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Family: Scrophulariaceae
Great Mullein, more...common mullein, big taper, flannel mullein, flannel plant, mullein, velvet dock, velvet plant, woolly mullein (es: barbasco)
Springer et al. 2009
Duration: Biennial Nativity: Non-Native Lifeform: Forb/Herb General: Biennial herbs with tall, stout, leafy stems to 200 cm tall, herbage densely wooly with branched, nonglandular hairs. Leaves: Cauline leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, 10-40 cm long, clasping with wings extending down the stem, densely wooly on both sides, margins shallowly crenate to almost entire, the first year leaves in a basal rosette. Flowers: Yellow, the corolla rotate, borne in dense, elongate spikes 30 cm long or more, the calyx 5-parted, the lobes lanceolate to ovate, stamens 5, some or all of the filaments bearded, anthers yellow, red, or orange. Fruits: Capsule ellipsoid to subglobose with small brown seeds less than 1 mm long. Ecology: Found in disturbed soils on roadsides, waste areas, and burned areas, from 5,000-7,000 ft (1524-2134 m); flowering April-September. Notes: This plant is tall and fuzzy, with herbage very soft to the touch, it is usually easily noticeable from a distance, and very pretty when in flower. Can be invasive in burned areas. Ethnobotany: Used as an expectorant in teas and tinctures. Etymology: Verbascum comes from the Latin barbarascum, meaning with a beard, while thapsus means of or from Sicily. Synonyms: None Editor: SBuckley 2010
Stout, erect, 1-2 m, usually densely gray-tomentose throughout; lvs entire or shallowly crenate, the lower oblong or oblanceolate, to 3 dm, petioled, the upper progressively reduced, sessile, decurrent along the stem to the next lf below; spike-like infl very dense, 2-5 dm נ3 cm, usually solitary; cor yellow, 1-2.5 cm wide; upper 3 filaments short, densely white-villous, with short anthers; lower 2 filaments much longer, glabrous or nearly so, with linear anthers; stigma capitate; 2n=32, 36. Native of Europe, now abundant throughout most of temperate N. Amer., especially in disturbed sites. June-Sept. A hybrid with no. 4 [Verbascum phlomoides L.] is V. ثerneri Fritsch.
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
©The New York Botanical Garden. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
From Flora of Indiana (1940) by Charles C. Deam
Frequent to common throughout the state. This mullein prefers a dry, sandy or gravelly soil and is found principally in pastures, idle fields, and waste places along roadsides. It is a common weed of pastures because stock do not eat it.
Indiana Coefficient of Conservatism: C = null, non-native
Wetland Indicator Status: UPL


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@exodo I commented on that issue, explaining our use case. I hope this will happen soon. Thanks!
Sorting category by vote
Re: [nodebb-plugin-category-sort-by-votes] Sort topics by votes within a category!
I saw the above post while searching the forum for information about upvoting. I'm trying to create a feature request category and sorting by vote would be great. The post above mentions this feature being included in core but I cannot find it anywhere.
I'm running nodeBB v1.10.1
Thanks in advance!
Hi @broskmenmi if you head into a category and click on "Sort By" there should be a "Most Votes" option to sort that way
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Hi @broskmenmi if you head into a category and click on "Sort By" there should be a "Most Votes" option to sort that way
I don't have any option like that in mine:
Nyaste till äldst = newest posts first
Äldst till nyaste = oldest first
Flest inlägg = most post
I'm running nodeBB 1.10.1.
Maybe it is because of the theme?
Using Slick theme with Dark skin
I just checked the sort.tpl in templates\partials\category and it was missing:

 [[topic:most_votes]]

Now to another question, is there any way to make one specific categoy to be defaulted to "Most votes" but not the others? Since in admin settings i can set Default Topic Sorting to "Oldest to newest" and I want to keep it that way except for one category. Is that doable?
Here's another related question...
When sorting by "Most Votes", is this sorting by the highest number of UP votes, or is this sorting by the highest number of TOTAL votes (both UP and DOWN)?
This is a very important distinction... because we wouldn't necessarily want to show a post with 1,000 down votes to show up as #1 simply because it had the most votes. We would want to show the BEST reply, with the most UP votes.
Does anyone know how NodeBB distinguishes this sorting functionality?

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text: Hi all, I have a 2500 watt generator head, and a nine foot satellite dish. I've been looking at solar furnace driven Stirling engine driven generators, and I'm dying to build one! My question to the group is: Have any of you built a Stirling engine, and do you have drawings or plans? What were the sticky issues you encountered? Does anyone have a GOOD non-math oriented description of exactly how it works...IE timing, cooling etc.? If you haven't seen one of these things yet, check it out online...they're super cool! Here's one running on the reflection from a shaving/make-up mirror: http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl= ... v&start=10 I want to see if I can run my 2500 watt head with one. It's normally run with a six or seven horsepower engine. Any help, or comments are welcome...Thanks!


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July 5, 2018 / Rachel Eva
The Black Manhattan is one of my favorite drinks. I don't have one very frequently, but it's infused with so much memory and significance that every time Shawn Michael makes one at home, I'm transported back about 4 years to when we first started this barware business.
We've always been into food and beverages from a culinary perspective. We just like to eat and drink. But not any food and drink.... I guess you could say we're kind of picky. The experiences we enjoy the most are flavorful, artistic, fresh, and most of all, provide opportunities for rest, connecting with friends, and making space for important conversations.
That's one of the things we love most about being involved with cocktails. Making and enjoying a cocktail provides space for significance, whether that's just having an intentional moment after a long day once the kids are finally in bed, or getting together with your sister or best friend at a chill bar to connect about things that really matter in life.
Four years ago, Shawn Michael had just finished building our home bar, we had just successfully funded our first barware crowdfunding campaign, and we were digging in deep to starting a business. He made me a beautiful drink: the Black Manhattan, with a new bottle of Amari that we had never tried. Averna has now become a STAPLE at our home bar. Rather than the traditional cherry garnish (we didn't keep a jar of luxardo cherries around in those days), he plucked a jasmine flower off the vine in our front yard, which was in glorious springtime bloom.
The floral aroma paired with orange oils was a beautiful, refreshing complement to this dark, bittersweet classic. This pic is actually our 2nd Instagram Photo EVER with that jasmine flower garnish.
I feel like it's safe to say that we make better photos now. When our jasmine bush went haywire last month, I knew it was time to pay homage to this incredible amaro cocktail.
Black Manhattan: What is is, and Where did it come from?
The Black Manhattan Cocktail is essentially a Manhattan (Bourbon, Sweet Vermouth, Bitters), that uses Averna instead of sweet vermouth. It was created by bartender Todd Smith when he made drinks at Bourbon & Branch in San Francisco, sometime around 2008. To be fair, Todd's recipe also uses Rye instead of Bourbon, and adds orange bitters to the angostura called for in the original recipe, so it's really a multi-step variation. But dang, it's delicious.
You'll notice right away that it's darker than a traditional manhattan (hence the name). Averna, which is a dark, bitter, sweet Italian amaro, adds depth and complexity of flavor, which we like over here!
(If you want to learn more about Amaro/Amari, we wrote another blog post about that a few weeks back. Check it out here: "What is Amaro? All About Italian Herbal Liqueurs")
Another thing that's essential for the Black Manhattan, and that we will NOT compromise on, is the cherry garnish. DO NOT - I repeat, DO NOT make one of these sublime drinks and then drop a neon pink maraschino 'cherry' in. It will not complete the drink. It will ruin it.
Do yourself a favor (you will thank me, I promise), and buy the Luxardo Maraschino cherries - the dark ones. These are absolutely the best. If your local beverage store doesn't carry them, you can order them online. Yes, they are more expensive than the formaldehyde version --- but they are still actually real cherries.
The bright ones are soaked in a salt brine or (WORSE), calcium chloride and sulfur dioxide to bleach them, which also removes their natural flavor. Then they're soaked in fake red food colorings and syrup. And let's be honest - it's high fructose corn syrup or some other lesser 'sugar'. There's nothing cherry left about them.
Wouldn't you rather put THIS into your cocktail (and your body)?
Photo courtesy of Epicurious. Click through for their post on the Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
Luxardo cherries are naturally colored and flavored. They're definitely super sweet, but the syrup used is Marasca syrup (Marasca cherry juice and sugar), which is the syrup Luxardo uses for distilling it's popular Maraschino Liqueur.
How To Make the Black Manhattan Cocktail
The Black Manhattan is a stirred drink (stir all drinks that contain only clear spirits and liqueurs), so you'll need a Mixing Glass, barspoon, and strainer. We like to serve this drink up, in a chilled coupe or cocktail glass.
Two great ways to chill a cocktail glass:
- Put it in the freezer 15-20 minutes before you make your cocktail, or
- Fill it with ice and let it sit on the bar top while you're preparing the cocktail. When ready to serve, just dump the ice (you can re-use that ice for making more cocktails too).
Here is the basic recipe with instructions:
Black Manhattan Cocktail
- 2 oz Rye Whiskey
- 1 oz Amaro (we use Averna)
- 1 dash Angostura bitters
- 1 dash orange bitters
- Luxardo Maraschino Cherry garnish
- Add the rye whiskey, amaro, and bitters to a Mixing Glass; fill with ice
- Stir to chill and dilute.
- Strain into a chilled cocktail glass
And of course, if you want to make our custom variation, you'll have to go hunt down some fresh jasmine flowers.
Shawn likes to spritz some orange oils over the surface of the glass as well; the orange and jasmine together are absolutely intoxicating as you bring the glass to your lips for that first sip....
Check out the Black Manhattan photo gallery on our Instagram Page, and stay tuned for more amazing cocktails coming to the blog soon.
Rachel Eva
Be a Cocktail Hero. Make Incredible Drinks.
Great tools help you make great cocktails - and enjoy the experience so much more. We used the Hammered Mixing Glass and Aero Cocktail Spoon to make the Black Manhattan. We make two barspoons: the Aero Spoon, which is a seamless, straight handled barspoon, and the Wingman Spinning Cocktail Spoon, which takes the guess-work out of making stirred drinks.
Both cocktail spoons come with a lifetime guarantee. You can buy them, and our other tools, at the Standard Spoon Store.


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Leone and Scherer Appointed Co-Chairs of Dewitt's Intellectual Property Group
MADISON | BROOKFIELD | MINNEAPOLIS – DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C., and its affiliate DeWitt Mackall Crounse & Moore S.C., today announced that Shareholders, Joseph T. Leone and Christopher M. Scherer, have been appointed as Co-Chairs of the firm's Intellectual Property (IP) Practice Group.
Leone and Scherer succeed Charles S. Sara, who chaired the Group from 1991 – 2018. The firm's robust IP Practice Group and its attorneys are recognized as leaders in the Intellectual Property (IP) field by IAM Patent 1000, IP Stars, The PatentResearch Review, Martindale-Hubbell and others. Its team of attorneys works with clients around the world in all matters related to IP.
About Joseph Leone
Clients around the world turn to Leone to secure and enforce their intellectual property rights. This includes securing patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, as well as asserting and defending these rights in the state and federal courts. Joe is frequently engaged in opinion work, drafting freedom to operate opinions for U.S. manufacturers and foreign companies importing goods into the U.S. He serves as an expert witness in state and federal actions regarding Patent & Trademark Office practices and procedures. Additionally, he regularly represents both applicants and opposers in actions before the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board. His clients run the gamut from multinational corporations and large research universities to startups and individual inventors.
Leone earned a J.D. from Marquette University, an M.S. in Organic Chemistry from Marquette University and an A.B. in Chemistry, Kenyon College. He is a member and past board member of the Wisconsin State Bar Intellectual Property Law Section, Member and Past President of the Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association and a member of the American Chemical Society. He is admitted to practice in Wisconsin and Illinois.
About Christopher Scherer
Scherer concentrates his legal practice at DeWitt on domestic and international patent prosecution, particularly for electrical and electronic circuits and systems, computer software, medical devices, medical patient monitoring and treatment technology, device fabrication, optical devices and systems, as well as mechanical devices. His clients include universities, small and large corporations, privately held businesses, corporations and foreign law firms. He is actively involved in the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), and serves on the AIPPI-US National Steering Committee. The Executive Committee of AIPPI has also appointed Scherer to its International Standing Committee on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
Scherer, who earned his J.D. from the John Marshall Law School, and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University, is a prolific speaker having given dozens of presentations to a variety of groups on the topic of intellectual property law, and created and taught an Intellectual Property Law course in the Marquette College of Engineering. He is a past President of the Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association (WIPLA), and he is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), the American Bar Association (ABA) and the Milwaukee Bar Association (MBA).He is admitted to practice in Wisconsin and Illinois.


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Our goal is to serve Jesus as we motivate, equip and involve all segments of the congregation at International Praise in local, national and global outreach.
The International Praise Church of God World Missions Board encompasses local, state and foreign missions. IPCOG supports World Missions at the district, state, national and international levels through our giving, sending short-term mission teams, and sending missionaries and financial support to full-time missionaries who are currently serving on the mission field.
To pray for God's will concerning the geographical location(s) that HE desires our World Mission team's involvement.
To plan mission trips and projects for the IPCOG members.
To educate and inspire everyone to support missions and missionaries presently serving on the mission field through prayer and regular financial support.
To encourage others to GO and carry the Gospel to the ends of the earth.
To distribute missions information and materials.
To promote missions giving on the First Sunday of each month during Worship Services, quarterly and as directed by the Senior Pastor.


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Even if I don't celebrate Thanksgiving (I don't have the energy what with Halloween and Christmas), I will still use it as an excuse to make pie. Because pie is delicious, pie is great, pie is amazing even. Look at me, I sound like a political candidate there...
But that is my hard sell because this is a truly fabulous pecan pie based on a pecan pie I used to make for a restaurant in Sydney. Many friends begged me for the recipe and so here it is, adapted over the years so that it is the very best pecan pie ever. I can't even begin to describe the wonderful interplay between the sweet filling, toasted nuts and slug of whisky.
And for that I am thankful.
Thanksgiving get it?
Actually this year I'm giving thanks that the stars and universe have aligned and my dearest wish to look after a dog has come true. We still don't own her (we were rejected AGAIN by the body corporate this week) but even having her in our company is delightfully uplifting.
She's sweet and quirky but of course any dog owner will know that having an anxious little dog is kind of like having a child. Our carefree world has to be more planned and structured while we train her to be left alone. Nowadays we tend to be home bodies but if we have to go out, we leave her with my mother who adores her or with the nice lady upstairs who brought her to us or with Nina and they all love to spend time with her.
The other day Nina had her over dinner time so I gave her a packet of her food and a chicken neck which she gets every second day to clean her teeth (she's very agreeable but hates the toothbrush). However I forgot to warn Nina of one thing that she does. She likes to drag her chicken neck all over the carpet. I mean ALL OVER the carpet like she was mopping the carpet with the chicken neck.
We have one rug in our apartment and she always tries to drag the chicken neck to it. But Nina and Garth have carpet all over her apartment and Nina watched in horror as she dragged her delicious chicken neck all over their carpet. "There were all these things hanging off the chicken neck too, like strings," said poor disturbed (and vegetarian) Nina, shuddering at the memory.
So that's another thing. I'm thankful that she has still agreed to dog sit her even after the chicken neck incident ;)
So tell me Dear Reader, what are you thankful for? Do you celebrate Thanksgiving? Do you have a favourite pie?
Pecan Pie
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Preparation time: 45 minutes plus 1-1.5 hours resting time
Cooking time: 60 minutes
- 1 1/4 cups/175 g all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon caster or superfine sugar
- 1/2 cup/1 stick/113g butter, chilled, and cut into small pieces
- 1/8-1/4 cup ice water
Pecan Filling:
- 270g/9.54ozs. brown sugar
- 250g/8.83ozs. golden syrup
- 2 tablespoons whisky or bourbon
- 55g/1.94ozs. butter
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature
- 60ml/2.12ozs. cream
- 310g/11ozs. pecans, toasted and coarsely chopped
Step 1 - Place the flour, salt and sugar in a food processor and blend until combined. Add the butter and process until it becomes sandy in texture. Then add the ice water through the funnel until it just comes together if you pinch the dough. Roll into a ball and shape into a ball and refrigerate for 30-60 minutes.
Step 2 - Flour a clean surface and roll out the dough using flour to ensure that it doesn't stick. This is a fairly soft dough. Lift it into a 25cm pie plate and use a fork to press the sides or use the extra dough to make a plaited pattern.
The pie edge made with a fork
To make the plaited pattern cut out two long strips and stick the top of the two together and plait the two criss crossing them over each other. Use a bit of beaten egg (I used a bit from the filling) to secure them. Cover with cling film and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Cut long strands of pastry to plait
Press the ends firmly together before plaiting
Step 3 - Preheat oven to 180C/350F and place the rack on the lowest third of the oven. Place the brown sugar, golden syrup, whisky or bourbon and butter in a heavy bottomed saucepan and bring to a boil stirring well so that the butter mixes in. Remove from heat and allow to cool for 15 minutes. Whisk the eggs and cream together in another bowl and then whisk it into the syrup.
Step 4 - Place the toasted pecan pieces on the base of the unbaked pie crust. Pour the syrup on top and mix so that the nuts are coated. Bake for 45 minutes.
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|Execute a command in the current directory and its subdirectories
|GLOBAL [/H /I /J /N /P /Q /S[+]n] command
|The command to execute, including parameters and switches.
GLOBAL performs command first in the current directory. Then it makes every subdirectory under the current directory the current working directory in turn, and performs command in that directory. Command can be an internal command, an alias, an external command, or a batch file. When command is executed, it may be necessary to utilize one of the variable functions which convert a relative path to an absolute one, e.g., @truename[], @full[], etc to make sure that files of the same name in different directories are correctly handled.
The example below copies the files in every directory on drive A to the directory C:\TEMP:
[a:\] global copy * c:\temp
If a specific filename is found in more than one directory on A:, assuming COPY is the default internal command, the one found last will be left in C:\TEMP. Which one of multiple, identically named files is found last is unpredictable!
If you use the /P option, GLOBAL will prompt for each subdirectory before performing command. You can use this option if you want to perform command in most, but not all subdirectories of the current directory.
You can use command grouping to execute multiple commands in each subdirectory. For example, the following command copies each .TXT file in the current directory and all of its subdirectories to drive D. It then changes the extension of each of the copied files to .SAV:
global (copy *.txt d: & ren *.txt *.sav)
Output Redirection
The default output redirection (i.e., global command > filename) creates a new output file named filename as each directory visited. If filename does not include an absolute file path, these files will be created relative to the currently visited directory. If filename does include an absolute file path, that file will be overwritten as each directory is visited, and only the data from the last visited directory will survive.
The simplest way to force a single target file is to enclose the whole command line in parentheses, e.g.,:
(global command) > filename
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|If this option is not specified, GLOBAL will terminate if command returns a non-zero exit code. Use /I if you want command to continue in additional subdirectories even if it returns an error in one subdirectory. GLOBAL will normally halt execution if TCC receives a Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Break even if you use /I.
Without this option, if GLOBAL is unable to change to a directory (for example, if user does not have access rights), GLOBAL will stop with an error message. With this option set, GLOBAL will ignore that directory, and all of its subdirectories, and continue in the next accessible directory.
|Forces GLOBAL to prompt with each directory name before it performs command in that directory. Your options at the prompt are explained in detail under Page and File Prompts.
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If you specify a + followed by a number after the /S, GLOBAL will not execute command until it gets to that depth in the subdirectory tree. For example, if you have a directory tree \a\b\c\d\e, /S+2 will not execute command in \a or \a\b.


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World Tour
LED Wristbands
Custom VIP fans credentials
On May 8th, Taylor Swift kicked off the first show of the Taylor Swift Reputation Stadium Tour to a sold-out and record-breaking crowd in Glendale, Arizona. Over 60 000 fans were transformed into a work of art thanks to a host of high tech production elements utilized during the two-hour extravaganza, including PixMob's new Moving head projectors, creating never-before-seen dynamic lighting effects.
So how do these effects work? Ten of PixMob's moving heads trigger dynamic lighting effects and shapes via patented infrared light beams, lighting up fans' wristbands in sync with the show: "The beams are digital paint brushes. As they pan and zoom across the audience, fan's bracelets light up," said Vincent Leclerc, PixMob chief technology officer. These spatialized lighting effects become an extension of the stage lighting design, in essence, the audience is involved while creating an immersive experience.


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Indian Mission United Methodist Church was founded in 1881. It is today, as it always has been, an important and viable part of the Nanticoke People and their connection to the Creator. The structure may be small, but the hearts of those who worship there are large.
Indian Mission is located at the corner of Indian Mission Road & Hollyville Road.
Mission Statement
Indian Mission U.M.C. is a faithful community of Christian believer's who maintain and celebrate their Nanticoke Heritage as they invite others to join them in following God's way through the example of Jesus Christ and through understanding God's love.
Sunday Service
Annual Homecoming Service
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Hey Members 👋
This summer, Aotearoa has blessed us with such beautiful weather that we'd hate for you to miss out on the perfect photo opportunity!
Here's how to take the best summer pics with your Galaxy phone! Feel free to join the conversation and comment with your favourite tip for getting your picture-perfect shot!
1. Use gridlines
This tool is extremely helpful for achieving the perfect composition in your photos. Here's how to switch on your grid lines:
- Launch the Camera app.
- Tap on Settings.
- Toggle on Grid lines.
- You will then be able to use the Grid lines to help proportion your picture.
2. Time to focus
Although it seems apparent, this advice is simple to overlook when you're in the moment. Ensure that your subject or model is in focus and take advantage of your Galaxy's camera capabilities.
3. Use HDR mode
HDR mode allows you to capture more detail and light in your photos. To enable HDR, go to your camera's settings and select the Auto HDR mode.
4. Use natural light
Let's make the most of New Zealand's stunning weather and lighting while it's summer. Consider timing your shots during the golden hour if you enjoy photographing portraits or sunsets. The prime time is from 6:19 until 6:55. (AM and PM). With the ideal exposure balance, you'll see softer lighting in your photographs with a golden glow.
5. Embrace negative space
There's always a positive when using negative space. Negative space is the empty space around your subjects, which can help you enhance your shots. Negative space improves your photo by allowing your subject to stand out and become the main focus of your shot.
6. Change your perspective
Make your shots stand out from the rest by taking them from unique angles. Get creative and see things differently!
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Fortunately, the excellent zoom of the Galaxy allows you to take pictures of the smaller details. Use this to your advantage and explore your surroundings for textures and patterns.
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My studio in Rhode Island is surrounded by a historic garden. The first flowers of the season in the garden were from this 'gnarly dude' tree that flowered with ribbons of cream, palest pink and soft golds. The volunteer gardener mentioned it was a Magnolia Stellata, over 80 years old, as she handed me a cutting. This tree was magnificent in flower and after a grey winter made me very happy. So, I painted it!
Gallery framed Pastel on Wallis
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Former Comptroller Of Interconn Resources Inc. Charged With Bank Fraud
BIRMINGHAM – Federal prosecutors charged a Mountain Brook man on Tuesday with bank fraud in connection with about $1.2 million embezzled from a Birmingham-based natural gas supplier, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Patrick J. Maley.
The U.S. Attorney's Office charged WELLINGTON MONROE PHILLIPS II with bank fraud in a one-count information filed in U.S. District Court. A plea agreement with Phillips was filed today. In that agreement, Phillips acknowledges his guilt and agrees to a four-year prison sentence. He also agrees to pay the $1.2 million in restitution and forfeiture.
According to the charge, Phillips, 65, embezzled $1,158,427 from Interconn Resources Inc. (INI) between 2004 and June 2011 while he worked as comptroller and primary financial officer for the company. Among Phillips' duties were issuance of payroll, payment of outstanding accounts and receipt of payments to the company.
Phillips carried out the embezzlement scheme as follows, according to the information. Twice a month, he would issue himself an unauthorized check from the INI corporate bank account held at a First Commercial Bank. Phillips would forge the name of the company's owner on each check and submit them for payment. Phillips would then alter the company's accounting ledger by replacing his name with the name of a company to falsely reflect that company had received the check as payment. Finally, upon receiving bank statements for the corporate account, Phillips would alter the statements to remove his name and replace it with the name of the company he had falsely entered on INI's internal ledger.
"Corporate fraud does serious harm to the companies in our community. It places jobs in jeopardy and can destroy the livelihood of a company's workers and the security of their families," Vance said. "My office is intent on prosecuting corporate fraud."
The maximum sentence for the bank fraud charge is 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine. A notice of forfeiture accompanying the charge specifies the amount of $1,158,427.
The FBI investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Carney is prosecuting the case.


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The Power of Commitment
A risk free life is a boring life.
Yesterday, a college senior and I discussed life and career choices. He feels stressed. He realizes a decision today may establish the direction of his life.
Uncertainty fuels risk, risk fuels stress.
Our conversation reminded me that risk does more than fuel stress, it can fuel passion.
Moving from stress to passion
Commitment turns paralyzing stress into energizing passion. For example, suppose my senior friend commits himself to live near family rather than letting career choose his geography. His commitment transforms stress into passion. He's no longer paralyzed. He's energized to find the best job available within his geographic restrictions.
Leaders face stress.
I believe commitment converts stress into passion. Are you stressed out? Perhaps your stress is fueled by a lack of commitment to clear objectives. Perhaps you aren't committed to a clear direction or destination.
One factor in making a commitment
Values clarify and drive decisions and enable commitments. Rather than focusing on confusing complexities and current decisions, first clarify your values. Ask the question, "What's most important to me?" Ask, "What drives me?"
What goes into making a commitment to a clear destination? (organizationally/individually)
Have you experienced a conversion from paralyzing stress to energizing passion? What fueled the conversion?
Disclaimer: This short post isn't intended to address all the complexities of stress management.


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We surpply full range of filter bag cages; each cage can fit to the requirements of being light, handy, smooth and straight. Cage resembles the rib of bag. It should be light, handy, easy to install, maintain, and it is smooth and straight, to prevent the bag from damage.
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Wherever people go, they tend to form organizations: groups with similar interests who associate for mutual benefit or at least mutual fun. Here are some of the different types of organizations in Davis:
- Community Organizations — groups which have a broad base of support in the Community.
- Environmental Organizations — cabals that help Mother Earth.
- Student Organizations — clubs whose membership comes primarily from the UC Davis Campus.
- Spiritual Organizations — congregations of all types who are concerned with the divine.
- Social Structures — loose associations of people with similar interests.


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President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named Indian-American Vedant Patel to be the Assistant Press Secretary as he announced the additional members of the White House Communications and Press Staff.
Patel is currently the senior spokesperson of the Biden Inaugural and has been a part of the Biden Campaign as well where he served as Regional Communications Director.
During President-elect Biden's primary campaign, Patel served as the Nevada and Western Primary-States Communications Director.
Previously, he worked as Communications Director to Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Western Regional Press Secretary at the Democratic National Committee, and Communications Director to Congressman Mike Honda.
Born in India and raised in California, Patel is a graduate of the University of California-Riverside and the University of Florida.
Prominent among them are Megan Apper, Director of Research ; Kate Berner, Deputy Communications Director; Rosemary Boeglin, Assistant Press Secretary; Amanda Finney, Chief of Staff for the Press Office and Special Assistant to the Press Secretary; Mike Gwin, Director of Rapid Response and Meghan Hays, Director of Message Planning.
Biden also named Paige Hill as Senior Regional Communications Director; Michael Kikukawa as Press Assistant; Jennifer Molina as Senior Director of Coalitions Media; Kevin Munoz as Assistant Press Secretary; Angela Dela Cruz Perez as Press Assistant; Emma Riley as Chief of Staff for the Office of Communications; Mariel Sáez, Director of Broadcast Media; Amijah Townsend-Holmes, Press Assistant and Remi Yamamoto, Senior Advisor for Communications to the Chief of Staff.
These diverse, experienced and talented individuals demonstrate President-elect Biden's continued commitment to building an administration that looks like America and is ready to deliver results for working families on day one, the transition said.
"Restoring faith in government by speaking honestly and directly to the American people will be a hallmark of my administration. Our communications and press staff are integral to this effort and are committed to building this country back better for all Americans. I'm proud to have them serve the American people in the White House," said Biden.
"These appointees are among a diverse and experienced team that is dedicated to rebuilding the trust of the American people amidst a pandemic and a struggling economy," said incoming White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain.
"In times of crisis, clear communication can save lives and keep families safe. These staff members recognise the important role they play in communicating fact-based information to the public on behalf of the president and vice president-elect. They are respected and creative communicators ready to tackle the urgent challenges facing our nation," he said.


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We all loved cartoons and animations as kids, to be honest, most of us love watching them still now. Remember how our childhood was woven with cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Winnie, Piglet etc. Animation has seen drastic changes over the years. In 1908 the first animated cartoon "Fantasmagorie" was produced. It is considered to be the first hand drawn animated cartoon. In 1928 "Steamboat Willie" was produced by Walt Disney which was the first cartoon movie with sound. Since then popular cartoons were produced by Walt Disney, Metro Goldwyn Mayor and Warner Brothers. With the advancement of technology, animation progressed from hand drawn cartoons to computer generated ones.
October 28 is celebrated as International Animation day. The day was proclaimed by International Animated Film Association or ASIFA in 2002 to celebrate the art of animated and the artists behind it. In this International Animation Day, we have compiled the top 10 animated movies that you must watch before you die. Find out which of these haven't watched yet:
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This animated movie directed by John Lasseter is based on the story of a little boy and his toys which come to life when the boy is not around. Among all the toys he owns, a cowboy toy named "Sheriff Woody" was the toy leader .On the birthday party of the little boy, he receives an action figure called "Buzz Lightyear" and a series of events starts to occur after that involving all the toys. Watch out for amazing actions and lots of fun.
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Up is a beautiful animated movie which portrays the story of old Carl Fredrick who begins his journey in a flying tree house tied to 500 balloons to the forbidden Paradise Falls in South America with a boy scout Russel. Watch this movie for an emotional yet colourful rollercoaster ride of these two men with a huge age gap.
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This movie is based on the story of two monsters- Sully and Mike who are on a mission to send Boo, a little girl back to her home and keeping her safe from Randall, the chameleon and Waternoose, the executive officers of Monsters, Inc. Watch this movie for the twists and turns and to witness some funny looking monsters.
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Rio is the story of a male blue macaw called Blu who is taken to meet Jewel, a female macaw of his species in Rio De Janiero. While both of them are kept in an institute, smugglers break in a steal them. Their owners Linda and Tulio starts looking for them, will they find Blue and Jewel ever again? Find out yourselves!
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A young Viking, Hiccup wants to join his town's fight against the notorious dragons who raid their village often. On his journey to slay dragons, he comes across a mysterious dragon with which he develops an unusual friendship. Watch if they will be able to sustain this friendship or they have to part ways.
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The plot revolves around the villain "Megamind" who after killing the good guy "Metro Man" is left with nothing to do at all so he creates a new villain "Titan" who instead of doing good, goes on to destroy the world. Now Megamind, for the first time of his life has to save the world, can he do it? Watch the movie to know about it.
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Ice Age tells about the journey Sid, many and Diego, animals from the ice age as they unite together to return an infant to his father.
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When Gru, the super villain adopts three little girls from an orphanage, Vector, Gru's rival steals the pyramid of Giza. Now Gru plans a bigger revenge and decides to steal the moon! Can he do it? Watch the movie to know more. Don't miss the cute yellow creatures in the movie AKA minions!
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Po, the Panda who loves Kung Fu could be of very less help in his family's noodle shop. He joins Kung Fu training along with his idols Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. All of them learn under the leadership of Master Shifu. But before they know anything the treacherous Tai Lung is on his way to attack them, will Po save everyone from the threat? Watch Po in action with Kung Fu kicks and punches in the movie.
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Shrek is the story of a green ogre and his journey to save his swamp. He gets into a deal with Farquaad, who wants to become the king. He promises to return the swamp to Shrek provided he goes to rescue Farquaad's daughter Fiona. Once Shrek rescues Fiona, things started taking surprising turns. Watch this movie to know more.


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In 2005, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were mandated to increase their hours of service to the trucking community. To insure participation during the "night gate" hours of 6:00 P.M. to 2:30 A.M., a TMF (Traffic Mitigation Fee) was introduced for all loaded containers being picked up or delivered to the two ports.
PierPass Inc. processes all of the TMF's for both ports. The current applied charge is $50.00 for each 20′ container load, and $100.00 for each 40′ container load. These fees must be paid to PierPass, and show in the terminal system at the port before pick up during "peak hours" or daytime hours of 7:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
If the load is picked up or delivered during the "off peak" or "night gate" hours, no TMF applies, however Tricon does charge a fee of $60.00 for pick up / delivery of loads during off peak hours.
TMF's can be paid to PierPass by the shipper (or any company that has an account with PierPass) or by Tricon Transportation, Inc. An $8.00 service fee will apply to each TMF paid by Tricon.
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Visiting the Shakespeare's Globe after teaching the works of the bard to countless high schoolers — some in love with the form, others just tolerant — is a rite of passage, or at least it was for me. But visiting in winter months when there are no productions means I had to find appreciation for the structure any way I could. It did, however, turn out to be an easier task than I imagined.
Traveling by boat down the Thames River at sundown only added to the drama of the eventful moment. There it was, just as I had imagined. Well, sort of. It was draped with white lights, the likes of which Shakespeare could never have foreseen. And we formed a group led by a knowledgeable, animated tour guide instead of being seated by ushers. During the off-season (productions run April thru October when weather is more favorable) the non-acting players lead bard lovers like me through the Globe. So, here's the winter's tale of what to do in the off-season.
1. Appreciate history.
If you join a tour, and I strongly recommend you do, you'll sit in the seats where visibility is good and listen to a lovely recount of The Globe evolution. What you see today is the third iteration of this venerable structure. Built in 1599 of timber from The Theatre, The Globe was primarily owned by six shareholders. (Shakespeare was among them but with only a 12.5% stake.) Alas, the "Wooden O" as it was known, went up in flames when a cannon, fired during a production of Henry VIII, set the wooden beams and thatching on fire. Rebuilt in 1614, the second Globe was shut down by the Puritans in 1642, and not until 1997 did this third one called Shakespeare's Globe open for productions — and tours.
2. Pretend you're a groundling.
During Shakespeare's time (and maybe after), you could stand in the pit — enduring the elements, of course — for merely a pence. Called groundlings, these penny payers could enjoy the same comedies, tragedies, and histories seen by wealthier counterparts, but groundlings had to endure long periods of standing snuggly together, often in the rain or blistering heat. On tour, however, you, too, can stand where groundlings stood and simultaneously look up at the sky and ceiling of the stage. You can imagine what it would have been like to watch a play standing upright for oh, about three hours or so. Even today, our guide told us, theatre-goers can opt for groundling experiences. "Just check the weather forecast," he warned, "and be prepared with poncho or sunglasses or both."
3. Close in on the stage.
If you come during the season of productions, you may not get up close and personal with the stage since you'll be in the stands or in the pit watching the action. But winter tours allow you to stand and look longingly at the stage itself. You can examine faux-painted columns, hand-painted backgrounds, and a star-studded ceiling. It's here that you can lose yourself in the bard's words, letting your imagination take you back to the time you quoted Macbeth's soliloquy for senior English: "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player/That struts and frets his hour upon the stage . . ."
Or not. You may just want to enjoy the structure.
If you're lucky enough to visit London and Shakespeare's Globe, don't strut and fret over the lack of productions in winter. Take a tour and enjoy the scenery. Where else can you form a picture in your mind of the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet or the tragic events on the Ides of March?
Ah, yes. The play's the thing. But Shakespeare's Globe is fun to see all on its own.
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There are so many products, services, bloggers, podcasters, speakers, and authors vying for an audience that chances are, whatever you're offering, there's someone else out there doing something similar. I don't say that to discourage you, but to get you thinking.
In a saturated online world, how are you going to stand out?
If you aren't creating content with intention, then I think you're missing opportunities. What I mean is that you can't afford to just make things for the sake of making them. When we intentionally create content, then everything we do has a purpose. It means something.
You can't just throw a website together and expect an audience to show up, let alone engage. The look, feel, and content of your online space matters and will determine if people will stay and for how long.
Branding is essential to creating a clear, unified presence online and in person. Your brand is more than your logo. Branding is the aesthetic thread that ties everything you do together. It is the essence of how your audience will remember you and what you offer. A visual representation that connects you to your people and helps them find you amongst a sea of offerings.
The word "brand" may feel a bit commercial, but think of it more like defining your look and the feeling you want to convey. Your brand represents you, which is why it is so important. Understanding what makes you unique and showcasing that will help your brand stand out. Figuring out your branding should come before logo or website design is discussed.
Perhaps one of the most important things you can do is clearly articulate who you are and what you do. It doesn't matter what your website looks like if your audience can't figure out what you are offering them. What is the purpose of your website? What are you passionate about? Taglines and purpose statements are a great way to summarize your purpose and to let your audience know succinctly what you're about. Taglines and purpose statements are short, sweet, and to the point. Usually no more than a sentence, or as in a tagline, a few words strung together. Many times taglines and purpose statements help inform your overall web design and are used in conjunction with your logo.
What is your personal style? What looks do you love? Hand-drawn styles? Modern? Classic? Knowing your personal style can help clarify your brand. It impacts the overall look and feel of your design elements, including your logo. Style also often includes fonts you like, as well as, images that complement the feeling you're trying to convey. Is your style bold, eclectic, edgy, simple, or sophisticated? Being able to articulate your style preferences will save you and your designer a lot of time.
What colors speak to you? Establishing a complimentary color palette is essential for branding. You may like an array of colors, but as you narrow your color scheme down to 2 or 3 main colors you will see your brand begin to take shape. Warm or cold, feminine or masculine, bright or subdued, pastel or sassy colors say more than you may think they do, so it's important to think intentionally about your color scheme. Will this color scheme appeal to my audience? Do these colors create the feeling I want to convey? Keep in mind, simply stating a color name is not enough (in design). As you know, there are many shades of purple. The more specific you can be the better. To differentiate colors, designers use a color's HEX #, which ensures the right color and shade is used.
Art elements can also be used to convey purpose. What symbols mean something to you or represent the product or work you are doing? Most often part of your logo, art elements should visually represent who you are and what you are about. It's best to keep it simple considering where and how an art element may be used (like in your logo, on letterhead, on a business card, etc.). Ultimately, you want to be remembered. So choose something that is symbolic and meaningful in a style that matches the brand you want to create. Art elements don't have to be complicated. They are just another subtle way to make your brand stand out from the rest.
It may be tempting to jump right into designing your logo and website, but unless you have taken the time to establish your brand, it might feel a bit like wandering in the desert. Distinguishing your brand, with intention, will help all the other pieces of your design fall into place. It will make your work with a designer flow more smoothly and will insure that you are all on the same page about the look and feel you want. No matter what you're offering people, clarifying your message and articulating it clearly, both visually and with your content, are essential to creating a brand that will attract and engage your visitors.
So, in a saturated online world, how are you going to stand out?
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Most everyone would agree that the training and development of managers is a critical component of success for organizations — especially if you believe that a stronger leadership team makes a competitive difference. Yet despite its importance, when times are tough management training and development budgets are among the first to be cut. More often than not the reason behind this apparent contradiction is the lack of a clear connection between such training and results. Without this connection, cost-conscious executives at best view management development as a "nice" but discretionary expense and at worst as unnecessary time off.
Let's look at a quick example: The leadership development staff of a large pharmaceutical company worked with a well-known business school to create a five-day residential program on "becoming a senior leader" for their top 400 managers (just below the executive ranks). Over the course of two years, the company ran the program four times, with twenty-five managers attending each session. Each of the programs included visits from the CEO and other executives to talk about the company's strategy; case studies of other companies taught by world-class business school professors; and time for the participants to network and get to know each other. Postsession feedback was extremely positive, with participants saying that they enjoyed the program and "learned a great deal." However, six months later none of the participants could say that their business or function was any better off as a result of the program; and few could cite anything that they were personally doing differently. Based on this assessment combined with the multimillion dollar cost of the program and a budget squeeze, the program was cancelled and most of the leadership development staff was let go.
Unfortunately, this example is not atypical. Many companies create leadership programs that are filled with good content and delivered with great skill, but without any kind of measurable business impact, they eventually die on the vine.
Luckily the "fix" for these kinds of programs is really quite simple: Require that participants come to the program with a specific business challenge (either individually or as a team); build time into the program to create a plan for addressing that challenge based on the content that is presented; and then insist that managers execute against these plans after the program. Firms such as GE, Honeywell, Siemens, and many others have used this approach for years with great success — and have documented many millions of dollars of benefits. In essence they have transformed their leadership development activities from a "cost center" to a "profit center" — which makes them much more difficult to dismiss when budgets get tight.
Now that the recession is (hopefully) ending and companies are reinstating some of their budget cuts, perhaps this is a good time to take a fresh look at your management development activities — and how they can be more directly connected to real business results. Ask yourself these questions: Are the participants in your management development programs "on the hook" to apply their learnings to real issues back on the job? Will the content of your programs give managers new insights into getting things done? Do the designs of the programs allow time for participants to create implementation plans? Are your program instructors pushing past casual discussion and facilitating specific back-at-work application of learning? Have you built in follow-up to make sure that managers translate their learnings into action?
Based on these questions, how do the management development programs in your company stack up?


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What is SEO?
SEO is a widely known acronym in the tech world that stands for Search Engine Optimization, which is basically a fancy way of saying "how you get found online." Practicing good SEO is what increases that quality and quantity of traffic to your website and helps build up your brand authority to site visitors, both new and old.
High quality and technical search engine result strategy takes many factors into account to ensure you get found online in organic search results despite competition. It comes down to doing research on who's visiting your site, how they got there and the terms they used, and what they're looking for.
You can create a beautiful website built with pristine web pages and quality text and images, but if SEO isn't taken into account, those pages on your site will struggle to be found. SEO ensures what you post online will end up at the top of your search results and boost your online presence.
Developing a content strategy that boosts SEO
Developing a solid content strategy plan will give you the confidence you need to get some free SEO working in your favor. Once you know where your SEO is lacking, you know where to supplement the faults once and for all.
Based on suggestions of improvement, creating your content marketing strategy plan will not only help with optimization, it will also boost your site conversions drastically with just a few simple changes and shifting of focus.
Outline your mission
Disregard the current state of your site. Where do you see it going? What goals would you like to reach? How would you want your site to perform, to look like, to function? Who do you see using your site?
Really try to envision the goals of how you would like to build content to better your brand or business. You have all the tools, all you need is the direction and you're off to the races. Having a clear vision of what you want to do with your content strategy will help you develop it entirely.
Compare that to where you are currently
Okay, now that you know where you want to be, let's compare that to where you are currently. Don't freak out if you've got some big steps to take, you're in the right place just by being here and reading this article!
In order to know where you're going, you can use your knowledge of where you've been in the past to help you move further into the direction of your goals.
Take into account all the current outlets you have for content. Think website, blogs, social media, press release sites. Write it all down and get it on paper so you can get a good idea of other sources you can utilize next. Don't have any? Then you've only got one place to go - up!
Find your target audience
The main reason anyone delves into marketing is to connect someone or something to an outside audience. Your target audience is very specific to your own business or brand. Things like age, economic level, gender, occupation, interests - it can all be useful depending on your products or services.
For example, if you're selling construction equipment, your target audience is most likely not going to be females ages 18-25 with interests in ballet and baking (not to stereotype, we're just looking at a generalization here.)
In order to define your specific target audience, you need to take various aspects about the lives of the people you're trying to reach into account.
Choose content types and channels
Depending on who your target audience is, you can use that to choose the best place to find them online. Hospitality and product based businesses for instance do very well with social media marketing, whereas higher stake services do better with more professional avenues like news sources and press releases.
Hold yourself accountable with a content calendar
Holding yourself accountable with a content calendar helps you stay on track and keep your growth and success consistent across the board. Creating a posting and sharing calendar will help you track your content and better measure its impact.
Create your content
Content that is specifically aimed at bettering SEO should be optimized using keywords and search terms in the body text and taglines. Images and videos are also very useful in this step, as they are considered when calculating your google SERPs.
You should also pay close attention to your competitor's sites and content. Making sure not to copy, plagiarize or misuse any of their hard work, you can always do your research on your competitors to see what is or isn't working and to boost your creativity.
Start marketing
Now it's time to pull it all together! Publishing content on your site that is specifically designed to boost SEO while sharing it across social platforms will organically boost your Google ranking, build domain authority, and increase your brand awareness.
Track your results
When all is said and done, it's very important to track every step you take, including your results. Being consistent in your upkeep in marketing efforts will ensure you success long term. By tracking your results, you'll have a physical representation of how much your work is paying off, or show you where to improve.


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It's always interesting to see which products organic skincare or cosmetic brand owners choose to purchase. With some of the best organic make-up at her finger tips, Sasha from ILIA BEAUTY shared her favourite picks for the Telegraph's Stella Magazine….
- Jane Iredale Dream Tint – one of our favourite sheer tinted moisturisers
- Absolution L'eau Soir et Matin – a great water based make-up removers and toner in one
- Ilia Beauty Cheek to Cheek Multistick – a warm sienna cream blush
- Tata Harper Stress Treatment – a handbag essential!
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Our company followed a familiar branding journey: We grew and changed, and our brand no longer quite fitted who we were. It became clear to us we needed to refresh our brand, and as a design company, that's an exciting project to enter into.
We created our own new brand internally, using our own team and approach. Our new brand makes it easier for us to communicate about our unique fusion of software and our talented design community.
Current clients: Check out our new look, we think you'll like it! Read on to learn more, and don't worry — it's still our same solid service and caring team delivering your design. Thank you for your continued support.
Why rebrand now?
Like many other startups, we grew up quite fast. Our original brand was developed over 3 years ago while we were still establishing what we were as a service. The primary colors were borrowed from a previous venture the founders had started. The original logo concept was created by David Mack, our CTO and co-founder. It was a bit inconsistent and experimental, but so were we back then. It worked for what we were doing at the time.
Some of those early ideas caught on. We went from having no clients to having a whole bunch in a short time! Because of this, and over the last couple years, the SketchDeck team has grown and our service has transformed. Our design process and products are better than they have ever been before. We are much more mature as a company. We decided to rebrand because the original brand felt increasingly awkward. It no longer reflected our full capabilities or values.
This new brand makes sense and feels correct. It better communicates what we do today, and where we are going.
How did you create this new brand?
It was natural and straightforward to rebrand using the SketchDeck platform. When you have an entire design community at your fingertips and you just need to click "Start a Project", it's pretty tough to do anything else.
We felt strongly that this was an awesome project for our design community to work on. Enabling them to help shape the future of the company, and make an even bigger impact on our direction and vision, was something we were all excited for.
Our design team put in a lot of work. They really drove the creative process. We went through many different iterations to arrive at our new identity. With the logo alone we picked from 45 different concepts and 30 minor variations. This iteration and vetting was essential to the final product. It was very important for us to pick the correct set of concepts and create a cohesive start to a design system which still has room to be flexible and expand as we grow.
What are the goals of the new brand?
Just like SketchDeck is a legal entity, the company is also a social one. It is something that many different people in the world have a relationship with. Those interactions have an emotional component just like they have a visual component. For example, when someone visits our site, that has an effect. It affects what they think of us, and our brand is the foundation of that. We designed this brand to be the tangible embodiment of the values of our company.
We wanted our new brand to be more friendly and more communicative with people — and also reflect that we're a melding of design and technology. Our platform enables tons of automation. That tech lets us make design happen in a measurable and timely way. We're also a community of creatives and people coming up with ideas. Our platform creates real collaboration between clients and designers. The updated brand had to reflect that.
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Hi all
Here's a little gastronomical adventure that will leave you craving for more. Every time I go to the supermarket now it takes a lot of effort not to buy these ingredients, I would acquire a pearlike shape in no time.
- 1 box of raspberries
- 1 box of strawberries
- Ice cream (vanilla)
Clean and wash the berries carefully and put them together with the ice cream in a bowl. Give it a short whizz with an immersion blendee mixer or a kitchen machine. Just to release some juice from the fruits.
The texture of this dessert is so wonderful. The physical state of the ice cream performs a balancing act somewhere between solid and liquid. Together with the tender strawberries and raspberries it forms a trinity that has no equivalent.


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Ninie (as she has been sweetly called by Jett, and now nicknamed by most) fought going to sleep so hard last week while in Kentucky at the Army Lodge. I don't blame her really. We were all a bit out of our element.
I tried and tried...then Daddy came home from work...I left to go change the laundry over and when I came back she was fast asleep in her daddy's arms! Sweet Ninie!!!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
in her daddy's arms...
Posted by jonahbonah at 9:16 PM
1 comment:
- Amy said...
So sweet!! Daddy had the magic touch!
- July 1, 2009 at 8:12 AM
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Some children take to preschool like a fish to water without as much as a wave goodbye to parents. Most others take a lot longer, some up to a month. This time can be very, very trying for parents. Here are some tips to help you navigate the first month if your child continues to seem to have difficulty and to assess your concern that you've chosen the right school.
Persevere. The most important thing to remember is that you need to persevere. Separation is a very important developmental milestone for your child and, to be perfectly honest, for you as a parent as well. While it will tug at your heart strings to drop him off those first couple of weeks, especially if tears are involved, just remember it is in both of your best interests.
Make play dates. If your little one seems to be struggling to fit in or is perhaps a little more shy than his/her classmates, try creating a one-on-one environment outside of school at your home where there are fewer distractions and it is less intimidating. After a play date, when your child sees the classmate in school, there could be a direct association with home which can help with separation anxiety.
Watch which adults/children your child connects with. If there are multiple teachers at drop-off, listen to who your child really seems to talk about at the end of the day and try to do the drop-offs in the morning with that teacher. Also, talk about the children and teachers that your child seems to gravitate to on the way to preschool. If your child doesn't talk about other children or teachers, don't hesitate to ask the teacher at pick-up what interests/children your child seems to have to help you with those morning "pep talk" rides to preschool.
If after a month, your child still is having difficulty, reassess. Ask yourself whether the type of school/approach is the right one for your child and /or whether the chemistry with those particular teachers and particular students works. We have seen so many parents just bent on getting their child into "the" school they believe to be right for their child only to have that assumption turned on its head the first few weeks of school. While a school might have a phenomenal reputation, and in fact be a wonderful place for many children, it might not be the right one for your child. A child's reality is in fact a very small universe: a particular classroom with a particular set of children and a particular teacher(s). The chemistry, for all of your amazing research as a parent before making the decision you did, just may not be right.
After a month, don't be afraid to try a new school type. Moreover, you might learn through this process that a particular pedagogical approach that you assumed would work brilliantly with your little scholar isn't right for his personality and learning style at this point in time. You should feel very comfortable making the decision to change schools for that reason. We have seen children who really struggle in a play-based environment absolutely thrive in a Montessori school and vice versa. It is OK for some experimentation to occur in these early years as you (and your child's teachers) are figuring out how your child best learns.
– Our Friends at SavvySource.com
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I-TEAM: Problems at Fort Gordon's military housing has Rep. Rick Allen's attention
Friday, Nov. 8, 2019
News 12 at 6 O'Clock/NBC at 7
AUGUSTA, GA (WRDW/WAGT) -- An I-Team investigation into military housing has the attention of a U.S. congressman.
Rep. Rick Allen spent some time at Fort Gordon this week, and he asked leaders there about some of the issues.
Congressman Allen said he's impressed with how Fort Gordon responded, and it seems the timing of this was not lost on him.
Cyber-security is an ever-changing landscape that continues to change Augusta's skyline, but the boom isn't just downtown.
"I have great news," Allen said, "We think in June, we're going to move General Fogherty down -- who's head of cyber command, along with about 900 people. The Whitelaw building will be occupied at that point in time."
Those 900 people are going to need a place to live.
"Looking back, I wish that we would have lived anywhere else," said Adrienne Yakuboff.
For months, our I-Team looked at complaints of mold, bugs and other safety issues. The Garrison Commander himself addressed it, taking us on a driving tour of all eight neighborhoods and encouraging soldiers with problems to speak up.
Three months after our interview, sources tell us things are much better. Congressman Allen also asked about it this week.
"Right now, they're doing an amazing job of addressing any issue any family has on this base, as far as far as the current housing situation," Allen said.
But he admits the homes themselves need improvement and more funding. But as the owner of a local construction company, the Congressman knows families should be able to find somewhere outside the gate.
Still, he says, he hopes things will get better inside the gate, too.
"With our quality of living here, and with the housing that we have available, we're in great shape from that standpoint, but obviously we're working on it."
A big key to all this, of course, is money. The fiscal year ended in October, but Congress couldn't come to an agreement, so leaders passed a short-term spending bill. That expires Nov. 21.


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The SWSE is based on the Wi-Fi Security Megaprimer which we posted about a while back: https://www.securitytube.net/downloads
Full details of the certification is available here:
For an introductory price of $200 till October 15th, 2011 (only limited seats), they are providing all of the following:
- Lifetime access to the Students Portal
- Lifetime access to Bi-Monthly Webinars with Full Course Coverage and Live Doubt Clearing sessions
- Lifetime access to Q&A forums
- PDF copy of Slides, Cheat Sheets and 12+ hours of HD Videos
- Lifetime access to all future course updates
- Mock exams 2 weeks before the certification exam
- Final Certification exam
In our opinion, this seems like a great new direction in security training! Having people to see your whole full course content upfront and then allowing them to choose if they want to take your certification is as honest as it can get.
We recommend you visit SecurityTube and watch the intro video here: https://www.securitytube.net/certifications


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In eastern India the Maoist rebels, under heavy attack since 2010, are losing popular support and with it people willing to join and, worse, parents willing to allow their teenage children to be recruited. In the past teenage children were willing to join for non-combat jobs, especially if it led to some useful training that could later help them get a well-paying job. Parents went along with this, even though it was common knowledge that once the Maoists had your kids they would indoctrinate the impressionable ones and convince them to eventually volunteer for combat jobs. Often the Maoists would simply lure the kids away and more and more families, and entire rural villages, became very anti-Maoist because of that. In some areas the lack of willing recruits and hostile parents led the Maoists to try a lottery which, if parents entered, the Maoists would only accept recruits from a few of the eligible families. The lottery has not helped much and the Maoists are losing more and more popular support as the security forces regain control of more rural areas where the Maoists were long able to move about freely.
India has been fighting leftist (Maoist) rebels since the 1970s. Since 2004 the Maoists have been losing ground but remain a threat in rural areas of eastern India that the security forces have yet to enter in force. The years of losses have caused the leftist rebels to be less effective and frequent in their attacks on economic targets and to be more often fighting internal dissidents.
Since 2006 the Maoists have lost (dead, captured or surrendered) over 18,000 members. The losses were heaviest in 2010 (3,354) and lowest in 2007 (1,987 members lost). The Maoists are still recruiting, but they are on the defensive and have been increasingly avoiding battles with the police. The Maoists have adapted, by building their camps in more remote areas and using roadside bombs to attack military convoys or patrolling troops in vehicles. This is done after carefully determining where nearby police units are, because the paramilitary police will quickly go after Maoists who have just ambushed convoys or patrols.
The anti-Maoist campaign is largely a police operation, with little military involvement. The air force, after years of cajoling, finally provided some helicopters. The military prefers to stay out of any war against internal rebels. Kashmir was considered an exception because most of the Islamic terrorists were trained and armed in Pakistan then sneaked across the border. The military quite accurately see the Maoists as largely the product of corruption and bad government in the affected states. Since Indian states have a lot of autonomy, each of the states with a Maoist problem is under pressure to improve social and economic conditions for the populations who feel angry enough at the government to support, and often join the Maoists. The police have made inroads in damaging Maoist fund raising and weapons purchasing. This has led to more senior Maoist leaders being arrested or at least identified (which makes it more difficult for these people to travel freely).
The current offensive began back in 2010 when India sent a force of 75,000 paramilitary policemen to eliminate the communist (Maoist) rebels. These communist rebels and terrorists have been at it since the 1970s and are still going strong after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of the Cold War, and seeming defeat of the communist movement in 1991. These Indian terrorists belong to the Maoist movement, an organization trying to establish a communist dictatorship similar to the radical communist movement of the 1960s, when Chinese ruler Mao Zse Dong sought to "purify" the country with a lot of chaos and millions of dead. The Cambodian Khmer Rouge was the first copy-cat Maoists, and they killed over a million of their countrymen in the 1970s. The Communist Party of India is a powerful political force, and supports the Maoists, while officially disapproving of the Maoist terrorism. Thus many Indian leftists see dead Maoists as victims.
Since 2008 the Maoists have become more of a problem than Islamic terrorism in Kashmir. As a result the government has moved many of the CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force, a paramilitary organization that deals with terrorism) battalions from Kashmir to areas in eastern India where the Maoists operate.
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Pernille lost her heart to India more than 30 years ago. With a wish to give just a little bit back to the country that has given Madam Stoltz so much, we have been supporting the Nai Disha Educational & Cultural Society in New Delhi since 2010, with more than 450 children and their families under its wings.
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Indie Rock / Adult Alternative
Ros Wilting is Kathi Kowski on guitar/voice and Ringo Mortis on drums playing guitar driven indie rock. The two have been writing and performing together since their first project, Baltimore band Mommi Im Scared. MIS was a successful true-indie band and garnered attention up and down the east coast receiving local and regional press coverage and airplay on many college stations leading to top ten charting on the CMJ.
Maintaining their indie spirit, Ros Wilting produced, engineered and recorded their debut CD in their very own Sound Shed Studios. Released in June 2008, 'Ros Wilting' is currently available on CDBaby, itunes, Amazon, and many other digital download sites. They are currently in the studio working on their second release!


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Greetings! My name is Dennis Meizys and I've been working in various fields of energy generation for decades. Ok, for a little over two decades actually.
The early part of my career was spent in the very lucrative fossil fuel industry, marketing and commissioning very profitably systems meant to solve the peak energy problems utilties experience on hot summer days or cold winter "polar vortex" events. You see, due to fracking of fossil fuels, energy supply is very cheap. That's not the problem. Getting the energy to you is the real issue.
Our energy transmission and distribution systems are ancient and overloaded. In fact, it's a matter affecting our national security.
My solution involved placement of huge diesel and natural gas peaking plants near large government and commercial consumers. These plants circumvented EPA regulations, and when called into action, as I witnessed during the testing and commissioning phases of these projects, they would belch out clouds of noxious, black smoke which left me coughing even after I returned home.
My first daughter was a toddler at the time, and would ask me why I worked, and if I accomplished anything good, which got me thinking about what is really "good."
I started to feel guilty about the legacy I was leaving for future generations. Yes, I was solving a problem the utilities were having getting power to their customers through the bottlenecks of insufficient infrastructure they were so loathe to upgrade, but I was involved in an industry causing a bigger problem for the world: pollution.
You notice I didn't mention climate change or global warming? I really don't care if you don't believe in the objectivity of worldwide average oceanic temperature measurements and you attribute the height of mercury in the thermometer to your ideological bias, but facts are facts and air pollition is real, more people are dying of asthma and other cardio-respiratory diseases than in the past, and cans of tuna fish have labels printed with warnings to pregnant mothers and children about the dangers of mercury levels present in the fish, admonishing them to moderate their consumption of these products.
So if nuclear fuel is your solution to lower CO2, NOx, and SOx emissions, then research the news about radioactive fish in the Pacific, years after the Fukashima disaster.
This led me to take a pay cut and work in renewable energy to protect the environment, because I thought protecting the Earth for our children and grandchildren is worth it.
What I am looking for is people of a similar mindset to join the rebellion. No, it's not necessary to make a sacrifice to go green these days. Renewable energy has reached parity in pricing with coal and nuclear-generated energy.
That means you can choose to reduce your pollution and save money on energy at the same time. You would think that is a no-brainer, right?
With solar energy power systems available for $ 0.00 down, and the monthly costs of financing the system lower than the cost of the utility energy being replaced, resulting in immediate net savings and ownership of your energy system (something you don't get with your utility even after decades of paying them), the advantages of going green are pretty strong.
However, due to various design factors, not everybody will save an equal amount. Yet, it is very disheartening to hear someone say that they would rather pay more for dirty, polluting coal-powered energy than save with solar energy.
Do you consider that an affront to your safety and well-being also?
I invite anybody who is willing to comment, share articles, and even contribute to what I hope will become a lively community discussion on what our goals are, why we believe what we believe and what, if anything, is preventing people from taking action now.
Do you consider it an urgent matter, and if you do, are you taking action or are you waiting for the government to do something?
I hope to use this blog to inform and educate the public on my area of expertise, solar energy. However, I intend to keep an open mind to considering other solutions and hopefully someone will demonstrate better ones.
My goal as a solar consultant is to show what's available to consumers and how to best utilize the incentives for adopting renewable energy. If a consumer chooses my competitor, I still consider it a victory for the public. If I cannot offer the best possible solution, I'll refer a customer to someone who can. We're all on the same side against our primary enemy which is pollution.
Nevertheless, whether you are with me or against me, I welcome you to join the discussion.


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Andante is designed as a platform for cultural and culinary encounters. We have created a space where strangers and friends immediately feel comfortable sharing their culinary heritage.
With Andante, we have a new "stage" – a room to learn something new, as well as to rediscover old recipes and techniques.
How do you make the perfect dough for an "Apfelstrudel"? How do you make hummus, falafel or burek? What do organic vegetables or grass-feed beef taste like? How do you recognize genuine olive oil? Where can you get a perfect pecorino cheese?
Take a journey with us into the cultural and culinary diversity of yesterday and today.