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Brad Frost http://bradfrostweb.com/blog
Agree wholeheartedly. As the web evolves the concept of browser-as-canvas is becoming more and more a reality. I also firmly believe that trends, galleries, etc should be watched from a distance and a clear divide established between the inspiration you may find and the work you produce.


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With the growing popularity of moving data to the cloud, companies are faced with the decision of whether or not to host their network on premise. For starters, what is the cloud? What types of infrastructures exist? What are the various deployment models? Similarly, what are the pros and cons of the cloud vs. on premise networks? What are the architectural considerations? Learn how to effectively answer these questions in order to determine which solution is right for your business.
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Cloud Infographic: What Is Big Data, Anyway?
in Big Data, Cloud Computing, Computing, Education, Images, Infographic, IT, Security, Storage, TechnologyIn information technology, big data is a collection of data sets so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process using on-hand database management tools. The challenges include capture, curation, storage, search, sharing, analysis, and visualization. The trend to larger data sets is due to the additional information derivable from analysis of a single large set of related data, as compared to separate smaller sets with the same total amount of data, allowing correlations to be found to "spot business trends, determine quality of
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Don't you hate it when your parent's friends come over, and they bring their son/daughter.
Both parents think you two will be all:
But all you want is to be on tumblr like:
So you try to have conversation with him/her but there's nothing to talk about so you're just like:
So you tell them you'll be right back, and you run to your room like:
And you go on your computer like:
Then you come back, and you repeat this throughout the time they are at your house.
UNLESS the person is hot. Then you're just like:
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I need to train from now. Your vote is appreciated!
Not in Chicago
I vote that you focus on your family.
You suck. You should just quit. Jackass. Welcome back.
A half marathon is not, and can not be, manly.
mta : why did this post twice?
Manly half marathon
"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasn't tired and kept running anyway" -- Ennay's 7-year-old daughter
That is Manly.
I think the Pike's Peak Ascent might count as manly. None of that pussy running downhill stuff.
How do you keep your feet on the ground, when you know you were born to fly?
break'n three
I don't know if this helps, but I recently learned that a diva is a female version of a hussla, of a, of a, hussssssla. Whatever you say.
very manly - just look at the way he crosses his arms. That and his manly hair.
I love polls.
Runners run.
The 2013 running of the bitches has already occurred.
KoB was in attendance, so clearly it was the manliest, you little panty-waisted weinerschnitzel.
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Recall. Recall. Recall.
From Political Wire, emphasis mine:
A new Public Policy Polling survey shows that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) has fallen out of favor with his state's residents even more than Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) have lost favor with their state's residents.
Key finding: Just 33% of voters approve of Snyder's job performance, with 50% disapproving. Additionally, respondents said if they could vote all over again, they'd pick Snyder's opponent Virg Bernero (D), 47% to 45%.
There is good reason for Snyder's fading popularity.
Note to readers: working on a story re the relationship between Michigan Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and William Parfet of MPI Research, with exclusive information obtained via a whistleblower. Stay tuned……
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SEO Moz Pro Review
This is a review of the SEO monitoring service SEO Moz Pro.
Introduction – SEO Moz Pro
If you have no idea what SEO is read my SEO Primer article. Every website owner needs to understand what SEO is and how it's affecting your position in the search engine and your free traffic. SEO Moz Pro simply helps you to monitor your SEO performance, and the performance of your competitors. It's not necessarily an SEO consultant, but it does help you identify areas of improvement and help you to monitor how your SEO work is affecting both SERP position and natural search traffic.
SEO Moz Pro is made up of a bunch of reports, much like Google Analytics (GA) is. SEO Moz Pro has 6 useful tools for anyone doing SEO. These tools are Traffic Data, Crawl Diagnostics, Keyword Rankings, Competitive Domain Analysis, On-Page Optimization, and Social.
Traffic Data
The Traffic Data report monitors performance and changes of your natural search result traffic. SEO Moz Pro can sync with your GA account in order to provide you with reports specific to SEO. You can view your organic search visit data, much like you would in GA, but you can also view "branded search traffic." For example, let's say we're monitoring MemberMob.com (crowdsourced marketing) and we see that we have an increase in natural search visitors for the previous week. We can look further and see how much of this traffic is from branded searches, "MemberMob", versus keyword searches, like "Crowdsourced Marketing." This report shows you a graph of natural search keywords delivering traffic and also provides a data table of these keywords, much like in GA.
Crawl Diagnostics
The Crawl Diagnostics report provides you with essential information on any errors found while crawling your website. This report is much like the Google Webmaster reports but with a different viewpoint. This report is broken into Errors, Warnings, and Notices. Notices are things like 301 redirects and things that you might just want to be aware of, but aren't necessarily "bad." Warnings are things like Long URL, Overly-Dynamic URL, Missing Meta Tags, etc. Errors are problems like Duplicate Page Content, Missing Title Elements, and Server Errors. This report, although necessary to revisit over time, is mostly useful the first time SEO Moz crawls your website. One you've decided if the Errors, Warnings, and Notices are something that need to be fixed or ignored there is little value in this report on a week-to-week basis. Obviously if you have major changes to your website on a weekly or monthly basis the value of this tool increases.
Keyword Rankings
The Keyword Rankings report is a pretty standard SEO report that shows your SERP position for each of your keywords across whichever search engines you wish you monitor (Google and Bing, duh). The report shows your position as well as the delta since the last search. A nice feature of this report is that it also shows your search traffic visits and delta next to each keyword. This way you can relate any traffic increases or decreases to your keyword position changes. In the past I would simply check my keywords in Google via search link bookmarks I had saved, but this is proving to be less reliable over time. With Google getting more "local" and with the introduction of tools like Google+ each user's SERPs are less and less like their neighbors. The Keyword Rankings reports gives you a report that is not geo-localized and not affected by any outside factors.
Competitor Domain Analysis
The Competitive Domain Analysis report is probably the most informative report in SEO Moz as it shows exactly how to rank against your competitors. Of course the data is only as good as what variables you provide it. If you do not have any clear competitors this report becomes less informative. Through this report you can see both an overall ranking of your domain, SEO-wise, versus your competitors as well as the individual characteristics that make up the domain ranking, or "domain authority." This report tracks many factors some of which are External Followed Links, Total External Links, No Follow vs Follow Link Ratio, etc. This can give you an idea of why you might be performing better or worse than your competitors in the SERPs. Having the highest number of total links but the lowest number of "followed" links might lead you to realize that your competitors are better at getting high-valued links than you are.
On-Page Optimization
The On-Page Optimization report is where you can find some actual action items for improving your SEO. This report shows where you've "made the grade" on implementing your on-page SEO and where you've failed, based on the keywords that you've included for your campaign. You not only get a grade for each keyword, you also can see each characteristic that makes up the grade. Even better, SEO Moz will tell you what it takes to "fix" any item that didn't go towards a grade of "A."
The Social report provides you with information on your Twitter and Facebook interactions. You can stay updated on your follower/fan increases and decreases, traffic from your social profiles, and even your Facebook shares and Twitter retweets.
At the time of this blog post the price of the SEO Moz Pro subscription is $99/month. I know for my business this price is worth every penny to be on top of my SEO efforts. I might not find something every month to improve on but I definitely have to be on top of my website SEO work to make sure I'm staying ahead of my competitors.


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Nation's Restaurant News was treated to exclusive access to Herfy, a Saudi Arabia-based quick-service chain with 195 units in the Middle East. This article originally appeared in the Nov. 26 issue of Nation's Restaurant News. Subscribe here.
'A competitive edge'
"As the best-known brand in QSRs in Saudi Arabia and the first Saudi Arabian QSR brandto the marketplace," Saeed said, "we believe we are able to bring new products to the market faster, to select premium real estate and to have a price and value advantage the others don't have."
Saeed noted that Herfy has been able to hold the line on restaurant prices since 2010 despite commodities headwinds. Herfy's combination meals range from 15 to 18 Saudi riyals, or $4 to $4.80.
"We have the competitive edge," Saeed said, "because we own our own bakery, meat processing plant, commissary and distribution facility. All of these contribute to our lower costs and premium-quality products. In addition, this ensures we have a smooth, safe and secure supply chain."
That has given Herfy wide berth in pricing power, analysts said.
"We believe Herfy could easily raise its menu prices, especially given that it has not increased prices in the past two years," EFGHermes analysts said.
Much of that pricing power is a credit to "the vertical integration of their supply chain," said Oliver Brown, a restaurant consultant based in Live Oak, Fla., who is familiar with Herfy. Brown, a veteran of the Burger King system, was brought in with another U.S. advisor by Alwaleed in 1993 to work with the Herfy organization.
"The prince's concern was whether Herfy could compete successfully with Burger King and McDonald's, which had just entered the kingdom," Brown recalled. "The reason they hired me was their menu was a close knockoff of Burger King, except they had bone-in chicken."
Brown said his analysis found Herfy was strong.
"We looked at their cost structure, we looked at their real estate, we looked at their management structure, and we decided that with some minor changes, Herfy could be very successful," Brown said. "There was also a halo effect of being Saudi-owned."
Brown said one problem was trade dress, which was varied among the units because of the long supply chain, with most of the furniture and equipment sourced from the United States.
"It really was mix and match, but we got that straightened out," he said.
In addition, the Saudi market had special issues, such as the requirements of the Muslim faith for halal meat and the division of genders within the restaurants.
"You have to have a separate dining area for the women and children to separate them from the males," he said. Herfy and other public eateries, including the wide variety of U.S. brands already open in Saudi Arabia, must provide designated areas for women and families, including booths with curtains that can be pulled closed so the women can remove the veil of the traditional black abaya covering to dine.
Such hurdles have not kept U.S. chains from scouting out Saudi Arabia, which boasts a large population of expatriates and a culture of shopping and eating out.
Still, Herfy has a number of advantages over franchised U.S. brands, including a lower cost of doing business, Brown said.
"Their competitors have to pay 4 or 5 percent royalty on the top just for the use of the brand, but Herfy has built its own brand and doesn't have that cost disadvantage," he said.
Herfy also is adept at winning prime real estate locations. The company owns about 20 percent of its locations in the kingdom and leases the remainder. Units can range from 2,500 square feet to as much as 4,800 square feet.
Ahmed Abdullateif Al Shbeky, Herfy's vice president, said the company "is always looking for distinctive restaurant sites. … We will negotiate directly with the site owners to obtain the best costs, whether we are buying or leasing the site. The reputation and long history of Herfy has allowed us to select the best locations in Saudi Arabia and to negotiate excellent competitive pricing for these sites."


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How To Plant a Succulent Garden at Home
While on a recent trip to my native Santa Barbara last week, my good friend Chelsea and I planted a succulent garden outside on her patio.
We used a fun new iPhone app called Snapguide to document each step of the planting process. The app allows anyone to create step-by-step "how to" guides about any topic you can imagine.
Click on below for an easy-to-use guide on planting succulent gardens in containers — perfect for apartments or homes without big lawns or dirt beds. Bonus: This guide shows you how to plant even if you don't own gardening tools like a shovel.
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A nine-piece percussion-driven band, Borboletta performs authentic renditions of the complex arrangements of Carlos Santana's music from the past four decades to the present. The Tucson-based band will be one of several performers at the festival, which also features the Redhouse Jazz Band and the Berean Academy Jazz Band.
Visitors to the event will have the chance to experiment with Finale, a music composing and notation software, and pottery wheels. There also will be poetry, masks, beading, mural painting, drawing, painting and ceramics, and student artwork will be on display.
The Festival of Art and Music is a celebration of spring that is free and open to the general public. Activities will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the fountain courtyard between the Fitness Center and the Administration Building on the Sierra Vista Campus. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information, call (520) 515-5490. Anyone needing an accommodation in order to attend should contact the Disability Services Office, (520) 515-5337 or (520) 417-4023, at least 72 hours in advance.


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VIFF 'an open mind is advised' by TBWA\Vancouver
Agency: TBWA\Vancouver
Rating: 5.0
By Mark Banham, mediaweek.co.uk, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 02:47PM
His appointment is effective immediately. Garvie will also report to Maxus Global chief executive Kelly Clark and will be based in the Maxus office in London.
Prior to joining Maxus, Garvie was media purchasing manager in the UK and Ireland for FMCG manufacturer Danone, where he was responsible for media delivery across all company divisions.
Before that, Garvie was media manager of Northern Europe for Reckitt Benckiser, where he managed the company's media agency relationships across three territories, four business units and 18 brands.
He has also worked for media agencies and has held the role of head of television buying for Manning Gottlieb OMD, as well as holding several previous London-based buying positions with agencies including Optimedia.
Clarke said: "[Stuart] has a terrific reputation and his deep experience on both the client and agency side of our business brings a comprehensive point of view that our clients want."
As deputy trading director, Garvie will be responsible for collaborating with Hodge to "deliver best trading practices and results for Maxus clients globally," according to Maxus.
Hodge said: "Stuart is a most welcome addition to our team. As we continue to grow around the world, expanding and refining our client offerings, Stuart's input and expertise will play a key role in helping us achieve our goals."
Hodge was announced as global trading director for Maxus in July last year.
This article was first published on mediaweek.co.uk
A useful study here from the 'Pew Research Center' taking a look at the demographic make-up of US social media users across Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook. No data on LinkedIn of Google+, but great stats all the same.


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Last month, it was a little sad to find out that actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt had left Quentin Tarantino's upcoming action-western Django Unchained. With the first photos of the film revealed, we still don't know who will be replacing the actor in his role as one half of a Australian slave-owning duo. Now, it seems he's not the only one leaving the project, as tow more very notable names have bowed out.
The Playlist and Variety report that both Sacha Baron Cohen and Kurt Russell have both left Django Unchained for varying reasons. Cohen told Howard Stern his role was going to simply be a cameo, and due to the press tour for The Dictator he simply didn't have the time to film it. Russell, on the other hand, is unknown. Russell was set to have a larger role within the film, but apparently it seems the role was too small for the big star.
Cohen's role was that of "Scotty Harmony, described in the script as an overweight 24 year-old whose father purchases a key female slave for him." Originally, Jonah Hill was eyed for the character but the actor turned it down, leading to Cohen's offer. It's unclear who Tarantino will get to come into the cameo this time around, or even fill Russell's role for that matter.
Russell's role is to train the slaves inside Candieland, the plantantion for Leonardo DiCaprio's villain where the sold individuals are forced to fight it out to the death. While Cohen's role is just a quick one, it's Russell's that serves more of a weight. Given the crunch for time, Tarantino could call upon a past actor to possibly replace him. Perhaps who better to train them for violence then the man with a heart for horror Eli Roth?
Set in the South two years before the Civil War, "Django Unchained" stars Academy Award®-winner Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Academy Award®-winner Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles – dead or alive.
Success leads Schultz to free Django, though the two men choose not to go their separate ways. Instead, Schultz seeks out the South's most wanted criminals with Django by his side. Honing vital hunting skills, Django remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago.
Django Unchained will be released this Christmas.


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At Mastroni Brothers Inc., we offer a variety of services from roofing and siding installation and repair to interior and exterior restoration and remodeling. If you have any questions on a service or would like to contact us regarding your installation or repair, please complete our online request estimate form. We would love to help you.
We stand behind all of our service with some of the best warranties in the Philadelphia area. We are a fully licensed and insured Philadelphia roofing contractor. We take pride in our reputation and will stand behind our services.
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Before the rainy days and the cold months set in, you will need to have your Flourtown roof checked to see if repairs are needed. It is very important for you to have your roof checked because you will need to keep your home as dry and as warm as possible. Having leaks at home will definitely be a cause of so many problems and not only will it be very irritating, it can also cause a lot of damage to your property like the carpets, furniture, flooring and even appliances and electronics. Flourtown roof repairs do need to be a priority as soon as leaks start appearing and most preferably before hard rain or cold snows come in.
It is recommended that you do the roof check-up and repairs during the summer or spring months. Checking your roof does not only mean looking out for leaks or holes in it. It can also mean reassessing the strength and the overall condition of the roof. Our Flourtown roofers look for molds or lichen build up along the lining. Doing so enhances your roof's chances to last longer and to stay in good shape for a long period of time.
Flourtown Siding
Choosing Flourtown vinyl siding deserves careful consideration. There are sidings that work well in dry climates and others that work better in wetter climates. Some siding is better in windy conditions. And still others, like vinyl siding, are good in all types of weather conditions.
Choosing a siding type, appropriate for your climate and the amount of care you are willing to devote to its maintenance, will not only give your house a new look, but protect your family's health and safety. Call on our experienced siding contractors to help in choosing the siding for your Flourtown home.
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The most commonly used roof material is asphalt shingles. Asphalt shingles can work on the roof of many home styles. They are often chosen because they are less expensive and they are considered the most cost-effective option.
Cedar Shakes are a good option if you are trying to create a "rustic" look. Like asphalt shingles, cedar shakes can be expected to last up to 30 years. They are made from wood blocks and usually are not of uniform size or thickness. They are usually pressure-treated to make them fire resistant. They can be stained or painted to change their appearance.
Concrete tile roofing has become increasingly popular in recent years. The concrete tiles can look like slate, shake or terra cotta tiles. The concrete is much more durable and can be effectively used to create a well-ventilated roofing system that will help to prevent loss of interior conditioned air.
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From the National Review: Christiane Amanpour's eyes darted back and forth in fear, and her mouth twisted in disgust, because she could see where this was going. A guest on her Sunday-morning political talk show, ABC's This Week, was getting dangerously overexcited, and something very regrettable was about to happen.
She could see that he was winding himself up as he talked about how a recent deficit-reduction panel hadn't been "brave enough" — because it failed to endorse the idea of expert panels that would determine what medical services government-funded care wouldn't pay for. When Obamacare was still being debated in Congress, Sarah Palin had created a media sensation by calling them "death panels," causing most liberals who supported Obamacare to quickly distance themselves from any idea of rationing care as being tantamount to murder.
Cut to Amanpour's horrified face. Cut back to the guest. Then it happened.
The guest said, "Some years down the pike, we're going to get the real solution, which is going to be a combination of death panels and sales taxes."
It was all the more horrifying because the guest was not a conservative, not an opponent of Obamacare. This guest was an avid liberal, a partisan Democrat, and an enthusiastic supporter of government-run health care. He was endorsing death panels, not warning about them. He was saying death panels are a good thing. And it was even more horrifying because of who this guest was. This was no fringe lefty wearing a tinfoil hat, churning out underground newspapers in his parents' basement. This was an economics professor at Princeton, one of the country's most prestigious universities. This was the winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, the highest honor the profession can bestow. This was a columnist for the New York Times, the most influential newspaper in the world. This was Paul Krugman, live, on national television, endorsing government control over life and death. And while we're at it, let's raise taxes on those who are permitted to live.


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August 08, 2012, 8:41 PM — It was just about two months ago that the beta version of LibreOffice 3.6 arrived, but on Wednesday the Document Foundation announced the release of the final version of the office productivity suite.
LibreOffice 3.6 is the fourth major release of the free and open source software, and it provides a large number of new features and incremental improvement over the previous versions, wrote Florian Effenberger, chairman of the Board at the Document Foundation, in the official announcement.
New innovations in the software range from invisible features such as improved performance and interoperability to the more visible ones such as user interface tweaks, where theming has improved to more closely match current design best-practice, Effenberger added.
Ready for a quick overview? Here's a rundown of some of the software's key new highlights.
1. Writer
LibreOffice's Writer word processor has been updated with myriad new enhancements in this latest release, including support for contextual spacing, the addition of Word Count to the software's status bar, and support for importing Microsoft Office SmartArt. Numerous other tweaks have been made to the software as well, as well as to the LibreOffice label/business card wizard.
2. Calc
New in the Calc spreadsheet module, meanwhile, are improved CSV file importing, support for color scales and data bars, and an option to specify a custom sheet name prefix in new documents, among many other changes. New spreadsheet functions have also been added in accordance with the ODF OpenFormula specification.
3. Impress
Then there's LibreOffice's Impress presentation module, which has been tweaked to add a widescreen format for slideshows as well as 10 new master pages, as shown in the screenshot at left.
4. Core Changes
LibreOffice 3.6 now offers PDF export with a watermark option as well as an import filter for CorelDraw documents. An "ODF 1.2 Extended (compact mode)," meanwhile, is designed to provide better interoperability.
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City services and operations over Canada Day weekend
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 by: SooToday.com Staff
Canada Day holiday operations
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON - Several municipal facilities will be closed on Monday, July 2, 2012, due to the Canada Day statutory holiday.
• Cemetery office
• Children's centres (Jessie Irving and Maycourt: closed July 2; Best Start Program: closed July & August)
• Civic Centre
• Essar Centre office and box office
• Public library (all branches)
• Seniors' centres (Drop-In and Steelton)
• Social services (Ontario Works, Social Housing and Community Child Care)
• Transit office
• Community centres
The John Rhodes arenas are closed on Sunday, July 1.
Open July 2 for scheduled events.
McMeeken Centre is closed for the season.
The West End Community Centre is closed on Sunday, July 1.
Open July 2 for scheduled events.
Ermatinger∙Clergue National Historic Site - open Sunday, July 1 and Monday, July 2 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Marine Facilities
Bellevue Marina is open July 1 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The public will have access to the pier to view fireworks.
Access to docks will be restricted to boat owners.
Roberta Bondar Marina is open July 1 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The Sault Canal recreational lock is open July 1 from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
The John Rhodes Community Centre Pool is open July 1 for swim programs only.
For scheduled times call 705-759-5419.
Open July 2 for swim programs and regular lessons.
Peter G. Manzo Pool and the V.E. Greco Pool are open July 1 from 1 to 7 p.m., weather permitting.
Roberta Bondar Park Tent Pavilion
Join us July 1 for Celebrate 100! Canada Day festivities beginning at 1 p.m.
Fireworks at dusk!
Refuse & recycling collection
No collection Monday, July 2.
Collection will be one day late for the remainder of the week.
Refuse, recyclables, leaf and yard waste must be placed curbside by 7:30 a.m. to ensure pickup.
The landfill site will be closed Monday, July 2 and will reopen on July 3.
Transit services
There will be regular weekend service for transit and parabus on Sunday, July 1.
No service for transit and parabus on Monday, July 2.
Parabus bookings for Saturday, June 30, Sunday, July 1 and Tuesday,
July 3 must be made by noon on Friday, June 29.
For transit information, call 705-759-5438.
This information is also available on our website.


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QUEST: The Best Paper Mache.
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My Definition of The Best Paper Pache:
A paper, a glue (or adhesive), a sealer and some textural and colored finishes combined to create an accurate, durable and lightweight piece of art that is strong enough to be a performance object.
Ideally, the best Paper Mache would be made with natural ingredients only, in order to be healthier, and not dependent on a highly specialized industry. So it could be made in most any situation, independent on the economical or commercial availabilities.
In my personal endeavours, acrylic paint remains the most practical paint to use (fast drying, readily available). I have hopes to make it work on top of my natural paper mache approach, but also need to find a completely natural paint that will be just as water resistant, or better. Oil Paint is the best contender so far.
Best papers I've tried:
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•Kraft paper (various thicknesses, great for quickly building thickness and strength
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These three papers are the best for my purposes. Your purposes may have you require other papers.
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It has all the properties I need for the best paper mache, except I have not found an appropriate sealer that will be compatible with it, and acrylic paints.
It is a higher quality than any other PVA adhesive I tried. It dries clear, is flexible, acid free, and scratch resistant. It also resist water better than other PVA. It is also ideal as a basecoat for acrylic paint, which never seems to separate from it (other PVA make acrylic paint crack, which is a great effect only when one wants and controls it). I use it as a sealer for my pva-glue paper mache projects, it is a great basecoat for acrylic paint, contrary to all other PVA glues I tried. Added to joint compound and water, it makes Monster Bone, which is what I finish all my paper mache project with, for an infinity of textural possibilities. Added to the paint, it makes it scratch resistant, but add a bit of gloss.
Not great for building stable hollow structures, because it is too flexible, but that flex makes it ideal to cover or repair flexible materials.
•PVA glues (aka white glue: Elmer's, Lepage, Mastercraft, etc)
They all work well, except for the major instability under temperature changes. They are brittle when cold, and saggy when hot. Still usable in most situations, but that extra worry must be eliminated.
Already Amazing, but not enough.
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You can get most of my methods for free, on this very site, if you search a bit.
I just realized I don't have an updated article about my best methods. I shall write one soon as I have time.
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Monster Bone
These results are just not strong enough for me, because of the heat/cold instability.
They are nearly indestructible in comfortable room temperature, but become temporarily brittle in the cold, or can be warped by pressure if it gets too hot. Which is why I switched to Wheat Paste, which doesn't seem to have this issue at all. The problem is finding a sealer that will protect it from moisture, and still allow for painting with acrylics. Also, if paints made with natural products have been proven to work for a durable, water-resistant finish over paper mache, maybe with a varnish compatible with them, I'd love to know!
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Information that is easily accessible to some, is not made available to most.
Hundreds of years of paper mache tradition, from various countries, and the techniques are not fully accessible online, in the "age of information".
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He pointed out that more countries – Ghana, Niger, Chad, Kenya and Mozambique – are already oil and gas producers in addition to heightened oil/gas activity in United States.
Speaking at the Nigeria Oil and Gas Conference 2013 in Abuja, Mr. Sunmonu said although Nigeria still produces over half of the sub Saharan oil and gas, the question is how to sustain the trend in view of the adverse production challenges and emerging competition elsewhere.
He also drew attention to a potential challenge on the horizon: "The US Geological Survey estimates that over 250 trillion cubic feet of natural gas may lie off Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique. To put that in perspective that is enough to power a city of one million people for 5000 years."
He added that the largest discoveries in sub Saharan Africa in recent years have been made by independent explorers. "According to Wood Mac, it is these independents, not International Oil Companies (IOC) who are leading the industry's exploration campaign and opening key new players across the continent".
Mr. Sunmonu said these are the evolving oil and gas industry in Africa, which in addition to many other global trends will impact on Nigeria.
He suggested that for the country to maintain its global stand in oil and gas production, government must provide a conducive operation environment and the fiscal terms must be in such a way that will provide competitive and attractive rate of return to the investors.
"Nigeria is a challenging operating environment, costs are at the high end of the global scale, contracting and licensing can be long and tortuous processes, and onshore, there are a multitude of security related issues that have to be dealt with on a daily basis.", said Sunmonu.
"I must acknowledge the federal government efforts in addressing these challenges but there is need to do more," he said.
On the PIB, Sunmonu said the legislation has to address long standing issues such as JVs funding, and having a strong national oil company.
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The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Andrew Yakubu said despite the challenges facing Nigeria's oil industry, the country still is the biggest Foreign Direct Investment earner in the continent.
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Karl L. Wente, grandson of the winery's founder and grandfather of present winemaker Karl D. Wente, pioneered winegrowing in Monterey County's Arroyo Seco district when he planted vineyards in the region in 1962. Like other winemakers to follow, he was impressed by the climate of the Arroyo Seco river region, the availability of excellent water, and the well-drained, rocky soils. The foresight of his decision is evidenced by the sustained production of critically acclaimed wines from the area.
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Arroyo Seco, Monterey is a cooler region with an extended growing season, making it more favorable for cool-climate varietals. Soils replete with shale and limestone deposits provide excellent drainage and minerals that impart significant flavor components to the vines. These factors also result in smaller, more intense berries and concentrated flavors. Among the varieties planted are Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot and Riesling.


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Ben Spies takes pride in his effort so it is no surprise that he has been stung by accusations of not performing at his best for the factory Yamaha team.
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The Indy race extended his frustrating and embarrassing run of mechanical malfunctions that have blighted his 2012 campaign.
Spies revelations after his early exit are clearly the first of the "litany of reasons" he claimed triggered his sudden text-message resignation from Yamaha in advance of last month's USGP at Laguna Seca.
His departure from Yamaha was announced just eight days after what has been reported to SPEED as a tension-filled scene in the Spies garage immediately following last month's Italian GP at Mugello.
Yamaha Factory Racing's Ben Spies (Photo: Yamaha Racing)
Spies finished a distant 11th, suffering from food poisoning, while his Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo scored a dominant victory.
The Indy engine failure came just three weeks after a collapsed swingarm sent him tumbling out of the Laguna Seca race.
At the opening race of the season in Qatar Spies was slowed by a cracked carbon fiber seat unit while Bridgestone rear tire problems were issues at Assen and Silverstone.
"There is frustration but it has almost got to a laughing point for me," Spies said. "I'm not even upset about it now. It has been so many things, one after another, and you just don't know how to respond to it.
"At Mugello I had food poisoning and that was a bad experience; I tried everything I could but it was a bad result. Then I was told by somebody in Yamaha that if I'm not going to ride 100% at Laguna don't show up.
"I went to Laguna and tried the best I could and the bike had a malfunction. And I came here with 100% effort and did the best I could and we had another mechanical with the bike.
"I've given my 100% so to be told what I was told after Mugello in the way I was -- and to give the effort I've given the last two weekends -- I just don't think it has been too fair."
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- 06-22-2012, 12:23 PM Thread Author #1
A700 arrived today.
I've had an A500 since they were first released, very happy with it, when I can pry it loose from wifie's hands.
So I ordered the A700 direct from Acer the first day of pre order availability.
Its to be delivered today.
I'll post my impressions later.
Hopefully many others are getting their "first customer" delivery today.
Sent from my HOX - 06-24-2012, 02:50 PM Thread Author #2
This A700 is quite a step up from the A500 in terms of build quality and appearance.
Its quick and responsive.
Down side issues:
- The tablet is delivered with Text size set to larger than the default. This causes the tablet to spend time re-sizing all text, causing word wrap in some games, and slower response to repaints. Setting this to the default text size in settings fixes this, and game play is much improved, as well as scrolling home screens.
- Scrolling web pages is not as smooth as it should be, but I suspect this is a software issue that will be fixed at some point in time.
- The Touch screen occasionally misses the first tap. Your first touch needs to be ever so minutely longer in duration, even with screen sensitivity set high (it actually makes no difference what you set sensitivity to).
- The auto-brightness setting is too dim in almost any light, so I just use a manual setting.
- You can't charge and transfer data via USB at the same time.
Note: The Charging port is not a standard USB port, but it supports micro USB devices. There is a boatload of pins behind these for the charger cable and perhaps future docks. The charger cable will not fit in a standard USB port on other devices which is good because its a 12 volt 1.5 amp charger.
Up side
Other than than its an awesome device.
Its almost a pure Android ICS device.
All of the ports supported by the A500 are also supported on the A700, but now it uses a supplied Dongle for standard size USB devices.
The front facing camera is better than the one on my HOX, and Google Talk with video works very well. The Back camera seems un-improved over the one on the A500, and lacks a lot of tweaking controls, which is easily fixed by installing another camera from the market.
The ring lock screen is cool, but nothing to gush about IMHO.
Sound is better than the A500. The bottom edge mounted speakers manage to deliver stereo sound at typical reading distances. Even better if a table is below you to use as a sounding board.
All the little problems that affected some A500s are gone:
The microphone now works perfectly.
The Compass works perfectly.
The GPS works perfectly.
It comes with a File manager built in, which seems fairly functional. I still prefer ES File Manager, but the Acer one handles external media perfectly as it is plugged in, as well as the MicroSD card.
When I set up the tablet, it offered to sync my applications that had backup settings stored on my Google account. I checked yes, and it proceeded to download and install a couple dozen apps (including the wrong version of Swiftkey) very quickly. Because it was my HTC One X that was synced with Google, I got the phone version installed, rather than the tablet version. A quick swap in the market and all is well. Just something to be aware of.
Not too much bloatware, Acer seems overly proud of the Zinio app (Magazines subscriptions - Remember magazines? How quaint).
It also came with a auto racing game, (trite as always), and WildTangent games (I will never trust that company after the malware they foisted years ago). These are easily disabled, even if you can't delete them without rooting the tablet (and thereby cutting yourself off from OTA updates).
The screen is awesome full 1080x1200.
All in all a nice step up from the A500. It will probably get beat up in the price wars if Google comes out with anything bigger than 7 inch.
Sent from my A700 using Tapatalk 2Last edited by icebike; 06-24-2012 at 09:01 PM.
- The tablet is delivered with Text size set to larger than the default. This causes the tablet to spend time re-sizing all text, causing word wrap in some games, and slower response to repaints. Setting this to the default text size in settings fixes this, and game play is much improved, as well as scrolling home screens.
Re: A700 arrived today.
I've been waiting for your follow-up post! Thanks for the info.
I'm in the market for my first tablet, and while the eventual new Asus looks good I do like the A700 specs. So, in your opinion, is this tablet worth buying? I'll be using it pretty heavily for work and play.
Thanks again! - 06-24-2012, 09:00 PM Thread Author #4
Re: A700 arrived today.
Been playing with mine for 2 days now, and its not too bad. Side by side to my iPad 3, it is much thicker and a tad bit heavier in my opinion.
Acer did a great job on the screen the colors are vivid, crisp and clear, and the A700 runs like a champ, not sure I will keep it but for someone without a tablet this is a great choice in a 10.1" tablet. - 06-29-2012, 12:32 PM Thread Author #7
Re: A700 arrived today.
Once I got to the place where I could actually put it down and stop playing with it 24/7, I find I can easily get two days of use out of it, reading the web about an hour, some tune in radio or Google Play music, a couple of light weight games, email, etc.
The battery life is way better than my A500 (which was still pretty good).
I did get the new version of Google Earth to lock up. The prior version worked just Fine. - 07-05-2012, 02:07 AM #8


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Steve Sinofsky is no longer an employee of Microsoft. Apart from being there for two decades, his greatest claim to fame was Windows 7 which was delivered on time and working. Take up was huge, and it has been an unmitigated success. Until recently, it has been the best Windows ever.
If you wanted to quit on a high, Windows 7 would be it. Steve Sinofsky didn't quit. He stayed on to manage the development of the next Windows. The new Windows is with us, and initial reception is not what you would call electric, and if you did, it is more an 'electric fence' than a 'Tesla coil'.
Who will lead the next Windows charge? It will not be Steve Sinofsky. The last job he had was to clear his desk and do the ceremony of handing back his security pin. There was no humorous video like the one made by Bill Gates. The only movie with Steve in it would be the CCTV content as he was walked to the exit.
Was it his idea to leave or was he pushed? Maybe a bit of both. His style didn't always go down well with the high command by most reports, and Windows 8 is not rocketing anywhere near upward. Was the decision to cripple the desktop such a good idea after all? In an interview recently, Bill Gates did his best to be upbeat about Windows 8 and Microsoft's general direction, and he talked about 'touch' being an important factor in the future, but he also talked of not leaving the 'natural way' behind too. I got the impression that maybe he didn't like the castrated desktop either.
Windows 7 may yet prove to be the best OS to date well into the future, and certainly as far as Windows 9. In the meantime, Windows 8 by default is garnering some bad reviews from many of the first wave of users, but '8' is great with a 3rd party start menu installed. Don't write it off just yet..
Steve Sinofsky may never get the full credit for Windows 8, especially if it is 3rd party stuff which saves it. For those who follow, they might do well to look at what has happened, and ensure that they too don't walk to the exit silently a coupe of years from now.. .


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Section 8AAA girls' basketball: Alexandria so close to state
The Cardinal girls dealt with mixed emotions after falling just short against unbeaten Fergus FallsBy: Eric Morken, Alexandria Echo Press
The look of frustration mixed with sadness on junior Amanda Christianson's face said it all as Alexandria's upset bid fell just short in the Section 8-AAA title game on Friday at St. John's University.
Christianson gave the Cardinals exactly what they wanted coming into the night – a chance in the closing seconds against undefeated Fergus Falls. Alexandria trailed by just one after a couple missed free throws by Otters' star guard Brianna Rasmusson with 5.8 seconds left.
After a timeout, Christianson caught the ball near the baseline and turned up court before getting bumped near the scorer's table. That knocked her off course just enough that she wasn't able to gain complete control the rest of the play. Christianson gathered the ball and got it into the lane where she was met by a host of Otters' defenders.
Christianson fell to the floor as the ball was knocked away again. The hopes of a state tournament appearance and an upset of top-ranked Fergus Falls went with it as the Otters hung on for a 55-54 win to capture their second straight 8-AAA title.
"The coaches told me to get it in and go to the hoop," Christianson said. "Try to get fouled or make a lay-up or something. They didn't call any fouls on the last play. I think I got fouled a couple of times."
Fans of Fergus Falls were screaming for a foul on Alexandria just seconds earlier. Both teams went hard for the rebound after Rasmusson's second miss from the line ended with players on the ground and the Otters being ruled out of bounds. It was going to take something blatant for a whistle to be blown in the closing seconds.
"I think Amanda did get fouled a couple of times," Cardinals head coach Wendy Kohler said. "But the refs, it was going to have to be a bigger foul than that for them to call the foul. She was off balance. She wasn't able to make those pitches [to shooters] like she wanted to make because of that reason. It kind of affected that whole play. It just wasn't to be, but our kids battled, and we played a heck of a ball game against a very good team."
Maybe the best game they played all season. This was an Otters team that beat Alexandria by 30 points when they met for the first time on December 4. One would never believe that after seeing how well they matched up with Fergus Falls on Friday night.
The Cardinals played with a fire in the second half after Rasmusson had given her team a nine-point lead at halftime with an off-balance three at the buzzer. Alexandria responded by scoring the first five points after the break.
That set the tone for what was a back-and-forth game the rest of the way. Junior guard Karly Betterman tied things up at 46 apiece on a lay-up with almost four and a half minutes left in the game.
The Otters came back with a 5-0 run that was capped off with another Rasmusson three from the top of the key. She picked up her fourth foul on a charge with 9:58 left and never came out of the game. She finished with 19 points, while fellow junior guard Bailey Strand had a game-high 20 after going 11-of-13 from the free throw line.
That still wasn't enough to fend off a late charge from an Alexandria team that used its depth to wear down the Otters. Christianson had 19 points, five assists and four rebounds to lead the way. Senior center Kalli Bowser scored nine of her 11 points in the second half, while Betterman poured in eight of her 10 points after the break. Sarah Bruzek added eight points, including a big bucket late that made it a one-possession game.
"With Alex, no matter what the score, it always feels like they're close and in the game," Rasmusson said. "They were hitting some shots, and we weren't at one point. They went on a little run, but we kind of stopped that and held the game and finished it out."
It wasn't before the Cardinals gave them the biggest scare of their season. Fergus Falls (29-0) came into the night beating teams by almost 27 points per game and had never been pushed like they were on Friday. In a one-game situation, the Cardinals played with confidence, knowing anything can happen in March.
"All you want is to have a chance sometimes," Kohler said. "We had our chance at it, and it didn't work out. But it's one of the most rewarding years I've ever coached in terms of the development of players and the trust in the coaches from players and the trust in players from the coaching staff. Where they came from in the beginning of the season to the end of the season, I think is truly remarkable."
The Cardinals were able to take some solace in that. The tears that welled up immediately after the final buzzer rang had been replaced by smiles for a lot of players as friends and family joined them on the court after the awards ceremony.
The Cardinals finished with an overall record of 18-9 after winning 10 of their last 12 games. Their 13-3 mark in the CLC was good for second in the conference and was the fourth straight year they have finished in either first or second place in league play.
"I'm so proud of how we progressed throughout the season," Christianson said. "We did so well, and we worked so hard on the practice court. It showed in our games how much we worked, how much we loved to play this game and how much we wanted to win and go to state."
TOTALS – Fergus Falls – FG – 18-44; Three-point FG – 4-12; FT – 15-24; Rebounds – 23; Assists – 6; Steals – 11; Turnovers – 15; Alexandria – FG – 22-40; Three-point FG – 1-6; FT – 9-12; Rebounds – 27; Assists – 11; Steals – 5; Turnovers – 21
FERGUS FALLS – Devonie Smith – 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal; Strand – 20 points, 2 rebounds, 3 steals; Hanna Swenson – 5 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists; Anna Monke – 9 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals; Kristin Sawtell – 1 rebound, 1 assist; Kristin Traiser – 2 points, 2 rebounds
ALEXANDRIA – Christianson – 19 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal; Dani Strater – 2 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal; Betterman – 10 points; Jessica Syvrud – 2 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal; Bowser – 11 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block; Emily Thul – 2 points; Macy Hatlestad – 1 rebound, 1 assist, 2 steals; Sarah Bruzek – 8 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists
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He's a singer and a preacher with a lovely wife and two beautiful children. However, Wess Morgan used to be a cocaine addict with an appetite for destruction. See what brought this prodigal home again.
David and his wife started a young adult church in a Washington D.C. movie theatre. He reaches out to college kids like himself, who are entangled in the party lifestyle.
They called a time of death on Jeff. Then, his doctor heard the Lord say, 'Pray for him.'
Phil and Kay Robertson of the hit A&E television program Duck Dynasty join Terry Meeuwsen to share how their faith has been integral to their success.
The graffiti on a building in Belgium says it all: "Welcome to 'Belgistan." In fact, some are now calling it the Muslim capital of Europe.
Researchers say the ketones found in coconut oil have slowed the progression of Alzheimer's disease in some people and may actually prevent it.