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For years, I had always prepared for bow season with the same overall approach: Put up deer stands in July and August, get my bow in order, and then hunt every weekend from opening day until I either filled all of my tags or the season ran out in mid-January.
And while I had some success filling my freezer along the way, harvesting a true Pope & Young-class buck with a bow had always eluded me.
Then two things took place that would change the way I approached my season. First, I had to have shoulder surgery in 2012, and I ended up with a long rehab and recovery period.
Surgery and Epiphany
It was assumed that 30 years of heavy shooting had complicated, if not caused, the problem with my shoulder. The surgery was a success, and despite being done with rehab, it still weighed on my mind as I focused on the 2013 bow season. I began to wonder if it was time to cut back a little bit.
The second thing that happened around that time was something I heard from a well-known deer hunter. He was advocating that except for the occasional cold front in October, to wait until the end of October when the rut kicks in to begin hunting in earnest.
Looking at my own track record in late September and October, I had killed some does but very few bucks during that time, and none were high-quality bucks.
With Bill's advice echoing in my head, I wondered if I was burning out my stands long before they had the potential to be productive for older bucks. Would hunting fresher stands during the rut produce better results?
With this newfound inspiration, I held off going to the woods for almost the entire month of October in 2013. My first couple sits in late October and early November were some of the best hunts I've ever experienced. Deer movement was plentiful, and I was seeing more bucks than does — something that had never been the case in 15 years of hunting this same farm.
First Time Success
I am convinced that at least part of the reason for the increase in deer sightings was due to the fact that I was hunting my stands for the first time, right when the bucks were starting to move more frequently because of the pre-rut. It was November 9, and I had only hunted three times all season. That day would be my first sit in a stand I refer to as the "Buck Rub Alley" stand. The wind was right, and it was a cool, almost calm morning.
I rattled every 30 minutes or so, with grunts and an occasional snort-wheeze thrown into the mix. At 9 a.m., I spotted a large eight-pointer I had named "Hitchhiker." I had been after this now 140-class buck for two years. He was on the move, and was too far for a shot. I grunted at him, but to no avail.
When the buck was far enough away that I could risk moving without being spotted, I grabbed my rattle bag and rattled hard. The results were immediate as he quickly turned, pinned his ears back, and came at me on a string. I should have Hitchhiker on my wall today, but my shot was off the mark and he lived to see another day.
"There are many variables that contribute to success in hunting, and nothing is a sure thing. The best that we can usually do is to take every measure we can on the variables that we have some control over."
Despite this disappointment, I was still encouraged that my decision to keep my stands fresh until the rut appeared to be paying off. The next day, November 10, I was in a different stand just a couple hundred yards from where I had missed Hitchhiker. Around 8 a.m., I spotted a buck about 100 yards away crossing a drainage ditch and walking away from me.
At first I thought it was Hitchhiker, and I got excited at the thought of an opportunity for redemption. I grunted at him, but despite looking my way, the buck had no interest. I grabbed my rattling bag, and in what seemed like a repeat of the day before, I cracked the bag and the buck immediately turned and started my way.
As he got closer, I realized that it wasn't Hitchhiker. But it was a good mature buck, so I prepared myself for a possible shot. He got to within 20 yards and then stopped and stood facing me head-on, looking for the fight he had heard.
Fortunately, the brush was thick enough around my stand that he couldn't see that far, and finally he committed to coming past me. When he presented me with a quartering-away shot at 15 yards, I threaded an arrow down through both of his lungs. He made it about 80 yards before piling up.
Pope & Young
My 2013 buck turned out to be my first legitimate Pope & Young-class buck, netting just over 126 inches. As I sat down beside him, I couldn't help but smile to myself that it seemed too easy, not having had to put in days and days of hunting. Keeping my stands fresh for the rut had provided me with quick success, and it had made that season one of my most memorable.
After the great experience I had in 2013, I decided to play the same hand in the 2014 season. I stayed out of the woods from the September opener through the entire month of October.
November 1 was the first hunt of the season for me, and right off the bat I had a 140-class 10-pointer headed my way. He ended up following a doe away from me, but it was apparent that keeping my stands fresh until the rut was again providing me with quality buck encounters.
Many experts have stated that November 7–10 may be the best days of the entire rut to harvest a buck. I have also seen this to be true, and so I always try to take some vacation days each year around that time. Most of the bucks I have killed during bow season have fallen on one of those days, including my 2013 eight-pointer.
For the 2014 season, November 10 was on a Monday, so I took Monday through Wednesday off work, figuring it would be my best chance for a buck before the upcoming Missouri rifle season opener. Like in 2013, I was seeing more bucks than does, and I was also getting good responses to my grunting and rattling.
On Monday, November 10, the wind was wrong for my stands, so I opted to skip the morning hunt and sleep in instead. In the afternoon, I decided to change things up a bit by hunting on the ground in an overgrown part of the farm that I had not hunted in a long time. The wind was perfect for it, so I tucked myself into an old cedar tree early in the afternoon. My only concern was that this spot was tough to hunt and if a deer came through it would be spitting-distance close!
It was still a good hour and a half before dark when I heard what sounded like a cough or sneeze of some kind. Not expecting any deer that early, I dismissed it as nothing. Five minutes later, I heard it again — only this time it sounded much closer! Going on high alert, I grabbed my bow and waited. It wasn't long before I saw movement, and a large buck emerged from the brush not 30 yards away, headed right for me.
At 10 yards, he worked a scrape and overhanging licking branch, giving me quite a show at eye level. He looked enormous that close, and I dared not breathe. When he was done with his scrape, he chose to take the trail to my right. I carefully eased my bow back to full draw, and as he came through he was a mere five yards away!
Nothing Is a Sure Thing
I touched off the shot as his chest came into view through the shooting hole I had cut in the brush. My arrow took him through the heart and lungs, and he sprinted past me and I heard him crash not 40 yards away.
As I eased up to him, I was ecstatic to see how nice he was! He was a nine-pointer that ended up grossing 134 P&Y-style inches. He had a beautiful double-throat patch, and he was clearly an older buck. He was my second P&Y-class buck taken in as many years, and on the same date to boot! I never expected to see a buck of this caliber so early before dark, and I truly believe it was at least partly due to my waiting to hunt until the time was optimal for big-buck movement.
That was the first time I had hunted that particular spot that season, so it was as fresh as it could have possibly been.
There are many variables that contribute to success in hunting, and nothing is a sure thing. The best that we can usually do is to take every measure we can on the variables that we have some control over.
While not a new concept of course, I proved to myself that there can be real value in keeping stands fresh, and then waiting until conditions are optimal for big-buck movement before hunting them in earnest. For me, this was a change from the normal routine I had followed for years, and it paid off for me in spades. And it can work for you, too!


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Cuffing Season: 5 Men to Watch Out For This Fall
Tis the season to be cuffing and luckily for us, there are quite a few suitable bachelors. Here's our starting line-up of fellows prime for ogling and fawning over this fall.
1. Kirko Bangz
The Houston-bred spitter is putting his by-line on wax more frequently these days. With collabos with DJ Khaled, Pharrell, Tyga and Master P in the can, Kirko will ensure you always have a drank in yo' cup and never procrastinate either. Listen to his latest offering Procrastination Kills 4 mixtape here.


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The Other Not-So-Green Meat, A Rocker's Eco-Ride and 6 South American Stories
Sustainablog ponders the life cycle of pig.
Rockers roll up in a Smart car at MTV's Video Music Awards.
Eco Worldy rounds up six intriguingly green news stories from South America.
We're reminded by our addiction to oil with eight common products.
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Small Alaska town buried in snow
Southern Alaska town has received 15 feet of snow this winter
CORDOVA, Alaska | January 11, 2012
The southern Alaska coastal town of Cordova has received about 15 feet of snow this winter, city and weather service officials say.
On the city's Web site, officials have dubbed the relentless snow season "Snowpocalypse."
"Weather Stats: Since November 1st we have received 176" of snow -- Do the math!" the site states, while providing citizen updates about the latest road, school closures -- no classes all this week -- and avalanche danger levels.
Accuweather.com said Tuesday it has snowed every day since Dec. 17 in Cordova, and more snow is on the way, along with high winds. About 70 Alaska National Guard members were dispatched to Cordova Sunday to help the community of about 2,200 people on Prince William Sound dig out.
"Travel, unless an emergency, is still discouraged as it impedes the removal of the snow," the city Web site warned Tuesday. "Please stay home if at all possible."
"Tomorrow the National Guard will continue to work on the schools and the hospital. Work will also continue on Copper River Seafoods and Orca Lodge Warehouse. Work will also begin on the business district and residential areas.
"The city crews will be maintaining only one lane on many of the side streets for emergency vehicle passage.
"Please keep children off of all snow piles, snow berms and away from heavy equipment. Visibility with all the snow piles is very limited."
People who feel their homes are unsafe because of snow on their roofs were encouraged to head to an emergency shelter.
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In the previous years
|Many car companies have launched their new models here:
Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Ferrari, Ford, Honda, Jeep, Mercedes, Nissan, Volvo, Opel, Peugeot, Renault and Subaru.
|Our Equestrian Park's programmes provide a colourful background for product launches:
Agrolánc Ltd., Aspectis Ltd., Continental Hungária Ltd., DANONE Ltd., Gillette Ltd., Hauser, Neckermann, Manitou and Unilever.
|The following companies chose us as the venue to celebrate special events:
AXN, Cityrama Travel Agency, Imperial Tobacco, HBO and ECHO TV, Eurosport, KÖBE - Central European Mutual Insurance Association, Samsung, Sony-Ericsson, Varta – Remington.
|We have hosted a number of protocol delegations in the recent years in Domonyvölgy:
the guests of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Office of Parliament, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Office of the Chief Prosecutor, National and Pestcounty Police Headquarters and the APEH (national tax office). We have also welcomed the speakers of the Russian and Latvian Parliaments, the Vice President of the Chinese People's National Assembly as well as the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament. Upon the request of the Hungarian Constitutional Court, we have held a gala dinner for the member of the constitutional courts of 30 countries.
|Our venue, the Lázár Equestrian Park is often chosen for post congress tour:
World Boxing Organisation Conference, EHMA - the European Hotel Managers Association's 33rd General Meeting (300 persons), the European Congress of Paediatrics (500 persons), the German McDonalds (500 persons), AIJA, the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration Conference 2009. (400 person), Pharma Prax International Conference of European Pharmaceutical Wholesalers, the International Conference of Urologists (300 persons), 16th World Congress for Bronchology & 16th World Congress for Bronchoesophagology, the closing evening of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition - ESPHGAN 2009 (closing event for the 1000 participants of the conference), 70th Skal World Congress 2009 Farewell dinner (830 persons).


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First things first. I recently heard from my most excellent friend Kirsten Cappy from the great state of Maine. She had this to share with me so check it out:
Pretty funny right! Thanks Kirsten, you Rock!!!! Can't wait to give this book a spin! Now on to more serious. yea right, business:
Skulduggery Pleasant, Playing with Fire by Derek Landy - This is the second book in The Skulduggery Pleasant Series and it is just as fun and full of action as the first. Now is the time to pause reading this review and skip to the next review I made sometime back on another blog. It's all about the first book and some cool stuff. Take your time I promise to wait with this review until you finish that one. All right see you back soon.......Hum, Hum, Hum , Hum, Hummm. Ah back are you? Sounds like great stuff doesn't it? Well, um, now about the second book. Skulduggery is back with his allies Stephanie , or should I say Valkyrie Cain, the kick-butt ninja stylized Tanith Low and others. An old foe of Skulduggery's, Barron Vengeous, has escaped his prison which just happens to be the very same one Skulduggery put him in 80 years ago. He has recruited sinister allies in Billy Ray Sanguine - a Cowboy of the supernatural plains whose power makes everything come undone around him (sounds confusing I know, but man this guy is dangerous), Mr. Dusk - a vampire of the utmost power, and others to bring the Faceless Ones to this dimensional Realm (if you thought Vengeous and his crew was bad, they got nothing on the Faceless Ones). On top of stopping the Barron and his allies from bringing back the Faceless Ones, Skulduggery and crew must defeat the resurrected Grotesquery - a fearsome and vicious creature assembled from various spine chilling monsters, who is also a key to bringing the Faceless Ones into our dimension. Did I mention if the Faceless Ones are brought back to our dimension that it's the end of everything. Oh well, as you can see this book has got it going at 110 ten miles per hour and it won't let you go till it's over!!!! Highly recommended for those 9 and older!!!!!!
All right let's take a trip into Bill's past:
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy - Who is the best detective ever? Did you guess Sherlock Holmes or Inspector Jacques Clouseau or perhaps The Hardy Boys? Well if you guessed any of those you would be wrong!!!!! The greatest detective ever is none other than Skulduggery Pleasant who is introduced in what I hope is a very long series of books of the same name. What sets Skulduggery apart you ask? Well first off he is not officially among the living and second off he is a walking, talking, and highly sarcastic skeleton who uses magic. His specialty is the investigation of supernatural crime (OOOOO0000000ooo!!!!!! Spooky Stuff I tell ya!!!!!). The story in this book starts when 12 year old Stephanie's eccentric Uncle Gordon dies. At the funeral Stephanie bumps into a very strange character wearing a overcoat, scarf, sunglasses, a wig and a very broad hat so that not one bit of him can be seen. Later in the story Skulduggery saves Stephanie's life while she is at her Uncle Gordon's House, which she inherited, when she is attacked by a very strange creature. Stephanie learns from Skulduggery that her Uncle was murdered and he is on the case to find out who done it!!!!!! Stephanie is fascinated by the strange unseen world Skulduggery introduces her to. A world were magic is very real and monsters exist around every corner. She persuades Skulduggery to let her accompany him on his investigation and things just get weirder and stranger from there. If you like books that are funny but also full of intrigue and action, you will love this one. I laughed so much and got caught up in the fast paced story that I finished it way to soon. Luckily there is a second book and I plan on starting it right away.
To hear a really cool interview with Skulduggery Pleasant himself go to http://www.skulduggerypleasant.com/us/world/interview.htm.
The official website for everything Skulduggery Pleasant can be found at http://www.skulduggerypleasant.com/.
Now in all seriousness, the next book I want to talk about deals with some pretty heavy stuff so if you are one of the younger readers of this blog you may just want to skip even reading further. However if you are at least an older teen, do yourself a favor and give this book a try.
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher - The two main characters of this book are Clay Jenson and Hannah Baker. One is very much alive while the other has recently committed suicide. Clay receives a package that contains tapes that Hannah made before she took her life. He is part of a list of people that Hannah has decided to tell her story to and explain how their actions affected why she did what she did. This is a powerful story that shows how our actions or inaction affect people around us. The story is well written going back a forth between Clay and Hannah as she speaks on the tapes. The reader will find themselves really caring about these characters and wanting to know them better. What did Clay do to impact Hannah's awful decision? Why did Hannah choose to do what she did? If nothing else this book will make the reader think about people they interact with and how they treat them. It will give the reader warning signs of people who are living on the edge. This is a very thought provoking story and even though you know the final outcome for Hannah you want so bad to convince her not to take the action she ultimately does. This book is recommended for readers 14 years and older in my opinion. Serious issues that need to be thought about and discussed so Hannah's fate is not shared by others.
Well that's all ladies and gents! Until next time,
Library Ninja Bill
Well that's all ladies and gents! Until next time,
Library Ninja Bill


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Pitch Perfect 3 has a new director
- Bang Showbiz
- 2 September 2016
Pitch Perfect 3 has hired Trish Sie as its new director, after Elizabeth Banks stepped down from the project
Trish Sie has been confirmed as the new director of 'Pitch Perfect 3' after Elizabeth Banks dropped out.
When the 42-year-old actress stepped out of the director's chair, it elicited a lengthy search to try and find someone to replace her.
Now, it has been confirmed that Trish, director of 'Step Up All In' - the fifth instalment of the dance franchise - will take the helm of the project.
In a tweet posted by Elizabeth, she wrote: "#PitchPerfect has a new leader - so excited @bigbadtrish is directing #PP3! (sic)"
Trish only has one directing credit to her name, although she has helped both choreograph and conceive music videos for the alternative group OK Go, including 'Upside Down Inside Out' and 'Here It Goes Again'.
The need to find a new director comes after the 'Hunger Games' actress dropped out due to parental duties surrounding her two sons Felix, five, and three-year-old Mangus.
Speaking previously, she explained: "My parental responsibilities are the reason why.
"The new schedule butts up against my parental responsibilities in a way I'm not really comfortable with."
However, Elizabeth and her husband Max Handelman will continue to be producers for the franchise, and are still determined to put out the best film they can.
She said: "Development always takes longer than you expect it to. We feel obligated to put out the absolute best next movie; we've been developing our asses off."
Having to find a replacement director has set the film back by almost half a year, with the release date now set for December 2017, as opposed to the original July 2017 release date.
The final instalment of the musical franchise will Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson reprise their roles for one final time, alongside Brittany Snow and Hailee Steinfeld.


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Some of the most striking gals that we know so well, like Cameron Diaz and Nicole Richie, have square faces, and if you're lucky enough to have a defined jaw and gorgeous cheekbones like them, consider us jealous. Of course, with such prominent features, you may be wondering how to best style your hair to complement your lovely bone structure. Look no further. We've gathered six of our favorite hairstyles for square faces below.
Perfect Haircuts for Those with Square Faces
Chic, Choppy Bangs
Bangs can be a great option for square faces when done the right way. Blunt, straight bangs can add more angles and lines to an already well-defined face, whereas bangs that that are longer on the sides of the face beautifully complement a square shape.
Textured Waves
Textured hair tends to soften your face more than sleek, straight hairstyles do. Waves, curls and chunky locks are all great for adding interest and dimension to a square face. This rule applies across the board for short, medium and long hairstyles, too.
Long Layers
If you have long locks and a great, square face, layers are important to minimize angles. Try starting with chin-length layers and see how you like the look. You can make the layers feathery or more chunky. Both look great. Ultimately, just avoid long, straight cuts of one length, since they can actually make a square face look boxier.


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This is beyond our control but we have reported the problem (as have many other practices) and we are awaiting a fix- In the meantime, you can order repeat prescriptions by:
With Dr Kelham retiring, Dr Fawden will now be based mostly in Porlock and take over Dr Kelham's list. This means that Dr Fawden will not be available very much in Dunster so we have reallocated his patients to Dr Sherry (who is currently being covered by three doctors part time whilst she looks after her new baby).
It's a time of tremendous change and we hope you will understand if there are occasional disruptions as we ease into our new patterns now Dr Kelham has retired.
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Arawa hearing extended after doc dump
Lawyer Annette Sykes says the Crown last night dumped 500 pages of documents on the tribunal relating to the mandate the Office of Treaty Settlements granted to Nga Kaihautu o Te Arawa to negotiate the claims.
Ms Sykes says the claimant hapu fear they are being written out of the tribe and their assets handed over to others.
"And that's causing major upset among a number of the tribal groups here, many of whom we would argue are the right heartbeats of Te Arawa themselves, so our very identity is at risk by a settlement that's being pushed, we argue, to meet Crown settlement targets rather than to honour the treaty principles," Annette Sykes says.
The Waitangi Tribunal will sit in Wellington next Friday to hear arguments about the mandate documents tabled at this week's hearing.
The Education Ministry's operational policy manager says a new fund to tackle disruptive behaviour should help schools bring a cultural dimension to their interventions.
Jim Matheson says schools can apply to the Interim Response Fund when a student's behaviour reaches crisis point.
Mr Matheson says while the fund is not targeted to Maori students who feature disproportionately in suspensions and expulsions, it could help principals do something different.
"Principals are quite used to thinking, 'Well, this is a young Maori person, the response I make needs to recognise what's going to work for this young one, so it might be there's a relative who can help, there might be some extra services needed,' but the driver is still the behaviour rather than anything else," Mr Matheson says.
The fund has already approved five applications.
The organiser of tomorrow's Ngaphui Festival in Auckland says it's a call for the people of the north to come home.
The Telstra Clear Events Centre in Manukau City will ring to the sound of traditional and modern waiata, with stalls, wananga on Ngapuhi history and culture, sessions on the role of women in the tribe and a gala ball.
Karleen Everitt says by moving the festival from Kaikohe to Tamaki Makaurau, the tribe is going to where most of its people live - and saying it hasn't forgotten them.
"Having the event here in Tamaki allows us to share that amazing richness of our Ngapuhitanga, celebrating our Ngapuhitanga, and now we get the opportunity to strike the flint of those torches on the way home so they can see yes, they can walk on home into the heartland of Ngapuhi," Ms Everitt says.
Ngapuhi chairperson Sonny Tau says the Fisheries Ministry has given the Government incorrect advice that its proposed shared fisheries policy won't affect the Maori fisheries settlement.
The Ministry wants to cut commercial quota in species like snapper, kahawai and paua so recreational fishers can catch more.
Mr Tau says documents released under the Official Information Act show Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton was advised the plan was positive for Maori and consistent with the Fisheries Deed of Settlement, signed by Maori and the Crown in 1992.
He says iwi oppose the shared fisheries policy because it reduces the commercial value of their settlement.
Mr Tau says a meeting of Maori, commercial and recreational fishing organisations in Auckland yesterday was united in opposition and called on the government to start again.
He says the three sectors can come up with a better fisheries management plan, if the government will let them.
Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples is standing by a call for iwi to occupy disputed land.
The party is in a battle with Labour's Maori caucus for bragging rights over the Government's decision to stop the sale of two Landcorp properties currently occupied by Waitangi claimants.
Senior ministers say the Maori Party's opposition had nothing to do with the decision, and they have condemned its call for more occupations.
But Dr Sharples says Labour's Maori MPs are jealous at the Maori Party's success in showing up the flaws in Landcorp's land sales process.
"Parekura and Maori MPs of Labour are angry because we have pointed this out and the people have reacted and Government has had to do a back step and do an about turn. Quite frankly most Maori MPs in Government actually support what we're doing and they just wish they'd done it," Dr Sharples says.
An Eskimo love story with a Maori flavour will be a feature of this weekend's Wellington Fringe festival.
Actress Helen Moran will perform Skeleton Woman, an interpretation of an Inuit myth of a warrior who hooks a terrifying entity that pursues him.
Moran says writer Kathleen Gallagher has created a work which resonates with New Zealand audiences.
"She really brought the Maori element in so the warrior has a Maori speech which is also set in English so there's this motif that goes through where she's used the idea of whakarongo, listening, listening with all the senses," Ms Moran says.
She has performed Skeleton Woman last year at the Storytelling as a Healing Art conference in Melbourne and the 2006 Dunedin Fringe Festival.


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The HTC Rezound Ice Cream Sandwich release date remains unclear even as owners sit two days out from the end of a promise roll out window.
HTC originally promised that the HTC Rezound Ice Cream Sandwich release date would fall into either the month of June or the month of July. That promsise was made many weeks ago and HTC Rezound owners have since been wondering when the update might arrive.
As of now, that tidbit is unclear. We do know that the update was approved by Verizon and that the software is sitting in Verizon's queue. However, we've been told that the queue doesn't mean much for immanency as the update could be sitting in there for days, weeks or months.
Read: More Info on the HTC Rezound Ice Cream Sandwich Release Date.
However, with the month of July winding down, HTC Rezound owners are hoping that it leaves the queue within the next 48 hours lest it miss its promised roll out window.
It's very possible that July is still in the mix for a roll out date as the HTC Rezound update has seemingly been on the verge of rolling out for weeks.
We've heard from an HTC rep who said that it would be rolling out July with that roll out continuing into August. We've seen it leak out to the surface. And we've even seen it make some unofficial appearances on HTC's website, a sign that something should be close.
Yet, we haven't heard from the companies that matter, namely, HTC and Verizon. Both have remained mum on the update and likely will continue that until the update begins to hit devices, something that again we expect to happen by the end of tomorrow.
HTC Rezound should have no reason to worry about the update not rolling out but it HTC and Verizon are now down to the wire as far as a deadline is concerned.
Let's hope that we see something roll out soon.


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Usually I'm not all about the cute and cuddly videos, but this one make me laugh. Probably because I hate cats, or more likely the fact that the cat knocked it's self out. I'm not sure, but it did make me laugh.
That pussy should have been blonde
Not even a wet pussy!
a pussy that hits itself? shit, I'm outta a job!
The fish made a wish to be a catfish, but it never happened
Cat^ forgive
Pussy, fish, it all smells the same.
LMAO at that vid!! Funnier'n 3 clowns in a lions cage! Huh???
Song is perfect for this!
that was the funniest thing i have ever seen ty Jay D. for that morning giggle
It'd be alot easier if you went down to the deli and ordered a fish sandwich,stupid cat!
I think "welcome to the junge" would have been better that "paradise city"
I wonder if the cat got a knot on it's head.
Guys will do the same thing in a spank booth.
If only I could get my ole ladies pussy to jump at my cock like that!
one for the fish!
"insert pussy joke here"
thats why pussy smells like fish!
..you must be kidding us, Jay?
Glass ain't it a bitch.
Cat fail
This fish thinks he's in a armored TANK,C.A.T crashing against tank
the perfect gator bait right there
stupid cat!
All that cat tasted was blood.
The opposite of cock blocking.
Wonder if he will try that again
I smell dirty whiiiite folk.....i can already see the 87 pontiac firebird on the lawn pullin the doulbewide...
fuck that pussy aint shit.
Damn...Tomcat went to all that trouble, and didn't even get his dick wet.
haha, the cat fuckin lingered in the air for a sec before it fell. terrific
Take me down to the paradise city, where the glass is clean, and knocks out the kitty.


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Are you looking for a place to grow in faith? Are you in need of prayer or maybe you are seeking something in life. Harvest International Christian Church doors are open for you.
We hope you'll join us for a spirit filled weekend worship. The presence of God and His power manifests as we join hands in praise and prayer and as we hear the Word of God.


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|September 7, 2007
Warhol: Factory Now
On the twenty-year anniversary of Warhol's death, kasia kay art projects gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition Warhol: Factory Now, which brings together works by well-known celebrity artists from Warhol's Factory: Ultra Violet, Steve Joester, William John Kennedy, Ivy Nicholson and Anton Perich, as well as a group of artists who have been influenced by Andy Warhol and artist's pop-oeuvre, including: Kristin Anderson, Sandra Bermudez, Cynthia von Buhler, Amy Cohen Banker, Cameron Crawford and T. R. Ericsson.
Warhol: Factory Now will feature paintings, sculptures, film screenings, installations and photography by exhibiting artists. The works reflect on Andy Warhol's spirit that shifted our perception of America's consumerist culture, as well as on his concentration on fundamental human themes – the beauty, glamour and fame, the passing of time, and inevitability of death. The exhibition will provide the visitor with a variety of artistic experiences that resonate on multiple sensory levels. Kasia Kay Art Projects gallery will be transformed to resemble Warhol's Factory with aluminum foil drapes, disco ball, and Sandra Bermudez's Mylar balloons installation.
Ultra Violet, born Isabel Dufresne in France, was an active participant in Andy Warhol's "Factory" from 1963 to 1971. Today she is an active artist who works in the tradition of avant-garde and her installation and multi-media work will be presented at Factory Now. Ultra Violet has been profoundly influenced by her close association with three most influential artists of the 20Th century art: Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, and Andy Warhol, and she was at the forefront of the Pop Art Movement. Her bestselling and signed by the artist memoir "Famous for 15 Minutes, My Years with Andy Warhol" will be available for purchase at the gallery.
Ultra Violet will also present a VISIONARY INSTALLATION entitled "Till Death Do Us Part," featuring: THE ELECTRIC LOVESEAT, which questions the dichotomous duality/opposition of contemporary romance/ love in direct correlation to the "spider/fly" relationship of the executioner
Ultra Violet has been featured in many solo exhibitions worldwide. Her work was included in the Audart exhibition commemorating the tenth anniversary of Warhol's death. In August - October 2004 she had an exhibit at the Washington County Museum of Fine Art.
Steve Joester is a British-born rock photographer and mixed media artist, currently living and working in New York City. Joester is known for his photos of rock icons such as Mick Jagger and Sting, and also caught Andy Warhol on film with Rob Halford of Judas Priest. He translates these images into Warhol inspired Pop Art collages. In November of 2005 and 2006, Joester exhibited his work in a private show at the former Andy Warhol Factory located at 860 Broadway. Joester's photographs have been featured in numerous publications including Rolling Stone, Interview, Cream, and Cosmopolitan. Joester has worked with every major record label and created album sleeves and posters for musicians including Bob Marley, Ginger Baker, and Be Bop Delux. Currently, Steve Joester is working on a group of paintings for a solo exhibition at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey in April of 2007 and Mr. MusicHead Rock Art Gallery, Hollywood, CA in May 2007.
William John Kennedy photographed Andy Warhol at The Factory and on-location beginning in 1964. Robert Indiana introduced Kennedy to Warhol after showing him photographs Kennedy took of him. Warhol invited Kennedy to The Factory to shoot him and his work where he eagerly acted out the creative scenes devised by Kennedy. Kennedy's Warhol archives were forgotten and placed in storage at his New York City studio where they remained for many years while Kennedy achieved great success in the New York City advertising agency arena. Kennedy's historic collection of Warhol photographs were recently brought out of storage and were exhibited at a Miami Art gallery for the very first time in 2004. Kennedy attended the Pratt Institute and the School of Visual Arts. The Warhol archives is just a segment of Kennedy's extensive photographic archive. Kennedy lives in Miami, Florida and continues to shoot for his fine art collection.
Anton Perich is an inventor, painter, photographer, video artist and Night Magazine publisher. In the early Seventies he was a contributing photographer for Warhol's Interview Magazine. He was born in Croatia, and in 1970 he moved to NYC. In the late Sixties he was in Paris active in the Lettrist Movement. In 1973 he created the first Underground Show on Manhattan Cable TV. In 1977 he invented and built the Electric Painting Machine, an early predecessor of inkjet technology. Perich is an early pioneer of Digital Art. In 1978 he started publishing Night.
Ivy Nicholson is mother to twins - Gunther Ethan Palmer and actress Penelope Palmer. Their father is John Palmer, who is often credited with the idea for the film, Empire, and also went on to direct/write the non-Warhol film, Ciao Manhattan. Ivy's son Gunther was a child model and teen actor in Paris and the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band, Mandrake, before going on to become the vocalist and percussionist in the band Stagefright. Ivy occasionally performed with her son's band in the late nineties. During November 2004 she returned to New York temporarily to direct a film - The Dead Life. She is currently creating films in New York City.
Kristin Anderson is a multi-disciplinary conceptual artist living and working in Manhattan. Her work explores interrelations, interpretations and influences of the concepts of identity, human nature, context, perspective, the role of the image, and the role of the viewer.
Amy Cohen Banker has been around the New York and international art scene for over twenty years. Banker admires Warhol's strong use of portrait as landscape, his Involvement with repetition and current events as subject matter. Her most recent acting work is in Ivy Nicholson's "The Dead Life" which also includes her daughter Meredith Banker as another character. Amy also worked with Ultra Violet on a Delaware County Museum exhibition. Amy Banker has been featured in many solo and group shows in the U.S. and beyond.
Using the mediums of photography, digital prints, video installation, and sculpture, Sandra Bermudez delves into issues of gender, explores the conventions associated with love and sex, and presents the paradoxes of human nature in dealing with these very primal emotions. In her latest work, Sandra Bermudez reflects on cultural values of our pop-culture oriented society, and an accompanying loss of selfhood in its main-stream. In her letter-shaped Mylar balloons installations, Sandra Bermudez utilizes them as ephemeral, mobile sculptures. With the use of text she makes an analogy between balloons and interpersonal relationships.
Cynthia von Buhler is an internationally exhibiting visual artist, illustrator, children's book author, and performer living in New York City. Von Buhler uses traditional as well as unconventional media: painting, sculpture, performance, video projection, installation, living fauna, collage, photography, human detritus, and electronic audio. In March 2006, Art & Antiques named von Buhler as "one of the top contemporary surrealists", however, she has also been linked to the Fluxus movement. Von Buhler's illustrations have appeared in more than a thousand magazines, books, publications, billboards, and CDs. Howard Stern owns a portrait of himself painted by von Buhler, while Jann Wenner, the publisher of Rolling Stone, bought von Buhler's portraits of Madonna and Jimi Hendrix, both of which were featured in his magazine. Von Buhler's work is also in hundreds of private and public collections all over the world. Von Buhler's solo exhibit, Flora, Fauna, and Flame, is currently held at The Staten Island Museum of Arts & Science from April – June 2007.
Cameron Crawford is an emerging and Chicago-based artist who makes sculptures out of commonplace things – cups, newspapers, electric fans, poison. The sculptures do not offer transformation and nothing transcends; they depict commonplace things – boxes, chairs, doorstops, ointment. Cups are stuck as cups, the poison stays poisonous.
T. R. Ericsson is a multi-media artist based in New York. He publishes bi-annually a limited edition of art serial called Thirst Magazine. Some issues include editions of screen prints. The aesthetics of screen printing and advertising are a nod to Andy Warhol, for whom appropriating existing images was standard practice. Ericsson will create an edition of Thirst (no.12) for the exhibition.
Warhol: Factory Now was inspired by Cynthia von Buhler's curatorial project, Andy Warhol: In His Wake, which was on view at he Carrozzini von Buhler Gallery, NY, Feb. 22 - March 14, 2007.


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Hey All! I just tried this recipe out for Spicy Pulled Beef and fed it to the Blitz Conditioning team for lunch one day, we all loved it so I thought I'd share it with you!
- 2 lbs eye of round roast
- 1tbsp. fajita seasoning (I used Old El Paso – Smart Fiesta Sensee)
- 1 tsp. olive oil (I used Bertolli Extra Virgin olive oil but cooking spray like PAM works as well)
- 1 can (540ml) Italian Seasoned stewed tomatoes –no salt added
- 1 cup water
- Rub the fajita seasoning on the roast and then placed it in a preheated pan with the olive oil in it
- Sear all sides of the roast
- Put seared roast it in a crockpot with the water and the tomatoes
- Let it cook on low for 8-9 hours
- Take roast out and pull apart and put it back in the crockpot
- Mix together and let simmer for another 10-20 minutes
- If you want a little more spice you can add more fajita seasoning or your own favorite spices.
This pulled beef goes well with rice and potatoes and whatever side veggies you want.
Here's the nutritional breakdown too just in case you're interested:
- Calories 215
- Calories from Fat 79.3
- Total Fat 8.81g
- Saturated Fat 3.63g
- Cholesterol 71.11mg
- Sodium 168.15mg
- Total Carbohydrate 2.11g
- Dietary Fiber 0.44g
- Sugars 1.56g
- Protein 28.67g
Try it out and tell me what you think!


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Accommodations Policy
New England College has a history of success in challenging and supporting students of diverse academic backgrounds who wish to achieve their full intellectual and personal potential.
Unlike some schools designed exclusively for students with learning differences, New England College does not have a special program. We have found, however, that our support services can meet the needs of students who are good self-advocates and who do not require formal, structured services, but who can find success when offered academic support in conjunction with small classes and personal attention by faculty. Typically these students have done well in "mainstream" college preparatory programs in high school, or as graduate students were successful in completing an undergraduate degree.
New England College is committed to assuring equal access to all of its programs, services, and activities. Students needing accommodations (such as extended time on tests, permission to tape lectures, wheelchair accessibility, etc.) should set up an appointment with the Disability Services Office. To be eligible for accommodations the student will need to have current, appropriate test results (within the last three years) that are submitted to the Disability Services Office. The testing must be administered by a licensed, qualified professional and must include a diagnosis and specific recommendations. IEPs, minutes from 504 planning meetings, or letters from school officials are not acceptable as legal documentation, however; they should be provided along with the required testing so that the Disability Services Director can more fully understand the needs of the student. Other types of disabilities must be documented by a certified medical and/or mental health professional, and must include a current detailed diagnosis (within the last three years), recommendations, and reasons for specific suggested recommendations. Regardless of the learning need or disability, the Disability Services Office needs to be contacted as it handles all requests for accommodations.
It is important to remember that all requests for accommodations must come through the Disability Services Office at which time the student will participate in the Needs Assessment process. Once the student has completed the Needs Assessment Form it must be given to the appropriate faculty and staff. Test documents must be received a minimum of a week before an accommodation can be provided. When working with outside agencies the process may take longer than one week.
Under ADA and 504 requirements the student is responsible for disclosing his/her disability to each person the student contacts for an accommodation. The College reserves the right to review documentation and determine individual accommodations and services. The College maintains the right to determine the appropriate accommodation based on the student's documentation. Accommodations are based on a review of the test results and may be different than services provided in high school, or as an undergraduate student.
Relevant information from disability documentation may be shared with College personnel at the discretion of the Disability Services Office. All questions about the College's compliance with ADA/504 should be directed to the College's Campus Compliance Officer in the Disability Services Office.
Statement Regarding "Reasonable Accommodations"
All New England College students are expected to produce standard, quality academic work when provided with accommodations. This means that students will be able to:
- Organize and manipulate information, i.e. think critically, compare, infer, integrate, abstract, analyze, differentiate, and evaluate;
- Reproduce learned information both by rote and apply it to new cases;
- Sustain interaction with other members of the academic community to reach common objectives (such as participate in class discussions, collaborate on group projects; and,
- Contribute to teacher/student conferences).
The College believes a reasonable accommodation is one that assists the student in compensating for his/her disability. With an accommodation a student is expected to be able to organize and manipulate information, reproduce and apply what has been learned, and meet course objectives. Following are examples of reasonable accommodations:
• extended time on tests
• tutor support and review
• recorded lectures
• lecture notes
• books-on-tape
• test scribes and test readers when appropriate
• distraction-free test location
• computer use for tests
• physical access to a classroom
Unreasonable accommodations are ones that waive the expectation that the student will meet the academic demands of the College after accommodations have been provided. Asking the College to make unnecessary accommodations would also be unreasonable (i.e. asking for a reader for a textbook rather than using books-on-CD). Following are examples of unreasonable accommodations:
• repeat of a test after it has been failed when accommodations
were provided
• change in course expectations, and/or reduction of content
• individualized instruction
• remedial coursework
• change in course grade after the fact, particularly when the
student has not made his/her need for accommodation known
• modified test content (i.e. only concrete questions, or a request
for no test)
• waiving of academic or judicial sanctions
• waiving of a College or major requirement without appropriate
documentation and justification
• using an interpreter for an on-line course that does not have an
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Two turntables and a microphone
"Two turntables and a microphone" is the basic concept of a DJ's equipment. This phrase describes turntables (phonographs) and a microphone connected to a mixer. The DJ uses the mixer's crossfader to fade between two songs playing on the turntables. Fading often includes beatmatching. Live hip hop music also often has an MC rapping into the microphone. In nightclubs the microphone is usually used only for announcements.
Jimmy Savile claimed to be the first ever DJ. According to his autobiography, he was the first person to use two turntables and a microphone, at the Grand Records Ball at the Guardbridge Hotel in 1947.[1] Savile is acknowledged as one of the pioneers of twin turntables for continuous play of music,[2] though his claim has been disputed. Twin turntables were illustrated in the BBC Handbook in 1929, and were advertised for sale in Gramophone magazine in 1931.[3]
"Two turntables and a microphone" is the title of a 2008 documentary of the life of hip-hop DJ Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell) and is an iPad DJ app from Sprightly Software available on the Apple App Store.[4] It is also the phrase which Beck's song, "Where It's At" is known by. In the chorus, he exclaims, "I've got two turntables and a microphone".
- ^ Miller, Harland (27 April 2004). "Harland Miller on Jimmy Savile: inventor of hip-hop style". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- ^ Brewster, Bill; Frank Browghton. "DJ Awards-History". djawards.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- ^ Donovan, Paul (1991). The Radio Companion. London: HarperCollins. p. 198. ISBN 0-246-13648-0. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ "2 Turntables and a Microphone 3.1 – iPad DJ App with Pro Loop Technology". MacMegasite. 4 June 2015. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
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This 3-part manual on sexual disorders is edited by 2 psychiatrists who have been engaged for more than 20 years in clinical treatment of patients with sexual problems. Drs Balon and Segraves bring their rich experience to this field. Patients with sexual disorders need extra time to present their questions of doubt, confusion, misunderstanding, and perhaps guilt and shame. They also need clarification and understanding—and possible answers and reassurance.
Sex education in the home remains a wonderful rarity. In the past 2 to 4 decades, accurate sex education has finally become readily available in the United States—a result of sexual research. However, few physicians can say they received adequate sex education as children from parents comfortable enough to sit them down and say, "Sex is good. Let me tell you about the positives and negatives."
Sexual silence at home and in most classrooms continues to allow much misinformation to remain. Early sexual experiences—while secret and exciting—can inevitably develop into fears, guilt, doubts, and ignorance. Some patients may require inquiry and discussion of sexual matters in individual therapeutic settings.
Therefore, many physicians will benefit from this interesting and readable paperback. It is well organized, and it includes contributions by clinical specialists and an indexed section to assist in rapid reference. Clinical Manual of Sexual Disorders is of great benefit to any patient, either gender, single or partnered. I highly recommend it for every physician's bookshelf and for personal reading.


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I've tried a couple file selectors, all very good..
Haven't found one that has the ability to interpret and associate desktop icon links to actual file locations.
ex: Image Copy to load an image from desktop icon, Photoline to load, and save an image to desktop, but create a desk icon, linked to the files actual directory on storage. Same with Kobold and similar *.prg's.
Purpose for my use is ease of locating an actual file nested several folders into a directory. Some prgs can't have default directories set, requiring time (we all try to minimize) to search original file directory in use.
If this function isn't available, what would be the proper way to implement? Within the file selector, alternate desktop, or under TOS maybe an acc linker of sorts that passes desktop icon dir links to TOS and other apps.
Then if there's something already done, disregard the lengthy post
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NORWICH New and returning students had the chance to see the results of the Norwich Middle Schools multi-million dollar renovation between noon and 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Many sixth, seventh and eighth grade students took the opportunity to walk through their schedules, meet teachers and even start loading up their lockers.
The students, as well as accompanying family members, skirted boxes and furniture in the buildings hallways as they explored the facility with maps in hand.
Despite the debris waiting to be either unpacked or removed, energy and enthusiasm in the building was high. The buildings newly-tenured principal, Lisa Schuchman, said she was impressed by her staffs hard work in getting the Middle School ready for students and in their levels of energy and enthusiasm.


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Amenity Gifts
Welcome to your Personal Concierge
Enjoy a treat upon your arrival at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, or send something special to family and friends staying with us. Order using our quick and easy online system, and we'll take care of delivery to the room.
Available amenities include:
- Selection of desserts, including chocolate-covered strawberries, cookies and more
- Snacks, including cheese plate, fruit bowl and more
- Local craft beers
- Wine
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John Denver died in 1997, but his music has never gone away. He still has a manager and a fan club. His hit "Take Me Home, Country Roads" recently became an official state song of West Virginia. Now, Special Consensus gives the late artist the tribute treatment.
"It's a heartfelt project," says Greg Cahill, founder and banjoist of the long-running Chicagoland bluegrass band. "We really love and respect the music of John Denver."


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Houston Real Estate Mogul Celebrates a Huge Milestone
You Won't Believe his Astronomical Numbers & Sales LegacyBY Shelby Hodge // 05.01.17
Anne Incorvia, John Daugherty, Cheri Fama
Megan Ray, Sarah Callaway Sulma
Laura Sweeney, John & Debbie Daugherty
Mary Kay Freeman, Stephanie Aron-Weiss
Michael Silva, Joe Lucia, John Daugherty, Kay Holmes
Melissa Atkinson, Andrew McCain, Jeanne Marosis, Pat Burchett
Rob Gin, Debbie Hartstern, John Daugherty, Chris Foster
Beth Silva, Katie Vovo
Annie Daugherty, John Daugherty, Albert Spiers
Darn! If John Daugherty Jr. had only been keeping tabs on the number of houses sold over his 50 years in the business, we would have an astronomical home sales number to quote. He agreed, but demurred on making an estimate, as he shared memories and best wishes with friends, Realtors, agents and family at the 50th anniversary of John Daugherty, Realtors.
For this major milestone, the dining room at River Oaks Country Club was bustling with powerhouse top real estate agents. Laura Sweeney, Joe Lucia, Lisa Kornhauser, Michael Silva, and retired agent Diane Lokey Farb were among them. In all, more than 200 fans and employees turned out to salute the man at the helm of the extraordinary luxury residential real estate firm.
"Can you believe it's been this long," Daugherty said. "I never thought it would grow to this back in 1967." Today, the firm boasts close to 150 on the sales team.
Last year, the firm maneuvered 1,500 transactions and is on a path to do even more this year.
Only a few weeks earlier, the company was in the spotlight at the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World Conference in Miami, where the team earned 14 award honors. As Cheri Fama, John Daugherty, Realtors president and CEO, noted at the time, "These honors validate the hard work of all the agents and staff. . . To be nominated for so many awards and winning the Pinnacle is a testament to what we stand for as a company . . ."
Highlight of the cocktail party was the video honoring Daugherty with congratulations, remembrances and anecdotes. Joining in the praise were Daugherty's wife Debbie, and his daughter Annie with her beau Albert Spiers.
Who: Executive vice president Anne Incorvia, Mary Craddock, Rosie Myer, Kay Holmes, Rob Gin, Kelle Hill, Debbie Hartstern, Stephanie Aron-Weiss, Chris Foster, Megan Ray, Sarah Callaway Sulma, Melissa Atkinson, Andrew McCain, Jeanne Marosis, Beth Silva, Katie Vovo, and Pat Burchett.


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Creaent Event in Stockholm, Sweden
Latvian creative entrepreneurs, and Baltic, Finnish and Swedish creative industry representatives participated in a networking event which took place from 19–20 April in Stockholm, Sweden.
The event was very well attended, with approximately 78 participants from various creative fields and organisations. The most well-represented branch of entrepreneurs from the creative fields were the designers, but there were also other industries represented such as advertisers, architects, event promoters, creators, photographers etc., who were sharing experiences and gaining new ones.
The most important aim for the event, apart from networking and the opportunity to get to know more about the entrepreneurial backstage for creative industries in Sweden was participation in the workshops. Workshop topics included "The Afternoon Tea with Anna Linton" and "The Networking Workshop". The other main activities were lectures on scalability in creative ventures and on the forces and sources behind Creative Entrepreneurship. The lecture which was ultimately the most well-received had the unusual title of "Make enemies with SNASK". All these events were facilitated by locally well-known Swedish creative entrepreneurs and lecturers from SSE and the SSE Business Lab.
SSE Riga, as one of the project partners, organised the participation of the Latvian creative entrepreneurs, including fashion and industrial designers, artists, entertainers, film makers, project and event managers, and advertisers, and also representatives from the SSE Riga Business Lab.
The CREAENT project provides young people and students of the creative industry sector with better knowledge and competence to become entrepreneurs. More about the project >


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Is your small business struggling? Maybe you've reached a plateau and you can't seem to get unstuck. No fairy dust or magic wands here, just the building blocks for growth. It's time to stake your claim so you can build your business success.


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Published on May 30, 2017
Interrelations between Public Policies, Migration and Development in the Philippines is the result of a project carried out by the Scalabrini Migration Center (SMC) and the OECD Development Centre, in collaboration with the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) and with support from the European Union. The project aimed to provide policy makers with evidence on the way migration influences specific sectors – the labour market, agriculture, education and investment and financial services – and, in turn, how sectoral policies affect migration. The report addresses three dimensions of the migration cycle that have become an important part of the country's social and economic contexts: emigration, remittances and return.
The results of the empirical work confirm that even though migration contributes to the development of the Philippines, the potential of migration is not fully exploited. One explanation is that, despite its advancement in understanding the link between migration and development which is reflected in the Philippine Development Plan, not all policy makers in the Philippines take migration sufficiently into account in their respective policy areas. The Philippines therefore needs to adopt a more coherent policy agenda and better integrate migration into their sectoral strategies to enhance the contribution of migration to development in the country.
|Facts and figures of the Philippines
|Executive summary
|Assessment and policy recommendations in the Philippines
|The Philippines' migration landscape
|Understanding the methodological framework used in the Philippines
|Migration and the labour market in the Philippines
|Migration and agriculture in the Philippines
|Migration and education in the Philippines
|Migration, investment and financial services in the Philippines
Launch of the report : "Making the most of migration in developing countries: What role for public policies?", 14 June 2017, Manila, Philippines.
14 June 2017 - The Philippines stands to benefit from further integration of migration into sectoral and national development strategies, says new joint OECD Development Centre – Scalabrini Migration Center report
Government focal point: Commission on Filipinos Overseas
Local research partner: Scalabrini Migration Center
* 5 - 6 December 2016 - Dialogue on the Interrelations between Public Policies, Migration and Development Report in the Philippines, Manila, The Philippines
* 9 July 2015 - Consultation meeting on the Interrelations between Public Policies, Migration and Development in the Philippines, Manila, the Philippines.
* 1 July 2013 - Kick-off Workshop on the Interrelations between Public Policies, Migration and Development in the Philippines, AIM Conference Centre, Makati City, Philippines
Find out more about the Interrelations between Public Policies, Migration and Development (IPPMD) project


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How to get to Forli del SannioFly in to Pescara (PSR-Abruzzo Intl.), 51.3 mi (82.5 km) from downtown Forli del Sannio.
What to see around Forli del SannioSome highlights of the area include:
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Come join us for a day of Arts and Crafts on the Duck River in Columbia, TN!
The City of Columbia is pleased to welcome the Meriwether Lewis Arts & Crafts Show back to Columbia for its 46th year. This year's event will be held on October 14th and 15th from 9:00AM - 5:00PM. Held at Riverwalk Park - Columbia, TN (102 Riverside Dr., Columbia, TN 38401).
Only two blocks away from Columbia's Downtown Square, the picturesque Riverwalk Park will connect event attendees and visitors to the tranquil scenery of the Duck River and the city's renowned Riverwalk, which provides a walkway for visitors to travel by foot to the park and across the pedestrian bridge to Downtown Columbia.
The juried arts and crafts fair will feature dozens of artisans and crafters that produce fine, high quality goods using methods that have been passed down by tradition over hundreds of years. The Center for the Arts in Columbia (Maury County Arts Guild) has produced the Meriwether Lewis Arts and Crafts Show with support from the Tennessee Arts Commission for 45 years.


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WHAT IS HEA? The Home Energy Action Appliance Program (HEA) is a one year initiative of the New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage that aims to help low-income households improve their energy efficiency by reducing the upfront cost of efficient appliances.
The program offers NILS loan clients the opportunity to replace their existing inefficient fridge or TV with a new efficient appliance at a subsidised cost. 40% of the cost of a fridge will be subsidised and 50% of the cost of a TV will be subsidised. These appliances have been included in the program as they offer the greatest potential energy savings for households, and are also affordable and reliable.
Replacing an old inefficient fridge can save households between $80 and $200 on their annual electricity bill. Replacing a Plasma or CRT TV with an LCD can save households between $50 and $150 on their annual electricity bill.
WHAT IS NILS? The Byron Community No Interest Loan Scheme (NILS) is a community-based program providing people on low incomes safe, fair interest-free credit to buy essential goods and services.
Interest free loan amounts are between $500 – $1,000 for essential goods and services such as household appliances. Repayments are set up at an affordable amount over 12 – 18 months. There are no charges or fees.
AM I ELIGIBLE FOR HEA? To receive the HEA subsidy along with your NILS loan your household must:
- Live in the Byron Shire
- Have your NILS loan approved
- Not have accessed the HEA subsidy for the same type of item previously.
1. Contact Byron Community NILS to check if you are eligible for NILS. If you are eligible, A NILS volunteer will provide you with an application form.
2. If eligible, Choose a product from the HEA Pricelist.
3. Submit your NILS Application to the Byron Community Centre's NILS team and include your chosen product information in your application.
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The White House lashed out Monday at Republican lawmakers threatening to filibuster gun control legislation in the Senate, accusing them of trying to pull "political stunts" and "hide" behind procedural maneuvers -- as support for the filibuster continued to grow.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, announced early Monday that 13 senators had signed a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid threatening to oppose "any legislation that would infringe on the American people's constitutional right to bear arms."
Lee, along with Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, have led efforts to hold up the legislation. The lawmakers would do so by trying to require a 60-vote threshold, which could kill the legislation.
They were joined later in the day by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, bringing the total to 14.
Reid, meanwhile, took the first steps to bring the gun control package to the floor for Senate debate, while saying he was "deeply troubled" by the Republicans' warning.
The Senate returned Monday from a two-week spring recess, and negotiators are hard at work trying to refine and prep a bill for consideration. While Lee, Paul, Cruz and others dug in on their objections, other moderates and conservatives have indicated a willingness to consider the package.
President Obama criticized the proposed filibuster during a campaign-style event at the University of Hartford in Connecticut about 45 miles from the elementary school where 20 first-graders were shot and killed in December.
"Some back in Washington are already floating the idea that they might use political stunts," said Obama, who was introduced by Nicole Hockley, whose son, Dylan, was one of the victims. "They're not just saying they'll vote 'no' on ideas that almost all Americans support. They're saying they won't allow any votes on them at all."
Many in the crowd responded by chanting: "We want a vote."
The president also said some family members who lost children in the Dec. 14 school shooting are referring to the massacre as 12/14, just like the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks are called 9/11.
"For these families, it was a day that changed everything," Obama said. "And I know many of you in Newtown wondered if the rest of us would live up to the promises … once the television trucks left, once the candles flickered out, once the teddy bears were gathered up – your country would move on to other things. Newtown, we want you to know that we're here with you."
Earlier in the day, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney accused the Senate hold-outs of trying to "hide" behind the filibuster.
At the daily press briefing, he also invoked the families of the Newtown shooting victims to pressure the senators into allowing an up-or-down vote.
"Imagine what they would say to the families of the victims of Newtown about why a certain measure never came to a vote, because they filibustered," Carney said.
Eleven family members of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims are scheduled to fly back to Washington with Obama on Air Force One. They plan to lobby lawmakers Tuesday in support of gun control.
Amid the campaign for public support, two key senators are said to be working behind the scenes on the tricky issue of background checks.
Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey and West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin are reportedly in talks for a proposal to expand the checks to gun shows and Internet sales -- but, importantly, exempt some sales between hunters or close relatives.
It's unclear whether such a proposal would be embraced by pro-gun rights conservatives and the National Rifle Association, which so far has opposed the kind of comprehensive firearms legislation pushed by Obama and his allies in Congress.
But the issue of family members and others being subjected to an expanded background check system for sales between them has become an obstacle.
The most controversial element of a gun control package -- a renewed ban on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines -- has been dropped from the main bill, though it will still likely get a vote as an amendment.
But the push to expand background checks remains and has emerged as a sticking point, though White House aides and congressional Democrats point to polling that shows public support for universal background checks strong.
Opponents to the expanded checks worry that the new system could be cumbersome for family members and others involved in casual transfers.
Carney declined to comment in any depth on the Toomey-Manchin talks at Monday's briefing.


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You, dear reader, have the good fortune of reading the first words written for profit on my brand new Lenovo ThinkPad computer -- or at least what's left of it. The first for-profit words were to fly from this keyboard last week at the Technology and Maintenance Council's annual meeting in Nashville.
Alas, the machine had other plans.
Call me cheap, but I have always owned and used refurbished computers. You can grab a good one for about 300 bucks from any of hundreds of providers. They aren't hard to find, and reading the customer feedback provides some level of assurance that the company is selling reasonably good product.
I've had good luck with those machines. While they may not be the latest and greatest in high-speed gaming technology, they work really well for what I do, namely email, word processing, surfing, photo editing, etc. They are usually a few years old, in from a short-term lease and as far as my experience goes, in much better condition that the price might suggest. In a nutshell, if I can get two years or so out of a $300 computer, my cost of ownership is about a $150 a year.
Compare that to a new mid- to high-end business machine at $1,000 to $1,200 with maybe three to four years of fairly reliable service. The actual cost of ownership is about double.
Recently, my previous workhorse, a five-year-old (third year for me) Lenovo T61, began acting up. The screen was a little loose, the cooling fan was rattling, the 'L' was missing and the wires on the power supply were beginning to fray. Having got my money's worth out of that one, I went to my favorite used computer vendor's webpage and started shopping.
I'm a stickler for the IBM/Lenovo keyboard -- think about it; I spend much of my waking life using the keyboard and I have developed a distinct preference for its feel, layout, sound, etc. -- so that limits my search a little. I also prefer the business machine look of the computer as well as its good build quality and the fact that they still (bless them) use a matt finish screen.
Yes, journalists, like truckers, have technology preferences. While the application may be different, we are just as adamant about the tools of our trade. You like Freightliner or Kenworth, Cummins or Volvo. I like Lenovo.
The choices this time around were somewhat limited, and to get into what I wanted in a refurbished machine, I was looking at about $600, not the usual $349. That's pushing the limits of a casual purchase, so I began reading reviews of the machines and soon realized there were better models on the market for a bit more money.
The place I buy from also has a selection of new, unsold inventory from the big computer manufacturers, so I was able to grab a brand new, T430 with a three-year factory warranty for just over $1,100. That was a bit more than I set out wanting to spend, but I got a good deal on a 2013-model-year machine.
Historically, I have always traveled with two computers. The larger one I leave at the hotel, the smaller of the two travels around the event with me. They are a bit heavy to drag around, and it usually raises eyebrows at the airport security line when they see me stuffing two computers back into my bag. So be it. It's a price I'm willing to pay for peace of mind.
Since I was traveling to TMC with a brand-new machine, I left my other one at home. I'm sorry I did and I learned a lesson. Computers are like shoelaces: they never break when you don't need them.
I'll spare you the gory details, but the computer became a paperweight on Tuesday, two days into TMC. While all my archived files, email, pictures, etc. are safely back up (another hard-learned lesson), the files I was working on at TMC were inaccessible. Consequently, I was unable to deliver some promised editorial. I lost over $1,000 in not being able to file work that was expected of me. Add that to the cost of the computer and the ownership cost calculations get quickly out of whack.
For various reasons, it was not until Monday, six days after the thing quit, that the technician arrived at my office to service the thing. She replaced almost everything that wasn't molded into the chassis -- the motherboard, the keyboard, the trackpad, the USB ports ... The hard drive remained. I asked her why they didn't just send me a new machine. She said that would be plan B, if the repair didn't succeed.
So today, two days later, I'm still up and running. How long it will be until Plan A repeats itself or Plan B becomes necessary is anybody's guess. The fact that it's under warranty compels me to keep it and keep the service desk's phone number close at hand -- along with my spare laptop.
The week's events, however, brought into much sharper focus the difficulties you folks have with today's increasingly complex equipment. Like my computer, there's little inside you can fix on your own. When some sensor misfires, you're down and your customers are mighty unhappy. All you can do is call someone and hope they have techs who can service the thing, and the parts in stock. Both are becoming increasingly unassured.
If you're a large-ish fleet, you might have some spare equipment you can repower a load with, provided it isn't a thousand miles away. For an owner-operator or a small fleet, losing a piece of equipment even temporarily is a nasty turn of events.
I have no idea how long this one will last, or whether I'll come out ahead on the cost of ownership calculation, but the thrill of firing up a new machine, rather than suffering through the inconsistent performance of the old one will soon wear off and I'll be left with a tool I don't trust completely. Sure, it's a drag when you're stuck in a hotel with no way to get the work done, but the frustration increased by several orders of magnitude when you're stranded on the side of a windswept highway on the high plains or on the Cross Bronx Expressway. At least my service call was free and the computer didn't need to be towed.
Jim Park
Jim Park
Truck journalist 13 years, commercial driver 20 years. Joined us in 2007. Specializes in technical/equipment material (including Tire Report), brings real-world perspective to test drives.View Bio
Truck journalist 13 years, commercial driver 20 years. Joined us in 2007. Specializes in technical/equipment material (including Tire Report), brings real-world perspective to test drives.View Bio


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The City of Calgary strives to be a transparent organization and believes that promoting freedom of information is essential for good governance, quality service delivery and effective citizen engagement.
This year, The City is celebrating your right to access government information as part of Right to Know Week (RTK) from September 25-29. RTK Week promotes the benefits of access to information and the rights of Canadians to transparent and open government. The goal of RTK Week is to raise global awareness of an individual's right to access government information and to promote access to information as a fundamental human right.
In Alberta the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act is the legislation which provides the framework for access to information requests and protection of personal information.
For a list of activities happening in Alberta during RTK Week, visit Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta Events or Canada's national website at www.righttoknow.ca.
Message from Mayor Naheed Nenshi
Acting in a transparent and open manner should be among the top priorities of The City of Calgary. Over the past few decades, The City has made significant strides towards acting in a more open and accountable manner.
Access to information can be an important first step toward greater citizen engagement—engagement that has us all working together to build a better Calgary.
Thankfully, there is growing agreement in Canada on this topic; many realize that good governance and good public information go hand in hand. Initiatives such as 'Right to Know Week' highlight this importance.
Between September 25-29, The City of Calgary, along with other governments across Canada, is promoting the benefits and rights of access to information.
At The City we understand the importance of transparency in government, and I am committed to ensuring that Calgarians have that right of access. Over the past few years, we've made changes that support that commitment. A few examples:
Calgarians seeking information on projects, meetings, or services may search Calgary.ca or contact 311. Our goal is to have all the information citizens may need readily available. Otherwise, citizens have the right to submit a FOIP request.
In recent years, I have seen more Calgarians get involved by seeking out information and taking action to make Calgary even better. Please join me this week and celebrate the value of our access to information and the responsibility we have to participate and improve our city.


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Search engine optimisation and email marketing are two completely different parts of online marketing mix.
One might say that email marketing is the last resort of the online domain where SEO has no role.
But the two aren't totally unrelated, so what can you learn from SEO to improve your deliverability?
Web versions aside, emails obviously can't be publicly indexed by Google. So you don't have to heavily optimise your emailings for search engines. And when it comes to email deliverability you can just ignore SEO.
Or can you? While it may be true that search engines don't index emails (yet), that doesn't mean there aren't any lessons email marketers can learn from SEO.
Here's six techniques borrowed from SEO that'll help you improve your email deliverability:
1. Keep your coding simple
Search engines are not able to crawl flash content, and often have trouble with other types of coding like JavaScript. Email clients work in the same way, most of them don't accept any form of scripting.
The majority of the clients aren't able to load emails that are composed with scripts. Scripts can also result in email delivery issues.
That's why you have to keep it simple. When building an email template, steer away from JavaScript and stick to HTML. If you have to use CSS, make sure you do it the right way.
If you personalise emails, make sure that once the email is sent, it is fully rendered in HTML, for instance by using an email friendly mail merge language like Smarty.
Also, always include a text version of your newsletter for email clients that aren't even able to read HTML.
2. Use pre headers
Any smart content producer or webmaster will create meta descriptions for their web pages, allowing search engines to give their users a sneak peek of the content in their search results. Although meta descriptions might not directly influence a website's page ranking anymore, they do play an important role in increasing the click through rate from the search engine to your pages.
In email there is the pre header or email snippet, it's like the meta description of your email. This is the text someone sees in the inbox, underneath or next to the subject line. When left blank, the pre header will show something like:
- Can't read this email? Open the web version.
- You are receiving this email because you signed up for...
This of course will not help improve your email open rate. But when set up correctly, an appealing pre header can invite the recipient to open your email, increasing your open rate and thus improving your email send reputation.
3. Find a good balance between images and text
In SEO text is more effective better than images because search engines are unable to recognise the content of an image. But if you use the right images, it can add a lot to your content. The same goes for email, images and visual stimuli can add a lot of emotion to your emails.
Using too many images and too little text in an email can however lead to email delivery issues, because email clients aren't able to recognise the content in your email and are more likely to filter it.
Keep the text versus images ratio balanced. And if you use images, don't forget to add alt and title tags to your HTML source.
4. Choose your keywords wisely
Choosing the right keywords is one of the most important factors in SEO. The same goes for email deliverability, as many email clients use these words to determine whether you might be a potential spammer.
Avoid profanities at all cost, and although this is a discussion point in email deliverability land, it is advised to monitor deliverability closely when using words like 'free' or 'special offer' in your email's subject line.
5. Be recognisable
Authorship mark-up is one of the SEO new kids on the block that's making a name for itself pretty fast. Content producers are claiming authorship to their content in increasing numbers, claiming articles in Google for their articles. Recognised authorship is expected to be one of the key SEO drivers in the near future, and author portraits in the search results are already boosting click through rates.
When it comes to email marketing, being recognisable is even more important. In email, reputation is everything and for a receiving party to be able to check your identity, you should always set up your authentication data correctly.
6. Be relevant
Last but certainly not least. All techniques aside, the best way to get a good page ranking is to produce relevant content. Google and other search engines are always improving their algorithms to be able to serve their users the right search results. So as long as your main focus is adding value, in the long run that is the best SEO strategy possible.
The same goes for email marketing. Relevancy is the most valuable asset you have to improve your email deliverability. When you send relevant content, recipients won't hit the 'Mark as spam' button.
Relevant content also ensures that people will open your emails, improving your email reputation and in the end, your conversions.
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Intersting spotso nic egreat!
Relevancy is indeed the name of the game. You need to give people a real reason to open your emails, just like there needs to be a real reason for your site to do well in the SERPs for a particular search query. Who are you trying to reach and what exactly do you want them to do?
It's quite interesting that such small changes can make such large impacts in conversion rate. Just goes to show the importance of checking.
It would be quite interesting to know if these rules are transferable across the majority of industries. For example, my guesses are conversion rate would be much less if your target audience was digital marketers.
Great Post Michael!
Should we also factor in inbox search? Subscribers looking to retrieve an email days or weeks after sending may do so using keywords via the search function of their email client. Such people tend to have high intent to purchase/engage.
@ Nick: Relevancy is indeed the most important asset to get recipients to open your emails and to boost your conversion.
@ Gemma: Thanks! I believe that, as long as your content is relevant, these tips are transferable across industries.
@ Dan: Good point! Using relevant keywords can indeed help with that. Also, in the future Google wil probably include Gmail inboxes in their search results: http://www.webpronews.com/so-do-you-want-google-to-use-your-personal-email-in-search-results-2012-08
Nice tips. With Gmail rolling out their new unsubscribe button, deliverability is becoming more and more difficult. If you want to learn more, consider attending this webinar.


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My calendar this month is a song set to the old tune True Love. When I started looking for an example of the tune, I discovered Pink has a song of the same title but it's not the same song. If you have ever seen the old movie "High Society" with Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly they sing a beautiful duet of the song. Here is an instrumental version that gives you some of the tune in the sample. My thoughts on this song are to take some of the emphasis off of getting and put a little more on giving. Use the lines to incorporate the movement of giving and getting gifts and then dance around the Christmas tree. This would also make a great short song for a preschool Christmas program. You can use the instrumental mp3 below for accompaniment.
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Alli F. left the following comment after yesterdays blog.
"There are some people who like to hop from clinician to clinician always looking for the perfect solution and I think all they accomplish is to end up royally confused. In the situation you describe it sounds like the gal is a thinking rider and that she was able to determine what actions to take or change and was not trying for a new "method". So it worked for her and that is super! But for a lot of people I think they are just never satisfied so they feel the need to get multiple opinions. Which most of the time is not very helpful–just tends to complicate things."
I agree with this idea…i think. Let me explain what I see and recommend. First, I do agree that there is a segment of the population that hops around looking for a magic 'cure' or a simple fix. After my first bridleless ride (link here) people joked and said I should sell magic leather gloves…it must have been the gloves that did it. (As opposed to the hours and hours spent training, lol) There are no good quick fixes.
What I recommend is a two-fold approach. Follow someones whole program. Someone who has the end result you want. Pick someone…it doesn't have to be me. It could be a TV clinician, a local you admire or someone who you show with. Follow that one program and study it from beginning to end. Then, also evaluate other methods. Try to figure out where they fit in with what your regular program is. Do they just explains something in a different way or are they really saying something different? I find both to be true. The real learning comes from trying to figure out how things work; whether that is a training program or a training method. The search and comparison will more fully engage you in the learning than just doing something because 'someone' said to.