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Our special guests for June are Ara Koufax: it's two producers driving to a beach house in the middle of winter to distill a bleak climate into something warmer - emerging from the depths of Melbourne's underground house and techno scene for one night only! AKA visual producers Naysayer & Gilsun, the boys have changed the game with this new moniker and are bound to bring their sultry bass lines, boiling raw percussion loops and synth lines paramount to the uplifting melodies they produce.
Ara Koufax's most recent EP Kissy Fits - out now on CSCN Records features the title track 'Kissy Fits', with it's sunburst melody climbs higher and higher, but keeping together with a steady motorised beat that feels like the gradual crawl toward the first moments of summer. On the flip side contains 'Infrared', a lush, lighthearted electro-jam that slowly builds and wafts away before snapping into a deep bassline groove. While Ara Koufax's major focus remains the bridging of nagging pop sensibilities with a love of noise and chaos, ours remains as always.
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TUULETAR ("Goddess of The Wind" in Finnish Mythology) is a vocal folk hop -group, consisting of four diverse young women. Since 2012 these vibrant singers from Finland have been singing, composing and performing together, creating their own and unique sound.
Tuuletar takes influences from all around the world, inspired by sounds from American hip hop to South Asian folk, all while keeping their feet strongly rooted in Finnish language and musical heritage.
With their freshly invigorating and self-composed music, they are pioneering the genre of Vocal Folk Hop, enchanting audiences globally with their heartfelt, tribal and captivating spirit.
In July 2015 Tuuletar dazzled in their breakout performance in Austria's Vokal Total competition, taking home the top honors among European pop vocal groups along with the Audience Favorite award.
Tuuletar released their debut album "Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal" (On Fire and Earth, In Water and Sky) in June 2016. The album was recorded in the USA with Liquid 5th Productions and rose right away to the Top 10 in European World Music Charts as well as Transglobal World Music Charts.
Over the next year, Tuuletar will have several international tours as well as individual performances throughout the world, including Japan, Germany, USA, Russia, Taiwan and India.
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'You might as well be eating Sebastian from The Little Mermaid' remarked The Boyfriend on Saturday night. Looking down at the large grilled lobster on my plate I felt momentarily ashamed, before deciding that his ludicrous comment didn't warrant any response as it clearly stemmed from jealousy (he had ordered the smaller, less exciting Lobster Roll) and stupidity (Sebastian is a crab).
Before you go to Burger & Lobster you need to decide what kind of person you are. If you're someone that likes a lot of choice, happens to collect menus (I hear some people do) and is fed up of the latest 'no reservations' craze, I doubt it'll float your boat. However, if like me you see a no-booking policy as the chance to nip round the corner for a pre-dinner drink, would order a well-priced burger or lobster any day, and find too much choice tedious, then get on your Boris and pay a visit.
At Burger & Lobster you have the simple choice of a burger, grilled/boiled lobster or a Lobster Roll, all priced at exactly £20 and served with chips and salad. As our lovely waitress explained on our tour of the tanks, the lobsters are caught off Nova Scotia and the restaurant keeps around 1,200 at any one time.
Much like our fellow customers (they'd already sold 400 lobsters that day), we ignored the burger option and, after a bit of a battle, I victoriously ordered the lobster and The Boyfriend went for the Lobster Roll.
When my lobster arrived a smile swept across my face and I wasted no time tucking in, bib already in position. After years eating Shankers caught off the coast of Jersey with my family, I've been brought up thinking crab is best as a lobster tastes like a 'bland prawn'. I'm pleased to say Burger & Lobster has changed my opinion, as the juicy meat had a delicious sweetness that needed no help from the superfluous jug of garlic butter sauce.
I felt a pang of guilt when I saw The Boyfriend's little Lobster Roll, but luckily I had no need to as packed with 2/3rds of a lobster, and covered in a sweet, light mayonnaise, it left him smiley and satisfied.
We ordered lime mousse for dessert, which arrived quicker than it takes to say 'Happy Valentine's Day' (the main reason for our visit). For once the camera doesn't lie – this mousse was as mediocre as it looks, served in an out of place plain ice-cream tub.
I'm going to give Burger & Lobster a LLE Rating of 8/10, mainly because it's the only place in London you can order decent lobster without breaking the bank. If it were my restaurant, I'd ditch the boring desserts and ignored burger, and instead rename it Lobster Lobster, as that's what it's becoming famous for.
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Four months into his job as president of Conseco Insurance Group, Michael Dubes is explaining his strategy to return the subsidiary to profitability. Then, ice cream enters the conversation.
Dairy Queen, he argued, continues to thrive despite an onslaught of competitors offering more expensive treats. The key to the franchise's success is that it has never wavered from its middleincome target audience, Dubes said.
He is applying the same simple tactic to grow the group's portfolio of policyholders, while many competitors froth over wealthier prospects.
"Why should we be one of many companies chasing the 600,000 people in the United States with a net worth over $10 million?" Dubes asked. "To me, it's about getting and keeping customers in the middle market."
There are 63 million households with an annual income of $25,000 to $100,000, according to a 2004 report from LIMRA International, an insurance industry research association.
The middle market has long been the strength of the companies that make up Carmel-based Conseco Inc. But Conseco's descent into Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, from which it emerged in 2003, stunted growth.
Conseco Insurance Group recorded a pretax profit of $270.5 million last year, but its sales disappointed company lead- ers. Counting life and health insurance premiums and a portion of its annuity business, the subsidiary collected $57 million in new business, less than expected.
Dubes' long-term plan to improve the numbers seems to be off to a solid start. The number of premiums sold this year is up 9 percent over 2004, Dubes said, and nine products have been introduced to the market in 2005, compared with five last year. Further, an additional 23 offerings will be rolled out next year, which should improve profits following a disappointing 2004.
Analysts covering Conseco think the insurance group is on the path to recovery, despite its failure to receive a ratings upgrade to the A level. In late 2003, New Jersey-based A.M. Best delivered a rare, double upgrade in raising the subsidiary to B++. In August, Best opted to affirm the rating instead of boosting it to an A.
An A-level rating would allow Conseco Insurance Group to compare more favorably with other insurers.
Best declined to give an upgrade partly because Conseco already had improved its rating by two levels in one fell swoop, said Best analyst Rosemarie Mirabella.
"If the present trends continue and [it starts] to show some top-line growth, we would possibly consider an upgrade," Mirabella said. "[It has] made an enormous amount of progress, but we still think there is a lot of work that needs to be done."
Enter Dubes, a 62-year-old Iowa native who spent 35 years in the insurance industry before retiring in 2002. He began his career at ReliaStar Financial Corp. in Minneapolis as an agent for subsidiary Northwestern National Life Insurance Co. and ended following ING's acquisition of ReliaStar in 2000.
Although he followed in the footsteps of his father, who also sold insurance, Dubes did not aspire to enter the industry after receiving his bachelor's degree from Iowa State University.
Wanting to get into sales, Dubes chose insurance not because of his father, but because he believed the career would pose a steep challenge.
Focusing on tax-sheltered annuity products for the education market, he proved up to the task. He rose through the ranks and became president and CEO of Northwestern in 1985. From 1994 to 2002, he served as president and CEO of Northern Life, another ReliaStar insurance company.
After leaving ING, he started a consulting practice and developed a business plan to sell financial products to schoolteachers, when Conseco came calling.
Conseco board members, including former ReliaStar CEO John Turner, traveled to Minneapolis in December 2003 to learn more about Dubes' idea. The following month he began helping Conseco develop a company to market the products to teachers. A year later, in January 2005, Dubes was approached about the president's position within Conseco Insurance Group. Directors extended a job offer in May, and Dubes accepted in June.
In a September conference call, Conseco CEO William Kirsch boasted that the company had found the "Pied Piper" of independent insurance distribution.
Conseco's core subsidiaries, Conseco Insurance Group and Chicago-based Bankers Life and Casualty Co., sell and administer supplemental health insurance, annuities and individual life insurance. Bankers Life does business through branch offices while Conseco Insurance works mostly through independent channels.
Dubes cited several factors that led him to accept the offer, including the opportunity to help grow a company befallen by bankruptcy.
One of his first orders of business has been to "optimize distribution," or increase the number of agents selling Conseco insurance products. Dubes is overseeing what is dubbed as a national road show that will visit 30 cities and is expected to draw 2,000 distributors.
Jukka Lipponen, senior vice president and life insurance analyst at New Yorkbased Keefe Bruyette & Woods, thinks the company is regaining its footing.
"Now that it has started to put out some new products, and rebuild independent agent distribution again, I think that unit should see some sales growth," Lipponen said. "I believe that it's only a matter of time before it gets the [A] rating back."
Dubes intends to be at Conseco when that occurs, and beyond. He put in place a 10-year turnaround plan to accomplish the goals he set.
Said Dubes: "The one thing I truly enjoy in life is business."
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The Unitech Group's project of Sector-135 Noida has been acquired by Canadian asset management company 'Brookfield Asset Management' in the year 2014.
Unitech Infospace SEZ is strategically located in Sector-135 on Noida Expressway with excellent visibility and connectivity from other parts of NCR through Delhi-Noida-Delhi (DND) Highway, Kalindi Kunj Road, Greater Noida, Yamuna Expressway, Ghaziabad and Faridabad through FNG expressway. Unitech Infospace Sector-135 spread over 30 acres of land with 3 million sq.ft. area. Unitech Infopark Sector-135 is notified and operational IT/ITes special economic zone complex with 11 towers. The companies who earn in US dollars and operates from Infospace SEZ or any other SEZ location gets various rebates from Government of India. All towers are loaded with international amenities like 100% power back, 3 tier security, centrally air conditioned, high speed elevators, CCTV in common areas, 24X7 Ambulance, 3 basements for parking etc. This business complex is equipped with food court, health club, ATM's etc. The area will be soon linked to Metro route, which means that communicating will not be an issue for the employees/employers.Unitech Infospace SEZ houses companies like Accenture, Genpact, Cognizant, Capgemini, Metlife, IBM India, TCS, Fidelity, NEC etc.
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The Next to Last Word: Service, Hope, and Revival in the Postexilic Prophets
by Michael P.V. Barrett
Kindle Edition, 264 pg.
Reformation Heritage Books, 2015
Read: January 3 – 10, 2016
It's no secret that the Minor Prophets are probably about the least-read and least-understood portion of Scripture today. After describing the problem, Barrett describes his project: help the contemporary reader understand what these particular Minor Prophets are saying and to see how that it's a modern message as well as an eternal one.
He describes why he's focusing on the these three prophets:
That God did not speak to another prophet for hundreds of years underscores the importance of what He said through these three. Last words are always important. Malachi prophesied that God would send His messenger to prepare the way of the coming Christ (3:1), and all we have to do is turn the page to the New Testament, in Matthew 3, to find that messenger, John, in the process of preparing the way. The Old Testament was not the last word after all, but its last prophetic messages contribute significantly to our understanding of what God has spoken in these last days by His Son (Heb. 1:2). The next-to-last word—written and spoken by these postexilic prophets—sets the stage for hearing God's final, ideal, and incomparable Word.
Part 1 describes the Office of a Prophet, and refreshes (hopefully) the reader's understanding of what's going on in the land of Judah and with those who were exiled.
Having oriented the reader, he devotes then turns to Haggai, Zecharaiah, and Malachi in turn. He gives each Prophet their due — spending more time with Zecharaiah, as he's the longest; Haggai gets the least. He doesn't approach each book the same way — which originally annoyed me, because I liked his approach with Haggai and wanted the same for Zecharaiah. I got over it, because the books being as different as they are, the readers needs to treat them a little differently. Also, if he'd treated each of them the same way, my eyes definitely would've glossed over by the time we got to Malachi.
As a quick aside, I appreciated his showing the divinity of the Messiah from Zecharaiah — if I'd read/been shown that beore, I've forgotten it.
It's important to remember that he's not trying to write a commentary, but rather that he's trying to provide a framework for the reader to go off and study things on their own. To that end, his suggestions and tips aren't just helpful to see how to read these prophets, but also for reading prophets in general, the Old Testament, and even the Scriptures as a whole. He's also very helpful reminding us by example and precept to apply these writings to ourselves.
Barrett is really good at applying each Prophet to contemporary readers. While I'm not typically a fan of questions for discussion/reflection at the end of chapters, Barrett's seem better than many — as good as you could hope for.
Especially given his topic and the reflex to see it these books as unapproachable, his style is very helpful — he writes with a light tough, not going for laughs, but he keeps it loose while maintaining a respect for Scriptures. Even his word choices — "avers" where most would say "states," "forlorn" where others would settle for "saddened." It's nothing major, it just makes the reading experience more pleasane.
Accessible, approachable, helpful, orthodox, succinct — The Next to Last Word will be a trustworthy aid to understanding this important part of the Older Testament.


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.No policy distribution and attestation function.IT GRCM capability complements Trustwave's other business units, which specialize in consulting and PCI compliance. Trustwave GRC has great flexibility through customization, but little out-of-the-box content. While the product does provide some out-of-the-box mappings into common regulations and frameworks, there are gaps for major regulations and control standards. The product lacks a native automated general computer control collection capability, and it does not support out-of-the-box integrations with common third-party products to import configuration and vulnerability data - although there is a general data integration interface. Trustwave is developing a new technology base for its IT GRCM offering that will support unified compliance framework. Trustwave will need to carry both products and define a migration path to the new technology.products main strengths are the following.
1.Product is a good fit for organisations that are looking for a flexibility, and that wish to have consultants customize and configure their IT GRCM functions;
2.Surveys, workflow and policy attestation support control self-assessment., the product has the following problems.
1.Although Trustwave GRC supports drag-and-drop associations between controls and control objectives, it doesn't provide out-of-the-box mappings into common regulations and frameworks;
2.The product doesn't provide native general computer control collection, nor does it support out-of-the-box integrations with common third-party products to import configuration and vulnerability data (although it can be customized to do so);
.Trustwave will be moving to a new technology base - and it will need to carry both products and define a migration path to the new technology.
1.4.2 The most integrated existent IS management solution
Information security management products presently offered on the Ukrainian market include mostly the narrow solutions: risk managers, compliance scanners and penetration tests (network perimeter tests).most integrated IS management solution present in the Ukrainian market today is Lumension Endpoint Management and Security Suite (L.E.M.S.S.) produced by Lumension Security, Inc., a worldwide leader in operational security. The company became famous due to its developments, integrations and marketing of endpoint security software solutions that help businesses protect their critical information and manage the most important risks in the computer network assets.product itself is a composition of five special-purpose sections: vulnerability management, endpoint protection, data protection, compliance and it risk management, endpoint operations. The fig. 1.5 below is a generalised scheme of the products structure from the official datasheet [13].
. 1.5. The official illustration of the Lumension Endpoint Management and Security Suite structure
of the sections are subdivided into product modules. Endpoint Operations Product Modules are Patch and Remediation, Security Configuration Management, Enterprise Reporting. Endpoint Security and IT Risk Management Product Modules are Application Control, AntiVirus, Device Control, Risk Manager. The structure is described more in detail below.
1.Endpoint operations product modules
1.1.Patch and Remediation: Reduces corporate risk and optimizes IT operations through the timely, proactive elimination of operating system and application vulnerabilities across all endpoints and servers.
1.2.Security Configuration Management: Ensures that endpoints are securely configured and in compliance with industry best practices and regulatory mandates.
.3.Enterprise Reporting: Provides centralized visibility of IT assets and consolidates vulnerability and configuration data across the enterprise.
2.Endpoint security and it risk management product modules
2.1.Application Control: Enables the enforcement of application usage policies to ensure that only software that is explicitly authorized or trusted is allowed to execute.
2.2.AntiVirus: Provides comprehensive protection against all malware including viruses, spyware, Trojans and adware.
.3.Device Control: Identifies all removable devices that are now or have ever been connected to your endpoints and enforces device / port access and data encryption policies to prevent data loss and/or theft.
.4.Risk Manager: Automates compliance and IT risk management workflows and provides necessary visibility of people, processes and technology across the entire organisation. Imports scan data from multiple Lumension products and 3rd party scanning devices to its standalone interface..E.M.S.S. is positioned as a solution that will provide an extended control over the corporate workstations, at the same time reducing the control complexity by centralising the management functions and automating the network data mining.s rapidly changing IT network is more distributed and virtual than ever sensitive data is often stored on remote endpoints, such as laptops and mobile PDAs, and accessed through public Wi-Fi networks connected to an organisations IT network via the Internet. Mounting budget pressures are forcing companies to look increasingly at virtual and cloud-based computing alternatives. In addition, traditional point-based technologies and solutions have added more complexity and cost to organisations, because IT teams are focusing on the integration of disparate technologies and have to use many different consoles across multiple products.IT environments have become increasingly dynamic and distributed with data flowing across a myriad of devices and platforms, companies have effectively lost control of their information.approaches and solutions are required to ensure enhanced security and compliance with the lowest total cost of ownership possible. The once-separate IT functions of operations and security must collaborate and share information seamlessly to proactively address IT risk in a more effective and efficient manner. Lumension Endpoint Management and Security Suite is an extensible solution suite developed on the Lumension Endpoint Management Platform that reduces management complexity, minimizes TCO, improves visibility and delivers information control back to IT..E.M.S.S. is intended to provide the following:
1.Reduced complexity and TCO via an agile infrastructure, which delivers modularly licensed product capabilities through an integrated console and single-agent architecture;
2.Greater visibility and control with an end-to-end approach that includes capabilities to meet endpoint operations, security, compliance and IT risk management needs;
.Enhanced security, reduced operational friction and greater control of endpoints via Lumension Intelligent Whitelisting, which combines Lumension AntiVirus, Lumension Application Control, and Lumension Patch and Remediation with a trusted change management engine into a unified workflow;
.Endpoint power management which reduces power consumption costs and enables the management and security of both online and offline endpoints.key benefits of the product are stated to be the following:
1.Reduce it environment complexity;
2.Decrease endpoint total cost of ownership;
.Provide greater visibility into and control over customers networks endpoints;
.Raise security and compliance posture;
.Support customers it operational and security mandates within a dynamic business environment;
.Rationalize endpoint management and security workflows;
.Ensure continuous endpoint protection.features of the product are stated as the following
1.Integrated endpoint management console: Web-based console and workflow-based navigation simplify and optimize IT operations.
2.Modularly licensed capabilities: An extensible platform that enables both Lumension capabilities as well as 3rd party developed capabilities to be easily integrated.
.Comprehensive and automated reporting: Delivers a holistic view of your environmental risk with a full range of operational and management reports that consolidate information within a single management console.
.Continuous and full discovery of the it Environment: Integrates award-winning solution capabilities to provide complete discovery of whats in your IT environment, including capabilities such as application whitelisting, device control, patch management, anti-virus and configuration management.
.Scalable and agile architecture: Delivers both pull and push approaches to endpoint communication and policy distribution.
.Optimized compliance and it risk management: Streamlines compliance and IT risk management workflows and ensures continuous monitoring of compliance and IT risk postures.
.Power management policy enforcement: Centralizes power management policies to achieve maximum energy efficiency for both online and offline machines. Wake- On-LAN capability ensures that offline machines receive critical patches and software updates.
.Single promotable agent: Flexible agent architecture delivers services on the fly without requiring burdensome upgrades or agent bloat, provides easy agent install / uninstall capabilities, and offers self-monitoring and recovery capabilities., L.E.M.S.S. lacks top-level management instruments that would provide understandable control interface for anyone from the board of directors, independently on profession.
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Of existent solutions on the Ukrainian market, none covers all the aspects (requirements) of the standards.the most integrated IS management solution present on the Ukrainia


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President Donald Trump denied on Saturday reports that he had ordered the Department of Justice to halt the $US85.4 billion ($1,275 billion) merger between AT&T and Time Warner unless the combined company sells off Turner Broadcasting, a group of cable channels which includes Trump's hated arch-enemy CNN. A press official for Goodlatte didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
This week, Delrahim and other agency officials told AT&T that the deal as it now stands raises anti-competition concerns, and that the company will need to shed some assets, perhaps either Turner or DirecTV.
The DOJ's review process is supposed to be independent, though its about-face on the merger has struck even many Democrats who oppose a combined AT&T and Time Warner as suspicious.
Jordin Sparks is married and pregnant
They ended up meeting in person for the first time in April over Easter weekend, and got married three months later. Jordan Sparks and Dana Isaiah are newlyweds, they revealed in a new interview.
Representative John Conyers of MI, the top-ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, and Representative David Cicilline of Rhode Island said Trump "has repeatedly criticized CNN for the nature of its coverage of him" and cited a July tweet by Trump in which he attacked CNN as "fake news and garbage journalism". One scenario discussed would involve AT&T selling off Turner and then operating the spun-out company as a joint venture. Last week, reports alleged that in order for the Justice Department to approve the sale, CNN would have to be sold. But given DOJ's statement this afternoon, it's important to set the record straight.
"We think AT&T's merger approval chances would be further improved if there's meaningful criticism in the coming days of Trump possibly using antitrust law to target CNN, and either the president or DOJ decide a court challenge isn't worth it, especially with DOJ likely to lose the court case", Gallant wrote.
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The science of resilience: how to teach students to persevere
Neurologist and teacher Judy Willis shares three simple techniques to help teachers build resilience in their students
In schools today, the focus is not only on helping students pass exams, but also on improving their character by making them more resilient. Resilience in learning, as in life, is about being able to persevere through setbacks, take on challenges and risk making mistakes to reach a goal.
Studies show that resilience has a positive influence on academic performance of undergraduates, as well as their social and emotional wellbeing.
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You many visit the beach, find a shell and bring it home to display. Where did that shell come from? What is its name? What kind of creature grew that shell? Where did that creature go? These are some of the questions our second grade learners will be exploring. Today we read Hermit Crab's Home by Janet Hoffman (Smithsonian, 2007) to kick off our study.
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Local Chinese residents use the Yinggeliu cableway to take a ride in an open-air steel cage travelling from Zhaotong's Maozu village to Liangshan's Yanjiang village across the Jinshajiang River, Butuo county, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan province, China on May 21, 2017. Arguably one of China's most harrowing forms of local transportation is set to be retired. The Yinggeliu cableway, straddling the Jinshajiang River in Liangshan county in southwest China's Sichuan province, is going to be replaced with a bridge. Locals in Liangshan County have been forced to use the cableway for years to get across the Jinshajiang River, riding in an open-air steel gondola. The gondola, similar in design to a shark cage, moves along a pair of steel wires some 400 meters above the Jinshajiang River. The "slip rope to bridge" project was launched in May of 2013, and is expected to be completed in the near future. (Photo by Imaginechina/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
Chinese honour guards prepare for the arrival of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak at Beijing Capital International Airport on May 12,2017. .Najib Razak arrived to take part in the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, which will be held in Beijing from May 14 to 15. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)
Students training to be flight attendants hold books on their heads, chopsticks in their mouths, and papers in between their knees, as they take part in a standing posture practice at a vocational school in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China May 4, 2017. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)
This photo taken on May 23, 2017 shows Chinese workers assembling a Bombardier Q400 plane at a plant in Shenyang, northeast China' s Liaoning province. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)
Aerial view of bone shaped halls of Pingyang pet product town Pingyang County on May 17, 2017 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. Pingyang pet product town owns 22 enterprises who product pet toys and pet foods at Shuitou Town in Wenzhou. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
A pedestrian uses her umbrella to protect against the sun in Beijing on May 26, 2017. Moody' s on May 24 slashed China' s credit rating for the first time in almost three decades citing concerns about the country' s rising debt and slowing growth, but Beijing rejected the downgrade as "inappropriate". (Photo by Fred Dufour/AFP Photo)
Seasonal workers harvest Longjing (Dragon Well) tea at a tea plantation in the Meijiawu village, outside Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, 13 April 2017. China is the world's biggest tea producer, selling many varieties of tea leaves such as green tea, black tea, oolong tea, white tea, and yellow tea. The Chinese tea industry employs around 80 million people as farmers, sales people and pickers. Tea can be sold from around 80 RMB (around 11 euros) to over 4,000 RMB (around 525 euro) per kilogram. In 2016 China produced 2.43 million tons of tea. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/EPA)
Food delivery drivers rest on an abandoned couch on a sidewalk in Beijing, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. The Moody's ratings agency on Wednesday cut China's credit rating due to surging debt, prompting a protest by Beijing and highlighting challenges faced by communist leaders as they overhaul a slowing economy. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)
Pedestrians cast shadows as they walk along a sidewalk in Beijing, Thursday, May 25, 2017. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)
View of the pedestrian crossing featuring numerous white footprints in Shenyang city, northeast China's Liaoning province on May 16, 2017. (Photo by Imaginechina/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
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Advection fog surrounds buildings at Tongzhou District on May 23, 2017 in Beijing, China. Advection fog appeared on Tuesday morning in Beijing. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
Participants paddle on bamboo poles as they take part in a performance ahead of the Dragon Boat festival at Tanghe Town in Chongqing, China May 27, 2017. (Photo by Chen Chao/Reuters)
Tourist guides of Yangzhou Slender Lake Scenic Area balance books on their heads during an etiquette training class on May 18, 2017 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province of China. Tourist guides balance books on their heads with chopsticks in their mouths and poker in their hands under the guidance of a professional etiquette trainer. Tourist guides are trained to prepare for the upcoming China's National Tourism Day, which falls on May 19. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
Grade-three students of Yuqing High School pose for a graduation photo on campus in Yuqing County, Guizhou Province, China on May 25, 2017. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
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WeChat mascots are displayed inside TIT Creativity Industry Zone where Tencent office is located in Guangzhou, China May 9, 2017. Picture taken May 9, 2017. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)
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A worker cleans the windows of an apartment block in Beijing's central business district April 4, 2007. (Photo by Reinhard Krause/Reuters)
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In this Saturday, May 13, 2017, photo, Zhao Hailong puts on makeup for his lead role in the Peking Opera classic "Farewell My Concubine" at a theater in Beijing. When Zhao was a teenager he played a small role in the award-winning film "Farewell My Concubine", the story of the life-long friendship between two men who met as apprentices in China's famed Peking opera. Today, he is the lead on stage in the Peking Opera classic of the same name. (Photo by Louise Watt/AP Photo)
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Ian Housten Shadwell and Gemma Deacon are Magichour. Magichour's self titled debut is coming soon on Vitamin Records.
Before they were Magichour, Ian and Gemma were the heart of iconic Sydney acoustic pop classists Cactus Child, releasing three albums On, Diaphones and Earth Girl with Universal Music Australia. They were key figures in the emergence of the acoustic pop folk revival in Sydney in the nineties that included luminaries such as Leonardo's Bride and The Whitlams.
Touring Australia many times and with a variety of line-ups, Cactus Child's second album Diaphones, with its nine piece acoustic string ensemble and rich vocal harmonies captured many hearts.
The band went on to record Earthgirl and launched the album whilst supporting the late Jeff Buckley on his final Australian tour.
Since then both have been involved in individual projects including soundtracks for television and film and solo releases.
Fast forward ten years, and these two creative forces have come back together to create Magichour, 11 luscious songs wrapped into a folk pop bundle.
No longer constricted by studio day rates and major labels, Gemma and Ian crafted songs lovingly from whatever idea caught their fancy. The results are delicious.
Magichour is an album infused with all of the deep folk pop sensibilties that structured their last work, but with a new sense of space and atmospherics. This is cinematic, ambient and widescreen.
Gemma's magical vocals weave through the rich and varied soundscape of Ian's acoustic and electronic sounds. A haunting lustre that resonates on the knife edge of beauty.


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- Seedling Size: 12-24″
- Seedling Age: 2-0
- Mature Height: 5 – 10 feet
- Mature Width: 5 – 9 feet
- Soil Type: Broad Range, Prefers Well-drained
- Moisture: Dry, Moderate, Moist
- Sun: Full Sun, Partial Shade
- Growth Rate: Slow
Key Characteristics of Gray Dogwood
- In the late spring, white flowers bloom at the tip of the branches.
- Gray dogwood bark is shaggy.
- Leaves are simple and alternately arranged on twigs.
- White berries are produced during the summer on bright red branches.
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TOPSS - Thursday, March 30th (6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.) for Parents in PHS Library. TOPSS provides students with value added diplomas upon graduation from high school. TOPSS strives to improve the regional workforce by training high school students in career education that will meet the needs of business and industry in our region. TOPSS seeks to improve the number of high school students pursuing post-secondary education and industry credentials.


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In Memphis, Tennessee, Andrea Hill – director of our affiliate Volunteer Memphis – prepares and mobilizes leaders to work together for the good of the whole community, with an emphasis on volunteerism and an understanding of the differences and similarities between volunteer and community leadership.
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In Seattle, Ben Reuler, executive director of our affiliate Seattle Works, is committed to helping millennials who are new to the city build community through volunteering. We spoke with Ben to learn more about what inspires him, how Seattle Works is shaping the future of volunteering locally, and why he is excited about "trust-based volunteerism."
Jen Nash joined the HandsOn Network team 11 years ago, after Hurricane Katrina devastated her home town of New Orleans. She started as part of the disaster response team, supporting brand new Points of Light affiliates HandsOn Gulf Coast and HandsOn New Orleans. Jen now serves as senior director of affiliate corporate engagement in our Atlanta office, leading a team of corporate activation managers working with Points of Light's affiliate network and our corporate partners. While her role within the organization has changed, her commitment to volunteerism and New Orleans remains the same.
Organizations around the country do incredible work. They focus on a variety of causes and important mission work. And while they use volunteers to achieve their mission, the mission is the main focus. Hands On Orlando does incredible work in their community, but they have an additional goal – to provide the highest quality volunteer experience possible.


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By Conor Mihell
"The eye of the storm went right over us," says Dave Freeman. "We were right in it."
Dave and his wife, Amy, were sea kayaking the Atlantic coast midway along New Jersey's Intra-Coastal Waterway when Hurricane Sandy approached landfall in late October. The Freemans are in the homestretch of a three-year journey dubbed the North American Odyssey. The 11,700-mile sea kayaking, canoeing, hiking and dogsledding expedition is part of the Freemans' Wilderness Classroom, a nonprofit that shares outdoor adventure with students through blogs, podcasts, online photos and videos, and in-person presentations to school groups.
Having survived the exposed shorelines of Maine and New England and just reached the protected waters of the ICW, the Freemans finally felt a sense of relief from wind and waves of the open coast. But the 9,000-odd miles of paddling they've completed so far hardly prepared them for Sandy, and the barrier islands offered scant shelter from one of the biggest storms to ever hit the northeast.
"The wind picked up on Sunday [Oct. 28] and we knew we didn't want to be anywhere near the water," says Amy, chatting by Skype for Vermont, where the Wilderness Classroom is currently taking a few days to share their experience with school groups. The pair had arranged to do a presentation about their trip through New Jersey Kayak, an outfitter in Barnegat, N.J. With officials imposing a mandatory evacuation of coastal areas, outfitter Bill Stage invited the Freemans to stay at a friend's house inland.
When Sandy hit on Monday, the Freemans could only imagine the scene of carnage on the coast. The winds died on Tuesday, so Dave and Stage (pictured above) crossed police barricades and paddled "through a flooded forest" to inspect the damage. Stage's kayak shop was "flooded by three to four feet of water and there was literally tons of debris covering their property," says Dave. Amazingly, Stage's fleet of kayaks survived the storm without damage or loss.
Although the sheltered ICW was calm enough for paddling by Wednesday, Oct. 31, Dave and Amy felt obliged to help Stage clean up the pieces for four days. "We felt the need to stick around and reciprocate," says Amy, shown below during the cleanup. "There was a real need for bodies to haul things around. We feel lucky to have this connection with the kayak shop. It was a place where we could be of help. We know how to move kayaks around."
Meanwhile, Hurricane Sandy quickly became part of the Freemans' Wilderness Classroom message. "We've been in some natural disasters but the scope of this is so large," says Dave, who plans to be back on the water this week. "We've woven the storm into our experience and students have already responded [by raising money and supplies for victims]. Millions are out of power and so many homes have been destroyed. It's pretty overwhelming ."
Check out some video of the Freemans' storm cleanup work in Barnegat, N.J.
Read CanoeKayak.com's previous coverage of the Wilderness Classroom:
Back to School, September 14, 2012
En Route with the Wilderness Classroom, July 2, 2012
The Wilderness Classroom, April 11, 2012
Children of Nature, November 11, 2011


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I've decided to perform this task with the engine in situ as it's preferable to taking the engine out again, but looking at the engine bay, there is still a lot of work ahead as the flywheel is somewhere under this little lot...
Although this is quite a challenging little job, it's none the less very achievable for as long as you follow a few simple steps and more importantly have the correct tools.
As long as you have a fairly bog standard set of spanners and sockets, the only additional tools critical to removing the flywheel are a a reasonably long breaker bar and a 30mm socket.
Washer Bottle
So, let's get started with the easy stuff; removing the washer bottle is achieved with a simple pull up to release it from its mount.
Then just disconnect the electrical connector and the fluid pipe.
Front Air Intake
Next of the simple stuff is the front air scoop.
Much wiggling and twisting back and forth later, gets it to this position.
It's a bit awkward, but even more wiggling later, it eventually comes free...
Clutch Slave Cylinder
With that lot out of the way, the clutch slave cylinder is now accessible. I found that the universal joint that came in my socket set very helpful here as there is precious little room to work.
Once the two bolts are out, the cylinder itself just lifts off and can be tucked safely out of the way.
A further three bolts need to be undone to remove the mount, two chunky ones and a single thinner one. As ever, I always put the bolts back in their place to stop me from losing them.
Starter Motor
This is fairly easy to remove, I always take a number of photos of the wiring to the starter first, then it's just a case of removing the wires and undoing the two bolts that hold the motor to the flywheel housing and it just lifts out. Easy peasy.
Engine Steady Bars
The top engine steady is another super easy job consisting of the removal of two bolts that hold the steady to the engine block.
Once the steady bar is free, I always stick the bolts back in their holes so I don't lose them. I chose to undo the other end of the steady bar that attaches to the bulkhead, but it wasn't really necessary, but as it was just one simple bolt, it seemed sensible to get it out of the way.
As for the lower steady, I just undid the bolt that secured it to the gearbox mount and pushed it out of the way. The other end I left alone as it's quite hard to get to.
Engine Mounts
Now for the engine mounts. As I chose to go for the captive nut style of mount, it is simply a job of removing the two bolts under the car at either side of the front subframe.
Exhaust and Intake Manifold
So that I could get the most clearance possible, I decided it was worth undoing the six bolts that hold the intake and exhaust manifold onto the rear of the engine. Using a selection of sockets and spanners, it was soon removed without any drama.
Now the engine can be pulled forward to enable the inlet and manifold to be released from the studs.
Lifting the engine
Now that everything has been undone, released and set free, the engine can be lifted up to give the clearance to get at the lowest of the bolts that hold the flywheel cover in place.
I jacked it up as far as I could, which is limited by the gear selector rod when it makes contact with the underside of the car. I didn't want to crank too far after it touched, just in case it bent.
Flywheel Cover
Speaking of the flywheel cover: there are 8 bolts to undo which would be absolutely no issue at all if the engine were out of the car and sat on a bench somewhere in a nice warm well lit garage with its own beer fridge. Meanwhile, back in reality, there are 2 bolts that are particularly difficult to get at even with the extra clearance that we spent so long trying to create.
With nothing more than determination and an assortment of 11mm spanners, I was just about able to reach these tricky bolts.
And with even more determination, I was able to slowly and painfully turn them no more than 1/6th of a rotation before needing to re-position the spanner for another 1/6 turn. You can imagine that it took a while, but it worked.
Remove the Flywheel
If that wasn't bad enough, now I need to remove the flywheel which is generally a job of nightmare proportions as they are renowned for being incredibly stubborn to remove. Thankfully though, what I have in my favour is that it hasn't been on that long, so hopefully with the correct tools, it might not put up too much of a fight.
Speaking of the correct tools, it's pretty imperative to have a decent sized breaker bar at your disposal and the correct sides socket which is 30mm, yes it's weirdly in metric!!! Never quite understood why when everything else is imperial. Anyway, without these tools, your only hope of success is going to be based in magic, so good luck with that...
Another super important thing to remember when removing the flywheel is to have cylinder 1 at TDC, easy for me as I'd marked it on the flywheel when I'd built the engine, and also to have a flywheel puller at your disposal. This I kinda have in the shape of a home made effort built from a barbell weight. It's crude, but it always works as it allows a massive tensile force to be placed on the flywheel.
With the locktabs on the flywheel nut tapped back, the breaker bar soon had it undone. If you have an old bearing shell, now is the perfect time to use it as it's ideal for locking the flywheel, alas I forgot to take a photo of it in use, but it jams in the flywheel teeth and locks against the housing stopping the flywheel form turning. If you don't a screwdriver will do.
Now to mount my fantastic home made flywheel puller, once it was cranked up as far as I could turn it, a few taps on the barbell weight and the flywheel pops off the crank. Thankfully I remembered to leave the crank bolt loosely in a bit so that when the flywheel pops, it doesn't fall off completely.
Job done!!
Phew, that's all for today, I can't really face anymore if I'm honest as this has taken a lot longer that I anticipated. This was a very tricky job and quite frustrating at times, but with relatively simple and inexpensive tools, it is possible to achieve none the less.
So next time... well I'm hoping to get a spare flywheel on the crank (my old flywheel in fact), and fire the engine up and see what the effect is.
Oh, and the obscure picture from the previous post... it was a piston viewed though the end of this pipe... obviously!
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Gerry Gibbs "We're Back" Interview, Monday, October 27, 2014 (20:09)
Gerry "The Thrasher" Gibbs
- The drumming leader of the Thrasher Dream Trio (Ron Carter bass, Kenny Barron piano) has another #1 disc (Jazzweek.com 10/27/14) with his new release "We're Back" (
added 9/15/14 @Jazz88
), the follow-up to 2013's acclaimed "Thrasher Dream Trio". We'll chat with this artist who started playing with his Dad, Jazz Legend Terry Gibbs, by age 7 and has had a long career in many different and highly original settings.
He will be joining us in Hour 2 of The New (7-8PM PT)
2014.10.27 Adds To The Jazz 88 Music Library
: There is A LOT of NEW Jazz Music this week, with a couple of releases from that prodigious Cellar Live record label run by Cory Weeds along with lots of names new and familiar!
Top 10 Countdown of the
Jazzweek.com Jazz Album Chart October 27 2014
: At No. 1 on the JazzWeek Jazz Chart for a second week — as well as most reported (58 stations) and the biggest gainer (+59 spins) is Gerry Gibbs and the Thrasher Dream Trio We're Back (Whaling City). The top debut (No. 31) is Peter Hand Big Band Out of Hand (Savant) and most added (+18) is Marcus Roberts Romance, Swing And The Blues (J-Master).
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June 8, 2008
6 years ago
I gave birth to my daughter!!! I can't believe it was 6 years ago already, I spent all day making things for her birthday party, which was a great success. I am exhausted much like I was this time 6 years ago. I have so much stuff in my head to get out but nothing is coming forth at the moment so maybe soon.
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The Oundle School first XI produced one of the finest performances in their history when compiling a whopping 344 in a 40-over game against Loughborough Grammar School.
The bulk of the big-hitting came from openers Tristan Tusa (17) and Simon Fernandes (15), who put togther a record-breaking first wicket stand of 311.
Tusa led the way with an unbelievable display of attacking, aggressive batting as he smashed 203 off just 136 balls and clouted an astounding 17 sixes. Fernandes finished with 102.
Tusa's total was the highest score by an individual player for Oundle in over 100 years.
Loughborough replied with 154-9.
Head of cricket, John Wake, commented: "This was a fabulous win that only furthers the rise of first XI cricket at Oundle. Tusa's double century was the first against schools since records began in 1876."
Tusa said: "Once I got to 50 everything came off the middle of the bat and I enjoyed my time at the crease. The other opener, Simon Fernandes, scored a century too and his was a lot more elegant than mine."


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Westmont's Die Fledermaus a smashing success
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With performances held this past Friday and Sunday, Die Fledermaus (in English, "The Bat") rocked the stage of the New Vic Theatre under the direction of John Blondell. Orchestrated originally in German by Johann Strauss II, Fledermaus premiered in Vienna on Easter Sunday, 1874. The French-inspired comedy has been well-received by millions of people around the world, and was intended to poke fun at Vienna's elite and the hypocrisy of society.
Directed by Dr. Michael Shasberger, the operetta begins with the musical overture by the orchestra. The show opens on the luxurious apartment of Rosalinde (Anna Telfer) and Gabriel (played by SBCC student Kenny Galindo) Eisenstein. Gabriel is supposed to go to prison later that day, but he decides to go out with his friend Dr. Falke (John Butler) and enjoy his last night of freedom. The house's chambermaid, Adele (Michelle Vera), has heard about a party from her sister and concocts a plan to go, despite her work. Meanwhile, Rosalinde's old flame Alfred (played by alumnus Jon Lindsley) drops in unexpectedly and tries to woo her back. However, prison director Frank (Micah Anthony) comes to arrest Gabriel, but mistakes Alfred for him and takes him off to prison.
After an intermission, the second act begins at the party of Prince Orlovsky (Elena White), with the ensemble joining as party guests. Gabriel and Adele are shocked to run into each other at the party, despite their attempt to disguise themselves. Rosalinde in the meantime has received a letter requesting that she arrive disguised as a Hungarian countess. Once there, she sees her husband flirting with another woman, so she decides to use her disguise to woo her own husband and prove him a cheater, taking his pocket watch as evidence.
After another intermission, the third act begins at the jail, where Eisenstein discovers someone else has been arrested in his place. He accuses his wife of cheating, but she pulls out the pocket watch, showing that he also was unfaithful. In the end, it is revealed that the entire night was created to humiliate Eisenstein as revenge for a joke played on Falke many years ago.
The creative costuming under the guidance of Lynne Martens was a fusion of traditional pieces and artistic choices, such as galaxy-print suits, or trash bag dresses, creating a mood of whimsy and uncertainty. The ensemble members also painted their nails in hues of pinks and purples, just to add to the outlandishness. Telfer was dressed in tones of pink and cream, with her simplicity offsetting the garishness of the ensemble's dress.
The placement of the orchestra was distinct in that instead of being in a pit below the stage, the entire orchestra was onstage and incorporated in the action. They also had costume changes with the different acts, reflecting the location such as being dressed in black jumpsuits for the prison scene. The choice to include the orchestra in the storyline broke the fourth wall, but also allowed for the audience to observe how much music actually impacts a story.
The edgy comedy was strange to say the least, but strange in every good way.


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If you've noticed that your content marketing campaign is taking more time than you would like it to, you might be wondering how you can save time and still produce high-quality content.
The good news is that you can take several steps to work with enhanced efficiency, while still creating content your audience will love. The key is to create and follow a proven plan that will allow you to stay on track and to get the most from your efforts. This doesn't have to be a tricky, time-consuming task, and once you have a system in place, you will have a lot more time to focus on other areas of your business.
Plan Your Content
Learning to plan your content in advance is a great way to reach your goals, while also boosting your productivity. Rather than getting stuck trying to decide what you should write, you'll have a list of pre-prepared topics lined up before you start writing.
If you would like to optimise the impact that you'll have on your readers, do some research to uncover topics that are trending in your market. You can then search for those terms on Google and other search engines to see what type of content is performing well. After you get a few ideas, use a word processor to document the subjects that you want to cover over the next 30 days.
Draft an Outline
If you're like other content marketers who want to stay ahead of the crowd, you probably sit down to type and look at a blank screen while trying to craft your approach. This method will cause you to waste more time than you think, so you will want to avoid it at all costs if you would like to maintain the profitability of your campaign.
Taking a look at your main topic and breaking it down into several sections will get you moving in the right direction. You should always use subheadings to divide your content and make it easier to read, which will prevent your readers from closing the page. Also, have a think about what information your audience will want to know, so you can craft your content around the questions your audience wants to see answered.
Display it Well
The overall appearance and layout of your content is also an important factor to consider. You'll always have the upper hand if the look and feel of the content are good and if it's readable to your visitors. The graphics of the content also plays a significant role in creating engaging content. For instance, if you're writing an article on the fashion industry, always endeavour to include quality images within the copy, to keep your readers engaged in the article. Adding bullet points is another great way to highlight key aspects of the text.
Stop Trying to Make the First Draft Perfect
You likely want each piece of content that you publish to leave a lasting impression on those who view it, but that mindset won't always benefit your bottom line. When time is valuable and you want to be productive, trying to craft perfect content will harm your progress, causing you to overthink each word. Forcing yourself to write without stopping will allow you to get the words on the page as quickly as possible, and you must do your best to not worry about mistakes at this stage. If you can't ignore typos or poor sentence structures, reminding yourself that you will proofread before publishing the content will help.
Set Goals and Deadlines
Setting goals and having deadlines is a great way to stay on track with your content plan, and it will force you to keep moving forward. The goals that you will set depend on the speed at which you can type, but you should always strive for improvement.
If you normally take one hour to write a 500-word article, try to do it in 45 minutes, and you can even set a timer on your desk for an extra boost of motivation. Although you won't always meet your goal of creating your content quickly, don't allow yourself to get discouraged. Your speed will improve with practice, so keep your eye on your long-term objectives.
Remove Distractions
Getting distracted is one of the biggest problems that content marketers face as they strive to publish their material on time. Facebook, phone calls and text messages are just a few of the things that can pull your attention away from the task at hand. Checking one email might not seem like a big deal, but you will often face additional distractions as soon as you open your web browser. If you would like to avoid falling behind because of outside factors, turn off your phone and close the other tabs on your web browser.
Reduce the Number of Articles You Release
Publishing as many articles as possible can seem like a smart move on the surface, but it's not always the best way to approach your content strategy. If you have committed to writing more articles than you want, getting started and taking the first step will seem daunting. Also, releasing too much content can cause your quality to suffer, which is a trap that you will want to avoid.
Have Someone Else Proofread Your Work
Because you believe that you know what you have already written, proofreading can be a time-consuming challenge.
You will need to check your content several times if you want to ensure that no errors are present, and your brain will likely skip over a lot of mistakes. On the other hand, getting a fresh pair of eyes to review your work can save time and energy.
Repurpose Your Content
When you consider how much effort goes into a single piece of quality content, it's easy to see why you should repurpose it. You can take a long article and turn it into a video if you want to appeal to a large audience. If you have a lot of content and don't want it to go to waste, consider breaking it down into sections and offering it as an email course. Compiling your top articles into an e-book is another way to repurpose your content and to get the most from your dedication, and you can place the e-book on different websites.
Final Thoughts
Even though implementing a winning content marketing strategy will take time and effort, you can improve your efficiency by using the correct process. Planning each move before you make it will allow you to work faster than you once thought possible, but repurposing your content will help you get much more value from it. When you use these tips and apply them to your business, you will be impressed with the results.


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Our Colleague Dr. Matthew Tarr has been awarded an NSF grant of about $450K to study how sunlight degrades oil from oil spills. Our 2015 cohort will remember that he talked about his first studies on degradation of oil when we visited his labs at UNO. Now he has the funding to continue these studies. For those who have not yet participated in the Real World Science seminar at The National WWII Museum, Dr. Tarr is our academic partner for the program. He helps with the planning and facilitation of the whole week, and leads the part that takes place at UNO. He just stepped down as Department Chair of Chemistry at UNO, and is a founding member of the Advanced Materials Research Institute. Dr. Tarr researches nanomaterials, and has had grants to fund research experiences for undergraduates and teachers for the last 10 years.
Congratulations Matt!
UNO's press release about the award is here, and a link to the some of the original research is here.


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Sunday 14th September. 3.30 pm. Clarke's Rd Upper Stowport set by Speed Hump.
Go up Stowport Rd. take the right turn at Stowport and keep going until just past Lottah Rd junction Look for signs!! and the very best of luck following those instructions from the hare.
R*n 1285 is a private weekend away for Burnie Hash at a secret location!
Normal (ish) r*ns will recommence the following week.
Contacts: Rob "Ringo" Munden 0417118661 or Caroline :A Bit of This" Waterhouse 0428592420.


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SPRI Review 1995
Library and Information Service
W.J. Mills, Librarian and Information Officer
S. Banks, P. Hogg, J. Pinhey, S. Sawtell, H. Shibata, I. Warren
1994/95 has witnessed the most extensive changes to the library's computing infrastructure since the introduction of the SPRILIB bibliographic database in 1985. Those familiar with the Institute in recent years will recall that in 1985 the card catalogue was replaced by a database loaded on innovatory Muscat information retrieval software written by Dr Martin Porter. At the time, Muscat's principal advantage was that, through relevance feedback and term weighting, readers could conduct quite sophisticated subject and author searches without having to be taught the intricacies of Boolean logic. Dr Porter has since demonstrated Muscat's considerable power and flexibility in numerous supplementary programs, for example, in providing the SPRILIST current awareness service, in typesetting camera-ready copy for Polar and Glaciological Abstracts, and in reformatting records for addition to the Arctic and Antarctic Regions CD-ROM and to MARC format for addition to the Cambridge University Union Catalogue. During 1994/95, not only was SPRILIB reloaded on updated Muscat software to offer a greatly improved user interface together with integrated acquisitions, accessions, and cataloguing modules, but, with the installation of the Institute's network, it, together with a range of other information services, may now be accessed from the individual workstations of Institute staff, students, and visitors. In 1995/96, our intention is to make as many of these services as possible also accessible to the international polar research community by means of the Internet.
Of the special projects reported in last year's SPRI Review, good progress has continued to be made with the Historic Antarctic Bibliography Project and with collaborative compilation of the Antarctic Bibliography with the Library of Congress. With regard to the former, the second major phase involving the processing of J.H. Roscoe's bibliography has now been completed and a start made on the third phase centering on the 1951-1961 retrospective bibliography originally compiled by the Library of Congress, fittingly with extensive collaboration from the Institute. These two major projects form part of a comprehensive strategy at the conclusion of which all significant Antarctic literature will be made available through the Arctic and Antarctic Regions CD-ROM and Internet.
Other significant developments this year have included the adoption of the Institute as an IGBP Regional Information Centre, one of approximately 60 libraries receiving the full collection of IGBP reports and publications. The Librarian has also continued to gather material for his forthcoming book 'Keyguide to information sources on the polar and cold regions' (London: Mansell 1997). To date, by means of desk research and questionnaires, information has been collected on approximately 2000 research institutes, libraries, and museums with polar interests.
Library acquisitions and cataloguing programmes
A total of 2300 items were added to the library, including 850 books. With no significant increase in funds available for purchasing books and periodicals, the Library is only able to continue to acquire so many items through the generosity of those who give either books or money. Among the latter, Mrs E.A. MacDonald, the Sexton family, and Mr John Wright have been particularly generous in establishing bequests to preserve the memories of Captain MacDonald, David Sexton, and Dorothy Fetherstonhaugh, respectively, all of whom themselves contributed greatly to the Institute when living. A generous grant was also received from the Friends. This year's most significant donation of books was received from Mr Alan B. Crawford, who presented his library of books and manuscripts about Tristan da Cunha. Other numerous gifts were received from polar organizations and authors. The Library is particularly grateful to the latter, many of whom make a point of sending offprints of their articles for addition to the collection and listing in SPRILIB and Polar and Glaciological Abstracts. By the end of the period covered, SPRILIB held 86,360 records, with 9751 records added during the year. Approximately 14,500 monograph records had been added to the Cambridge University Union Catalogue.
Library staff changes
All those who have had dealings with World Data Centre C for Glaciology will be aware of the contribution made by Ailsa Macqueen. As WDC Manager, Mrs Macqueen was responsible for building up a collection covering all aspects of snow and ice that is without rival anywhere. Itinerant glaciologists will remember Ailsa for the warmth of her welcome, her diligence, and unflagging enthusiasm. The new Manager, Oliver Merrington, brings his own skills and ability to the post and we are fortunate to have been able to appoint to this post an information specialist of his information and scientific qualifications and general interest in glaciology.
Library volunteers and work placements
The Library continued to benefit greatly from work carried out by its growing team of volunteers. During the year, Mrs Pat Little completed a recataloguing project in the course of which all books in the collection published up to 1880 were added to SPRILIB. Given the uniqueness of the Library's early holdings, this is a major achievement. Making these records available through SPRILIB greatly enhances their accessibility not only to those searching SPRILIB within the Institute but also to all those with access to the Arctic and Antarctic Regions CD-ROM on which SPRILIB is loaded. With the departure of Ailsa Macqueen, Ron Wilbraham took over scanning The Times for items of polar interest, in addition to his existing duties as Honorary Map Curator. In this context, the work of A.G.E. Jones and many others who regularly send in cuttings identified from a wide range of British and overseas newspapers should be acknowledged with appreciation. Without their help, the press cuttings collection would be restricted to items in The Times. The Library benefited greatly from the presence of Chuen-chi Brace (National Library of Australia). During a period of three months, Mrs Brace processed all remaining card records for Antarctic botany before turning her attention to the seals and sealing monographs and then to the glaciological monographs, for all of which SPRILIB records were created before her departure. Marcus West kindly assisted in the processing of material relating to Spitsbergen.
Work experience placements were found for Cheryl Stark, Jacob Potter, Alistair Phillips, Stefan Starkie, and Susanne Steckel. Ms Steckel's ability to provide excellent German translations for the Historic Antarctic Bibliography Project proved particularly helpful and led to her being employed subsequently on a casual basis in order to complete this work.


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New York residents may be interested in learning that a drug test may potentially be able to analyze any chemical traces that were left behind in a fingerprint to determine if a person had used cocaine. The technique, which was developed by research teams in the Netherlands and Britain, could be used as an alternative test to blood, urine or saliva testing.
Record-breaking heroin bust
On May 19, authorities in New York City announced that they had seized a record amount of heroin in a single drug bust. After a year-long investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration allegedly discovered 154 pounds of heroin hidden in secret compartments in a Chevrolet Suburban. The drugs have a reported street value of $50 million.
Police say pizza restaurant was center of drug ring
Three members of a New York family were taken into custody after authorities accused them of operating an international cocaine trafficking ring out of their pizza restaurant. The immigrant family members, who were originally from Calabria, Italy, ran a successful pizza restaurant in Queens called Cucino a Modo Mio. The father, mother and son were all held without bail after they were detained for drug charges on March 11.
New York man accused of growing marijuana in his home
On May 9, it was reported that a 60-year-old New York man was taken into police custody after his home was raided by police officers. The raid is said to have occurred on May 7, though it was not stated what evidence prompted the incursion.
In New York criminal cases, a plea bargain may be the best option
Being charged with a crime in Nassau County can be a daunting experience. The accused party may be given the choice of asking for a plea bargain instead of pleading not guilty and taking the case to trial. Knowing what is involved in each option and how it will affect the outcome is important.
Ponzi schemes versus pyramid schemes
In the state of New York, there are people who seek to obtain money by setting up schemes. There are two major types of schemes: pyramid schemes and Ponzi schemes. While both types of schemes are illegal, they are set up and work in different ways.
4 people accused of dealing drugs in Brooklyn
Brooklyn police arrested four people in New York recently on the allegations of selling cocaine to clients from a Toyota Prius in shifts. According to the district attorneys, these four individuals organized their trafficking to make the drug available to customers all year long. The four face heavy jail-time on several different charges.
Charges of illegally possessing a firearm in New York
In the state of New York, the penalties for the illegal possession of a firearm can be quite severe. You may be charged with illegally carrying a gun that is registered, and if it is loaded at the time, you could face having a felony conviction appear on your record. Even if the gun did not have any bullets inside of it at the time, if bullets were within your reach, the law still considers the gun to be a loaded one.


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Azdome DAB211 1440p Dash Cam starts shipping this week
by Oct 18, 2017 9:01 pm0
Azdome had announced the 1440p Ambarella A12 dash cam DAB211 over two months ago but shipping was delayed for many buyers. There is a reason for that, as the company wants to ensure the highest standards of quality. Every single component is subjected to rigorous testing so that the highest QA is ensured and the company finally announced that DAB211 will be shipped this week.
Azdome DAB211 has attracted widespread attention since it was announced according to Azdome's official statistics and the company has signed many agents for the camera to be sold in USA, Canada, Russia, England, Italy, etc. The current monthly sales (online and offline sales volume) have reached 30k and the company's products can be seen in major e-commerce platforms such as Gearbest, Bangood, Amazon, Aliexpress and so on.
High quality is one thing, but the powerful function also makes it much more appealing. A variety of functions such as HDR, ADAS, night vision, speeding warning, zero distortion, adjustable lens, etc are enough to make DAB211 stand out from the numerous dash cams.Combine that with excellent after-sales service and you know why DAB211 is preferred by the vast number of users.
Currently, there are two versions of the DAB211: One is with built-in GPS sold at $129.99 and another without GPS, sold at $99.99. You can buy yours by visiting the product page here. If you seek for after-sales support, visit the Facebook Official Page.


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Having a director talk about his film immediately after it's been shown should be mandatory in my view.
Yes, it maybe hard to be in hundreds of places at once but they can at least try.
I was pleased to see that Noah Baumbach at least had listened to my needs and had turned up to answer questions after the showing of his fine film Mistress America.
It stars Greta Gerwig, who also co-wrote the film, as a 30 year-old New York woman befriended and worshipped by her soon to be sister played by Lola Kirke.
Naturally there is a plot and stuff happens around the financing of a restaurant but … what is really important is this relationship, which anchors the film.
This is where Noah Baumbach comes in handy. He tells us that the film owes much to the screwball comedy genre popularized by actors like Katherine Hepburn. This explains the Gerwig performance, which has that oddball madcap charm that in other hands would be annoying but in hers is just another reason to love her.
He then goes on to talk about other eighties New York films like 'Broadway Danny Rose', 'Something Wild' 'Desperately Seeking Susan' and 'After Hours' and when he does you can immediately see how these reference points help modernize the genre to create something wholly contemporary.
The first two particularly deal with a plot that involves leaving New York and then returning to it much like 'Mistress America' (I didn't think of that – that was Baumbach again)
You see how much easier reviewing something is when you've got one of the creators on hand to help you?
Even small comments like his preference to not belaboring jokes so that you might miss them first time round are revealing. For they show an approach that although ultimately comic is more concerned with characters and the authenticity of their journey than many comedies, which are more content to play things for laughs (see 'Trainwreck')
Perhaps the most telling of all was his comment on one of the most integral parts of the film's plot, Lola Kirke's desire to get into a pretentious literary 'zine. She does this, spoiler alert, through writing a story based on Gerwig's character which when discovered leads to a bust up between the two.
Yet, as Baumbach says in his handy interview, the story acts as a catalyst for Gerwig's character to change. For through this vivid depiction she sees her flawed self for the first time through the eyes of someone that loves her and cares for her.