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Are you looking to make more of your online presence with internet marketing but not sure how to? A free introductory conversation may be all you need to help you understand what is possible online.
SEO Consulting, PPC Training, Facebook Ads or marketing strategy are some of the services I offer to businesses and sole traders.
Users should be able to access your web site on any sized browser and you should be on mobile first indexing.
Is your target audience seeing your call-to-action graphics and marketing messages?
Results you are proud of and want to show off to your board, directors and boss with some ROI to impress everyone.
Are you being made aware of potential issues and possible charges and changes to algorithms or is everything a reaction?
Is your marketing being checked and audited for intelligence to be re-worked for future marketing activities?
Are you measuring and analysing your results to look for patterns and trends for future tactics?
Are you being found in the map pack? Is your Google My Business being optimised and updated?
Are you picking up SEO ranking results and being given expert SEO advice from a 20 years plus professional?
Are you getting the support you need for yourself or in-house marketing team?
Yes, I currently provide SEO and PPC services for many agencies around the world. I can operate under a company email address for communications and comfortable in attending meetings. All reports can be white label to suit your business.
Over the years I have worked for international and national companies including some well known high street chains like WH Smith. I have yet to be offered a project which is too big.
Yes I keep up to date with all the latest changes and often hear about algorithm updates before they happen as I am a senior tester in a mastermind group which tests and proves SEO myths. In the group are some top marketing specialists from around the world and who specialise in various marketing disciplines.
Yes I can do one-on-one sessions or group workshops. Strategy and implementation are two different aspects and I am comfortable in being able to deliver on both for your team. An hourly rate of £150 per hour is charged for consulting.
The results will vary depending upon project. A common problem is when a new website has been deployed and rankings are tumbling, if this is the scenario then the sooner I can get into the project the better and results can be almost instant. I made a few changes to a health website selling nebulisers and within a matter of days the results were coming through. The myth about waiting eight months is nonsense. For paid advertising if you are wasting money on clicks this will be instant. With regards to enquiries and sales a lot depends on current performance and the status of your marketing assets and collateral.
Yes I do, in fact I prefer to work this way as working 'with' someone is a two way process. I don't accept all work as results will often only come with co-operation. In most cases you will know far more about your service or product than I will. What I know is how to market online and how to get the best from the algorithms but it will take your business and sector knowledge to help understand the target audiences. I will be providing ideas and strategy to help achieve a good ROI but I can't do it alone.
If we are to work well together there must be a good understanding and a desire to want to succeed.
It would depend on the scenario and there would need to be some detail discussed but essentially yes I could be your digital marketing department. I have access to a number of trusted partners with whom I have worked with for years. Specialists are best doing what they know best and a team can easily and quickly be put together.
"Build a website and you will pick loads of traffic and your phone will be ringing off the hook" is often how people think about marketing online. If you want SEO Wigan you need to focus your page and to be marketing online to push the search term. There are multiple facets to optimising a website and they fall under Technical SEO, On Page SEO, Off Page SEO and Content Marketing.
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Keep all your baby's precious memories in this beautiful large storage memory box with baby leopard! Your baby's first outfit, shoes, dummy, cuddly toy, book... How nice to keep this for later! This beautiful wooden birth box is hand printed in beautiful quality and colours. The paintings are made by Mies and the chest can be personalised with a name (or other text). Also great fun to put maternity gifts in the box for the newborn baby!
The pine wooden storage memory box measures 40x30x23 cm. It is beautifully finished with rounded corners. There are two hinges on the lid at the back (long side) and on the inside there is a ribbon to make sure the lid stays put. There are standard cut-outs on the sides to serve as handles.
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- I really like playing Chinese chess and chess. When I was in high school, I could spent hours playing Chinese chess after school (so you can guess that I didn't get good grades back then). I don't really play Chinese chess anymore because no one plays with me in LA. I do play chess regularly on Facebook though and sometimes can pull off a nice game like this one :)
- Playing piano is my another hobby. It feels really good when you can play a song that you love so much and be totally "in" it. It's a good way to ease my stress too! My favorite songs are "Close to You" and "La La La Love Song" from Long Vacation.
- Around 10 years ago, I became extremely obsessed in playing DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) after seeing Jenith's performance in Korean town. I dare not estimate how much money I had spent on this game hahaha... I liked other music games created by Bemani too like Beatmania II DX and Drummania. I still remember that I could brag about passing all the DDR songs with the highest difficulty back then. This is not true anymore as the songs are insanely difficult now :P
- I really like reading and learning about new ideas and perspectives. Whenever I read something that gives me new inspiration I'll be very happy :)
- Joel Spolsky is the guy who inspired be to start blogging although he doesn't know about it (his writing style is really good, take a look at his blog even if you doesn't work in the software industry). I like sharing good stuff with other people and a blog provides an excellent platform for me to do that.
- I'm an extremely logical and practical person (that's why I studied engineering). I care about the results a lot more than the whether the process is "right" or "wrong". Whenever a problem occurs, I focus on finding a solution instead of seeking whom to blame. I hate people who ignore the reality and talk about ideals only.
- Materials don't really bring me a lot of pleasure. I don't really care about living in a big nice house in Beverly Hills or driving a Lamborghini. I care a lot more about what I achieve and what good I do to this world.
- Perhaps the only material that does bring me great joy is delicious food. I eat all kinds of food: Chinese, Mexican, American, English, Vietnamese, French, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Malaysian, etc. I think that the food from each country in the world is delicious in its own way.
- My eyes are very small. See my Mii image? My eyes are like two horizontal lines.
- You may find this weird: I enjoy the feeling of hitting things with my fingertips very much. I guess that's the reason I like playing piano and typing. The Typing of the Dead is one of the greatest games invented since I learned how to touch type through it.
- Unless something special happens, I always try to be on time for whatever event/meeting/appointment I need to attend. I think that being late is practically stealing time from other people and time is the most valuable resource a person has.
- I hate people who're irresponsible. Because of this, I don't say "yes" easily. When I do say "yes", I really mean it. Promises, no matter big or small, are very important to me. Unless I'm really not able to do it, I always do what I promise to do. If you're interested, see my series "How to be a responsible person".
- Someday, I would like to travel around the world and experience the great variety of human cultures. The ironic thing is, I always think that airplane tickets are way overpriced (Man, traveling on an airplane is like paying money for torture).
- I really love the movies produced by Pixar. I'm pretty sure that the people who work there are some of the most creative and talented minds in the world. Finding Nemo and WALL•E are both brilliant and my favorite movies.
- I'm a web programmer and it's not really related to what I studied in school (electrical engineering). However, I think the job fits me well since I love web technologies and analytical thinking.
- I went to Wah Yan College, Kowloon for my high school education and it gave me a lot of happy memories. The fathers were kind, the teachers were great and my classmates were intelligent. Wah Yan gave us a lot of freedom and opportunities to make our own decisions. Whenever I think about it I'm touched because the fathers and teachers had trust in us unconditionally, although we were just a bunch of naughty boys who often made mistakes. Think about it: is there someone who will trust you just because you are you? Not that many I would bet.
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Many articles have appeared in the press about BPL. The articles on this web page are a selected representative of the many articles ARRL believes address the technical aspects of BPL's operation and its impact on radio operators. Many more such articles are listed in links in the archives that can be accessed by clicking the year on the BPL and Smart Grid Archives page.
ARRL also has a related page that explains how to best communicate information about BPL to local newspapers and TV or radio stations.
Representative Articles
BPL Takes Posthumous Beating with IBEC closure
January 4, 2012 - After years of hype as the "great broadband hope" (as former FCC boss Mike Powell put it) broadband over power line (BPL) technology exists as essentially a largely dead niche broadband solution, outperformed by even many modern wireless technologies. The technology always suffered from interference concerns, and the utilities weren't sold on the idea of jumping into a duopoly market against companies like AT&T.
You can't kill BPL if its already dead
January 13, 2012 -Broadband over powerline is dead. Again. At least it is in the US, where BPL service provider International Broadband Electric Communications (IBEC) – backed by IBM – announced this week it was shutting down services in the rural markets where it operates, according to FierceTelecom.
Radio Society of Great Britain announces PLT must comply with CISPR22
January 31, 2012 -The latest revision of EN55022:2006+A2:2010 (from October 1, 2011) is the only Harmonised EMC Standard that can be applied specifically to new IT products. It specifies emission level limits that will both protect radio services, and allow other equipment to operate as intended. The EU has confirmed that, absent any approval of the draft EN 50561 PLA standard, PLT devices are now included in the 55022 standard.
Powerline Carrier - Close, but Likely no Cigar
February 6, 2012 - Using a home's wiring as a LAN is tempting, but as we found during a recent testing exercise, likely not a substitute for wireless. Given the relatively poor results of the distance test, it would be hard to recommend powerline products in demanding applications. I suspect these products, despite a very long gestation period for the underlying technology, will not be going mainstream anytime soon.
Nearly a third of U.S. households have smart meters already
May 17, 2012 - The Institute for Electric Efficiency (IEE) has updated its smart meter research, revealing that nearly one in three U.S. households have a smart meter already. That's up from one in four households in September of 2011. IEE projects one half of all U.S. households will be equipped with smart meters by 2015.
PLDT, Meralco look to tech expert to breath new life into BPL project
May 30, 2012 - Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) and Manila Electric Company (Meralco) say they are looking for a technical expert to assist in their joint venture project to deploy broadband over power lines (BPL) in the country. In March of this year CommsUpdate reported that after three years of testing to assess the possibility of introducing BPL services, PLDT said it had decided to put the project on the backburner.
ISO/IEC Technical Committee reports BPL interoperability problems
June 28, 2012 - ISO/IEC JTC1, formed in 1987 to deal with information technology interoperability, recently reported coexistence problems between the dominant in-premises BPL formats in the US and Europe. ITU-T SG 15 G.9960 / 9961and IEEE P1901 both use 2 ~ 30 MHz, like ISO/IEC 12139-1 on the power lines. This may cause possible interference to each other when operating nearby.
Second vote on PLT standard prEN50561-1
August 11, 2012 - During the IARU R1 EMC Working Group in Friedrichshafen 2012, the issues about the European PLT standard were discussed in detail. After discussion had taken place, a final vote was taken. With great majority, the decision of the WG was to encourage members societies to form a positive opinion on the draft standard prEN50561-1 among national standardization bodies.
New Draft PLT Standard prEN50561-1
August 14, 2012 - There have been concerns raised about the impact on the short wave bands of the proposed draft PLT standard prEN50561-1. I do not accept that to accept a standard which obviates the Essential Requirements of the EMC Directive (EMCD) by the back door can possibly be in the interests of amateur radio, nor indeed legal.
Powerline Technology (PLT) effects on shortwave reception
August 15, 2012 - This shaky video shows PLT modems (in-premises BPL) causing interference with shortwave reception from about 50' away. Shot by Nidge (G0NIG) in the United Kingdom.
Xcel's SmartGridCity plan fails to connect with Boulder
October 28, 2012 - The "smart grid" concept was beginning in the utility industry in 2007, and Xcel Energy planned to launch the world's biggest project. Five years later, few of the promises are fulfilled. The communications technology that Xcel chose for the project was broadband over power line, or BPL."BPL is an orphan technology," said Schoechle, who serves on a smart-grid working group of the International Electrotechnical Commission."No one in the U.S. is using it."
Broadband DSL Reports regularly runs articles about BPL. They permit discussion of their articles, and ARRL staff are regular contributors.
Broadband Over Power Line World
This site, no longer in publication, contains a number of news stories and audio interviews with various people in the BPL industry.
Technology >> Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) >> Broadband Over Powerline (BPL) >> Selected Articles about BPL and Smart Grid


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text: The folks at Graphic Policy has some new images and news concerning the Age of Ultron HeroClix, coming in June. According to their article, the Age of Ultron is a set of tournamaments that lasts 4 months and will be a buy-in sealed format.Related: Slade Files: UltronIt features 56 figures (28 in each series). Each "Tournament Booster Brick" brick contains 8 commons, 7 uncommons, 6 rares, 5 super rares, 2 chase figures, and 5 Avengers ID Cards. (each brick contains 10 boosters). More details at Graphic Policy.From Wikipedia: Age of Ultron (abbreviated AU) is a 10-issue limited series comic book crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics that involved the return of Ultron and his conquest of the Earth. This story takes place on two different Earths: The alternate Earth where Ultron annihilated humanity is referred to as Earth-61112 and the alternate reality where Morgan le Fay took over half the world is referred to as Earth-26111.


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Watch Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill and Sam Claflin in the Enola Holmes trailer
England, 1884 – a world on the brink of change. On the morning of her 16th birthday, Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) wakes to find that her mother (Helena Bonham Carter) has disappeared, leaving behind an odd assortment of gifts but no apparent clue as to where she's gone or why. After a free-spirited childhood, Enola suddenly finds herself under the care of her brothers Sherlock (Henry Cavill) and Mycroft (Sam Claflin), both set on sending her away to a finishing school for "proper" young ladies. Refusing to follow their wishes, Enola escapes to search for her mother in London. But when her journey finds her entangled in a mystery surrounding a young runaway Lord (Louis Partridge), Enola becomes a super-sleuth in her own right, outwitting her famous brother as she unravels a conspiracy that threatens to set back the course of history. Based on the beloved book series by Nancy Springer, ENOLA HOLMES is a dynamic new mystery-adventure that introduces the world's greatest detective to his fiercest competition yet: his teenage sister. The game is afoot.
Directed by Harry Bradbeer, the film stars Millie Bobby Brown, Sam Claflin, Adeel Akhtar, Fiona Shaw, Frances de la Tour, Louis Partridge, Burn Gorman, Susan Wokoma, Henry Cavill and Helena Bonham Carter.
ENOLA HOLMES will launch on Netflix on 23rd September 2020.
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Rounding up the last decade, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin revisited his predictions made over the years, showcasing a knack for being right about abstract ideas than on-production software development issues.
Buterin started the Twitter thread by addressing his article dated Jul. 23, 2013 in which he highlighted Bitcoin's (BTC) key benefits — internationality and censorship resistance. Buterin foresaw Bitcoin's potential in protecting the citizens' buying power in Iran, Argentina, China and Africa.
However, Buterin also noticed a rise in stablecoin adoption as he saw Argentinian businesses operating in Tether (USDT). He backed up his decade-old ideas around the negative impacts of Bitcoin regulation.
My views today: sure, Bitcoin's decentralization would let it still *survive* under a super-hostile regulatory climate, but it could not *thrive*. Successful censorship resistance strategy requires a combination of technological robustness and public legitimacy.
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) January 1, 2022
The entrepreneur still believes that "the internet of money should not cost more than 5 cents per transaction" and highlighted Ethereum's continued efforts to improve the blockchain's scalability capabilities.
5. I should also add that the core *idea* of sharding has survived unscathed.
Blockchain 1.0: each node downloads everything, have consensus
BitTorrent: each node downloads only a few things, but no consensus
Ideal: BitTorrent-like efficiency but with blockchain-like consensus— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) January 1, 2022
"I liked altcoins before altcoins were cool," added Buterin citing an article where he based this claim via three arguments: different chains optimize for different goals, costs of having many chains are low and need of an alternative in case the core development team is wrong.
On the flipside, Buterin backtracked on his support for Bitcoin Cash (BCH), stating that communities formed around a rebellion, even if they have a good cause, often have a hard time long term, adding that "they value bravery over competence and are united around resistance rather than a coherent way forward."
11. Applications envisioned in the Ethereum whitepaper:https://t.co/6HCoO2CSW8
* ERC20-style tokens
* Algorithmic stablecoins
* Domain name systems (like ENS)
* Decentralized file storage and computing
* DAOs
* Wallets with withdrawal limits
* Oracles
* Prediction markets— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) January 1, 2022
"A lot correct (basically predicted "DeFi"), though incentivized file storage + compute hasn't taken off that much (yet?), and of course I completely missed NFTs."
Concluding the findings, Buterin supported the instincts that helped him correct mistakes early on, stating: "On tech, I was more often right on abstract ideas than on production software dev issues. Had to learn to understand the latter over time."
Related: Vitalik Buterin outlines 'endgame' roadmap for ETH 2.0
In early December, Buterin shared his vision for a "plausible roadmap" for ETH 2.0, suggesting "a second tier of staking, with low resource requirements" for distributed block validation.
Additionally, he proposed the introduction of fraud-proof or ZK-SNARKS that can serve as a cheaper alternative for users to check block validity. According to Buterin:
"[With these updates] We get a chain where block production is still centralized, but block validation is trustless and highly decentralized, and specialized anti-censorship magic prevents the block producers from censoring."
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Letter XCIX1
To Count Terentius.2
I Have had every desire and have really done my best to obey, if only in part, the imperial order and the friendly letter of your excellency. I am sure that your every word and every thought are full of good intentions and right sentiments. But I have not been permitted to show my ready concurrence by practical action. The truest cause is my sins, which always rise before me and always hamper my steps. Then, again, there is the alienation of the bishop who had been appointed to cooperate with me, why, I know not; but my right reverend brother Theodotus, who promised from the beginning to act with me, had cordially invited3 me from Getusa to Nicopolis.4 When however he saw me in the town, he was so shocked at me, trod so afraid of my sins, that he could not bear to take me either to morning or evening prayer. In this he acted quite justly so far as my deserts go, and quite as befits my course of life, but not in a manner likely to promote the interests of the Churches. His alleged reason was that I had admitted the very reverend brother Eustathius to communion. What I have done is as follows. When invited to a meeting held by our brother Theodotus, and wishful, for love's sake, to obey the summons, that I might not make the gathering fruitless and vain, I was anxious to hold communication with the aforementioned brother Eustathius. I put before him the accusations concerning the faith, advanced against him by our brother Theodotus, and I asked him, if he followed the right faith, to make it plain to me, that I might communicate with him; if he were of another mind he must know plainly that I should be separated from him. We had much conversation on the subject, and all that day was spent in its examination; when evening came on we separated without arriving at any definite conclusion. On the morrow, we had another sitting in the morning and discussed the same points, with the addition of our brother Poemenius, the presbyter of Sebasteia, who vehemently pressed the argument against me. Point by point I cleared up the questions on which he seemed to be accusing me, and brought them to agree to my propositions. The result was, that, by the grace of the Lord, we were found to be in mutual agreement, even on the most minute particulars. So about the ninth hour, after thanking God for granting us to think and say the same thing, we rose up to go to prayer. In addition to this I ought to have got some written statement from him, so that his assent might be made known to his opponents and the proof of his opinion might be sufficient for the rest. But I was myself anxious, with the desire for great exactitude. to meet my brother Theodotus, to get a written statement of the faith from him, and to propose it to Eustathius; that so both objects might be obtained at once, the confession of the right faith by Eustathius and the complete satisfaction of Theodotus and his friends, and they would have no ground for objection after the acceptance of their own propositions. But Theodotus, before learning why we were met and what had been the result of our intercourse, decided not to allow us to take part in the meeting. So midway on our journey we set out back again, disappointed that our efforts for the peace of the Churches had been counteracted.
3. After this, when I was compelled to undertake a journey into Armenia, knowing the man's character, and with the view both of making my own defence before a competent witness, for what had taken place and of satisfying him, I travelled to Getusa, into the territory of the very godly bishop Meletius, the aforementioned Theodotus being with me; and while there, on being accused by him of my communication with Eustathius, I told him that the result of our intercourse was my finding Eustathius to be in all things in agreement with myself. Then he persisted that Eustathius, after leaving me, had denied this and asseverated to his own disciples that he had never come to any agreement with me about the faith. I, therefore, combated this statement; and see, O most excellent man, if the answer I made was not most fair and most complete. I am convinced, I said, judging from the character of Eustathius, that he cannot thus lightly be turning from one direction to another, now confessing now denying what he said; that a man, shunning a lie, even in any little matter, as an awful sin, is not likely to choose to run counter to the truth in matters of such vast importance and so generally notorious: but if what is reported among you turns out to be true, he must be confronted with a written statement containing the complete exposition of the right faith; then, if I find him ready to agree in writing, I shall continue in communion with him; but, if I find that be shrinks from the test, I shall renounce all intercourse with him. The bishop Meletius agreed to these arguments, and the brother Diodorus the presbyter, who was present, and then the right reverend brother Theodotus, assented, and invited me to go to Nicopolis, both to visit the Church there, and to keep him company as far as Satala. But he left me at Getasa, and, when I reached Nicopolis, forgetting all that he heard from me, and the agreement he had made with me, dismissed me, disgraced by the insults and dishonours which I have mentioned.
4. How, then, right honourable sir, was it possible for me to perform any of the injunctions laid on me, and to provide bishops for Armenia? How could I act, when the sharer of my responsibilities was thus disposed towards me,-the very man by whose aid I was expecting to be able to find suitable persons, because of his having in his district reverend and learned men, skilled in speech, and acquainted with the other peculiarities of the nation? I know their names, but I shall refrain from mentioning them, lest there arise any hindrance to the interests of Armenia being served at some future time.
Now, after getting as far as Satala in such a state of health, I seemed to settle the rest by the grace of God. I made peace between the Armenian bishops, and made them a suitable address, urging them to put away their customary indifference, and resume their ancient zeal in the Lord's cause. Moreover, I delivered them rules as to how it behoved them to give heed to iniquities generally practised in Armenia. I further accepted a decision of the Church of Satala, asking that a bishop might be given them through me. I was also careful to inquire into the calumnies promulgated against our brother Cyril, the Armenian bishop, and by God's grace I have found them to be started by the lying slanders of his enemies. This they confessed to me. And I seemed to some extent to reconcile the people to him, so that they avoid communion with him no more. Small achievements these, maybe, and not worth much, but in consequence of the mutual discord caused by the wiles of the devil, it was impossible for me to effect more. Even this much I ought not to have said, so as not to seem to be publishing my own disgrace. But as I could not plead my cause before your excellency in any other way, I was under the necessity of telling you the entire truth.


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Every year, a growing number of highly-qualified graduates of all the study programs offered leave the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, ready to embark on their new career paths and lives. Their final works are all documented to provide a representative overview of the artwork of students at the Academy, and of the way they have contributed to arts-based research. By adopting a media data base, we have been able to document not only information, but also to develop a growing archive. These works are documented not only according to the academic structure but also based on their media, contents or topics reflected therein. Thus it is easy to find persons and works, as well as search for thematic issues.
What was therefore primarily constructed as pure documentation has thus turned out to be an active archive, which is easy to use. The option of extending and supplementing this data base continuously engenders the hope that graduates will retain their strong links to the Academy, and continue contributing to our common development of artistic, cultural and critical production of knowledge. The fact that we are going to cross-link this data base with other important archives and media data bases guarantees that the works by our graduates will become known beyond the boundaries of our university, but also serves to make the developments in artistic-scientific practice visible to the wider public.


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Reviewing a movie like "Breaking Dawn -- Part 2" seems almost pointless.
Those of you who haven't watched the last four "Twilight" movies probably won't start now and fans of the franchise are already in line for tonight's 10pm show.
The flick is destined to break some box office records and will have tweens crying in the aisles as they say goodbye to Bella, Edward, Jacob and the rest of the werewolves and vampires.
All that being said ... is it any good?
Grading it by "Twilight" standards, this is probably the best in the franchise.
After giving birth to a half-vampire, half-human baby at the end of the last movie, Bella and Edward face the wrath of The Volturi -- who mistakenly believe their child, Renesmee, is actually a baby they turned into a vampire ... something that is strictly verboden.
The Cullen clan tries recruiting other vampires from around the world in their inevitable battle against the evil Italians, culminating in a face-off between the two sides.
While acting has never been this series' strong suit, Kristen Stewart finally gets to shine (and sparkle!) this time around thanks to Bella's transformation into a vampire.
After moping around the first four movies, Stewart actually looks like she's having fun in this flick, especially during some steamy sex scenes with Robert Pattinson. The actress also looks great after her vampy makeover.
The same can't be said for the rest of the cast, who all still look pretty ridiculous in their white-face makeup and bad wigs.
Newcomer Mackenzie Foy is a welcome addition as Renesmee -- but the creepy motion-capture technology used on the baby and toddler versions of the character are almost as unsettling as Jacob's attraction to the young girl ... who he "imprinted" on at the end of "Part 1."
And speaking of Jacob, yes, there's a very gratuitous shot of Taylor Lautner disrobing. There will be screams.
The movie's strongest moments come at the end, with an epic battle sequence that deviates from the Stephenie Meyer's anti-climactic source material in the best way possible. The battle comes with some crazy (but bloodless) violence -- with heads and limbs flying all over the screen.
I won't give away much more, but I think fans of the books will be pleasantly surprised by the changes.
In the end, this isn't "Lincoln." You know what you're getting when you go in ... and if you liked the other movies, this one offers up a satisfying conclusion to the franchise.
Rating: Does it matter? You've probably had your ticket for months.
By Brian Particelli


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What Is the Difference Between Preview, Progressive and Predictive Dialers?
At Vonage our core focus is on helping our customers to handle inbound calls with style. As part of our service, customers also get the ability to make outbound calls from their CRM instance and this often raises questions about terminology for outbound dialing platforms.
Here is a quick introduction to the options and suggestions as so when each is most appropriate.
Let's take the example of a telemarketing team who are calling attendees of a recent exhibition.
Preview Dialer
With a preview dialer at the end of a call your advisors are able to see the next call in the list. It is up to them when to make the call and they may also be able to skip to the next name on the list. This can be ideal for more complex sales where a bit of research is required between calls to increase the chances of success.
Progressive Dialer
A progressive dialer removes the option of when the next call is made from your advisors. On completing the previous call (or moving from "Wrap-up" to "Go ready") the system automatically dials the next number on the list. This removes the wait time between calls and can improve productivity significantly.
This is ideal where the calls are very similar in nature and advisors benefit from having the system tee up the next call for them.
Predictive Dialer
The most intensive solution is the predictive dialer. With the progressive dialer although calls are made as soon as advisors are available many of those calls incur a long ring time, are engaged or hit an answer-phone—all wasted time with an advisor on the end of the line.
The predictive dialer determines that a percentage of calls will be unsuccessful and therefore over-dials connecting 'live' callers to the advisors as soon as they come available.
Predictive dialers are typically used in very high volume low margin outbound contact centers where the efficiency of the advisors and the cost per call are paramount—seconds matter.
The areas to be aware of are two-fold. As we see in TV programmes, unless managed correctly predictive dialers can overcompensate and end up with more live callers than advisors. This leaves bewildered customers or prospects hanging on a deadline. To counter this, Ofcom regulations state that no more than 3% of callers can be abandoned in this way.
Secondly, the effect on your advisors should be taken into account. They are not cogs in a machine. Having calls delivered to you without respite can reduce their morale and effectiveness with customers. Time should be taken to weigh up the extra gain from predictive dialing versus the negative risks on your brand and your team.
We hope this has been a useful introduction to dialers. For more information on our outbound contact center solutions visit our Vonage Contact Center Sales Dialer page.


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text: Vladimir Kornev was born in 1926. During the World War П performed with the front ensembles as a bayanist, a kind of accordion player. Such famous experts of the Russian Folklore as Shalaev, Kuznetsov, Lukinovski were the teachers of V. Kornev. V. Kornev wrote his first music "The Volga Quadrille" in 1954. It is republished till nowadays and has become the basic work, which play every bayan (accordion) player. From 1954 till 1966 V. Kornev worked hard and fruitfully with the well-known Dance Company "Berezka". The music to mane dances was written with the corporation with N. Nadegdina: "The Bachelors", "The Merry-go-round", "The Russian Souvenir" and etc. In 1967 V. Kornev began to work with The Krasnoyarsk dance company of the Siberian Dance, for which several short ballets were created in different times: "We are going to the fair", "His mother-in-law had 7 sons-in-law" and etc. Then he worked with "The Moscow Ice Ballet", "The Don Cossack Dance Company". Vladimir Kornev was one of the main composers of the Olympic Games'80 which took place in Moscow. There have been a few works created by Vladimir Kornev recently for the theatre "Gzhel", he continues to work with the Krasnoyarsk Ensemble of Siberia. In 1974 Vladimir Kornev was given the honorary title "The Honored Artist of Russia". There have been published 4 collections and more than 150 works of Vladimir Kornev. For more than 190 years Vladimir Kornev, a famous folk composer, the Honored Artist of Russia and the knight of the Friendship Decoration has been closely working with "The National Ballet "Kostroma". Vladimir Kornev is the composer of the music to "The National Russian Show".


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Local chapters are the backbone of our Network organization and provide members with vital local support. Chapter meetings allow members to come together and share resources, seek advice from those who have had a similar experience, and hear presentations on topics of interest, all while enjoying the fellowship of others who work in church administration.
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Craig Heist, wtop.com
Viera, Fla. – As Nationals manager Davey Johnson continued to watch the progression of his pitching staff during the early part of spring training; he has been impressed overall by what he has seen.
Johnson even laid out his plans for who will start the first three games of the Grapefruit League season which begins Saturday in Port St. Lucie against the New York Mets.
"There is no bullpen tomorrow (Tuesday)," Johnson said.
"Then they are throwing to the hitters with batting practice and if everyone comes through that alright, I've got Stras (Stephen Strasburg) pitching the first game on the road and then Jordan Zimmermann pitching the first home game here and then Gio (Gonzalez)."
Gonzalez is scheduled to pitch in the World Baseball Classic for Team USA and he will get three games in before heading to Miami to join the team.
"Gio is set to pitch on the 25th," Johnson said.
"He will then pitch on the second and then the seventh before heading to Miami and he'll pitch on the 12th," he said.
As to who will fill in for Gonzalez while he is pitching in the classic, Johnson was non-committal.
"There are several candidates. I'd like to have the luxury of having about a couple two or three outings by people before I start slotting someone in to take that game," he said.
Soriano throws for first time after being delayed getting into camp
Nationals closer Rafael Soriano threw his first bullpen session of the spring and it didn't seem as though the missed time hurt him.
"I thought Soriano looked good," said skipper Davey Johnson.
"I thought he threw the ball good. He was doing a lot of long-tossing and we were having conversations about what he likes to do during the spring but I liked the way he was throwing," he said.
Johnson said he would like Soriano not to try and do too much too soon.
"He knows what he needs to do and he probably won't work the first week, he'll take it easy. In talking to him, he doesn't need but a certain number of innings; I mean no more than 8-10."
Catcher Kurt Suzuki was behind the plate for Soriano's bullpen and was impressed with what he saw and how smooth Soriano looked for not getting into camp until Saturday.
"He was great and he was just working on stuff, nothing special," Suzuki said.
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Suzuki was obtained in a trade with the Oakland Athletics on August 3 last season and he spent the last two months of the season trying to learn the Nats' pitching staff, something that is still a work in progress.
"It's always a progression," he said.
"I feel like I have a lot more to go. It's the fun part because you build that relationship and that's the fun part. You learn a lot more and you get more comfortable as you go. Once you get to that point, everything that kind of flows and you get that rhythm and everything is great."
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$q$-Counting Descent Pairs with Prescribed Tops and Bottoms
Given sets $X$ and $Y$ of positive integers and a permutation $\sigma = \sigma_1 \sigma_2 \cdots \sigma_n \in S_n$, an $(X,Y)$-descent of $\sigma$ is a descent pair $\sigma_i > \sigma_{i+1}$ whose "top" $\sigma_i$ is in $X$ and whose "bottom" $\sigma_{i+1}$ is in $Y$. Recently Hall and Remmel proved two formulas for the number $P_{n,s}^{X,Y}$ of $\sigma \in S_n$ with $s$ $(X,Y)$-descents, which generalized Liese's results in [1]. We define a new statistic ${\rm stat}_{X,Y}(\sigma)$ on permutations $\sigma$ and define $P_{n,s}^{X,Y}(q)$ to be the sum of $q^{{\rm stat}_{X,Y}(\sigma)}$ over all $\sigma \in S_n$ with $s$ $(X,Y)$-descents. We then show that there are natural $q$-analogues of the Hall-Remmel formulas for $P_{n,s}^{X,Y}(q)$.


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Tuesday Morning Ramblings
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Response to Home Affairs Committee Islamophobia inquiry
January 2019
About us: The Network of Sikh Organisations (NSO) is a registered charity no. 1064544 that links more than 130 UK gurdwaras and other UK Sikh organisations in active cooperation to enhance the image and understanding of Sikhism in the UK.
This submission follows evidence we provided to the Home Affairs Committee in 2017/18 for their inquiry into hate crime and its violent consequences.[i] [ii]
- Use of the word 'Islamophobia' v 'anti-Muslim' hatred
We believe use of the word 'Islamophobia' is deeply problematic because it is vague and ambiguous. In a recent House of Lords debate, our Director Lord Singh, dissected the disparate elements that are often referred to when 'Islamophobia' is discussed. He said, '…there are four distinct aspects of hate crime against Muslims that are collectively known as Islamophobia: hate crime arising from common prejudice; hate crime arising from assumptions about the teachings of Islam; hate crime arising from perceptions of Muslim behaviour; and hate crime against non-Muslims due to mistaken identity.'[iii] We are of the view that 'anti-Muslim' hatred, (like 'anti-Sikh' or 'anti-Hindu') is much clearer language to describe hate crime specifically against the Muslim community. We previously expressed this in written evidence to the APPG on British Muslims inquiry into a working definition of Islamophobia/anti-Muslim hatred.[iv]
1.1 Free speech and discussing matters of public interest
We have concerns that there are matters which extremists have an incentive to label 'Islamophobic' in order to shut down free and open discussion about matters of public interest – for example:
- Legitimate criticism of the behaviour of a minority of Muslims i.e. sexual grooming gang cases like in Rotherham, Rochdale, Oxford and Telford.
- Legitimate criticism of aspects of Islamic doctrine, like the sanctioning of death for apostates (ex-Muslims) for leaving Islam, reference to non-Muslims as kaffirs (a derogatory term), and persecution of homosexuals and minority Muslim sects like the Ahmadiyya.
- Legitimate criticism of the treatment of minority faiths in Muslim majority countries like Pakistan and Afghanistan. In the latter non-Muslims (like Hindus and Sikhs) are known to pay the jizya (tax of humiliation), and Christians often face blasphemy charges in Pakistan like the cause célèbre Asia Bibi. There are also reports of forced marriage and conversion of Hindu girls in Pakistan and persecution of Ahmadiyya.
- Free discussion about historical facts, like the beheading of the 9th Guru of Sikhism – Tegh Bahadur who was executed by Mughal authorities when he stood up for the freedom of religion of Hindu priests, who were being forcefully converted to Islam.
*the above isn't an exhaustive list, but just a few areas as means of illustration.
We note the National Secular Society (NSS) have stated, 'accusations of 'Islamophobia' are often used to silence debate about (and within) Islam,'[v] and 'the word 'Islamophobia' has entered common usage, but it conflates legitimate criticism of Islam, or Islamic practices, with anti-Muslim prejudice, bigotry and hatred'.[vi] This view is entirely consistent with our position.
1.2 The definition proposed by the APPG on British Muslims
'Islamophobia is rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness'.[vii]
Questions about race component in definition
Conflating race and religion is extremely problematic. There are of course occasions where race motivates hate crime against Muslims, or the 'Muslim looking other'. An example of this would be the throwing of a pig's head in the drive of former government minister Parmjit Singh Dhanda's in 2010. Although a Sikh, he does not wear a turban nor have a beard. His detractors must have assumed he was Muslim due to his ethnicity. However, in other cases, it is more the conflation of religious symbols, like the Sikh turban (dastaar) and beard with the appearance of extremists like Bin Laden, the Taliban (or ISIS), which makes Sikhs and other non-Muslims susceptible to 'Islamophobia'.[viii] This vulnerability – due to a visibility in the public space, is no different to that of Muslim women in hijabs, and orthodox Jews in skullcaps. Dr Jhutti-Johal an academic from the University of Birmingham has provided further examples of hate crime against Sikhs in a submission to an inquiry by The Youth Select Committee in 2016.[ix] Notably, white hipsters with beards have been confused with ISIS, and this is more to do with their hirsute countenance, rather than a prejudice born from, or 'rooted in racism'. Furthermore, by framing 'Islamophobia' as 'racism', the definition miserably fails to encompass prejudice suffered by white converts, or European Muslims, like Bosniaks, Kosovars and Albanians.
1.3 Evidence to APPG and the question of impartiality
Whilst our evidence, like that of Southall Black Sisters (SBS) and the NSS was accepted by the inquiry conducted by the APPG on British Muslims, not all was agreed in the definition. It was selectively used by the authors of Islamophobia Defined.[x] On aspects of SBS's evidence, the report's authors dismissively say it, 'appears highly misguided'.[xi] We take the view this doesn't reflect a standard of impartiality.
1.4 Being 'insufficiently Muslim' in the eyes of other Muslims
Baroness Falkner of Margravine gave a compelling speech in which she challenged the racial component of the proposed definition. She said, 'When you define a religion—in other words, a belief system—as an adjective and declare that this is rooted in race, which is biological, you ascribe to belief an immutability which cannot work'.[xii] She also discussed the prejudice her family had faced moving from India to Pakistan in 1947, and that she had personally faced from her co-religionists in Muslim countries for being 'insufficiently Muslim', adding 'but that experience was as nothing compared to the discrimination that Ahmadiyyas, Shias and various others still face today at the hands of other Muslims.'[xiii]
As Baroness Falkner rightly states, 'Islamophobia' also includes prejudice within Muslim communities against one another for being 'insufficiently Muslim'. There is no mention of this aspect in the APPG report Islamophobia Defined, despite the definition referring to 'expressions of Muslimness'. It is not clear if persecuted groups like Ahmadiyyas gave evidence to the APPG, or if their view has been given any consideration at all. The sectarian murders of Asad Shah, an Ahmadiyya Muslim shopkeeper in Glasgow, and Jalal Uddin, a 71-year-old imam in Rochdale demonstrate policy makers cannot simply ignore this issue.
Framing a similar argument to Baroness Falkner is Britain's counter-extremism czar, Sara Khan. In an opinion editorial she describes, 'increasing anti-Muslim hatred' that she receives 'from fellow Muslims'. 'It is contradictory and unjust to recognise non-Muslim perpetrators yet ignore Muslims who engage in active hostility, abuse, hatred and discrimination against other Muslims', argues Ms Khan. We believe this is an area which requires much more focus and we must acknowledge all bigotry, from wherever it comes, in equal terms.
1.5 Equality in public policy
One of the victims of a Rotherham grooming gang argues that 'non-Muslim hate' or hate against 'those with a perceived lack of Muslimness' should be taken just as seriously as discrimination against Muslims. 'As grooming victims, my friends and I were called vile racist names such as "white trash" and "kaffir girl" as we were raped. Our Sikh and Hindu friends who were also targeted by Muslim Pakistani gangs were disparagingly called "kaffir slags" too.' The APPG's Islamophobia Defined report makes four references to grooming gangs. But it makes no effort to examine the motivations of the perpetrators. Instead, it suggests that discussion of grooming gangs could be 'Islamophobic'. The government has a duty to take all forms of hatred as seriously as one another and we welcome the committee's thoughts on this point.
To date government policy on hate crime has marginalised minority faiths like Sikhs and Hindus, because the focus is primarily on the suffering of Muslims and Jews. This is despite Sikhs suffering 'mistaken identity' attacks since 9/11. Whilst we sympathise with the Muslim and Jewish communities, the government needs to take steps to execute parity – irrespective of religious belief, or none. Our Director, Lord Singh has previously warned that Sikhs, who 'do not have a culture of complaint' are at risk of 'falling off the government radar' and believes the government 'must be even-handed' towards all communities.[xiv]
We request the committee gives our concerns due consideration. We believe the proposed definition is flawed and will have serious implications on free and open discussion about matters of significant public interest. It has the potential to act as a shield for extremists who want to shut down criticism of Islam or the behaviour of a minority of Muslims.
Network of Sikh Organisations


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Democratic Republic of the Congo
UkraineDemocratic Republic of the Congo consumes 0.0042 gallons of oil per day per capita while Ukraine consumes 0.3024
This entry is the total oil consumed in gallons per day (gal/day) divided by the population. The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors.
CIA World Factbook
The GDP per capita in Ukraine is $7,400 while in Democratic Republic of the Congo it is $400
This entry shows GDP on a purchasing power parity basis divided by population as of 1 July for the same year. A nation's GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States. This is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries. The measure is difficult to compute, as a US dollar value has to be assigned to all goods and services in the country regardless of whether these goods and services have a direct equivalent in the United States (for example, the value of an ox-cart or non-US military equipment); as a result, PPP estimates for some countries are based on a small and sometimes different set of goods and services. In addition, many countries do not formally participate in the World Bank's PPP project that calculates these measures, so the resulting GDP estimates for these countries may lack precision. For many developing countries, PPP-based GDP measures are multiples of the official exchange rate (OER) measure. The differences between the OER- and PPP-denominated GDP values for most of the wealthy industrialized countries are generally much smaller.
CIA World Factbook
The life expectancy at birth in Ukraine is 69.14 while in Democratic Republic of the Congo it is 56.54.
This entry contains the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. The entry includes total population as well as the male and female components. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures.
CIA World Factbook
The per capita consumption of electricity in Democratic Republic of the Congo is 80kWh while in Ukraine it is 3,957kWh
This entry consists of total electricity generated annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
CIA World Factbook
Per capita public and private health expenditures combined in Ukraine are $292.80 USD while Democratic Republic of the Congo spends $15.20 USD
This entry contains the per capita public and private health expenditure at purchase power parity using US Dollars. This figure combines government, personal, and employer spending on health care
World Health Organization
The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in Ukraine is 8.10 while in Democratic Republic of the Congo it is 73.15.
This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
CIA World Factbook
197 in every 100,000 people are currently imprisoned in Ukraine compared to 35 in Democratic Republic of the Congo
This entry contains the number of people in penal institutions, including pre-trial detainees. Comparability is hampered by differences in local practice, including whether psychiatrically ill offenders are under the authority of the prison administration. People held in a form of custody not under the authority of a prison administration are not included in this figure.
International Centre for Prison Studies
4.30 in every 100,000 people are murdered annually in Ukraine compared to 13.50 in Democratic Republic of the Congo
This entry contains the number of victims of an unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person. Data is originally sourced from either criminal justice or public health systems.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
The percentage of adults living with HIV/AIDS in Ukraine is 0.90% while in Democratic Republic of the Congo it is 1.10%. 18,100 people in Ukraine and 31,700 people in Democratic Republic of the Congo die from AIDS each year.
This entry gives an estimate of the percentage of adults (aged 15-49) living with HIV/AIDS. The adult prevalence rate is calculated by dividing the estimated number of adults living with HIV/AIDS at yearend by the total adult population at yearend.
CIA World Factbook
The annual number of births per 1,000 people in Ukraine is 9.41 while in Democratic Republic of the Congo it is 35.62.
This entry gives the average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate. The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. It depends on both the level of fertility and the age structure of the population.
CIA World Factbook
With its 44,291,413 people, Ukraine is the 31st largest country in the world by population. It is the 46th largest country in the world by area with 603,550 square kilometers.
Ukraine was the center of the first eastern Slavic state, Kyivan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kyivan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The cultural and religious legacy of Kyivan Rus laid the foundation for Ukrainian nationalism through subsequent centuries. A new Ukrainian state, the Cossack Hetmanate, was established during the mid-17th century after an uprising against the Poles. Despite continuous Muscovite pressure, the Hetmanate managed to remain autonomous for well over 100 years. During the latter part of the 18th century, most Ukrainian ethnographic territory was absorbed by the Russian Empire. Following the collapse of czarist Russia in 1917, Ukraine was able to achieve a short-lived period of independence (1917-20), but was reconquered and forced to endure a brutal Soviet rule that engineered two forced famines (1921-22 and 1932-33) in which over 8 million died. In World War II, German and Soviet armies were responsible for some 7 to 8 million more deaths. Although final independence for Ukraine was achieved in 1991 with the dissolution of the USSR, democracy and prosperity remained elusive as the legacy of state control and endemic corruption stalled efforts at economic reform, privatization, and civil liberties. A peaceful mass protest "Orange Revolution" in the closing months of 2004 forced the authorities to overturn a rigged presidential election and to allow a new internationally monitored vote that swept into power a reformist slate under Viktor YUSHCHENKO. Subsequent internal squabbles in the YUSHCHENKO camp allowed his rival Viktor YANUKOVYCH to stage a comeback in parliamentary (Rada) elections and to become prime minister in August of 2006, and to be elected president in February 2010. In October 2012, Ukraine held Rada elections, widely criticized by Western observers as flawed due to use of government resources to favor ruling party candidates, interference with media access, and harassment of opposition candidates. President YANUKOVYCH's backtracking on a trade and cooperation agreement with the EU in November 2013 - in favor of closer economic ties with Russia - led to a three-month protest occupation of Kyiv's central square. The government's eventual use of force to break up the protest camp in February 2014 led to all out pitched battles, scores of deaths, international condemnation, and the president's abrupt departure to Russia. An interim government scheduled new presidential elections for 25 May 2014. On 1 March 2014, one week after the overthrow in Kyiv, Russian President PUTIN ordered the invasion of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula claiming the action was to protect ethnic Russians living there. On 16 March 2014, a "referendum" was held regarding the integration of Crimea into the Russian Federation. The "referendum" was condemned as illegitimate by the Ukrainian Government, the EU, the US, and the UN General Assembly. Russian forces now occupy Crimea and Russian authorities claim it as Russian territory. The Ukrainian Government asserts that Crimea remains part of Ukraine.
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The Two Half-hitches
This knot is really just an extension of the half-hitch. Unlike the single half-hitch, this knot will hold a reasonable load when tied properly. An extremely useful and practical knot.
Knot Video: How to Tie the Two Half-hitches Knot
Knot Tying Instructions Step 1 - Tie a garden variety half-hitch. Step 2 - Tie another half-hitch right in front of it, with the same orientation as the first half-hitch (counter-clockwise in this case). Step 3 - Pull it tight! |
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This recommended it to domestication in North America, and also made possible flocks of feral ducks in parks. Muscovy ducks are brown-black in color, with some pale wing coloration, but many of the domesticated ducks have been bred for white feathers. The drake, or male, grows from 12 to 15 pounds though the hen, or female, is much smaller, weighing from 8 to 10 pounds. Both have what is called a caruncle - a fleshy, bulbous growth- on the head. This is a breed distinctive trait. They are also quiet ducks - the male makes a low hissing sound, not a full quack, and the females makes a short, weak quack called a pip, which sounds like a flute.
Muscovies are excellent fliers and like perching in trees, aided by sharp claws on their webbed feet. And they like to eat mosquitoes, spiders, slugs and bugs of all kinds, which makes them an ideal addition to a poultry barnyard.
Sometimes called Barbarie or Barbary duck, the Muscovy duck is thin-skinned, low in fat, and has deep red, mildly gamy meat which is sometimes compared to roast beef for its flavor, and veal for its tenderness. There's also much more of it. The carcass of a Muscovy duck is heavier than most other domestic ducks, and has a larger breast that its Pekin counterpart, with up to 40% less fat than that breed. And while it may appear to cost more per pound than other ducks, Muscovy duck has a higher meat to bone ratio, which means you are getting more meat and less bone for the money!
And being so lean, the meat renders out less fat in cooking. Muscovy ducks have less fat and less calories per pound than turkey. All of this contributes to a flavorful and healthy eating experience. Europeans have been enjoying the Muscovy duck meat for a long time, and the popularity of this duck is growing in the United States.
D'Artagnan's Muscovy ducks are raised without any growth hormones, steroids or antibiotics on a farm in California's sunny, dry San Joaquin Valley by a producer that has been breeding ducks for more than 35 years. The ducks are fed a diet of corn, soy, wheat and alfalfa and are left to grow in open barns for up to ninety days, which means that they develop a meaty, full-flavored breast.


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In this post I'd like to give an update of the different sites that I work on, how they're going and what I'm working on with them.
3 questions that I get a lot are:
- You seem to do a lot of 'stuff' – can you give me a quick overview?
- I know you from (insert blog/social network name here) but today discovered you also are at (insert blog/network here) – what else do you do?
- How is your business going – you used to give us income updates – can you give us another update?
As a result today I want to create a post that attempts to summarize all of the activities that I'm actively involved with these days (ie it doesn't include about 30 blogs that I have previously owned or blogged on which today are dormant).
I'm not going to give an income update as such except to say that revenue from my blogging related activities remains well into the Six Figure bracket (annually) and that each year since I've started blogging as an income source has seen it grow in healthy increases.
I hope that what follows is of use to those who're interested:
My Blogs
These days I own three active blogs. They are visited collectively by around 2.8 million people per month, subscribed to via RSS and email by around 480,000 subscribers and have social media network between them of around 110,000 people. Let me break it down from largest to smallest:
Digital Photography School
DPS has enjoyed continued growth over the last 12 months. While finding advertisers has been a little difficult in this climate (although we did run a very successful campaign with Lenovo earlier in the year) I've seen increases in income as a result of more effort in affiliate promotions but also AdSense and Chitika.
I have seen a bit of an increase in expenses though as we've hired a number of writers as well as a community manager for the forum area.
Redesigning the site, adding new areas for cameras and post production tips and getting onto Twitter have all helped to grow DPS. The future looks really bright for this community – I'm particularly looking forward to the release of the communities first products (two ebooks) later in the year.
- Monthly Traffic – 1,960,612 Visitors viewing 6,571,151 pages (based upon the last 30 days – Data from Google Analytics)
- Subscribers – 311,813 (made up of 200,000 newsletter subscribers and 111,000 RSS subscribers)
- Forum Members – 60.644
- Twitter Followers – 16,074 followers
- DPS on Facebook – 2,277 fans
Traffic wise ProBlogger's growth has been less spectacular than DPS but steady.
The release of the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook earlier in the year was an amazing learning experience and a profitable venture.
The Job boards have also continued to grow both in terms of ads being listed and also traffic/subscriber numbers. It's certainly not my biggest earner but it's a daily income that has risen and that is quite passive.
The main income streams from ProBlogger have been direct ad sales (we've been sold out for a long time although I'm told we have one slot open at the moment) and healthy affiliate promotions (I'm lucky that there are so many quality products related to this blog).
In the coming weeks ProBlogger will expand with the launch of ProBlogger.Community.
- Monthly Traffic – 531,804 unique visitors viewing 866,093 pages
- Subscribers – 123,000 RSS Subscribers
- Newsletter Subscribers – 29,890 (across a number of different lists)
- Twitter Followers – 76,273 followers
- ProBlogger on Facebook – 15,242 fans
- ProBlogger Job Boards – around 2000 RSS subscriber
My newest blog and seeing a steady growth. Written mainly by a group of guest posts TwiTip has done fairly well. I'm about to launch a redesign of the site which will give it a more professional look but also add some great new features.
Income has been a little tougher on this one – mainly due to my lack of time to actually go after advertisers. Having said that – I've run a couple of affiliate programs that have done pretty well (still room for improvement though on the ad front).
- Traffic – 256,430 Visitors viewing 326,484 pages
- Subscribers – 21,512 RSS subscribers
Other Interests
I try to be active on a number of social media sites, networks and maintain an interest in a variety of other projects including:
- LinkedIn – 1940 Connections
- LinkedIn Professional Bloggers Network – 1200 members
- Personal Facebook Page – 5000 friends (the limit)
- Personal Blog – 5000 Visitors a Month (I really should post more)
- Publications – ProBlogger The Book and 31 Days to Build a Better Blog
- Co-Founder and Shareholder – b5media blog network
- Co-Founder – Six Figure Blogging (now fairly inactive)
- Speaking/Training/Media – I've had a real increase in the number of invitations to speak and teach at a variety of conferences and do media appearances (interviews/write columns etc). Due to me being in Australia I am not able to do many of them but it's something I've been enjoying when I can do them locally (or occasionally overseas).
Looking Forward
In the next few months there are a number of new things that will add to this list (because I have so much spare time):
- ProBlogger.com (a community site for bloggers)
- Two new ebooks for Digital Photography School (I'm working on two which will hopefully be released before the end of the year)
- Possibly another ebook for ProBlogger – working with another blogger on this
- A New Site with ebook – I can't say too much about this but I'm looking forward to collaborating with another blogger on a new site that will relate to both ProBlogger and TwiTip.
- One more Bigger Secret Collaboration with a couple of other bloggers – Hopefully with an October launch
All in all I'm fairly busy. While there are opportunities arising every day or two that I could do more on if I had the time (or if I decided to hire a staff) I'm attempting to keep things relatively contained (you might not think so from the above list but it's the tip of the iceberg of what I get asked to do).
All in all it's a fun business to be in, a profitable way to make a living and it does still give me flexibility to spend time with my family, friends and community groups that I belong to – doing the things that are important to me.


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"Oh Whisky! soul o' plays and' pranks!
Accept a bardie's gratefu' thanks!
When wanting thee, what tuneless eranks
are my poor verses!
Though comes - they rattle i' their ranks
At ither's arses!"
Robert Burns: 1759- 1796
Whisky lovers! our spiritual evening of merriment is almost upon us and cometh the hour for sitting down with friends & loved ones for a dram of your finest to accompany the most Scottish of all dishes: the humble Haggis.
This Burns night, I find myself somewhat pre-disposed, out of reach of a good bottling and unfortunately lacking in any Scottish delicacies. But before I start recounting some of Burns' most heart-wrenching couplets to convey my misery- all is not lost!
Last Friday, I had the foresight to plan a Pre-Burns Night, evening with several close friends.
A classic MacSween Haggis was purchased and a wonderful creamy mix of 'Neeps & 'Tatties prepared. Someone even concocted an edible shrine to all things Scottish (see above) and had provided a proper send off for the Haggis, in the shape of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guard ceremonial band! (well, not the whole company, just one of 'em...)
The conversation quickly turned to which whisky would be the perfect liquid accompaniment... which ended up taking up a larger part of the evening than planned!
Our fact-finding took us the length and breadth of Scotland, with a little bit of a curved ball thrown in for good measure. Below are our recommendations if you're planning on matching a cracking dram with your Haggi (is there a plural for Haggis?)
1. SMWS bottling 26.57 - 'An Absolute Cracker' - 55.4 % vol: This is a really superb dram and its waxy, zesty elegance worked really well with the spiciness of the meat and sweetness of the 'Neeps & 'Tatties. Old Clynelish and (if you have some) Brora seem to have that special something when it comes to matching with well-flavoured meats...
2. Lagavulin - Distiller's Edition release 1990 - 43% vol: In the past, I have tried highly peated whiskies with Haggis and they just overpower the flavour completely and add a real sour note to the meal... This expression gets round the problem and the rich sweetness of the sherry finish takes the edge off that classic Laga' grit and grime, to meld mouthfuls of meaty delight!
3. Ardbeg Uigeadail - 54.2 % vol: Another bottling which balances the peat with some decent sherried notes. Unfortunately, my bottle is a little old now and it didn't stand up as well as the Laga' or Clynelish, but that said, a fresh bottle would be an excellent choice for tonight's festivities.
4. Highland Park 18 yo - 43% vol: The sweetest and perhaps most lightweight of the bunch, with layers of honey, spice and orchard fruits. This combined well with the savoury spice of the Haggis and brightened up the palate a little for our desserts (a devastating bowl of fresh Cranachan!)
5: The curved ball.... er..ok, here goes... Karuizawa Cask 3397 - Distilled 1988- Bottled 2007- 59.8% vol: Sacrilege!!! A Japanese whisky with Haggis?! on Burns Night??... Yes, shoot the messengers- we confess all! it had to be tried at least and... it worked sensationally!! The mossy, mustiness of damp forest floors and massive meaty sherried palate complimented the meal with total aplomb.
Somewhat controversial, but let's hear it for equality! All in all, a fine portfolio of five festive drams that we urge you to try tonight. If you haven't any of these, then go freestyle and find your own top match- the overall finding was that a balance between peat, sherry, sweetness and spicy clout seemed to work best.


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Thanks so much for your comments. Yes I am aware of confinement after baby is born. She had modified confinement. Parents are living with her & help out had some cultural food. But did wash hair didnt stay in bed always they went out to dinner once I think. We celebrated one month birthday.
One point Id like to raise with you. Do you think choosing to live & work in Australia marrying an Australian & having an Australian born child that considerations should be given to the
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Trying to find out where I'm going wrong here.
I asked my DIL where did she learn English? This is after knowing her for 3 years.
She speaks fluent English & Mandarin. I'm impressed with people who are bilingual.
I've learnt basic Mandarin greetings to be able to acknowledge her parents national language & foster communication.
As her parents are planning to live here for 12 months, I asked if her parents were going to learn some English.
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tomato, petitgrain, white tea and honeysuckle
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Coconut and beeswax blend with braided cotton wick, in glossy black glass tumbler.
Comes in embossed matte pink carton.
8.5 ounces (240g). 3.4 inches (8.6cm) tall.


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What's better than a Looney Tunes toy? A Looney Tune toy that spits out candy! Here are some Looney Tunes Pez dispensers that I have in my collection.
Older and newer versions of Bugs, Daffy, Tweety, and Sylvester, Speedy, Merlin Mouse, Road Runner, Taz, and Yosemite Sam. Also, a series of "Cool Looney Tunes" Pez.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
5 comments:
looney tunes pez, that's what got me into pez collecting, for a few years at least. they're still the best part of my collection.
- August 17, 2008 at 10:09 PM
Ugh. That Road Runner one is creepy.
- August 17, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Well said, invader pet!
- August 18, 2008 at 2:14 PM
- Thad said...
I have at least a dozen each of the yellow Bugs and red Sylvester.
There was a brilliant Dan Slott-Mike Kazaleh Ren & Stimpy story that told kids if you imitate the characters by eating Pez, you'd explode. - August 19, 2008 at 12:36 PM
Whenever I see the Tweety pez dispenser now, all I can think of is Seinfeld. :p
- August 19, 2008 at 2:43 PM
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