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We use this referral tool on different sites - works great
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Pros: Easy to set up, easy to use, fast support. More bang for the buck. You can integrate it via WP plugin, if you are running WP site.
Cons: We have no difficulties with that product - there are some cases, when you can't customize the widget to ideally fit the site design - thought there are many options, but in that case you can use the custom CSS or, if you don't have developer on hand - you can ask their support to help - we have done that twice.
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Comments: I am truly in love with Invitebox software. I'd been struggling to find a consistent way to entice and reward more clients for referring my business. Nothing seemed to work until I found Invitebox which allows my current clientele to refer directly from my website. This convenience is paying off! The cost is minimal compared with the rewards that I'm experiencing with access to many more informed potential and paying clients. I've always believed that customer referrals were the best because they are already coming to you with a sense because they've heard of you trough a friend or relative. I've also been very impressed with how easy and simple it is to get up Invitebox up and running on your site. I had the widget up and working on my site within 15 minutes. I've been urging all of my colleagues and fellow business owners to check out Invitebox and add it to their sites. This company offers a great value and a needed service at a reasonable cost.
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Am I the only one looking forward to the new 1TV2 reality show - CelebAir? The idea is to get a bunch of cough, cough "celebrities" to train as Air Stewardesses working on the ground and onboard an actual plane to battle it out to see who will be the ultimate hostess with the mostess. Sounds absolutely dreadful doesn't it? In the most spectacular 'let's pull for the oxygen mask' kind of way. Which is exactly why I'll be watching come next Tuesday. The show will be hosted by Angelica Bell, and confirmed contestants include Chico from X-Factor, Tamara Beckwith, Lisa Scott Lee, Lisa Mafia, and Mica Paris. Now Mica, why? How does the owner of one of the most amazing set of pipes this side of the Atlantic end up being a camped up trolley dolly, even if it is merely for entertaiment purposes? But alas, that is the cruel nature of the music industry, they swallow you up and then spit you out. I ain't mad at ya Meesh, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. So make mine a Pimms with lemonade luvvie!
Friday, 29 August 2008
Prepare to crash land
3 comments:
- Gorilla Bananas said...
Are they allowed to have sex with a passenger in the toilet? That could be the coup de grace that wins it.
- 29 August 2008 at 20:44
- Ondo Lady said...
This sounds interesting and I do agree with you about Mica Paris. This sounds beneath her. I caught Glam God last night over here in the US and it was very entertaining. It is presented by Vivica A. Fox and it is a contest to find the best stylist.
- 30 August 2008 at 03:24
how young guys they have on board! I am getting hot hot hot thinking about them. Miss TPT as she was known in I am celebrity get me out of here, that will be fun I would love to be on board to test skills. I would love especially like to meet Chico on board because he funny and alive and don't want to be a sad person I have a cat named after him lol. At moment I would like Lisa Scott lee to or of course chico time to win! lets see what happens
- 1 September 2008 at 19:20
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Liam with his cousins dressed up as a nurse and a waitress.
Cuties in a penguin and dog costume.
Cousin love
Liam the Lobster!
He had fun in his costume.
So cute!
Minnie Mouse!
It looks like she has the hang of it. :)
Our kid Halloween party was a success! I had a great time having friends from my mom's group over with their little ones. I'm lucky to know such a great group!
I haven't talked much about my daily blogging since I started. (It hasn't been that long.) Some of these posts aren't as long as I would like them to be. I'm hoping to change that starting tomorrow.
There's something so special about pressing the publish button on my blog each night. Somehow, it's making me care less about what other people think about me. I'm not sure why though. Mostly, I'm renewing my love for documenting the special moments in my daily life.


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Hydrodynamics and mass transfer in a novel multi-airlifting membrane bioreactor
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|Nowadays, in order to relieve the environmental burden, more and more concerns are concentrated on how to maximally dispose the industrial organic waste. Meanwhile, it is expected to find a solution which can combine the waste treatment with the production of valuable products. In this way, the high cost of disposal procedures would be effectively cut down by adding extra value in it. The procedure of production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) provides such a beneficial waste treatment which can be applied In various industries, especially in food processing industry where high cost of high BOD wastes treatment is involved (Yu and 51 2001). By using different configurations of bioreactors, several new technologies have been developed demonstrating the feasibility of combining anaerobic digestion of food scraps with aerobic production of biodegradable thermoplastics, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). Yu and his coworkers (1999) reported the effects of superficial gas and liquid velocities on bed expansion, solid and gas hold-ups and specific oxygen mass transfer rate, kLa by using a type of porous glass beads for immobilization of microbial cells in a three-phase aerobic fluidized bed reactor (AFBR) with an external liquid circulation. This is the first attempt to combine the anaerobic/aerobic treatment of wastewater to produce PHAs. Later on, Du and Yu (2002) developed a new technique to connect the anaerobic reactor and the aerobic reactor through a tubular module of silicone rubber membrane or dialysis membrane. Their efforts yielded 72.S% (wt) PHAs In PHA-producing cells which was the highest polymer content achieved in waste treatment since their work were reported. Although waste water process can get great benefits from PHAs production, the major barrier to widely apply the production of PHAs is their high price, which is more than 10 times higher than the price of synthetic counterparts, reported by Yu and 81 (2001). PHAs have attracted academic and industrial attention due to their potential use as biodegradable thermoplastics. The production cost can be Significantly reduced by raising the scale as well as the productivity of bioreactors. Based on this, we investigate a mini-pilot scale bioreactor (SOL), which is promising to be scaled up to 3000L for PHAs production at a reduced production cost. In this work, a multiple airlifting membrane bioreactor (MAMBR) was designed, fabricated and investigated for operational hydrodynamics and mass transfers (as shown in Flg.1.1).
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I always look for fabric at Garage Sales. The blouse on the left cost under $10 to make including the appliqued flowers.
The flower appliques are made from buttons I had in my button can and I used various shades of size #10 crochet thread to made crocheted button flowers from a picture I saw on Pinterest.
There wasn't enough of one color of either piece of fabric to make a whole blouse in my size. I really wanted the body to have the light color fabric, which has a vertical stripe. I dug around in my fabric stash and Bingo! I found another chunk of fabric I had for years and it was the perfect accent color for the sleeves, button strip, etc.
Never pass up that garage sale stuff. Put as many of your crafting talents into your project. I've turned this blouse into a showcase of a few of my garment constructing abilities. Wear your art!


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I finished the border (not including all the leaves and flowers) and it matched! :)
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
5 comments:
- Stitch Wizard said...
Wow Nicole you have lots more done! It is just beautiful so far! I just didn't get the start I needed but am going to make sure and get going tomorrow. I had to catch up a little here at home but I am dying to get started. I may even try tonight to do some! How pretty already!!
- July 8, 2008 at 6:49 PM
- Susan said...
Yay! I'm always nervous when I stitch large borders; you were smart to not do all the leaves & flowers.
You're making great progress!
- July 8, 2008 at 7:03 PM
- Nina said...
Wow! Nicole your fabric is amazing beautiful!
I've ordered the pattern but I have to wait about 3-4 weeks arrive :(
- July 8, 2008 at 9:42 PM
- Yuko said...
Wow! Your fabric colour is very beautiful!!!
I'm also stitching the border now, but I'm a bit nervous... lol
- July 9, 2008 at 2:40 AM
- Anonymous said...
You super stitcher you! Incredible how fast you are!
- July 9, 2008 at 10:51 AM
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It has been years since this has come up so frequently in my life, but over the past few months, I have been surrounded by the confusion of spacing after punctuation in word processing. It is mainly in several of my friends' resumes and cover letters that this has come up but also in blogs, personal emails/letters and even twitter!
So, I went straight to my old Moms for the straight dope on spacing. (She's been a Professor of English and Grammar for decades now. She was even referred to as "the Grammar Nazi" at one school.) And, I got this response:
One space after end punctuation. The 2 space deal was for typewriters, but word processing programs automatically adjust for the space. You can use my street cred— associate prof at UMUC.
And, how many spaces after colons?
I also heard this discussed in my grad program. Several of my teachers hated the improper use of double-spacing.
My Q's for you, dear friends:
Do you agree with this? Why or why not?
So, does this mean that it is weird if I know some actual millennials who double-space after everything but commas?
Do you still double-space and/or believe it is more proper?
When did you switch, if you did?
I have a vague memory of being told to stop the double-spacing sometime in college- possibly 1994? I pretty much accepted it and never looked back. I like the single space. You?


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Some even open the Tweet in a new tab and save the link privately, or email it to themselves or bookmark it in their browser. Been a top request. As revealed, the traditional "send via DM" will be deprecated, and replaced with an overflow menu that reveals the aforementioned feature, and the new "Add to Bookmark" option.
Futuremark also suggests that the perception that your older iPhone is slowing down is compacted by a "psychological effect", where "knowing that there is a new and improved model available" makes your older iPhone seem inferior. Typing the first few letters of nearly any Emoji results in one or more Emoji popping up in suggested word possibilities. Read the full story at SiliconBeat .
Anyone who hasn't had the chance to play Ghost Recon Wildlands should definitely check out the free weekend. In the meantime, you can check out the latest trailer for Ghost War, which will be free for all players, even the ones now trying things out later this week during the free weekend promotion.
Last Thursday, the Project Loon team at Alphabet's X division noted to Mashable that they were "working hard with the Puerto Rican authorities to see if there's a way for us to use Loon balloons to bring some emergency connectivity to the island during this time of need".
While it's not the most exciting of the new skins, I wouldn't be disappointed if it popped up in my free event look box on Wednesday. Now a leak has given us a sneak peek at what's to come and can we just sit and admire that awesome Zenyatta skin for a minute?! Blizzard has never been one to shy away from celebrating various festive occasions, and with Halloween around the corner, it looks like Overwatch players will have something to look forward to.
For now, the best way to make sure you do not miss any text is to communicate through calls or use an internet-based messaging app. However, smartphone users often tend to use third party - probably because these batteries are much more affordable compared to the original ones.
Games have to be converted to a special format to be able to run on the system, and presently, about 75% of the games converted using the software are running smoothly, notes Neowin. Retro-gaming enthusiasts are celebrating that the new SNES Classic Edition game console has been hacked, enabling owners to add additional titles to the 21 games that the console is supplied with, Tech Times is reporting .
Rather than try to bring traditional wireline or satellite internet into these areas, which can be quite costly, with Project Loon Google plans to set up a system of free-floating high-altitude balloons to create a network with a wider reach.
Monday from Space Launch Complex-4 on South Base. You might be able to see the rocket over Kern County, depending on visibility. Once deployed, there will be a total of 30 Iridium NEXT satellites in low Earth orbit. Following a fuelling mishap, which destroyed its Falcon 9 rocket and the payload along with it, the SpaceX decided not to have any additional missions.
Talking about OnePlus launches , the company last month collaborated with the French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac to launch a limited edition variant of its flagship smartphone OnePlus 5. The leaked image from Gizmo China shows that the upgraded phone will come with a 6-inch display with a screen ratio of 18:9 as we can see with the trend of newer smartphones this year.
Sources suggest the price tag of the Honor 7X will be between CNY1,799 and CNY2,099 ($270 and $316). The Honor 7X will be coming in three color choices such as black, blue and gold. What we do know is that the phone will have an 8MP front camera, along with a 3240mAh battery. The Honor 7X has been subjected to several leaks, including one on Weibo where the phone is hinted to come in two variants- 3GB RAM with 64GB internal storage and 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage.
A dramatically different version of WhatsApp developed specifically for businesses is now in the works, and a number of its key features have just leaked. WhatsApp Business is created to make it easier for businesses and regular users to communicate on the platform. You can add more than one website in the profile and the app asks you to "Choose a category" for your business profile.
The app gap has left a very few users on the platform and app developers are now not willing to invest there time and money on the Windows Mobile platform. Even HP discontinued it's Windows 10 Mobile flagship. Windows Mobile never quite took off, even after the Windows 10 update.Are any of you now using Windows Mobile? In recent years, Microsoft has shifted its mobile strategy to deliver apps and services to as many devices as possible, regardless of platform .
New content is coming to Hitman . Before you get your hopes up: it's not an announcement for season 2. Master Scarecrow Challenge Pack: Colorado is the only location yet to have an added Challenge Pack. While it's not a whole new season, hopefully, the announcement will reveal some new regions Agents 47 will be going into. Later in the month, another 10 contracts will come to the game.
But it could be a few units, say reports , and Apple must be praying not a full batch is affected, that means recalling units, ruining the whole reputation build around iPhones for years. The front screen piece is clearly bent, leaving the device in a non-functional state with the internal components partly exposed. In both cases, the battery is inflated, breaking the smartphone inside.
The speaker will be available in light grey, dark grey, and orange color options. For design, the Google Home Mini sports the similar fabric speaker grill at the top and a solid-plastic bottom base like the original Google Home , but seems like Google's answer to Amazon's Echo Dot .
Liu in China reportedly cracked open while charging. So far, the report from Taiwan and the one in NY were the only ones where the iPhone 8 Plus burst open after use. "Sam Jaffe, the managing director of Cairn Energy Research Advisors said in an interview with The Verge: "[Swelling is] very unusual for a brand-new battery and leads toward the direction of there's something fundamentally wrong with this battery".
South Africa restored their pride and reputation with three tries and a defiant defensive performance, but it was the brilliance of New Zealand's ability to counter-attack with such devastating effect that saw the visitors prevail - albeit by the skin of their teeth.
Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, speaking to news media after a bipartisan Congressional visit to the island, said Brigadier General Jose Reyes, Assistant Adjutant General of the Puerto Rico National Guard, told Blumenthal that "there will be 17,000 military personnel", including 8,600 National Guard troops from 13 USA states.
Akhtari Bai Faizabadi, also known as Begum Akhtar was born on 7 October 1914, in Faizabad . Akhtar was not only famous for her ghazals, but also for her proficiency in the dadra and thumri forms of classical music. In no time, Begum Akhtar became a hit and she moved out from singing in mehfils and private parties to public concert. She fell ill and her only medicine was music.
With the Google Pixel Buds , though, it's not only aiming to compete against offerings from Apple and Samsung , but it's going beyond with one intriguing new feature. "That means in order to create a meaningful experience for users, we need a different approach". In many ways, the machine-learning and artificial intelligence expansion has pushed what we thought was possible out of the realms of science fiction into reality.
Our Moon still exhibits signs of this cataclysmic era in the form of dark volcanic basalt surface features-fine-grained volcanic rock-known as maria. During this stage, the roiling lava would frequently burst through the lunar surface and bleed across the landscape for hundreds of miles.
And while rumors persist that Microsoft is working on a so-called "Surface Phone", giving the company one last shot at challenging the iPhone and Android smartphone duopoly, we're nearly certain not to see it before 2018 at the earliest.
The shares were purchased at an average price of $42.02. The firm's market capitalization is $7.48 billion. Citigroup Inc. boosted their target price on shares of Liberty Media Corporation from $32.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock a neutral rating in a research report on Monday, August 14th.
Always On Display: It's a subtle feature on the Note 8 that is found in a few other devices, such as the LG V30 and Moto devices, but once you have it on a device it is tough to go back to something like the iPhone 7 Plus where you can not just glance over and see basic status and notification information with no effort required by you.


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Spoiler Alert: This blog post discusses the most recent episode of The Good Wife, which in turn relates to some events from previous seasons. If you're not caught up, you might want to save this post until you are.
At some point this afternoon, the weight descended on my chest. I couldn't figure out why, what had triggered it. At least not at first. The day had been relatively okay up until that point. I've been doing yoga almost every day at work since December, and it really has helped me, well, breathe. I'd done my yoga routine earlier, so it wasn't because I'd decided to skip it.
I did figure it out. When I was at the Alliance meeting back in January, there was this awesome session about making connections with other women in the field. (We applauded the one man who came and stayed for the entire thing.) Our table was having such a good time talking that our table moderator collected names and email addresses. We've been sending introductory letters, personal and professional. I wrote mine today. And part of the personal side of things, of course, mentioned Sofia. And the fact that Anna is going to be one in two weeks. And then I couldn't breathe anymore. At least not easily. Like I said, the weight descended on my chest, and I just felt sad.
The Good Wife continues to be one of my favorite shows. This season has been rough for Alicia. I can relate. Grieving is not a straight line. Now and then it comes back and smacks you in the face. (And apparently, if you're Alicia, makes you want to drink a pitcher of margaritas. Don't get me wrong. I like a margarita. But they aren't my cocktail of choice. I'm more of a martini-with-a-twist-not-an-olive girl.) This week's episode is on the whimsical side of things, except for one scene in particular, when Alicia finally breaks down. When she finally tells Lucca that she's scared, that she can't breathe, that she just wishes it all would end. And Lucca hugs her and then asks her if she has any guns in the house.
Lucca's response is exactly right. It's what you want your friends to say. But I understood what Alicia is saying. I've said the same things. How I just want it to stop. How I don't want to be here anymore. But it wasn't that I wanted to be dead. I wanted to be where these feelings weren't. I wanted to be able to run away. And that's how I heard Alicia's side of the dialogue.
When Will was killed, I said that if anyone was going to get grief right on TV, it was the Kings. I think they're still doing a pretty fine job of it.


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What is the origin of Dua-e-Qanoot that is normally said in witr prayer in Pakistan?
I totally disagree with your point of view on witr prayer and I respectfully submit my reservations over it. Indeed it was the first opinion about Witr I ever heard from anybody else. It raises many questions in my mind regarding it and have totally surprised me. I am astonished with your views about the Witr, my queries are as follows:
1. Tahajjud is not a Farz prayer, and there is no compulsion over its offering.…
If the witr is tahujjud prayer, as you hold, then why do we offer it with isha and can you please tell me the method of offering it? Is it three raka'at with dua-i qunoot in the third raka'ah? If one misses isha prayer for some reason then does he have to make qaza (delayer performance) of witr like we do for obligatory prayer?
What is witr and what is the correct manner to perform it? Is it wajib or not? How is it performed? I also want to share that if tell people that sunnah is nafl they will stop performing the sunnah salat. I know somebody who after reading all the explanation from your website stopped offering the sunnah and the witr.
I have three questions.
1. What is the significance of witr prayer? Is it compulsory part of Isha prayer? Why is it included in Isha prayer only?


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Koniag, Inc. Names New Senior Vice President of the Technology Business Sector
Chantilly, VA – June 7, 2011 – Edward O'Hare joined Koniag Development Corporation (KDC) in 2011 as the company's Senior Vice President, Technology Business Sector and as President and CEO of Koniag Services, Inc. (KSI). He has extensive experience in the IT and telecommunications sectors, including leading strategic planning and supply operations for government organizations.
After service in the U.S. Army, Mr. O'Hare began a long career in both the public and private sectors. His positions included Assistant Commissioner for the Integrated Technology Services at the General Services Administration (GSA) where Mr. O'Hare managed GSA IT and telecommunications contracts, which totaled more than $22 billion a year. In the private sector, Mr. O'Hare worked with government consulting contractors. Prior to coming to the Koniag family of companies, Mr. O'Hare served as vice president of business development for Dynanet Corporation.
Mr. O'Hare possesses more than 35 years of IT and government contracting experience. He also led the development of many groundbreaking systems, including the GSAAdvantage and GSAAuctions electronic commerce systems. He was proud to lead IT operations for the 2008 U.S. presidential transition.


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It isn't against an attacker who has access to the running computer when the encrypted device is mounted as either (i) the attacker is root and it can access the encrypted device anyway or (ii) he is an unprivileged user and can be stopped with Unix's right management (i.e. user/group).
This attack is only applicable to device storing data which are reused across mounts: most file-system (e.g. ext2, reiserfs, ext3) but not swap. In some systems, encrypted device are stored in the same location than the encrypted disk containing the operating system. For those systems the attacker who can access the encrypted device, can easily modify the OS to gain access (e.g. kernel) independtly of the encrypted device.
This lack of authentication isn't a CBC flaw. Authentication isn't considered a aim of the encryption mode, so most modes (e.g. ECB, CFB, OFB) doesn't authenticate the data. To use another mode would be flawed in the same way except if they explicitly protect against forgery. Recently some modes including authentication popped up to speed up the encryption / authentication couple but as far as i know they are all patented.
In very short, encrypting with CBC is Cn=Enc(Cn-1 xor Pn) where Enc(x) is encrypting x, Pn is the nth block of plain text and Cn the nth block of cipher text. For the first block, Cn-1 is an Initial vector (aka IV) which may be public and must be unique for a given key. The decryption is Pn = Dec(Cn) xor Cn-1. See [oST81,sec 5.3] for a longer description of CBC.
If the attacker copies s blocks from the location m to n (aka [Cn,...,Cn+s-1] == [Cm,...,Cm+s-1]), Pn+1 up to Pn+s-1 will the same as Pm+1 to Pm+s-1 and Pn will likely appears random. Cn (i.e. Cm) will be decrypted as Pn = Dec(Cm) xor Cn-1 but Cm-1 and Cn-1 are different so Pn will likely appears random. Nevertheless Pn+1 = Dec(Cn+1) xor Cn = Dec(Cm+1) xor Cm = Pm+1, so Pn+1=Pm+1. So if the attacker has an idea of the content of a group of blocks in the device, he can copy them to the Nth block, thus it can choose the content of it without being detected.
As an file-system isn't designed to appears random, its content may be predictable to some extents (e.g. common directories and files, inode, superblock). The attacker may use such informations to guess the contents and do a knowledgeable cut/past. For example, an attacker knowing the location of a password file may replace a password by another one which is already known.
In the proposed fixes, the authentication is a MAC computed over the encrypted device. The MAC is HMAC[KBC97] combined with a configured hash function, preferably a well studied one such as SHA1[oST95] or MD5[Riv92]. The MAC secret key is derived from the pass-phrase via PKCS-5 key derivations ([Kal00,sec 5.1]).
The MAC generation is done when unmounting the device. The MAC is computed over all the sectors of the device and the result is appended in the device file after all the sectors.
The MAC verification is done when mounting the device. The MAC is computed over all the sectors of the device. If the result is equal to the MAC appended to the block device, the verification succeed, else it failed. The verification may fail (i) if an attacker attempted to modify the device during 2 legitimates mounts or (ii) if the device hasn't been cleanly unmounted (e.g. computer crash). It is impossible to automatically distinguish both cases with certainty. So if the verification fails, the user is notified and the mount operation may be stopped depending on configuration.
If the device isn't cleanly unmounted, the authentication of one or more cluster may fail (e.g. the super block). This case will be detected at mount time. But if an attacker forges data in the device, it will be detected only when the user read the modified data. The kernel will read the forged cluster and the authentication will fail. It may report it with a printk with a rate limitor, it isn't clean but i don't see any better way.
The authentication at mount time will detect forgery at mount time, whereas the alternative detects it only when the forged cluster is read, possibly a long time after the modification. Users may consider that it is easier to diagnose who forged it if they have a better idea of when the attack occurred.
To authenticate the whole device at mount time requires a single MAC per device, so the space overhead (typically 16 byte) is negligible compared to the device's size. To authenticate at the cluster level requires a MAC per cluster, it is significantly more but some people may consider it still negligible, especially with cheap disks.
The choice between the two mostly depends on the access pattern on the encrypted device. If the device is used for interactive purpose, the increased access latency may be unsuitable. If the access latency is important or if every block is frequently modified, to authenticate only once at mount time may be more interesting. If the user can't stand long mount operations, to authenticate at cluster level will be more suitable. As only the final user knows the type access made on his encrypted device, he should be the one able to choose between the two.
The authentication may be optionally disabled thus if an user considers the trade-off delay/security not in favor of security, he may choose to be vulnerable to this attack and disable it. Nevertheless the author thinks encrypted loop device must be secure by default.


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A new study in the Alkek Eye Center at Baylor College of Medicine is under way to compare the effectiveness of two methods in reducing astigmatism during cataract surgery, which can lesson the need for glasses after the procedure.
Using the femtosecond laser technology, helped developed by Baylor doctors, the study will compare the effectiveness of correcting astigmatism using the penetrating partial thickness incisions in the cornea with the non-penetrating ones.
Laser technology helps ophthalmologists at Baylor remove cataracts with less energy, more precision and better outcomes in regards to seeing without glasses.
"After cataract surgery, uncorrected corneal astigmatism may increase the patient's dependence on glasses, but the femtosecond laser can help minimize this astigmatism by performing partial thickness incisions on the cornea," said Dr. Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, assistant professor of ophthalmology at Baylor.
A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye. Cataracts typically grow slowly, causing decreased vision and also glare at night. While cataracts can affect people of all ages, they mostly affect adults over 50 and get worse with age.
Laser technology
The femtosecond laser is the newest in cataract surgery. The laser softens the cataract, which results in less ultrasound energy during the surgery. Lower energy results in less swelling and shorter recovery time after surgery. After the cataracts are broken down by the laser, they are removed.
"The laser helps us customize our treatment plan and automate the most critical parts of the cataract surgery," said Al-Mohtaseb.
"It helps us perform certain steps in a precise way so that our prediction of how the patient will see without glasses is more accurate," said Dr. Sumitra S. Khandelwal, assistant professor of ophthalmology at Baylor.
How it works
Using a three-dimensional imaging method, the laser takes photographs and measurements of the eye to use in its treatment and helps to:
- Create the central opening in the capsule – the delicate, thin membrane that surrounds the cataract – with a level of consistency and predictability that is not available with manual techniques.
- Perform fragmentation of the cataract, dividing it into small, soft pieces.
- Reduce astigmatism by making incisions far more precisely than can be done by hand or by placing a special astigmatism-correcting lens.
"The ability of the laser to make precise cuts to correct astigmatism has set a new level of accuracy—and comfort," said Al-Mohtaseb. "Our study will compare the effectiveness of correcting astigmatism using the penetrating partial thickness incisions in the cornea with the non-penetrating ones. We are excited to be involved in further developing this great technology."
Outpatient procedure
The procedure is done in an outpatient setting. "Patients first have their eyes dilated, then are given medication to help them relax a little," she said. "The laser part of the procedure takes approximately four minutes or less."
"This is particularly exciting and beneficial for patients who have complex cataract conditions, such as very dense cataracts, poor support for the cataracts or other eye conditions such as fragile corneas," said Khandelwal.


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It might be only just set to officially open, but the Lavender Trail linking Murray Bridge, weaving and winding past Monarto, the Barossa Valley and through the Mid North along the "rain shadow of the Mount Lofty Ranges" to Clare has been at least 21 years in the making.
It has been a mammoth effort by a group of volunteers – the eldest 86-years-old – who together have designed, built and maintained the trail which is thought to be the longest trail network in the country built entirely by volunteers.
The Lavender Federation Trail, named after the late Terry Lavender, one of the volunteers instrumental in the trail's development, is a 325 kilometre trail that connects with almost 100 km of link and loop trails to nearby towns and attractions through the Barossa Valley and Mid North.
South Australian Recreation Trails Incorporated's Graham Hallandal said the vision of a group of walkers had finally come together.
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I am not able setup or sync the contacts from other then gmail
Contacts can be sync'ed when the account is added as Exchange.
- IMAP and POP3 is mail only.
Does this help?
Did you add the Microsoft account as an Exchange account on the phone?
The instructions regarding server names are found on:
Tap 'Set up an Outlook.com or Office 365 account manually'
Or you may consider install some of the Microsoft apps from the Play store:
(The built-in Gmail and Calendar app on the phone can be deactivated).
Or the contacts can be exported from outlook.com as .CSV from 'Manage' in the top bar at the outlook.com website, and then imported to your Google account.
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Six New VALIANT Series Announced, Including TUROK-esque SAVAGE
At Tuesday's Valiant 2016 summit event, the New York City-based publisher unveiled a wave of new titles under the banner "The Future of Valiant." Joined by the prevously announced Faith ongoing, the wave is comprised of two ongoings (Generation Zero, Harbinger Renegades) and four four-issue miniseries (Britannia, Bloodshot U.S.A., Savage, and Divinity III: Stalinverse).
"With 'The Future of Valiant,' Valiant is entering an ambitious new phase – one that will challenge not only the size and scale of the stories we choose to tell, but even the very notion of what a Valiant comic can be," said Dinesh Shamdasani, the company's CEO/CCO. "In just a short time, Valiant has established itself as the industry's best reviewed publisher and a creative force to be reckoned with. Now, with 'The Future of Valiant,' we're taking the mission of creating the best comics possible even further, and expanding with astonishing new concepts, a bold line-up of new characters, and one of the most talented rosters of creative talent working anywhere today."
The seven 'Future of Valiant' titles and their creative teams are:
- Faith #1 by Jody Houser, Pere Perez & Marguerite Sauvage in July
- Generation Zero #1 by Fred Van Lente & Francis Portela in August
- Britannia #1 (of 4) by Peter Milligan & Juan Jose Ryp in September
- Bloodshot U.S.A. #1 (of 4) by Jeff Lemire & Doug Braithwaite in October
- Harbinger Renegades #1 by Rafer Roberts & Darick Roberston in November
- Savage #1 (of 4) by B. Clay Moore, Clayton Henry & Lewis LaRosa in November
- Divinity III: Stalinverse #1 (of 4) by Matt Kindt & Trevor Hairsine in December
"Within the past year alone, Valiant has made unprecedented strides by bringing some of comics' most celebrated characters to the fore. But Divinity and Faith were just the first salvos," said Valiant Editor-in-Chief Warren Simons. "In 'The Future of Valiant,' we're about to witness the next great Valiant heroes of tomorrow come roaring out of the gate with Generation Zero, Britannia, and Savage. And we haven't even revealed the full extent of what's coming for Bloodshot U.S.A. and Harbinger Renegades, let alone the universe of new ideas that is Divinity III: Stalinverse… For new fans or old, this is a phenomenal time to find out why Valiant has succeeded in building the most acclaimed and accessible line of comics on the shelves."
Here are the advance solicitations of these seven new series debut issues, scheduled for release through the end of the year.
Written by JODY HOUSER
Art by PERE PEREZ and MARGUERITE SAUVAGE
Cover by KEVIN WADA
AN ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES! The high-flying hero that captured the imagination of the world is back with a colossal new comics milestone!
In a city under siege by robots, aliens, monsters and even worse… celebrities, there is only one woman the people of Los Angeles can count on: the stratospheric superhero called Faith! Aspiring reporter by day and dedicated crime-fighter by night, Faith has tackled every obstacle in her path with confidence – like those crushing deadlines at work, the long-distance boyfriend half a world away, and the missing back issues that plague her comics collection! But, unbeknownst to her, Faith is about to collide with the one force she never saw coming: an up-and-coming super-villain bent on snuffing her out once and for all! But who is lurking behind the mask of her new foe…and could they just be the one person capable of rendering Faith powerless?
Jump on board now to find out why Valiant's one-of-a-kind hero is inspiring a whole new generation! Be here as FAITH moves from her sold-out mini-series…and into the history-making debut of her first-ever ongoing series!
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Art by FRANCIS PORTELA
Cover by STEPHEN MOONEY
Because you demanded it! Exploding out of the pages of HARBINGER WARS comes AN ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES starring GENERATION ZERO from New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (IVAR, TIMEWALKER) and blockbuster artist Francis Portela (FAITH)!
If you have a problem... If your parents won't help… And if your cause is worthy… Log onto network #ZERO…because Generation Zero is listening.
Years ago, the children of the experimental strike team known as Generation Zero were taken from their families by Project Rising Spirit, a private weapons contractor, and raised to be psychic soldiers. After years of taking orders, they have fought for and won their freedom. Now, the world's most wanted teenagers have pledged to protect each other tooth and claw, while using their extraordinary abilities to right wrongs for a generation without a future… To fight for kids, just like them.
One of those kids is Keisha Sherman, whose boyfriend just turned up dead after a suspicious car crash in Rook, Michigan – a newly booming tech town that sprang from rags to super-riches seemingly overnight. When Keisha makes a desperate plea into her webcam, the local high school suddenly finds itself with several unusual new students… But as word of Generation Zero's presence spreads rapidly through the halls, this volatile band of teenage upstarts is about to discover that they're far from the most extraordinary thing lurking behind Rook's stainless-steel facade..
BRITANNIA #1 (of 4)
Written by PETER MILLIGAN
Art by JUAN JOSE RYP
Cover by CARY NORD
On the fringes of civilization, the world's first detective is about to make an unholy discovery…
Ruled by the Fates. Manipulated by the Gods. Commanded by Caesar. In the year 65 A.D., one's destiny was not his own. At the height of Nero's reign, a veteran of Rome's imperial war machine has been dispatched to the farthest reaches of the colonies to investigate unnatural happenings… In the remote outpost of Britannia, Antonius Axia – the First Detective – will become Rome's only hope to reassert control over the empire's most barbaric frontier…and keep the monsters that bridge the line between myth and mystery at bay…
From comics mastermind Peter Milligan (X-Statix, Shade the Changing Man) and incendiary artist Juan Jose Ryp (NINJAK, Clone) comes a psychological journey into terror, temptation, and bloodshed – presented in an all-new prestige format limited series!
BLOODSHOT U.S.A. #1 (of 4)
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Art by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
Cover by KANO
In Bloodshot we trust!
Project Rising Spirit – America's greatest exporter of classified weapons technology – has achieved a breakthrough: a contagious, airborne nanite dispersion prototype that can turn the population of any city into an army of indestructible soldiers. A doomsday virus capable of destroying an enemy nation from the inside out. A machine-made pathogen that can completely rewrite human physiology…and hardcode every man, woman, and child with the same cutting-edge technology that created their greatest weapon: Bloodshot.
But now...Project Rising Spirit's top-secret contagion has been released onto the streets of America's greatest metropolis: New York City. As mayhem engulfs Manhattan, Bloodshot must lead the most dangerous invasion ever waged on American soil and keep a runaway pandemic from toppling armies and governments...and threatening to destroy humanity itself.
In the tradition of THE VALIANT, the Big Apple turns blood red in pivotal new standalone comics event from New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (BLOODSHOT REBORN, Extraordinary X-Men) and superstar artist Doug Braithwaite (ARMOR HUNTERS, Justice)!
Written by RAFER ROBERTS
Art & Cover by DARICK ROBERTSON
Anyone you know could become a psionically powered "harbinger" with the potential to reshape the course of human history. Your neighbor. Your boss. Your best friend. Your kids.
Six months ago, a secret team of renegade whistleblowers leaked the existence of these extraordinarily dangerous individuals to a stunned world. Today, all across the country, crude, DIY psiot activation attempts have left hundreds brain damaged…or worse. The emergence of a new psiot in a community often leads to riots and mass violence. Gun sales are through the roof.
America is terrified of what could happen next.
With this revolutionary upheaval now in motion, Kris Hathaway, John "Torque" Torkelson, Faith "Zephyr" Herbert, and Peter Stanchek are about to discover their calling. Together, the HARBINGER RENEGADES are moving from town to town, building their ranks, and subverting authority one mind at a time…and setting out to prove once and for all that behind their power, there has always been a purpose.
This November, the most fearless superteam in comics is going underground for AN ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES from rising star Rafer Roberts (A&A: THE ADVENTURES OF ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) and superstar artist Darick Robertson (Happy!, The Boys)!
SAVAGE #1 (of 4)
Written by B. CLAY MOORE
Art by CLAYTON HENRY and LEWIS LAROSA
Cover by LEWIS LAROSA
Fifteen years ago, the world's most famous soccer star and his former supermodel wife – pregnant with their unborn child – disappeared without a trace. The world believes they are dead… But, in reality, their private jet crash-landed on a mysterious, unknown island ruled by by prehistoric creatures from another time…
This is the story of how they lost their humanity.
This November, acclaimed writer B. Clay Moore (Hawaiian Dick) and explosive artists Clayton Henry (HARBINGER WARS) and Lewis LaRosa (BLOODSHOT REBORN) present a relentless epic of survival in a cold-blooded land ruled by instinct alone as SAVAGE makes his brutal entrance into the Valiant Universe!
DIVINITY III: STALINVERSE #1 (of 4)
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by TREVOR HAIRSINE
Cover by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC
Earth has a new god. The world you know is gone. Welcome to the Stalinverse, comrade.


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By Ermias Kebreab
This ebook brings jointly the papers provided orally or as posters on the 6th overseas Workshop on Modelling Nutrient usage in cattle, held in Wageningen, The Netherlands, 6 - eight September 2004. the aim of this e-book is to offer present examine in modeling nutrient digestion and usage in livestock, sheep, pigs, chicken and fish. The booklet is equipped into six sections that hide quite a number issues and modeling techniques; those are (i) absorption and passage; (ii) development and improvement; (iii) mineral metabolism; (iv) methodology;(v) environmental influence; and (vi) animal creation and feed assessment. Deterministic, stochastic, empirical and mechanistic modeling ways are defined. This ebook might be of important curiosity to researchers and scholars of animal technology, fairly these taken with food modeling.
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Sandburg, Lincoln College Announce New Transfer Agreement
Aaron Frey
Thursday, May 11, 2017 4:54 PM
Campus News
Galesburg, IL
Carl Sandburg College and Lincoln College on Thursday announced an articulation agreement that simplifies the transfer process for Sandburg students seeking to complete their bachelor's degree at Lincoln College.
Under the agreement, Sandburg graduates with an Associate in Arts (AA) or Associate in Science (AS) will have met all general education requirements for Lincoln College-Normal. Also, Sandburg graduates with an AA, AS or Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree who meet the requirements for Lincoln's Accelerated Bridge to Education (ABE) program (at least 23 years old and a minimum of three years' post-high school full-time employment) will be automatically admitted to Lincoln.
Lincoln also will transfer
Additionally, the agreement allows students who move on from Sandburg to Lincoln before completing their degree the opportunity to obtain an associate degree from Sandburg through the reverse transfer process.
"Our whole purpose in these partnerships is to ensure our students have the end in my mind when they start here with us," Sandburg President Dr. Lori Sundberg said. "We want a smooth transition for them, for it to go seamlessly. The Accelerated Bridge to Education is probably the program our students are most likely to participate in, but there are other great options available for them at Lincoln once they graduate from Sandburg."
"We are very pleased to have Carl Sandburg as a partner, as we continue to expand our ABE program at ICC's North Campus in Peoria. We have found that the Accelerated Bridge to Education program is often exactly what working adults are looking for in their educational opportunities," Lincoln College President David Gerlach said. "It has been shown that students are more successful in obtaining their bachelor's degree when it is delivered in a concentrated manner and we are confident this will be an excellent option for many Carl Sandburg students."
This is the latest formal agreement Sandburg has made with a four-year college or university to help graduates easily transfer so they can obtain a bachelor's degree. Sandburg also has partnerships in place with Bellevue University, Franklin University, Illinois College, Illinois State University, Knox College, Monmouth College, St. Ambrose University, Southern Illinois
Sandburg serves nearly 3,000 students throughout west-central Illinois, offers more than 50 university transfer, associate in applied science, certificate and advanced certificate programs, and it was recently named the top community college its size in the country for digital technology.
Lincoln College is a private, non-profit, non-sectarian college of approximately 1,000 students. Its main campus is in Lincoln, Illinois, while a campus in Normal houses its Accelerated Bridge to Education (ABE) program. ABE programs are also offered in Peoria and Oglesby. The college offers both bachelor's and associate's degree programs. For more information about Lincoln College, visit www.lincolncollege.edu.
Carl Sandburg College and Lincoln College on Thursday signed an articulation agreement that will simplify the transfer process for Sandburg students seeking to complete their bachelor's degree at Lincoln College. Participating in the ceremony were Sandburg President Dr. Lori Sundberg, left, and Lincoln College President David Gerlach.


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According to the planets you have a crush on someone and are thinking seriously about being honest about your feelings. Is that really such a good idea? The approaching full moon warns that your hopes could be dashed if you speak up too soon.
September 23 - October 22
Yesterday's Horoscope
A mental block of some kind will start to crumble over the next few days and come the weekend you will see both where you have been going wrong and what you now need to do to get back on track. After that, it's up to you.


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Moles may occur anywhere on the body, including the nails, palms, and soles and may be raised or flat. Moles can vary in shape from oval to round and their color from flesh-colored, reddish-brown, medium to dark brown, to blue. Non-cancerous (benign) moles are usually alike on both sides (symmetrical), have smooth borders, uniform color and can be as small as a pinhead or large enough to cover an entire limb. However, moles are generally less than one-quarter of an inch large. New moles can occur into middle age, while some moles may disappear as you age. They are likely to become larger, darker and more numerous because of hormonal changes that occur during adolescence or pregnancy.
Making regular examinations a part of your preventive medical care will increase the likelihood of detecting any skin disorders. Talk to your doctor about a schedule that's appropriate for you. Your doctor will examine your skin from head to toe, including your palms, your scalp, the soles of your feet and the skin between your buttocks. Your doctor may take a tissue sample (biopsy) of any suspicious moles and submit the biopsy for microscopic examination.
Treatment of most moles usually isn't necessary. For cosmetic reasons, a mole can be removed in several ways:
These procedures are usually performed in the office of your doctor and take only a short time.
Reducing the amount of direct exposure to ultraviolet radiation (sunlight) can help prevent the growth of new moles. Also, becoming more familiar with the location and pattern of the moles you already have can help you detect potential problems. Examine your skin thoroughly in the mirror once a month, especially if you have a family history of melanoma. Careful observation is the best way to detect early skin changes that may signal melanoma or other types of disorders.


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Food Miles- A Green Wash
Food miles is an inadequate indicator of sustainability- so what are the different factors involved and what is the implication for Indian food exporters? Read more in this latest article in the 'Sustainable Consumption' series.
Locally sourced material does not necessarily have lower food miles
The conventional argument given by environment champions is that longer the transportation distance read food miles, the more is the energy consumed leading to burning of more fossil fuel and consequently leading to emission of more GHGs into the air, which causes global warming. The obvious logical solution provided by such environment campaigners is to source food from a nearby place so that the distance traversed from the point of origin to the point of consumption can be minimized. Sourcing locally produced food would obviously reduce the transportation distance and hence the amount of fuel burnt but does this really mean that growing food items locally would reduce the overall carbon footprint of the planet.
Though the above rationale may seem the obvious one, it is definitely not the most logical solution to reducing food-miles. As defined by Wikipedia, 'food miles' are the number of miles a product has to be transported from the farmer/grower through various stages of production until it reaches the supermarket and finally the plate of the consumer. Food-miles is the sum total of the distances traversed by all the components that goes into the bringing of the food items onto our plate.
Take the example of UK and New Zealand, which most believe have the same climatic conditions and land suitable for similar farming activities. New Zealand, in particular is well known for its farm produce with the EU countries being one of its biggest markets. The huge geographical separation of New Zealand from Europe means the products that are imported have to travel a very large distance hence making the apparent food miles high.
Going by the classic definition of food miles, the above logic seems to hold water but if we look at the broader definition and the components that go into the calculation of it, the above logic fails. A thorough analysis reveals that it is in fact more sustainable to import food items into Europe from New Zealand rather than producing them in situ. New Zealand has far greater production efficiency in many food commodities when compared to UK and the arable land there is more fertile as compared to that in Europe. As a result of this, a New Zealand farmer can grow the same amount of agriculture produce by using less fertilizer, which in turn means lesser amount of energy to produce and hence cause significant lowering in the corresponding CO2 emissions. Additionally, owing to the fertile soil, the animals in New Zealand are able to graze year-round eating home-grown grass while the European dairy farms have to import animal feeds which further adds-up to the overall food mile matrix.
UK based Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) concluded from a study that eating 'local grown' food does not necessarily yield environmental benefits. The dominant mode of intra-national food transport is by trucking products from the Central Distribution Centres to the suppliers and supermarkets. Going by the concept of 'economies of scale', moving groceries in large volume reduces the environmental impact per unit of food, since a single trip involves transportation of large quantities. On the contrary, the local farmers may though have to travel fewer miles to deliver their goods to the market, but they do so in smaller vehicles thus making repeated trips, which effectively increases the carbon emission per unit quantity.
Road transportation factor
The above analysis is further bolstered by the fact that food that is transported by road produces more carbon emissions than any other form of food transportation. On an overall scenario, transportation through road produces 60% of the world's food transport carbon footprint. Transportation by air produces the highest carbon footprint per unit but considering the relatively lower volume this leads to only 20% of the world's carbon emission towards food transport. The other modes like rail and sea transport produce 10% each of the world's food transport carbon emissions. One major off-take from the analysis is the fact that since food produce from New Zealand is transported through ship to Europe, the overall carbon emissions get further reduced compared to food produce which is transported within Europe and use Road or Air as the preferred mode of transport.
Production footprint factor
To put to rest this on-going debate on food miles, the "life-cycle" analysis of the food produce found that the transportation of food is responsible for only 11% of the greenhouse gas emissions related to the food supply of an average family. In contrast, the actual production of the food generates 83% of total emissions, while wholesaling and retailing account for about 5%. The results of life-cycle assessments for different products vary, of course, depending on a host of factors, including the environment in which the food is grown, the farming practices used to grow it, and the degree of processing it undergoes.
The figures cited in the life-cycle analysis clearly establish that it is environmentally more sustainable to import food produce from places where they can be produced naturally rather than trying to grow them locally just with the objective of cutting down on the transportation distance. The food miles can be reduced by implementing more sustainable methods of farming and intelligent supply chain methods as opposed to the literal meaning of the term itself, which is a misnomer.
Indian food exporters be prepared
Drawing a parallel to the Indian context, the export of fresh agricultural produce and packaged food industry is picking steam. According to Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), exports of agricultural products from India are expected to reach US$ 22 billion mark by 2014 and account for 5% of the world's agriculture exports. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved of the highest number of food processing plants in India outside of the USA, which stands testimony to the fact that India is well poised to be the next destination for global food produce. Given the potential the sector holds for India and the likely push back from protectionists in the importing markets, it is imperative that the Indian Industry is prepared to counter any clamour on these grounds
The author, Sandeep Roy, is an Associate at cKinetics, a venture accelerator catalyzing rapid adoption of low carbon sustainable growth practices in emerging economies through technology transfer, capital access and adaptation interventions.
1. http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/News--Events/News/Archive/2007/New-food-miles-r...
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_miles
3. http://www.defra.gov.uk/evidence/economics/foodfarm/reports/documents/Fo...
4. http://www.reportbuyer.com/press/food-miles-challenge-both-carrot-and-st...
5. http://www.ibef.org/artdispview.aspx?in=22&art_id=27420&cat_id=498&page=2
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Three 'outdoors' things to do this weekend
All weekend: The Upper Columbia, the Methow, the Wenatchee, the Icicle and the Okanogan rivers are open for steelhead angling. Anglers will have a daily limit of four hatchery steelhead at least 20 inches long. For more information, visit www.wdfw.wa.gov.
All weekend: Recreational salmon anglers fishing in marine areas 11 and 13 – Vashon Island to South Puget Sound – are now allowed to retain wild chinook as part of their two-fish daily limit. The change took effect on Thursday. However, all wild coho caught south of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge must be released.
All weekend: Take some time to sign up for a great mushroom-hunting class through the Mount St. Helens Institute. The class, which meets on Oct. 10, will include identifying and gathering edible wild mushrooms in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. For more information, call 360-891-5069.


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One of the main benefits of such a service is the fact that it completely reduces the amount of time that you need to spend on the phone. Now you can be busier dealing with other business elements, putting your talents to use on other parts of the business where you feel like you could be more productive and useful.
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Lafayette Chick-fil-A Employee To Celebrate 19-Years Of Employment
Our friend Kevin, who works at Chick-fil-A in Lafayette, will soon be celebrating his 19th anniversary at the restaurant.
Kevin has been a fixture at the restaurant located on Ambassador Caffery and is known for his generosity. Not only does he always greet guests with a smile, but he often donates his tips to a worthy cause.
We are so proud of Kevin. You are an inspiration to all of us and we are honored to have you working at a restaurant here in Lafayette.
If you're going to be in the vicinity of the Chick-fil-A restaurant on Ambassador Caffery this week take some time to thank Kevin and congratulate him on his 19 years of employment.
Job Well-Done, Kevin!


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Prosecutors on Long Island say three men used the lure of a social media startup to bilk investors of over $5 million.
Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota says the men used high pressure sales tactics to pressure victims into investing in what they described as "the next big social media platform."
Instead, Spota says the defendants used the investor's money to pay for luxury vehicles, golf club fees, tickets to sport events and gambling expenses.
Timothy Mueller, of Greenport, and Jared Widman, of Harvey's Lake, Pennsylvania, both pleaded not guilty Tuesday to larceny and scheme to defraud charges.
Prosecutors say Kenneth Martino, of Huntington, is to be arraigned in Central Islip on Wednesday.
Information on their lawyers wasn't immediately available.


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Vincent Gigante, who once wandered the streets of Greenwich Village in pajamas and bathrobe in what the government said was a silly attempt to show that he was mentally incompetent to stand trial for his mob-related crimes, lost his final appeal yesterday when the United States Supreme Court refused to hear his case.
So Mr. Gigante, now in his early 70's, will continue to serve a 12-year prison sentence for racketeering and murder-conspiracy convictions.
Mr. Gigante's lawyers had asserted that the testimony of a witness from a remote location on closed-circuit television had violated Mr. Gigante's constitutional right to face his accusers. A federal appeals court disagreed.Continue reading the main story


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The project will link the existing information and registration systems to newly developed systems in various VET institutions.
The Slovenian National Reference Point is already involved in the European Network of National Reference Points. Such modus operandi enables the information flow between Slovenia and abroad, as well as vice versa.


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"We've used Mequoda's strategies and techniques to sell thousands of books, videos, and subscriptions."
- Charlie Spahr, Executive Director, The American Ceramic Society
A multi-platform website enables a publisher to create dynamic content on multiple platforms. Some of these platforms might be online streaming through a membership library of training videos, or it could be a web magazine—formatted for, and read on the web.
But multi-platform website doesn't just refer to the number of ways you recycle content across text, video, graphics and other mediums. It also means your website is responsive and will show visitors these different types of media, no matter what device they use: desktop, laptop, smartphone, tablet, phablet, whatever you've got. More thoughts on responsive design.
Back when many current print journalists were beginning their careers, their job descriptions looked very different than they do now.
Yes, the basic idea of being a journalist is still the same—finding, researching, investigating, and writing pieces that share important news and tell a story. However, how that is accomplished and what happens after an article is written are where some of the biggest changes have taken place. In the past, once a journalist finished his or her work, they'd submit to their editor, clock out at 5 p.m., and head home for dinner. The editor would publish the article on one platform, like a newspaper or a magazine, and the journalist was free to move on and begin writing another piece.
Every experience you've ever had building and rebuilding a magazine website typically begins with you explaining what you want, and then you telling a group of developers and designers what to do and what to fix. But when did you become an expert in digital publishing strategy and website architecture?
As a magazine publisher, you understand that every completed issue is the result of effective communication between staff members. The success of one department directly influences and depends on the success of another. When you become a multiplatform publisher, the same principles apply, particularly when it comes to the various tech providers who run your digital publishing platforms. But managing these separate vendors is time consuming, ineffective, and expensive.
It's not uncommon that when we talk to a group of niche publishing professionals, and we end up in a big discussion about cleaning your email lists.
In today's Strategy Spotlight, Don Nicholas, Chairman & CEO of Mequoda explains when to clean your list, and how to combat fears about selling a smaller list to advertisers.
How often do you publish an email newsletter? Once a week? Twice? For our clients, many of them publish 5 to 7 days per week. Sound crazy?
In today's Strategy Spotlight, Don Nicholas, Chairman & CEO of Mequoda explains why a daily email newsletter is the right path, and should be considered a service to your readers.
You make decisions every day, but how often do you roll back to the basics, and the foundation of your business, by considering how resources are spent on production and distribution?
You need a magazine consultant that acts as a general contractor, and a content management system that does, too.
In the past I've divulged what to look for in a magazine consultant, and we've written many posts lately about what to look for in a content management system. But how do you put this new information into practice?
Well, it might require firing some people, and firing some of your digital publishing services.
12 ways to make an old magazine article new again through content recycling
The VP of The Taunton Press was quoted a few years ago as saying, "We can't afford to pay for content if it's going to be a one-time use."
But yet twenty to thirty years ago that's all content ever was: one time use. There
In this week's strategy spotlight with Don Nicholas, Chairman & CEO of Mequoda, welcomes Pat McKeough from TSI Wealth Network as our newest Mequoda Master in the Hall of Fame.
When we talk about multiplatform publishing, some publishers think we're talking about the difference between laptops, desktops and tablets. But those are simply the devices we deliver content through.
We're talking about content repurposing, on many platforms.
Repurposing content is a core tenet of the Mequoda Method, but we can't take credit for inventing the tactic. Rather, any publishers worth their salt – whether print or digital – have always run some variation on this theme. Why? Because it rewards your best work, saves you from excess work, gives you a ton of versatility, and will make you money while you sleep.
What to look for in an online shopping cart system, from Haven Nexus, to Shopify to WooCommerce
Ecommerce has become a core part of any multi-platform publishing business. Even publishers who are still selling print-only have developed online shopping experiences because the Internet has become the first place people search for new information products.
That one fact
The definitive checklist for hiring a magazine publishing consultant
When you attend a conference, half of the speakers are consultants. I'm one of them.
But the thing about these consultants is that they're all specialists. You have your email consultant leading the email marketing session, your SEO consultant leading the search session, and your social media consultant
Periodical publishers have historically considered content to be disposable – generated once for use in a periodical or book and then discarded.
Multi-platform publishers who recycle, reuse, and re-publish information in many different multi-platform products (portals, periodicals, books, email newsletters, membership websites, libraries, courses, events, DVDs, CDs, and more) are the ones – large, small, or independent – who will succeed.
Also, customer-driven content management has become commonplace, allowing a diverse community of online users to engage and be engaged in many different ways, compared to simply subscribing to a magazine or buying a book, and the resulting environment has become much bigger and more sophisticated than in the past.
Organizing content around the customer, therefore, really means organizing content efficiently and effectively to extend your brand and drive both revenue and profit.
How to leverage multi-channel marketing both internally and also to sell out your advertising packages
The human race doesn't all live in one house, or all work at one business. We don't drink our coffee the same way, and we all definitely do not save our pennies for the same exact vacation.
When a mother and daughter
Your multi-platform marketing automatically improves when you plan, build and optimize a successful multi-platform publishing business – the Mequoda way
Over the years I've personally worked with hundreds of media brands who have gone on to build multi-platform marketing and publishing systems. Many of them started with a single title and had revenues of just a
Multi-platform publishing examples that brought these magazines to rockstar status
Do you remember the saying, "one man's trash is another man's treasure?" For smart and innovative magazine publishers, this little idiom rings true across the board. Just as your recyclables are picked up every week and crunched into reusable products, so can multi-platform publishing repurpose the
For print magazines and newsletters, subscription websites offer a plethora of ways to gain publishing revenue with little upfront cost
Legacy publications should be ultra focused on how to create dynamic sources of publishing revenue online. Most print publications already have a digital edition available, but it's time to take an extra hard look at developing
In the second decade of the 21st century, the online publishing environment is not only changing dramatically, it's changing at a faster rate than we ever could have anticipated.
In a mere 20+ years, since the dawn of the commercial Internet, we've experienced a genuine paradigm shift in content marketing. That's because magazines, newsletters, books, audio and video content now can be digitized and delivered online, as well as marketed on websites and via email.
How video email marketing can drastically increase your CTR
One main advantage of multi-platform publishing is recycling content into videos.
Think about it: what entices a website viewer more than a video sample of exclusive, paid-for conferences? These events are the single biggest revenue channel for many publishers, where extra care is put into providing ticket purchasers
The four key roles you need when creating an online magazine team that's effective
If you're a frequent reader of Mequoda Daily, you've probably noticed we are big on helping print publications adapt to today's digital environment. There are quite a few ways to bring your brand online these days, but the future of publishing is
These digital only magazines have disappeared from existence, but we'll take this opportunity to learn from their mistakes
There's a basketball game between print and digital, and we're rooting for digital. I recently wrote about print mags that went digital and some of the reasons for the transition came down to the fact that advertisers want
Bryan Welch's successor, Bill Uhler, aims for more publishing events and ecommerce content strategy; plus, an industry update halfway through the year
Publishing events comprise a big piece of the puzzle when it comes to the Mequoda Method and multi-platform publishing, which itself has become the predominant piece of publishing success. Publishing events scale well: It
Multi-platform production doesn't have to be a mystery. Here are three examples of musically-inclined niche publishers who use digital platforms to expand their reach.
Efficiency is key to successful publishing. There are projects and processes that take time, and there is no way around that. Researching your articles, writing, editing, planning – this all takes time.
Magazine audience is the most valuable commodity publishers can acquire. All revenue efforts hinge on it. For legacy media, going about this acquisition was a fairly straightforward task, historically speaking. Today, it's a sophisticated, demanding, and occasionally chaotic one. Readers change tastes and preferences on a whim; their consumption habits understandably vary with the overwhelming options put in front of them online.
We're not digital-and-damn-the-torpedoes here at Mequoda, believe it or not. While digital magazines are our focus, we believe there's room for print in multi-platform publishing; while Mequoda Members approach us to help them transition to a mobile and desktop existence, many retain their print properties and find success in doing so. But what about those rare breeds who go from digital to print? Allrecipes, a Meredith title, is one such example, and they're flourishing with an increased rate base. Other publishers are focusing on online circulation with recent news from audit houses.
Email campaign strategy has emerged as a crucial component of multi-platform publishing, even as wrong-headed observers have pronounced it DOA in recent years. The Mequoda Method highly values online newsletters as a ripe opportunity to build loyalty, expand audience, and cultivate serious levels of conversion. But we also know that email can be unwieldy with poor design, unkempt lists, and static content – let alone faulty SPAM filters. Navigating these challenges will put you in the position of realizing all of the benefits sound email campaign strategy promises. Well, Business2Community.com has some good news for one of those challenges, and also provides a couple of best practices when it comes to the content itself. Let's see what they have to say with some recent coverage.
How do you define video publishing sites? Must digital magazines host their own video? Can they distribute via social media? Are platforms like YouTube and Vimeo fair game? We say all of the above. Like any other content built for multi-platform publishing, video produced by digital magazines will help develop audiences and generate revenue. Currently, monetizing video content means making digital advertising a priority, but there are other advantages, as well: the chance to go viral, or to at least to get some meaningful engagement via Facebook and Snapchat, as you'll see below in recent coverage from Digiday.
Worldwide publishing represents a daunting proposition for digital magazines: Audience development and digital advertising is tough enough domestically, and it's called the World Wide Web for a reason, so why invest resources in opening up international markets already occupied by homegrown media companies? Why hire native speakers or translators to serve up content to readers in Latin America or the Netherlands? Because there's plenty to go around as device usage continues to climb and advertising demand proliferates. eMarketer delivers the data that makes worldwide publishing a more compelling option for stateside digital magazines. Let's take a look some of their recent articles.
With the explosive success of Serial and Slate's Panoply, podcast publishing has emerged as a viable – and, more to the point, profitable – option for digital magazines. Audio content is inexpensive, not difficult to produce, and popular with consumers. What's more, it fits in neatly with the Mequoda Method for multi-platform publishing, which emphasizes repurposing content with products aimed at converting mobile and desktop visitors. Sounds like a win-win, right? Well, our friends at Publishing Executive recently took a closer look at the phenomenon from an industry standpoint. Let's see what they found out!
More and more, metered content is becoming de rigueur for digital magazines looking to generate higher revenues with higher quality product. As big believers in smart subscription strategies, we love to see this shift. From The New Yorker to Pando to Time Inc. digital, publishers are molding their content around monetization with experimental tactics and finding results. This isn't just a smart bet; it's smart strategy: As our 2015 Digital Magazine Market Study shows, consumers are willing to spend on metered content done right. MinOnline is on top of this industry trend, as always. Let's take a look at their coverage of the latest metered content adoption, plus other recent posts.
Recycling is associated with cutting costs, but is cutting costs a surefire sign of downward sales? Not when it comes to publishing and the smart publishers who have succeeded their competitors by embracing it. When publishers think of multi-platform media, they think of digital magazines, but even then, many are only offering carbon copies of their prints. Year after year, piles of back issues are thrown into the stock room, never to be seen again, until they become digital replicas.
This is a fatal mistake, especially in today's digital landscape. The most successful magazines have adopted multi-platform publishing to grow their businesses and they're doing it on a budget.
Some people accuse me of being an academic wonk. At Mequoda we're often forced to make up our own lingo because you can't pioneer an industry to the digital shores without making up a few words. While our terminology hasn't changed very much since we invented it, the rest of the world has been progressing in their own lingo.
Established in 2006 to honor individuals and organizations who advance the art and science of digital publishing, the Mequoda Digital Publishing Hall of Fame now includes nine members.
Vida y Salud announces the launch of its quarterly print magazine
In a time when many print publishers are looking to make the transformation to digital, some online publishers are doing the opposite.
Carl Kravetz, publisher of VidaySalud.com, recently discussed the upcoming launch of Vida y Salud, a new quarterly print magazine for the Hispanic community.
The Mequoda Summit East 2011 focuses on an array of content marketing tips for experiencing more online business success
A diverse array of online publishers and content marketers started to gather at the Mequoda Summit East 2011 in Waltham, MA this week.
The three and a half day intensive conference is designed to share the most up-to-date content relevant to the online publishing environment.
Bryan Welch answers pressing questions facing online publishers in 2011
I recently had the opportunity to speak with my friend, and colleague, Bryan Welch.
Bryan is the publisher and editorial director of Ogden Publications and its flagship media brand Mother Earth News, a popular environmentally-conscience magazine on living "with little money and abundant happiness."
With Content Marketing Made Simple, you will discover how to leverage organic media
In yesterday's Mequoda Daily, we focused on the third principle of a successful content marketing strategy: Organic Media.
Although the content marketing strategy itself goes deeper into how to leverage organic media, we discussed how to create effective content to utilize in the process.
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Digital magazines are a hot topic for us at Mequoda Group.
This new component of multi-platform publishing is going to truly lead publishers into the digital age.
Learn how to successfully manage digital transformation at the Mequoda Summit West 2011
In the Mequoda Daily yesterday, I discussed the direct connection between the USPS and the publishing industry. A fundamental change is taking place as the USPS will eventually go away as a distribution system in the not-too-distant future.
In order to avoid becoming a victim of this change, publishers need to focus on a digital multi-platform strategy.
Content producers and content publishers can benefit from a content management system if they realize its importance
Many traditional publishers have taken their print publication's content online. They came to the realization that diversifying their publishing platforms would allow them to save money on production costs while reaching a new breed of content consumers; ones that heavily rely on the Internet to access content that interests them.
Multi-platform publishing allows these traditional print publishers to try their hand at online publishing, which can lead to a robust system full of content and another avenue for them to generate revenue. The best way for traditional publishers to engage in online publishing is by embracing content management systems, which offer many free and open-source options.
Four building blocks that make up our content marketing system
Space at our upcoming Mequoda Summit is dwindling and today is the deadline to register at our early-bird rate, so register today!
When I interviewed Chris Kimball for Subscription Marketing in the late 90s, he told me an amazing thing about his business. At the time, he had 250,000 subscribers to Cook's Illustrated. He also had 65,000 subscribers to the Cook's Illustrated Annuals—the six issues plus an index in a hard cover binding.
When I inquired about how the magazine and annual buyers were different, Chris told me that the annual buyers were largely a subset of the magazine subscribers. I was impressed by his vision and by the fact the 25 percent of his subscribers were ready and willing to pay twice for the same content—repackaged into a reference tool.
With the Mequoda Summit less than a week away, I've been thinking about how to kick things off on Thursday morning. With dozens of publishers, marketers, editors and designers flying thousands of miles to meet and discuss how we will make the transition from old media to new media, from single platform publishing to multi-platform publishing—I thought I'd offer up a new way to look at what we all face.
How many people does it take to run a publishing website? The answer varies widely from none to 75 across the several dozen website publishers I've spoken with over the past three weeks.
None is the answer given by publishers who treat their website as something their team can do in their "spare time."One savvy editor told me this week that her publisher thinks that once at story is done for print, it should take no "real"additional time to put it online.


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All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.
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