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Ever Pump
Orbit Communications EverPump wireless tank monitor and pump control system enables you to remotely monitor the levels of your tanks and automatically control the pumps. Helps lower your fixed/operating costs.
The EverPump wireless water tank monitoring and alarm system has been designed to offer dependable ongoing performance with up to 10km range between units .EverPump remote wireless pump control and tank monitoring system has an optional remote monitor/control unit that displays the current state of the tank and pump at a third location such as the farm house, and enables manual override remotely.
Click to hear more about EverPump remote tank monitor and pump control system
For critical applications an optional GSM alarm dialer is available that enables a text message alert to be sent directly to any mobile phone in the event of an overflow, pump failure, link error etc.The system has been design for low power consumption (making it suitable to be powered by a small solar panel at remote locations).
The system comprises a Remote Tank monitoring unit (Tank Unit) and a Pump control unit (Pump Unit).
Typically float switches are placed into the Tank to indicate HIGH or LOW levels. When the Tank LOW level float is activated, the Pump unit will switch the Pump ON to fill the tank. Once the tank level activates the HIGH level float,, the Pump unit switches the pump OFF.
The radio telemetry link between the remote wireless tank unit and the wireless pump unit is continuously monitored. In the event of a radio telemetry fault (This could be due to power failure, lightning strike, antenna broken etc), A relay contact closes to indicate a communications error. This relay can be connected to a local audible or visual warning device. The system can also be fitted with an optional GSM dialer that will send an alert message directly to your mobile phone in event of power failure (if battery backup is used), communications fault or overflowing tank (A third float switch can be added to indicate overflow, this means the pump did not switch OFF).
The wireless pump unit also has provision for a pressure switch input that can monitor the flow from the pump. In the event that the pump is commanded to switch ON and the pressure in the pipe is low after a time period (due to pump run dry or burst pipe), or the pump comma ned to switch OFF but the pipe pressure is still high (or the pressure is above e certain limit to indicate a blockage) the unit will activate the alarm and switch the pump off.
The EverPump wireless pump control and tank monitoring system also has provision for a Master Control unit that can be installed at the house. This unit displays the current state of the system, enables remote configuration of the system and allows manual over-ride of the Pump state. The Master unit also has a local alarm and GSM option to send an alert text message directly to your mobile phone.
The diagram below shows a simple/basic application. The antennas shown are suitable for short range applications (500m), typically the wireless pump control and tank monitoring system is provided with higher gain, ground-independant antennas that result in maximum range up to 10km with typical range (where radio telemetry path may be obstructed by trees and buildings etc) of around 3-4km.
The wireless tank unit is also available with Analog input to enable an ultrasonic or pressure sensor to be used to determine the actual linear depth of the tank and therefore the volume of fluid in the tank.
The EverPump wireless pump control and tank monitoring system can be expanded at any time. Multiple tanks and pumps can be monitored and controlled. Each Pump and Tank unit has 4 Digital inputs and 4 Relay outputs as well as local Power supply voltage monitoring circuitry and auxiliary RS232 serial port.
- C-Tick Approval for use within Australia. Other frequencies available for use outside Australia
- Up to 10km line of sight range between remote units (expandable with optional repeater)
- Built on proven wireless technology
- Accepts normally Open, Normally Closed or Changeover Float switches or Pressure/level sensor
- Wireless link error alarm
- Overflow alarm
- Pump flow monitoring input to prevent pump running dry and detect blockage or burst pipes
- Simple installation and operation
- Optional GSM dialer unit to send text messages to a mobile phone
- Optional Remote Monitor/Control unit to instantly view state of Tank and Pump and manual override of pump.
- Robust IP66 water and dust-proof construction, UV stable
- Inputs at Wireless Pump unit can monitor water flow and stop pump to prevent it running dry in event of low water level at supply.
- Peace of mind provided by instant alarm notification
- 3 Year manufacturer warranty
- Free technical and application support direct from the manufacturer
- Australian designed, Australian made
- Saves dollars installing long cables between Tanks and Pumps
- Less prone to damage from near lightning strikes that can induce dangerously high voltages on long cable run across fields.
- Can be relocated at any time as there are no cables to remove
- Convenient master unit has been designed to either mount on a wall or be portable to move around as required
- Saves loss of water due to over filling of tanks
- No ongoing monitoring or connections costs. The EverPump remote Tank monitor and pump control system is "free to air", there are no license fees required (with the exception of standard SMS costs with the optional GSM dialer)


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Russian platinum near depletion
25 February 1998
According to the leading metals trader Standard Bank, Russian supplies of platinum, the noble metal used in automotive emission control catalysts, are nearly depleted.
"Sales from their legendary stockpile appear to be nearly exhausted", Standard Bank said in a statement summarising the findings of its Platinum Yearbook 1998.
Russia accounted for 700,000 ounces of the 4.77 million ounces supplied last year, according to estimates by leading refiner Johnson Matthey. South Africa supplied most of the rest, accounting for 3.66 million ounces, the refiner said.
Johnson Matthey's figure of 700,000 ounces for Russian supply, representing a drop of over 40% from its 1996 estimate, pointed to demand outstripping supply and prices rising.
But the world's top platinum miner, South Africa's Anglo American Platinum Corp (AMSJ.J), estimated Russian supplies at 800,000 to 900,000 ounces for 1997 while its nearest rival Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd (IPLA.J) spoke of over a million. Standard backed Impala's estimate but thought Amplats was best placed to profit from falling Russian supplies.
"Amplats (Anglo American Platinum Corp Ltd) is the only South African producer in a position to significantly take over the market share that is likely to arise from the demise in Russian sales", it said. Standard warned car manufacturers against over-reliance on platinum group metals such as platinum and palladium.
"Automobile manufacturers should consider very carefully when basing their ability to sell cars on the assurance of supplies which may well be subject to unexpected delays and which can only be contracted on a short-term basis," Standard said.
Trevor Pitts, Standard Bank Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) Marketing Manager, forecast platinum's trading range for 1998 at between $350 and $450 an ounce, a range matching the record figure seen last year after Russia starved the market of PGMs during the first six months.
Pitts said palladium, platinum's sister metal, used in catalysts, dental and electrical applications, would trade in a $180 to $280-an-ounce through the year, meaning fresh highs on the horizon for the metal. Palladium registered a morning fix in London of $248.50 an ounce on January 14, a level last seen in March 1980.
It is prices like that which could well do for palladium in the longer term, said Pitts, as end users become fed up with unreliable supplies. "I think the main concern is probably not price, it's reliability of supply. The car companies could absorb higher prices, it's not knowing what the Russians will deliver that's the problem", he said.
"Who knows whether palladium, which is nearly $250 an ounce now, won't in five years time be at $50", he said.
Source: Reuters

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Lalu Prasad, Nitish strive for synergy in Bihar
Foes turned political friends, RJD's Lalu Prasad and JD (U)'s Nitish Kumar, on Sunday sought to show their reunion was working on their second outing as political partners.india Updated: Aug 18, 2014 00:55 IST
Foes turned political friends, RJD's Lalu Prasad and JD (U)'s Nitish Kumar, on Sunday sought to show their reunion was working on their second outing as political partners.
The two leaders injected synergy into their anti-BJP 'grand alliance' for the August 21 by polls for ten assembly seats in Bihar.
At their poll campaign meetings at Chapra and Mohania, the two tried to dispel the notion that their alliance was not working. "We have joined forces to take out the venom injected into India's politics by the BJP. This (RJD-JD (U)-Congress) grand alliance has been formed to save the nation", they told a gathering in Chapra.
Congress in-charge for Bihar, CP Joshi, also addressed the meeting, calling the alliance necessary to check communal forces.
"It was I who worked hard to improve the power scenario in Bihar. But, it proved to be counterproductive for us as people watching TV got influenced by the BJP media blitzkrieg", Kumar added.
RJD chief Prasad wooed Rajputs who had shifted allegiance to BJP in last LS polls. He said the saffron outfit had misled them by spreading rumours that Rajnath Singh would be the consensus PM candidate instead of Modi.
At Mohania, Nitish urged people to be united and vote for grand alliance candidate Chandra Shekhar Paswan "for development and peace".
"This (BJP) government will divide and break India. Now Mandal will confront Kamandal and the exercise has been started from Bihar," Prasad said after being offered a mike by Kumar.
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Setup SSL in SharePoint 2013
In this article you will learn how to setup SSL in SharePoint 2013. In my next article I will show you how to setup an Extranet in SharePoint 2013. Corporations usually setup SSL for Extranet sites. There are three ways to setup SSL.
1. One way is to use a commercial SSL certificate. There are many sites that sell SSL certificates. For learning purposes you can sign up for a trial version (30 days). This is what this article will focus on today.
2. Second way is to use a self-signed certificate that you create in IIS.
3. Third way is to set up your server to issue a certificate. This is what you need if you have custom DNS entries. Of course, you can also use first option (using commercial certificate) if you have DNS entries. If you use self-signed certificate and you have DNS entries, you get an error. More on this in another article!
So, let's start. In this article, I will show you how to use Verisign certificate. Verisign is one the most popular companies that issue SSL certificates. We will sign up for a trial version.
1. Before you sign up on Verisign site, we first need to create a certificate request. This will be needed when you sign up at Verisign.
2. Open IIS 7.0 (Start > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager).
3. Click on the server name.
4. In IIS section, double-click Server Certificates.
5. On the right side, under Actions, click Create Certificate Request… link.
6. Request Certificate form will open. Fill out the fields. Enter your site name or URL in the Common Name field. Enter your company name or abbreviation in Organization and Organizational Unit fields. Enter City and State. Enter full state name, abbreviation is not accepted. Select Country/region and click Next.
7. Keep the default values selected. Cryptographic service provider should have Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider selected. If it's a test or development environment, you can keep Bit length set to 1024. If it's a production environment and you are using a purchased SSL key, then select Bit length according to your needs. What kind of security is needed depends on what kind of site you have created and what kind of content it has. For confidential content or for government sites, you may want to select at least 2048 in Bit length. Remember, the greater the bit length, the stronger the security. However, a greater bit length may decrease performance.
8. Browse to a folder that will store the request and give a name to the file, for example, sslrequest. Click Finish.
9. Go to Verisign site and sign up for a trial version. Here is the direct link for the signup page:
Enter technical contact details and click Continue. On the next screen, you will be asked to enter CSR. Open the request file that you had created, copy it and paste it into the box on the site. Once you have signed up, you will get an email with the key.
10. There will be three links in the email. Click the first link to download and install the Test Root CA Certificate. On the download page, there are different browsers listed. Select the browser that you will use for your site testing. Remember if you know you audience will use different browsers then you need to perform this step for every browser that your audience will be using. Steps for Internet Explorer are listed next.
11. Click the link Download Secure Site Trial Root Certificate link. From the box, copy the certificate and save it in a text file with a .cer extension.
12. Open Internet Explorer.
13. Go to Tools > Internet Options > Content > Certificates.
14. Click Import…. A wizard will open. Click Next.
15. Browse to the location of the recently stored .cer file (step 11 above).
16. Select the certificate and click Open.
17. Click Next.
18. Select Automatically select the certificate store based on the type of the certificate. Click Ok.
19. Click Next then Finish.
20. When prompted and asked if you wish to add the following certificate to the root store, click Yes.
21. Second step listed in the email confuses many people. Basically this step is not required for latest IIS server. Users using IIS 5.0 or Higher servers do not need to download the intermediate CA as it is included with the SSL certificate upon issuance if they selected in the purchase as server vendor: Microsoft IIS 5.0 or higher. If you are not sure about the selection you made when requesting SSL certificate, go ahead and install it. It will not harm anything. To install it, perform same steps as listed above (Steps 11 – 19). Be sure to click second link in your email instead of first when performing step 11.
22. Just like the second step, third step in the email is equally confusing. Don't follow those steps, follow the ones listed below to install the certificate without hassles.
23. Copy the certificate from your email. It will be at the bottom of the email. Be careful when copying. Copy whole text including -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and -----END CERTIFICATE----- and paste it into Notepad. There should be no white spaces or extra line breaks. Save the file with .p7b extension. You can name the file as sslcert.p7b or whatever you prefer.
24. Click Start > Run and type mmc and click OK. MMC console will open.
25. From File, select Add/Remove Snap-in.
26. Select Certificates from available snap-ins and click Add >.
27. Select first option My user account and click Finish.
28. Click OK.
29. Expand Certificates – Current User node.
30. Expand the Trusted Root Certification Authorities folder on the left and select the Certificates subfolder.
31. Locate the following certificate:
a. Issued To: VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary Certification Authority - G5
32. Right-click the certificate and select Properties.
33. In the Certificate purposes section, select Disable all purposes for this certificate. This is a pre-installed certificate and must be disabled before using new certificate from SSL.
34. Click Apply then OK.
Install Certificate
35. Finally, install the certificate. There are two ways to do it. One is through the IIS and the other is the MMC certificates console. I prefer the second way because you have to come to the MMC certificates console anyway to fix a problem if you opt to install the certificate through IIS. If you install the certificate through IIS, at the time of binding the certificate to your site, certificate will not show up in IIS and then you will have to come to the MMC certificates console to perform an additional step. So it's better to go with the MMC route from the beginning. There is another problem with the IIS method. You get the following error when you install the certificate through IIS.
Error Text: Cannot find the certificate request that is associated with this certificate file. A certificate request must be completed on the computer where the request was created.
36. Open MMC console (Start > Run > Type MMC > Click OK).
37. Certificates console will still be available because you added it in step 24 but if for some reason you had to restart your machine or log out of it then you will have to add the console again. Follow steps 24 – 28 to add Certificates console. Expand Certificates – Current User node on the left.
38. Expand Trusted Root Certification Authorities and click Certificates folder.
39. Right-click Certificates folder and select All Tasks then select Import.
40. Browse to the certificate (.p7b) file. Click Next.
41. Select Place all certificates in the following store and leave default store selected. Click Next.
42. Click Finish.
43. You will get The import was successful message. Click Ok. You may also get following security warning.
Error Description: You are about to install a certificate from a certification authority (CA) claiming to represent: Verisign Trial Secure Server Root CA – G2.
If you get this security warning, click Yes to install the certificate.
44. With MMC Certificates console still open, expand Personal folder on the left and right-click Certificates subfolder. Select All Tasks then select Import.
45. Browse to certificate file (.p7b) and Click Next.
46. Keep second option Place all certificates in the following store selected and keep Personal certificate selected as the default option. Click Next.
47. Click Finish. You will get The import was successful message. Click Ok.
Bind Certificate to your site
48. Finally, bind certificate to your site. Open IIS.
49. Click server name. Expand Sites node.
50. Click site name that you will bind to the SSL certificate.
51. On the right, under Actions, click Bindings.
52. Click Add.
53. In Type, select https.
54. Keep 443 in the Port. This is default port used for SSL.
55. In SSL Certificate, select the certificate you just installed. Please note that if you don't see new certificate in this drop down, then you probably missed steps 44 – 47 above. Click OK. That's it.
Alternate Access Mappings
56. Assuming you have a web application setup to work with SSL, configure Alternate Access Mappings to use site with SSL. Open Central Admin Site and click Application Management.
57. Under Web Applications, click Configure alternate access mappings.
58. You will notice you already have default site listed in the Default zone. To add new URL in the Intranet zone, click Add Internet URLs.
59. From the Alternate Access Mapping Collection drop down, select correct application that you want to use for the AAM setting and then add URL in the text box labeled URL protocol, host and port, for example, https://www.walisystems.com. From the Zone dropdown, select Intranet.
60. Click Save.
Now open site with https to test that everything works fine.
In the address bar, click the lock sign to check validity of the certificate. If you want to see the certificate, click View Certificates link at the bottom of the notification.


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Name: _______________
Topic: ________________
Day/Time: _____________
Purpose Statement: The purpose of my speech is to PERSUADE my target audience that the Ford Mustang is a better car than the Chevrolet Camaro (type of claim)
Ex: The purpose of my speech is to persuade my target audience that the Ford Mustang is, and always has been, a better car than its rival, the Chevrolet Camaro. (policy)
1. How will you attract/orient your audience to your Main Claim?
Ex: I will use an eye-catching picture that has both cars in it.
2. How will you establish the relevance of your Main Claim for your TARGET AUDIENCE?
Ex: Everybody likes the Mustang and the Camaro.
3. What specific characteristics of the audience will you VERBALLY IDENTIFY to establish COMMON GROUND and/or to create a COMMON IDENTITY for you and them? (use the "we" key)
Ex: We as young, health minded college students and future parents might want to buy a sports car in the future. The Mustang and Camaro are undoubtedly two of the most common sports cars in America. I'm going to tell you which is the better buy.
4. What question/general comment will you raise IN YOUR INTRODUCTION which will focus your audience toward your Main Claim? (List at least three.)
Ex: Both cars are very similar.
Ex: The Mustang has been in production longer than the Camaro. Ex: Which car is faster?
Ex: Which car is a better driving experience?
5. How will you provide a sense of direction or structure for your audience to follow?
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Ah despised masel and the world because ah failed tae face up tae ma ain, and life's, limitations. The acceptance ay self-defeating limitations seemed then tae constitute mental health, or non-deviant behaviour.
Success and failure simply mean the satisfaction and frustration ay desire. Desire can either be predominantly intrinsic, based oan oor individual drives, or extrinsic, primarily stimulated by advertising, or societal role models as presented through the media and popular culture. Tom feels that ma concept ay success and failure only operates on an individual rather than an individual and societal level. Due tae this failure tae recognize societal reward, success (and failure) can only ever be fleeting experiences for me, as that experience cannae be sustained by the socially-supported condoning of wealth, power, status, etc., nor, in the case ay failure, by stigma or reproach. So, according tae Tom, it's nae good telling us that ah've done well in ma exams, or got a good job, or got off wi a nice burd; that kind ay acclaim means nowt tae us. Of course, ah enjoy these things at the time, or for themselves, but their value cannae be sustained because there's nae recognition ay the society which values them. What Tom's trying tae say, ah suppose, is that ah dinnae gie a fuck. Why? So it goes back tae ma alienation from society. The problem is that Tom refuses tae accept ma view that society cannae be changed tae make it significantly better, or that ah cannae change tae accommodate it. Such a state ay affairs induces depression on ma part, aw the anger gets turned in. That's what depression is, they say. However, depression also results in demotivation. A void grows within ye. Junk fills the void, and also helps us tae satisfy ma need tae destroy masel, the anger turned in bit again.
So basically ah agree wi Tom here. Whair we depart is that he refuses tae see this picture in its total bleakness. He believes that ah'm suffering fae low self-esteem, and that ah'm refusing tae acknowledge that by projecting the blame oantae society. He feels that ma means ay emasculating the rewards and praise (and conversely condemnation) available tae me by society is not a rejection ay these values per se, but an indication that ah dinnae feel good enough (or bad enough) aboot masel tae accept them. Rather than come oot and say: Ah don't think ah have these qualities (or ah think ah'm better than that), Ah say: It's a loaday fucking shite anywey. Hazel said tae us, jist before she telt us that she didnae wantae see us again, whin ah started using for the umpteenth time: – You just want tae fuck up on drugs so that everyone'll think how deep and fucking complex you are. It's pathetic, and fucking boring. In a sense ah prefer Hazel's view. Thir is an element ay ego in it. Why should ah reject the world, see masel as better than it? Because ah do, that's why. Because ah fucking am, and that's that.
The upshot ay this attitude is that ah was sent tae this therapy/counselling shite. Ah didnae want aw this. This shite muddies the waters for us; confuses rather than clarifies issues. Basically, aw ah ask is that cunts mind their ain business and ah'll dae the same. Why is that because ye use hard drugs every cunt feels that they have a right tae dissect and analyse ye?
Once ye accept that they huv that right, ye'll join them in the search fir this holy grail, this thing that makes ye tick. Ye'll then defer tae them, allowin yersel tae be conned intae believin any biscuit-ersed theory ay behaviour they choose tae attach tae ye. Then yir theirs, no yir ain; the dependency shifts from the drug to them.
Society invents a spurious convoluted logic tae absorb and change people whae's behaviour is outside its mainstream. Suppose that ah ken aw the pros and cons, know that ah'm gaunnae huv a short life, am ay sound mind etcetera, etcetera, but still want tae use smack? They won't let ye dae it. They won't let ye dae it, because it's seen as a failure ay thir am failure. The fact that ye jist simply choose tae reject whit they huv tae offer. Choose us. Choose life. Choose mortgage payments; choose washing machines; choose cars; choose sitting oan a couch watching mind-numbing and spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fuckin junk food intae yir mooth. Choose rotting away, pishing and shiteing yersel in a home, a total fuckin embarassment tae the selfish, fucked-up brats ye've produced. Choose life.
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Episode 20 :: Secular Coalition for America :: Part Two
Sean Faircloth
Today we'll conclude our interview with Sean, started last week.
"… the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion…" — Treaty of Tripoli
"Our team, if you will, has I think a very enlightened world view to present, but we're not presenting it!" — Sean Faircloth
"Priests…dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight and scowl on the fatal harbinger announcing the subversions of the duperies on which they live." — Thomas Jefferson
"I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology." — Thomas Jefferson
"In no instance have . . . the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people." — James Madison
"The United States of America have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simple principles of nature; and if men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves of artifice, imposture, hypocrisy, and superstition, they will consider this event as an era in their history." — John Adams
"The senators and representatives before-mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States." — U.S. Constitution, Article 6, Section 3
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- CLS v. Martinez: The Supreme Court Rightly Holds that Public Law Schools Can Deny Affiliation and Funding to Religious Groups that Discriminate Against Gay Students
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Best Practices in Social Media Monitoring
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Chances are you didn't take Social Media 101 in college—in fact, the term social engagement, for many of us, meant getting dressed up for a fussy, fancy dinner with elderly relatives. Now, of course, you're eating lunch over your keyboard trying to figure out how to make the new social engagementwork for your company. Check out these three best practices for social media:
1 – Plan
You wouldn't invest in a pricey ad campaign or top-of-the-line equipment without a plan. Online listening is no different. Who is your audience? What social media platforms does your audience use? How will you measure success? Consider using the S.M.A.R.T. project management concept, which suggests that goals should be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-based.
2 – Listen & Engage
As suggested in Entrepreneur's article "Becoming More Social," it's important to listen and contribute to social networks. When you interact with prospective or current customers, you're helping to build a relationship that not only creates an online influencer, but also the kind of interaction in which the customer is willing to share information.
3 – Transparency
No, transparency in social engagement doesn't mean you need to post the super-secret recipe for your best-selling chicken. Instead, it means that a company does not hide information, such as conflicts of interest, from its stakeholders. For example, a couple blogged their RV cross-country trip, parking each night in a Wal-Mart parking lot and reporting on their interactions with store employees and customers. When it was revealed the bloggers were being compensated for their stories, Wal-Mart became the subject of intense online criticism.
What does transparency look like? When your company sets up a Facebook page to engage customers, don't pretend that you don't want to sell product. Rather state the purpose of the page is to, for example, introduce the latest product line.
Online media and social engagement aren't rocket science. Social media monitoring services can be a smart investment when it's time to start planning and implementing your strategy. From search analysis to content distribution, an expert can help your company navigate the Tweets and Diggs and Yelps to create a social engagement strategy that reaches your goals. To learn more about online listening strategies that work, contact Social Strategy1.


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AKA Vadazzled, Vagazzled, and in England it's known as a Bollywood wax. Whatever you call it the biggest beauty trend for 2010 is all about celebrating your lady bits. The bikini area should be waxed or shaved and then the area is adorned by Sawarovski crystals. We have a number of beautiful house designs to choose from or we can create a custom look.
We recommend getting a wax the day before your appointment or shaving the day of the appointment.
When you come in we will show you a range of designs to choose from and then it only takes around fifteen minutes to apply the gems. The idea is to celebrate yourself, do something sexy for yourself - and we're pretty sure your guy will love it too.
* Prices:
* $25 for house designs
* $100 and up for custom designs
Playboy Bikini Wax
A Playboy bikini wax, which goes by other names such as Full Bikini Wax, Hollywood Wax, or Sphynx. This waxing method removes all the hair from the pubic area, labia, buttocks, and perianal areas.
Brazilian Wax + FREE Panty
FREE Cute Panty With Every Brazilian Wax! (Cannot be combined with other offers.)
Regular Bikini Wax
With a regular bikini wax we will remove the hair that is seen when you are a bikini, if you want more hair remove then that then we recommend that you book for French Bikini Wax, Brazilian Wax or Playboy Bikini Wax
Men's Brazilian Wax
Men's brazilian wax clients used to mainly consist of bodybuilders, swimmers and models. However, all types of men are now having brazilian wax treatments because they like the clean feeling of being free of hair and also for self-image.
Expert Eyebrow Shaping
We believes the eyebrows are the most important feature on the face.
Our philosophy is everyone exudes unique beauty, and every face deserves the perfect frame.
Our expert eyebrow shapers knows how to shape your brows in order to show case the best version of you.
French Bikini Wax
The French bikini wax also known as the modified bikini wax. The French Bikini Wax leaves a narrow line in the front (upside down triangle design) With the French Bikini Wax all the hair will be waxed off far between the inner Labia, but not all the way to the buttocks.
Full Legs Wax
Full Legs includes complete waxing of both legs. Includes Toes
Lower Legs Wax
Lower Legs includes waxing of both legs from knee to the ankle. Includes Toes
Half Arms Wax
Half Arm includes waxing of both arms either from the shoulder to the elbow, or from the elbow to the wrist. Does not include Hands
Full Arms
Full Arms includes waxing of both arms from the shoulders down. Includes Hands
Toes Wax
Toes includes waxing of all toes on both feet.
Neck Wax
Neck includes waxing of either the front or back of the neck. Each neck area is a separate service.
Lip Wax
Lip includes waxing of either the upper or lower lip. Each lip is a separate service.
Nose Wax
Nose includes waxing of both nose nostrils.
Chin Wax
Chin includes complete waxing of the chin.
Chest Wax
Chest includes waxing of the upper torso area. Does not include Stomach or Stomach Strip
Side Burns Wax
Side Burns includes waxing of both side burns.
Facial Cheeks Wax
Cheeks includes waxing of both cheeks.
Full Face Package
Full Face Package includes waxing of the entire face area. Includes Cheek, Chin, Eye Brows, Lip, Nose, Front of Neck, and Side Burns.
Hands Wax
Hands includes waxing of both hands.
Includes Fingers
Underarms Wax
Underarms includes waxing of both underarms.
Full Stomach Wax
Full Stomach includes waxing of the complete stomach area. Does not include Chest
Strip Stomach Wax
Stomach Strip includes waxing of a 2"-3" wide area from the belly button down to the waist line.
Men's Half Arms Wax
Half arm includes waxing of both arms either from the shoulder to the elbow or from the elbow to the wrist.
Does not include Hands
Men's Upper Back Wax
Upper back includes waxing from the mid-back to the bottom neck line.
Does not include Shoulders
Men's Lower Back Wax
Lower back includes waxing from the mid-back to the waist line.
Men's Full Back Wax
Come and get your back waxed with our waxing experts
Men's Chest Wax
Chest Wax includes waxing of the upper torso area. Does not include Stomach or Stomach Strip
Brazilian Wax & Rio's Cute Mascot Bear
Brazilian Wax & get RIO's cute stress relief squeeze mascot Bear
Eyelash Extensions
Vi Peel
Vi Peel represent a true breakthrough, rendering other facial skin peels obsolete. The Vi Peel is safe, simple, practical and virtually painless, with superior results.
Physicians ultimately achieve true repair" for their patients without hindering their fast paced lifestyle. Patients return periodically, with maintenance protocols between office visits, for optimum results.
Vi Medical Peel proprietary formula give dramatic results with minimal discomfort or downtime. A simple, practical three to four minute Vi Peel application produces dramatic results in only seven days. Caring for the skin requires just two to four visits per year for the Vi Peel, followed by maintenance using the Obagi or Vi Derm Skin Care System.
Vi Medical Peel Reduces Age Spots, Freckles, Acne, Wrinkles. The Vi Peel is the finest peel you will ever experience!
Improve the tone, texture and clarity of your skin, reduce or eliminate age spots, freckles, and hyper-pigmentation, including melasma, soften lines and wrinkles, clear acne skin conditions, reduce or eliminate acne scars, stimulate the production of collagen, for firmer, more youthful skin. Why wait weeks or months for results when you can enjoy beautiful, radiant skin in about a week?
PCA Custom Peel
PCA Custom Peel
Take years off of your skin with a PCA Custom Peel!
Winter months are the right time to improve skin form all the Summer damage and assist your skin in rejuvenating! Our Custom Peels a gentle but very effective in improving lines and wrinkles, tone, discoloration, Acne, pore size and smoothing texture.
Microdermabrasion is a progressive, non-invasive procedure for skin resurfacing, this treatment gently removes epidermal cells with natural Mineral crystals for gentle epidermal abrasion that reveals healthier younger looking skin. Excellent for sun-damaged skin, superficial scars, blackheads, uneven and granular skin, and enlarged pores. For best results we suggest a series of 6 or 12.
Time: 50 minutes
Microdermabrasion:Face|Spa Facial=$125
Microdermabrasion:Face | Neck=$195
Microdermabrasion:Face| Neck|Décolleté=$235
Glycolic Peel
The Glycolic Acid Peel is a procedure used to revitalize skin that appears dull or non-vibrant. It is also used to improve acne and acne scars as well as to reduce brown spots on the skin. Since it is a fruit-derived alpha hydroxy acid, it gently sheds dead, dull surface cells, permitting new healthy cells to take their place, leaving your skin refreshed.
Glycolic peels result in a major improvement in the skin's clarity, texture, color, and tone. It reduces lines and wrinkles, resulting in smoother, firmer skin. It reduces pore size and improves acne-prone skin.
Brazilian Laser Hair Removal
Brazilian Laser Hair Removal for Men or Women. 1st treatment. We are proud to offer the latest technology in laser hair removal, that is pain free and works for all skin colors. Recently featured on the popular TV shows "The Doctor's"
Underarms Laser Hair Removal
Underarms Laser Hair Removal. 1st treatment. We are proud to offer the latest technology in laser hair removal, that is pain free and works for all skin colors. Recently featured on the popular TV shows "The Doctor's"
Full Face Laser Hair Removal
Full Legs Laser Hair Removal
Full Legs Laser Hair Removal, 1st treatment. We are proud to offer the latest technology in laser hair removal, that is pain free and works for all skin colors. Recently featured on the popular TV shows "The Doctor's"
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The modern-day milk carton in the United Stated was invented in the early 1900s by John Van Wormer. Before then, glass bottles were generally used.
Beginning in the late 1800s, many rural citizens were responsible for providing milk to the growing population of town and city dwellers. Farmers would hand-milk cows and deliver milk to customers in glass bottles.
With the advent of mechanized milking at the beginning of the 20th century, farms grew and so did milk production. At this time, homeowners used iceboxes; refrigerators had not yet been invented. When milk was stored in ice boxes, it tended to go bad because ice boxes did not efficiently insulate the glass bottles. This problem brought about the method of the milkman bringing fresh milk every day and taking away empty bottles.
John Van Wormer received a patent for the milk carton in 1915. It's called a gable-top because the spout is glued into a peak then opened by pinching and pulling. The original carton was made from paperboard; the same material is used today, but a polyethylene coating has been added so that the milk doesn't soak through. It took a while for this new container method to become common, as people had become accustomed to glass bottles.


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Sunday, May 24, 2009
Welcome to Artful Penpals!
If you enjoy writing letters and receiving them, this might be the place for you:) I am trying this as a one time event for now but if it proves popular, maybe we can do it again......
I had written a post in my blog a while ago about the joy of the written word and how lovely it is to hold a precious letter in your hand. Exciting to go to your post box and discover a wee personal treasure just for you, waiting to be opened. I was surprised at how many people felt the same way and longed for that kind of personal touch. So I thought I would facilitate a small, return to the handwritten letter ...."festival"!
To participate, all you have to do is send one letter, the kind of letter you would like to receive, to your penpal and they will do the same in kind. Lovely stationery, big bulky, slender elegant, something enclosed, it is up to you. I will match you with a writing partner. You don't need to have a blog to sign on. I will add your name/blog to the side bar once you have signed up:)
Now, here's what you have to do.....
Send an email to me here: artfulpenpals AT gmail.com
and please tell me......
1.Your correct mailing address
2.Your blog address if you have one which I will post on the sidebar if you are participating.
3.Tell me if you are willing to send a letter anywhere in the world or just North America or Europe etc.
4. Let me know a bit about yourself so I will have an easier time of matching penpals up, hobbies, crafts, books, foods, movies, children,dreams etc:)
5. Get it to me before June 14th midnight when the registration closes:)
After the 14th of June I will then send each of you an email with your partner's address and some details and away you go!! Letters should be mailed to your partners by June 28th at the very latest. That gives you two weeks to do it:)
Feel free to pass this on:)
You might want to "follow" in case I have any updates which I am sure I will:)
I will probably be writing with some ideas for your letters.
Shelagh Duffett
24 comments:
Okay! I'm in. I'll send the e-mail some time this evening. Too cool!ReplyDelete
I'm in - sent my e-mail to you yesterday.ReplyDelete
I'm in, I just emailed you. Thank you doing this, it is totally cool!ReplyDelete
I'm in too. I'll be sending you my info :)ReplyDelete
please count me in, thank YOU and Darlene for the link, too.ReplyDelete
great idea sweetie!
- AnonymousMay 28, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Sent you my info - hope you received it!ReplyDelete
hi there...ReplyDelete
i just realized
that i didn't give you my blog
info in the email i sent...
also linking to here today
on my blog...
hope you don't mind!!
would love to participate! :)ReplyDelete
Yes, this sounds great!! I'll send an email right after work. Thanks for the idea!!ReplyDelete
Oh, and I really love the photo above with all the fancy things. Beautiful!!ReplyDelete
yipee!! I blogged about this on my site - hope that brings more participants. :-)ReplyDelete
This sounds like just the kind of fun I love. My email is already on the way to you.ReplyDelete
Sounds fun! I'm in! Love receiving handwritten letters in the mail (and never do). :)ReplyDelete
I would l o v e to join inReplyDelete
Love this idea!ReplyDelete
Found you through Stevie's A Little Birdie Told Me So...
Will send e-mail tonight.
I would love to write an old fashion handwriting letter again...miss to get nice letters on my doormat...wrote a lot when i was younger to my penpals...but these these emails are much easier...but i miss the letters so so much...will make some time to email you with my info...ReplyDelete
greetings from Holland from Danielle
I think this is WONDERFUL!!!!! I will send you my info. I so LOVE to get letters! and I love to send them too!ReplyDelete
Hi! I tried to email you with my info, but it came back as invalid.... wondering what I did???? Please contact me.ReplyDelete
Sounds like a great idea to me. I already have 3 penpals that I write too and one more wouldn't hurt.ReplyDelete
Shelagh, what a wonderful idea! Thanks for facilitating . . . have sent off an email to you. I'm looking forward to this!ReplyDelete
Oh what a wonderful idea, I would love to have a pen pal, I have always wanted one, but never had the chance to have one, and now I can. So sign me up, I will send you all the info on me.... thank you for such a lovely idea,,, to be able to have a new friend....ReplyDelete
Hello it is me again, for some reason I can't send you my email to your address, it won't send it... so if you could send me and email, then I can reply to yours, and give you my info. just visit my blog and my email address is there,,, I really would love to be in on this... thank you.ReplyDelete
I would like to participate. Can you contact me next time? email@example.com
I sent an email just now - didn't realize it was a year ago you posted this! still doing it? I'd love to begin.ReplyDelete


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"Makes a big difference when used on my most complicated pages. Used it sparingly and it made my site look snazzy"
Jonathan Wright @ Joomla! Extensions Directory
Boost Your Website's
appearance With Amazing
Parallax Sections!
Create amazing parallax sections on your website with total ease. Select an image, add overlay texts, modules (any module). Insert shaders, set the parallax's ratio, direction, style and many more options. Boost your website's look and feel with aikon Easy Parallax today.
"Makes a big difference when used on my most complicated pages. Used it sparingly and it made my site look snazzy"
Jonathan Wright @ Joomla! Extensions Directory
Insert customizable content and images inside the parallax layers, and design it however you like with a text editor.
Insert custom modules into the parallax layers. Modules such as registration forms, galleries, Facebook and more.
Force the parallax layers to spread on 100% width or height even if your template doesn't support it.
Enjoy auto-detect of all mobile and tablet devices – guaranteeing optimal usability and user experience.
Easy Parallax has been tested can be used with K2, Virtumat, EasyBlog, COM_CONTENT, Seblod and many other platforms.
We have tested our parallax module with all major frameworks Joomla has to offer. And it works perfectly.
We officialy support PHP7 for twice the speed and twice the performance.
We are using 2 of the most powerful and popular Parallax engines, Stellar.js and Parallax.js for BEST performace
We work hard so that you can have an admin interface that is truly easy to use and configure. Inside, you'll find all the features you need for setting up great-looking designs, powerful functionality features and much much more. Using our specially-designed interface, you can also add or change the features in your extension - wherever, whenever and however you want. It's not just easy. It's fun!See Admin Panel
Take a look at just some of aikon Easy Parallax's JED Reviews.
Easy Parallax is a module to give your website a great and fresh look and feel with scrolling pictures.
Easy to install
Great support - mostly within minutes. Thanks a lot.
Now - there is a great doc at the website - and for problems there is the great support
Does wat it says, works right out of the box.
Easy to use, with nice options. The full width option is really nice for people who don't have full width module positions in their template
The module does what its supposed to do and it does excellently.
And the support received by this guys was superb, given that its a cheap extension.
They treated me quickly and are very concerned to resolve any slightest problem.
Very Happy.
P.S. If you plan (like me) to include a module in the content instead of HTML use Module Plant. I have tried 4-5 (I am talking about the free alternatives) and this was the one that works most fine.
As expected
Easy to use
Support is awesome.
Easy to understand
web design
Perfect solution for a parallax effect. The programmer solved a conflict with another script within minutes.
It's not only about a nice extension which will convert a boring page, compressing a lot of text and one image, into an amasing thing which will force visitors to give it a second look asking themselves how it could have been done, but so friendly guys who, when they notice you have downloaded their extension, will immediately send you an email asking if they could be of any help. Of course they can. There is no any problem related to these amasing technologies that they can not solve. So why not have fun with this excellent "gadget", it's almost for free. And don't forget to try the rest of their extensions too.
Works great
very easy to use
Works out of the box. Just hoping for a future version where module can be placed in the parallax layer instead of just a background image.
Very easy to configure.
Fast and reliable support.
Didn't nee to use it.
Improving aesthetic effects of our websites.
As I expected, from the examples on their website.
Easy to use, After some
Great support, very quick
On the website and easy to read.
I started with my personal website and after getting more familiar I will use it also for my clients websites if they require so. But I will suggest it.
Exceptional Plugin
Easy to use, with nice options.
outstanding customer service
I really did not needed.
my webs ... :-)
Creates good effects very easily with plenty of parameters to achieve the results required
Easy to install and to use
I haven't needed any support but received email from owner checking everything ok
Documentation is brief but is all required as it is so straightforward to use
Creating business websites
Non Functioning
Does not work. I was told it was the template. The maker of the template checked, the maker of other extensions checked. Terrible product
There is no support whatsoever . I have been emailing for one year and have no decided to rebuild the site which will cost 20k
Doesn't help resolve anything
A website.
Die Funktion ist genau die, die man zur Herstellung einer Parallax-Page benötigt!
Die Anwendung ist sehr einfach und erklärt sich von selbst. Notfalls gibt es eine sehr gute Doku auf der Herstellerseite
Ich hatte persönlichen Kontakt mit dem Hersteller. Er ist sehr nett, kompetent und hilfsbereit
Die Dokumentation ist sehr ausführlich und gut erklärt
Ich benutze das Modul zur Erstellung von modernen Parallax-Seiten. Dafür ist es wirklich ideal!
I'm very satisfied with the extension and even more with your support.
Thanks a lot again!!
The plugin works great but took some configuration to work properly on my site. The customer service helped me resolve all errors.
Self-explanatory and well-documented.
As I said before, the support has truly been outstanding. Avichay from aikonCMS helped tremendously in ensuring the parallax was working.
Great and customer service is always there if needed to help figure something out.
Displaying beautiful parallax banners across my site.
I Rely live this one
i have a lof of parallax site
and its make my life so easy
thenx guys
5 stars!
Works fine in all browsers. Particularly pleased with the work in Microsoft Edge. Compared to other plug-ins this great attention.
A logical and intuitive setting. It takes 10-15 minutes to setup
Developers are interested in ensuring that their program is of high quality.
Detailed and clear documentation. Practically it is not required. The plugin setup is very simple and takes 10-15 minutes
For building a beautiful effect fo background image
This is a very good extension and it does what it is supposed to do, which is after a few clicks to make your site much more beautiful.
But the best thing is the support which is really excellent. I had a small problem to make it look exactly how I wanted because I had to change something in my css and there was also a javascript conflict, and the developer fixed that for me instantly!
Thank you for your extension and your amazing support!
Die Erweiterung macht was sie soll und das sehr gut.
Die Verwendung ist sehr einfach und die Erweiterung lässt sich mit wenigen Klicks konfigurieren.
Der Support ist äußerst freundlich und hat mir bei einem speziellen Problem schnell und komfortabel geholfen.
Die Dokumentation ist gut, auch wenn man sie eigentlich kaum braucht, da die Erweiterung intuitiv bedient werden kann.
Very nice, easy to use parallax solution for any Joomla site. Worked straight out of the box, had a few questions and the support was exceptional, fast friendly and effective.
Works very well with their smooth scroll plugin which is free!
Highly recommended.
This is a outstanding Parallax Scroll extension that is made to be straightforward when you need a foundation picture with content overlay. I did have a jquery clash when I initially introduced, yet the developer was looking into the issue instantly. I trust that they keep on adding new features to this most promising, guaranteeing, effectively great extension.
Delivers all what it adverts !
Really easy with clear control panel
Had some trouble with some personal jquery script conflict. Support solved it right away !
Clear and very well done
Many web sites I'm running.
Very easy installation and perfect performance! a must buy for any designer.
Funciona perfectamente, ningun problema en instalación o funcionamiento, se acopla perfectamente a la plantilla que hemos desarrollado
muy fácil de usar, muy pocos parametros que manejar y un resultado excelente
tuve un problema con el shader, asi que acudi al soporte , de inmediato me ayudaron con todo y se solucionó sin problemas
como es muy fácil de usar, la documentación es completa
Sitio Web Joomla 3
cant fault it
wish all addins worked like this
wow they even contact me to see if it was working well
its all on the web site
Web design
Does everything perfectly smooth and works great
Easy to use as a module - even for beginners
This is the best part: Asked the CEO for a feature - got it within an hour. Perfect!
It functions as expected.
The admin interface is well thought out and works as expected.
It's Saturday! I sent a question and the dev responded and solve my issue at light speed.
I am deploying it on a customers site.
As promised
Just a few parameter to set
Great response and issues were taken care of quickly
plain and simple
awesome web sites..
The product complies with what is offered. and is a quick solution to implement this effect on some websites.
Very good technical support, certainly has a lot of support, was highly effective in solving problems with Jquery and php that arose.
It also has other striking and beautiful to enhance your website solutions.
Makes every site look so much better
Very easy to install, and enough functions to configure this module. Just add an image and link it to a position, publish it and your done
Needed a little support. Small hick up in my template which was solved by Avichay within 30 minutes. Awesome support.
Good, didn't need it at all
A Joomla website which uses a template made with Artisteer.
Provides the functionality stated and works well with all sorts of themes.
Very easy to understand and works well with full width or boxes themes.
I did not need assistance, but developer reached out after purchase to ensure the extension was working, so A+
Easy to understand
Adding style to a marketing site with a third party Joomla theme
Does what is says in a very easy and effective way.
Very nice. Nice tweaking features on the admin side. Extra plus for the full width feature.
Excellent. Had a problem that was originated to my own template configuration. Got quick and correct information on how to fix the problem.
Clear end extended.
Commercial website
It's a very simple and nice modul. The support is quick and helpful.
Highly recommended.
Config is pretty self explaining. It does what it should.
Two or three small business sites including my own.
Extremely functional. Excellent UI.
Straightforward and intuitive.
Terrific. Ticket system, very fast answers.
have never needed it. if there is any, i'm sure it's good.
landing pages
Everything works fine - with an EXCEPTION ! Still doesn't work on iPads in landscape mode.
Nice and friendly
Very good
Firstly this does work exactly as you'd expect, out of the box. It just works without the bloat that so many extensions seem to acquire.
When I needed a little help making it do something a little different these guys were back to me straight away and got it doing exactly what I needed.
So far this is the best Joomla extension support I have ever received.
This parallax effect is also represented well on mobile devices. A small problem with the horizontal display on the ipad was corrected immediately by the friendly support! Thank you very much.
As it says on the tin! With some fancy and useful features thrown in!
Support was amazing! Few technical problems with my knowledge and they responded within seconds! Amazing support!
They have a great website!
Giving a client site more depth....
Very simple
Excellent Support from developers
Nice Documentation
Works as expected as all Aikon extensions do :)~
Install, play, get results.
After purchase you get an email asking if all is right with your purchase :) Top draw.
To be honest I haven't needed to look at it, I just installed and had a play and it's good to go.
Making my website look awesome. :)
This Module is very easy to install, and works perfectly , i like allso that the module is responsive and match for any screen.
Easy to use & can easily change to every needs , in the back-end (admin) the all options are divided geniusly & very clear to understand.
Support Are amazing ,answerd to any question i ask & with a lot patience.
This extension works fantastic and improves the appearance of every image-based website by an appealing design add-on
Input boxes are self-explanatory. Modules can be configured within one minute
Fantastic ! The support responses fast, is very friendly, professional and really cares for working out a solution.
Not needed. The extension is mainly self-explanatory
Outstanding. Except, across the board, Internet Explorer does not support smooth scrolling parallax effect. So this is a limitation.
Also outstanding. Intuitive controls are very easy to configure. Fun to play around with.
Prompt and helpful. Shir got back to me almost immediately - on a Saturday!
Much better than average. And there isn't much need for it.
Very happy with the extension functionality.
It very esay to use and to implement.
They offer a fantastic support, fast and very helpful.
The Documentation is very helpful eben if not needed thanks to the easy of use.
Working without any problem
Easy to setup.
Very friendly
Everything is there to begin designing as soon as the module is installed. Really easy to use, can't wait to use it...
Easy, you have to deal with some tryal and mistake, but it takes minutes to understand most functions.
Excellent, they encourage you to ask and to use the ticket system whenever you require assistance. Really fast...
No need for a large documentation, the module is really easy to use, but i found almost everything i needed to ask in their online doc.
Making beautiful responsive visual websites, this is almost anything i need to make beautiful looking websites.
Worked beautifully.
Vert easy to use
Email for help, got answer right way.
Very Good.
I use it for many websites. Love it.
No matter which plan you choose, the extension is yours, and will always be yours!
After the subscription period ends, you can still use the extension however you wish but you will need to renew it in order to get updates and support.
After the subscription period ends, you can still use the extension however you wish but you will need to renew it in order to get updates and support.
After the subscription period ends, you can still use the extension however you wish but you will need to renew it in order to get updates and support.
Shading Options:
Set up shading masks to the parallax layer in order to present your content in the best readability available.
Works Out of the Box:
Browser Smooth Scroll:
Force Google Chrome scroll smooth in order to provide best user experience to your users.
Right-to-Left Support:
The extension fully supports RTL without any modifications or code rewriting needed.
Highly Customizable:
We have set up various options for you to customize the extension just perfectly for your website's design and templates.


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My kitchen just received the second half of a subtle, but seriously major upgrade.
First it was my pantry, whose deep shelves were so full that to access anything at the back required either a delicate dance of bottles or a deep excavation. Andy Rigg of Brooklyn Bilt installed some hefty, load-bearing pull-out shelves and suddently, everything is different. All my ingredients, from all-purpose flour to that obscure bottle of pekmez I lugged home from Istanbul now regularly see the light of day.
Equally revelatory, but a bit more complicated, was solving the problem of my spice cabinet. Like my pantry, it was a scary, unchartered place, stuffed to over-brimming. The kind of place that was perilous to stand under, lest the jar of Sicilian chili flakes fall on your head. There were things in the far reaches and the dark corners that were totally inaccessible, and they langished so for years (this is no joke). And to top it all off, the cabinet was dreadfully close to my stove, far too close to the heat. (Any self-respecting kitchen packrat like myself should know better than to endanger their precious hoard with unnecessary exposure to high temperatures.) All I wanted for my spices was ease, visibility, and safety. Not too much to ask, right?
(Frightening image, isn't it?)
And boy did I get it…in abundance. I hadn't really imagined how my lofty dreams might materialize, but Andy had the brilliant idea of crafting a series of shallow drawers in a space that was occupied by one large, deep drawer. I immediately loved the idea, and so did Daniel, though we were temporarily scuttled when we discovered our cheapy line of Ikea cabinetry had been discontinued. But a quick ebay search turned up exactly the components we needed, and a few clicks later we were back on track.
With the drawers installed (seamlessly, I might add) the next step was clear—choosing uniform and handy containers. My original spice cabinet had a hodgepodge of jars, boxes, tins, bottles, bags, matchboxes, handkerchiefs, you name it.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, after much diddling around on the internet -- I mean studious research -- I found these. Square tins, with little clear lids, were an ideal solution. They don't roll! They don't turn! They don't fall on their sides! In short, square tins make use of the real estate deeded to them with elegance and economy.
Tins chosen and drawers in place, next came The Great Spice Reckoning.
It was time to look my spice cabinet squarely in the eye, and come face to face with the sweet or spicy or savory ghosts lingering within. I piled everything into boxes and gradually went through them, one by one, jettisoning the bare minimum (hey, I said it already…I'm a kitchen packrat) with the gentle but firm encouragement of those around me. Daniel, Sunny, Sarah and Dahlia were my own personal SHA support group (that would be Spice Hoarders Anonymous).
Naturally, I found some sentimental gems that I couldn't bear to part with. Mahleb, the tiny little stones from an ancient fertile crescent cherry known as St Lucie have been imparting their subtle almondy-fruitiness to baked goods for centuries—though my stash has only been around for a couple of years. Black cardamom pods are so smoky and earthy they almost smell like bacon. And those Thai long pepper corns never fail to intrigue me with their floral and piney heat.
Dahlia came home from school to find me on the floor, surrounded by the mess, and declared in all her three year-old wisdom that "something smelled funny". And indeed, after sniffing many a mystery packet, I was a sneezy mess. (A tin actually got labeled "Mystery Chili Powder"—I'm open to ideas of what to do with it!)
Slowly but surely, order started to dominate the chaos. And then the moment finally came—cue the Rocky theme song. I put all my newly labeled tins into their new home, arranging them in my own whimsical way (chilis and sweet spices in the top drawer, herbs, seeds and everything else below). The satisfaction was extreme.
At last count I had over 28 different types of chili products, not including the 5 different paprikas. (Believe me, even I am amazed.) Everything is readily available, handy, and oh-so organized. I pull a handle to reveal the ground-up goodness of many a nation, lined up in friendly phalanxes. The drawers almost feel like little libraries, and as I pull them out to browse, I'm looking over the recipes, trials and errors, and old familiar friends of my home-cooking life. Really fun stuff.


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By most accounts, American Football1 started out with humble beginnings: a college sport that branched off association football (rugby) that spawned a bunch of disorganized professional organizations that eventually coalesced into the NFL and the college football behemoths we know about today.
The game started in the mid 1800s. The first professional game was in the 1890s, with the first player getting a secret single game contract that paid him $500 (a staggering $13,000 in 2016 dollars). By 1920, what would be the NFL was born. Players were averaging a few thousand dollars a year ($27K in 2016 dollars) by the 30s and often took second jobs to make ends meet. By the 70s, the modern game and the college game began to take the form we see today. The rest you know: Billions of dollars and a billion fans watching for it's marquee event.
In the late 90s, a new genre of competition now called MOBAs (multiplayer online battle arena) came to be. Derived from a popular real time strategy game, Starcraft, it has since spawned a growing industry of games in that genre. A few games, League of Legends (LoL) and Dota 2, have tournaments with million dollar prizes. They have college clubs around the world, including at a few you may have heard of. They even have their own doping problems.
ESPN streamed a Dota 2 tournament in 2015 and even broadcast a MOBA on ESPN2 last year. Hard core sports fans were less than impressed.
I admit, I also was a little confused why a game I personally had never heard of, let alone played, was worth broadcasting on TV. Being me, that meant I started doing my research: learned about big prizes and huge audiences, read about the massive popularity of eSports in Korea, and looked at the games themselves.
That these games are the popular tournament ones makes sense to me. I used to love RTS games back in the day2. These RTS games are the predecessor to LoL, Dota 2, and Vainglory. MOBAs still share a lot in common with their ancestors. These games are a mix of:
- pure reflex and physical skill
- complex strategy carried out on a deceptively simple field
- clear, easy to understand objectives
Actually, kind of like the NFL.
In other words, if you don't play, you can still tell what's going on at a basic level (kill the other team, take an objective). But if you play… wow, there are layers to unfold and strategies to debate and technique to admire.
I don't play Dota or LoL, which is why a single Dota 2 broadcast couldn't keep my attention for the whole event. I thought it was cool, recognized the RTS heritage, and basically went back to watching sports.
One day, I picked up Vainglory. It's a free MOBA for iOS which was featured during an Apple event. I dove in and immediately was hooked. I wrote about Vainglory (indirectly) last year. At that time, I had been playing the game frequently for months, so now (except for a couple month hiatus around the birth of my daughter) I've been playing this game for over a year. I literally play a round most nights before I head to bed.
I'm naturally competitive, and so naturally I want to be good at this game… Which is when the whole thing finally clicked.
In the Twitch post, I likened watching Twitch to the Golf Network. Boring if you're not a golfer, but a great source of tips and help if you are. This is true of the entire community around video gaming now. For example, I've been watching videos on YouTube like BenTimm1's videos to learn strategy and tactics. Tournaments are often streamed on Twitch.tv, so that's another good resource.
Vainglory also has televised tournaments in Korea. The Vainglory IPL is broadcast on OGN, "a South Korean cable television channel that specializes in broadcasting video game-related content and eSports matches." Here's one of their broadcasts of a Vainglory IPL final:
Those are pretty good production values, which isn't very surprising given the popularity of eSports in Korea. You can see a huge improvement, though, as each subsequent tournament is streamed. There's a big improvement in the commentary, for example, even from the Vainglory World Invitational final, which took place right before the IPL tournament embedded above.
It's important to note that this is for Vainglory, a relative newcomer to the MOBA and eSports world. Take everything I've said above and amplify it for LoL or Dota 2. This is a shot from Wikipedia of the Dota 2 finals crowd in Seattle:
While the Great Depression hurt the growth of the NFL, it did provide one benefit: it convinced otherwise respectable men to turn to football as a primary source of income. These were college educated men, disproportionately from white collar families who probably would've pursued other opportunities. This raised the talent level, making the league stronger and likely creating a feedback loop3.
Vainglory, my favorite, is still small, paying out 10s of thousands for their grand prizes. Dota 2 has much higher payouts and an enormous prize pool. LoL is further along in their growth, and their tournaments provide a sense of where things are going. Riot Games, makers of League of Legends, provides salaries for their tournament players along with travel stipends. Make the choice to leap into professional eSports easier and the talent should follow.
All of that combined makes being a professional "League of Legends" player a viable career opportunity. This helps the game reach its full potential, because we want to avoid our pro players coming under financial stress and having to hold down part-time jobs. We want to make it so being a pro player is a completely viable career opportunity.
It's still not huge money. With sponsors involved, some of these players are making a decent living, even if they need to also have a side job. Kind of like the early NFL.
The big MOBAs are growing the infrastructure around eSports in a way that points to a sustainable future. There are campus organizations forming along with amateur associations. There's also more mainstream acceptance of gaming thanks to smartphones, and thus a bigger potential audience. The choice to play competitively is getting easier to make for players. Those trends just need to continue in the same direction, and eSports could be a huge thing. Maybe… kind of like the NFL.
… hey, I'm overseas now, have to distinguish! 🙂 ↩
I was a decent Starcraft player in my youth, and related titles like Warcraft III and Command and Conquer are still some of my favorite games. And wow, I didn't realize C&C was still being released…↩
I didn't find too many sources aside from that one book (which I only have the Google excerpts for – it's out of print, it seems). The draft came to be toward the end of the Depression and pre-WWII, which could correlate. It's unclear (to me, right now) if the draft initially was because of an abundance of potential players or a way to entice players in. Worth doing more reading around this.↩


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Vote for Cal for the Pac-10 Pontiac Game-Changing Moment of the Year
Nov. 15, 2007
BERKELEY - This year's Pac-10 football season has featured eight Pontiac Game-Changing moments as selected by Fox Sports Net. Now fans have the opportunity to vote for their favorite moment from those top highlights - the winner will be the Pontiac Game-Changing Moment of the Year and the winning school will get $10,000 donated to its general scholarship fund.
Fans can go to http://www.pac-10.org/pontiac/ to vote for the Golden Bears' big play from this year's Fox Sports broadcasts. Cal's winner came from the Nov. 3 game against Washington State when senior running back Justin Forsett burst through a gap in the defense for a 44-yard touchdown run with 2:42 remaining to clinch the victory for Cal. Not only did the run put Forsett over 100 yards for the evening, it also boosted him over 1,000 yards for the season, the sixth straight year that Cal has had a 1,000-yard rusher.
The school that receives the most votes will be announced November 24th during the Washington vs. Washington State football game on FOX Sports Net at 4:00 p.m. PST.
Football: Inside Pac-12 FootballWed 12/12 | 6:00pm PTLive
Wed 12/12 | 7:00pm PTLive
Airing on:
- Pac-12 Network
- Pac-12 Oregon
Basketball Pre-Game ShowSat 12/15 | 11:30am PTLive