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Sunday, January 25 2009
All Smiles Springs Upset In Nellie Morse Stakes
LAUREL, MD. 1-24-09---Cynthia McGinnes' All Smiles ran down 2-5 favorite Fascinatin' Rhythm to capture the $50,000 Nellie Morse Stakes, today's feature race at Laurel Park. The Nellie Morse Stakes was the first leg of the Magna 5, a $1 national pick 5 wager conducted at Magna Entertainment racetracks from coast-to-coast.
Sent to post at 19-1, the longest price in the field of seven, All Smiles carried jockey Dale Beckner for trainer Fran Campitelli. The daughter of Awesome Again settled comfortably into fifth place in the one turn, one mile event, while tracking odds-on favorite Fascinatin' Rhythm into the stretch. She moved outside of the favorite, fought her tooth and nail the rest of the way and won by a neck. Irvs Pick finished third.
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Minard Tigh An Uillt, Argyll and Bute, is an
impressive south facing plot within an idyllic
wooded setting at the upper edge of Minard
Village in the former crofting community of
Inveraray on the western shores of Loch Fyne.
The plot is bordered by Achgoil Burn and
waterfall within the southern edge of the plot
gardens with views to Loch Fyne waters.
Minard is a quiet rural town in the heart of
Argylls multiple tourist and sporting
amenities, and a short walk away from the
National Trust famous Crarae Gardens.
Amenities include a local post office/shop and
primary school.
Full planning consent for a 3/4 bedroom
detached dwelling to create a family home or
indeed a holiday/second residence. Integral
to the design is potential separation of the
upper quarters allowing consideration of
holiday renting or international home
exchange. The plans created space for
developing a boat shed on site whilst the
integral garage/workshop space may
accommodate an art studio.
The site is serviced by septic tank, mains
water and electric supply within yards of the
site that serviced the original property.
The nearest towns of Inveraray and
Lochgilphead are approximately 15 miles
lochside drive each from Minard. Both towns
are ideal for shopping, abundant restaurants
and cultural events, for days out you can visit
the scenic mid Argyll coastal routes, Kintyre
Peninsula, and the Island of Bute.
This is also an ideal place to enjoy a range of
outdoor pursuits such as walking, cycling,
sailing, golfing, fishing and riding which can be
enjoyed locally.The terrain is mountainous with the Arrochar Alps, Beinn Bhuidhe, Glen Shira, Glen Fyne,
Glen Croe, Arrochar, Tyndrum and Loch
Lomond and the largest town Oban nearby,
with access to ferry connections to the Isles of
western Scotland.
The site was granted full planning consent by
Argyll and Bute Council on 8 March 2012,
and extended November 2015.
Further information can be viewed on the
council planning portal using the planning
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variations thereof.
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I am always buying baguettes because it goes with most anything, especially cheese which is, let's be serious, half my daily diet these days. But things tend to get a little busier at this time of year and I hate to see baguettes go to waste so although it may seem common sense, I just thought I'd remind you all that it's super easy to transform stale baguettes into tasty croutons in all of 10 minutes. Honestly, the hardest part is breaking up the bread. Simply toss the bread pieces with a little olive oil, fresh garlic or garlic powder and a few of your favorite fresh or dried spices (I prefer thyme, oregano and rosemary). Pop it in the oven at 350 for 10 minutes and you're good to go. Far exceeds the store-bought options and reduces guilt caused by wasted food.
Shrimp Fra Diavolo2 Mar
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
- 1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 5 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 2 to 4 anchovy fillets, chopped
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes, plus more for topping
- 1 28-ounce can whole San Marzano tomatoes, crushed by hand
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 3 sprigs oregano, leaves stripped and roughly chopped
- Kosher salt
- 12 ounces bucatini or linguine
- 1/2 cup fresh parsley or basil leaves, roughly chopped
Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp and cook, turning once, until almost cooked through, about 1 minute per side. Transfer to a plate.
Add the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil to the skillet, then add the garlic, anchovies and red pepper flakes; cook, stirring, until the garlic is soft, about 1 minute. Add the tomatoes with their juices, the wine, oregano and 1 teaspoon salt. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook as the label directs. Reserve 1/2 cup cooking water, then drain the pasta.
Add the parsley, pasta and shrimp to the sauce along with any collected juices from the plate and toss to combine. Stir in some of the reserved cooking water to loosen the sauce. Season with salt. Divide among shallow bowls and drizzle with olive oil; top with red pepper flakes, if desired.
Food Network Magazine, March, 2011
This is a quick and easy recipe, perfect for weeknight cooking but it is more than good enough to share with friends as well. The anchovies add a nice salty flavor which balances the acidity of the tomatoes and the wine. The parsley and basil add a nice fresh flavor as well. I made it exactly as prescribed and would recommend it to anyone for most any kind of evening.


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This page chronicles the ever-changing business landscape that we call home…Delaware, Ohio.
Whether it's a new Bistro Downtown, or the new Cabela's at Polaris, Delaware, Ohio has a growing business inventory which translates into new opportunities. New jobs, additional revenue for the City to manage our growing population, our school system, and all the necessary infrastructure that makes all cities great.
27 March, 2013
On the way home tonight from work I saw that old familiar empty former floor tile store on London road with a tenant (who had just purchased the property) and a "Coming Soon" sign constructed out of cardboard. I need to check out this newcomer and write about it in the various local blogs I publish. More to come.


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How we show up as an organization is incredibly important to us. We want to build and reflect the culture of SIP – internally and externally – a culture that each one of us can represent with pride. An inclusive culture has a direct impact on the activities and services we deliver and the perception the community has of the SIP brand and our group, as a whole.
It has come to our attention that Stig Assassin has represented The Spartan I Project in a way that was absolutely not consistent or aligned to our values. That was unequivocally wrong and will not be tolerated. This matter is being handled internally, but let me be very clear – how we represent ourselves as individuals, who we hire and partner with and how we engage with others is a direct reflection of our brand and what we stand for. When we do the opposite, and create an environment that alienates or offends any group, we justly deserve the criticism.
It's unfortunate that such events could take place in a week where we worked so hard to engage the many different gaming communities in the exact opposite way. We are personally committed to ensuring that diversity and inclusion is central to our everyday business and our core values as a team – inside and outside the group. We need to hold ourselves to higher standards and we will do better in the future.
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Our Easter looked a little different this year as both Nathan and I were really sick. We've each been the doctor now and though they assure us we will live, we weren't so sure there for awhile. We HATED to miss the services on Sat night and Sunday. I had really been looking forward to leading worship with the Praise band, but I'm very thankful that Sheri was able to fill in for me at the last minute. (Thanks Sheri! You rock!)
So we've postponed some of our Easter until we feel better. We haven't dyed eggs, we haven't had our egg hunt, and we had to tell both sets of grandparents not to come up today to give Nathan their Easter gifts. Yes, we felt that bad. So I guess we'll just spread the festivities out some. I'm sure Nathan won't mind. And though we couldn't do everything that we usually do on Easter, we were still able to thank God for the amazing gift of His Son, who died but didn't stay dead. What an awesome God we serve!


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- Peak-to-Peak: Take CO 119 from Black Hawk north to Nederland, then follow CO 72 to Raymond. Proceed on CO 7 past the 14,255 foot Longs Peak to EstesPark.
- Guanella Pass: Go south out of Georgetown for blazing aspens. At Grant, turn right on US 285 – 15 minutes to the top of Kenosha Pass.
- CO 14 through Poudre Canyon west of Fort Collins to the top of Cameron Pass.
- Fall River Road from I-70 (Exit 238) to St. Mary's Glacier.
- Boulder CR 130 from Nederland to the Fourth of July Trailhead.
South Central Drives
- Top of the Rockies: US 24 from Minturn through Leadville to Twin Lakes via CO 82, and back to CO 91 over Fremont Pass to Copper Mountain.
- Start Buena Vista and head west down Cottonwood Pass Road. Beneath the mounts Princeton and Yale, enter one of Colorado's most aspen-laden valleys.
- CO 17 from Antonito to the N. M. border: As you head up the serene Conejos River Valley, stands of pinyon give way to the white trunks of aspen, some of the oldest and tallest in the state near La Manga Pass.
- Go from Colorado Springs to Victor on Gold Camp Road and then CO 67through Cripple Creek north to Divide.
- US 285 from Conifer to Fairplay over Kenosha Pass.
Southeast Drives
- Frontier Pathways: Best aspens in Hardscrabble Canyon and CO 165 from Mckenzie Junction through the San Isabel Forest.
- Highway of Legends as it wraps around West and East Spanish Peak and passes beneath ancient volcanic walls.
Southwest Drives
- San Juan Skyway: CO 62 over Dallas Divide; CO 145 to Lizard Head Pass; US 550 from Ridgway through historic Ouray and Silverton to Durango.
- West Ellk Loop: CO 135 between Crested Butte and Gunnison; CO 133 over McClure Pass; head west out of Crested Butte over CR 12, Kebler Pass and meander through the world's largest stand of aspens.
- Silver Thread: US 50 west from Gunnison to CO 149 south to Lake City, Slumgullion Pass and Windy Point Overlook for a magnificent view of Uncompahgre Peak.
Northwest Drives
- Flat Tops Trail: Meeker to Yampa via CR 17 and FR16 over the spectacular Ripple Creek Pass.
- Begin in Aspen and go southwest to Maroon Bells, quite possibly the most photographed mountains in North America.
- Grand Mesa: From Grand Junction head east on I-70 along the Colorado River to CO 65, as it winds through the thick forest over the Mesa.
- CO 125 over Willow Creek Pass between Granby and Walden.
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Scenes From A Marathon - 2011
This year's Big Sur Marathon was somewhat strange – and we're not talking about the revised course. Rather, it was because neither of us ran in the main event; Mike was busy fulfilling his board member duties, and Donald ran the 5K with his daughter. However, hanging around the expo and marathon village all weekend gave us plenty of interesting stories to share.
JUST RUN 3K: The festivities started on Saturday with a record number of kids and a magnificent day at Lovers Point. The marathon was proud to give $12,000 to local schools based on participation.
Largest Fitness Expo ever: There were 70 exhibitors this year – the most ever – and some very interesting new additions to the bunch. Perhaps the most intriguing was the Regenerect booth, where visitors could win samples of an herbal non-prescription product that is "better than Viagra". They claimed their product helps male performance on the road as well as the bedroom, but cautioned, "if take it before the race, make sure you in the front instead of behind anyone." We swear we're not making this up.
"Just the 9 miler" syndrome: A lot of runners at the expo, when asked what event they were doing the next day, had a tendency to look at the ground with hang dog expression and say, "I'm just doing the 9 miler," or the 10-miler, or even the 21-mile walk. To all of those participants: there's no reason to apologize for your event, so be proud of whichever one you're doing. It sure is better than sitting on the couch.
Toughest Double Award: About 10% of the starters (322), in this year's marathon, had run the Boston Marathon 13 days before - but we're awarding our "toughest double" award to local CSUMB Corporate Relations Officer John Houseman, who completed the half ironman Wildflower Triathlon on Saturday, and finished the Big Sur Marathon in 4:00 on Sunday. He looked great after the race as well.
The Out and Back: We spoke to several experienced runners after the race to get their opinion on the differences between the "regular" course and the "out and back" course used this year. Mark Ferlito of Carmel who ran 2:31 at Boston and 2:47 at Big Sur, Ian Hersey of San Francisco who has done 9 Big Surs, and Aracelly Clouse of Santa Cruz who finished 6th woman, all agreed: this year's course is a minute of two slower for the "good" runner. The uphill start, rather than the downhill first 4 miles in Big Sur, have you mentally struggling to make up time. The beauty and difficulty is about the same. They all enjoyed the "mental diversion" of Point Lobos as it was new scenery near the end of the race.
How do you say chafing in German? We met Mario Peschke, who came from Munich to run the marathon and stay with his friends, local runners Bob and Linda Bebermeyer. Mario ran the race in lederhosen and when we asked him why, he answered in broken English, "Because een Germany it ees not funny to run in lederhosen, but in California eet ees." Mario ran 3:50 on a day that ended up very very warm.
The Reale/Lohrmann family: 6 months ago Bob Lohrmann passed away at age 45 from cancer. His wife Allison, son Peter, and nephew Robert Reale, from Connecticut were inspired to train for the Big Sur Marathon and ran in Bob's honor. It was Robert Reale's first marathon and he ran 4:50. Son Peter ran an inspired 3:10 in his father's honor.
We were honored to meet and talk to them.
LEI Day: We learned from Melanie Block of Carmel that May 1st is Lei Day in Hawaii. Every year Melanie and 4 friends compete in the relay under a different themed team name. This year it was The Wicked Wahinis in honor of Lei Day. Last year they were Gang Green for environmental reasons.
Best Predictions: We have two friends who proved to be somewhat clairvoyant. Brian Rowlett of Carmel Valley predicted he would break his own Big Sur best of 2:53:14 and ran 2:53:05. Nick Fleming of South Carolina wanted to break 3 hours at both Boston and Big Sur and ran 2:59:30 at Boston and 2:58:57 at Big Sur.
Hospitality: We want to thank Jefferson Seay for being hospitality manager for Big Sur events. It's a big job to feed 14,000 people. Among some of the items: 350 gallons of coffee, 24 kegs of beer, 100,000 compostable cups, 275 dozen bagels, 75 gallons of hot soup, 9000 boxes of raisins, 1,725 artichokes, 11,000 juice boxes, 100 cases of bananas. You've earned a break, Jefferson! But don't rest too long; it's almost time to start training for next year's marathon.
Likewise, to everyone else, we hope to see you all again next year.


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How in the world can these folks say that this "WBW" stuff could "promote ... unity and self esteem amongst Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, and Trans-gender persons," when the whole concept of "Womyn Born Womyn" is used to exclude transwomen from Mishfest!! (emphasis mine)
OUT!wear™ is quality custom Pridewear and Accessories "WORN WITH PRIDE" to promote visibility, unity and self esteem amongst Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans-gendered persons.To promote a positive image within our community, whether bold or discreet.
And they brag on their site that they are a lifetime PFLAG member.
We are proud to be lifetime members of PFLAG. A portion of the sale of PFLAG merchandise goes to support PFLAG's efforts.
I wonder why PFLAF and GLAAD has to say about all this transphobia. I know I hate it!!


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Sarah Palin (boo!!) and Joe Biden (yay?)
Certainly, you meant to say "Sarah Palin (boo!!) and Joe Biden (meh)."
Any place near 145th & 15th in Shoreline that has liberal leanings. I am stuck in a nursing home with a bunch of old and poor people vote against their own self interests.
You refer to yourself as ECB in the third person? What are you, Suede?
Not so fast with that party! McCain-Palin surrogates are demanding postponement or cancellation of the VP debate because the moderator is black and that's totally unfair to the VP candidate from the all-white GOP ticket.
kaypro, thats a terrible explanation of the scenario.
Guess I'll be at the Spitfire.
I hope there's one tv with the ballgame(s) on in case Palin fake cries.
I'll be across the street at Angie's! Represent the old Columbia City.
LLoyd- do your boys have what it takes against Las Medias Blancas?
More importanly Phillies are in it!
I think so, SeMe. Phillies/Rays? I'm great with that.
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I'll give you an example. And I'm sorry if it offends you, but...
Remember when you guys brought in quick reply a couple of years ago, and it really was the most grudging half-hearted thing in the world? How it wasn't on by default and how you made everyone press a button to actually use it? Do you remember how every other forum on the web considered Quick reply a core feature about a decade before you did that? It is absolutely shocking that, to this very day, Phpbb's default Quick Reply still doesn't come with at least a bbcode bar and smilies. That you STILL need mods to make it fully functional.
I will say that again, because it needs repeating: Phpbb, now in it's 17th year, still requires you to add most of the quick-reply system yourself. And you can still see bbcode tags in raw text.
That is Phpbb in a nutshell, as far as I've seen. Most forums way back in the early Phpbb 2.0 days just came with it, or at least had it modded in. Every forum I ever went on had it, modded or not. There have always been quick reply mods for Phpbb, and the devs always had the option of asking the makers to let you add them as standard. But you did not. In fact, I think it's very telling that you guys still don't have it on your main website. There's set in your ways, and then there is this. I'll give you another example:
When someone clicks the 'backup', 'restore', 'prune users', or 'email all' function on any other worthwhile forum system the task actually gets done. They don't stop 10% in and pretend it's done. They just keep chugging until it's 100% finished. When I first started a Xenforo forum and deleted all my 1000s of spam users in one go, it felt like... I can't even describe the feeling. It was like I had been living in a cave and had finally saved up enough to buy a house! And yes, I did have to pay. I spent years appreciating the fact you guys never made me pay, and I know that Phpbb is a work of love. I used to love it myself! But the cave is still a cave. And cave is such a good metaphor for the entire phpbb experience, it really is: It may be free, it may even be pretty, but holy crap it's still a cave. When I finally made the switch to the other forum my system admin thanked me profusely. My users thanked me. The server load plummeted. The spam bots dried up like someone had installed a door and walls to keep them out. Everyone was overjoyed. Especially me, because I had been fighting a loosing battle with spam for the whole of the forum's existence.
Before I switched from Phpbb, we were getting near DDOS levels of spam every day. We suspect they were altering the actual install itself. There was all kinds of hacking. Now? It's just gone. We haven't had a single drop of spam ever since. I don't even have to do anything. Granted, this is partly because Xenforo is very much a less popular forum software... but it has security. It has lots and lots of inbuilt security and most of it is on by default.
Which reminds me, don't you guys think the ugly default CAPTCHAs on Phpbb need replacing? I mean, all of them were broken back in the old Phpbb 2.0 days, so why would they ever be used on a real forum? Why isn't there a set of professionally made modern CAPTCHAs as default? Or even the most basic Spam Cleaner and SEO software installed and active out of the box? Every other decent forum I've looked at while hunting for a replacement has an entire selection of free anti-spam tools as standard. I realize that putting them on a forum as popular as Phpbb is an invitation to have them broken, but that's not an excuse to still be using that original broken CAPTCHA that actually puts off new users rather than bots!
I think we need a dedicated anti-spam tab on the ACP with every single spam related tool right there, including the ability to customize the registration page to throw off bots, and to install and maintain things like Stop Forum Spam directly from the ACP.
But whatever happens, and this is vital, we need to stop the Newly Registered User group from posting any URLs in the forums or their signatures by default, and alert the admins if they try it. This is an incredibly important secondary level of defense, and it is by far the best way to stop human spammers and even robots once they get into the forums. I cannot stress this enough: stopping new users posting URLs kills the incentive for spammers to target your forums in the first place. The fact that most people involved with Phpbb seem to be against this is daunting. It wasn't until the spambots started hacking my forums and finding ways around my URL blocker mod that they became a totally unmanageable problem. Stopping spammers at registration is great, BUT, and this is the part Phpbb really fails on, you need a powerful fallback. And this is one of the simplest and best ones there is because even human spammers absolutely hate having to take part in your community for 5-15 posts only to be deleted instantly. Robots are way too stupid and obvious to even do this. It's like a magic off switch for spam, and I can't recommend it more. Coupled with any central list of blacklisted urls and emails, it's practically unstoppable.
Unless your forum is full of security vulnerabilities that let them have free reign despite it, that is.
Forum Experience
Slow and overly complicated are the words I would use here! Nothing is dynamic. Nothing invites the user to hang around and chat. All other forums are moving steadily towards instant replies, if they don't already have them, but Phpbb still requires you to wait for emails or hit refresh. Posting has long been a multi-page process, for no reason, and we need to strip back that kind of delay. The mchat extension is a notable exception, but I'm talking about Phpbb out of the box. (And even Mchat still lags far behind other chat systems.) If you wanted to do something interesting, let every forum have its own main icon that can be changed. It doesn't even have to grey out if there are no replies, but if it does it should do it the instant the user enters the forum vewtopic as otherwise it almost never will grey out. This will get rid of marking forums as read.
My number one suggestion here is to team up with the people who made Phpbb Sitebuilder and integrate it into every forum. This would give them a sophisticated modern feel right out of the box and encourage modders to make all kinds of interesting widgets and inventive new things for Phpbb. Teaming up with other mod makers to offer a few that add core features during the install would be a huge boost to Phpbb.
A built in mod uploader, a mod browser, and an invitation to mod and style your forum at the end of the install would also make for a very good experience. Not to mention encourage people to customize!
The Index
It's a mess! The page is still covered in ugly text URLs instead of dynamic buttons. We need more options to make each forum look visually different and interesting and the forum lists really should be dynamic. The dropdown menus have no mouseover. There is no way to make a global announcement without mods and no modern forum is complete without a modular sidebar, as in Phpbb site builder. Above everything, though, the forum needs to be much more dynamic, with topics and replies updated in as close to real time as possible.
And I notice the forum is still using gibberish random URLs instead of short user and SEO friendly names based on the titles of posts! That should never have been a thing in the first place.
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Thread icons should be either the user's avatar, or an attractive graphic you chose (such as with Font Awesome). It should not be just be a long row of generic icons down the page with squashed on symbols for locked and so on. The current system somehow manages to be both a mess and very bland at the same time. Topics really need to be twice as tall and pop out at the viewer. For preference, they should have a mouse-over synopsis of what they are about (with the OPs avatar, as in the popular mod). They should also be something you can click anywhere (A feature I last saw in a very good Phpbb 2 mod).
And, really, please ditch the ability to give every reply to a thread a different topic title like it's an email! Nobody ever uses or even reads that!
Quick reply with dynamic side-by-side previews that change as you type. Automatically turn links into previews. Don't have visible BBCode tags in post editing, unless you click a tab button to see it (Like with Wordpress code viewing) Make all the fonts a bit larger so they pop off the page on modern monitors. Replace the topic icon with the user avatar, or a list of font awesome icons from a dropdown menu that grey out when there are no replies. Make Phpbb detect replies as they are made and give you a popup saying 'show X new replies'. And if you build all the tools you need to post in the Quick Reply box, there is no need at all for a dedicated 'post reply' page that takes you away from the thread and leaves you isolated from it. Ideally, you should also have a bar magnetized to the bottom of the screen that can act as a quick reply with all the stuff you need, as well as maybe your bookmarks.
The UCP
Oh my God, the UCP. Where do I even begin?
Don't take this the wrong way, guys, but it looks like you are trying to confuse users and scare them away. I don't think any of the Phpbb designers really realize how bad that thing has gotten, or what that thing looks like to a new user! Let me show you the main Xenforo user control panel, fresh out of the box. It's a nice little dropdown menu with everything easily seen and accessed.
All the basics flow neatly from that one panel. You don't even have to go to a new page to change your avatar or signature, then get it confirmed, then go back to the main UCP feeling a bit lost. You just click avatar, there is a popup box, and you upload and press okay. Almost everything that can be is done like this, and it make the forum very easy and quick to navigate. The way it is designed means that you have probably already found everything you need by mousing over that one menu, yet if you browse a little deeper you'll find there are at least as many advanced options in there as in Phpbb.
The key difference is that you just aren't bombarded with them on a day-to-day basis. Especially when doing new user things like your avatar or theme. You have to actually want the advanced options to end up faced with anything even half as complicated as the UCP! This is very important - the user should not feel like they are drowning!
Now, the only counter argument I can see being made here is: "We need to give the users all the options in one place at once, so they can control every single part of their experience!" But.... is that what you are really doing? And do you really need to do that? I think you need to work from the idea that most users don't care about the advanced options at all, so they need to be kept back a little from the user. They are still there, but they aren't burying useful day-to-day things in fluff. Phpbb menu tabs are a good idea, but most of them should lead to single pages with clearly labeled sections to stop people feeling so lost. And the settings should, most definitely, not be mixed up with everything else! Here's my take on the UCP options:
- Overview. Stats have no place in the settings menu, they can to go on your user page and maybe be optional parts of your footer or sidebar.
- Bookmarks. Who's going to use or see this buried way down here in the UCP? I keep forgetting we even have them! Bookmarks and subscriptions should be merged into a single dedicated forum browser system along with 'your topics' and 'advanced search'. Subscribing should be opt-out for bookmarks because they are basically the same thing in most cases. How about having it as a sidebar module for this as well? Letting us star topics to change them different pastel colours would be nice, but it at least needs to be an easier feature to get to.
- Drafts. Dynamic forums just save them automatically as you type and and load them up when you press 'Post Topic' in the right forum! If you want it to be a dedicated feature, how about an optional sidebar in the 'Post Topic' Page? Modern browsers save text on shutdown anyway, as Chrome has done with this very post, so it's not worth going nuts with this unless you want history states (Those would be VERY nice. I'd consider coming back to Phpbb for that alone).
- Edit profile and edit signature. Combine them!
- Notification options. Why not just let user click a mute button on the topics and the notification itself? And why are there two settings pages for notifications? Why not merge them? Honestly I don't think this one even needs to exist. If a user has to search around the whole UCP to mute a topic, most won't even realize they can do it and the rest will find the process too long-winded and search intensive: "(Click, click, click) Now, where what this option again? (Click, click, click) No! Not the duplicate again! (Click, click, click) Damnit I give up..."
- Manage "Remember Me" login keys Nobody wants to see this except maybe an admin. I clicked the text box. You remembered me. Done!
- Avatar. Cool. But how about making a side panel in settings with your avatar, and a clickable link beneath it to change it? This is a basic thing users like to do, but they are having to hunt for it. And users hate hunting for things. That this is on the FAQ is a bit of a tell, I think.
- Account settings. Everything in the UCP is an Account setting, so maybe call it 'Email and Password' and make it a popup box from the top menu. Change style, and other common settings, should be as accessible as possible.
- Global Settings These options are great, but the page needs to be a one-stop-shop for common settings.
- Posting defaults. Dear God.
- Display Options. Merge it with global settings as a category. Ditch all the dropdown boxes - these options just don't belong here. They need to go in viewtopic, if anywhere. Even then, you only need the first three. Nobody wants to see a thread upside down, then scroll to the bottom to post. Urgh.
- Notification options. Not a bad page, but might be good to have a copy of the notification box in here to make it extra clear for new users. Adding mute buttons to the notifications themselves would improve the user experience here. The 'Someone sends you a private message' notification should be off by default, but on for emails by default. Why is it this way round? I don't understand why you would want to be notified twice on the forum about one thing, but not be told by email. Baffling.
- Private Messages. Like bookmarks, I really think it should be separate from the UCP, but this is more a matter of taste. I think Private messages should have their own dedicated page, or be a popup.
I don't know if I got everything right, but it took me tow days to get it together so I hope at least some of this helps. It has at least helped me get all of this off my chest after years of feeling that nobody was listening. Thank you.


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Several kinds of techniques have been developed in the realm of marketing and each of them has their own set of advantages. A business has to find different kinds of ways to promote its brand or product. Unless it is not focusing on the conventional marketing strategies, the chances of getting a widespread promotion will be nothing but a dream. One kind of marketing that has been abuzz in the arena of brand promotion and advertisement is guerilla marketing. It has been adopted by many developing businesses around the world and the results are far reaching as well.
What is guerilla marketing?
Originally coined by Jay Conrad Levinson, this mode of advertisement was inspired by the guerilla warfare, a kind of war strategy that uses small tactical strategies and irregular warfare that was used by armed civilians. What it usually signified was a group of armed people who used to take on their enemies through elements of surprise, sabotage, ambushes and raids. In marketing, the use is quite similar, but excluding the violence for sure.
Guerilla marketing can, therefore, be describes as a highly conventional strategy that attempts to take the consumer by surprise. A high energetic and sudden buzz makes a valuable impression in front of the customers. Other than traditional or digital advertisement methods, this marketing technique focuses on striking a chord with the consumers on a more personal level.
How is it beneficial?
In the purview of engagement marketing, it all finally comes down to the reach of the brand that was made possible with the advertisement. A hefty investment insures that your ad will create some buzz. However, if you are able to create the similar echelon of buzz with a low investment, consider it a job done by guerilla advertisement. This kind of marketing is considered highly ideal by startups and companies that need a high quantum of awareness without feeling the need to break their bank. These can be the best options for grassroots marketing campaigns and has a far reaching effect as compared to the other ideas of outdoor advertising.
Creating a video that goes viral on the internet, scaring people with some ultimatum and later revealing that it was a spoof, etc., are some random example of this kind of marketing. This format might sometime also make use of important personalities and ask them to make a statement that would induce a discussion among her/his fans and followers. However, this is not something that you can compare with the concept of brand ambassadors.
It can be carried out with the help of promotional staffs of an engagement marketing company. The use of promo staffs depend on the kind of strategy one is going to use. The advertisement company is responsible for coming up with innovative ideas that will be able to create a surprise element so that the targeted market reacts to it. Make sure you find the most proactive company that will be able to come up with ideas that can help bring your product into the limelight.
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The latest Penryn innovation, according to an Intel spokesperson, drew upon expertise and experience garnered during the Israeli development of the Centrino processor.For a long time, the world of high tech has been all about chasing after superlatives – after the newest, smallest, fastest and sleekest. Now it's possible to add another superlative to that wish list, thanks in part to Israeli know-how, with the launch of the greenest computer chip in the world.
On Saturday global computer company Intel unveiled its latest addition to its processor family: a new chipset provisionally named 'Penryn.' The innovative hafnium-based "Hi-k" processor, which reduces electricity loss, or "capacitance," through the use of third-generation silicon materials, also does away with the need to incorporate eco-unfriendly lead and halogen materials in the production process.
"These are the biggest transistor advancements in 40 years," Intel co-founder Gordon Moore said.
While the Penryn innovation was initially developed at Intel's centers in California, the offices of Intel Israel, centered at their mammoth Research and Development Center in Haifa, played a crucial role in working out how the new chip micro-architecture could be manufactured on a commercial scale.
The Haifa center forms a major component of Intel's global product pipeline. Founded over 30 years ago with only five staffers, Intel Israel – with large facilities also located at Petah Tikva, Jerusalem and Kiryat Gat – now employs nearly 7,000 people, and last year pumped more than $1.2 billion of export revenue into the Israeli economy.
Intel Israel scored its biggest coup to date in the 2003 development of the Centrino mobile chipset, which came, according to company spokesman Koby Bahar, as a "true breakthrough" in computing performance. The Centrino technology, initially designed for use in laptop computers, proved so fast and energy-effective that it rapidly began to appear in desktop PCs around the world as well.
The latest Penryn innovation drew upon expertise and experience garnered during the Israeli development of the Centrino processor, Bahar told ISRAEL21c. Such expertise has ensured that "Moore's Law", a high tech axiom which predicts that transistor counts double about every two years, thrives well into the next decade.
The latest development, though, adds a new buzzword to the old imperatives of size and speed: eco-friendliness. Penryn boasts an ability to reduce the power leakage which normally manifests itself in a processor unit as heat, with the new hafnium-based chips measuring a mere 45 nanometers each – so small, that is, that more than two million could fit onto the period at the end of this sentence. That doesn't leave much room for energy loss – making the Penryn, in Intel's phrase, the "coolest" processor technology to date.
The company also has replaced lead-based solder components used in existing designs with tin, copper or silver alloys, and is also set to remove halogen based materials, which can generate ozone-damaging gases during production.
What this all means, Intel claims, is a new ability to deliver "faster and more energy-efficient processors that are better for the environment." The global behemoth is marketing the processor with an image of sunflowers – so chosen for the plant's ability to remove heavy metals from contaminated soils – as a visual metaphor for the lead-free, green image which the company hopes to cultivate.
Meanwhile the Penryn processors, depending on model specifications, will become available commercially within the next 45 days.
While manufacture is currently centered in Arizona, the product is soon set to gain a further Israeli flavor. Next year, Intel is due to open a state-of-the-art chipset production facility near Kiryat Gat – in an area known, rather appropriately, for its sunflower fields.
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Pavelski powers Sharks past Oilersby Eric Gilmore
SAN JOSE -- The San Jose Sharks had to wait only two days before getting a chance to avenge an embarrassing loss to the Edmonton Oilers.
The Sharks took full advantage Tuesday at SAP Center. Joe Pavelski had two goals, rookie Barclay Goodrow scored his first NHL goal and the Sharks defeated the Oilers 5-2.
Logan Couture and Brent Burns also scored for San Jose (15-11-4).
Jordan Eberle and David Perron had goals for the Oilers (7-16-5), who defeated San Jose 2-1 on Sunday at Rexall Place, snapping their 11-game losing streak and ending the Sharks' four-game winning streak.
"We looked at things that we needed to do differently," Sharks goaltender Alex Stalock said. "Tonight was good."
Antti Niemi was expected to start for San Jose, but Sharks coach Todd McLellan said he changed plans and went with Stalock after Niemi "took a shot" during the morning skate.
"Obviously good enough to back up," McLellan said of Niemi. "We'll see how he feels tomorrow. Al did a good job in recovering and played a good game for us."
Stalock made back-to-back starts for the first time this season and made 25 saves, improving to 3-3-1.
"I think for (Niemi) and I, we both have the same pregame skate routine when we play or we don't play," Stalock said. "We stick to our ends and it's the same thing. It's good in that way, and then obviously finding out early, it helped."
Edmonton's Ben Scrivens, who gave up one goal in his previous two starts against San Jose, made 19 saves.
The Sharks grabbed a quick 2-0 lead in the opening period on goals by Pavelski and Goodrow, but Edmonton responded with goals by Eberle and Perron before the period ended.
"We were ready to play and we got a couple of quick goals and the crowd gets into it and we feed off that," Pavelski said. "Obviously you'd like to continue with that. We could do a better job there but we come back out and re-establish things."
Couture and Pavelski scored in the second period, putting San Jose ahead 4-2, and Burns scored at 14:31 of the third period on a slap shot from above the right circle.
"They got a couple of goals early, but I liked our competitiveness coming back to make it even," Eberle said. "Then they get goal three and goal four and we're on our heels just like that. It was a weird night. The puck was bouncing all over the place. There are moments when pucks bounce off the post. We have to find a way to get on the right side of those."
Pavelski, who has a team-high 14 goals, gave San Jose a 1-0 lead with a highlight-reel goal at 4:33 of the first period. He took a pass from Joe Thornton in the right circle and scored on a spinning backhander that went over Scrivens' right shoulder.
Goodrow made it 2-0 at 5:29. Third-line center James Sheppard got the puck along the left boards, moved toward the crease and sent a pass ahead to Melker Karlsson, who fired a shot from the crease. Scrivens stopped Karlsson's shot, but the rebound went to Goodrow, who buried it from close range. Karlsson, making his NHL debut, got an assist for his first career point.
"We had a good cycle going," Goodrow said. "Honestly I can't remember exactly what happened. The puck just came out in front. ... I had a pretty full net to put it home."
The Oilers capitalized on two Sharks mistakes to pull even.
Eberle scored from the slot at 12:08 shortly after Leon Draisaitl intercepted Thornton's pass in the Sharks' zone.
Perron tied it at 16:15 when he scored from the slot, capitalizing on defenseman Brenden Dillon's turnover in his own zone. Teddy Purcell intercepted Dillon's pass and quickly sent the puck to Perron, who beat Stalock for his fifth goal of the season.
"They always start out strong in this building, and I was happy to see us bound back in the first," Perron said. "You allow five goals and that's not going to win you many games."
The Sharks surged ahead 4-2 early in the second period on goals by Couture and Pavelski.
Couture redirected Scott Hannan's blast from above the left circle past Scrivens for his 12th goal of the season, giving San Jose a 3-2 lead at 6:14. Pavelski scored a power-play goal on a shot from the slot at 7:35, seven seconds after Edmonton's Steve Pinizzotto was penalized for holding John Scott's stick. Thornton sent a pass to Patrick Marleau, who was below the goal line to the left of the crease, and Marleau sent the puck to a wide-open Pavelski.
The Sharks lost two players to injury
Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic took a hard hit from Edmonton's Tyler Pitlick late in the first period and did not return. With less than five minutes remaining in the second period, Sharks forward Mike Brown hit the boards hard after taking a run at Edmonton's Matt Hendricks. Brown hobbled off the ice and to the locker room with an apparent right leg injury. Karlsson also left the game late in second period and went to the locker room, but he returned early in the third period.
"Vlasic was held out (for) precautionary type stuff, and we'll see how he is in the morning," McLellan said. (Brown) is a lower body and he's going to be out for a while."
Despite being shorthanded, the Sharks kept rolling.
"You just need to make sure you're paying attention on the bench," Goodrow said. "There are different lines going out all the time, different combinations. It was tough to lose those guys but I think everyone else stepped up and I think we played a pretty complete game tonight."


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Hayes Davis
The Bargain Apocalypse
Caldor is going out of business,
prices have been slashed in half
and I believe this is what it will
be like when the world ends.
The store is nearly empty.
Fixtures have been broken down,
leftover items thrown helter-skelter
into a mass of brown plastic
shopping carts. The carts are scattered
across the second floor,
the only place left for the discount
seekers, gleaners sifting through carts,
as if looking for hidden answers,
souls they might find among fragments
of olive green carpet, faded orange T-shirts
or the metallic mauve wrapping paper
no one buys, even at fifty cents a roll.
Children shuffle across the dirty floor,
pointing at undersized baseball gloves
or one-armed dolls, begging parents
who answer with a distracted,
automatic "No." The security guard
is amused. He isn't needed; nothing
here is worth the risk of a criminal record.
Some have found an answer or two,
and they wait in lines longer
than purgatory, gripping cash
or a Visa. All sales are final.


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- Donald Dartez
Interactive reading of Moby Pincher's adventures by Dee Scallan
Interactive reading of Moby Pincher's adventures by Dee Scallan
Join the Lt. Governor and get caught reading with Moby.
Moby Pincher dared not show his face until Dee Scallan was ready. And even when she decided she was ready to introduce her big, red Louisiana crawfish to the world, Scallan realized he still didn't have a face. Not really. Oh, her words were enough to create pictures in children's imaginations. Still, where would a children's story be without pictures? So, she turned to Daniel Myers. This is where Moby's story really gets interesting, because Myers wasn't a typical book illustrator. He'd had no artistic training. He'd had no experience in book illustrating. And his only true life experience was being an 8-year-old kid. Which was perfect for Scallan, for who better than a kid to create illustrations for kids?
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Allowing you faster movements and a full range of motion, the Venum boxing shorts will help you push beyond your limits and reach new heights. Promoting both agility and comfort, they will help you train harder while making a bold statement wherever you go. Constructed in quick-drying, feather-weight microfiber materials, and reinforced by seams at the most strategic stress points, these shorts represent the ultimate boxing wear.


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ON Friday 2 November the Manchester Hoteliers Association (MHA) will host its prestigious Ball and Awards Ceremony at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly, in association with World Class Service and The Manchester College.
The event will see up to 600 hoteliers come together for a night of celebration, great entertainment and fine dining as well as hosting five awards.
The MHA Ball is the largest event in the industry calendar in the North West and for the past six years it has committed to supporting hospitality industry charity Hospitality Action. This year the MHA is hoping to reach a fundraising total of 100K – an enormous contribution that will make a difference to the charity's work in the region.
The event will see up to 600 hoteliers come together for a night of celebration, great entertainment and fine dining as well as hosting five awards celebrating the emerging talent, brightest new star, the employee of the year (front of house), employee of the year (back of house) and the Howard Raynor lifetime achievement award.
These awards are presented on the night, following citations from the fifty members of the hoteliers association and face to face interviews against a clear criteria developed by World Class Service and The Manchester College.
The theme of the night will be New York, reflected in the line up of musicians, including the New York Dancers, opera singer John Cristos and soul singer Victor Hayes.
A charity raffle will take place on the night, with prizes generously donated by key businesses connected to the hospitality industry and the local area. Just some of the many prizes on offer are:
A limited number of tickets are still available at the event. To book tickets please call Sheila on: 0161 835 8958 or email: email@example.com Last year Hospitality Action spent just under £50,000 helping those in need across the North West.
The Charity Facts
£452,051 - The amount of money spent supporting past and present hospitality workers that have fallen on hard times in 2011.
1,492 - The number of people helped by Hospitality Action in 2011. 77% of those helped were below the age of 60 with 39% of the charities beneficiaries needing assistance after a life changing illness.
8,529 - The number of students reached by the Ark Foundation which educates on the dangers of drug and alcohol dependency.
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Protectors of the future
Building the Middle East's next generation of cybersecurity experts
In this age of digitised society, cybersecurity has now become a critical issue for many governments and companies in the Middle East. As cyber-threats grow in complexity and severity, the region has responded by deploying advanced solutions to proactively protect devices, user information, and corporate data.
In the GCC alone, for instance, the network security spending in this part of the world is expected to triple to $1bn from $340bn by 2018, according to a research consultant. GCC countries are considered one of the global heavyweights in cybersecurity preparedness, and this should not come as a surprise amidst their steady efforts to automate everything and interconnect everyone through the aid of the most sophisticated and sustainable technologies available in the market today.
Building human capital capabilities is one of the noteworthy components of the entire Middle East region's strategic cybersecurity efforts. Training future cybersecurity professionals is at the heart of all initiatives relevant to protecting digital assets and managing associated risks. We have to bear in mind that rolling out modern cybersecurity solutions alone will not be enough unless we start nurturing our own roster of highly capable cybersecurity experts now.
Talent development is therefore indispensable and required to meet the region's cybersecurity needs. The divide between demand and supply in the regional workforce is now as high as one million per the figures from tech career website Dice.com. Worldwide, the manpower demand in the field is expected to reach six million by 2019. Although much still needs to be done in the talent development department, the region has already taken encouraging and fundamental steps necessary to lay the foundation for next-generation cybersecurity specialists.
For instance, we are now seeing increased endeavours among cyber professionals and employers to engage young students early on. Their initiatives are meant to gain students' interest and open their eyes to the possibility of seeking cyber careers in the future. Such activities are important if we aim to encourage more and more young people to join this lucrative industry. Additionally, millennials, if engaged and properly trained, are the best contenders to help address the cyber talent shortage. They are not only raised in a digital environment but most of them are now on that stage of preparing to make important career decisions.
Complementing student engagement efforts is the development of cybersecurity curricula in national and regional universities according to the requirements of government and commercial organisations. Strategic partnerships are essential to build that much needed educational program. With its new talent, the region could develop the cyber skills needed for its continued online security network defence.
More than two thirds of Middle East organisations, per the figures from Symantec and Deloitte, still remain vulnerable in terms of protecting themselves from any complicated cyber hacking, but having trained employees can help efficiently plug this loophole.
Many regional governments are now offering competitive financial packages, hosting world-class national and regional awareness forums, and incorporating cybersecurity into their national talent development agendas as part of their overall objective to create a secure digital environment. For example, the UAE's first ever cyber security centre was launched not only to offer round-the-clock support to local organisations in dealing with online threats but also to train Emiratis who are interested in developing their cybersecurity competencies.
There are many exciting opportunities in the field of cybersecurity in the region today as significant government resources are being poured in to combat any cyber-attack on the horizon. Building human capacity and talent development is just one facet of elaborate cybersecurity measures. However, having sufficient supply of well-trained cyber experts is at the heart of any cybersecurity effort, and as such must be continuously stepped up and strengthened for future needs.
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QPR, Nottingham Forest, Southampton and West Brom all know the dangers of signing Nigel Quashie. The hapless midfielder has been relegated from the Premier League with all four clubs, but apparently nobody has alerted Newcastle to this.
The Magpies are said to be mulling over a £500,000 move for the West Ham midfielder (that's West Ham the club Newcastle drew at home with last Saturday. You know, the club that Quashie is out on loan at Birmingham City from because he doesn't have a cat in hell's chance of getting in the team).
My question is a simple but important one: why? Why does every Premier League club that gets itself into a spot of bother think that Nigel Quashie is the answer? He has been relegated FOUR times. And he's not even a decent footballer. If Newcastle want a
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I purchased so many cans of pure pack canned pumpkin puree in my enthusiasm for Thanksgiving and the specials in the market, that now I must think of uses for all of this exuberant purchasing. Pumpkin, a quintessential Fall flavor is great for more than Thanksgiving. Last Friday night I served pumpkin Challah for Shabbat […]
The inevitable leftovers happen after Thanksgiving or even before. If you make a recipe that calls for an exact measurement of a natural food that comes in its natural form of an inexact measurement like Garnet yams you may even have leftovers before Thanksgiving.
Challah is the quintessential Jewish Sabbath and holiday bread. Bread baked from 'the staff of life' has a spiritual essence that affirms our connection to the earth's harvest and sustains us. This Challah is sweet and moist. One recipe makes one huge challah or two medium size challah for Shabbat. On Rosh Hashanah
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Proper organization of your child's daily routine is a guarantee of his health as well as it's a basis of the young child's parenting. During the first three years of kid's life, the efficiency of his nervous system is very changeable, so it is necessary to establish a routine that suits your kid's age. As your child grows from one to three years of age, you will have to change his daily routine three times.
Before you keep on reading
– Note that there are no any strict norms and standards in the article for setting your child's daily schedule, it's just a guidance.
– Each daily schedule is set optimally, as an example, if the time of feeding, sleep and bathing coincide with your child's needs at the moment.
– Due to the fact that children can't tolerate drastic change of daily schedule, you should begin a new age-related daily routine gradually so as not to cause kid's negative emotions. Your child's good mood and behavior will tell you whether you do everything properly.
– When establishing a daily routine you should consider not only your little one's age but also his individual needs and state of health as well.
– Keeping a certain daily schedule teaches your child organization skills, makes life easier both for him and you. The child, who keeps his daily schedule, will then easier adopt to the conditions to the kindergarten environment.
How non-compliance with the daily routine influences a kid's health:
– a child becomes whiny, moody, irritable;
– a child experiences frequent impairment in mood as a result of fatigue, lack of sleep;
– a child's nervous and mental activity isn't being developed properly;
– a child has difficulties developing hygiene and neatness skills.
Kid's daily routine of 1 – 1.5 year olds
Features of this age group
– There are significant changes in a child's development within the second year of his life.
– Children are still physically quite weak, get tired quickly. Their high physical activity is combined with undeveloped coordination of movements.
– A child at this age walks on his own, as well as squats and bends.
– He is able to comply with adults' simple requests.
– He can correctly identify 4-6 items when he sees them.
– A child begins to actively use simple words and his vocabulary is being rapidly enriched.
– He starts using a spoon on his own but the movements aren't yet skillful.
A child sleeps twice a day: the first nap last 2-2.5 hours, the second one lasts 1,5-2 hours. Prepare your child for sleep (stop playing noisy games, wash and bathe him) in advance of time, at least a half hour before you put him to bed. Put your child to sleep during the day and at night at the same time: thus the child develops a conditioned reflex to time and the next days he will wake up and fall asleep at the scheduled time. When getting your child on the day routine, you have to wake him if he does not wake up at the allotted time; deviation of 15-20 minutes is ok. Later, when the routine is already set, it is undesirable that you wake the child for this will impair his mood.
In the summertime it is recommended that the child sleeps in the fresh air – outdoors, on the porch, or in a room with a window open. From May through August, you can put your child for a nighttime sleep a bit later while prolonging his nap time respectively.
Feed your child four times a day (breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, and dinner) every 3-4 hours. Your child should be awake after feeding and then sleep until the next feeding. After a good sleep and feeding, the child will be calm and active till the next sleep, and will better perceive the impact of the world around.
At this age, you should teach the child to use a spoon by himself. First he learns to eat thick foods and then liquids. The first two or three spoons the child eats on his own, then you finish feeding him with another spoon your child still holding his one. At the end of the feeding he eats two or three more spoons on his own.
Waking hours
Waking hours at this age must last no longer than 4 – 4,5 hours. You shouldn't let your child sleep for a longer or shorter time, for this can result in fatigue of the kid's nervous system and behavior violations.
Within the waking hours you should mostly plays games with the child, go for a walk, and wash him. The child usually plays with the toys that can be dragged (cars, strollers), cubes, various building blocks that he can stack, books with simple bright pictures, atuffed animals, pyramids.
It's very important that you take the child outdoors twice a day (after lunch and afternoon snack) for 1,5 hours; during the summer time you can walk up to 2 hours long if the weather is good.
When washing and bathing your child at this age, you can simply rub him with a wet towel. Start with the upper limbs, then lower ones, chest, and back. The initial water temperature is 92-93 degrees. Gradually, every 7 days, decrease the temperature up to 75 degrees. Washing and bathing is an important part of hardening, and you should include it into your kid's daily routine as an integral part of healthy upbringing.
Perform hygienic bathing 2-3 times a week before a nighttime sleep.
The size of your child's clothes should correspond his age and not restrict the movement, as well as have a minimum number of ties and fasteners. Pediatricians recommend that up to 1.5 years of age both boys and girls wear pants and blouses, as dresses cause difficulties walking. The child should participate in the process of dressing and undressing, learn to take off the simple items of clothing (untied or unfastened shoes, a T-shirt).
At this age, it is important to develop the following cultural and hygiene skills: wash hands before eating, sit down on a kids' chair, to learn to eat with a spoon on his own, to use a napkin after eating. It is necessary to teach the child to sit down dressing and undressing and sit there until you get an expected result. To accustom your child to neatness place his on the potty after sleep, every 1,5 – 2 hours while he is wake, before going for a walk and afterwards.
An approximate daily routine for 1 – 1,5 year olds
Feeding: 7:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m, 4:30 p.m., 8 p.m.
Waking hours: 7- 10 a.m, 12 – 3:30 p.m, 4:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Sleep: the irst sleep 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., the second sleep 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., nighttime sleep 8:30 p.m. – 7 a.m.
Going for a walk: after lunch and afternoon snack.
Bathing: 7 p.m.
Daily routine of 1,5 – 2 year olds
Features of this age group
– A child steps over an object on the floor, runs around, rubs his hands when washing them under running water.
– He can name the objects, knows the basic parts of the body.
– He takes off untied or unfastened shoes on his own, holds a cup while drinking, uses a spoon more skillfully already.
– When playing a kid performs the activities he saw or learned earlier: feeds a doll, builds a tower of blocks, etc.
– He can distinguish between 3-4 different shapes of object like sphere, cube, pyramid.
– He knows well the meaning of the words "you can" and "you mustn't", but is not always able to obey his parents.
After one and a half years of age, a child already naps once a day for 3-3.5 hours. The total amount of sleep at this age is increased up to 13-14.5 hours, including 10-11 hours of nighttime sleep. When accustoming your child to be independent, you should not let him undress himself for too long before bedtime – he will get tired and will have difficulties falling asleep.
Feed your child four times a day with the intervals of 3.5 – 4.5 hours. If the child is awake between feedings, this interval should not exceed 3.5 hours. A night break between dinner and breakfast is about 12 – 13 hours. Your child should have breakfast no later than one hour after waking up and dine no later than one hour before you put him to sleep, thus you will provide him with a healthy sound sleep.
Waking hours
Now your child can stay awake for 5 – 5.5 hours.
When playing he can actively use toy shovels and balls.
Go for a walk twice a day, after breakfast and afternoon snack. The duration of your walks is the same as for the previous age group – 1.5 hours.
Wash and bathe your child before lunch. As soon as your child reaches 1,5 years of age, you can use a shower – its mechanical and thermal effects are stronger than when you rub your kid with a towel. Harden your child by gradually reducing the temperature of water every 7 days from 95-98 degrees to 75-82 degrees.
First, pour the water on the back, then on the chest, tummy, and finally on the hands.
Preform the hygienic bathing 2 times a week before nighttime sleep.
By two years of age the child should already be accustomed to his potty, but when playing he may forget that he needs to use it, so remind him about that and place him on the potty before bedtime or after sleep.
Approximate daily routine of 1,5 – 2 year olds
Feeding: 8 a.m., 12 p.m., 3:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m.
Waking hours: 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., 3:30 – 8:20 p.m.
Sleep: 12:30 – 3:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. – 7:30 a.m.
Going for a walk: after breakfast and afternoon snack.
Bathing: 6:30 p.m.
Daily routine of 2 – 3 years olds
Features of this age group
– The vocabulary is increased significantly compared with the previous age group. He says wordy sentences. A child's speech starts being similar to an adult's one.
– A kid eats completely on his own, puts on and takes off a T-shirt or a shirt, asks to use the potty.
– He plays with the toys intently, is absorbed in viewing books and pictures. Third year of age is a time of independence and creativity.
Within the entire third year of life your child can nap once a day. If he refuses to nap, provide him with calm activities within this time – view pictures in a book, for example. This will let his nervous system rest and avoid overfatigue.
Feed your little one 4 times a day with the intervals of 3,5 – 4 hours (breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, and dinner).
Waking hours
At this age your child can stay awake already for 6 – 6,5 hours. If he gets easily tired, reduce this time up to 5 – 5,5 hours while prolonging his sleep time. At this age the kid gets calmer and can do the same activity for 20-30 minutes, but he still gets excited easily, and a monotonous activity makes him feel tired. So you should alternate your kid's activities. When playing he can use musical instruments, colored pencils, dolls, cars, molds for sand.
Children of this age must spend a certain time outdoors, even in winter, but no longer than 1.5 hours, as they still easily feel cold. When it's warm outside, duration of the walks can be prolonged up to 2 hours. And the conditions allow, they can spend the entire waking hours outdoors.
When washing and bathing your child, follow the recommendations on water temperature described above.
Preform the hygienic bathing 1 time a week before nighttime sleep.
Despite the fact that the child already asks you to use his potty, you still should place him on the potty before bedtime and going for a walk. And of course keep the neatness of the process.
At this age, you should encourage your child to independently perform different activities, develop and consolidate the skills he already has.
Approximate daily routine for 2 – 3 year olds
Feeding: 8 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Waking hours: 7:30 a.m. -13:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Sleep: 1:30 – 3:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. – 7:30 a.m.
Going for a walk: 2 times a day after breast and afternoon snack.
Bathing: 1 time a week before bedtime.
As I've already mentioned, you shouldn't follow this routine strictly – this is a guidance. Your child is unique with the unique needs and this may help you to settle a routine for him.


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Every time we get a new shipment of SUPER sunglasses we always wonder how we could have lived without their smart blend of retro and modern styling. This new batch includes some new styles as well as new colorways of some of our favorites.
People in Havana Glitter and Gold Metal
Our perennial favorite frame gets a stunning update with yellow gold metal at the bridge and along the arms. SUPER's gorgeous Havana Glitter coloring (brown and tan swirls with flecks of glitter) provide a rich contrast.
Basic in Puma
The slightly chunkier width of the Basic is perfect way to show off the spotted pattern of the "Puma" colorway.
People in Blonde Havana
A light "frosted" finish on these pair of People sunglasses gives the Havana colorway a unique textured and slightly blurry look.
Lucia in Summer Safari and Gold Metal
New for us is the Lucia, a clever blend of teashades and horn-rimmed sunglasses. Sleek yellow gold metal arms balance out the bold brown swirls of the frame.