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Most musicians who've been in big bands, launching a new project, will only talk about how excited they are to be moving forward, how their new music has put them back in touch with what first excited them about music. That's not an option for No Devotion, no matter how much they might wish it were, because of the identity of the band five-sixths of them used to be in. Or, more specifically, because of the identity of the singer of that band.
The last time Lee Gaze saw Ian Watkins was in December 2012, when the pair met in London to film the video for a single from Lostprophets' fifth album, Weapons. Though the rest of the band were in America, leaving the guitarist and singer to shoot the clip on their own, Watkins was upbeat. When he arrived ("Four hours late," Gaze recalls), he avidly discussed the future of the group, who were still one of Britain's bigger rock outfits despite a drop-off in sales.
"He was talking about looking forward to the next record – he thought we'd return to being as successful as we'd been five years before," Gaze says, He's tucked into a corner booth in a south London pub, sipping mineral water and answering each question so diligently that at one point he checks his phone to establish the date of Lostprophets' last gig together (14 November 2012, in Newport, south Wales). Blond, slight and shy, he's the polar opposite of his dark, confident ex-bandmate, with whom he co-founded Lostprophets in Pontypridd in 1997.
"He seemed OK that day," Gaze says. But he wasn't OK. A week or so later, Watkins was charged with child sex offences, and the lives of the other Lostprophets were turned upside down. On the day his trial was due to start, Watkins changed his plea to guilty and was jailed for 29 years. His former bandmates released a statement that said, in part: "Many of you understandably want to know if we knew what Ian was doing. To be clear: we did not. We are heartbroken, angry, and disgusted at what has been revealed. Our hearts go out to Ian's family, the fans and friends he betrayed, and most importantly, the victims of his crimes and others like them."
Eight months later, the former Lostprophets have found their own ways of dealing with the situation. "Stuart [Richardson, bass] and I have talked about it a lot. Jamie [Oliver, keyboards] won't at all. Mike [Lewis, guitar] talks about it …" Gaze, who briefly ran a coffee stand, also found himself discussing it with Lostprophets fans who tracked him down there. "Kids would come in with Lostprophets wristbands … Wow, that's brave. I've had some intense conversations with them."
He feels sorry for the superfans who tattooed Watkins's face and lyrics on their bodies during the golden years – the high-water mark was 2006, when the album Liberation Transmission ("their most punkily accessible yet", according to the Guardian) entered the chart at No 1 and they became arena-fillers – but is flummoxed by the groundswell of support shown by a few Watkins diehards. "One guy got a tattoo after …." he says, meaning after the conviction. He shakes his head.
One thing he and Richardson – who speaks to me on the phone from his home in Florida the day after I meet Gaze – emphasise is that they're still struggling to understand what happened. Understandably, they also want to make it clear they had no knowledge of the singer's crimes until 24 hours before he was charged. As their words tumble out, it's obvious they were poleaxed by the revelations.
"A day before the charges went public, we heard he'd been arrested and immediately we knew the band was over," Richardson says. "The next morning, we started reading tweets about what he tried to do. And we couldn't believe it." Every member except Watkins has children – Richardson's young daughter knew the singer as Uncle Ian – which, they say, made the betrayal worse. Both he and Gaze say they'll never listen to the music again. "I can't," Gaze says. "It's tainted, because he was the voice of the band, and it was his lyrics."
They're anxious not to portray themselves as victims, however, and Richardson speaks at length of the balancing act involved in talking publicly. The sudden ending of their 15-year career, during which they sold 3.5m albums, has been "horrible, torture", but he stresses: "There are bigger victims in this whole thing; there are families trying to deal with this right now."
He's consumed by the need to know whether they could have spotted Watkins's behaviour earlier. "I've gone back and tried to find clues, and read interviews. I think about four years ago we started noticing a change in him. We heard he was doing cocaine, which for most people is nothing, but Ian was straight-edge [a punk who avoids alcohol and drugs] and for him to start doing it was, 'No, he wouldn't do that.'
"We had an intervention with him to get him off coke, and he denied he was doing it, and then a year later he was addicted to crystal meth. The gigs in 2012 were awful – on tour, he was barely functioning; he'd miss cues for songs and wasn't interacting with the audience," Richardson says. Gaze adds: "He really didn't spend much time with us. I'm quite a loner, anyway, and we weren't close. I wouldn't even know when he was in London except from his Twitter. We were operating on a fractured basis, where we would only get together to do our job."
The reason nobody detected his crimes, says Gaze, was that "you wouldn't expect a handsome rock star in his 30s to be a paedophile". The Independent Police Complaints Commission is currently investigating whether his celebrity status prevented him from being charged earlier, but Gaze points out that even those close enough to him to be aware that he was a drug and sex addict had assumed he confined his activities to adult women. "Ian was incredibly charming and manipulative – he could win anybody over. It was a powerful tool of his. We knew he had a different woman in every city, but with paedophiles, you don't assume them having relationships with adult women."
Lostprophets' cleancut image and raw-throated angst attracted an intensely loyal teen following. As frontman, Watkins was besieged by women. Having interviewed him several years ago, I can verify not just the charm but an intelligence that wasn't what you'd have expected from someone who looked like a male model impersonating a rock star. He was aware enough of his looks to have used the email name Mirrorboy – according to Gaze, who was two years above him at school, he had a coterie of female admirers even as a teenager.
On tour, he exploited it. "Sometimes two women would turn up at the hotel at the same time, and he would manipulate that," Gaze remembers. Nonetheless he never saw Watkins with anyone underage, even when the drugs turned him truculent and unreliable, and his taste in women changed from "beautiful TV presenters [such as former girlfriends Fearne Cotton and Alexa Chung] to unattractive girls". He hesitates before adding: "A guy who'd been in prison with Ian did an interview when he came out, and said that he [Watkins] had said: 'How could I be attracted to children? Because they don't have features.' I think he was just attracted to what was bad, and to being in control."
The band are incensed that Watkins, who turns 37 this month, maintained his innocence until the very last minute. He had arrived at Cardiff crown court, and the jury was about to be sworn in when he abruptly pleaded guilty to 13 of the 24 charges against him. "Ian had sent a letter to Mike at his gran's funeral, protesting his innocence," recounts Richardson. "It was typical – 'Oh, I'm sorry about your gran' – and then the rest of the letter was me-me-me. But as much as the evidence was getting larger and larger, we still hoped that it was some misunderstanding." He pauses. Unlike Gaze, who finds talking "therapeutic", Richardson is deeply uncomfortable, and only agreed to this interview because he considers it "our public duty" to raise awareness of abuse.
"Basically, over last year-and-a-half, my life has been, like … you know the end of The Usual Suspects? I just feel like I've had plot twist after plot twist," says Richardson. "I can't believe the things Ian's capable of. Up until the final second he said he was innocent. He destroyed his family's life, giving them a glimpse of hope every time he said he was innocent. His mum thought he was innocent. What a fucking cunt."
One of the twists was that Watkins had seemed finally to be getting on top of the crystal meth addiction that they believe had precipitated the sexual abuse. Richardson says: "Obviously he was hooked on drugs for a while, and we tried every intervention; it almost got to the point where we wanted to split the band, but we didn't want to because we thought he would die. We were expecting a call telling us he'd died every day for the last 18 months of the band. But by the last tour it actually seemed like he was getting better. And then this happens."
As for Gaze, he had long been disenchanted with Lostprophets. "From 2006, I was bored with it. I had a love-hate relationship with the band, because Ian was getting very difficult, and we'd been painted into having to write for a certain audience. We were in our mid-30s, and you'd be at a gig and the first few rows were all kids." But he'd been prepared to press on, and their records were still selling well enough to make it worthwhile (Weapons had reached No 9, and received mainly favourable reviews).
The former Lostprophets assumed their lives as musicians were over. "I resigned myself to being done with music – the person I wrote the songs with was locked away, with good reason, for eternity," Gaze says. But they eventually worked on new demos, and in February of this year invited Geoff Rickly, former singer of the now-defunct New Jersey post-hardcore group Thursday, to join them. "I have friends who said: 'Don't do it, just being associated will be a stain on your career,'" says Rickly on the phone from Brooklyn. "But once I talked to them and knew they truly didn't know anything about it, I decided to do it."
Renaming themselves No Devotion, they launch this month with a single, Stay, and four UK dates. Rickly reveals that they bonded over a mutual love of the Cocteau Twins and the Jesus and Mary Chain, and Stay's 80s electropop style certainly militates against their new project simply being labelled "Lostprophets with a new singer". About the future, Richardson is cautiously optimistic: "A week ago I didn't know if anybody would want to listen to us because of the associations, but people seem to really want to see us succeed." Indeed, Stay entered the UK charts at No 47 – not a smash, but certainly proof they haven't been shunned (in Belarus, it reached No 1).
Gaze and Richardson disagree about whether Watkins's deeds negate what Lostprophets achieved as a band. Though both say they can no longer listen to the five albums they made together, Gaze cites the example of Roman Polanski. "I'm a massive cinephile, and I still watch his movies. With music, it's subjective; viewing a band from a fan's perspective is different from our own." Richardson, though, is unequivocal: "I don't know how his badness can't cancel out our music. We had platinum records in our houses, awards. I smashed Liberation Transmission the other day. The rest are in the garage and they'll probably never come out again."
• This article was amended on 11 July to separate quotes from Richardson and Gaze that were inadvertently run together during editing.


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When was the last time you went to a seminar and didn't sit through at least one boring presentation? I suspect it's been a while. Slide after slide of charts, and scatter graphs, and bullet points, all delivered in a monotone voice by a talking suit, right after lunch… I'm getting exhausted just thinking about it. Well you're in luck, because I've found the perfect solution to combat this boredom, and it's called Seminar Bingo. Enjoy!
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I don't think I could start a post like this one without saying that I'm not homeless in the usual sense of the word. I have now not a single debt in the world – no mortgage, no loans, no consumer debt, NOTHING – and I have a net worth in the mid-six-figures. Yet I fit the definition because, for a week, my family has had no home. Our home was sold and our lease on our new home has not yet begun, so we are – by a weak technical point – homeless.
I can't say it's enjoyable. I am fortunate to have parents with a home large enough to accomodate an additional four people without much strain, but it's still an odd feeling. I have been homeless twice in my adult life now. Once, when I returned from Moscow in my mid-20s, and now. When I returned from Moscow I was single and simply didn't bother to get a separate place to live. I had been overseas for a while and living with my parents for a month or two while I found a new job seemed like a vacation. After selling our house in New Jersey, we were left with an awkward "gap time" between the pickup of our belongings by the moving company and delivery in Florida. So, for a brief time, we are living off what could be stuffed into our minivan.
Again, we haven't suffered. My parents and my brother's family have spent a lot of time taking care of us, and in many senses it's been a relief to finally put the house sale behind us. Although I'll miss our house (the house to which I brought my two children home from the hospital), I was relieved to sell it, collect the proceeds and move on. Knowing that it was sold a few months ago gave me time to adjust and move on. What I wasn't prepared for was a sense of disorientation – being unemployed and without a "real" home for even a week gives me a sense of vertigo.
If you read much about the crisis we are enduring as a nation, you get a glimpse of the terror a lot of people must be facing. Worrying about paying the electric bill has never crossed my mind, but I can't even begin to understand the terror a family must face if they can't pay for heat in the winter. For the first time in my life though, I have started to realize that I CAN understand that terror. Not because I'm suffering – far from it, to be honest. I just felt, for a second, the open, empty feeling of having no base.
I don't think I can take much away from this episode other than sympathy. We have rented a nice house in a good neighborhood of a well-to-do town in a prosperous county in a … well, struggling state. But Bubelah and I are fortunate to have parents who are supportive and helpful, so we've never felt hopeless. I just wish – after a tiny dose of homelessness – that everybody was as lucky as we are. Being homeless – even in a technical sense of the word – is a disturbing feeling, and I would never wish it on anyone.


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Online gambling is increasingly in popularity by the day, and with recent legislation making online gambling legal in many more countries, the gambling industry is booming, with mobile online casinos enjoying their fair share of the action.
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Wendy noticed a bird nest on a power line one day at the job site. Knowing how dangerous power lines can be, Wendy decided to build the bird a new nest in a safer location. Build a bird nest for your little builder's backyard just like Wendy!
Supplies needed:
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1. Explore the natural world around you. Take a nature hike in the backyard or neighborhood park, search for birds' nests in the trees and on the ground. Remember, when you and your little builders are exploring do not touch or pick up any bird nests you see.
2. Collect materials that you and your little builders will use to create a nest including small twigs. leaves, grass, moss, etc. Think about choosing materials for making a strong, stable foundation plus something soft to create the bedding inside.
3. Use the small bowl as a base to create the nest. Begin by placing the coffee filter inside the bowl.
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If you are looking for a group of like-minded people to run or walk with, then drop by one of the below group runs. These workouts are are free and all are welcome!
The Fleet Feet run/walk group is for everyone. These group runs are free. It is a non-competitive, social group where you can run or walk at your own pace. These groups do not have pace groups or leaders.
Please join our Meetup group, Fleet Feet Pleasanton Race Club, for weekly reminders and notices of special events.
Starting April 3rd, 2018 - 6:30 pm at the Pleasanton Middle School track, on the corner of Bernal and Case. Work on speed and form doing repeats on the track. All levels welcome.
In the fall, we switch to hill workouts! 6:30 pm at Fleet Feet Pleasanton for hill repeats during the dark winter months!
9:00 am from Fleet Feet. This group meets year-round, rain or shine. This is the largest group and includes both walkers and runners. Routes change weekly for variety. 3 to 8 miles depending on the course chosen for that week. Just show up and introduce yourself. This group does not have pace groups or run leaders.
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Today, Tumblr is one of the most used social networking websites worldwide hosting over 200 milion blogs worldwide. You probably already know that if you're using it. But what you don't know is that the reason Tumblr is so famous is because it offers variaty. Anyone can join the site and create a personal page based on her/his likes. Although the site is mostly famous for photography/gifs/quote pictures you can also upload music, videos and chat with other users.
Based on what people like most about Tumblr and what they usually post and follow I made a list of other five websites they would probably eanjoy too.
No. 1 on this list would be a similar site which is mostly adressed to females (because of the name and pink background). Just like Tumblr you can search different pictures and you can also upload pictures of your own. Although when you register you don't really get your own blog but rather on platform where you can just collect pictures you "heart". What I like about this website, and it's something that Tumblr lacks, is the fact that on the main page weheartit sends pictures they think you would like based on your previous searches. I always enjoy that but at the same time I'm quite scared to see how much they know about me.
The next site on my list is actually one of my favorite ways to waste time. Polyvore is a fun place where you can discover, shop for diffrent items and express your own style. The website offers you an easy way to create image collages called "Sets" in other words outfits. The great part is that many people use it and upload their own pngs and magazine scans so you don't need to work so much in Photoshop whenever you want to create a new set.
So if the first two were more about beautiful looking pictures this 3rd website is all about fashion. Lookbook is a social network inspired by street style and fashion blogs. The website is aimed for people who are interested in fashion and offers them the posibility to post their own street-fashion photography, featuring themselves and their outfits. It's a really fun way to meet people and to get to see diffrent trends and styles from all over the world.
Pinterest is described as a visual discovery tool beacuse the website is used to collect ideas for project or whatever your interested in. Users create and share collections called "boards" of visual bookmarks called "Pins" that they use to do things like plan trips, develop projects, organize events or save articles and recipes. It's very helpful if you're working at a magazine, you're a blogger and you need to organize your ideas or for events and creative projects.
All thought you consider a head-to-toe fashionista you can't help but also have other interests than just fashion alone. After all even huge fashion icons like Auedrey Hepburn have a smart, sensitive and generous side. That's why I ended my list with this final website. Upworthy is a website for viral content about kind everyday people who from once in a while take some time to do some good for others. It uses virality to promote stories with a progressive bent on political and social issues. If it's still unclear for you what's the website about maybe they're motto woukd be more helpful for you "Things That Matter. Pass 'Em On."


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I work in an environment where I witness children in awful situations, due to making horrible life decisions. Kids picking up instruments of death to take another's life is a thing that shouldn't exist in our world, but around the United States kids are using gun violence to kill each other. It seems life means nothing to some of our youth. I don't understand how children play with something that once it's gone it doesn't come back. Once a soul is removed from a body there is no game reset button. Death is a finite task master. It takes and leaves nothing but grief in the void. About a month and a half ago I wrote the following poem about how murder destroys not just the life of the deceased but also the life of the perpetrator. Please read and comment as you see fit. I welcome feed back on my work. I write to hopefully effect change in our sometimes dark world.
I gazed into a young murderer's eyes
I thought I would see soulless holes
Instead I saw hopelessness
I wondered what he thought
When another's life was destroyed at his hand
As life drained from the holes
Young blood flowing into the cracks of the pavement
Fledgling existence cut short in a burst of violence
Anger fueled his trigger finger
As he became a bringer of death
He bore the sickle and wore the dark cloak
He watched with a coward's stare as blood soaked his young victim's coat
He became just as dead as his casualty on that murky night
His being destined to be drained in a four by nine cell
Condemned to cinder block hell
His youth is extinguished just like the life he stole
Two lives ended in a flash of cold
Icy retribution for misguided lives
Now both intertwined in death
One dead
The other condemned to walk the grave of the prison yard
It's over for both
No coming back from that.


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In 2013, it was determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that approximately 610,000 sleep without shelter every night. Homelessness is a persistent issue in the U.S. in spite of billions of taxpayer dollars being spent on shelters and social services. What could be a possible solution to eradicate homelessness? Perhaps its the Tiny House Movement.
It is a social movement where people are downsizing the space that they live in. For homelessness, it's an opportunity to create small "pods" as solutions for providing some shelter.
Artist Gregory Kloehn, from California, has built small, portable homes for the past several years for about $100 each. These homes are usually created with the trash that others discard of, thus creating an environmentally friendly option for small living.
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Installing your AR-15 upper is a surprisingly simple task. All AR uppers are held in place by two pins in the lower receiver. Each pin is retained in the lower by use of a detent and spring, ensuring they cannot be lost or fall out during normal use. In normal use, you'll only push out the rear takedown pin, and allow the upper to pivot upwards on the forward takedown pin for cleaning, access to the fire control group and whatnot.
Before installing your lower for the first time, make sure your takedown pins are properly installed by pressing them closed into place. Here is where you'll catch the fact you forgot to put in the detent, or did it right. Next, push the pins back out, if they are stiff, use a narrow screwdriver or even the tip of a cartridge to push them out. Now look at your upper, you'll notice that there are two protrusions that neatly line up with the two takedown pins. Set the upper on top of the lower, and push it around a bit to align everything if needful. Push one pin in, using a bit of pressure if needed. Don't worry, a slightly tight fit is to be expected. You can oil the pins if you like, but after a couple times of pushing the pins in and out, the finish on them and the lower will wear enough to not require as much force as the initial install. Press the second pin in, and you are done! Upper installed! For buying your own if this sounds like to much work – you can always check out our page here – http://ar15upperreceiver.net/cheap-ar-uppers/
Double Checking For Safety
Now that you've successfully installed your upper, now is the time to test and make sure you did everything right. Remove any magazine you might have in the magwell, pull back the charging handle and lock the bolt into place by pressing the bolt catch on the right side of the upper. Now make sure you have a clear chamber by visually inspecting the chamber. Now go ahead and release the bolt, and test the safety, then you can point the gun in a safe direction and dry fire it. Did everything work? Fantastic! You've just finished putting your AR together and are ready for a trip to the range.
Taking Apart Your AR15 Upper Receiver
Taking apart your AR is just as easy as putting it together. Easier actually, because generally you only need to push out one pin. The pin closest to the buffer tube is called the rear takedown pin, and is the one you'll normally press out when cleaning. There is no need to separate the upper from the lower in most cases, unless you are replacing a damaged upper or swapping out a different one. The AR-15 is a ridiculously simple gun once you've spent a few minutes with it to familiarize yourself with the various finer points of assembly and operation. Installing or removing the upper is a matter of literal seconds, and demonstrates the value of a highly modular weapons system, and the ability to swiftly change calibers and configurations with just a couple of pins. If you haven't already researched make sure and find the right upper receiver for sale.


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We are off on our last trip of the year, full of excitement aboard 'Fiona'. We are intending to take it easy with a trip through the Potteries and up into the Peak District via the Macclesfield and Peak Forest to Bugsworth Basin.
We left Kings Bromley on Saturday morning with the intention of heading for Shugborough to meet Lisa & David and their daughter Kirsty aboard nb What a Lark. Plenty of boats about for the Bank Holiday weekend. Plum Pudding was negotiated carefully (don't want to scratch the new boat !!) and then a couple of sharp showers were endured as we headed through Rugeley.
Colwich Lock is always a bottleneck on this stretch, but as we arrived we were a little disappointed to be sixth in the queue, so a bit of a wait, but at least the sun was showing itself again and it was to be our only lock of the day.
There was a nice gap behind What a Lark and before we welcomed Lisa & David aboard, Jasper enjoyed a run and swim in the river. Drinks and a guided tour of 'Fiona' completed, we all retired to the Clifford Arms for a very good and very reasonably priced meal and discussed plans for next Springs great adventure !!
Sunday was lovely day weather wise. The first hour was spent searching What a Lark for a central heating header tank as David wanted to check the anti freeze content of the system and I had the gadget to do it. As the great Toyah Wilcox once sang 'It's a mystery' and despite searching high and low, the mystery was eventually solved with a text and phone call.......it hasn't got one (which I still find a mystery). But anyway we got away about 9.30am after saying our goodbyes and headed through the pleasant farmland towards Stone.
Sandon Lock has a serious leak on the bottom gates and it took a while to fill as a result. CaRT are aware but are hoping that it will last until winter works...can't see it myself. Aston Lock marks the mid-point of the Trent & Mersey Canal.
The volunteer lockies were out in Stone and very appreciative we were of their help. Louise steered through the lovely Meaford Locks (and Jasper kept an eye on things) and then onto Barlaston, passing the fabulous boatyard which can't fail but to appeal.
Today has been a miserable day with rain all day. We decided to stay put rather than cruise in the miserable conditions. So it's been a day of Sudoku, letter writing to relatives, dvd's and odd jobs. We did have a good walk this afternoon thanks to a book we have on board written by the author and walker John Merrill, which took us around the old village of Barlaston and what a lovely walk it was. Through the Wedgewood estate, and then up into the village via a tree lined road with its old and unusual street lighting.
Sadly, the lovely old church looks unused nowadays.
The spectacular Barlaston Hall was built in 1756 by Robert Taylor for Thomas Mills, an attorney from Leek, and is Grade One listed.
It was then on down to the village green. We spent some time reading the bye laws sign and were left wondering if there is actually anything you are allowed to do. We left thinking that there were eyes watching us from all angles in case we put a foot wrong !!
The forecast for Tuesday is much better, so we will head up through Harecastle and onto the Macclesfield towards the Peaks.


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Whether it's baby weight, the freshman 15 (or 40) or too many Snickers bars, a lot of ladies are on a weight loss journey. Losing weight is great, but wearing our size 22's when we're now a 16 . . . not too hot. Trust me, I know. After losing 70 pounds six years ago, I know that looking fashionable while dropping pounds can be challenging. On one hand, we want to step out in a new wardrobe with every size we drop (whoo-hoo!). On the other hand, we can't afford to have our bank account shrink just because we are.
Plus, ladies in the weight loss phase are probably already spending money on gym memberships, special shakes or just by shopping healthier (a shame how much more expensive healthy choices can be for shoppers, but I digress). They last thing we want is to spend more. But we do want to look stunning, darn it!
So, how can ladies still look great while losing weight? A few key pieces can see us through a couple of sizes. So, unless those pants are about to land us in saggy pant court, think in terms of baby steps and save a mega wardrobe overhaul for that exciting moment when the world hears "I'm at my goal weight!" shouts of joy.
Here are some clothes that keep us looking fashionable during weight loss transitions. A few choices for every other size or so (rather than a dozen items for every five pounds lost) will keep ladies looking great as they shrink and staying happy as bank accounts expand.
Our Fave Weight Loss Transition Clothes to Keep Us Stylish as We Drop the Pounds
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After successfully selling your product to a customer, the last thing you would want is to have them return it. But, even if that happens, it's your job to satisfy your customers.
Unfortunately, returns are a natural part of retail. And as ReverseLogix and other experts noted, you'll need an effective RMA management to go with it. The good thing is you could turn inconvenient returns into sales by following these practical customer service tips.
Really Listen to Your Customer
When you genuinely listen to your customer, you could better understand what exactly do they need. When the customer is speaking, don't interrupt. Nod occasionally and only speak when the customer asks a question. When your customer is done speaking, you could then offer viable solutions to the issues presented.
Genuinely Empathize with Your Customer
Keep in mind that the issue is not the customer returning the product, but why is the customer returning it. Showing empathy for your customer would communicate that you empathize for them, that they have to go through the returns process just to fix the issue. Instead of simply apologizing, make sure to tell your customer why you're apologizing.
Propose Practical Suggestions
For example, maybe your customer would like a different size, color, or style? Or perhaps you could offer a product that's better than the product being returned. When offering suggestions, make sure to inform your customer of the benefits. Remember, a return is a viable opportunity for a sale.
Consider Upselling or Cross-Selling
Don't just give up if your customer doesn't like any of your suggestions. You could offer gift cards, in-store credit, or even a cash refund. If your customer agrees to any of these, offer accessories or other items relevant to them. Avoid sounding pushy and casually mention your best sellers and current specials or promos that might appeal to your customer.
Of course, you can't win them all. Some customers might just want to get their money back and that's perfectly fine. Just refund their money and thank your customer for their time. Keep in mind that an exchange or refund is still better than no sale. However, remember that a satisfied customer would be better. Encourage your employees to offer every customer the best experience in your shop, and yes, even if they're just returning a product.


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The nature of emerging markets has been changing, and Information Technology (IT) has become the most dominant sector in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. In this respect, the recent announcement by MSCI and S&P of a review of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) will shake things up.
A key outcome of the review will be a significant reduction of the IT weighting in the index. Despite the lower IT weighting, however, I believe technologically innovative companies will continue to have a dominant role in emerging markets.
The nature of emerging markets has been changing. As the chart below shows, over the past 10 years the MSCI Emerging Markets Index has experienced a structural shift toward IT at the expense of heavyweight commodity sectors. The change is even more pronounced compared with 20 years ago, when IT only represented 5% of the index.
The Internet Services & Software industry, which is led by the so-called "BAT" companies (Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent) and now accounts for more than 10% of the index, has been a key driver of the increase in the index's IT sector weighting.
But the increase is not exclusively due to these companies; many emerging market companies are at the forefront of the technology revolution.
Moreover, technology-enabled business models are prospering beyond the technology sector, across different industries, from financial services to consumer sectors.
It is not surprising, given these changes, that MSCI and S&P recently announced a review of the GICS, which were developed in 1999 to organize companies into industrial groupings based on similar production processes, products, or behavior.
The GICS structure currently consists of 11 sectors, 24 industry groups, 68 industries, and 157 sub-industries into which all major public companies are organized.
A key outcome of the GICS review on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index will be that the index's IT weighting will decline by nearly half, mostly in favor of Telecommunication Services, which will be renamed Communication Services.
The bulk of the IT weighting reduction will come from the discontinuation of the Internet Software & Services industry. The rationale, according to S&P and MSCI, is that the industry "has become too large and diverse to be useful for analysis or index construction. It has evolved to include new business models using internet technology to cater to a variety of end users and industries.
A majority of respondents [to a survey MSCI and S&P conducted prior to announcing the changes] now regard the internet as simply a medium for delivery of a company's products and services."
One result of this change will be the reclassification of Tencent and Baidu from the IT sector into the Communication Services sector, while Alibaba will join the Internet & Direct Marketing Retail industry in the Consumer Discretionary sector. In other words, the BAT will no longer be in the IT sector. That's quite a change.
An approximation of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index weighting changes based on the most recent information disclosed by MSCI is shown below.
The index's increased weighting in the new Communication Services is largely driven by two factors. The first is the reclassification of a large part of Internet Services & Software industry as described above.
The second is the movement of the Media industry group from the Consumer Discretionary sector into the Communication Services sector. MSCI's rationale for the latter is the acknowledgment of the convergence between content creation and delivery—that is, between media and telecommunications companies.
This loss to the Consumer Discretionary sector, however, is more than offset by the new inclusion of Alibaba and other such companies in the Internet & Direct Marketing Retail industry in the Consumer Discretionary sector.
Company fundamentals are agnostic to index classification, and in our view fundamental active management should be as well. Nevertheless, investors will likely be affected by GICS changes as sector profiles will become more blurry.
In particular, the IT and Communication Services sectors will be meaningfully altered, thus making historical comparisons difficult.
Stripped of some of its most secular growth components, the new IT sector's growth profile will diminish, as will its valuation. Based on our estimates, the IT sector's one-year historical earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rate will decline from 30.6% to 16.5% and its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio will decline from roughly 15 to 10, as the table below shows.
Conversely, the historically low-growth Telecommunication Services sector will morph into a fast-growing, innovative Communication Services sector (with expected long-term growth soaring to 31.5% versus 14.0% for the old Telecommunications Services sector).
These changes will make historical comparisons hazardous and will certainly pose challenges to investors who attempt to gain exposure to fast-growing, innovative companies in emerging markets blindly through passive sector strategies.
Moreover, despite the lower IT weighting, I believe technologically innovative companies will continue to have a dominant role in emerging markets over the next decades.
For example, according to TechCrunch, 40% of the world's so-called "unicorns" (which are start-up companies worth more than $1 billion) are in emerging markets, and South Korea tops the league of most innovative economies in 2018, based on the Bloomberg Innovation Index.
In addition, the Chinese government's continued support to its technology champions and backing of start-ups in the "internet of things" (the network of physical devices, vehicles, home appliances, and other items embedded with electronics that allows them to connect and exchange data), smart appliances, and high-end consumer electronics will continue to drive technological innovation.
Whether these companies are now categorized in Communications Services, Consumer Discretionary, or even Financials or Industrials sector, the lower IT weighting does not mean that there will be any less technology or innovation.
Romina Graiver
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William Blair Investment Management
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In a recent email, a reader had this to say:
You're simply proving that you are just as insulting as any of the Christian writers you have read.  Is this really necessary?
… about the "very extreme language" I used:
zombie Messiah, contrived, forced, and desperate, emotionally involved and vehemently opposed to anyone who dares question, query or critique their dogma, doctrine, and beliefs, eager to insult, disparage, and deride, Ultimately their arguments have to appeal to ignorance and the supernatural, pure, unadulterated hatred and bigotry, etc.
While I admit I can see how "zombie messiah" might be insulting, it is how those who don't subscribe to Christian superstition see it. I think its important to point this out. There simply is no a priori reason to accept that a dead body can return to life. And, if it did, it would, by definition, be a zombie: a body that came back to life. If you find that insulting, then that says more about your "faith" than it does my opinion of it.
My description of the anti-atheist responses to the New Atheists stands. I see them as very contrived[1], forced, desperate, emotionally involved, and vehemently opposed to anyone who dares question, query, or critique their dogma, doctrine, and beliefs. We can see it in the very response of the reader who objected. We see it in the very books I listed by theistic authors who bring no real critique to the table, seek to ride the coattails of popular works by atheist authors (Atheist Delusion vis a vis God Delusion), and respond with utter hatred and bigotry. Frankly this should be insulting to Christians for whom these authors would like to represent. I could go into a point-by-point discussion of these, and I may in the future, but this would turn into a book review rather quickly.
And, ultimately, their arguments do have to appeal to ignorance and the supernatural. They cannot and do not appeal to logic and reason. In addition to ignorance and the supernatural, these authors appeal to hatred and bigotry. This should come as no surprise. Yet I'm accused of being "just as insulting" as these Christian writers? If the layperson, the average Christian is insulted by my critique of the sort of Christian author I cited in my previous post, this, again, says more about your own faith than it does me.
I'm interested in dialog with believers. But if you find honest, brutal critique and query insulting, then perhaps there's no hope. I rather think, however, that this isn't the case with believing Christians in general. If they're willing to read the comments and articles posted on an atheist blog, then they've got to expect the atheist blogger may be skeptical of their faith. They might even expect that I'd see it as a superstition.
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"The 'sucker' consists of a circular piece of thick leather with a string attached to its middle. Being soaked thoroughly in water, it is firmly pressed upon a flat stone to drive out all air from between the leather and the stone. Unless the stone is too heavy, it may be lifted by the string." — Avery, 1895


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Quality of Writing: 8.72
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"So many tears. In all the world she had never thought there could be so many tears", 2 April 2016
This review is from: Skylark (New York Review Books Classics) (Paperback)
The novel opens with a family preparing for their daughter going away to stay with relatives. It's only for a week, but as the train departs, Mother and Father 'could already feel their loneliness. Swelling painfully, it hovered around them in the silence.' They are saddened too by the unspoken knowledge of their daughter's ugliness, the fact that she will never marry.
This novel focuses not on Skylark's holiday but on the week her parents spend. The family usually live quietly, economically. Their daughter does the cooking - good, plain food. But how will things go when they must manage alone?
Enjoyable, comic in places but very sad too.
The title makes one think of beautiful creatures but the book is about a spinster and her parents. The spinster, Skylark, is ugly and has not managed to catch a husband. Her disappointment, and her parents', is hidden from each other by the life they create for themselves.
The book is funny, insightful, and poignant. Parents hurt when their children do, don't they? And a child suffers when the parents are disappointed. This tug between parents and child is beautifully depicted in the book, and the unexpected end could leave you misty-eyed.
Skylark, unmarried, 35, and still living with her parents, goes to visit relatives for a week. In her absence, her parents indulge in lost pleasures that they had abandoned. On the final night, however, her father has a sudden insight about Skylark that he shares with his wife. The final chapters--well, I don't want to give anything away. Great book.
Most of the book is wonderfully sensual--food, theatre, cards, drinking, all against the backdrop of small town Hungarian life in 1899.
A one day read, a little over 200 pages. Translated from the Hungarian. The author lived 1885 to 1936. Takes place in 1899. An old couple's old maid of a daughter goes away for a week, to visit family. The old couple, at first bereft at the absence of their unexciting and uninteresting daughter, soon surprise themselves by discovering a social world outside of their reclusive home. They rediscover old friends, restaurants, the theatre. It is a comic novel — his descriptions of the daughter in particular are cutting, yet all done in a style of "I calls 'em as I sees 'em" A gently comic novel, with unerringly accurate and insightful descriptions of motives, relationships. Best of all were his descriptions of the ugly old maid daughter of the old couple.
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Katie Couric goes on Hillary-like listening tour
'It's an attempt to hear from regular folks on a whole broad range of things'
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CBS is sending Katie Couric on tour this summer to meet with viewers across the country before she officially begins her position as anchor for the "CBS Evening News" in September.
"It's an attempt to hear from regular folks on a whole broad range of things that will help us make decisions on how we can better serve our viewers," executive producer Rome Hartman told the Associated Press.
Couric is already slated to appear July 13 in Denver at affiliate KCNC-TV, and will also be a guest in San Diego. At least four other cities are in the works, though the network is still working on details before announcing them.
"Katie selected Denver as one of the cities she wants to visit," said KCNC general manager Walt DeHaven. "She intends to meet a diverse cross section of the community in an informal forum so that she can really get to the heart of the community. Katie is interested in gaining an understanding of what Coloradans feel is important, what issues our community faces and how she, as the new CBS Evening News anchor, can help bring significant news stories to television viewers not only in Denver, but nationwide."
The tour appears reminiscent of the Hillary Clinton "listening tour" around New York state when the then-first lady was considering her run for the U.S. Senate in 2000.
AP notes the meetings will not be filmed and reporters won't be allowed in to cover them, but citizens are invited to fill out a questionnaire if they're interested in taking part.
"People are not performing for us," Hartman said. "This was Katie's idea to have a really honest, informal dialogue."
Couric will try to persuade people to give her broadcast a try, as the "CBS Evening News" has continually trailed behind NBC and ABC in the ratings.
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Today I attended a JISC Netskills (@netskills) webinar Supporting Researcher Engagement With Social Tools presented by Alan Cann. Although I work with and have the privilege of teaching alongside Alan, it is always interesting to hear him talk. This talk was a follow-on from @daveowhite talk The Rhetoric of Openness.
Alan started the talk referring to the RIN project 'If you build it, will they come? How researchers perceive and use web 2.0', which looked at the extent of adoption of different web 2.0 tools in different subject fields and disciplines. He implied the simple answer to the question is No! Therefore he co-authored a response: Social media: A guide for researchers.
Social media: A guide for researchers
The guide has a number of case studies of how different researchers use social media.
The talk went on to look how to start engaging in Social Media and the different roles people take within Social Media or as @daveowhite calls it Visitors and Residents. This raised questions over the effect social media can have on work/life balance. Alan suggesting this has become worse for him since owning an iPad. The way I see it is social media has made work more enjoyable, making it more of a hobby and hence blurring the boundaries. Not sure this is a good thing?
However as a contradiction one of the participants asked about the expectations of the presence of a university within social media. With the owner of the university's account clocking-off at 5pm, but is there an expectation to answer question at 9pm in the evening. I have blogged at length about the University of Leicester Student Development Service's presence in social media, however this is never an issue we have encountered, I believe student except the service is only open 9-5, and therefore replying the next day are acceptable.
Alan talked about the "Galaxy of social media" he uses: twitter, LinkedIn, friendfeed, facebook and blogs. But iterated it is not about the platforms or the tools, its about how you engage and the pedagogical benefits. This is the challenge that Learning Technologist, like myself face. Alan called this Technodeterminism, not to advocate tools, but finding solutions to pedagogical challenges.
Further Reading
Here are some blog posts from other participants:
- eLibary – Birmingham City University
- @mariekeguy –Ramblings of a Remote Worker
One participant @ekcragg posted these brilliant note on Flickr
Alan also suggest some key books to read:
- Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder, David Weinberger (2008)
- Here Comes Everybody: How Change Happens when People Come Together, Clay Shirky (2008)
- The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few, James Surowieki (2005)


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Join Joseph Lowery for an in-depth discussion in this video Saving data as XML, part of Working with Data on the Web.
If you're working with XML data and you want to go directly…from the web to your XML file, this lesson's for you.…I'll show you how using PHP to add form values to an existing XML…file as an appended node which uses the form element's…own IDs to create the XML structure.…Now, I've opened the index.php file, from the Chapter three,…0302 folder, It's our basic form, that will submit to…itself, as the action is blank. The form starts on line 40.…
Now let's add a php routine that checks for the submit button…being clicked and we'll do that right at the top of the page.…So I'll add in my php code block and then as the first line, my if statement.…If parenthesis is set, then another set of parenthesis to find…out what needs to be set and will identify the post array, those…are the values coming from our form and specifically the submit button.…
So after that lets put in our open and close curly braces.…And I'll clean out that extra space there and next…we'll set up a couple of variables that we'll need.…The name of our XML data file and the name of the main node we'll be inserting.…
First, discover how data is collected via standard and advanced HTML5 forms. Then look at a client-friendly approach to storing that data using simple CSV files. Next, Joseph shows how to store, manage, and style data with the three big players: the granddaddy of static data, XML; the popular JavaScript-based JSON; and the recursively named YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language), frequently used in Ruby-based projects. Plus, take a close look at basic HTML5 data options, including local storage and the flexible data attribute.
- Interacting with data through HTML forms
- Storing data as comma-separated values
- Saving, retrieving, and displaying data as XML
- Setting up and updating JSON data
- Creating a YAML data file
- Using HTML5 data storage solutions


text: Fonterra, the New Zealand based company at the centre of a contaminated milk scare, has apologised to its customers, saying it is doing everything it can to rectify the situation. The world's biggest dairy exporter said on Monday that it had found bacteria in some products that could cause botulism. China, company's largest customer, has banned imports of milk powder from New Zealand over fears of botulism. The company said contaminated whey protein concentrate had been exported to China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Saudi Arabia and used in products including infant milk powder and sports drinks. At a media briefing in Beijing Fonterra's chief executive, Theo Spierings, said food safety was the company's top priority. "We really regret the distress and anxiety which this issue could have caused," he said. "We totally understand there is concern by parents and other consumers around the world. Parents have the right to know that infant nutrition and other dairy products are harmless and safe." Precautionary measure In China, Spierings said that products from two companies, Coca-Cola Co and Chinese food firm Wahaha, were safe because any bacteria would be killed during processing. Protein drinks made by Auckland-based Vitaco Health Group Ltd, another Fonterra customer, were also unaffected for the same reason. A third company in China, Dumex Baby Food Co Ltd, a subsidiary of France's Danone, has told Fonterra that 12 batches could have been affected, he said. Half have been recalled as a precautionary measure and the other half remain in factories. He added that the company was not facing a ban on its products in China, only restrictions on whey protein concentrate. Spierings said the latest problem originated in a pipe in a factory in New Zealand that was seldom used, so a normal cleaning was not sufficient to sanitise it. Baby milk safety China has restricted New Zealand imports of whey products, but Spierings said he expected the curbs will be lifted as soon as the company furnished a detailed explanation of what went wrong to Chinese regulators early this week. The safety of baby formula became a sensitive issue in China after milk tainted with the chemical melamine left six children dead and sickened more than 300,000 in 2008. Also Vietnam has ordered an immediate recall and halt of circulation of a milk powder manufactured by Fonterra. Russia's Ria Novosti news agency reported Moscow was "recalling Fonterra's products, including infant formula and advised Russian consumers not to buy the company's other products". Singapore and Malaysia have also recalled some Fonterra-linked baby milk products, saying it was a precautionary move. Fonterra accounted for 89 percent of New Zealand's milk production in 2011. SOURCE: Agencies Asia Pacific


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Samui's sheer beauty distinguishes it from South East Asia's other island havens. The island has become a byword amongst travelers for its white sands, pristine waters, coral reefs and an idyllic tropical way of life.
The Estates Samui comprises an exquisite collection of fourteen exclusive tropical hardwood villas designed by renowned architect and landscape guru Bill Bensley, who was recently included in Architectural Digest's AD100 list. The villas are hallmarked by design which blends traditional Southern Thai style with contemporary comforts and stunning custom-crafted interiors.
Soak up the tropical splendor in your private infinity pool or catch up with work in style, as you recline on your expansive sun deck, enjoying high-speed wireless throughout your villa. Perhaps in the evening, friends are expected … to dine at the height of style in your sunken dining pavilion on fare created by the culinary maestros at the adjacent Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui.
Privileged residents of The Estates Samui will have the option of putting their villas into the rental program which is tailored to guarantee the ultimate flexibility and convenience. Owners have the choice of putting their entire villa, or just a locked-off unit, into the rental program. A yearly contract allows owners to reside in the villas for as long as they like, and only 90 days notice is required to opt out of the agreement.
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Each villa offers a host of unique and luxurious features, including:
* Fully furnished with 2-5 bedrooms
* Handcrafted high-quality finishes throughout
* 1-inch thick teakwood interiors and flooring with terrazzo borders
* 2-inch hardwood pool decks
* 4 metre high ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows
* Sumptuous customized bed and expansive built-in his-and-hers wardrobe
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* Customized bathtub, dual sinks and indoor rain shower connecting to outdoor hardwood shower
* LCD flat screen television, stereo system with CD/DVD player and ipod docking
* Your very own butler


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Isn't it fun when the babies finally figure out peek-a-boo.
It's such a fun stage.
You spend your time as a Momma feeding them, making sure they aren't thirsty.
You keep an eye out for danger...
...only to find they are getting into trouble right under your nose.
You encourage their independence and find yourself with a brief moment alone, ahhh!
Then all of a sudden, they are meandering around, testing their independence, checking things out.
And you're left wishing they were still playing peek-a-boo!


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Since I've been on vacation, it is time to start catching up. Our vacation in San Juan, Puerto Rico and St. Croix was a blast! I had some interesting cocktails that use herbs, fruit and/or vegetables which I need to share.
On my birthday, we went to Café Berlin in Old San Juan and I had a Juanita Mimosa with my breakfast! A great way to start any birthday.
Here are the ingredients: 1) Champagne (of course!), 2) Acerola fruit juice which comes from a tropical cherry and 3) St. Germain liqueur (see the link for another cocktail made with St. Germain)


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Sometimes things just drift into my life, unsolicited, but they seem to be directed right at me and speak to my life and my heart. As I re-start my creative life, after a year of physical struggle, this just seemed to have my name written all over it.
2-11,12 & 13-
Nude Nite opening
Gallery Exhibit meeting, Art Center Board Meeting,
Emerging Artist Meeting…did I mention how much I hate meetings, but I did finagle
them all on the same day! Woo-Hoo
Love Potions Exhibit comes down
2-27- LAA Creativity Presentation3-2- Facilitating 13 weeks of Artists way and curating the student exhibit
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Topsy: The Power of Tweets
Topsy is one of the tools that I have been recently introduced to ever since I joined the Tweeting world of Twitter. Although, I am still hesitant about become a fully fledged Twitter supporter, I will say I have been pleasantly surprised with some of the conveniences and innovation that Twitter has come up with to further facilitate mass communication in a day when a wait time of minutes for an email can at times be far too long.
Essentially, Topsy is a search engine that searches through the thousands of tweets taking place each second to find relevant articles, links, etc. given the query that the user types into the
search engine. Although many other websites look to leverage twitter in some way, may it be searching for certain key words, or activity around certain topics, I could not find another site that truly leveraged the power and purpose of Twitter. The original conception of Twitter revolved around getting the word out on important topics as quick as possible. Topsy looks to make that possible for those who do not want to be a part of Twitter. Especially now that Twitter has become very much a micro-blog to express the emotional outbursts of teen rebels internationally, staying out of that scene might not be such a bad idea.
Topsy really fills in an outlet to take advantage of Twitter while keeping the much sought after privacy that the internet has slowly looked to erode.
How It Works
The idea is simple:
- Enter a Query
- Search for same words throughout twitter
- Aggregate links embedded in relevant tweets
- Display links in order of most to least hits
Once the results are displayed you can click directly on any of the links that seem relevant and interesting. To help out each link has the original tweet below it and usually a small logo to the left indicating the source, small features that I found nice. Lastly, each results has the number of tweets mentioning this link, so you can see really how "relevant" the output is.
Overall I was really impressed with these outputs and have already begun using this to see what is the most popular news/joke/video at the very moment of search.
Why You Should Use It
In addition to all the innovations mentioned above, it is my honest opinion that this is the best application of what I would deem a "relevant search." As "relevant" is actually relative to the world around you, I think relevancy cannot be decided by a pioneered technology, rather it must be declared by the masses. Therefore the idea of searching through the current thoughts of thousands of people to see what is "relevant" to your query is the best way to carry out this type of search.
Also, if looking for general information on a topic of little familiarity it is helpful to see what other people with a similar interest are looking at. This type of search is more helpful in comparison to a search engine that cannot truly judge how helpful something is.
I give it a big thumbs up!
Other Competitors
In looking at why you should use Topsy, I think it is important to consider the competition to see why this engine is better. Firstly, there was not another engine I could find that acutally ran its search function in this way - using Tweets to power the results. That said there are other blog searchers that try to provide the same convenience, one of the more popular ones seems to be Surchur. Although useful in scanning through blogs, the outputs are a little convoluted and cannot deliver on the relevance like Topsy.
Another well liked engine is Scoopler, which I like but I do not know on what basis the results are coming back other than recency. Overall, the main appeal of Topsy personally is that it delivers upon a basic need for relevancy that I do not see other real time search engines delivering upon.
To add some more color, in out BIT 330 class we did a experiment on these types of search engines and other Twitter products and these were the exercise results.
How I Use It
In terms of applying Topsy to this project I see that the solar industry is getting a lot attention around how to make it applicable on a small individual scale. Understanding this mass interest I will do additional research in how to green your home solar style. Currently installing solar panels is an expensive project that does not have the benefit to make the cost necessarily worth it, but I will continue to use Topsy to hopefully stumble upon some articles that will provide solar tips that are affordable.
|Super user friendly, just type your query and go
|Could offer more customized advanced search options initially, but you can customize after a search
|Edgy. Very simple and the colors are inviting. Also, the testimonials at the bottom of the homepage gave me some inspiration. Also, the date focus offered after searching is nice.
|Not super artsy. No customized Google Artwork. Sorry.
|I really think they have brought to life the relevancy search
|Does not seem to offer much more beyond searches, only time will tell
|Does the job as it says, searches tweets, delivers results
|No comment.
Personal Testimony
This product alone has turned me on to Twitter. It is great to see that everyones voice leads to a common output that is helpful to all. That said, I will try to start Twittering more to be part of the revolution.


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The True Cost of a Coupon
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Another thing to consider is the time spent with coupons, be they online or physical. If someone spends an hour more every week on shopping due to coupons but only saves $7, they might just get more value out of their time by playing with the kids or a variety of other activities.
I used to think this was true – the time, expense, etc. didn't make coupons worth it, and store brands were still cheaper.
But over the past few months, I've followed a few great sites – moneysavingmom.com is one of them – and learned how make couponing really work. By combining coupons with rock-bottom sales prices, I've slashed our weekly household budget for groceries, toiletries and diapers from $150/week to $100/week – and normally, our total spending is closer to $60. It does take time, but as you learn the rules at various stores and figure out what your family needs, I find that our grocery bill continues to shrink.
I don't spend a lot of time organizing my coupons, but I do spend about an hour with the sales circulars and coupons before going to the grocery store. The flipside is that my trips in the store are pretty efficient – probably half the time that I spent when I walked in with a few vague ideas rather than a targeted list.
So it can work!
Another and hidden expense of cutting and using coupons is the time cost ratio. If you value your time at $25 an hour, then every hour you spend cutting coupons costs you $25 you could have made elsewhere. Some people value their time much higher – in the hundreds of dollars per hour – so cutting coupons for such people may present a huge negative cost ratio.
Or you can view it this way instead.
Cost of time is so relative. Instead of viewing it as time wasted, view it as money gained.
This sounds like it could get annoying. Are they able to update you out of store too? – That would suck, the last thing I need is my phone blowing up with deals etc. I just want to go to the store, get what I want, I don't want to be walking around the goddam store scanning stuff.If we want MIVAUSandMIVAUK coupons just visit coupongrove. Just give me the discount there and then, why do I need to screw around with my phone so you can store all the info and then sell to me later


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Position summary:
The Office for International Study Programs – OISP is a subdivision of the HCMC University of Technology. OISP specializes in managing, recruiting and executing high quality graduate and postgraduate qualifications with our partners and affiliates.
The Pre-University program is designed to support students' English language development, at any level, from preparing for higher education or IELTS through to supporting and developing their future careers.
We are seeking experienced Full-time English Language Educators who are in charge of teaching and developing the English program.
- Monthly salary commensurate with qualifications and experiences
- Social insurance and health insurance for employees
- Bonuses for Holidays and other allowances following the current provisions of OISP
- Excellent academic guidance and supportive team structures
- Support with Visa, Work Permit, and Residence Card processes for Expat Educators
To be considered for this position, candidates must satisfy the key selection criteria detailed in the relevant position description, as well as the following mandatory requirements:
Native Instructors:
- Be a UK, American, Canadian, Australians or New Zealand citizen
- Two years of experience teaching IELTS
- A recognized international qualification in teaching English as a foreign/second/further language. We only accept CELTA, DELTA and/or Trinity TESOL teaching qualifications. Applications from candidates with TEFL certificates will not be considered
- A Bachelor degree
Vietnamese instructors:
A Master's degree in a relevant discipline and a minimum English language proficiency standard IELTS (Academic) with a band score of at least 8.0
Please send your CV, cover letter and copies of all degrees and teaching qualifications to the following Email address: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Protecting our Client's is our top priority
Innovative Test Solutions, Inc. has been increasing the level of protection for the sensitive samples/materials, on site testing and services, and designs with hopes of being fully ITAR compliant soon. Over the last year we have integrated a fully encapsulating security/access control system. We are compliant with multiple companies NDA's and even span the security requirements for non-domestic companies as well.
Motion tracking cameras, individual key cards for all employees and guests, a guest registry system, and one way video intercoms at every entry point into the building are just some of the innovative ways that protect our clients sensitive information. All test samples and material are treated with the same level of protection and organization in our secured specimen room.


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Considering the facts your recorder picks up interference from multiple sources. And the fact high end recorders, radio, recording studios do not pick up evp kind of explains where the sound is coming from. Wouldn't ghosts need to be proven before you can think they have the ability to talk to you? I take it you ignored the assap post? It offers ways to rule out random noise.
Belief bias occurs when we make illogical conclusions in order to confirm our preexisting beliefs. Belief perseverance refers to our tendency to maintain a belief even after the evidence we used to form the belief is contradicted.