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Tactical Link Building Insights
Link Building is dependent on the website or brand's goals, market, size, type, industry and budget allocated to link marketing. There are various models that may work for one website and not for the other hence, it is imperative for link marketers to test and adapt to the different processes effectively which are goal-oriented.
Three of the popular tactical link building models, which one can use for their campaigns include:
- Infiltration Model–In this model, one is expected infiltrate communities in the relevant industries of the linkers which may be forums, social media or blogs.
Once the required communities have been identified where other bloggers with substantial readership and traffic share ideas, a list is to be prepared.
Once the bloggers list with whom connections are to be made is prepared, one should build relationships with them so as to add significant value to the campaign which aims at the future content and target audience.
One can effectively participate in communicates so as to engage with linkers in the following ways:
- Constructive comments on the linkers' blogs and write guest posts;
- Initiating conversations on social media;
- Create content, interviews, reviews targeting the linkers.
readily. Once such relationships are established, connecting with influential and higher-ranked industry personalities becomes easier.
- Content Asset Development Model–Content assets not only help to build links but also enhance the brand and website's USP. This model involves re-purposing or creating brand new content that can attract potential linkers and users to the site.
Some of the common content assets used to promote websites and obtain links are:
- E-Books – One may send emails to industry experts and bloggers for their feedback prior to launching any ebooks.
- Repurposing Content –One can improve already available data with modes like slide presentations, infographics, etc which makes the linkable content more appealing to the audience.
- Events –Organizing several offline events like conferences and seminars and online events like awards and contests can help in strengthening the brand's presence.
Content assets are dependent on their promotions hence, their outreaches are vital to the link worthiness. Once the communication of the content launch is given to the prospects, tracking for links and social media visibility using link analyzing tools and brand monitoring should be done.
- Content Acquisition and Distribution Model – This involves selecting and purchasing content from known industry bloggers instead of links. Various cost-effective means may be adopted such as:
- Finding new bloggers in the required industries who are trying to create their brand with high quality content;
- Offer content partnerships to such bloggers wherein exchange of exchange, the SEO and websites shall handle the distribution and outreach;
- Distribute blogger content as guest posts to known industry blogs and news sites;
- One can also acquire the client's website's contents and obtain ready natural links;
- Monitor and track the progress of the published guest posts.


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Generalities Sentence Examples
- To deal in generalities, plants capture, on average, about 5 percent of the solar energy that falls on their leaves.
- In the first place as regards style, though the Stagirite pupil Aristotle could never rival his Attic master in literary form, yet he did a signal service to philosophy in gradually passing from the vague generalities of the dialogue to the scientific precision of the didactic treatise.
- There was no need for us here to quote this essay in its chronological place, since it dealt only with the generalities of the subject, and did not enter upon any systematic details.
- These different memoirs, being technically monographs, have strictly no right to be mentioned in this place; but there is scarcely one of them, if one indeed there be, that does not deal with the generalities of the study; and the influence they have had upon contemporary investigation is so strong that it is impossible to refrain from noticing them here, though want of space forbids us from enlarging on their contents.
- Comte's special object is a study of social physics, a science that before his advent was still to be formed; his second object is a review of the methods and leading generalities of all the positive sciences already formed, so that we may know both what system of inquiry to follow in our new science, and also where the new science will stand in relation to other knowledge.
- Init.), was, avoiding the generalities of Plato, to prepare his audience by explaining the subject of investigation and its nature.
- Deal with generalities; books III.
- He maintained alike the claim of demonstrative science with its generalities for the few who could live in that ethereal world, and the claim of religion for all - the common life of each soul as an individual and personal consciousness.

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Our A6 card blanks with envelopes section is where to come for high-quality card supplies, at great value. These card blanks are of the optimum size for small but stand-out designs, and we stock A6 card in a range of colours and materials. Rose gold allows for real elegance, and vibrant pearl is truly distinctive.


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Por Martin M. Andreasen, Jens H. E. Christensen y Simon Riddell
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Working Paper 2017-11.
We introduce a new arbitrage-free term structure model of nominal and real yields that accounts for liquidity risk in Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS). The novel feature of our model is to identify liquidity risk directly from individual TIPS prices by accounting for the tendency that TIPS, like most fixed-income securities, go into buyand-hold investors' portfolios as time passes. We find a sizable and countercyclical TIPS liquidity premium, which greatly helps our model in matching TIPS prices. Accounting for liquidity risk also improves the model's ability to forecast inflation and match inflation surveys, although none of these series are included in the estimation.


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Tips For Choosing Quality Nutrient Supplements.
In most of the time, it is tough to know the real information about supplements. But have you ever asked yourself the reason why? Maybe the reason as to why this is so is because the manufacturers do not want you to know the quality control, research, and the manufacturing process. The best way of finding out the quality of supplements is by having the information about the supplement; most of the nutrient companies will always tend to show you what they do best. Here are some of the factors that you should put into consideration when you want to have the best nutrient supplements.
First, it is essential that you go for the best quality of the nutrient supplements. The kind of supplements that you chose should be fresh. The manufacturer of the nutrient supplements should test the product and make sure that whatever is indicated on the label is what is In the bottle. Make sure that kind of supplements that you go for should be those that the manufacturer grows them on the farm. It is worth noting that you should avoid synthetic supplements. visit;
Always go for those phytonutrients supplements. This kind of supplements is essential in your body because they play a huge role in the in your optimal health. Science conducted on some plants show that plant-based food sources such as flowers fruits seeds and colorful plants typically provide a full spectrum of nutritional support.
Always take into consideration the kind of supplement that you use. Science has proven that the supplements can change the behavior of your gene. By having this in mind, you should avoid those supplements that can cause a lot of harm which may result in some diseases.
It is also vital that you have a nutritional coach. When you have this in place, then you are going to save a lot of money and time. When you engage yourself to the nutrient specialist, you will be in a position to gather knowledge that will help you get that supplement that will be beneficial to your body. You will also be in that place to make sure that you get the right supplement without stress.
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Can you take marijuana enthusiasm, add social media, and get a successful app? (Tweet This)
Well, there's now Duby, a combination of Instagram-style photo-sharing, Tinder's interface, and Reddit's brand of up-or-down voting. Plus, of course, a growing population of people that enjoy recreational marijuana use, and who want to connect with other enthusiasts.
Duby launched just over a week ago, and aims to help marijuana consumers around the globe partake in one of the culture's time-honored traditions: showing off buds, pipes, and all manner of paraphernalia. Users upload pieces of content called Dubys—images, video and text—and vote on other users' content by swiping right to "pass the Duby" or left to "put it out."
If it's not yet clear, a "doobie" is one of many nicknames for a joint—or as Merriam-Webster dryly puts it, "a marijuana cigarette."
"Cannabis is just very different from anything else. It's a lifestyle. It's every day," said 25-year-old co-founder Alec Rochford. He added that with recreational marijuana having been legalized in Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska, "people are out and proud about it."
Already, the app had been downloaded more than 1,500 times through Thursday without any advertising. Duby estimates that 50 percent of users are "sparking up" daily.
Read More Colorado Marijuana Study Finds Legal Weed Contains Potent THC Levels
A consummate smoker himself, Rochford moved to Denver, Colorado to take part in the growing commercial cannabis scene. He created the app with his cousin's husband Russell Thomas, a cybersecurity consultant.
The app is taking advantage of a boom in the market for legal marijuana sales, which grew to $2.7 billion in 2014 from $1.5 billion the previous year, according to an annual study conducted by ArcView Market Research. The firm sees revenues hitting $3.4 billion this year, creating opportunities in ancillary industries, including tech that caters to pot smokers.
A number of start-ups already play in the digital networking space, including the 250,000-smoker strong social network MassRoots and High There, a dating service for hemp heads.
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This is a great, small and reliable thermocouple wire with a K-Type sensor. The sensor is housed at the tip of a long wire probe, which has a plastic coating. This teflon based insulation is easier to clean than fiber glass insulation. It has a miniature type connector that will work with digital K-type thermometers. This probe can used to measure air or gas temperatures, it can be attached to pipes or embedded into objects you want to measure.
- Type: K type
- Resistance between terminals: 7.6Ω
- Cable length: 3.3 foot / 1 meter
- Thread: 5.85mm (0.2″)
- Sensing tip length: 7.5mm (0.3″)
- Threaded nut material: steel
- Temperature measurement range: 0 – 600℃
- Brand new and unused
- Indexing number: K-type
- Model: K-02
- Core diameter: 0.4MM × 2
- Insulation material: Glass fiber inside the outer stainless steel braided metal shield
- Core Material: Nickel – chromium alloy
- Color-coded: red for the positive / blue is negative.
- Patch hole: diameter 4mm, Material are copper, silver, good thermal conductivity, can accurately measure the surface temperature


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Nadja - Skin Turns To Glass
When Nadja come on you feel like everything should be moving in slow motion. There are countless oblique ways to describe Skin Turns To Glass without directly saying a word about the music (just to get it out of the way, though, it's essentially ambient shoegazer metal—from Toronto). We can call it a soundtrack to, say, a gathering storm in the sky, electrical nebulae stunned by heavy interference, dark suns being shattered to pieces by giant hammers, swirling vertigos of dust, uh, flying minotaurs with outspread angel wings? You get the idea. And the idea is what matters here: Nadja are more about mood, sound, and texture than musicality. It's a force to be reckoned with, though you should probably save your reckoning for a long afternoon because the shortest track on the album runs at 14:25. [Jorge Marticorena]
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We Meet Some Extreme Mammals!
We caught a preview of the new exhibit at Fernbank Museum of Natural History – EXTREME MAMMALS! This awesome exhibit goes through the evolution of how mammals came to be! We are one diverse group, we come in all sizes, shapes, coverings and live in all kinds of habitats! We make up one special class, so we're giving out class superlatives to take you through this amazing exhibit!
Let's Meet the Ellie and Edmond Extreme Mammal Class Superlatives!
We had such a blast exploring and learning about mammals through time! These stand out stars are just the tip of the iceberg (we didn't want to give away the whole exhibit)!
Make sure you take your bipedal mammal self over to catch EXTREME MAMMALS at Fernbank and learn all about mammals of the past and present! And who knows you might decide if you humans are extreme mammals too :)!
For more information on times and tickets check out Fernbank's website!
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Red Hat Helps Power Big Data's Future with SAP Vora on Red Hat OpenShift Container PlatformNovember 14, 2017
Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the availability of the SAP Vora solution on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, an integrated solution that pairs enterprise-grade Kubernetes with actionable big data insights. The combined technologies help enterprises to orchestrate data of nearly any volume, velocity, and variety to drive faster and smarter business decisions as a component of a consolidated, enterprise big data hub.
SAP Vora on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is a continuation of the strong collaboration between Red Hat and SAP to support a variety of enterprise applications and big data scenarios. Running on Kubernetes clusters and Linux containers powered by OpenShift, SAP Vora provides containerized analytics engines and services and collects big data via Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop, and directly from cloud environments to use for actionable business intelligence. Red Hat OpenShift delivers a scalable platform upon which these capabilities can run, integrating containerized services and SAP Vora resources for a unified, flexible offering.
Key features of the integrated offering include:
- On-demand in-memory big data analytics
- Easier management of big data analytics at scale
- Easier integration of SAP Vora with SAP HANA
- Better support for agile development around big data use cases
SAP Vora provides interactive analytics on stored data from various sources, including traditional storage, Hadoop, and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). It helps enterprises more easily package analysis from disparate data types with a common interface, easy-to-use modeling tools, and access to SAP HANA. This can provide deeper insights based on relevant information from across a business's big data landscape.
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform unites developers and IT operations on a single platform to build, deploy, and manage applications consistently across hybrid- and multi-cloud infrastructures. Red Hat OpenShift helps businesses achieve greater value by delivering modern and traditional applications with shorter development cycles and lower operating costs. Red Hat OpenShift is built on open source innovation and industry standards, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Kubernetes, and is trusted by companies of all sizes around the world.
Red Hat Developer Program for SAP Software applications
Additionally, to help support the stable, consistent creation of applications using components of SAP HANA and the SAP NetWeaver® technology platforms, Red Hat is now making its newly-launched Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions available as part of the Red Hat Developer Program. Accessible through a no-cost subscription, developers can take advantage of the world's leading enterprise Linux platform to build their next-generation applications for big data workloads.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions on IBM Power Systems
To help address customer interest in Red Hat solutions on multiple architectures, today Red Hat is also making Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions available on IBM Power Systems. This brings additional flexibility to enterprises seeking to leverage IBM Power architecture within their datacenters while utilizing a single consistent operating system to run intensive big data workloads.
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is available on SAP Vora in wide release.


text: The community of T'ít'q'et (formerly Lillooet Indian Band) situated adjacent to the town of Lillooet is approximately 254 kilometres northeast of Vancouver BC on Highway 99. T'ít'q'et, one of eleven communities within the St'át'imc Nation, share a common language, culture, history and territory. T'ít'q'et currently has 394 registered members. The band has seven reserves including the main reserve Lillooet I.R. 1 and a shared reserve with the Bridge River Indian Band. Statistics Canada 2006 data shows an increasing aging population on the T'ít'q'et reserve. The T'ít'q'et on reserve population between the ages of 0 to 24 years is 38% of the population in comparison to the national aboriginal averages of almost 50% and the non –aboriginal population of 31%. The T'ít'q'et median age is 33 years compared to BC median age of 40.8 years. Seniors represent 17% of the on reserve population, which is greater than national aboriginal population of 5% and 13% of the non-Aboriginal population. T'ít'q'et education profile and training human resource capacity demonstrated by INAC Statistics 2006 shows 13% of T'ít'q'et members have completed a university, 23% of members have completed a trades or college certificate, 23% of members have completed a high school diploma and 38% have completed no degree, certificate or diploma. T'ít'q'et and the surrounding area of Lillooet has largely thrived from a forestry based economy. The forestry industry has been severely impacted by the pine beetle infestation and market changes. According to INAC statistics 2006, the unemployment rate for T'ít'q'et residents is 30.4 % compared to BC average of 6%. This is 5 times greater than the BC average. The St'át'imc had its own social organization and practiced its own form of governance pre-European contact. This changed significantly when the Indian Act was first implemented that eventually introduced an elected Chief and Council system governing system. More recently, T'ít'q'et has developed a more traditional model of governance based on family representation to ensure all families have equal opportunity into the major decisions impacting the community. In 2005, the community adopted its own Constitution, Sxeks ta Ntáakmensa i P'egp'íg'lha. The Constitution consists of articles which declare the P'egp'íg'lha as intrinsically connected to a Creator; have an inherent responsibility to steward the unceded land and territory; have a right to self-government including areas such as justice and the economy; and acknowledge the relationship to other St'át'imc communities. The current governance system includes the elected Chief and Council, Elders Council and P'egp'íg'lha Council who are ultimately accountable to the T'ít'q'et membership. The elected Chief and Council are responsible for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada programs and Health Canada programs, and any on reserve issues. The Elders Council is mandated to oversee justice, culture and language. The P'egp'íg'lha Council is responsible for off reserve matters including title and rights and matters involving territorial issues which is also shared with other St'át'imc communities.


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On Aug. 25, the Kiwanis Club of Costa Mesa hosted its third annual Kelly's Closet in conjunction with the Boys & Girls Club of the Harbor Area. Twenty-four low-income children from the Westside and Lou Yantorn branches of the Boys & Girls Club were treated to a shopping trip to Sears for school clothes.
Each child, ranging from second to 10th grade, was paired with one or two mentor students from the Circle K Club of Orange Coast College, the Key Clubs of Estancia and Costa Mesa high schools, or the Builders Torch Club at the Boys & Girls Club, which assisted in selection of merchandise. Kiwanians were in attendance to help with fitting, and Sears at South Coast Plaza welcomed the group before the store opened to the public to make the shopping easier.
In addition to school clothes, each shopper received a full complement of school supplies appropriate to his or her grade and academic program. Supplies ranged from crayons to graphing calculators. Backpacks were provided by Office Depot.
The day concluded with a barbecue sponsored by the Newport Rib Co. and a carnival complete with games made by Kiwanis Service Leadership Program students and prizes.
Major sponsors were Hoag Hospital, C.J. Segerstrom and Sons, and the Costa Mesa Community Foundation, with additional support from Starbucks and Trader Joe's.
The event was planned and managed by a student committee including Chairman Kevin Amatayakul and Chris Ho of the OCC Circle K, Abby To and Anna Do of Mesa's Key Club, Erik Cerros and William Crossen of the Estancia's Key Club, and Ailea Tvedt of the Builders Torch Club. The project advisor was Kiwanian Jeff Dimsdale, OCC's dean of students emeritus.
Kiwanis donate to CMFD
At a recent meeting of the Kiwanis of Costa Mesa, Fundraising Chairman Greg Dennis and Treasurer Leigh Graf presented a check for $5,000 to Brenda Emrick of the Costa Mesa Fire Department fire prevention program Team Fire Force. The funds were part of the proceeds from the club's Fourth of July fireworks booth, according to club member Jeff Dimsdale.
Lions give tools to schools
Harbor Mesa Lions distributed 200 school supplies boxes to first-graders at Rea and Whittier elementary schools in Costa Mesa the first week of school. Teachers provide a list of necessary items, such as crayons, scissors, rulers, pencils, glue, markers and index cards. These items are bought with funds raised at Lions Club events such as a casino night, garage sale and candy sales.
"The children are absolutely thrilled to receive these boxes and their own supplies," said Public Relations Chairwoman Carol Van Holt. "As we all know, you need the right tools to design and build things; this includes education for our children."
The club is also collecting books for children's libraries and donated 34 books to Whittier at the same time as the boxes. For more information and pictures of this project, visit http://www.nhcmlionsclub.com.
Welcome to the world of service clubs
Kiwanis District T 4 L4 Gov. P.J. Smith performed the induction ceremony for the newest member of the Harbor Mesa Lions Club, Lynetta Rose.
Costa Mesa-Newport Harbor Lions Club President Mike Scheafer inducted Derek Smith, Mike Sciacca and Jack Lester last week.
Welcome all to the wonderful world of service clubs!
Noon: The Exchange Club of Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club, 1601 Bayside Drive.
5:30 p.m.: The 57-member Rotary Club of Newport Balboa meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club to hear Newport Beach Police Chief Jay Johnson. On Sept. 19, the program will feature Mike Giddings, an NFL pro scout, and celebrity guests former UCLA coach Terry Donahue and former UCLA quarterback John Sciarra. For more information, visit http://www.newportbalboa.org.
7 a.m.: The 20-member Costa Mesa Orange Coast Lions Club meets at Mimi's Café, 1835 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa.
Noon: The 45-member Kiwanis Club of Newport Beach-Corona del Mar meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club.
The 95-member Exchange Club of Newport Harbor meets at the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for a program about the Back Bay Rugby Team.
The 40-member Kiwanis Club of Costa Mesa meets at the Costa Mesa Golf and Country Club, 1701 Golf Course Drive, Costa Mesa. For more information, visit http://www.costamesakiwanis.org.
The 55-member Rotary Club of Newport Irvine meets at the University Club, 801 E. Peltason Drive, Irvine for a presentation by UC Irvine physics and astronomy professor Michael Dennin on "The Science Behind Superheroes." For more information visit http://www.ni-rotary.org.
7:15 a.m.: The 58-member Newport Beach Sunrise Rotary Club meets at the Five Crowns, 3801 E. Coast Hwy., Corona del Mar, for a program by the students who attend the RYLA camp. On Sept. 26 the program will feature a club assembly and Craft Talks. For more information visit http://www.newportbeachsunriserotary.org.
COMMUNITY & CLUBS is published twice monthly on Wednesdays. Send your service club's meeting information by email to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Norse Projects
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- 100% cotton
- Corduroy fabric
- Five pockets
- Stitched turn-up
- Mid rise
- Tapered leg
- Regular fit
The Norse Projects Aros trousers are a firm Oi Polloi favourite, and are what's known in some circles as a bonafide wardrobe workhorse. The fit and the hem width make them suited to both slim and bulkier footwear. These ones are the Aros Corduroy Trousers, which means they're made out of corduroy, proper chunky jumbo corduroy at that. Very nice.


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Mongolia is not well connected with the world via direct flights. All direct flights to Mongolia come from Moscow, Berlin, Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo. Mongolian airline - MIAT (Mongolian Civil Air Transportation), Korean Air, Aeroflot-Russian airline and Air China, They operate year-round direct flights from Berlin, Moscow, Seoul, Beijing and Tokyo. There are domestic flights and trains from Ulaanbaatar to the rest of Mongolia. Main Airport in Ulaanbaatar is Chinggis Khaan International Airport where is located 15km (9 miles) from the city centre. Journey time to city centre is about 30 minutes.
By searching and checking out the many online travel sites and phone calls to numerous travel agencies trying to find the "best deal" and ended up booking costly. It is too hard work. We will help you find the best deals on your desired tickets. So you can get the best flight possible for the price you want to pay. You want to make sure you get a good seat in the center of the plane for all the money you are spending.
Many people who wish to travel to Mongolia will want to go summer time. July, August and September are tourist high season in Mongolia. It makes the flights are filled to capacity and tickets are expensive. The airlines advertise high ticket prices.
To make things easier for our customers, we able to provide on the best airline routes, schedules and book cheap flights to/from Mongolia at famous world wide airline companies. We have partnered up with specialist ticketing agencies in Ulaanbaatar with years of experience sourcing the best possible fares for our customers. We will help you finding hidden cheap flight.
We make choosing and buying your flight ticket easy. Your holiday is in safe hands with us. We are fully licenced Mongolian Travel Agency and officially accredited by Tourism Ministry of Mongolian Government and all bookings, once made and paid for are guaranteed.
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Our customers say the easy booking process is one of the main reasons they buy from us. With secured payments in your local currency, payment is quick and easy, with no bank fees. Please fill up our ticket booking form and send us. Our operators will find out best deals for you. You don't need to search many travel sites.
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Our relationships with all the major ticket agents in Ulaanbaatar that mean we can bring you exclusive offers and the best prices. So that means more money for the important things in life, like an extra ice-cream.
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Events Registration
In response to feedback from the 2012 Retreat, this month we will introduce the new "YCC Small Groups" program. This new initiative is aimed at strengthening relationships within the organization and bolstering your professional network.
We will also present a new incoming-membership process including a formal New Member Program along with revised new member recruiting and admittance procedures. For your information, click here to view an outline of the New Member Program.
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After registering on Banderolka Web site, you will receive a personal address in the US and Germany. You can use this address when you are ordering from the foreign online stores.
Important: When registering on our website, please make sure your first and last name is matching the name written on your bank card: if this information for some reason is different, you may experience problems with the order and delivery.
Pick your products from any European and US online stores. Choose your personal address at Banderolka Warehouse as your delivery address, pay for your purchases and wait for the parcels to be delivered to our warehouse.
To save time, use our «Purchase Assistance» service. It is very simple, just send the link with the information about the product you are interested to buy in the form of the order to your Personal Account, and specify all the necessary parameters (size, color, etc.). Our operator will check if it is available and will calculate the final price taking into consideration any possible discounts and will reply to you within 24 hours. Next, you will just have to refill your Personal Account balance and wait for the order to be ready.
Important: Before ordering anything you have to make a research about possible customs limitations for a certain products (notification, customs limit, and prohibited goods).
After placing an order, the online store will specify the approximate delivery time of each product to the Banderolka Warehouse. You can track you parcel using the tracking number provided by the store (usually you receive this information via email after order confirmation). When all the purchased products get delivered to our warehouse, it will get reflected on your Personal Account and you will be able to send the parcel home.
To do this, you will have to fill out declaration form and choose the most convenient method of delivery. You can also use additional services («special requests»): for example, to remove the shoe boxes to reduce the weight, or, vice versa, to add an extra packaging for fragile items. Also our "special request" service can help you to find out the exact dimensions of things or can take a photo of the purchased product for you, find out more about this service here.
After delivery is set up you will receive the invoice (invoice for delivery from our warehouse to your city). All you have to do is to refill the balance on your Personal Account for that specified amount, and the parcel will be on the way to your house.
You can choose delivery to the items pick up point or use courier method. Immediately after the package has left the warehouse, a tracking number will appear on your account.
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Anticipated Teen Books for Spring 2012 – Kirkus Reviews
"A little bit The Luxe, a little bit Hattie Big Sky, and all swoon. Rowr."
-Leila Roy, Kirkus YA Blog, March 5, 2012
"The Springsweet will steal your heart. Zora is a wounded heroine who had me cheering as she rediscovers the strength she thought she'd lost. Blend in a smoldering, yet refreshingly subtle hero, and add a twist of magic and you have a perfect romance in the Old West with another of Saundra Mitchell's signature rich and nuanced historic settings!"
– Aprilynne Pike, #1 NYT best-selling author of the WINGS series
"With Saundra Mitchell's trademark evocative and gorgeous language, The Springsweet takes us across the plains, where the people thirst for love just as the land thirsts for water. I never wanted this book to end!"
-Carrie Ryan, NYT best-selling author of THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH series.
"I didn't think YA historicals could get better than The Vespertine. The Springsweet proved me wrong. This is a gorgeous, unputdownable book that will stay with you long after it's through. Saundra Mitchell just gets better and better."
– Sarah MacLean, NYT and USA Today best-selling author of the LOVE BY NUMBER series.
"Here are some of the gems – opening lines that grabbed my attention, for one reason or another – from this season's middle grade and YA releases:
April releases
Saundra Mitchell, The Springsweet (Harcourt): That I went a little mad, I could not deny."
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Thrills and spills make for action-packed racing
The Monaco Grand Prix proved a resounding success for Red Bull Racing's Daniel Ricciardo
Arguably one of the most popular races on the Formula One calendar, the Monaco Grand Prix took place this past weekend and, as usual with this unforgiving street circuit, there were some casualties in the form of nonfinishers.
One of these was Aston Martin Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen, who crashed into the barriers during practice, dashing his opportunity to qualify for the race and as a result he had to start at the back of the grid.
Verstappen has had at least six crash incidents in 2018 and the most recent was a replica of the 2016 season where he crashed in the same spot.
The young lad has a bright future in the sport, but he needs to practice more patience if he is to do well and score those all important points. "I think he is not patient enough. He wants always to say he is the fastest but the result is only when you cross the line. He needs to be more patient, judge the situations better," said Red Bull Motorsport boss Helmut Marko.
Still on the Red Bull team, Verstappen's teammate Daniel Ricciardo had a sterling race, having qualified in pole position and he led the race from start to finish. However, it was not all plain sailing for Ricciardo as he experienced some engine power issues in the latter parts of the race, but managed to keep a charging Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), who finished second, at bay. Mercedes-AMG's Lewis Hamilton finished third.
Should Ricciardo continue on this success trajectory, he could easily be the dark horse of this season, which will put him in good stead to be poached by one of the bigger teams.
Hamilton leads the championship with 110 points, followed by Vettel on 96 and Ricciardo on 72. The next race is the Canadian Grand Prix on June 10.
It was also the Silverstone, UK leg of the World Rally Cross (WRX) Championship where Johann Kristofferson (Volkswagen) managed to romp to first place, followed by Andreas Bakkerud (Audi) and Sebastien Loeb (Peugeot). This was Bakkerud's fourth appearance for the Audi team.
"It feels great to be on the podium for the first time with my new team and Audi," said Bakkerud. "I look forward confidently to the rest of the season, because now my favourite race tracks are looming on the horizon and my home race in Hell."
Kristofferson currently leads the championship with 105 points, followed by Loeb with 91 and Bakkerud with 83 points. The next race will take place in Norway on the weekend of June 9 where hopefully Bakkerud can once again prove his mettle to finish on the podium.
Finally, a bit of news Verstappen should take note of. Citroen World Rally Championship driver Kris Meeke was surprised last week to learn his contract had been terminated. Just 20 minutes after posting on his Facebook page how much he was looking forward to the next event in Sardinia, the team issued a press release stating that "due to an excessively high number of crashes, some of which were particularly heavy and could have had serious consequences with regard to the crew's safety, and given that the risks involved were unjustified by the sporting stakes at play, Citroën Racing WRT has decided to terminate the participation of Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle in the 2018 WRC."
The debate continues about whether all the crashes were Meeke's fault or those of the car but hearing the news in a press release had to hurt more than his big crash in the last event.


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Centralized Fiber Optic LANs: Fiber to the Desktop (FTTD) and Fiber To The Office (FTTO)
Objectives: From this self-study lesson you should learn:
What is "centralized fiber"?
What are the differences between FTTD and FTTO?
Fiber optics has been included in structured cabling standards since the standards began, but first as backbone cabling because of fiber's higher bandwidth and longer distance capability. Later versions of the standards added an option for fiber to the desktop called "centralized fiber" without the traditional backbone/horizontal segments connected with a Ethernet switch in a wiring closet near the user. Fiber to the office, a later development, uses switches near a small group of users to share the extra bandwidth of the fiber among the users.
The course leads you to read online or printed materials (with an emphasis on the online using the FOA Guide), watch FOA YouTube Videos, complete some activities and take the quizzes. Each lesson plan will be self-contained. Lesson plans open in new pages so the course overview page stays open to lead you to the next lesson or you may use the link at the bottom of the page.
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OLANs: Fiber to the Desk/Office
FOA YouTube Videos on Premises Cabling, Lecture 9, Fiber Optics
FOA YouTube Videos, Lecture 30, Optical LANs (Repeat from Lesson 1)
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Matches between both halves of the Old Firm are usually eventful and this one was no different. Even better, this one occurred fairly recently, so many of you will have strong memories of the occasion.
On this day in 1987, the players of Celtic and Rangers ran out at Celtic Park before a crowd of 60,800 for the final league match of the season. The Celtic side was Bonner, Grant, McGrain, Aitken, McGugan, Whyte, McClair, McStay, Johnston, MacLeod, McInally. In the four previous meetings between the teams that season, Rangers had dominated, winning two and drawing one of the three League matches and beating Celtic in the final of the League Cup.
David Hay, the Celtic manager, knew he needed a win, so he set his team up not to lose, playing Roy Aitken in behind Paul McGugan and Derek Whyte at the back, relying on the pace of Mo Johnston and Brain McClair to take any opportunities that came their way.
Rangers actually scored first, a Davie Cooper corner swirling its way into the roof of the net with no one touching it but fortunately for Celtic fans, referee Bob Valentine disallowed the goal, pointing to Robert Fleck at the near post before awarding a free-kick to Celtic.
In 33 minutes, Stuart Munro fisted a fine shot by Brian McClair over the bar. A penalty was given and McClair made no mistake from the spot to give Celtic the lead. Three minutes later, Terry Butcher up-ended Mo Johnston and another penalty was awarded. This time McClair had to wait a few moments before taking the kick as a fan had run on to the pitch. Once he had been taken away by the police, McClair made no mistake with his effort and Celtic were two-up.
Rangers pulled one back eight minutes after the interval, when a low cross by Cooper was flicked in by Ally McCoist but although Rangers piled on the pressure, they could not get that other goal. Then, six minutes from time, substitute Owen Archdeacon scored a third for Celtic and the match finished 3-1.
NB. For a number of players in the Celtic side, it would be the last Old Firm match. Danny McGrain was given a free transfer on 12th May 1987; Paul McGugan was transferred to Barnsley for around £55,000 on 15th October 1987; Mo Johnston moved to Nantes on 1st July 1987; Murdo MacLeod to Borussia Dortmund on 16th June 1987; Alan McInally to Aston Villa on 20th July 1987; and Davie Hay was dismissed as Celtic manager on 28th May 1987.


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Teaching Kids Mindfulness
Why teachers are bringing the practice of being present into the classroom and how parents can use it at home.
Illustration by Dante Terzigni
In schools across the United States, children pause in the middle of their busy days and sit quietly, listening to the sound of their own breathing. They are learning to calm their minds before tests and to focus—to be present—without letting their minds wander. The results? Test scores are rising, and conflict is declining, so much so that some schools have replaced detention with meditation. The trend is changing the tone of your children's education—one deep breath at a time.
While mindfulness has been a tenet of Buddhism for millennia and hit the West as a New Age fad in the 1970s, bringing it to children and their schools has become an international movement; at its heart is an unassuming brick building in Emeryville. Here, Mindful Schools provides online instruction to teachers on using mindfulness in the classroom. The growth in interest has been exponential, evidenced by a boom in anecdotal feedback and a clamoring for teacher training, says Matthew Brensilver, Ph.D., program director at Mindful Schools. The group began teaching mindfulness in schools in 2007 and launched its online teacher training program in 2012; since then, it has trained more than 14,000 educators and youth workers, impacting more than 750,000 children worldwide. Right here in the East Bay, more than 500 Mindful Schools grads work with your children every day.
We talked to Brensilver about how mindfulness works, why it belongs in the school day, and how it sets children up for greater success in life.
Q: What does mindfulness do for children, and how is it doing it?
A: What we see in the school setting is improved ability to concentrate and pay attention, reduced anxiety even under stress, and greater emotional self-control and compassion toward classmates.
An important component of mindfulness is self-soothing. Just being still helps regulate the nervous system. It helps kids step out of the pressure of needing to be achieving something in every moment. There's a cumulative pressure that comes from that.
Q: So much learning needs to fit into the school day. Why does mindfulness deserve some of those limited minutes?
A: First, students are asked to pay attention, but they're never given practical instruction for how to do that. Virtually everyone has room to grow in terms of cultivating concentration. So yes, there is a sacrifice of the two or five or 10 minutes spent on mindfulness exercises, but teachers often feel they get that time back in the efficiency of the classroom during the rest of the day.
Second, kids really want their subjective experience, their feelings, validated. It's important to acknowledge that we care about their inner life. Yes, school's emphasis is on knowledge acquisition and critical thinking. But I think there's value to providing time, even if short, when kids can feel that their emotional experience is meaningful to the adults around them.
Q: What does a child's version of mindfulness look like?
A: For kids, it's not intended to be some profound existential journey: It's about finding ways of settling in the present moment that feel good. Maybe it's deeper breaths or the hands resting together, or they open their eyes and look outside and find pleasure in just looking at the sky.
A typical classroom mindfulness session may be twice weekly for 15 minutes. The lesson might begin by sitting together or otherwise marking that this is a different way of being together; for example, little ones might be told to "put on your mindful bodies." There will be some exercise or a mindfulness game, and then reflections and feedback on what the children noticed.
Q: As a parent, how do I model mindfulness and make it part of the family dynamic?
A: I do think successfully teaching one's children comes out of the parents' own practice and familiarity with mindfulness. You're one Google search away from guided mindfulness practices. Mindful Schools has an online course; sample a bit, and see what resonates.
To start a practice, carve out maybe five or 10 minutes each day to do some seated mindfulness practice in stillness, somewhere relatively quiet. It's an opportunity to let go of the sense of ever-present responsibility to someone or something else. Lavish yourself with your own attention. Take an upright position that is relaxing but alert. Begin by attending to the flow of sensations of the breath; as the abdomen rises and falls, place a hand on your stomach.
As your mind gets ensnared in thoughts of the future or the past, simply imagine putting that thought down, without blame, and gently redirecting your attention back to the rhythm of your abdomen. You could do this when sitting in your car waiting to get the kids.
Q: How do I apply mindfulness at different ages?
A: The amount of time that is doable changes: Little ones may manage one minute or two, whereas with the older kids, you're taking more care to articulate the relevance of the practice and doing it for a longer period of time.
Q: Is there evidence that forming these self-calming habits early in children's lives will carry over into their teen years and adulthood?
A: There is data [that] socio-emotional skills that are developed in kindergarten [are] predictive of a lot of important outcomes later in life. For example, having socio-emotional skills in kindergarten predicts improved adult outcomes in the areas of education, employment, crime, substance abuse, and mental health. So, there's reason to think that cultivating some of these mindfulness capacities is predictive of long-term benefits. mindfulschools.org.
Try It at Home
Here are five ways to practice mindfulness with your kids.
1 Deep Breathing: Sit together in a comfortable but upright position. Place a hand on your belly or chest, and feel your hand rising and falling with each slow breath. Sustain for a count of 10 breaths, or more, depending on the age of your child. Keep it relaxed and lighthearted, says Brensilver: "If it feels heavy, it's not sustainable."
2 Staring Contest: Sit across from your child, and look in each other's eyes—see who can hold the attention longer. The parent can play by looking away—it doesn't have to be serious. It's an attempt to really connect.
3 Q&A: Ask a repeated question, and have your child come up with answers. For example, ask, "What brings you joy?" Listen to your child's answer, and then say, "OK, thank you. What else brings you joy?" Let your child answer again and again. "It's a soothing repeating rhythm," says Brensilver, "and it's a delight to hear what makes this child happy, so it has a reciprocal impact." You can switch roles after a while and try other questions, such as, "What are you grateful for?" "What matters most to you?"
4 Mindful Walking: Go for a walk with your child, but rather than chatting, make it meditative; direct your attention, moment by moment, to what you notice. Feel the sensation of the soles of your feet hitting the ground and pushing off, or pay attention to what you see. Stay in the moment, and don't let it lead to a whole chain of associations and thoughts. Even five or 10 minutes of walking around the block can have a soothing effect.
5 Focused Listening: You can also practice mindfulness during conversations. Without your children necessarily noticing, pay close attention to them. Look only at them, and fully take in what they say—focus on their words. "They're likely to feel that," says Brensilver. "Children are sensitive to the fragmentation of our attention. It will feel a bit like a gift to them."


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Rebuffed Man Punches 15-Year-Old Girl, Intentionally Crashes Car
Walla Walla police believe 20-year-old Kyle Zenk took his hands off the wheel and hit the gas to punish the girl in the vehicle with him after she refused his sexual advances.
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Ring-around-the-collar is an unsightly stain that happens inside the collars of dress shirts, or other shirts with stiff collars. It often builds up slowly until it is visible as a yellowish-brown stain and it is difficult to remove.
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RCTC Student Beehive – November 29, 2017
Check out the following links for important RCTC information:
Are You Receiving the Beehive Twice?
How to Request a Transcript
Don't Wait to Register for Spring Semester
Christmas Concert Tickets On Sale Now!!!
RCTC to Offer Concurrent Computer Science Courses
Introducing the RCTC Magazine
It was brought to our attention this week that students are receiving the Beehive in their inbox twice every week. While the information in the Beehive is important, we're thinking 2 emails is overkill. So first, we want to apologize to you for cluttering up your inbox. Second, we want you to know that we are working with the Minnesota State system to figure out why this is happening. We'd like to ask for your patience as we sort this out and we hope to have it corrected soon. In the meantime, please be patient with us and we'll keep you posted as we learn anything new!
Thank you!
Your college transcript is the official record of all courses taken at RCTC. There are two ways to access your transcript. (RCTC does not accept transcript requests via fax machine nor do we fax transcripts)
RCTC transcripts cannot be released in the following scenarios:
- There is a hold on your RCTC record.
- There is a discrepancy (duplicate) on your RCTC record.
- If you attended RCC prior to 1968 and/or RTC prior to 1990*
*RCTC will continue to require a transcript request and charge transcript fees for all archived records.
Official Transcripts:
If you need an official copy of your transcript, you must make a request to RCTC through the National Clearinghouse at: https://www.studentclearinghouse.org/secure_area/Transcript/to_home.asp?t=085132&LoginHome=to_home.asp. To send transcripts to a Minnesota State institution, please see "Send Transcript to another Minnesota State Institution" below.
Unofficial Transcript (Student Copy):
You can access your full transcript for FREE via the eServices site. This transcript is identical to the official transcript in content; however it is not printed on security-paper and thus is not certified as an official RCTC document. Unofficial / Student copies of transcripts are not acceptable generally for employers or other colleges.
To get a FREE copy from the eServices site, follow these instructions or view the steps:
- Log in to the eServices at www.rctc.edu/eservices/cover-your-assets.html
- On the left menu select, "Grades and Transcripts."
- Then select from the sub-menu, "Academic Record."
- Select the option by which you want to view your academic record, then select "Get Academic Record."
- Your academic record will be displayed by the criteria you selected. To get just a printable, text copy, select "Text Copy of this Academic Record."
- Remember to log out of your account when finished.
Send Transcript to another Minnesota State Institution
Students who plan to have a transcript sent to a Minnesota State College or University (Minnesota State) do not need to complete a transcript request. Electronic transcript retrieval is now possible among all Minnesota State institutions for students who are enrolled or transferring to another Minnesota State institution. As a result it is no longer necessary for most students to order transcripts to be sent to another Minnesota State institution. Be sure to ask staff at the receiving Minnesota State institution about their e-transcript retrieval procedures. Only in some cases will you be asked to order your transcript. RCTC will continue to require a request and will charge transcript fees for all archived records to any destination. This enhancement does not apply to the University of Minnesota.
Reverse Transcripts (from any Minnesota State institution):
RCTC will attempt to retrieve e-Transcripts from all other Minnesota State institutions you have attended at the point of application. If you would like an updated transcript pulled, please submit a Minnesota State retrieval form which can be downloaded at: http://www.rctc.edu/eservices/pdf/MnSCUTranscriptRetrievalForm2.pdf .
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- Earlier registration benefits YOU because you will have your schedule and plan in place before finishing out Fall Semester.
- You can also plan your work/personal schedules earlier too.
- Don't assume seats in courses will remain available . . . new students have already started registering for Spring Semester
- Financial Aid students with an accepted award do NOT need to pay at the time of registration. Your Financial Aid award will hold your courses and payment will not be due until February 16, 2018.
Online registration for Spring 2018 is open to all current and returning students. You are able to register on the eServices site today (www.rctc.edu/eservices)! All students are strongly encouraged to meet with their academic advisor or counselor prior to registering for any term. For assistance, you can contact Admissions/Records by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or call us at (507) 285-7268 or (800) 247-1296 ext. 7268 until 5pm.
Best wishes for successful completion of your semester at RCTC!
"Christmas Through the Ages" Featuring the RCTC Chamber Singers, Concert Choir, Choral Pops Ensemble and Wind Ensemble with special guests: The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Bell Choir. Dr David Kassler, Conducting.
Thursday and Friday
December 7 and 8
Hill Theatre
About the Concert:
The first portion of our concert will have a quiet, sacred feel to it and will feature a representation of Christmas music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, and 20th Century musical style periods. During intermission, there will be an ice-cream sundae social in our dining room, directly over the Hill Theatre. Finally, the concert will conclude in Hill Theatre with lighter, more contemporary popular music by the RCTC Choral Pops Ensemble. And….If you're all very very good, there may even be a visit by the Jolly Old Man himself—Santa!
10.00 Adults
8.00 Senior Citizens 65+, Children 12 and under, non-RCTC students
RCTC Staff receive two tickets at $8.00 each with additional tickets available at above prices.
RCTC Students get in free with valid student ID
All Seats Reserved.
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RCTC announces that students attending Rochester Public Schools (RPS) and the Career and Technical Education Center at Heintz (CTECH) will now have the opportunity to take college-level computer science courses from RCTC beginning in the fall of 2018. RPS juniors and seniors can take the RCTC courses concurrently at CTECH facilities while also completing their other high school courses.
"RPS and RCTC have been building bridges for Rochester's students for a long, long time, and we will continue to do so because it is the right thing to do. RPS and RCTC are natural partners, and we always have students at the center of this partnership," states Dale Amy, RCTC's Director of High School Collaborations.
The computer science courses will be taught by RPS teacher, John Bartucz, who holds a master's degree in computer science. Mr. Bartucz currently teaches computer science courses at CTECH. The RCTC courses include COMP 1741 JavaScript and COMP 1751 Mobile Application Development. Students will have the opportunity to explore HTML, CSS, web programming, native device programming, and database interaction.
For further information about RCTC concurrent enrollment opportunities, contact RCTC's Director of High School Collaborations, Dale Amy at 285-7332 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
A new print product is coming your way soon, and do we have something cool in store for you!
We have features on students conducting scientific research, one student's mission to end hunger on campus, and one rockin' music instructor and program.
The new RCTC Magazine has a bit of everything.
Not only will you find feature stories highlighting what makes the College a great place to learn and grow, but there are also news highlights, plenty of photos, and information on how the RCTC Foundation is changing lives one scholarship (a scholarship that could be yours) at a time.
Keep your eyes peeled for more information on when the magazine is available.
Not only will it be available on campus and around town at local businesses and partners, but you will be able to read it as a digital magazine, or right here on our blog with extra content.


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Calls to Target Cashmere Fraudsters03 December 2014
HONG KONG – More should be done to clamp down on vendors mislabelling fine fibre products and Cashmere, a world forum heard.
Karl Spilhaus, President of Cashmere and Camel Hair Manufacturers Institute, urged technology to test and guarantee product integrity.
Such options were "unwavering and affordable", he told the Cashmere World Forum audience.
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Celebrating the life of Margaret Garvie
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We ask on behalf of the family that you keep your comments uplifting and appropriate to help all who come here to find comfort and healing.
Celebrating the Life of Margaret Big Honey Garvie
Margaret Garvie, 77, of Brookshire, Texas passed away on Thursday, March 22, 2018. She was born on January 30, 1941, to the late Johnny and Margaret Garvie, in Brookshire, Texas. She was well known to her family and to the community as Big Honey. She was one of eight children born into this union. She received her early education at Ralph J. Bunche.
Honey worked for Katy ISD and retired after over 25 years of service. She also worked at the First United Methodist Church of Brookshire for over 30 years. Honey was a lifetime member of the St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church and faithfully served in many ministries. She was a member of the Senior Usher Board, a member of the Mission Society, and she served as the Superintendent of the Sunday School Department. She was a member of the Priscilla C. Branch Educational Foundation that sponsors academic scholarships to deserving youth. She served as a supportive member of the pastoral care committee and supported all the church programs and events. She was also recognized as one of the senior Mothers of the Church. Honey loved her Pastor and her church family.
Honey was a fun, loving, and caring person. She started her day off by watching her favorite TV preachers and reading her Bible and daily devotions. She enjoyed her word search puzzles, her judge TV shows, and calling to check in on her family and friends. She was our family historian and could retell funny stories about the past that had everyone laughing.
Honey is preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, Lee Andrew, Johnnie, Larry and Roosevelt, two sisters, Christine and Gladys; and her godson, Charles Branch, Sr.
She is survived by her two daughters, Noelle Turner and Christina Garvie; three sons, Reginald Garvie (Mary), Maury Garvie (Leslie), and Clarence Turner; a sister, Evelyn Branch; a brother, James Garvey; two godchildren, Maurice Gindratt, II and Cedric Keyes; 16 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, family, and friends.
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Strawberry Parfait Recipes
Feb, 07, 2018 by Granola Creations
Handful of strawberries
Handful of Fresh Dark Grapes
Granola Creations – Cinnamon & Raisin
Optional: chocolate chips
1. Add a first layer of yoghurt in a transparent glass.
2. Add another layer of strawberries and some Granola Creations – "Cinnamon & Raisin" on top of the yoghurt.
3. Add a last layer of yoghurt and strawberries on top of that. Optional: add some chocolate chips along with the strawberries. Your delicious granola parfait is ready to eat!


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With increased focus on financial budgeting and risk management, Dignitas's finance & accounting services and help businesses reduce operational costs and make optimal utilization of available financial resources. By focusing on critical tasks such as augmenting accountability, promoting open governance and creating flexible systems, service providers are able to achieve desired levels of ROI (Return on Investments) and cost savings. Apart from quantifiable benefits, our finance & accounting services also allow businesses to improve integrate and synchronize to derive greater benefits.


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We've all been mindful of what we have to be thankful for lately. Yesterday, with Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror, and all signs pointing to Christmas, I got the best reminder to be thankful always with a story and a day that warmed my heart so deeply.
As we've covered ad nauseum here, I worship my boss. He and I click on a professional and personal level that makes every workday fun, productive and engaging…I have so much respect for him, and knowing that it's mutual makes me feel valued and trusted. He's quick to give positive feedback, patient and kind when it comes to negatives, and is always ready for an inside joke, coffee run or random life chat. We've quickly advanced to the "sharing our personal lives" level, and I've gotten to know his three-year old daughter and wife a bit as well.
They are the cutest family, and have the most beautiful story. Their three-year old was adopted from Colombia a little over two years ago, an absolute angel with a passion for the zoo, "Frozen," and highlighters (in my cube, every time she comes to visit). My boss and his wife are super passionate about the organization they worked with in her adoption, and began the process of a second adoption soon after their first was finalized. Their little one has been so excited about "a baby brudder or sisser" for as long as I've known her, and my boss and his wife have waited so patiently through months of red tape, being bumped down on the list by other couples, and even false alarms. They are the best parents, and watching him wait with so much grace was humbling.
Yesterday morning, my boss came into work glowing with excitement and told me I was the first to know that they received some "good news" on Friday after Thanksgiving. Knowing what they were waiting for, I immediately knew that his news was that their second baby was theirs. He shared the whole touching story of how they found out they had been selected, including how excited their daughter was and how overjoyed they were, and showed pictures off with the pride of any new father. Their son will be joining their family this January, and the contentment, excitement and satisfaction my boss has in his soon-to-be child is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I cried happy tears for approximately the entire rest of the day on and off...and I wasn't the only one. We are all SO happy for this family.
What a thing to be thankful for, and what a testament to the fact that good things happen to good people. I know this is fairly vague…their whole story isn't mine to tell, but I am just so overflowing with happiness for them that I wanted to make sure I always remember how wonderful yesterday was. Lots to be thankful for, on Thanksgiving and always…and so glad for those little reminders of that.


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The word micro job is a small one-time job you complete for an amount of money. Some micro jobs pay well but many pay very little. Today, inventions in technology have made it easy for us to access freelancing much easier as compared to 6-7 years back.
Freelancing is a big business where people utilize their skills to help other people to do their jobs at affordable prices and get them delivered in real time. Doing micro jobs has become one of the easiest way to make money with your skills and at your convenience.
In this article we will duel on six major aspects on how to make money doing micro jobs.
1. The Downside to Micro Jobs: Most people look at this as extra money making, since many of the sites pay per task/job. Also availability of jobs to do is never a sure thing. If you're going to try in making real money dealing on micro work, you'll definitely need to make sure you've given yourself lots of options for where to pick and choose your work from.
2. Micro Job Income Potential: This is to ensure that the amount you earn for micro jobs depends on how complex your job is and who you're doing it for. But easy ones may not pay so well because you could earn more money for something that takes longer and more complex.
3. Micro Jobs Examples: Micro jobs can be absolutely anything. It could be something you do from your home with your computer. For instance, tagging photographs or transcribing an audio file. Or it could be something you do outside your home like a mystery shopping assignment or a one- time errand.
Types of micro job websites
1. Fiverr: Fiverr is one of the most popular place to make money online, it offers a platform for people to buy and sell a variety of digital services such as graphics design, video editing, programming, SEO, music composition etc. anyone can make more profits on fiverr and start offering services as Gigs. It is also a great place to sell your skills as a Gig for $5. For instance when someone buy your Gig and you complete whatever is written in Gig, then you will get $4 and $1 will go to fiverr as commission.
2. Task Rabbit: Task rabbit is great to make money,with task rabbit; you can make money by helping other people run errands and get other tasks done. You need to setup an account on their behalf, after the registration, you will need to compare an application, submit an application for a background check, you will be engaged in video interview and take part in a training session. Once you are approved, you login to the site where you will find jobs that you can assign to yourself so as to make money.
3. Field Agent: This is an application which helps you complete your profile and locate jobs that are in your area, once you find a job you want to complete, accept the job you want to perform, deliver your work and then get paid immediately. The majority of field agent require you to go to a store and locate a certain product. You can also make money by completing surveys right on the application in other to apply with Field Agent, you need to download the app in your phone so that you will be able to complete your profile and locate the jobs properly.
4. Oyerr: oyerr is an online market that creates an avenue for buyers and sellers to meet. It allows the sellers to share what they do for money and the buyers to order for services they need. The seller gets payed as soon as the buyer confirms the job delivery. oyerr exposes visitors of the site to different job categories. 20% of the every job goes to the oyerr as commission. It also allow the seller to create custom orders and add extra jobs. Users can also make money on oyerr with their referral links.
In conclusion, micro jobs generally give you the platform to get payed for every single task you do. With micro jobs like oyerr, fiverr etc, you can earn money many times before the end of every month. You can always be your own boss now and always.


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A little ingenuity produces excellent results. You will be very surprised at many things about this project. It is very economical to do, simple, takes little time and ends up looking and selling as a high quality item for woodworking. A very interesting carpentry project that you can undertake is to make wooden ladles of all sizes. These items really come back in a big way. I sincerely think that you can attract a lot of attention and sell these items very well.
Some quick calculations will tell you that only a dozen accounts with retailers like this can generate a very comfortable life by making and selling wooden bowls. There was a time when toys made of wood were commonplace. These days in most markets, they have become a novelty. You just have to ask around to realize the premium, crazy prices being loaded by the stores for wooden toys for kids.
Woodworking, like other types of handmade art, is a profession that requires skill. Spend time becoming a true expert in woodworking before you start selling your products to enjoy the benefits of mouth-to-ear advertising. A customer who is happy with your job is someone who is ready to recommend your friends and family to your business. If you areAt the moment, an amateur carpenter, consider taking carpentry classes to determine if you need more practice before selling your creations.
If you are a total starter, getting a carpentry course is a good start. There are two options, accept a small job in a local carpentry shop or you can enter a college that has courses you need. There you will meet people who share the same passion as you and who are building together. Woodworking is not a practice you should learn for yourself because it is difficult and can be very dangerous.
To choose a few to explain. Photography. In general, everyone I know and who has a camera think they are now able to shoot professionally, whether with a micro-stock or a marriage. Aside from the skill issues, wedding photography requires a lot of material. 2DSLRs, 3-4 professional quality lenses, lights and photoshop ... and you have to know how to use everything under pressure.Mechanical. A good idea if you are skilled enough to work on the variety of cars, but most real shops are insured.
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Grass Jelly
Today I was craving for a dessert, but too lazy to go out. So I cooked myself up some grass jelly. Lovely!
Grass Jelly Sweet Soup | photo: Frank Fox (cc-by-sa)
Grass jelly is a popular dessert throughout East Asia. In Vietnam, grass jelly is either served with coconut cream or as an additional ingredient in chè (sweet soup). The Vietnamese name of it is sương sáo and it is said to have cooling properties, that's why people like to eat it when it's hot.
What is it?
Grass jelly is a product from a plant called black cincau, Mesona chinensis or Platostome palustre, a member of the mint family that's native to East Asia, where it grows in grassy, sandy and dry areas.
After the whole above ground portions of the plants are harvested, they are piled and left to oxidise and gain a darker colour, until they are dried and sold.
Platostoma palustre | photo: (cc-by-sa) Ronggy
Traditionally the stems and leaves of the plant are boiled for several hours together with a bit of starch and potash (potassium carbonate) until the extract is cooled down to a jelly-like consistency. Nowadays most grass jelly is made from instant powder in a few minutes.
Sometimes the preparation instructions are... slightly confusing though, like this one here I bought in Saigon some time ago:
How to make grass jelly | photo: (cc-by-sa) Frank Fox
Trying to wrap around this unusual "Marshal Nun", I found this proof of martial sisters of the Far West:
Nuns with guns, do not make funs! | photo: (©) Unknown
Grass Jelly Elsewhere
In China, the plant is called 凉粉草 (liáng fěn cǎo, cool grass powder) and a popular herb in traditional Chinese medicine.
In Java the jelly-drink is cooked with the ash of rice straw to get an even blacker colour. They also add sago starch, sugar syrup and coconut milk to create a lovely cooling drink from the diced jelly.
Apart from vitamins and minerals, the fresh leaves contain around 11% pectin, which is responsible for the gelatinous consistency. It is said that the tannins react with pectin and traces of so far unidentified components to create the dark colour of the grass jelly.
In Indonesia they have a broad variety of grass jellies made from different plants, often green and milder in taste than our dark grass jelly.
Sources and additional information
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|The issue of fake coffee in Vietnam
Despite Vietnam having excellent conditions for growing great coffee, the premium suppliers are rare and street coffee often is not even real coffee. What is wrong here and what is right? Let us take a look.
|Grass Jelly
Today I was craving for a dessert, but too lazy to go out. So I cooked myself up some grass jelly. Lovely!
|Phu Quoc Fish Sauce
Fish sauce is one of the natural products Phu Quoc is really famous for.
|Less Accessible Hue Foods
Here we have a selection of food we ate during our stay in Hue and Phu Loc. Most of the meals are home cooked though, so I excluded them from the food tour post.
|The Marvellous Foods of Hue
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|My Coffee Adventure
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1. The usual mailbox formats are crap. The mbox format is cumbersome and dangerous with multiple simultaneous accesses, and operations such as delete can be very slow. The Maildir format avoids some of the pitfalls that the mbox format has, but it is dog-slow. It can take forever to read in a mailbox with even a few hundred messages. There needs to be a better mailbox format, not proprietary to a single user-agent, but one that all programs can use, and one that the mail delivery agent also uses.
Infact, the mail delivery agent should simply save all mail it
receives in a single (user-specific) mail database, and only after the
mail is safely there, do anything with it. I hate procmail sorting kludges.
I hate procmail. I've lost mail thanks to it deciding to dump everything
/dev/null because bogofilter died, and provided no output.
Only after the email is safely in the database, spam taggers can apply
spam tags to it. Old spam can be deleted by a cronjob, to keep the
space demands low.
Alternatively, the mail delivery agent should only expect new
tags/headers from the taggers it runs, instead of completely filtered
output, and unless one of the tags it gets, instructs to delete or
forward the mail, it should put the email along with the new tags
in the database. To conserve space, it should be possible to save
only important headers of mail that is highly likely to be spam,
but even spam shouldn't be completely deleted. There must
be no point of failure, that could cause any mail to go completely
/dev/null, unless very explicitly so instructed.
Indeed, all mail should go and remain in a single, proper, database, instead
of being sorted into separate mailboxes. The MUA can look up mailing
list mail by addresses in the headers, or by tags that have been applied to
the emails.
Currently, it sucks having to configure both procmail and mutt to be aware
of mailing lists. It should be necessary to configure mailing lists and
other sorting in not both, but only either the delivery agent or user
agent(s). The latter also include programs like
from and the shell's
notifier, which in my usage should ignore mailing list posts.
4. Actually, I very much prefer reading mailing lists through nntp://news.gmane.org/. That way I don't have to subscribe until I have something to say. But when I finally have something to say, subscription is still too cumbersome, but thanks to the spam problem, necessary. I just wish mailing list software could send back a subscription confirmation request (with delivery disabled, because obviously you don't want it, if you post unsubscribed) or some other test (like gmane itself does, when you try to post for the first time on a list through it) if you attempt to post unsubscribed. If this request is responded to within a suitable timeframe, it should deliver the quarantined post.
5. Maybe, to make subscription easier, and to not depend on something like gmane, there should be something RSS-like for mailing lists. RSS is a bit too ad hoc and inefficient for mailing lists and sites with high volume of posts, it having to be polled frequently to not lose any posts, but it should be possible to "chain" multiple files to make less frequent polls not lose anything, and for higher-frequency polls to not clog the network. Perhaps there should be separate feeds for hourly and daily polls, and the latter digest feeds should instruct when it is the best time to poll.
Did I mention, that I hate procmail? It is too error-prone, as well as
cryptic. No, none of the alternatives seem any better, and I don't
really have the choice, as I rather not receive mail on a system I
have to administer. Besides, I rather not connect to my own box
from any random place, although to use GPG that is necessary
(supposing anyone used it). Indeed, it should be easier to synchronise
mailboxes between systems. There's OfflineIMAP, but it is a kludge
that demands a centralised IMAP mailbox to which everything is
synchronised. I want to have an archival
mailbox on my home computer, that is not symmetrically synchronised
with the receiving and other mailboxes. If an email is deleted in
the other mailboxes, it is still not deleted from the archival
mailbox while when an email is tagged as having been "done with" (not
the same as read, but more like moved from
7. Besides procmail being too untrustworthy, thanks to spam and crappy spam filters, you can these days trust email to be delivered and read even less than snail mail. Besides improving spam filters, there has to be some way to get 'receipts' of mail properly delivered and not tagged as spam. The problem is, the spammers could abuse this. Perhaps that could be mitigated by limiting the number of receipts sent, and when they're sent. Another improvement, limiting bouncing abuse, would be to give this receipt during the same SMTP connection that is used to transport the mail, but this demands integration of the mail delivery agent (that understands spam taggers) with the mail transport agent.
8. GnuPG/PGP webs of trust should also be helpful in fighting spam. The web of trust would form an automatic white list, up to some score. It should also be safer to send receipts for mail with a trusted signature. If only more people used signing and encryption, and the key signing conventions weren't so centred on IRL identification, for it to be easier to obtain signatures from the people that you actually communicate with by email.
9. CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) challenges are often criticised for being too cumbersome. I don't find this so, properly implemented. Certainly, if you have to reply to a CAPTCHA for every email you send, it is cumbersome – and that is the point – but people don't normally communicate with that many people by email, and a decent CAPTCHA implementation should put you on a whitelist after the first succesfull reply and not bug you anymore, if the receiver doesn't specifically instruct otherwise. Obviously, mailing lists also need special handling. Combined with webs of trust and widespread signing and encryption, the occasions for having to reply to a CAPTCHA test should further diminish. I'd much rather use CAPTCHA than crappy spam filters, if it only were more accepted and known, and perhaps integrated into the mail transport protocols, so that the CAPTCHA tests themselves wouldn't flood the internet. Of course, there's the possibility that CAPTCHA isn't efficient enough. I don't think CAPTCHA sweatshops are much of a threat – to keep up the current levels of spam, you'd need a significant fraction of mankind solely replying to the challenges – but it may be difficult to come up with enough diverse tests that any human recipient can still answer, but not computers. Another problem are all those rooted Windows boxes… and Linux and other *nix boxes, once the masses find them with the crappy and insecure user agents they've been taught to use.
10. As for the micropayment schemes envisioned by some corporations to fight spam: no fucking way. These schemes shoot a fly with a cannon – in order to corner the insect repellent market.


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Barbie works hard all day shopping, applying her makeup, chatting with friends at the gym, seeing her therapist (alternate Tuesdays) and her holistic nutritional acupuncturist (every Friday), and surfing the Internet on AOL. One day, the thought occurs to Barbie that it might be more fun to surf the waves in an exotic Caribbean location.
So Barbie packs her bags, grabs some SPF 2 sunscreen and calls a limo. "Make it snappy!" says Barbie, "I have a plane to catch!"
Next stop, Jamaica! "It better be non-stop, and if they interrupt my beauty sleep to give me some soggy french toast, there will be hell to pay!"


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MCI WorldCom Advanced Networks Debuts VPN For Windows NT
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MCI WorldCom Advanced Networks Tuesday launched SafeReach NT VPN, a managed Internet-based virtual private networking (VPN) service for intranets.
The I-VPN service enables remote users to securely connect to corporate intranets through client-based tunneling and encryption between the end-users' personal computers and the corporate site. SafeReach NT runs on MCI WorldCom Advanced Networks' global Internet Protocol (IP) network at higher speeds, greater scalability and cost efficiently.
SafeReach NT uses Microsoft's Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) technology for point-and-click usage of MCI WorldCom Advanced Networks' client dialer, eliminating the need for wide-scale client software deployment is not necessary.
The solution is aimed at companies needing greater performance, reliability and higher speed access from Internet-based VPN solutions. SafeReach NT is available through local access in 114 countries.
"Based on our corporate customers' demand for Internet-based solutions, we are leveraging Microsoft's PPTP tunneling and MPPE encryption technologies for securely conducting business over the Internet. We will migrate to L2TP, the converged tunneling standard and IPSec when they are fully-developed."
SafeReach NT is one of seven fully managed VPN offerings from MCI WorldCom Advanced Networks that includes SafeReach IP, SafeReach Dedicated, World VPN, NT Link, WinFrame For MCI WorldCom Advanced Networks, IP Link/IP Link Plus and OC://WebConnect Pro.