI machine, who is a biblical creationist. Nye just stares at him.
9 minutes. Ham gets in his first Bible references. They are, predictably, about Jesus, not the creation story.
10 minutes. Now it's Nye's turn. He launches into an unrelated and awkward story about how someone taught his father to tie a bow tie by making him lie down on a bed.
13 minutes. Moving right along, Nye drops the first references to fossils and the Grand Canyon. The world is not 6000 years old as Ham believes, Nye says. And if America doesn't get its act together to listen to scientific evidence, it won't stay ahead. America's future depends on evolution.
15 minutes. Now Nye and Ham each get 30 minutes (!) to present their full arguments. Everyone who has ever worked in presidential politics is drooling over the generosity of those allocations.
16 minutes. Ham starts saying the words "science" and "observe" so many times I lose count. He is clicking through slide after slide of atheists who are great scientists and scientists who believe the earth is 6,000 years old. The MRI scanner guy story appears on a video again. Then someone else says he and other scientists are afraid to speak out for creationism because they will face persecution. These are Ham's freedom fighters. "I encourage children to follow people like that and make them their heroes," Ham announces.
21 minutes. Next point. There's a difference between what you observe in science today and the making a conclusion about science of the past. Lots of slides of vaccines and smoke detectors and other important inventions. We can agree about technology that put the rover on Mars, Ham says, but we can disagree about the origins of Mars. "We've only got the present," he explains.
23 minutes. Cue graphic of Nye and Ham fighting in a tug of war over a globe of the earth with animals and skulls coming out of it. This image is supposed to represent the fact that both Ham and Nye have the same evidence. It instead looks like toddlers fighting over a balloon.
26 minutes. Ham gives a shout out to his museum's display of Darwin's finches. Finches come from a common finch, Ham argues, not another common animal. That's why Noah only needed one species of dog on the ark. "Dogs will always be dogs, finches will always be finches," he says. Cuz the Bible. And a recent University of California study. Lots of furrowed brows in the crowd.
30 minutes. Apple is still getting great product placement out of this debate.
34 minutes. Darwin taught that there were higher and lower races — not ok, says Ham. If he had started from the Bible, he'd have realized that Caucasians weren't the top race. He skips any mention of the fact that the Bible was used to justify slavery for centuries.
36 minutes. Students are being indoctrinated by the confusion of terms. "You can't observe the age of the earth. You can't see that." The camera finally finds the first African American face in the audience.
39 minutes. Time for Ham's "Seven C's" of life: Creation, Corruption, Catastrophe, Confusion, Christ, Cross, Consummation. And no, consummation is not the sex kind. Consummation is heaven. (But speaking of sex, stick around for minute 64 — that's when talk about fish sex starts. Just wait for it.)
46 minutes. Nye begins: "I learned something. Thank you." He fails to define "something."
47 minutes. Nye holds up a chunk of dirt. Limestone actually. Kentucky limestone. He found it today, and says it couldn't have existed if "Mr. Ham's flood" really happened only 4,000 years ago. "Mr. Ham" is taking notes off to the side.
53 minutes. Nye explains the Kangaroo conundrum. If there was a kangaroo on Noah's ark, and Noah's ark landed somewhere in the middle east, and kangaroos ended up in Australia, why haven't we found kangaroo bones somewhere between Sinai and Australia? "Somebody would have been hopping along there and died and we'd find him." Something like that.
58 minutes. "Go Seahawks. That was very gratifying for me." #NyeNonsequitor
59 minutes. Back to explaining why rock formations in Oregon prove Nye's side of the story.
60 minutes. We've made an hour. Crack your neck. Stretch your shoulders. We aren't halfway done yet. You need all your strength to press on.
64 minutes. Nye says "traditional fish sex" and grabs everyone's attention. Traditional fish sex is different from the sex that fish have with themselves, he is explaining (and not yet explaining why this is relevant to his point). Nye is now asking: "Why does anybody have sex?" Why don't humans just make like a rosebush and produce a flower? Or divide like bacteria? How sexy. Nye calls that question a real "chinstroker." The twitterverse is already talking about "fishionary" position. But never fear! Evolution has the answer: species that reproduce sexually have fewer parasites. How about that for motivation to get it on.
68 minutes. Nye is now talking about the Hubble telescope. But it's impossible to stop thinking about why he brought up fish sex.
77 minutes. Our fearless moderator chimes in with six words everyone's been thinking "That's a lot to take in." Yup. So, on to the rebuttals. And counter rebuttals. And the Q. And the A.
78 minutes. Ham defends the age of the earth using Hebrew definitions of the word "day" in the Bible. Then there's something about 45,000 year-old wood being found in millions-of-years old basalt rock that proves his point. "There's no dating method you can use that you can absolutely age date a rock," he concludes. Plus there's only one witness that was actually there, who can actually say the truth about what happened in the past: the Word of God.
83 minutes. Ham starts his rebuttal. My livestream freezes, and then flashes neon yellow streaks, thanks to the more than 500,000 people who are tuning in as well. It pops back on in time for me to hear Nye ask Ham if all animals were vegetarian before they got on Noah's ark.
94 minutes. The theory of evolution now appears to be hinging upon Noah's construction skills. Ham insists that even his New England shipbuilding ancestors could not have built a ship like that. Ham: "Why would you say Noah was unskilled? I didn't meet Noah. Neither did you." Drop the mic, Ham. Drop the mic.
97 minutes. Nye keeps insisting that America will fail at innovation unless people believe in evolution. America's future is at stake! Maybe that's why no one in the audience is laughing.
98 minutes. Now its time to move faster, says Foreman. He's shuffling the Q&A cards. Fingers crossed that he's right.
99 minutes. Question one for Ham: How does creationism account for celestial bodies? Ham answer: Easy. God. Perfect moment to launch into what sounds very much like an altar call. Ham is resurrecting his image as the defender of the faith to the big secular world.
102 minutes. Next question for Nye: How did the atoms that created the big bang get there? "This is the great mystery." Nye, cornered by the creationists. Check.
105 minutes. Ham chimes in: There actually is a book that says where matter comes from: it's called the Bible. Mic drop #2 for Ham. Nye doesn't flinch.
109 minutes. Another question for Nye: How did consciousness come from matter? "Don't know! This is a great mystery!" Mic drop #3 for Ham, even though Nye goes on and on about how much he loves mysteries.
112 minutes: Ham chimes in again: There's a book that says where consciousness comes from too. Bet you can't guess what that is…
120 minutes. The light. It's at the end of the tunnel. Just 30 minutes to go before you will finally understand the origins of life. And get to go to sleep. And stop thinking about traditional fish sex.
121 minutes. Ham points out, yet again, that there are scientific papers, "very technical papers," on his website that explain real science. Which is creationism. Because he's freeing the hijacked "science."
123 minutes: Surprise question: In one word, what's your favorite color? Because that solves the mysteries of life.
124 minutes. Nye: "Green," and then he launches into an explanation of the irony that plants reflect green light. This gives Foreman his one shining moment to moderate: "Did I not say one word answer?" Ham's turn: "Can I have three words since he had 300? Observational science: blue." It's his best line of the night.
133 minutes: Question for Ham: Do you believe the entire Bible should be taken literally? He dodges the trap. He takes the whole Bible "naturally," not "literally." There's a difference. Basically, a difference that means, as he says, there were a lot of problems when men used Scripture to justify marrying multiple women.
146 minutes. FINAL QUESTION! What is the one thing more than anything else upon which you base your belief? Why don't you guess what each man said. If you said, "The Bible" for Ham and "Science" for Nye, you are right! Nye sneaks in, for at least the fifth time, that the United States will be left standing by other countries if it doesn't listen to science and teach real science in schools.
150 minutes. Ham and Nye agree on one thing: punctuality. 9:30pm and we are out. Foreman warns people there's a level-two snow emergency outside. Your #TBT(uesday) to the '90s creation culture wars is complete. You survived. Now go get some sleep.
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Pure Egyptian cotton fabric is ultra-soft in touch, which brings a sense of warmth while you sleep. Royal style-inspired embroidery enlivens your space and is colored in rich red and silver-grey hues for a splendid finish, the set is an absolute must-have for those who seek quality and luxury.
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We offer international shipping services. However, there are some locations we are unable to ship to. If you happen to be from one of those countries we will contact you.
A confirmation email will be sent to you once the order is authorized and verified. Once the payment is verified, the order cannot be canceled or changed within this sort of time. However, we will do our best to support your request.
It normally takes 1-5 business days to process your order. Please note that holidays & weekends are not included. If items are prepared in 24 hours in your order, we can ship them in one day.
DECORATIQ has a few warehouses located in the United States, Europe, and China. We offer the best quality trackable shipping solution. We provide shipping from our warehouses by UPS/FEDEX/DHL and USPS. Shipment takes approximately 3-40 business days to reach destination countries. Once your order is shipped out, an email notification with an international tracking number will be sent to you.
Keep in mind that we ship item(s) as soon as they're available, and we have multiple warehouses in the world that stock different products. So if there's more than one item in your order, you may receive the items separately (at no extra charge). We'll send you a separate email confirming the shipment along with tracking numbers.
Shipping time varies by location. These are our estimated delivery times after your order has been processed:
Location | *Estimated Shipping Time |
United States | 10-30 Business days |
Canada, Europe | 7-24 Business days |
Australia, New Zealand | 10-15 Business days |
Central & South America | 10-30 Business days |
Asia | 5-15 Business days |
*Note: Total Delivery Time = Processing Time + Shipping Time
In-Transit time starts when your order has been shipped and does not include standard processing time applicable to the shipping method selected at the time of checkout. Business days do not include Saturdays, Sundays, or public holidays.
Please note, that due to COVID-19, many shipping companies are prioritizing the shipments and receiving of emergency and necessary medical equipment. This could mean that your package may be withheld with the shipping company for an extended period of time which would lead to longer wait times and delays. There may also be a delay in the status of shipments. We hope you understand, as this is something completely out of our control.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
You will receive an email with a tracking number once your order is shipped but sometimes tracking is not always available due to free shipping.
For some shipping companies, it takes 1-4 business days for the tracking information to update on the system. If your order was placed more than 5 business days ago and there is still no information on your tracking number, please contact us.
DECORATIQ does not liable if the incorrect address is placed during the checkout process.
To ensure that your package is properly delivered and that you receive your package within the time frames we advertise, please make sure that your address is correctly entered and includes all relevant and/or required information. The use of correct abbreviations, street numbers, building or apartment numbers, and route information (if applicable) is critical for ensuring timely delivery. We do not take responsibility for lost, misplaced, or incorrectly delivered shipments if the address information provided is incorrect or incorrectly entered at the time of purchase.
Please ensure all of your shipping details are 100% complete and correct before placing the order. If shipping information has been entered incorrectly, please contact us within two (2) hours of your order placement. If we have made an error we will fully take responsibility for the original order that was made for you at no charge.
DECORATIQ is responsible for delivering the item to the shipping address provided, but we are not liable if the item is lost or stolen after the item has been delivered. Please ensure the delivery location is a safe environment.
If you are experiencing a non-delivery or your tracking information states that your package was delivered by the carrier but you have not received it; you must contact us within 10 days to file a claim.
We will assist you in working with the carrier to complete the claims process. Please note: Claims can take up to 30 days to complete (depending on the shipping carrier used).
DECORATIQ does not hold or accept responsibility for packages that have been reported as delivered by the carrier. We do not issue refunds or credits for packages that the carrier confirms as being delivered.
For international shipments, the goods will be imported on behalf of the consignee/buyer. The consignee authorizes DECORATIQ to import the goods on his behalf. Further, the consignee/buyer agrees DECORATIQ may delegate the obligation to import the goods on his behalf to a subcontractor (e.g. customs broker). The consignee will pay the taxes & duties in addition to the purchase price of the goods.
For international shipments, imported goods on behalf of the consignee/buyer. The consignee authorizes DECORATIQ to import the goods on his behalf. Further, the consignee/buyer agrees DECORATIQ may delegate the obligation to import the goods on his behalf to a subcontractor (e.g. customs broker). The consignee will pay the taxes & duties in addition to the purchase price of the goods.
DECORATIQ is not responsible for applicable customs fees, import duties, taxes, or any other charges once the items have shipped. Fees may apply for imported goods/services and regulate by the country's law. By purchasing our products, you consent that one or more packages may be shipped to you and may get custom fees when they arrive in your country. Shipping rates are estimated and may depend on different policies and tax rates applied per country. Please contact local customs for clarity and information.
While we will make every effort to accommodate your shipping and billing preferences, to protect our customers, DECORATIQ reserves the right to require customers to use a common shipping and billing address in the event we are unable to process an order or verify a shipping address provided.
If your order includes multiple items and one (or more) of the items are out of stock: we will go ahead and ship the rest of your order, issuing a refund to your original form of payment for the item(s) not in stock.
If you have any other questions, please contact us and we will do our best to help you out.


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This document lists requirements for applications developed with the Address Validation API. Note that use of the Address Validation API is governed by your Agreement with Google.
Providing terms of use and privacy policy
If you develop a Address Validation API application, you must make available the Terms of Use and a Privacy Policy with your application which meets the guidelines outlined in your Agreement with Google:
- The Terms of Use and Privacy Policy must be publicly available.
- You must explicitly state in your application's Terms of Use that by using your application, users are bound by Google's Terms of Service.
- You must notify users in your Privacy Policy that you are using the Google Maps API(s) and incorporate by reference the Google Privacy Policy.
The recommended place to make available your Terms of Use and Privacy Policy depends upon your application's platform.
Mobile applications
If developing a mobile app it is recommended that you provide a link to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy on your application's download page in the relevant application store and in an application settings menu.
Web applications
If developing a web application it is recommended that you provide a link to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy in the footer of your website.
Pre-fetching, caching, or storage of content
Applications using the Address Validation API are bound by the terms of your Agreement with Google. Subject to the terms of your Agreement, you must not pre-fetch, index, store, or cache any Content except under the limited conditions stated in the terms.
Note that the place ID, used to uniquely identify a place, is exempt from the caching restrictions. The place ID is returned in the `place_id` field in Address Validation API responses. Learn how to save, refresh, and manage place IDs in the Place IDs guide.
Displaying Address Validation API results
You can display Address Validation API results on a Google Map, or without a map. If you want to display Address Validation API results on a map, then these results must be displayed on a Google Map. It is prohibited to use Address Validation API data on a map that is not a Google map.
Displaying the Google logo and attributions
If your application displays data on a Google Map, then the Google logo will be included and may not be altered. Applications that display Google data on the same screen as a Google Map are not required to provide further attribution to Google.
If your application displays data on a page or view that does not also display a Google Map, you must show a Google logo with that data. For example, if your application displays Google data on one tab, and a Google Map with that data on another tab, the first tab must show the Google logo. If your application uses search fields with or without autocomplete, the logo must be displayed inline.
The Google logo should be placed in the bottom left corner of the map, with the attribution information placed in the bottom right corner, both of which should be on the map being presented as a whole and not below the map or another place within the application. The following map example shows the Google logo in the lower left of the map, and the attribution in the lower right.
For use on a light background | For use on a dark background |
The following zip file contains the Google logo in the correct sizes for desktop, Android, and iOS applications. You may not resize or modify these logos in any way.
Download: google_logo.zip
Don't modify the attribution. Don't remove, obscure, or crop out the attribution information. You cannot use Google logos inline (for example, "These maps are from [Google_logo]").
Keep the attribution close. If using screenshots of Google imagery outside of direct embeds, include the standard attribution as it appears in the image. If necessary, you may customize the style and placement of the attribution text, so long as the text is within close proximity of the content and legible to the average viewer or reader. You may not move the attribution away from the content, such as to the end of your book, the credits of your files or show, or the footer of your website.
Include third-party data providers. Some of the data and images on our mapping products come from providers other than Google. If using such imagery, the text of your attribution must say the name "Google" and the relevant data provider(s), such as "Map data: Google, Maxar Technologies." When there are third-party data providers cited with the imagery, only including "Google" or the Google logo is not proper attribution.
If you're using Google Maps Platform on a device where the attribution display is not practical, please contact the Google sales team to discuss licenses appropriate to your use case.
Note that the Place ID, used to uniquely identify a place,
is exempt from the caching restriction. You can therefore store
Place ID values indefinitely. Place ID values are returned in the
field of the
property of the Address Validation API response.
Style guidelines for Google attribution
Following are style guidelines for Google attributions in CSS and HTML if you're not able to use the downloadable Google logo.
Clear space
The amount of clear space around the lockup should be equal to or greater than the height of the "G" in Google.
The space between the attribution copy and the Google logo should be half the width of the "G".
The byline should always be clear, legible, and appear in the right color variation for a given background. Always be sure to provide enough contrast for the logo variation that you select.
Use Google Material Gray 700 text on a white or light background that uses a range of 0%–40% maximum tint of black.
On darker backgrounds, and over photography or non-busy patterns, use white text for byline and attribution.
Use the Roboto font.
Example CSS
The following CSS, when applied to the text "Google," would render "Google" with the appropriate font, color, and spacing on a white or light background.
font-family: Roboto; font-style: normal; font-weight: 500; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px; padding: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.0575em; /* 0.69px */ color: #5F6368;


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Version: 2006-04-28 (mandriva - 22/10/07)
Section: 7 (Divers)
time - overview of timeDESCRIPTION
Real time and process time
Real time is defined as time measured from some fixed point, either from a standard point in the past (see the description of the Epoch and calendar time below), or from some point (e.g., the start) in the life of a process (elapsed time).Process time is defined as the amount of CPU time used by a process. This is sometimes divided into user and system components. User CPU time is the time spent executing code in user mode. System CPU time is the time spent by the kernel executing in system mode on behalf of the process (e.g., executing system calls). The time(1) command can be used to determine the amount of CPU time consumed during the execution of a program. A program can determine the amount of CPU time it has consumed using times(2), getrusage(2), or clock(3).
The Hardware Clock
Most computers have a (battery-powered) hardware clock which the kernel reads at boot time in order to initialize the software clock. For further details, see rtc(4) and hwclock(8).The Software Clock, HZ, and Jiffies
The accuracy of many system calls and timestamps is limited by the resolution of the software clock, a clock maintained by the kernel which measures time in jiffies. The size of a jiffy is determined by the value of the kernel constant HZ. The value of HZ varies across kernel versions and hardware platforms. On x86 the situation is as follows: on kernels up to and including 2.4.x, HZ was 100, giving a jiffy value of 0.01 seconds; starting with 2.6.0, HZ was raised to 1000, giving a jiffy of 0.001 seconds; since kernel 2.6.13, the HZ value is a kernel configuration parameter and can be 100, 250 (the default) or 1000, yielding a jiffies value of, respectively, 0.01, 0.004, or 0.001 seconds. Since kernel 2.6.20, a further frequency is available: 300, a number that divides evenly for the common video frame rates (PAL, 25 HZ; NTSC, 30 HZ).The Epoch
Unix systems represent time in seconds since the Epoch, which is defined as 0:00:00 UTC on the morning of 1 January 1970.A program can determine the calendar time using gettimeofday(2), which returns time (in seconds and microseconds) that have elapsed since the Epoch; time(2) provides similar information, but only with accuracy to the nearest second. The system time can be changed using settimeofday(2).
Broken-down time
Certain library functions use a structure of type tm to represent broken-down time, which stores time value separated out into distinct components (year, month, day, hour, minute, second, etc.). This structure is described in ctime(3), which also describes functions that convert between calendar time and broken-down time. Functions for converting between broken-down time and printable string representations of the time are described in ctime(3), strftime(3), and strptime(3).Sleeping and Setting Timers
Various system calls and functions allow a program to sleep (suspend execution) for a specified period of time; see nanosleep(2) and sleep(3).Various system calls allow a process to set a timer that expires at some point in the future, and optionally at repeated intervals; see alarm(2), getitimer(2), and timer_create(3).
date(1), time(1), adjtimex(2), alarm(2), getitimer(2), getrlimit(2), getrusage(2), gettimeofday(2), nanosleep(2), stat(2), time(2), times(2), utime(2), adjtime(3), clock(3), sleep(3), ctime(3), strftime(3), strptime(3), usleep(3), rtc(4), hwclock(8)Contenus ©2006-2024 Benjamin Poulain
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Today in Egypt, hundreds of thousands of protesters have gathered for what is being called the 'Million Man' protest, calling for President Hosni Mubarak to step down and corruption, poverty and police abuses to end.
Amnesty International is urging the Egyptian military to respect the rights of protesters as Cairo demonstrators held their biggest protest yet.
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Terre Blanche Hosts 6th Edition of Terre Blanche Ladies Open
Tourrettes, Côte d'Azur, France, March 30, 2022 / TRAVELINDEX / For its 6th edition, Terre Blanche Hotel Spa Golf Resort has partnered with the French Federation of Golf to present the Terre Blanche Ladies Open, from Thursday 31st March to Saturday 2nd April 2022, with the Official Pro-Am on Wednesday 30th March.
Now one of the major tournaments on the Ladies European Tour Access Series (LETAS), Terre Blanche welcomes 96 professional players from more than 20 different countries. Offering a prize of 40,000EUR, this unique tournament at Terre Blanche will take place on the resorts GEO certified 18-hole course Le Riou, one of the most prestigious and exclusive in Europe. At the end of this season, the top 6 players in the final ranking will gain access to the famous Ladies European Tour.
In preparation for the tournament, an Opening Pro-Am will take place on Tuesday 29th March, a day before the Official Pro-Am. This is a prime opportunity for up-and-coming golfers to take on the challenging course designed by ex-Ryder Cup player and renowned Welsh architect Dave Thomas, while admiring the magnificent Provencal landscape.
To enhance the experience of playing alongside some of Europe's most talented golfers on Le Riou, Terre Blanche has created an exclusive package to ensure golfers enjoy the most of Terre Blanche Hotel Spa Golf Resort.
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Located in the heart of Provence's Côte d'Azur, just 30 minutes from Cannes and 45 minutes from Nice Côte d'Azur International Airport, Terre Blanche's unrivalled location provides the gateway to the Riviera, enabling guests to experience the charm and character of Provence along with the chic ambience of the Côte d'Azur. The 750-acre luxury resort is a member of 'The Leading Hotels of the World' and of European Tour Destinations, and as the only property of its kind in the region, provides refined hospitality rooted in authenticity and nature.


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'Bunny Shaming' Is the New 'Dog Shaming'
Last year dog owners gained a venue on which to extract some revenge on their misbehaving pooches with the Dogshaming Tumblr.
Now, with the Bunny Shaming Facebook page, folks with pet rabbits have a place to turn when their furballs make trouble.
Like with dog shaming, the bunny owners post photos of their little buddies looking dour as they pose with the mess they made and a description of the mess they made. And, as you will see, rabbits can certainly make a mess.
But while we're pretty sure dogs do feel shame, we're not entirely convinced bunnies have the capacity to reflect upon their misdeeds. Or, really, have the capacity to do anything but chew and make more bunnies. Check out more examples of bunny shaming below and let us know if you think these wascally wabbits are feeling any regret.


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Researchers link gene mutations to Ebstein's anomaly
Ebstein's anomaly is a rare congenital valvular heart disease. Now, in patients with this disease, researchers of the Academic Medical Center Amsterdam in the Netherlands, the University of Newcastle, UK and the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch have identified mutations in a gene which plays an important role in the structure of the heart. The researchers hope that these findings will lead to faster diagnosis and novel, more specifically targeted treatment methods (Circulation Cardiovascular Genetics, DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.110.957985)*.
Ebstein's anomaly is a heart defect in which the valve between the right ventricle and the right atrium is abnormally formed. Since the heart valve cannot close properly, heart function is compromised. Some patients with Ebstein's anomaly additionally suffer from a myocardial disease called left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC). This disease is associated with increased risk for sudden cardiac death or inadequate functioning of the heart muscle (myocardial insufficiency).
A few years ago in a study of LVNC patients, Prof. Ludwig Thierfelder and Dr. Sabine Klaassen (both MDC) discovered mutations in three different genes that encode muscle structural proteins. These proteins are important for heart contraction and for enabling the blood to be pumped through the body. One gene in which the MDC researchers identified mutations is the gene MYH7. Mutations in this gene in LVNC patients cause sponge-like muscle tissue to protrude into the left ventricle, thus impairing the contractile performance of the heart.
As a consequence of these findings, Dr. Alex V. Postma from Amsterdam, Professor Judith Goodship from Newcastle and PD Dr. Klaassen from the MDC sought to determine whether an association exists between Ebstein's anomaly, LVNC and mutations in the gene MYH7. In a multicenter study of cohorts from the Netherlands, Germany and the UK, they studied 141 Ebstein's patients who were not related to each other for mutations in MYH7. In eight of the study participants, the researchers identified mutations in this gene. Six of these patients also suffered from the myocardial disease LVNC in addition to Ebstein's anomaly.
"From these results we conclude that one mutation can lead to different congenital heart diseases. These can even occur concurrently, as here with Ebstein's anomaly and LVNC," said Dr. Klaassen. "In these cases we recommend that other family members also undergo cardiac examinations and genetic testing, since the risk for heart arrhythmia or heart failure is increased in mutation carriers even if they are not known to have a congenital heart defect. The earlier the mutations encoding the structural proteins of the heart are recognized, the better: close monitoring, long-term ECG recording and drug treatment can be conducted at an early stage. This means that physicians can advise and treat their patients more effectively."


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Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is The Associated Press college football player of the year, giving the Crimson Tide their second consecutive winner.
Young received 42 of 53 first-place votes from AP Top 25 voters and 137 points to easily finish ahead of Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson (four first-place votes, 67 points) for the AP Player of the Year honor presented by Regions Bank.
Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett was third; Alabama linebacker Will Anderson Jr. was fourth; and Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud was fifth.
Young, Huchinson, Pickett and Stroud are the finalists for the Heisman Trophy, which will be presented Saturday in New York.
Later Thursday, during the ESPN College Football Awards show, Young also won the Davey O'Brien Award as the nation's top quarterback, and the Maxwell Award as the most outstanding player in college football.
Other winners included Georgia defensive tackle Jordan Davis, who won the Bednarik Award as the nation's top defensive player and the Outland Trophy as the most outstanding interior lineman, and Kenneth Walker III of Michigan State, who became the first Spartans player to win the Doak Walker Award as the nation's best running back.
Walker, who finished sixth in AP player of the year voting, was also named Walter Camp player of the year.
A sophomore and first-year starter, Young passed for 4,322 yards and a school-record tying 43 touchdowns, leading the top-ranked Tide to the Southeastern Conference championship and the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff. The Tide will face No. 4 Cincinnati on Dec. 31 at the Cotton Bowl.
Young said he felt well prepared for the challenge of leading a program that has set the standard in college football for more than a decade, but nothing speaks louder than performance.
"Settling in and getting to play in different environments, getting to be put in situations, naturally, makes you more comfortable as leaders," Young told AP. "It's always about what you do in the offseason, how you carry yourself, but any time you're able to produce in big moments and you're able to demonstrate a lot, that's always a big part, as well. Because leadership is a lot about action."
Young capped his season with an SEC championship game-record 421 yards passing against Georgia last week.
Alabama receiver DeVonta Smith became the first Alabama player to win AP player of the year in 2020. Young is the 18th quarterback to win the award since it was established in 1998.
Young, a Southern California native and former five-star recruit, said the high expectations are what drew him to Alabama and help motivate him.
"You want to live up to the pressure and to the hype of it all," he said.
Other awards handed out Thursday night:
— Pitt receiver Tre Tiptonwon the Disney Spirit Award.
— Stanford quarterback Isaiah Sanderswon the Wuerffel Trophy for community service.
— Pitt's Jordan Addison won the Biletnikoff Award as the nation's top receiver.
— Michigan's Jake Moody won the Lou Groza Award as the nation's best kicker.
— San Diego State's Matt Araiza took the Ray Guy Award as the best punter.
— Cincinnati cornerback Coby Bryant won the Thorpe Award as the best defensive back.
Before Thursday:
— Georgia's Nakobe Dean won the Butkus Award as the nation's top linebacker.
— Colorado State's Trey McBride won the Mackey Award for best tight end.
— Iowa's Tyler Linderbaum won the Rimington Award as the best center.
— Arkansas linebacker Grant Morgan won the Burlsworth Trophy as the top player whose career started as a walk-on.
— Hutchinson won the Lombardi Award as the best lineman.
— Anderson won the Nagurski defensive player of the year award.
AP Player of the Year voting:
Bryce Young, QB, Alabama — 137 points (42 first-place votes).
Aidan Hutchinson, DE, Michigan — 67 (4).
Kenny Pickett, QB, Pitt — 41 (2).
Will Anderson Jr., LB, Alabama — 32 (4).
C.J. Stroud, QB, Ohio State — 17 (1).
Kenneth Walker III, RB, Michigan State — 13.
Jordan Davis, DT, Georgia — 8.
Matt Corral, QB, Mississippi — 2.
Jerome Ford, RB, Cincinnati — 1.


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Sweatcoin app promises money for exercise, but critics warn it'll drain your battery
Sweatcoin, an app that promises to reward you for simply exercising, has shot to the top of the app downloads chart despite criticism about the rewards on offer and the amount of battery it uses.
Sweatcoin monitors your physical activity through your smartphone or Apple Watch, then assigns reward points that can be spent at retailers including Graze and Fitbit.
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But the app has received mixed reviews and users are critical about the offers available. The firm says 1,000 verified steps earns 0.95 sweatcoin.
Offers begin at 10 coins. Under the free membership model a maximum of five sweatcoins can be earned a day, which is equal to 5,000 steps.
Upgrading to the next level of membership, where you can earn 10 sweatcoins a day, costs five coins a month. A total of 10,000 steps is the equivalent of almost five miles.
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Hide AdThe downside is that only outside steps are counted. The app will not count any steps taken indoors, which includes running on a treadmill at the gym. Sweatcoin says it is working on an algorithm to fix this, but that at the moment there are too many ways to cheat the system.
Users may also be wary about downloading an app that tracks your movements and location. Aside from potential privacy concerns, the app is likely to drain the battery on your phone if running in the background all the time.
One reviewer said: "The app markets itself as a way to earn money or free rewards for your steps but the offers are so bad that it's not worth using the app and draining your battery. I've had the app for four months now and haven't redeemed a single reward."
The offers are updated daily. One of the offers today is a Fitbit Flex in exchange for 375 sweatcoins, which is likely to take at least a year-and-a-half to accrue. The majority of the rewards range from 15 to 400 sweatcoins.
This article originally appeared in our sister publication, iNews.


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Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max - Vintage Leather Wallet (Side Clasp)
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Carry your cards, cash, and phone in one slimline solution
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Jason Aldean tells the story of a failed relationship in his new "Blame It on You" music video.
Directed by Shaun Silva, Aldean's new clip uses flashbacks to share the journey of a young couple from new love to their end at the hands of a jealous individual. The action takes place in the 1940s, though shots of Aldean performing in the present day are interspersed.
"I could blame it on the whiskey / I wouldn't blame you if you didn't even miss me / Gave you a million reasons, girl, not to be with me / Should've never let you go / Should've never watched you go," Aldean sings in the chorus. "I could blame it on a good high / Let it take the blame for why you told me goodbye / Instead of missin' you and missin' all those good times ... I could say I never knew / I could drink around the truth / But I can't blame it on you ..."
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With his latest single, his third from 9, the country superstar is gunning for his 25th career No. 1 song. "Blame It on You" was written by Michael Tyler, Kurt Allison, Tully Kennedy, John Edwards and Brian Gene White; Allison and Kennedy are members of Aldean's touring band.
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can someone explain what ports 1025 blackjack network, 445 microsoft ds, and 1083 are? when i run netstat it reports that i have these ports listening.
Hrmmm. I dont know what all of the ports are for but if my poor memory serves the blackjack port is a trojan horse. For what its worth, tou can find a nice listing of ports at: http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers Sorry couldn't be of more help.
Hey... I take it that your using some flavour of Windows... Well, for starters, I believe that the network blackjack is one of the ports used by RPC... I think the microsoft DS (445) is one of many ports used for Directory Services, providing name resolution and lookup capabilities, allowing users or devices to locate resources on the network by human readable or well-known names. As for the 1083, which is registered to Anasoft License Manager.. I have no bloody idea... the only thing I can find is that its registered that port.... very suspicious of that one.... heck, I'd be suspicous of all of them, especially if you aren't running 2K/NT/XP....
If you are suspicious you could try installing/activating a firewall to see if anything is using them. Lots of firewall software around, but www.zonelabs.com is probably as good as anything else (freeware for personal use).
Originally posted by mindrape can someone explain what ports 1025 blackjack network, 445 microsoft ds, and 1083 are? when i run netstat it reports that i have these ports listening. I'm guessing if you don't know what they are, they shouldn't be running. You can try tauscan from Agnitum.com, or the Cleaner from moosoft.com to scan for trojans and viruses that may be causing those ports to be opened for listening.
[HvC]Terr: L33T Technical Proficiency
nuff said
smirc, Get a grip. There is no RTFM in this case. These ports aren't identified anywhere except for 445, which is somewhere in Microsoft documentation. Anything over 1024 is an upper-level port number and can be pretty much assigned to anything. Port lists simple are lists and don't carry much information. Rather than spew out RTFM in this case, why not offer us your input as to what these ports are (although I'm quite sure that 445 is Directory Services and would have me believe that mindrape is running a Win2K box of some type). The other two, 1025 and 1083, I have never seen. A firewall is a good thing for mindrape but I would go beyond ZA. I would suggest Outpost by Agnitum (http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/) or Tiny Firewall by Tiny Software (www.tinysoftware.com). They are a little more flexible for configuration.
I apolgise, obviously looking in the RFC's and doing a little searching around the web it too much to expect.
Don't be an ass smirc... I was paid $20 an hour(which was quite a bit for my age) to participate in internet reseach for a university, and it took me quite a while to find any useful information on those ports... If you wanna be so wonderful, how about you inform us of the great information that you got from looking into the RFC's??? **sorry if you were truly apoligising.. I've been drinking since 1 o'clock**
smirc, Very simple: The one port, 445, can be looked up. It should pull a fair amount of info. Mindrape, check out: http://www.google.com/search?q=port+445. Or check out Microsoft's knowledge-base Ports 1025 and 1083 are harder. Given that they are above the 1024 they are not fully assigned anything and are often used by a variety of applications. As such, there are no RFCs on them. Doing a search on port 1025 and/or port 1083 will get hits but nothing that truly defines it. And don't even attempt a search on blackjack network. That will just get you all the casino sites. If you have a perferred direct link that could give a further description of these ports, please do share.
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Etsy Rain Handmade Holiday Show
Some of the vendors from last year's EtsyRain show |
November 29-30th, 11:00-5:00
Elliot Hll at Pier 66 Inside the Bell Street Cruise Terminal
Now this one is a BIG show, with over ninety artists and artisans, all members of our local Etsy group. I will likely be volunteering there on Saturday, so if you plan on stopping by let me know and I'll try and hook up to say hi!
And as a bonus, you can go for a beautiful stroll along the waterfront while you're there.
The Pacific Northwest Needle Arts Guild
Critters from the 2011 PNNAG holiday sale |
4649 Sunnyside Avenue North, Room 120, Seattle, WA 98103
PNNAG is having a holiday craft fair at their office in the Good Shepherd Center. This is a smaller sale, focused almost entirely on needlecrafts (sewing, knitting, crochet, cross stitch, dolls and stuffed animals and yes, beading). Members donate their work with all proceeds going to support the organization though the coming year. This sale is small, but it is mighty and I have come away with some truly awesome holiday gifts in the past. (Note their sales are on Fridays and Saturdays, not Sundays).
Two of my friends from Seedbeaders will also be in upcoming shows:
Eileen Nelson will be part of a two-person show at the Al Dogget Studio December 7-8 from 10:00am-5:00pm.
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Saturday Dec 7th and Sun Dec 8th
Phinney Community Center
Saturday, December 14th
Gig Harbor Boys & Girls Club
Saturday, December 21st - 12pm - 5pm
Columbia City,
Craft Show in Your Pajamas
And lastly, one of my favorites; Sarah over at Saturday Sequins will be hosting her second annual Craft Show in Your Pajamas on her blog. She rounds up a fun mix of artists, artisans, authors and other interesting folks making interesting things. Always worth a look see.
So there it is. Just a few of the Craft shows I know of happening in the Greater Seattle Area, and one online in the Blogsphere where anyone, anywhere can enjoy it. Now I'm back to my own Etsy endeavors....
And to all of my friends who ARE doing craft shows this holiday season - all my best to you! Hope the customers come knocking down your doors (but not your booths)! :)


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Rabbi vs. Rabbi Feud Sinks Poland's Fight To Maintain Kosher Slaughter
(JTA) — A few weeks before Poland's parliament voted last month on whether to overturn a ban on ritual slaughter, Rabbi Menachem Margolin was scheduled to meet the Polish president in an effort to find a solution to the problem.
The ban had been imposed in January, when a Polish constitutional court outlawed Jewish and Muslim ritual slaughter in response to a petition filed by animal welfare activists.
But shortly before Margolin's meeting was to take place, President Bronislaw Komorowski's office unexpectedly canceled.
Margolin, director of the European Jewish Association and the Rabbinical Centre of Europe, both based in Brussels, saw a reason for the cancellation: Polish Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich, whom Margolin accused of "torpedoing" the meeting.
Schudrich denied the charge, and one of his associates told JTA that the meeting was canceled after the president's office learned Schudrich would not be attending the meeting with Margolin.
When parliament followed through with its 222-178 vote to uphold the ban on Jewish ritual slaughter, known as shechitah, Margolin again blamed Schudrich, calling him incompetent and demanding that he resign. Schudrich in turn accused Margolin of meddling and jeopardizing Polish Jewry's coordinated campaign to overturn the ban.
To outsiders, the back-and-forth accusations might seem bizarre. Why would two rabbis who ostensibly share the same goal of reinstating the legality of shechitah in Poland go at each other's throats? The spat goes to the heart of an issue that has bedeviled communities across Eastern Europe for more than two decades, ever since the fall of the Iron Curtain: control.
Schudrich, a U.S.-born rabbi who has lived in Poland almost uninterrupted since 1992, long has ruled the roost in Poland. He was named chief rabbi in 2004 and has close ties with Polish leaders.
Perhaps because Schudrich has been around almost since the fall of communism, Poland is one of the ex-communist countries where Jewish affairs are not dominated by Chabad, the hasidic Orthodox outreach movement.
Chabad operates only two centers in the country, compared to six serving the similarly sized Jewish community in Belarus and more than 30 each in Russia and Ukraine, where Chabad rabbis have laid claim to the title of chief rabbi – to the occasional consternation of non-Chabad colleagues. Chabad is eager to expand in Poland, says Rabbi Shalom Ber Stambler, the movement's emissary in Warsaw.
Margolin, who was born in Israel, is affiliated with Chabad. One of the groups he heads, the Rabbinical Centre of Europe, has a 17-member rabbinical council that includes some of the leading Chabad rabbis in Europe. Among them are Rabbi Berel Lazar, one of Russia's two chief rabbis, Hungary's Baruch Oberlander and Binyomin Jacobs of the Netherlands.
The European Jewish Association, the other group headed by Margolin, also has Chabad ties.
Margolin sees Schudrich as more interested in preserving his own power and influence within Poland than in cooperating in a broad-based international effort to overturn the shechitah ban.
Schudrich acts "irresponsibly, as though Poland is his own fiefdom, while ignoring the need for coordinated action on an issue which affects all of European Jewry and beyond," Margolin said. His "refusal to consult is the antithesis to how Holland's Jewish community collaborated with international Jewish groups until the successful overturning of the shechitah ban passed in Dutch parliament in 2011."
For his part, Schudrich says the issue is not about fiefdoms, noting that he has the backing of Poland's Union of Jewish Communities and has been in contact with the European Jewish Congress and the Conference of European Rabbis. Rather, he says, the issue is avoiding disrupting the coordinated effort already underway to reverse the ban.
We "cannot risk that our efforts will be hindered by the actions of people who will not bear the consequences of their interference," Schudrich said in a joint statement with the president of Poland's Union of Jewish Communities, Piotr Kadlcik. The reference was to Margolin's European Jewish Association. "This is the same organization that called for unity on one day only for it to issue an appallingly disrespectful and inaccurate attack on Poland's Chief Rabbi Schudrich the next day."
The European Jewish Association "has the right to protest," said the statement, which was posted on the union's website. "However, as the representatives of the Jews in Poland, we consider it unacceptable that any legal or policy initiatives from abroad are initiated without the coordination, or at least consultation, with us."
Matters took a stranger turn when the European Jewish Association announced last week that it had hired a Polish nationalist lawyer – Roman Giertych, the one-time head of the now-disbanded League of Polish Families, a far-right political movement accused of anti-Semitism – to challenge the shechitah ban.
A spokesman for the European Jewish Association, Asher Gold, said Giertych was hired "because of his professional skills and connections in the Polish political scene."
Until the ban, ritual slaughter was a $500-million-a-year industry in Poland, producing a large portion of the meat for export. After the ban was imposed in January, some kosher and halal slaughterhouses halted production while others continued, sources said, out of lack of clarity about the law.
Last week, Poland's interior minister reportedly said that noncommercial ritual slaughter could continue pending a government petition.
For the time being, it seems that both Schudrich and Margolin are proceeding with their competing campaigns.
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