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As more celebrities came forward Wednesday to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct, the ousted studio executive said he's "hanging in there" — and would like another chance to prove himself.
"Guys, I'm not doing OK, but I'm trying," he said outside of his daughter's Los Angeles home in a video licensed by NBC News.
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Earlier in the day, LAPD were called to his daughter's home when, according to TMZ, she was concerned about her father's well-being. But when police arrived, LAPD told NBC News, they were told it was a family dispute.
On Thursday actress Kate Beckinsale sais she was 17 years old when Weinstein greeted her in his bathrobe for a meeting in a room at the Savoy Hotel. In an Instagram post Thursday, Beckinsale says she left the meeting uneasy but unscathed.
Beckinsale recalls that a few years later Weinstein asked her if he had tried anything with her at the first meeting. She says she realized "he couldn't remember if he had assaulted me or not."
The actress says she said no to Weinstein professionally many times over the years, and that Weinstein would often respond with anger, profanity and threats.
Beckinsale calls for a new paradigm in the industry and says "let's stop allowing out young women to be sexual cannon fodder."
Meanwhile British media say London police are investigating a sexual assault allegation against Weinstein.
London's Metropolitan Police force says it has received an allegation of sexual assault from the Merseyside force in northwest England. It says the claim will be assessed by detectives from the sexual offenses team.
Merseyside Police says the allegation was made Wednesday and concerns "an alleged sexual assault in the London area in the 1980s."
British police do not identify suspects who have not been charged. British media including Sky News, The Guardian and the BBC identified the alleged assaulter as Weinstein.
New York City police said Thursday that detectives are taking a fresh look at sexual assault allegations against Weinstein.
The eastern branch of the Writers Guild of America says it will take steps to make it easier for women to report sexual harassment and assault.
In a statement Thursday, guild President Beau Willimon and Executive Director Lowell Peterson condemned Weinstein's "deplorable" behavior and said that "sexual harassment and assault have long been hallmarks of the entertainment industry."
The guild said it will review what it can do to facilitate prevention of harassment going forward.
The statement acknowledged that accusers often speak out at and face great professional and emotional risk.


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Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux 3.3, a new version of the open source Linux kernel. This update is noteworthy because it includes some key components that have been merged from Android's Linux kernel. This could potentially help bring Google's mobile operating system into closer alignment with the upstream Linux ecosystem.
Due to various technical concerns, the Linux maintainers have been reluctant in the past to accept some of Google's major changes to the kernel. The Android code that had been tentatively merged into the staging tree was removed in 2009 due to lack of maintenance. Google didn't act on feedback from the upstream code reviewers and the code began to stagnate, so it was dropped.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon has made a friendly wager with Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick on the outcome of the 2013 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox.
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DAX offers a set of Time Intelligence functions that simplify writing DAX expressions such as YTD, YOY and other time-related calculations. However, these functions only works when some assumptions are valid: your periods should be "natural" months and quarter. Some industries, such as retail and manufacturing, are used to accounting periods that are based on weeks instead of months. One month and one quarter are a set of weeks and a week cannot be split in different months, quarter or years. Making DAX working on these custom calendars requires you to write some DAX expression without using the built-in Time Intelligence functions.
I wrote an article, Week-Based Time Intelligence in DAX, which describes how to write the common DAX calculations required on a custom calendar. I also included two samples, one for Excel 2010 and the other for Excel 2013, so that you can easily work on both versions (as you know, downgrading a workbook from Excel 2013 to Excel 2010 with PowerPivot is not possible).
An important tip you will find is that creating a column that contains the number of days elapsed in a year (or the running total of days in the year, if you prefer) makes it easy writing the FILTER required to use the right set of days in each calculation. After all, this technique is very similar to the one you would use in SQL to perform the same calculation, for this reason DAX is considered more intuitive than MDX by developers with a SQL background.
Hi Marco,
Excellent post and it is much better solution, which I used to use DATEADD(dates[date],-91,day) for PQ (fixed 91 days per quarter). However, there is small exception for 4-4-5 calendar. After every 5 or 6 years, there will be a quarter become 5-4-5 and it will cause problem when using your formula.
As you can read in comments of the article, the best way to calculate a "last 13 weeks" calculation is creating a column containing an IncrementalWeekNumber that never resets at the beginning of each year. It's not clear to me what is the issue in quarter that are exceptions - there is an issue in the formula or with a properly configured Calendar table it should work fine with existing formulas?
The exception is due to counting of 364 days/year. So after every 5/6 years, need to add a week to catch up the missed days. For example, we use 26/12/2011 - 02/04/2011 as Q1'11, 03/04/2011 - 02/07/2011 as Q2. I create a column ISO Qtr Day Number (1-98 for Q1, 1-91 for Q2) similar to your sample ISO Year Day Number and create corresponding Iso PQ using
CONTAINS( VALUES( Dates[ISO Qtr Day Number] ), Dates[ISO Qtr Day Number], Dates[ISO Qtr Day Number] ).
It will not count the 92-98 days in Q1 because current context in Q2 only has Qtr day number 1-91.
Yes, that's correct - however, it's good to know it only affects the way you create the Dates table and doesn't affect the DAX formula used to perform the comparison. The article was intended to show how to approach the problem, it's not a complete pattern for every type of calendar. I hope to be able to find the time to write a more complete example in the future, the problem is that there are many differences for different needs that makes it hard to write a single template that's good for everyone.
Agree, the most important is the concept you shared and it is very useful.
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When there's something that you're looking forward to and desire, you just naturally think about it. You can't help it. Pregnancy is no exception. For me at least, when you're trying to get pregnant, it's on your mind all.the.time. It's like hoping that Christmas will be coming, but not being certain exactly when it will be here. For close to the last three years (except when I've been pregnant), I've taken my basal body temperature to determine where I am in my menstrual cycle. I've already gushed about how much I love having that information — from a purely practical stand point.
While charting gives a woman the information that she need to be smart about trying to conceive, it also gives her information on how to obsess about pregnancy. Because, let's be honest: just about every woman who is trying to get pregnant is going to obsess (to some degree) about the process! Today, I'll introduce you to Conceiving Connie, who is hoping to get pregnant.
Early in her cycle
Conceiving Connie thinks: "I didn't get pregnant last month. I guess I won't have a June baby, after all. That's too bad as my nephew was also born in June and maybe they could have shared a birthday. But I think a July baby would be great!"
_Conceiving Connie does: _She'll go through a minor grieving process, coming to terms that she won't be having a baby in the next nine months. She adds in Ovulation Predictor Kit (OPKs) this cycle, just to ensure timing is right.
Getting closer to ovulation
_Conceiving Connie thinks: _"Okay, we're getting close. On this OPK, does this line look darker than the control line? It's darker than yesterday, but is it dark enough? Is this temperature high enough to indicate a spike? I just felt a twinge on my left side. Could that have been an egg that just released, like, five seconds ago?"
_Conceiving Connie does: _Starts using OPKs. Makes sure she and Conceiving Charlie are having sex every other day. Gets real vigilant on taking her temperature every day.
Confirming ovulation
Conceiving Connie thinks: "Oh, that was enough of a temperature spike. Ovulation confirmed! Here we go!"
_Conceiving Connie does: _Looks up her estimated due date to see when the baby would be due if she was pregnant. Looks and her (and Conceiving Charlie's) timing to see if it was good. Rests in the fact that what's done is done and she can't change it now.
_Conceiving Connie thinks: _"Oh, I think I just felt a little cramp! Could that have been implantation? There was a tiny bit of blood — was that implantation? My breasts are a little sore — is that pregnancy hormones or PMS? If I'm pregnant, how should I tell Conceiving Charlie that he's going to be a father? When can I start taking a pregnancy test? I don't want to get a negative test just because I've tested too early."
_Conceiving Connie does: _Monitors her body for any possible sign of pregnancy, even though it's likely too early to have any. Continues to take her temperature, watching for lows and highs. Looks for ways to take her mind off peeing on that pregnancy test. Can't resist the pressure any longer, so she starts taking tests about 10 days post-ovulation. Tries to be optimistic without setting herself up for major disappointment. Is either thrilled when she gets a positive test or gets disappointed when she gets her period and starts over the next month.
All that thought — and that's if that cycle is normal! If Conceiving Connie wasn't charting, she'd still be spending her time thinking about getting pregnant, but she wouldn't know what to think about. Should she be fighting off the desire to take a test or is it okay to take a test? Should she still be focusing on timing intercourse well? What should her obsession be focused on?
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How Your Members Sabotage Their Own Success
The club looks great. You have the very best equipment and the latest classes. You've hired the best people and trained them well. Yet some of your members still leave.
You can accept losing the ones who are moving out of town, but how are you supposed to react when you hear, "I don't have time" or "It's too expensive"? How do you accept those excuses when you know your products and services are the key to a person's well-being? Most importantly, what more can you do to keep from losing the members who give these excuses?
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Research studies cited at our industry trade shows, and in books and reports on the subject of member retention, indicate that the main determinant of whether people get started on and stick with their exercise plan is what is going on in their own minds — in other words, their attitudes and beliefs about themselves and their ability to get in shape. Those who have an image of themselves as a fit person have a much easier time sticking with their program, regardless of how busy their lives get.
You have probably seen the Prochaska Model (sidebar, right) enough to recognize the "stage of change" that your current members are in when they struggle to stick with their workout plans. They have entered the Action stage, but they are slipping.
You may also recognize the huge opportunity presented by two other stages made up entirely of people who understand the benefits of regular exercise, but currently do not do it (Contemplation and Preparation). We need not concern ourselves with those in the Pre-Contemplation stage — estimated to be no more than 2 percent of the population — because the opportunity for increased sales and retention lies in stages two, three and four.
In those stages, we find people who struggle with getting long-term results even though they know exercise is good for them. These are the ones who often are holding a self-image of an unfit person, making the task of getting in shape more difficult than it needs to be.
The same kind of resources many club owners and managers have used to improve the way they run their businesses can be invaluable in supporting members and prospects in recognizing how their self-image determines their results. Personal and business improvement programs are based mostly on studies of what successful people and companies do differently than those who do not succeed. For example, the personal studies on which Steven Covey based his best-selling book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People identify the same traits as James Collin's Built to Last, which studied successful businesses.
The same concepts Covey and Collins discovered about successful people and businesses can be used to help your members and prospects reach their fitness goals. When they begin to approach their fitness goals the way that all successful people approach their goals, they will be much more likely to achieve them. And if you are the one who supports them in realizing this fact and making the necessary changes, you are going to end up with very loyal, long-term members.
Here are a few steps you can take to begin to offer your members and prospects this kind of support:
Identify the personal characteristics you will encourage members and prospects to pursue. What are the two or three that you believe are the most important for them to know in order to succeed?
Choose an employee to "champion" this approach. Look for a person who is already familiar with the vast array of available personal development material and who practices what he preaches.
Make this approach a part of your strategy in all aspects of your business. To attract, sell and retain more members, make providing emotional support an integral part of your marketing, sales and fitness departments.
I think my favorite excuse of all time for not exercising has to be, "I'll go to the gym as soon as I'm in better shape." Let's help people to get themselves in shape now, in their minds, so they are more comfortable going to the club to get their body to match that new self-image.
Robert MacPhee is the president of Heart Set Inc. in Encinitas, Calif. MacPhee helps people realize how our attitudes, beliefs and self-image determine whether we reach our fitness goals. He can be contacted at (760) 632-4909.
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The wireless carrier has ended its cancellation fees that range from $5 a month to $15 a month, depending on the phone, for customers who want to end contracts early.
In its place, customers will have to pay out the balance of the subsidy Telus gave them on their device in exchange for the long-term contract. Customers leaving Telus and not just buying a new phone will also have to pay a $50 administration fee to close their account.
The latest change follows Telus's early device upgrade program introduced in November that lets customers upgrade to a new phone at any time by paying off the remainder of the subsidy owing on their current phone.
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H. Knighton, a man who lived in Godric's Hollow, had one or more children. They and their mother wrote a brief epitaph for Knighton's grave.
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|Southeast Spotlight
Juneau Soccer Club holds 3V3 World Cup Tournament
Published: 04/14/2011 13:00:00
This past Saturday saw an event in Juneau unlike any other, soccer teams representing 40 countries from around the world battled it out round robin style at the Dimond Field House for the Juneau Soccer Club's 3V3 World Cup. Now I know what you're thinking, there weren't really teams from all over the world playing soccer in Juneau were there? Well technically no, they were merely representing those countries in the spirit of a world cup, but that doesn't mean they were any less motivated, as one young competitor related, "My team's Australia; and I'm trying to win."
VIDEO: A very unique tournament took place in Juneau last Saturday, the Juneau Soccer Club's 3V3 World Cup. (Image: Juneau Soccer Club)
The kids played 3 against 3 in 12 minute matches, with a very unique twist to the structure of the tournament. Tournament Director Carl Ferlauto tells us more;
"There are no parents, no coaches, no coaching allowed down here on the pitch so the kids take care of themselves, they take care of their substitutions, they take care of learning how to play the game, how to figure out each other and what you see is this incredible development throughout the day. But their coach is themselves and that's the focus, we're trying to empower kids."
And it appears to be working; we garnered a few comments from some of the competitors.
"I felt pretty good because I kind of figured it out and I've figured out how I was supposed to play and I knew that I was doing some stuff wrong when I was playing at first and then I kind of got into the actual where I knew what I needed to do."
"Yeah its way better than getting coached, I don't like getting yelled at if I don't do something right."
"Well, then it feels pretty good because then you know that you can play soccer on your own, and you don't need coaches."
Over 160 kids turned out for the big tournament, but that doesn't mean that's it's the end of the season for the Juneau soccer club. Carl Ferlauto explained;
"Soccer club is not a seasonal thing, it goes year round. You know we have competition during the summer with the big tournaments but we have developmental programs, goes throughout the entire year just about, it's not too late to come on out."
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LONDON (AlertNet) – More than 300 million women and girls in India do not have access to safe menstrual hygiene products, endangering their health, curtailing their education and putting their livelihoods at risk, say experts at the Geneva-based Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC).
At least 23 percent of girls in India leave school when they start menstruating and the rest miss an average of five days during each monthly menstrual period between the ages of 12 and 18, according to WSSCC, a partnership run by government, non-governmental organisation (NGO) members and a United Nations-hosted secretariat.
"From a taboo standpoint they are ostracised – it's an awkward situation to be in if you are having your monthly period and you simply do not want to be seen by others because they may perceive you as either dirty or unhygienic in some way," said Chris Williams, executive director of WSSCC.
"It touches on human rights and equity. It touches on issues of preventative health and positive health outcomes," he told AlertNet.
Many women and girls in India are forced to use such materials as old rags, husks, dried leaves, grass, ash, sand or newspapers every month because they lack access to essential sanitary products, according to WSSCC, which works to achieve sustainable water supply, sanitation and hygiene worldwide.
Taboos about menstruation are compounded by a lack of proper sanitation in India where only 34 percent of people have access to improved sanitation facilities, which ensure the hygienic separation of human excreta from human contact, according to 2012 statistics from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the U.N. children's agency, UNICEF.
The taboo is related to a very complex web of issues, but the starting point is an extremely patriarchal, hierarchical society responsible for the silence around menstruation, said Archana Patkar, a programme manager with WSSCC.
"It's quite strange because menstruation and a menstruating woman are stigmatised, and then a woman becomes pregnant due to the menstrual cycle – without which it's not possible to bear a child – and it's a celebration," Patkar told AlertNet, adding that the first step to reversing the taboo is to break the silence.
"If we can actually have a single celebration from puberty to motherhood and therefore this issue becomes an issue of pride rather than shame, then all the psychological burden and the trauma associated with the silence slowly starts being chipped at and will in time die away," Patkar said.
India loses about $53.8 billion each year due to increased health costs, productivity losses, and reduced tourism revenue due to inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene, said WSSCC citing the Water and Sanitation Programme.
In 2012, as part of its public education campaign, WSSCC helped organise a Yatra, or roving carnival, in India across five different states to raise awareness about menstrual hygiene management. Around 200,000 people participated in the carnival.
During the carnival, WSSCC interviewed 775 women and girls and held focus groups with some 12,000 women and girls.
"It was amazing to discover that 90 percent didn't know what a menstrual period was before they had their first one. They described to us the fear associated with it – they didn't know what was happening."
The problem is big in any poor area – urban or rural – in any area where people are so poor they cannot cope with daily survival demands, Patkar said, adding that WSSCC plans to adapt public education programmes to suit different menstruation-related taboos in other parts of the world.
WSSCC successfully lobbied to have menstrual hygiene management recognised as part of the future 2015 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets on water, sanitation and hygiene at a high-level meeting in The Hague in 2012, Williams said, adding that it's unlikely to be a goal in itself.
"More important than goals, I hope it would be an indicator of improved sanitation because in that way international development organisations, governments and NGOs would all be seeking to achieve sanitation by demonstrating that they've improved menstrual hygiene management."
As the most powerful cross-cutting indicator influencing gender, it should also be included as a measurable indicator of progress on education, health and workplace development goals, Patkar said.
Policymakers are in the process of mapping out SDGs to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – eight anti-poverty targets agreed in 2000 by U.N. member states. At least 2.5 billion people worldwide do not have proper sanitation facilities.
A meeting at U.N. headquarters in Geneva on International Women's Day hosted by WSSCC will examine how international conventions on women's sexual and reproductive rights do not explicitly address menstruation, although the taboos around it plague a third of the world's population. Topics to be covered at the March 8 event include menstrual hygiene management in education, health and the workplace.
"Beginning the conversation is the first step," Williams said. "Once that conversation is generated it lends itself to a wider discussion about improving sanitation and hygiene generally and then dealing with safe waste management."


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Did a three-star Thai hotel inadvertently kill six of its guests while trying to poison bed bugs?
Between January and March, six people suffering from virtually the same medical symptoms died after staying at the Downtown Inn in Chiang Mai or using its facilities.
Authorities maintain the deaths are just a coincidence.
But an investigation by New Zealand's "60 Minutes" news program discovered high levels of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, a chemical used to kill bed bugs, in the hotel room where New Zealand backpacker Sarah Carter, 23, died in February. Reporters pretending to be guests took samples from the room.
The UK Daily Mail reported that Thai police recently raided the company in charge of eradicating insects at the hotel.
"I think (Carter) has been killed by an overzealous sprayer who has been acting on the instructions of the hotel owner to deal with the bed bugs," United Nations chemical expert Dr. Ron McDowall told the Daily Mail.
McDowall said the symptoms experienced by Carter were consistent with chlorpyrifos poisoning, which causes headache, nausea, dizziness, muscle twitching, weakness, increased sweating and salivation, unconsciousness and convulsions.
He explained that it's difficult to confirm poisoning from blood samples because chlorpyrifos is quickly absorbed by the body – "it only has a half-life of a day or so."
The symptoms shown by all six victims – severe chest pain, vomiting and fainting – are often associated with food or water poisoning. Indeed, police initially dismissed the deaths as food poisoning from eating toxic seaweed.
Shortly after Carter's death, a retired British couple, George Everitt, 78, and his wife, Eileen, 73, were found dead in their room. They had eaten seaweed at a street food booth, but another guest had a different meal there and also got sick. She recovered.
The death of Bill Mah of Edmonton – found in his hotel room in January – was attributed to "suspected natural causes."
A young Frenchwoman and a Thai visitor also died at the hotel between January and March.
A report that a Berkeley woman died after staying at the hotel was incorrect. Mariam Soraya Vorster, 33, did suffer the same symptoms before she died while visiting Chiang Mai in January, but she was staying at a guesthouse in the city. Her husband blames the food she ate – sushi and seaweed.
The Downtown Inn remains open, with rooms starting at $41 a night.
'Bed bug pesticide poisoning' killed Californian woman and six other tourists in Thailand (UK Daily Mail)


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Liberty News
Danny Rocco named Coach of the Year finalist
Following a fourth-straight Big South championship football season, Liberty's Head Coach Danny Rocco has been named a finalist in the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year contest, joining four other elite Football Championship Subdivision coaches up for the honor in the I-AA category.
This is the third-straight year Rocco has been a finalist for the coaching honor, making him the first FCS coach in the country to be named a finalist three times.
The finalists were determined as a result of online fan voting at www.coachoftheyear.com and through an objective scoring model endorsed by the College Football Hall of Fame. Rocco qualified for the model by finishing among the Top 15 in fan votes in the FCS division. The model considers, among other criteria: wins, team penalties, on-field sportsmanship, academic achievement by his student-athletes and civic and philanthropic endeavors.
If Rocco were to win this year's award, Liberty Mutual will award Rocco $50,000 to donate to the charity of his choice and a $20,000 grant to the Liberty University Alumni Association for student scholarships and activities. Winners will be announced Jan. 10, 2011, in Scottsdale, Ariz., in advance of the Bowl Championship Series national title game.
"Coach Rocco is a great candidate for the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award," said Greg Gordon, Liberty Mutual senior vice president of Consumer Marketing. "The passionate Liberty fans and alumni have suitably honored his coaching excellence, his dedication to student-athletes and his commitment to community by casting votes and sharing anecdotes about his contributions, both on and off the field."
Through Dec. 28, fans can visit www.coachoftheyear.com to vote. The final fan vote constitutes 20 percent of a coach's final score toward this year's award.
For more information, visit the Liberty Athletics website.


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This article helps troubleshoot your BlackBerry Q10 slowing, freezing, or turning off unexpectedly.
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Try each of these steps to see if it helps improve your phone's performance.
Perform a soft reset.
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Determine if your phone has low memory.
Close background applications.
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cover (someone or something) in (something)
1. To place something on someone. I covered my daughter in a thick blanket before leaving her hospital room.
2. To coat something in something. We need to cover this whole wall in the gray paint.
3. To become coated in something. In this usage, "cover" is often used in the past tense without a noun or pronoun between "cover" and "in." After hours of gardening, Eva was covered in dirt. I was quickly covered in blood after the ball hit me in the face.
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to place something over someone or something to serve as clothing or concealment. The designer had covered her in see-through fabric that was very revealing.
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I come from NYC, a place many people dream of moving to. But I don't know what it was. Immediately after college, I moved out to Korea, then back to NYC, then to Japan for two years, back to NYC again and then back to Korea again. It's been a crazy ride, and I've never looked back! I have a decent amount of experience moving abroad in the world's greatest cities. And if you have the chance to live abroad, I really urge you to do it!
Let's see if you agree with my reasons why 🙂
1. Falling in Love with a Culture
When you're new to a culture, you're like a baby. And just like a newborn, everything's exciting when it's new. With culture, you'll have a good 3 years until you say things are old. Trust me. There's tons of new things you'll learn about just by living in another city (like dating, manners, conversations, etc!). It's a lot of fun for a good while 🙂
2. People Visiting You
You see, the thing is… when you live in another country, people find excuses to visit you. You'll get homies from junior high school you weren't even that close with messaging you saying "Long time! Heard you're living in Bangkok!" You'll be surprised at the random people that will find a way to visit you (and possibly look for a place to crash!). And it's all good, yo! It's always a good excuse to go out and have a good time.
3. OMG the Food!
For me, Seoul has the highest hit rate of food that's "good." Nothing world-class, but everything is really solid. New York on the other hand has the extremes: you can eat world-class food, but sometimes you get unlucky with really crappy foods, too. And Tokyo? Hands down, I honestly believe food in Japan is the best food in the world (of course sushi, but also burgers, Korean BBQ, Thai noodles, etc.). I can still taste the first time I had that melt-in-your-mouth Tsukiji Fish Market sushi. Telling you. World class son!
4. Variety in Your Dating
Of course there are different kinds of people in your own country. That's everywhere. But when you move to a different country, you find that there's usually country-specific types of men and women found only in your home away from home. Korea has Kpop cuties with aegyo, Japan has Harajuku fashionistas, and New York has brunch-eating white girls that love UGGs! By dating outside your comfort zone, you'll find that there are more types of people in the world than you ever imagined! (Which btw can make dating pretty complicated :P).
5. Internationalizing Yourself
I lived in New York until I graduated college. And it was the same Asian friends who all knew each other. You know. NYC's Asian community. If I was stayed, I think I would be living in the same sub-culture that I grew up in. Now don't get me wrong. I think it's great to have that community. But I think it's awesome to learn about a different culture you never knew about in depth. Best part is, you make it a part of you! Even to this day, I still love Japanese eye wash and fold my clothes like a Japanese housewife.
6. The Frank Sinatra Effect
Know that Frank Sinatra song, New York, New York? There's a line that says "If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere!" And when you live abroad, by yourself, without any help from your friends or family, you know you can make it anywhere. It's very empowering to say that you made it in another country (especially if you came without really knowing the language!). So even if your stay is short-term, you'll go to your next destination with a confidence other people just don't have!
7. Bragging Rights
Fine. I'll admit it. I become brag master whenever I have the chance to mention that I lived abroad. I always stick in a "when I lived in Korea/Japan/New York" mention whenever I can. Leave me alone. It makes me feel good, ok? 😉 Some people don't ask further. And that's fine. But when they do, you have no problem telling them about the time you saw a 100 year old turtle on sale in Busan!
8. You Appreciate Home More!
Whenever you're abroad for an extended period of time, that usually equals missing home. Parents and grandparents get older, and every moment you spend with them becomes that much more precious. Your friends that pick you up at the airport anytime you ask cement themselves as your lifetime homeboys. And food? Don't even get me started. I miss and love you NYC bagels, ghetto American style Chinese food, Tex Mex (also made by Chinese people), and good ol Halal. Trust me. Anytime you visit home, you'll have a list of foods you'll want to eat.
9. Feeling Like a Local
This kind of goes back to bragging rights, but when you feel like a local in a foreign country, you feel good. It definitely takes some time to get to that level. But once you achieve Diablo III level 99 status, you'll start talking like a tour guide without even being asked. It's a proud feeling to have a neighborhood best secret in your back pocket that you can bust out whenever anyone asks for suggestions 🙂
10. Meeting Super International People
I've met some really culturally diverse people during my time abroad. And I think it's really awesome. My best friend in Japan studied medicine in the Caribbean, became engaged to his trilingual Japanese girlfriend, and became a doctor in the middle of bumblef*ck Kentucky. A really awesome girl I met in Thailand speaks fluent Mexican Spanish and English (which also happens to be super ghetto). Her best friends are all ladyboys, too! A Japanese friend of mine got married to some French-Vietnamese dude and is now living with a baby on some French farm. My Taiwanese ex is living in Shanghai and dating some half-Chinese Aussie dude. Diversity overload. And I love it!
11. Travel Opportunities
If I continued to live in NYC, I would have never had the chance to travel to Bali, Boracay, Thailand, Shanghai, Hokkaido, etc. Personally, I've always been interested in Asia. And had I lived in NYC, it would have been way too expensive to see all that I've seen. So pick where you're most interested in, and start traveling away. The travel opportunities you have living abroad will be amazing.
Ok, well that's about it! I love that I've had the opportunity for this experience. And I really recommend those that are thinking about it to take the chance! If you're ever debating moving abroad, just go for it, ok?? 🙂
Well?? What do you think about my list? Leave a comment!


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I'm sure a lot of people out there are making resolutions about now. Lose weight (amen), exercise, train for a marathon, get a job, start a family, start a blog, stop smoking, no more coffee, etc. I think resolutions can be silly things. As human beings, if we want to do something, we do it. If we don't we either:
A.) don't
B.) wait until the new year, make a resolution, do it for two weeks and then stop
C.) discipline ourselves to do it
So, make whatever resolutions you'd like, but may I be so bold to propose just one?
Don't be afraid.
Just make the resolution that you won't let fear control you this year. I'm not talking about healthy fear…that's a good thing and can keep you out of trouble. I'm not talking about anxiety issues. I'm talking about the fear that prevents you from doing good things.
"I'm afraid to sew and it's horrific to imagine making slipcovers."
"I'm afraid to paint the wood dresser in my guest room. What if I mess it up? Is it even legal to paint nice wood?"
"I'm afraid of starting a business. What if I fail?"
"I'm afraid of color. What if it's the wrong one?"
"I'm afraid to start a blog of my own. I don't have anything interesting to share."
Sound familiar? These are fears some of you have shared with me over the past few weeks and months. What you need to do is have a little conversation with yourself (or an encouraging spouse, friend or family member) that goes something like this…
"I'm afraid of starting a business. What if I fail?"
Getting the gist? (This was almost the exact conversation I had with myself!) A lot of fears we have are just silly. Why should anyone be afraid to sew? The worse thing you can do is make something hideous and have to try again. (Well, I guess a needle can break in a freak accident and put out your eye, but I'm guessing that's not the usual fear. If it is, just wear some goggles.) The first set of curtains I made was some quilting fabric I sewed directly over a green cotton valance. They looked terrible, but everyone has to start somewhere. The first chair I slipcovered was horrible. Well, I use the term "slipcovered" loosely, because it was more slipholstered (half upholstered, half slipcover.) I was so proud of it, but it was really bad. All of that to say, it's OK to be bad at something when you first start.
For years, I longed to play the violin. Really. It's a beautiful instrument. So, I purchased a student violin off E-bay. I waited eagerly for it to arrive in the mail. I bought a couple of lesson books and I had dreams of being a prodigy. I was really hoping I would remove the violin from the case and just "get it." I would run the bow along the strings and play a beautiful song I had only heard once before and it would be magical. The reality? I remove the violin from the case and screeched out Twinkle Twinkle Little Star just like all other average people who play the violin. You know what, though? I still really enjoyed playing.
The point is, we all want success, perfection and smooth sailing. The truth is, most of us won't have that right off the bat 100% of the time. The beauty is, that's where the good stuff in life can be found. We learn the most, grow the most, and change the most through struggle.
I've been sewing for about ten years, now, and I get better all the time. (My violin is sitting the guestroom closet with only three strings. Not everything works out.)
So, whatever your fears about DIY, home decor, crafting, art, or starting a business might be…
Be bold.
Be brave.
And see where it takes you.


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Awesome Authors is a summer school creative writing class offered, by the Grand Forks Public School District. Laura Knox teaches the class, for students in Kindergarten through Second Grade. Class members participate in writing projects, art projects, field trips, and a class blog, which can be found at: www.classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id262314 or by searching Laura Knox Awesome Authors.
Each summer, students in the Awesome Authors class, tour the Grand Forks Herald offices. They visit with many Herald staff members to learn about their jobs. This year, the Awesome Authors were invited to write reviews of some of the new and/or popular children's books from their school library. They were thrilled to have this opportunity to share a writing project and the pictures they drew pictures to accompany their reviews.
Here is the first of their reviews and illustrations which appeared in the Grand Forks Herald on Sunday, July 28, 2013. They will be published every Sunday in the Herald for the next 7 weeks.


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The film adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" is, appropriately enough, stumbling around Hollywood like a brainless undead creature hungry for brains.
Craig Gillespie has vacated the director's chair after a dispute with Lionsgate over casting, reported Deadline. It's a shame, because after seeing Gillespie's fantastically entertaining "Fright Night" remake, we were looking forward to his take on this material.
The usual suspects--Emma Stone, Anne Hathaway, Scarlett Johansson, Mia Wasikowska--have been mentioned as possibilities for the lead, as has Natalie Portman, whose Handsomecharlie Films is one of the project's producers. Most recently Blake Lively's name has been kicked around.
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David O. Russell left the film after a dispute last October over the budget, telling the Wall Street Journal, "The studio budgeted it as a genre zombie movie and gave me $25 to $28 million. I was like, that's not cool."
In January it was Mike White's turn to jump ship, saying, "I loved the project and looked forward to working with Lionsgate. Unfortunately, the timing could not be worked out. I wish them the best with the movie."
To review: Budget's too low, timing's lousy and no one wants the lead role. This is gonna be great!


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Excellence - We go beyond what is expected, as individuals and as an organization.
Respect - We treat others with fairness, dignity, and compassion. We value the diversity of our team and the strengths of each member. We base our research on respect for children, their families, and the early childhood profession. We approach each person and situation with positive intent.
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Where's My Sequel? – Jade Empire
When BioWare was purchased by Electronic Arts in 2007, many wondered what would happen to the popular Mass Effect and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series. I've been a huge fan of the developer since playing KOTOR, and I was confident that BioWare's juggernaut franchises would be handled well. I was more worried about what would happen to its less popular game, Jade Empire. Six years after the purchase of BioWare, there has still been no word of a sequel to one of my all-time favorite games.
What it is:
Jade Empire is a game set in a land inspired by the fantastical depictions of ancient China, where magic, spirits, demons, and powerful marital artists are commonplace. Before the game starts, players are able to choose the character that they want to control. Characters can specialize in focus, which allows them to use weapons and slow down time for a longer period, or chi, which allows them to use more magic attacks and heal themselves. In my first playthrough, I chose Wu the Lotus Blossom, a middle-of-the-road choice. She also happened to be the woman on the box art.
The character that players choose is the last Spirit Monk, whose order is tasked with protecting the Water Dragon and leading the dead to the spirit world. The Spirit Monk sets out on an epic journey to rescue his or her master and the Water Dragon, both of whom have been taken captive by the Emperor of the Jade Empire. In standard BioWare fashion, the Spirit Monk gains many new companions during the epic journey. The Spirit Monk builds a relationship with each character through dialogue, and even romances some of them. The game even allows same-sex romances, which at the time was something I hadn't seen before. My favorite companion was Silk Fox, the privileged-but-tough daughter of the Emperor.
As in other BioWare games, there are shocking plot twists as well as good and evil choices that affect the story. Players can choose to follow the righteous Way of the Open Palm or the evil Way of the Closed Fist. Choices lead to three vastly different endings. Those who wish to pursue the evil path have to make a very tough decision at the conclusion, one that I couldn't bring myself to do in my evil playthrough. In addition, there are numerous martial arts, weapons, magic, and support styles to focus on and improve. Players can even learn styles that turn them into hulking demons. The game encourages players to switch between styles mid-fight to address enemy weaknesses.
When it stopped:
Jade Empire was released on April 12, 2005 for the Xbox and brought to the PC on February 26, 2007. And that was it. In 2011, BioWare CEO Ray Muzyka said that he was still interested in making a sequel to the game. "It's an IP, it's a setting that we're really passionate about, and we still are. Both Greg [Zeschuck] and I were big believers in the IP. We're just looking for the right way to deploy it," Muzyka said. But then both Muzyka and Zeschuck left BioWare in 2012, possibly removing Jade Empire's biggest supporters. Today, the developer has its hands full with Dragon Age: Inquisition, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and a new Mass Effect entry. There's a good chance the world will never see another Jade Empire game.
What comes next:
It can be argued that Jade Empire doesn't need a sequel because it had a proper ending that tied up all the story threads. However, another entry would allow the developer to build on the rich mythology that it has established. A sequel would have to address the vastly different endings in the first game. Perhaps BioWare can provide an application to allow players to select their decisions from the first game, similar to the system Dragon Age: Inquisition will implement. I'm curious to see what happens to the empire as a result of my choices. Does Tien's Landing thrive again because I closed the dam? Is the Black Leopard School better off without Master Smiling Hawk?
The next Jade Empire could also be a prequel. BioWare can go all the way back to the founding of the empire by Sagacious Tien to find a story that it likes. Both choices are fine as long as the game allows for multiple and truly diverse endings. I just want to revisit the mythical, ancient China-inspired setting, which is too uncommon in gaming. I would like to see more locations in the empire and maybe visit the Spirit World again.
With the technology of next-generation consoles, Jade Empire can become a true action game while keeping its heavy RPG and decision-making features. The first game's combat is not turn-based like KOTOR, but it is not a full action system either. Players are limited to dodging and triggering attack animations. A new entry could have a light version of an action combat system similar to that of Devil May Cry or Ninja Gaiden. This would make fighting more skill-based and I don't think it would be impossible to implement. After all, BioWare successfully applied its story-telling formula to a third-person shooter in Mass Effect. I'm sure they can do it again here.
In a perfect world, BioWare would revisit Jade Empire, giving fans another chance to experience that world. Of course, that's not likely to happen, so I will just have to replay the game on Xbox Originals and imagine better graphics.


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With the recent rise of Republican Rick Santorum in the Iowa caucuses, we're sure to hear a couple of words again and again as the right-wing's quest to rebuild America continues:
Family. Values.
I can't help but cringe every time I hear that catchphrase. Not because I dislike families – I have a terrific one of my own, thank you very much – but because I have to wonder WHOSE families those wingnuts are talking about. Why did they get to appropriate the phrase?
What I also wonder is this: Why is the word "family" code for a lot of social conservative dogma that is not only irrelevant to what raising a real family is all about, but more importantly, leaves women – who do the bulk of that raising – out in the cold?
In the interests of real family values, I vote that we reclaim the term for ourselves.
But back to Santorum, whose message apparently resonated so well in Iowa: Let's start with reproductive rights, wherein Mr. Santorum goes way beyond the pro-life position by suggesting that contraception itself is a dangerous practice — whether you're married or, God forbid, single. As reported on ThinkProgress, Santorum told CaffeinatedThoughts editor Shane Vander Hart,"[contraception] is not okay. It's a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be." How things are supposed to be, he said, is for the purpose of procreation. Here's the video.
An extreme position? Not completely. You may recall that many conservatives in Congress recently voted to defund Planned Parenthood even though abortions only make up 10 percent of the services it provides to women without other means of health care, and that abortion services receive no federal funding. And here's the irony: As the Guttmacher Institute points out:
Publicly funded family planning services help women to avoid pregnancies they do not want and to plan pregnancies they do. In 2006, these services helped women avoid 1.94 million unintended pregnancies, which would likely have resulted in about 860,000 unintended births and 810,000 abortions
Access to contraception is also an issue of women's health. Here in the U.S., the Institute of Medicine recently came out with guidelines that urge health insurance under President Obama's health care overhaul to include FDA approved contraception as preventative care. Why? Proper spacing of pregnancies can prevent a host of serious health risks for both mother and child.
And while we're at it, here's another case in point: the Affordable Care Act, which Santorum and the rest of those family values folks want to repeal. Let's review. Who suffered most under our health care system of old? Women. And when women suffer, it's often the kids who pay the price. So much for those family values. Lest you forget how our old health care system affected women: pregnancy was a pre-existing condition. Women, especially when they have kids, are statistically more likely to work part time jobs that do not provide health benefits — which is fine so long as they can depend on a well-employed husband for job-related health insurance. But what if he loses his job? Or what happens to the kids if mom happens to be single? (Oh, that's right. Family values don't apply to single mothers.)
There's even something more basic when it comes to so-called family values: putting food on the table, and for the majority of the 99 percenters, this has become an ever-more difficult proposition. While it would be ever so Norman Rockwell for every family to have a mom (or, hello, a dad) at home with the kids, where in this economy is that even feasible (that is, if mom and dad are lucky enough to have jobs)? As HuffPost blogger Dan Bimrose notes over there on the politics page:
A Rick Santorum candidacy would be a family values candidacy. The family unit is extremely important to working class America. It is to these working class voters he was addressing and referring to when he said:
"They share our values about faith and family. They understand that when the family breaks down, the economy struggles. They understand when families aren't there to instill values into their children and into their neighbors as Little League coaches, as good neighbors, of fathers and mothers being part of a community, that the neighborhood is not safe and they are not free…"
The implication is that the Democrats are responsible for broken families. If the breaking up of American families is truly the cause of our economic failures, which is an incredibly weak argument, he may want to point his finger at Republicans like himself.
What he fails to mention is that the reason that the parents are not there to instill values into their children and coach their baseball teams is because those mothers and fathers are working their ass off. While Republican governors such as the likely former candidate for President Rick Perry seek praise for their ability to create minimum wage jobs, the people working those jobs realize they simply do not pay the bills. They need two of these jobs and their wives need one and none of them provide adequate health care.
And how about the fact that women still make 77 cents to a man's buck? Or the fact that for many women — the ones working to help put that food on the table — affordable child care is nothing but a pipe dream because as a society, we've never made it a priority? And what happens to the kids when neither mom nor dad can find a job, or if they do find one, it only pays minimum wage? And yet: the same folks who hold up the sanctity of the family are often the ones who vote to dismantle social welfare programs like Medicaid or food stamps. Or vote against extending unemployment benefits.
The so-called family values folks would also have us believe that gay marriage threatens not only the social fabric of our nation, but our own marriages as well. Really? Exactly how does that work?
The list goes on, mainly arguments of privilege. But then, if you've ever been part of a family, you probably get it. Maybe prayer in school, opposition to gay marriage, and blowing up the safety net are the kinds of values that made your family strong. But I seriously doubt it. If the health of the American family is what we're after, the values that matter most are more along the lines of equal opportunity, access to good health care and quality education, and above all, an abiding sense of compassion.
On the other hand, I do agree with Santorum et al. on one thing. The American family is indeed under attack. The question is: by whom?


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Six notable cars from the collection of Bertone, one of the great Italian coachbuilders, are scheduled to be auctioned on May 21 in conjunction with the Concorso d'Eleganza at the Villa d'Este, one of the most prestigious gatherings of automobile collectors and connoisseurs in the world. This is the first time that the concours weekend has included an auction; it is being held by RM auction house.
But whether those six cars — several of which are included in Bertone's online historical gallery — will actually wind up on the auction block remains an open question, and the president of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano, has been asked to intervene.
Founded in 1912, Bertone has recently gone through hard times and been reorganized. The cars were consigned to RM by the bankruptcy commission that has overseen the company's affairs since 2008. The scheduled sale has become an emotional issue for Bertone, and Mike Robinson, Bertone's design director, said in a telephone interview on Wednesday that the company hopes to stop the sale.


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Other high-profile crime suspects, including the Fort Hood shooting suspect, have made the same plea recently.
In his first public appearance since being apprehended in a bloodied boat in a Boston suburb on April 19, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty to 30 counts related to April's Boston Marathon attack, including the use of a weapon of mass destruction to kill. Tsarnaev, who reportedly confessed his responsibility in a note found in the boat, yawned and slumped in the courtroom as he repeatedly answered "not guilty" in a Russian accent and blew a kiss to a woman in the courtroom.
The "not guilty" plea, as odd as it may sound, is not unusual in high-profile crimes where the suspects seem to have been caught red-handed.
In January 2011, the suspect in the Tucson, Ariz., attack on then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords that killed six people pleaded not guilty to three charges of attempted murder. The 23-year-old suspect laterpleaded guilty to 19 counts of murder and attempted murder.
Earlier this year, the suspect in the shootings at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater in July 2012 pleaded not guilty to 160 counts of murder and attempted murder by reason of insanity. He is now undergoing examination by the Colorado Mental Health Institute, which will tentatively be completed in August.
Just this month, the suspect in the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings pleaded not guilty to 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. Jury selection in the case began Tuesday.
NEXT STORY: The Afghanistan Negotiations Are Not Going Well


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Most Amtrak service in Northeast suspended
No decision on when service will resume
Hurricane Sandy, with associated high winds and heavy rains, combined with emergency declarations in several states, has led Amtrak to cancel all services in the Northeast Corridor through Tuesday.
All Acela Express, Northeast Regional, Keystone and Shuttle services are canceled for trains originating on that date. Also Empire Service, Adirondack, Vermonter, Ethan Allen and Pennsylvanian train services are suspended, along with the overnight Auto Train, Capitol Limited, Crescent, Lake Shore Limited, Palmetto and Silver Meteor trains.
The result is the suspension of all Amtrak service from Boston south to Raleigh, North Carolina, and from the East Coast to Chicago, New Orleans and Florida. Amtrak stations in the affected areas and along the affected routes should be considered closed.


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besides being basically my favourite places to hang out in general, art museums are prime spots for interesting people watching. in the musée d'orsay i lurked in the same room as courbet's origin of the world for about 5 minutes, and enjoyed witnessing a variety of reactions … naturally the piece generates a lot of interest and giggles – mostly from men. in the l'orangerie i sat and watched these two women who gazed at monet's water lilies for ages. when i squinted my eyes they started blending in with the blue water.
in the louvre i stood and watched as people went crazy around the mona lisa. this was my third visit, and it's always the same story: jostling to take a photos & jamming at eachother's elbows so they can stand as close to her as possible. the guards in the room are almost permanently rolling their eyes at the tourists who all flash away with their little digital cameras, even though there are several signs that say no flash… all the while lisa is just chilling with that disarming smile on her face, and the eyes that watch you no matter where you are standing in the room.
actually, all the paintings seem to be watching you… all the time.
so i retreated to the calm of the decorative arts museum – still my favourite of them all. it is currently hosting an animals & toys exhibit (excellent!) and they were busy setting up for the mobi-boom exhibit in the nave opening on 23 september, which will showcase furniture design from 1945 to 1975 – seriously bummed i'm missing that.
all photos by me, more of paris at my flickr


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Webmaster: All Day Fencing Interview with Richard Berckelman, Director. 9th Sept 2011
All Day Fencing was created in 1993 and has expanded to become the leading website in 3 countries dedicated to Fencing, Gates and Automation. We interview the Director Richard Berckelman about the All Day Fencing USA website, how the business is performing and what his intentions are for the future of the company.
Please give us a short summary of your website?
Our website is dedicated to fencing, gates and automation. It was designed to provide information on fencing and gate products and advice to our customers.
What inspired you to launch your own website?
Our website has been launched to meet the demands of our clients. An online booking system was the heart of the online reform and we are hoping to gain increased clients from more exposure and a simpler booking system.
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
We launched our first website in 1993. It has constantly expanded over the years to become the number 1 fencing and gates website across the country. Individual branch managers contribute ideas and information so the site is constantly growing.
How does your website gain so much exposure and rankings?
Well, its not brain science, we have been in the business since 1993 so there's no quick solution but undoubtedly the website gains high page ranking because all the local area managers and their customers share the one website. They all have their locally targeted web pages but the traffic is all driven through the main information pages! The more members join the better immediate rankings for the local search engines. But I must stress you must have a superior product or service that your business is based on.
What makes your website different from other, similar offerings?
Our website contains over 50 pages of information only on fencing and gates, including legal advice, fence laws, neighbor dispute resolution, tree problems, pool fence regulations as well as our comprehensive product range.
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income?)
All Day Fencing is, and always will be, managed by the individual area managers. Our system is available for all local tradesmen and fencing contractors to reserve an exclusive trading area and become part of our national network. The eventual goal is to become the biggest dedicated fencing and gates website with local agents to answer enquiries in all states and counties. I have owned and run the business for 15 years and don't intend to sell it. However I guess everything has a price.
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
The investment of our time to create a website has more than paid for itself through quicker and easier booking systems for our clients. Our decision to produce a website was driven by customer demands. We currently receive nearly 100 qualified booked quotations and 8,300 hits to our website per week for one state alone! The secret to our success stems from dedication to the product – and the customer. It is my belief that if you have a good product, you will have a good customer.
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
Currently All Day Fencing retain the owners of the business and an unlimited budget would create opportunities to expand into other countries.
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
Our site is designed to get big. In fact it is quite big now. We require local agents in all US counties and states and have set up the appropriate system to cater for rapid expansion. Our system of individual area managers run by small business acting as agents can cater for unlimited work in all areas!
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
It has taken close to 10 years to build and perfect this system. All individual agents have contributed to helping solve bugs and start up problems that occur when taking on such a large enterprise. It is the valuable feedback from our agents and clients that has helped us to improve our business practises.
What has been your biggest challenge?
Probably the biggest challenge has been to find the right avenues to promote our business throughout the US, and increase our page ranking in search engines.
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
The most successful method we have found to promote our website is simply to have great informative content available on our website that answers our customers enquiries.
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
Our website is constantly growing with each new member. Members can communicate with each other and contribute to the overall business through the All Day Fencing live forum.
How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?
All Day Fencing have been in business since 1993. Our system has developed into a successful business model, based on real products and services, and continues to expand by itself. Every new member helps to promote the business by creating a localised branch targeting specific local key areas. As this system is constantly changing and growing with every new member, the system will continue to expand indefinitely.
*Member applications and information is available at www.alldayfencing.com/adfagencyinfo.php.


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Over the past few years, browsers have converged on using
document.execCommand for clipboard interactions. It's
great to have a single widely-supported way to integrate copy and paste into web
apps, but this came at a cost: clipboard access is synchronous, and can only
read and write to the DOM.
Synchronous copy and paste might seem fine for small bits of text, but there are a number of cases where blocking the page for clipboard transfer leads to a poor experience. Time consuming sanitization or decoding might be needed before content can be safely pasted. The browser may need to load linked resources from a pasted document. That would block the page while waiting on the disk or network. Imagine adding permissions into the mix, requiring that the browser block the page while asking the user if an app can access the clipboard.
At the same time, the permissions put in place around
document.execCommand for
clipboard interaction are loosely defined and vary between browsers. So, what
might a dedicated clipboard API look like if it addressed blocking and
permissions problems?
That's the Async Clipboard API, the text-focused portion of which we're shipping in Chrome 66. It's a replacement for execCommand-based copy and paste that has a well-defined permissions model and doesn't block the page. This new API also promises (see what I did there?) to simplify clipboard events and align them with the Drag and Drop API.
Copy: writing text to the clipboard
To copy text to the clipboard call
writeText(). Since this API is
asynchronous, the
writeText() function returns a Promise that will be resolved
or rejected depending on whether the text I passed is copied successfully:
navigator.clipboard.writeText('Text to be copied')
.then(() => {
console.log('Text copied to clipboard');
.catch(err => {
// This can happen if the user denies clipboard permissions:
console.error('Could not copy text: ', err);
Similarly, I can write this as an async function, then await the return of
async function copyPageUrl() {
try {
await navigator.clipboard.writeText(location.href);
console.log('Page URL copied to clipboard');
} catch (err) {
console.error('Failed to copy: ', err);
Paste: reading text from the clipboard
Much like copy, you can read text from the clipboard by calling
readText() and
waiting for the returned Promise to resolve with the text:
.then(text => {
console.log('Pasted content: ', text);
.catch(err => {
console.error('Failed to read clipboard contents: ', err);
For consistency, here's the equivalent async function:
async function getClipboardContents() {
try {
const text = await navigator.clipboard.readText();
console.log('Pasted content: ', text);
} catch (err) {
console.error('Failed to read clipboard contents: ', err);
Handling paste events
There are plans to introduce a new event for detecting clipboard changes, but for now it's best to use the "paste" event. It works nicely with the new asynchronous methods for reading clipboard text:
document.addEventListener('paste', event => {
navigator.clipboard.readText().then(text => {
console.log('Pasted text: ', text);
Security and permissions
Clipboard access has always presented a security concern for browsers. Without
proper permissions in place, a page could silently copy all manner of malicious
content to a user's clipboard that would produce catastrophic results when
pasted. Imagine a web page that silently copies
rm -rf / or a decompression
bomb image to your clipboard.
Giving web pages unfettered read access to the clipboard is even more troublesome. Users routinely copy sensitive information like passwords and personal details to the clipboard, which could then be read by any page without the user ever knowing.
As with many new APIs,
navigator.clipboard is only supported for pages
served over HTTPS. To help prevent abuse, clipboard access is only allowed when
a page is the active tab. Pages in active tabs can write to the clipboard
without requesting permission, but reading from the clipboard always requires
To make things easier, two new permissions for copy and paste have been added to
the Permissions API. The
clipboard-write permission is granted automatically
to pages when they are the active tab. The
clipboard-read permission must be
requested, which you can do by trying to read data from the clipboard.
{ name: 'clipboard-read' }
{ name: 'clipboard-write' }
As with anything using the Permissions API, it's possible to check if your app has permission to interact with the clipboard:
name: 'clipboard-read'
}).then(permissionStatus => {
// Will be 'granted', 'denied' or 'prompt':
// Listen for changes to the permission state
permissionStatus.onchange = () => {
Here's where the "async" part of the Clipboard API really comes in handy though: attempting to read or write clipboard data will automatically prompt the user for permission if it hasn't already been granted. Since the API is promise-based, this is completely transparent, and a user denying clipboard permission rejects the promise so the page can respond appropriately.
Since Chrome only allows clipboard access when a page is the current active tab,
you'll find that some of the examples here don't run quite right if pasted directly
into DevTools, since DevTools itself is the active tab. There's a trick: I need
to defer the clipboard access using
setTimeout(), then quickly click inside the
page to focus it before the functions are called:
setTimeout(async () => {
const text = await navigator.clipboard.readText();
}, 2000);
Looking back
Prior to the introduction of the Async Clipboard API, there were a mix of different copy and paste implementations across web browsers.
In most browsers, the browser's own copy and paste can be triggered using
document.execCommand('copy') and
document.execCommand('paste'). If the text
to be copied is a string not present in the DOM, I have to inject and select
button.addEventListener('click', e => {
const input = document.createElement('input');
input.value = text;
const result = document.execCommand('copy');
if (result === 'unsuccessful') {
console.error('Failed to copy text.');
Similarly, here's how you can handle pasted content in browsers that don't support the new Async Clipboard API:
document.addEventListener('paste', e => {
const text = e.clipboardData.getData('text/plain');
console.log('Got pasted text: ', text);
In Internet Explorer, I can also access the clipboard through
window.clipboardData. If accessed within a user gesture such as a click
event—part of asking permission responsibly—no permissions prompt
is shown.
Detection and fallback
It's a good idea to use feature detection to take advantage of Async Clipboard
while still supporting all browsers. You can detect support for the Async
Clipboard API by checking for the existence of
document.addEventListener('paste', async e => {
let text;
if (navigator.clipboard) {
text = await navigator.clipboard.readText()
else {
text = e.clipboardData.getData('text/plain');
console.log('Got pasted text: ', text);
What's next for the clipboard API?
As you may have noticed, this post only covers the text part of
navigator.clipboard. There are more generic
read() and
write() methods in
the specification, but these come with additional implementation complexity and
security concerns (remember those image bombs?). For now, Chrome is rolling out
the simpler text parts of the API.
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