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What's up guy and girl players of World of Warcraft. This is Ryutarou AkA Tarou and in this video I'll be showing you how to easily make gold with Leatherworking in patch 3.3.5! For more FREE WoW guides, check out my website at tarouwowguides.com Making gold with Leatherworking is pretty simple and doesn't require much time to do at all. It's one of those professions that isn't high in popularity and therefore usually has low competition.
It's also very basic and you only need to spend about 15-20 minutes crafting the items and listing them. On top of that, it doesn't take more than a few hundred gold to get started. This guide will show the average max and your server may do better or worse depending on its economy. Through weeks of testing I've found epic leg enchants, bags, drums, iLvl 226 epics, and iLvl 245 epics to have the best profit and sell rate. You can ofcourse experiment with iLvl 200 epics and other items but I've found them to not sell well, if at all, in Patch 3.3.5. To start off, you'll want to check the Auction House for the best Leatherworking item sellers and get a rough idea of what the mats will cost to make the items. I'll have all the items listed out on my website to make it easier for you. I like to check epic leg enchants first. Here it looks like Frosthide Leg Armor is the only one worth it for now.
To make them, I'll need two Arctic Fur which are 54, 55 gold each. I can also trade 10 Heavy Borean Leather for an Arctic Fur at the trader in Dalaran for about 4-5g cheaper so, that's what I'll do. It pays to always check which way is cheaper. You can also message the sellers directly and try to buy from them in bulk to get an even better deal.
Next, I'll check the materials for the epic 226, 245 leather pieces. Crusader and Runed Orbs are pretty expensive and Frozen Orbs were only 20g each so I'll use the cheap Frozen Orbs and trade them for Crusader and Runed Orbs at the Frozen Orb Trader in Dalaran. After getting together all the mats, it's time to make the items and list them on the Auction House. Since Leatherworking doesn't have a lot of items to sell, you don't really need any addons but, using an auction type addon like Auctioneer or Auctionator can be helpful. For most Leatherworking items, I like to list them for 12 or 24 hours and undercut any competition.
You'll also notice I don't list items for an insane amount even if there isn't competition. I have a general idea what the people on my server are willing to pay and I'm not gonna try to gouge them. Alright, it's time to collect the gold from my mailbox. Not too bad, 2,664g net minus 1,740g material costs equals 924g in profit with just 20 minutes worth of effort. None of the iLvl226 or iLvl245 pieces sold is this video but, they did all sell a few days later. I could've also done with out the epic leg enchants as the profit margin didn't work out to be very much at all. All in all though, Leatherworking is a nice, laid back profession that doesn't require much to maintain. You may not make insane amounts of gold but, you also won't likely have as many headaches as some other professions.
And 924g in 20minutes is pretty sick in my opinion but, you can let me know what you think in the comment section below. So that's it for this Leatherworking Gold Guide for Patch 3.and I hope you liked it. Please subscribe and visit tarouwowguides.com for more FREE wow guides! Thanks for watching! "Now go PvE or Something!".
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House approves $14.3 billion state budget; Senate to vote next
TOPEKA – After a swift half hour debate, the House approved the state's $14.3 billion budget this afternoon. The 80-35 vote sets the stage for the Senate to vote on it and, after a few more bills move through, end the legislative session in its 99th day.
The budget adds $40 million in education funding, which is less than the Senate had sought. It didn't include the property tax relief that many members wanted.
But the budget would leave the state with a 7.5 percent ending balance. Many suspect that could be eaten up by the massive income tax cut Gov. Sam Brownback is poised to sign this week.
Rep. Mark Rhoades, R-Newton and the House's chief budget negotiator, said that because the Senate wouldn't accept a milder tax-cutting plan, the state has less to spend on education and other services.
He said the plan that the Senate declined to debate would have freed-up about $150 million more for education. Rhoades said, like Brownback, he expects the tax cut to help boost the economy and create jobs. But he said it might take a few years, and that trimmed the amount he was willing to spend this year.
The budget represents a .7 percent increase in state general fund spending, but it's about a 3 percent drop in overall spending, largely because of reduced spending on unemployment as a result of an improving economy.
Overall, the bill authorizes 38,843 state employees – or about 307 less than last year's budget.
Rep. Tom Burroughs, D-Kansas City, said the budget didn't include enough property tax relief or funding for welfare programs to take care of the state's neediest.
"We are operating like a business," he said. "But sometimes the way business acts is not compassionate."
Rhoades said the state has to address a wide variety of social services and has to spread that money to many agencies for mental health care, food for low-income residents and other services.
Republicans strongly backed the budget because it left an ending balance and generally held spending down.
"I think we have a good budget for the state," Rhoades said.
It includes about $700,000 for the arts, which is now being reorganized as a creative industries commission. It also has about $1 million for Wichita's aquifer recharge project that takes water from the Little Arkansas River, purifies it and pumps it into the Equus Beds aquifer for municipal water use.
The budget also includes $5 million to subsidize low-cost air service, mostly at Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport.


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cezov0514 has a lovely new dark blue/orange model, Chuyin. The feet are a little wimpy, but the orange, itsa very nice..
Kopakashau (Darth Vader on BZP) has an excellent fusion MOC based on Lewa Olda. The hands are a bit meh, but other than that it's great. I especially like how he used Nokama's hydro blade for the ax:
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The Drought
Now that the BBC entry period is over, the amount of BioniBlog-worthy MOCs seems to have taken a nosedive. Fortunately Czar has a folder full of weapons to arm your Bionicle MOCs with. One of my favorites follows:
I can just imagine some crazy Air Toa running around with that mallet bonking enemies on their heads.
I can just imagine some crazy Air Toa running around with that mallet bonking enemies on their heads.
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BioniPosted at 4:42 PM
Moer bbc etryes!
First is Seranikai's strangely strange Mr. Shrimp (and his Miniature Ussals):and also gifboy99's Mata-Nui Canister Crab, resembling a cross between an Ussal and a Fikou:
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Brickshelfer tmbj1 has a rather interesting version of Toa Jovan that uses a couple of the things I've been wanting to incorporate into my Bionicle MOCs: Built-in arm gun and nice chunky legs to go with those Pohatu Nuva foot-enhancement pieces. However, he's got some color issues in the form of the iron gray pieces, which could easily be replaced by their black and silver counterparts. In the latest batch of BBC #42 entries, Bundalings has a nice pair of Ussal crabs based on the MNOLG1, with accompanying slugs. I really like the color schemes used on the crabs, and the slugs, despite consiting of only a few pieces each, are reasonably cute:
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Acute case of cuteness
BZP's latest BBC (Bionicle Based Creations for those of you not in the know) contest asks members to build the cutest, most adorable MOC possible. So far most of the entries have been in the form of the standard extremely small MOC with ball joints or Barraki eyebulbs for eyes, but a couple entries have really stood out:
And finally, my own Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (42..42!!)
Shannara's Wabbit:TO8's Horatio: (Yeah, it uses ball joints, but they're not just stuck on there with a couple axles)
And finally, my own Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (42..42!!)
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Niche-filling time
As anyone reading this blog will have probably noticed, I dumped Legophilia after less than a month of existence. The reason for this is simple: It had absolutely nothing that wasn't already being offered by other blogs. There are already Lego blogs blogging towns, space, vignettes, etc., etc., etc. However, there is one theme which has been traditionally considered the ugly fat child of the Lego community (though slightly less so after whatever it was Breann Sledge did at PDX to convert so many people to acceptance, and even praise, of it), a theme that is rather lacking in blog coverage. It is this theme, which I have harbored an interest in since its inception in 2001, that I shall devote this blog to: Bionicle.
To my fellow CSF junkies: Please feel free to scream now.
To my fellow CSF junkies: Please feel free to scream now.
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Synopsis — As online shoppers become more and more used to transacting business over the internet, and as competition increases among businesses setting up shop online, it's becoming increasingly vital that online marketers focus not just on acquiring customers, but also on converting them into buyers, and succeeding in bringing them back for future purchases. This is an adjustment for many, but if you don't make the adjustment, you are likely to ultimately fail.
As Tim Ash discusses in his article, "Squeeze More Out Of Your Online Campaigns: Getting Started With Landing Page Optimization," even small changes to a landing page may have huge implications for future sales, especially if they tackle the three major themes he explores. Along the way, he investigates five clues you can find in your web analytics that will help you discover problems in your site that might be leading to missed conversions.
As a sidebar to the general discussion, Tim identifies 11 possible ways that you can use personalization to your advantage, without going overboard. He also has six testing tips for landing pages to get you started — as he says, "the payoffs from a disciplined landing page testing program are simply too great. Ignore this critical activity at your peril."
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Squeeze More Out Of Your Online Campaigns: Getting Started With Landing Page Optimization
In the online marketing world, a lot of time and resources are spent buying media, tracking pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns, driving organic traffic via SEO to landing pages, and installing and customizing web analytics software to properly track online marketing activities. Dedicated in-house dopoxetine without prescription or agency staff craft keyword lists, write ad copy, and manage keyword bidding to achieve the proper profitability, cost per action (CPA), and return on investment (ROI). Copywriters adjust headlines and sales copy to improve clickthrough rates (CTRs).
You may agonize over every word in your e-mails, test headlines, and offers, and analyze a�?bounce rates,a�? a�?open rates,a�? and a�?unsubscribe ratesa�? with almost religious fervor. But what are you doing after the click? Are you giving nearly as much attention to optimizing your site to improve conversions as you are in driving traffic to it?
The Shifting Role of Marketing
There are three important activities in marketing:
- Acquisition a�� Getting people to your website or landing page
- Conversion a�� Persuading them to take the desired action(s)
- Retention a�� Deepening the relationship and increasing its lifetime value
But for many marketing departments, who are evaluated based on driving high volume traffic by maximizing CTR and lowering CPC, the focus is on acquisition. Conversion is seen as a sales activity and retention is the territory of customer service. Or is it?
The Internet has, in many ways, blurred the traditional distinctions between marketing, sales, and customer service/support. People have become accustomed to self-service. This has created an expectation that when they arrive at your site from an ad, email, or SERP, it will be easy for them to find exactly what they want. If they dona��t, youa��ve lost a sale.
Because of this self-serve mentality, the conversion efficiency of your landing page is one of the biggest profit drivers under your control. Are you getting your visitors through to your conversion goals? Many marketers think they are, and it is costing their companies a lot of money in the form of missed opportunity. Even a good landing page can be improved, and small improvements can have a dramatic impact on your companya��s profitability.
Double-Digit Conversion Gains
Landing page optimization and testing can often produce double-digit conversion rate improvements and transform the economics of an online business. But where do you begin? How do you know which landing page elements will perform best?
Your web analytics can provide many important clues to uncover and prioritize potential site problems:
- Most visited content a�� If a key page is not getting enough traffic, it may be necessary to move it to a more prominent location on your website, or to create more links to it from other popular pages.
- Path analysis a�� Path analysis allows you to see the sequences of pages that visitors use to traverse your site. It may be possible to change the position of key conversion pages or links within the site to benefit from such a�?drive-bya�? visibility.
- Top entry pages a�� A list of the top entry pages shows you the point of first contact with your site. Generally, the more traffic that is hitting a landing page, the more attention that page deserves in terms of conversion tuning. Traffic levels can help you to prioritize which landing pages that need to be fixed first.
- Top exit pages a�� Exit pages are the places where visitors leave your site. Each exit page can be viewed as a leaky bucket. If visitors exit your site, they probably did not find what they were looking for. High a�?bounce ratesa�? on high-traffic pages are a red flag indicating that those pages need attention.
- Funnel analysis a�� Regardless of your visitorsa�� initial wandering path on your website, they must often pass through a well-defined series of pages in order to convert. The funnel narrows as people drop off during each step. High drop-off percentages may signal that a particular step is especially problematic.
In addition to using your analytics to uncover problems, take a ruthless look at your landing page as if you were viewing it for the first time. Does it have a lot of visual clutter, such as unnecessary, gratuitous graphics that distract people from looking at your call to action? Is your call to action clear? Is your copywriting bogged down with marketing fluff?
Do you promise one thing in your pay-per-click ad, but fail to mention it on the landing page? Or maybe you do mention it, but ita��s buried among too many choices.
With these basic considerations in mind, you can start exploring variations to your landing page that you could test against cheapest albendazole online. the original to find the perfect recipe for conversions.
Timeless Testing Themes
Using your analytics and ruthless evaluating your website is likely to give you plenty of ideas on what you could tweak and test on your landing page. If youa��re still feeling stumped, here are some broad themes that you can adapt and explore:
1.A� Less Is More
Although the general idea of uncluttering is powerful throughout the decision process, this testing theme has an especially powerful impact on improving visitor awareness. If visitors do not recognize quickly that you have something in which they might be interested, they will leave your site immediately. These short-timers are the ones who have a�?bounceda�? and not clicked on any other links from their original landing page. They represent a significant problem.
Within this problem lies the opportunity Erectalis for sale, acquire clomid. for clearing away the clutter and significantly increasing the number of people who have meaningful interactions with your site.
a�?Less is morea�? applies to a whole range of test elements:
- Fewer and smaller graphics
- Shorter bulleted text
- Reduced number of choices and links
Cut until you cana��t stand it anymore, and then cut some more. You will be surprised at how little content is needed on a well-designed landing page. Dona��t be afraid to try radically stripped-down alternative test elements.
2.A� Personalize It
Personalization builds desire and affinity buy cialis for your particular solution. Customization can be a powerful conversion tool. Personalization can be tested using a wide array of available tactics. Some examples include:
- Echo the keywords that visitors used to find your landing page as the page title
- Pre-populate your search box with the text of the keywords that visitors used to find your landing page
- Present localized content by using geo-targeting information
- Do not require people to log in if they have been there before
- Fill in checkout information for returning e-commerce buyers
- Customize content by visitor role once someone has self-selected
- Allow visitors to configure your product or service offering
- Display deeper or richer content to those who have shown enough commitment (based on page views or time on your site)
- Show last-minute special offers via exit pop-ups to visitors who are about to leave your site without converting
- Follow up by phone or email if someone abandons your registration process partway
- Proactively initiate a live chat session if your visitor is clearly struggling with something on your site
Of course, you have to be careful to use personalization properly. It can be very effective. However, if your tactics are unexpected they can backfire and become off-putting in a a�?big brothera�? sort of way.
3.A� Test The Offer
Ultimately, it is your offer that gets a visitor to act. However, when considering specific testing elements there are a lot of ways that you can influence someone:
- The primary offer
- The total solution surrounding the offer
- Headline
- Sales copy
- Images chosen
- Call-to-action text and graphical format
- Repetition of the call-to-action in multiple screen locations and formats
- Offer context (e.g., by bracketing the desired action in a bronze/silver/gold set of options)
- Limited availability or other scarceness indicators (e.g., deadlines, remaining inventory)
- Pricing
Test And Tune Your Way To Higher Conversions
Finding the perfect combination of elements for your landing page is not a question of design or opinion. You may have some brilliant marketers on your team, but the only experts who really matter are your visitors. The landing page that delivers the highest conversion rate may not be your favorite or even your second favorite. Testing is critical to remove personal biases. And the success of the first test is critical for establishing the long-term momentum for subsequent tests.
Here are some testing tips that you can pursue as you get started.
Start Small a�� A great way to start your testing program is with a small test. Once you have demonstrated your ability to pull off a complete end-to-end landing page experiment, you should have enough support to continue. The key to this approach is to appear nonthreatening and not ask for a lot of help.
Unimportant Landing Page a�� Do not try to fix your home page or highest-traffic landing pages first. Such efforts may be actively resisted before you have proven yourself. Pick a secondary landing page that has a reasonable amount of traffic (perhaps from a single online marketing campaign).
Small Diversion Of Traffic a�� If you have only one landing page, you can still conduct your test by diverting a small percentage of the traffic to testing alternatives. This will guarantee that even if your tested alternatives underperform the current baseline, the overall drop in conversion rate will be small.
Simple Page Changes a�� If you make simple changes such as headlines, sales copy, and call-to-action buttons, you will not need a lot of outside support to create your alternative test elements. You can also make such changes in a short amount of time.
Basic Test Structure a�� Use A-B split testing (either on a granular or coarse level) for the test. The data analysis is simplea��there are no complex variable interactions or complex design matrices to worry about.
Low-Cost Testing Platform a�� Several low-cost tools are available for running basic A-B split and multivariate tests. Many of them are hosted on the Internet and do not even require installation. An excellent choice for this purpose is the free Google Website Optimizer tool.
But remember, your test must still produce results that are meaningful. This means your data rate must be high enough to complete the test in a reasonable period of time, and the financial impact (or at least the percentage of improvement in the conversion rate) must be Viagra Professional order significant. Dona��t run your test if the data rate will be too low, or if the proposed test elements are unlikely to produce conversion improvements on the landing page.
Now Ita��s Time To Get Started
Landing page optimization is part art and part science. It requires many diverse skills including design, usability, copywriting, psychology, statistics, and project management. But the payoffs from a disciplined landing page testing program are simply too great. Ignore this critical activity at your own peril.
(This article is excerpted from the authora��s recent book, Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions (Wiley Publishing, Inc. (Sybex), Indianapolis, Indiana: 2008).


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A good day
It's always a good day when you can recognize students who go above and beyond the demands of school, work and home life to be involved at their campus. On April 28, Northampton Community College Monroe honored such individuals at a Student Celebration, held in the Pocono Hall Food Court.
After a welcome by Monroe Campus Dean Dr. Matt Connell, the following awards were presented:
Film Society "168-Hour Film Race" Film Festival Awards
Best Screenplay and Best Film: Luke Booth, "Write Me"
Best Actor: Aaron Pappalardo, "Write Me"
Best Editing: Taylor Natiello, "Tic"
Phi Theta Kappa International and Regional Recognition
5-Star Chapter Plan, Middle States Gold, and Community College Completion Core (C4)
Regional & International Officers Award: Brandy Martinez, Irma Ortiz-Astacio and Allison Berwa
All-PA Academic Team: Irma Ortiz-Astacio and Allison Berwa
Horizon Award for Advisors and Distinguished Advisor Team: Michelle Pretopapa and Miles Harris
2016-2017 Admissions Ambassadors
Amanda Washington
Chavarre Fladger
Athletics Department AwardsWork-Study Employee of the Year
Denise Hicks
Winter Sancho-Joseph
Intramural Athletic Achievement Award
Parolo Audate
NCC Monroe Cheer Sophomore Send-Off
Samantha Midkiff
2015-2016 Student Governance Members
Rebecca Cullen - President
Himil Desai - Secretary
Samantha Midkiff - Treasurer
Glenn Walker - Senator
Prism Award
Noah Walter
2015-2016 Club Advisor of the Year
John Tindell - Film Society
Aliya Kenyatta - Pan-African Student Caucus
2015-2016 Club of the Year Anime Club
Phi Theta Kappa Beta Beta Chi chapter
Tyrone Wright, Student Success and Physical Fitness administrator, recognized staff members Dee Raneri and Karen Britt for accepting his challenge to faculty to use the fitness center more frequently.
The Student Governance members also recognized Matt Maldonato, Student Life & Leadership Development administrator, for all his help to student organizations.


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This may sound unusual, but it is actually a rather common problem. All of your bathroom fixtures are connected to the same supply pipes inside the walls of your bathroom. The toilet, tub, shower, and sink are all connected to the line in the same way, so a problem with one faucet may be related to the pipes leading to one of the other bathroom fixtures.
The most common issue that would cause a faucet to leak as the toilet is flushed is high water pressure. Normal residential water pressure is between 50 and 70 psi. If the pressure exceeds 80 psi, it can cause complications. Under normal circumstances, the water flows in from the supply line and refills the tank whenever you flush the toilet. Once the tank is full, the pipe between the water supply line and the tank is automatically closed to keep the toilet from overflowing. When this happens, the water is forced backward. If you have high water pressure, water can be forced through a worn or deteriorated seat washer, which can cause the faucet to drip. The drip will normally stop once the pressure decreases; however, it can cause more problems over time.
If your home is equipped with a pressure-reducing valve, you may want to have a professional inspect it to see why it is not properly regulating your water pressure.


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Starting today, I'm going to get a little ambitious with my daily sketches in order to make up for some gaps in my frequency of posts. My ambition will take the form of an alphabetical series of Mythological Figures . Obviously, we start with A:
The Jackal-headed guardian of the Egyptian underworld has been portrayed countless times in fantasy art - mostly weak movies and video games. There are actually a handful of "A" mythological figures that would have been fun to draw - but I've loved Anubis since I was a grade schooler (I did a report on Egypt once and I think I devoted half the report to Anubis!). That said, I have a feeling Anubis might have had some early influence on my career path - so, I felt I should give him the seat of honor in kicking off my alphabet. Before he and Thoth weigh my dead heart against the feather of truth, maybe Anubis can take me on the scenic rout to the Hall of Judgement.


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Walking with Beasts is a 2001 documentary series, produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom, narrated by Kenneth Branagh.
49 million years ago, Early Eocene (Germany) Filming location: Java
The first episode depicts the warm tropical world of the early Eocene which was 16 million years after the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs. Birds, including the giant carnivorous Gastornis, rule this world, while mammals are still very small. The setting is near the Messel pit in Germany. Due to volcanic activity, sudden bulk escapes of carbon dioxide trapped underneath lakes pose a significant hazard to the local wildlife. The episode centers around a Leptictidium family, a leaping, shrew-like mammal, which has emerged in the dawn hours to forage for food. As the mother Leptictidium forages, first in solidarity, and then with her pups, she wanders near a large predatory mammal, identified as an Ambulocetus ("walking whale"). Despite its crocodilian similarity, the Ambulocetus is shown swimming by caudal undulation like a modern cetacean. A female Gastornis, who has been taking care of the single egg in her nest, makes two attempts to hunt a small herd of Propalaeotherium. The first attempt fails when sounds among the vegetation betray her presence. The second attack proves successful when the Propalaeotherium consume fermenting grapes and are unable to evade her attack. The Gastornis also defends her territory from another Gastornis. Unfortunately, while the mother hunts, a horde of Formicium (identified as giant carnivorous ants, and the identified species later renamed to Titanomyrma) encounter the egg when it was just starting to hatch. When the female discovers her dead offspring at dusk she leaves the forest to try and start another family.
With the arrival of night, a band of lemur-like Godinotia, socialize and copulate in the dark. Ambulocetus finally manages to catch a small carnivore near the lake edge. As the night wears on, an earth tremor unleashes trapped carbon dioxide out from underneath the lake and the gas suffocates most of the surrounding life. The Leptictidium survive because the nest was upwind of the gas, and Gastornis also survived because she left that area in the forest.
It is mentioned that although the Leptictidium survived the gas, they would ultimately leave a mystery if that species had a descendant like a shrew or not but most likely they left no descendants, while the Ambulocetus (who was killed by the lethal gases) would evolve into the whales, hereby setting the scene for the next episode.
Animals: Leptictidium · Gastornis · Ambulocetus · Propalaeotherium · Godinotia · Eurotamandua · Titanomyrma · Creodont · Gecko · Crocodilian (live-acted by a mugger crocodile) · Frog (live-acted by a White's tree frog) · Snake (live-acted by a red-tailed green rat snake) · Bats (in book only)
36 million years ago, Late Eocene (Pakistan/Tethys Sea) Filming location: Florida
The second episode is set in late Eocene, when the polar caps froze over and drastically changed the Earth's ocean currents and climate. The first part of the episode explains how an early whale, Basilosaurus mates and how the world is changing into an ocean famine. On land there is an Andrewsarchus driven to the beach to feed on sea turtles. The narrator explains that Andrewsarchus, the largest land mammal predator ever to walk the earth, has hooves and is related to sheep, so it is, in a sense, a "sheep in wolf's clothing". Back in the ocean, a starving mother Basilosaurus is forced to hunt in the mangrove swamps of Africa, which will later become the Sahara Desert. Unable to catch a primate called Apidium due to a shark killing one of the primates and spooking the others, she is then hunting a lone Moeritherium. The Moeritherium crawls on to land, but in the mangroves, land does not last long. However the Moeritherium escapes and the Basilosaurus returns to the sea. The cast moves on to land where a herd of Embolotherium (identified as Brontothere) struggle to survive : one of their calves dies after birth and two Andrewsarchus feast on it but the mother Embolotherium drives them away because she has a strong bond with her offspring, even if it is dead. Back in the sea the mother Basilosaurus preys on a group of Dorudon and is successful. The episode ends with the mother Basilosaurus swimming with her newborn calf.
Animals: Basilosaurus · Andrewsarchus · Embolotherium (identified as Brontothere) · Dorudon · Moeritherium · Apidium · Physogaleus (identified as a shark) · Puppigerus (identified as a turtle)
25 million years ago, Late Oligocene (Mongolia) Filming location: Mexico, Arizona
The third episode takes place during the late Oligocene, in Mongolia, where there were seasonal rains followed by a long drought. It tells the story of a mother Paraceratherium (identified as Indricothere), a massive hornless rhinoceros that was the largest land mammal to have ever lived. The episode first shows the mother Paraceratherium giving birth, and then tending to the male calf as it matures. A few minutes after giving birth, the mother defends the helpless calf from several Hyaenodon. Also, the mother's old calf tries to come back, but is chased away. It gives a snapshot into the future of the calf. The mother raises her calf for three years, but eventually chases him away after she mates with another male. The episode then chronicles the young Paraceratherium travels until it reaches adulthood, including encounters with the Cynodictis (identified as bear dog), and the large aggressive Entelodon.
Animals: Paraceratherium (identified as Indricothere) · Hyaenodon · Entelodon (identified as Entelodont) · Chalicotherium (identified as Chalicothere) · Bear dog (Cynodictis)
3.2 million years ago, Late Pliocene (Ethiopia) Filming location: South Africa, Ethiopia
The fourth episode takes place in the Great Rift Valley in northeastern Africa of the late Pliocene. The climate has changed, and now great grasslands have replaced trees. The episode focuses around a tribe of small hominids known as Australopithecus, one of the first apes able to walk upright and a close ancestor to humans. The Australopithecus has evolved to walk upright so as to better maneuver the plains as well as the climb the trees. However, it notes that although the Australopithecus looks human, it still only has the mind the size of a chimpanzee's. Some of the topics explored in the episode are the close social bonds among the tribe, how they use grooming as a means of communication, and how they work together to forage for food and to defend one another from attacks from such animals as an angry male Deinotherium, an ancestor of the modern elephant which they have to run from to avoid being crushed, and the feline predator Dinofelis. It touches upon how competing tribes of Australopithecus war among one another, although most of fighting is for show. It also explains the hierarchy in the tribe among the males (who are much larger than the females) and tells a story of how the dominating male is eventually overcome by another male, who wins the right to feed first at a carrion and to mate with the females. The main story tells of a young Australopithecus nicknamed Blue whose mother has been killed by malaria. He and his tribe are later forced to flee their homeland during a fight over a waterhole with a rival tribe. After a long journey in search of a new home, Blue fits into his tribe by causing them to scare off a hungry Dinofelis.
Animals: Australopithecus · Dinofelis · Deinotherium · Ancylotherium · Warthog · Rhinoceros · Jackal · Vulture · Zebra (carcass) · Ostrich
1 million years ago, Early Pleistocene (Paraguay) Filming location: Brazil
The fifth episode shows the strange fauna of the isolated continent of South America and explores the effects of the Great American Interchange, which had happened 1.5 million years earlier. Since South America had drifted apart from Antarctica 30 million years ago, many unique mammals had evolved, including the Doedicurus, an armored armadillo-like mammal with a cannon ball-sized spiked club on its tail; the Macrauchenia, a camel-like mammal with a long trunk; and the Megatherium, a giant ground sloth. Before the continents of South America and North America collided, a 10-foot-tall predatory terror bird called Phorusrhacos, had reigned as top predator. However, the great cats migrating from the north, soon displaced them as top predators. The episode focuses on a male Smilodon, a sabre-toothed cat, called Half Tooth, whose leadership of a pride is threatened by two males who are brothers and work together against him. The rival males ultimately chase off Half Tooth (actually Half Tooth backs off wisely without any serious injuries, feeling that the two males would be too strong for him), kill his cubs, and take over his pride. Next, the episode shows the Smilodon cats hunting down Macrauchenia and trying to protect the young from the two brothers (in vain). In the background, "terror birds" still hunt, but give way to the Smilodon. However, a Megatherium, who wanted to eat meat as diet supplement, charges the pride of Smilodon, in order to eat some of the carrion. In the process, the Megatherium kills the dominant rival male, enabling Half Tooth to return, kill the other male and reclaim his territory. A year later, his mate had another litter of cubs.
Animals: Smilodon · Phorusrhacos · Macrauchenia · Megatherium · Doedicurus
30,000 years ago, Late Pleistocene (Belgium) Filming location: Yukon
The sixth episode takes place during the last Ice Age of the late Pleistocene. It starts in the peak of the summer. The North Sea has become a grassy plain because the ice at the polar caps has caused the sea levels to drop significantly. Grazing on the plain are herds of woolly mammoths, saiga antelopes, and bison. A clan of Cro-Magnons (identified as humans) is also there spending the summer. The central focus of the episode is the migration of the herd of mammoths as they travel 400 kilometers from the North Sea to the Swiss Alps for the winter and then back again in the spring. As the mammoth herd migrates south, the episode shows two large deer, the Megaloceros, fighting for rights to a harem of females. As the male Megaloceros fight, a group of humans ambushes them and kills one. A mother mammoth and her baby are separated from the herd, but survive an encounter with a cave lion. When the herd of mammoths reaches the Swiss Alps, the mother and baby mammoth reunite with their herd. The episode also depicts a clan of Neanderthals, who have especially evolved to survive in the cold climate. One is charged by a woolly rhinoceros, but escapes, in part because of his stocky constitution. The climax of the episode is when the clan of Neanderthals attack the herd of mammoth as they turn back to the north. The Neanderthals are gifted hunters who are able to chase two mammoths off a cliff by using fire and spears, one of them being the matriarch of the herd. The episode ends in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History with people looking at various skeletons of some descendants of the animals featured in the series. The camera then pulls back through the roof of the museum until the whole world is visible. The narrator states that, "We have since built museums to celebrate the past, and spent decades studying prehistoric lives. And if all this has taught us anything, it is this: no species lasts forever."
Animals: Woolly mammoth · Megaloceros · Woolly rhinoceros · Cro-Magnon · Cave lion · Neanderthal · Saiga antelope · Grey wolf · Wisent
Stockard Channing(Narrator)
Kenneth Branagh(Narrator)
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Backbeat: Mickael Carreira Hits Miami Studio With Rudy Perez For Spanish Language Album
By Leila Cobo
Mickael Carreria (left) with producer Rudy Perez in Perez's Miami Beach studio. (Photo: Leila Cobo)
Portuguese pop star Mickael Carreira turned to two Latin producers- Rudy Pérez (Cristina Aguilera, Natalie Cole, Luis Fonsi) and Julio Reyes Copello (Jennifer López, Marc Anthony, Alejandro Sanz) to produce his fourth album, Viver a Vida . Released last May in Portugal, the set, which includes duets with Jon Secada and rapper My-Kul Leeric, has remained on the Top 10 of the AFP (Association of Record Producers of Portugal) sales list since its release and is currently at No. 5.
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Now, Carreira is working again in Miami with Pérez-who was Billboard's Producer of the Decade in 2010--on his first all-Spanish set, slated for release next year. The album includes all-original material, some written by Pérez and some by Carreira himself.
How Carreira hooked up with Pérez is testament to the singer's longstanding interest in the Latin marketplace.
"I'd heard many of his albums, by artists like Luis Miguel and Luis Fonsi and I wanted to work with him," says Carreira. So, one day he called Pérez from Portugal and said he admired his work.
"I asked them to send me some links and I was very impressed," recalls Pérez. "So then I called his assistant and asked her to send me the three?????? songs that best represented his voice."
Following that exchange, Carreira flew to Miami and met with Pérez and now is a regular in his studio. While Carreira continues to be managed in Portugal by his mother, stateside his management is Bissi Entertainment, the company headed by former EMI Latin America chairman Marco Bissi, who's in the process of negotiating a deal with a major Latin label for the Spanish language release.


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Times are tough for the 3DS. It was selling poorly to begin with, but now its entire concept is meaningless. Nintendo needs to get with the times, and fast.


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A holiday miracle!
Pattern: Vanilla Bean Hat (ie my own top-down pattern)
Yarn: Cascade 220 in grey and Elann Peruvian Higland Wool in Pumpkin
Needles: US 7 and 8 (4.5 and 5mm) 16" Addi Turbos
Date Started: 11.17.05
Date Finished: 11.24.05
It's finally done! And what happens when it's done? The weather warms up again. But that's ok, this will be worn soon, I'll make sure of that. With all my complaining, this hat really only took a few hours, it's just that I never sat down to focus on it except when watching animes with the boy. I think this was a big mistake because I left myself open (or was I stuck?) to get design ideas.
He's a very specific one, this boy. The original specs were tight, long enough to cover the ears, with a one inch wide orange stripe followed by 3/4" of grey. Mistake number one: I let him tell me when he thought it was wide enough. Boyfriend here doesn't understand the nature of knitted fabric or the concept of stretch; he made me increase a little too much since he thought the hat was small. stupid boy. The hat came out a little wide, not by too much, but this carried over to mistake number two: the hat was really long/low. All I needed to do was cut some eyeholes out and he would be the kid from Fat Albert. This wouldn't be too bad since he planned on rolling it, but it was too wide! I was very thankful for a washing machine. I just threw the hat and some Eucalan in hot water and let the machine do the work. Two cycles later, the hat is the perfect width and length. He can't complain about cold air touching his ears, damn hat is so thick. I did make a teensy third mistake, I knitted up a hem to stop the hat from rolling but in my Turkey and wine stupor forgot to whip stitch it before throwing it in the wash. Oops, he gets an extra orange stripe. The hat would be too short (for his tastes) without it, so really it can't count as a mistake, right?
In other news, I finished the first half of Backyard Leaves over the long weekend. This is one of those projects that you can use to impress everyone with your mad skills, if you are into that sorta thing. Anytime I whipped this out to quickly knit up a repeat I heard gasps and I could definitely sense some jealousy. Maybe not, but you weren't there so you don't know. I'm still in love with the pattern, which is a good thing since now I have to do the whole thing over again.
I'll most likely be stuck at the car dealership all day tomorrow and this little scarf will hopefully keep me in a good mood while I am being bullshitted. Let's just say I'm starting to hate cars, especially American ones.
eta: Carrie and I started a kal for Stef's new pattern for HipKnits. Neither of us has the yarn and probably won't start till after the holidays, so feel free to join us anytime to knit this little beauty. We can figure out yarn subs for the next month at least.


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This was a great dressing to go alongside the Radicchio and Orange Salad.
It can also be used for other salads you might like to eat. Roasted beets with avocado, spinach salads, or maybe fennel, green apple and carrot salad.
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This was a great dressing to go alongside the Radicchio and Orange Salad.
It can also be used for other salads you might like to eat. Roasted beets with avocado, spinach salads, or maybe fennel, green apple and carrot salad.
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I'm deep into the preparation for the Eat Fat Lose Fat diet (by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig), and just realized that over the holiday I will run out of raw milk. One of the guidelines of the Eat Fat Lose Fat diet is to consume two calcium-rich foods per day with meals. Coconut Milk Tonic to the rescue!
If you cannot find, run out of, or don't wish to purchase raw milk, this coconut milk tonic is a good replacement as it has similar calories, calcium, and fats that whole raw milk has. Even with all of the dairy free milks that are available now, I find that this DIY homemade coconut "milk" is quick to make and cheaper than buying it at the store. More importantly it doesn't have a bunch of other ingredients that you don't want.
Coconut milk tonic is great on cereal, in oatmeal, and with meals. I find that if I drink this with a meal that I have less cravings between meals, and WAY LESS sugar cravings. There is something about having a serving of a calcium-rich food that does this to me.
For a truly homemade coconut milk, made from actual desiccated coconut go here.
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Last week, my BFF and I made tomato sauce from fresh roma tomatoes, and canned them in mason jars in a water bath. We did about 52 quarts of sauce total! We started out doing things the HARD way, and then over the course of a couple hours eliminated steps until we were at the bare essentials. Learn how to can your own tomato sauce with our EASY method below, and SKIP the step of boiling and slipping the skins off of the tomatoes…
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When I was a kid I absolutely LOVED Campbell's brand cream of mushroom soup. Back then, we just ate it as soup, not as an ingredient for other recipes as much. And it had a lot of mushrooms in it! Well I haven't tasted that soup for at least 6 years but now I know that it's actually easy (and way healthier) to make your own. And it doesn't take as long as you think!
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The first time I had carpaccio (italian style raw beef), I was on a business trip in Israel. Business trips are great for trying new foods, since you're not footing the bill! I was a bit nervous eating raw beef, but Israel's treatment of beef is in general much better than the US. The taste of the raw beef with the sauce and the capers was amazing. And since the dish is raw it is such a cooling appetizer to have on a hot summer night, and the protein is very easily broken down by the body. It even can be a light dinner with a small salad on top and a piece of crusty bread.
I think this dish lends itself even better at home, where you can control more easily the quality of the beef. I use grass-fed beef filet for this dish, and it really is a great way to serve beef as an appetizer to guests when you don't want to spend a lot.
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Are you so hot at night that cooking seems like a huge chore, and your appetite is low anyway? Gazpacho is the perfect hot summer evening start to a meal, or can even be a meal in itself with the addition of some fresh cold shrimp or prawns. It's a blended vegetable soup that is not cooked, and served cold. Super refreshing and tasty when you use the bounty of vegetables from summertime!
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This is a simple yet rich sauce that takes advantage of all of the abundance of farm fresh eggs this time of year, and an easy alternative to making fussy hollandaise sauce. The sauce is great for so many different recipes… a sandwich spread, vegetable dipping, or even on meat or fish from the grill. Since the yolks are added raw for extra nutrition, ensure that the source of your eggs are super fresh. I get mine from a few different neighbors and farms around my area. The yolks are almost bright orange so they make this sauce a deep yellow!
Don't be afraid of the fat in this recipe… it's full of good fats and tons of nutrients, especially if you use homemade mayonnaise partly made with coconut oil.
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I started making this blender dressing over a year ago, and it is the easiest and best salad dressing that I've ever made! This dressing is reminiscent of that Olive Garden (from what I remember) Italian salad dressing, except a bit creamier and less acidic. It's also packed with good fats, and lasts a long time in the fridge (a couple weeks for me). I love that there is no added mayonnaise in this dressing, it makes it own!
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My husband ate this soup! He is not a soup lover, but he ate it and liked it! This sounds like a small thing but in our house, it's major progress. Since I've known him he won't eat 99% of soups or stews. This is also a great way to use any turkey leftovers from Thanksgiving.
This soup is extremely versatile, with the variety of garnishes that are possible. If you don't make it too spicy, kids will also like it due to the fried chip garnish. Other garnish ideas: cilantro, sliced radish, olives, sour cream. Use what you have on hand to make this an economical meal option.
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In this recipe inspired by Nourishing Traditions, raw fermented sauerkraut is bumped up from condiment to side dish, and it's a well deserved promotion. I love the salty sour sweetness of this salad. Really this is good any time of day, I've eaten it for breakfast with some good bacon, but it makes a great last minute side dish for dinner or lunch. This also may be a good introduction to raw fermented vegetables (due to its slight sweetness) to those who are not used to the pleasing sour taste of sauerkraut.
Try it, and let me know what you think in the comments!
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Carrot is the new pumpkin! Yes I know there's many of the larger orange orbs around right now in most areas, but please don't forget the lowly carrot. Carrots deserve your support as they smaller, tasty and more portable! Okay, yes that was weird, but carrots bring out the weirdness in me, maybe it's all of the vitamins, they give me more energy.
I made this simple soup today with about 15 minutes of hands-on time. For a quick lunch or first course, you can't go wrong, and the price is right as you can grow the two main ingredients yourself!
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It's fall and we are getting a TON of rain. I had to cut the basil plants down today, so I thought I would harvest everything and make pesto! I can't wait to have a yummy Friday night dinner of pesto on brown rice pasta.
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For those of you that have been following the blog for awhile, you're familiar with my husband Shawn. He is a meat & potatoes guy, the more beef and bacon, the better. He has also been averse to ANY soups and stews for pretty much his whole life, even if each separate ingredient is something that he likes (beef stew for example). This leaves out a large chunk of easy (and inexpensive) recipes that he won't eat which has been a huge challenge. He will eat chili out of a can, seafood or clam chowder but that pretty much is the limit.
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This is the 'new' Hamburger Helper in our house! Not that we've eaten much HH lately, but I do admit to buying it quite a bit when the girls were little (ugh). I call this recipe 'hash' in my house, and the family loves it. The best thing? It's free of many allergens: gluten free, casein free, dairy free, grain free and so is suitable for those following SCD, GAPS, or Paleo/Primal diet. You can serve this as a 'one dish meal' or serve it alongside some raw vegetables for variety. You can also add a higher percentage of meat for more of a protein punch.
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Before I made this recipe, I thought polenta only came in a tube.
I had never prepared polenta at all until I made this simple Nourishing Traditions recipe. It turned out to be a very good side dish, and the kids loved it. The husband, not so much, but you can't have everything, can you? One of my daughters called this 'corn mac & cheese' because it had a lot of the flavor of mac & cheese without the macaroni; therefore, it's gluten free!
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This is a great time of year (in the US at least) to use of some of that acorn or butternut squash that you might have sitting around in your cold storage area. I bought quite a few of these when they went on sale in my area and then roasted them all at once and put them in the freezer for quick soups and side dishes all winter long.
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I had never made a Dutch Baby pancake until just a few weeks ago, but I'd seen them when I went out to breakfast restaurants and was always intrigued. When I saw this recipe in Nourishing Traditions, I realized that I could recreate a healthier version of the magic puffy pancake at home! It's a simple recipe that tastes good and is healthy too when you use healthy ingredients. I love that it's a cross between a crepe, an English pudding and an American pancake. And the kids will love it too!
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On the weekends I like to make a healthy dessert to satisfy my family's need for sweets. This is a huge improvement from what we used to do in the past (unhealthy sweets too often). I was perusing Facebook this morning and Christine Kennedy of Butter Belle blog shared that she had made this wonderful cheesecake recipe from Nourishing Traditions. I then realized I had all of the ingredients already, so I made this and the family loved it! Thank-you Christine!
This would make a great holiday dessert as well, see tips below to dress this dessert up for guests.
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I am making some gift bags this year for people with homemade items in them, and this one turned out really well. My husband couldn't stop eating them! You can use any crispy nuts for this recipe, but this time I used almonds. This is a great treat to have out at holiday time for snacking or for edible gift giving.
Try this today! I was surprised how quickly this recipe came together.
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This is a great appetizer to take to a party. I like getting it ready the day ahead so that all I have to do is pop this into the oven.
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My kids actually ate this chard! And liked it! No one was more amazed than me on this fact. I served this along with a few other vegetables that they like, and with the combination of all of them, all of the chard was eaten.
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This potato recipe packs in creamy cheesey goodness and will absolutely torture you with its wonderful scent when it's cooking. When it comes out the oven, we have a very hard time letting it cool the appropriate ten minutes before we dig in.
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I know, I know, I've written a lot about soup lately. Forgive me, but I just have to write about one more (at least for this week). This simple beet soup recipe is so easy and tasty, I just had to write about it even though I just posted the Time to Get your Soup On post.
In this recipe, instead of roasting, you saute beets gently and then add WATER not stock. Yes, this is one of Sally Fallon's recipes! The absence of broth makes this beet soup extremely simple to prepare, and it really showcases the ingredients. Use the freshest beets you can find, preferably from a local farmer (or outside your back door).
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I bought some wheat berries the other day and noticed in the 'Tonics' section of Nourishing Traditions that there is a recipe called Rejuvelac. I had never heard of this tonic before. It seems it is another fermented beverage similar to beet kvass or cabbage/sauerkraut juice, but it's made with wheat berries. It is extremely high in B vitamins in a form that is easily absorbed by the body. And it's very easy to make!
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A few weeks ago I had a girls' weekend in beautiful Whidbey Island, Washington. My friends and I rented a house with amazing views of the Puget Sound and had some great girl time. Part of this time included cooking because we didn't want to eat out and spend too much money. The first night, my friend Kathy made this fabulous savory tomato basil pie. She is pictured above with the final product. Paired with a salad of home grown veggies, it was a perfect end to a perfect end-of-summer bright and sunny day.
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Next there's the tax on any trading profits, called capital gains tax. This is now charged at a flat rate of 18% of any gain (the difference between what you pay for an investment and what you eventually sell it for). However you do get the first £10,100 tax free as an annual allowance from HMRC.
Finally there's the registration tax, stamp duty, levied at 0.5% on the buyer of shares.
The great news about spread bets is they are income and capital gains tax-free for investors (although watch out if you start doing it for a living as at that point you may be taxed on profits from your trading activities) plus they are exempted from stamp duty. All you have to worry about in cost terms is the commission you pay to your broker – i.e. the size of the bid to offer spread.
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Well let me count the ways!
Distribute Your BOOKS
By yourself - This has got to be the hardest ways to sell books. But even I do it a little. When I have request for signed books, they come from the bookshelf in my house where I have at least ten books of each that I've written. But there are other authors that house many more printed copies of their books and fulfill orders out of their home or storage areas to mail off to buyers.
Use A distributor - I use Bookmaster, a friend of mine uses IPG and there are tons of other distributors that support small independent publishers and even self-publisher by making their books easily accessible to Bookstores, Libraries, Createspace, Lightening Source and other retail venues. For ebooks, I also use Smashwords, Bookbaby, Amazon, B&N, iTunes and many more.
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2. Since your high-flying challenges on The Amazing Race, are you both still afraid of heights?
Cole: "Not at all. Nope! I think it was last season, [when] Tanner was afraid of heights and then he had to do the rope swing. After that, he was not afraid. Not sure how that happened for him because it did not happen for me."
Sheri: "If I had to jump off that building again, I think I may cry."


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…but it's another post!!
1. For fellow scientist out there I don't know how I feel about this article about how scientist should dress. I definitely enjoy a job where I can wear basically whatever I want but there is something to dressing well. For the most part I do dress "well" and I think that's generally the case in my lab. That means casual dresses and skirts, pants other than jeans-and when I do wear jeans I try to dress them up with a nice shirt. Sometimes I'm way tired and know that I'm strictly in lab for the day-ie. not going to any talks where I need to network or run into a nobel winning scientist. And on the weekends I'm likely to wear workout clothes so I can run to the gym either in between experiments or at the end of a days work. These days I'm also working towards my MPH and thus no longer simply in a lab, so that gives me further incentive to dress well-because everyone around me dresses to impress so I have to as well.
2. With so much on my plate it's easy to NOT take time for myself, but Ryan does a great job in forcing me to do so…the number of May birthdays and birthday celebrations also help. Actually springtime and the warming weather all help remind me to get outside and breath.
Fun things I have coming up:
May2/3-Wine tastings
May 4-Zombie laser tag for a friends birthday
May 9-My birthday, my cousin's birthday
May 16-19 Camping
June 6-8-Governor's ball
June 12-Paulo Nutini Concert
Week June 21-Ryan's family reunion
Totally forgot about this show let alone its theme song, it was a cute cartoon.
I also thought this was real and got incredibly excited!


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This week in Dallas, the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum officially opened to the public. The ex-president himself greeted several dozen schoolchildren who were the first visitors to the museum.
Many of the children stated that they were amazed to see the former president in person as the library opened.
The library and the museum, in addition to the policy institute, are in the George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The center and the library were dedicated in early May during an official ceremony that included Bush, his father, and all of the living presidents, including President Obama.
The 40 students who were at the opening of the library were from the Dallas area and were selected by superintendents to be the very first visitors to the library and museum. About 300,000 visitors are expected each year.
The library is designed to be the repository for text, audiovisual, and electronic records that were created or received all through the administration of President Bush. There are more than 29,000 cubic feet of documents that are housed at the library. Some of the records on file include White House Office of Records Management Subject Files, White House Staff Member Office Files, and records created by the WMD Commission.
Not just presidential records are included in these files. The library has condolence letters that were received by the US State Department after the 911 attacks. Eventually the records will include those from President Bush's tenure as the governor of Texas.
Presidential records at the library are being processed according to the Presidential Records Act and the Freedom of Information Act.
Other records that are housed at the library include audiovisual material from photo office of the White House. The library has about 1200 cubic feet of audiovisual items, such as 47,000 audio and videotapes and 380,000 still photos. Also, the library has about 80 terabytes of electronic records and 3 million photographs.
Special photo collections include 40 digital photos that were taken all through Bush's presidency and are given to the public as lithographs. There also is a photo gallery dedicated to the 9/11 attacks. And, there is a photo gallery of 25 pictures taken on the South Lawn of a tee ball event that occurred every year of the Bush administration.
In terms of electronic records, the library has the biggest electronics collection of any Presidential library. The data includes more than 150 million email messages that went through the email system at the White House. It also includes files from shared network drives that were used in all parts of the White House. Also included are all types of data from records management, appointments and scheduling. Most of these electronic items are in the Electronics Records Archive at the National Archives.
Archivists at the library are at this time processing millions of electronic records and some samples are going to be published on the website in the coming months. The ARMS Email Series has a copy of every message that was sent/received by the email account of a White House staff member throughout Bush's presidency.
Some of the emails at the library that have already been published on the website include emails that detail the creation of the No Child Left Behind Act, which started at the beginning of the Bush presidency.
The Bush Presidential Library has many of the advanced technological features that we are starting to see in new libraries in the 21st century. Much of the focus is on the archiving of electronic records and multimedia. We can expect libraries such as these to continue to grow in the future, as more documents and library materials become electronic only.


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I picked up these drawers on Freecycle. They were salvaged from the kitchen of a 1940s house that was demolished. My original plan was to put the drawers on wheels and use them as under-bed storage. Turns out, no two drawers are the same height, which would look janky. So I tried stacking them vertically instead (anchoring them to the wall, of course). You could also hang these drawers as individual shadowboxes. Read more »
Got a balcony or porch railing and some jam jars? This is a cheap and easy way to shed some light for trick-or-treaters, or just create a mood for nighttime porch sitting. Best of all, you don't have to worry about the wind (or little feet) knocking them over. Read more »
Everyone knows necessity is the mother of invention. But, I'm here to say that mistakes can also be the mother of invention. My first spice rack attempt did not go so well. I used an old sketch and didn't double-check the measurements. Consequently, the rack was too small to hold all my tins. So, what to do with this little shelf? As it happens, it's the perfect size to hold baby food jars. Gathering 28 identical baby food jars was quite an undertaking. But two months later, thanks to Cathryn and Suzanne from FreeCycle, I finally had 28 matching jars. After removing all the labels, I spray painted the lids with primer and paint, then filled the jars with buttons, beads, etc. Click here for the spice rack how-to »
My old spice rack just wasn't cutting it. I barely cook, but even I have accumulated more spices than what fit in those 12 small tins. I couldn't find the right spice rack, so I created my own. And made room for expansion. Check out my odds & ends rack for a variation on this idea. Read more »


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In the NFL, the company line is to pretend point spreads don't exist: No one associated with the NFL is even supposed to admit to thinking about anything associated with gambling.
But Bears coach Lovie Smith acknowledged after Monday night's win over the Eagles that he and his players took notice of the point spread and were motivated by being underdogs.
"We're a good football team, just not getting a whole lot of respect," Smith said. "When you go on a road, the Chicago Bears shouldn't be eight-point underdogs when we come and play a team, and the guys took notice of that."
Smith's comments are posted at NFL.com, so the league isn't exactly hiding from them, but it is unusual to hear a coach publicly admit to looking at the point spread.
Privately, talk of point spreads in locker rooms may not be as unusual as the NFL would like.


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Sat 11 Sep 2010 in 29,-95:
Dead center in the southbound lane of Bammel North Houston Rd. in NW Houston, Texas.
Ralph (the naughty bear)
Daughter Amy, age 7
After failing in my first geohashing attempt two days ago near Devers, TX, this hash is a no brainer.
It is a definite for a Speed Racer achievement.
As to other designations, I began to think Picnic, Kite, Twister, and all manner of potential achievements. Then realized that being in the middle of a busy highway, not beside a busy highway, limits me a bit.
Potential achievements: - No Batteries - as I need no aids to reach this point, and could use my sextant for the final positioning. Rejected - I'll be going in daylight, and need at least one other celestial body to trinagulate my position. - GeoTrash - if there's trash nearby, consider it gone. - Drag-along - I've got three kids and a wife to choose from. Hmmm.
Of course, a target this easy will also be my first Land Geohash.
Well, after the debacle on Thursday regarding my first geohashing attempt, it was a relief to find such an approachable target today. In fact, it was almost un-sporting, old chap. Not only was this a simple thoroughfare about 20 miles from my hometown, but I could easily stay on streets and highways divided by medians the ENTIRE route, excepting a few blocks on either side of my home street. Tron achievement was easily in reach.
Urban geohashing is a whole different matter than trekking the wild, I guess.
So to make this simple journey more enjoyable, I commandeered child #3, Amy, age 7. A resonable-distance, sunshine-laden drive on a Saturday afternoon was just the thing for a little dad/daughter time. That, and I couldn't leave her home alone.
Just off one of the two expressways we'd travel we would pass a favorite taqueria, at which I once observed a drug bust in process. Despite the shaky neighborhood, it should have been plenty safe on a lazy Saturday afternoon. A dozen homemade tamales in hand, we proceeded.
Despite the pleasant day and company, after the drama of fighting off several vicious, venomous snakes two days prior (hah), this trip was a little anticlimactic. We stopped a few hundred yards north of the hashpoint to snap a photo of the GPS (fuzzy, hard to take pix in sunlight - I'll figure that out soon enough). Then, having located the hashpoint in the left hand lane of Bammel North Houston Rd, southbound, we drove through it at just a few miles per hour over the speed limit.
A quick U-turn, and.....wait - I needed more photos. So I slowed and snapped a few through the windshield, as we re-approached from the south. Not a great picture, as the grass median even blocked the roadway. I also had wanted a picture with Amy and Ralph, my intrepid bear. So in a rush of bad judgement, I turned left across my original route, and traced back to the hashpoint, ruining my easily accomplished Tron.
Amy and I snapped a couple photos and I explained to her that the spot in the road behind her was the random destination we had been targeting all along.
"You were really serious about it being random, Dad", replied Amy. No lie. Her words exactly. I drove the first few miles of the return trip in silent awe of her.
| Phineas earned the Land geohash achievement
| Phineas earned the Drag-along achievement
| Phineas earned the Speed racer achievement


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I have trained two eye classifiers (left eye and right eye) with over 6,000 samples. The positive samples are from FERET, BioID, and VALID.
Before I trained my own classifiers. I used the eye classifiers trained by Prof. Modesto F. C. Santana (http://mozart.dis.ulpgc.es/Gias/modesto_eng.html) and Mr. Shameem Hameed (http://umich.edu/~shameem). The classifiers often misclassify eyebrows as eyes, or can not detect eyes when the illumination is not good. To overcome the problems, I trained my own eye classifiers.
Since eyes are not symmetrical as faces, one classifier for each eye is trained. Eyebrows are also included in the target for training. The relationship between pupil locations and eye regions (left and right eye regions) is shown in the following figure. (The left eye is located in top-right region of the face image!)
The classifiers have been tested with our surveillance robot and have satisfying results. They have been contributed to OpenCV. You can download them from:


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Last week, I talked about my favorite fruit to pick, cherries. Well, I'm not done yet because there are so much more fruits at my local u-pickin' farm, Impossible Acres. They are open for picking all summer long!
Let me explain how it works: when you arrive, there is a front stand where you ask for boxes to put your fruits in. Then you may go ahead and pick any fruits and veggies you like. When you are done having fun, bring your crops back to the front stand and just pay for what you pick! The average price is $2-3 per pound, depending on the type of fruits. There is no admission fee or time limit. It is really a fun activity for family and fruit lovers, without spending a whole lot of money.
Don't forget to wear a hat and protect yourself from the beaming sun. Even though there are lots of trees, they are not tall enough to provide enough shade.
I love the smell of peaches. White peaches are one of my favorite fruits!
Apricots trees are so pretty!
Look at all the cute name signs!
Berries are delicious!
We meet some friendly animals nearby:)
So many fruits to pick: raspberry, strawberry, and plum.
Late in the summer and fall, there are apples available for picking!
Our colorful fruits and vegetables, hand picked fresh! They are such great inspirations for cooking and baking:)


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The Scottish Highlands boasts a rare beauty that visitors never forget. Heather-clad hills, lush greenery and the illustrious Loch Ness make Fort Augustus a very special place to escape to, and an ideal retreat to for a relaxing – or adventurous – holiday. Hill walking, fishing, water sports, boat rides, sightseeing and whisky trails are just some of the many activities on offer here.
Our properties are based in the grounds of the converted Fort Augustus Abbey, offering a truly unique and striking location for a break. Holiday homes range from traditional cottages boasting original features, to modern, contemporary apartments, with properties suitable for groups of all sizes, from couples to parties of up to eight.
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Of course, you may want to kick back and simply luxuriate in the surrounds of your holiday home instead. And why not? The on-site Highland Club offers everything you could want, from a loch-side restaurant with stunning views of the famous lake, said to be home to the elusive Nessie, to children's play areas, barbecue spots and tennis courts. You can also pamper yourself in the sauna and steam room, or take a dip in the swimming pool.
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Although any LGBT kid probably wishes they had Aunt Fara for a parent, the fact is that most of us are stuck with ones like Mr. and Mrs. Strongwell here. Honestly, even as fictional characters I'd created to play the of role of unaccepting parents, they still frustrate the hell out of me. I just can't figure out which would be harder to deal with: their overcritical father or their ignorant mother.
Rudy displays a rare moment of weakness here. And yes, it's not over getting beat up. It's the fact that not only did he not get an invitation to the party, he didn't even know about it until Gavin brought it up to him. Surely his parents aren't helping either (at least Maria tries to help). Some readers might find this strange and that he has his priorities mixed up. Not so much. Rudy's just the type that has an easier time dealing with physical pain than emotional pain. Neglect and feeling outcast can be especially damaging to a teenager.
But is it really just a case of kids being uncomfortable with him like his dad implies? Or was Emily and her posse just unable to find him when they were passing out flyers.
On a lighter artistic note, yes, I am very much aware that the table is oddly tall. I didn't notice how much until I actually colored it. I do plan on fixing it, but not just now.
Also, I originally planned to have a field day with the newspaper their father is reading, but space constraints did not allow it. I wanted to sneak in the reference headline: "Mysterious department store blackout caused by mouse." just to see how many people would get it. Not that it bears any significance to the story; I just like making references. ;P
Rain, all characters and all other aspects of the story are copyright material belonging to me.
I just noticed that the dad's name is Norm. His name is Norm. He wants his kids to be normal, or fit into the "norm." Clever girl. (Speaking of references....)
P.S. I'm MtF and due in large part to this webcomic, Rain is going to be my middle name. (I've always loved the name, but this comic made me realize how much I want it to be part of my name.) It would be my first name if it weren't for the fact that I'm still a minor (I'm 16 and have been on hormones for three months and two days, and am full-time as a girl, even at my high school), and my mom absolutely refuses to change my first name to Rain, so we worked out a compromise in having it as my middle name and me just telling people to call me Rain.
Anyway, keep up the amazing work! I've had an MtF (pre-transition) friend of mine tell me that reading this webcomic has made her feel a lot better about being trans, and it's helped me as well. Thank you so much for giving us all the gift of Rain!
@V. Rain: ...Oh my gosh... I'd never even thought about changing my middle name. I'm /SO/ glad I saw this, because mine is so /not/ gonna work. Oh gosh, now I'm all excited! I've had a couple ideas for my name, but I haven't really had a lot of options that I liked. Now, this opens up a lot of new doors!
Why cant people accept that someone can love another of the same gender?
Sadly people happen to fear what they are ignorant of or do not understand though this being an instinctual fear it is still not fair or, right.


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'Let the people in!' declares Sanders at rally in California as he warns Democratic Party against losing nation's working class vote to the GOP.
Bernie Sanders was able to claim his twentieth victory on Tuesday night by winning the Oregon primary while the margin of an "apparent victory" by Hillary Clinton in Kentucky remained so close (just a fraction of 1 percent) that many outlets are still deeming it 'too close to call.'
"We won a great victory in the state of Washington a few months ago," Sanders told celebrating supporters at a California rally Tuesday night. "We just won Oregon and we're going to win California… I am getting to like the West Coast."
As of early Wednesday morning, with 77 percent of the vote counted in Oregon, Sanders was the projected winner as he captured 55 percent of the vote compared to Clinton's 46 percent. Notably, with a state that has encouraged ballot access by instituting automatic voter registration, Oregon is the first closed primary contest (one in which independents and late registrants are excluded from voting) that Sanders has been able to win against Clinton.
In Kentucky, a state that Sanders had hoped to win and where Clinton recently deployed an infusion of campaign spending and television ads, less than 2,000 votes separated the two candidates. During the 2008 race, by contrast, Clinton easily carried the state against Barack Obama, winning by more than 200,000 votes.
Given the thin margin in Kentucky, the Sanders campaign said it would make a decision on Wednesday on whether to ask for a recount in the state.
At his rally in Carson, California on Tuesday night—when it was clear he had won Oregon and fought to an essential draw in Kentucky—Sanders told the crowd of more than 11,000 people that although the path to the nomination remained an "uphill climb," the campaign has no intention of letting up until every person in the country has the opportunity to express their political voice and vision for the future.
"I come from the working class of this country and I'll be damned if we will allow the Republican Party, whose job is to represent the rich and the powerful, to win the votes of working-class Americans."
—Sen. Bernie Sanders
"There are a lot of people out there who say Bernie Sanders should drop out, the people of California should not have the right to determine who the next president will be," Sanders told the crowd. "We are in this until the last ballot is counted … and then we're going to take that fight to Philadelphia."
Up to this point, Sanders noted, his campaign has captured 45 percent of the party's pledged delegates. He emphasized repeatedly the importance of the energy and enthusiasm that his campaign has brought to this year's election season, especially among young people.
Sanders said he had a clear message for the Democratic Party leadership: "Open the doors. Let the people in." The only other "sad and tragic" option, he said, was to maintain the status quo and end up as "a party with limited participation and limited energy."
With an eye toward the general election, Sanders warned the Democratic Party that it stands a real chance of losing working class voters to the GOP and their presumptive nominee, billionaire real estate mogul and reality television star Donald Trump.
"Now I come from the working class of this country," Sanders declared to applause, "and I'll be damned if we will allow the Republican Party, whose job is to represent the rich and the powerful, to win the votes of working-class Americans."
National and state-level polls have consistently, and as recently as this week, showed that Sanders does much better than Clinton in head-to-head match-ups against Trump.
During the election night coverage, The Young Turks host Cenk Ugyur discussed the current delegate math in the context of Oregon and Kentucky and Sanders' performance in those states still matters.
"The media has been telling us, 'It's over, it's over, it's over.' But if it's so over, why does Bernie Sanders keep winning?"
Watch Sanders' full Carson rally speech below:
This post first appeared in Common Dreams.


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NEOs: Too Close For Comfort? « AmericaSpaceon October 29, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Artist's impression of an asteroid approaching the Earth. Image Credit: Jeff Darling
NEOs: Too Close For Comfort?
By David Darling
Be afraid – but not too afraid. It's true that at some point, if we don't take steps to prevent it, a big dumb object is going to smash into the Earth so hard that civilization as we know it will be seriously inconvenienced, or even wiped out (see? No reason for too much fear). But the odds are that such a cataclysm lies way, way in the future.
Still, you never know…
The chunks of cosmic debris we need to keep a keen eye on are so-called near-Earth objects (NEOs) – asteroids and (a few) comets whose orbits can sometimes bring them close to the Earth. Around 9,000 NEOs have been discovered to date, the vast majority of them asteroids. Of these, about 1,350 are considered potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs).
A PHA is defined as an asteroid that can approach the Earth closer than 0.05 astronomical unit (7.5 million kilometers) and has a diameter of at least 100 to 150 meters. As one might imagine, an object of that size is big enough to cause a lot of damage. The latest estimate, based on a survey known as NEOWISE, was carried out using NASA's WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) satellite. To date, it is estimated that we've found between 20 and 30 percent of all these threatening objects.
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