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Quickstart: Install SQL Server and create a database on Red Hat
In this quickstart, you first install SQL Server 2017 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.3+. Then connect with sqlcmd to create your first database and run queries.
This tutorial requires user input and an internet connection. If you are interested in the unattended or offline installation procedures, see Installation guidance for SQL Server on Linux.
You must have a RHEL 7.3 or 7.4 machine with at least 2 GB of memory.
To install Red Hat Enterprise Linux on your own machine, go to http://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-enterprise-linux/evaluation. You can also create RHEL virtual machines in Azure. See Create and Manage Linux VMs with the Azure CLI, and use
--image RHEL in the call to
az vm create.
For other system requirements, see System requirements for SQL Server on Linux.
Install SQL Server
To configure SQL Server on RHEL, run the following commands in a terminal to install the mssql-server package:
If you have previously installed a CTP or RC release of SQL Server 2017, you must first remove the old repository before registering one of the GA repositories. For more information, see Change repositories from the preview repository to the GA repository.
Download the Microsoft SQL Server Red Hat repository configuration file:
sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/mssql-server.repo https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/mssql-server-2017.repo
This is the Cumulative Update (CU) repository. For more information about your repository options and their differences, see Configure repositories for SQL Server on Linux.
Run the following commands to install SQL Server:
sudo yum install -y mssql-server
After the package installation finishes, run mssql-conf setup and follow the prompts to set the SA password and choose your edition.
sudo /opt/mssql/bin/mssql-conf setup
If you are trying SQL Server 2017 in this tutorial, the following editions are freely licensed: Evaluation, Developer, and Express.
Make sure to specify a strong password for the SA account (Minimum length 8 characters, including uppercase and lowercase letters, base 10 digits and/or non-alphanumeric symbols).
Once the configuration is done, verify that the service is running:
systemctl status mssql-server
To allow remote connections, open the SQL Server port on the firewall on RHEL. The default SQL Server port is TCP 1433. If you are using FirewallD for your firewall, you can use the following commands:
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=1433/tcp --permanent sudo firewall-cmd --reload
At this point, SQL Server is running on your RHEL machine and is ready to use!
Install the SQL Server command-line tools
To create a database, you need to connect with a tool that can run Transact-SQL statements on the SQL Server. The following steps install the SQL Server command-line tools: sqlcmd and bcp.
Download the Microsoft Red Hat repository configuration file.
sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/msprod.repo https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/prod.repo
If you had a previous version of mssql-tools installed, remove any older unixODBC packages.
sudo yum remove unixODBC-utf16 unixODBC-utf16-devel
Run the following commands to install mssql-tools with the unixODBC developer package.
sudo yum install -y mssql-tools unixODBC-devel
For convenience, add
/opt/mssql-tools/bin/to your PATH environment variable. This enables you to run the tools without specifying the full path. Run the following commands to modify the PATH for both login sessions and interactive/non-login sessions:
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin"' >> ~/.bash_profile echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc source ~/.bashrc
Connect locally
The following steps use sqlcmd to locally connect to your new SQL Server instance.
Run sqlcmd with parameters for your SQL Server name (-S), the user name (-U), and the password (-P). In this tutorial, you are connecting locally, so the server name is
localhost. The user name is
SAand the password is the one you provided for the SA account during setup.
sqlcmd -S localhost -U SA -P '<YourPassword>'
You can omit the password on the command line to be prompted to enter it.
If you later decide to connect remotely, specify the machine name or IP address for the -S parameter, and make sure port 1433 is open on your firewall.
If successful, you should get to a sqlcmd command prompt:
If you get a connection failure, first attempt to diagnose the problem from the error message. Then review the connection troubleshooting recommendations.
Create and query data
The following sections walk you through using sqlcmd to create a new database, add data, and run a simple query.
Create a new database
The following steps create a new database named
From the sqlcmd command prompt, paste the following Transact-SQL command to create a test database:
CREATE DATABASE TestDB
On the next line, write a query to return the name of all of the databases on your server:
SELECT Name from sys.Databases
The previous two commands were not executed immediately. You must type
GOon a new line to execute the previous commands:
To learn more about writing Transact-SQL statements and queries, see Tutorial: Writing Transact-SQL Statements.
Insert data
Next create a new table,
Inventory, and insert two new rows.
From the sqlcmd command prompt, switch context to the new
USE TestDB
Create new table named
CREATE TABLE Inventory (id INT, name NVARCHAR(50), quantity INT)
Insert data into the new table:
INSERT INTO Inventory VALUES (1, 'banana', 150); INSERT INTO Inventory VALUES (2, 'orange', 154);
GOto execute the previous commands:
Select data
Now, run a query to return data from the
Inventory table.
From the sqlcmd command prompt, enter a query that returns rows from the
Inventorytable where the quantity is greater than 152:
SELECT * FROM Inventory WHERE quantity > 152;
Execute the command:
Exit the sqlcmd command prompt
To end your sqlcmd session, type
Performance best practices
After installing SQL Server on Linux, review the best practices for configuring Linux and SQL Server to improve performance for production scenarios. For more information, see Performance best practices and configuration guidelines for SQL Server on Linux.
Cross-platform data tools
In addition to sqlcmd, you can use the following cross-platform tools to manage SQL Server:
|SQL Server Operations Studio
|A cross-platform GUI database management utility.
|A cross-platform command-line interface for running Transact-SQL commands.
|Visual Studio Code
|A cross-platform GUI code editor that run Transact-SQL statements with the mssql extension.
Connecting from Windows
SQL Server tools on Windows connect to SQL Server instances on Linux in the same way they would connect to any remote SQL Server instance.
If you have a Windows machine that can connect to your Linux machine, try the same steps in this topic from a Windows command-prompt running sqlcmd. Just verify that you use the target Linux machine name or IP address rather than localhost, and make sure that TCP port 1433 is open. If you have any problems connecting from Windows, see connection troubleshooting recommendations.
For other tools that run on Windows but connect to SQL Server on Linux, see:
Other deployment scenarios
For other installation scenarios, see the following resources:
|Learn how to upgrade an existing installation of SQL Server on Linux
|Uninstall SQL Server on Linux
|Unattended install
|Learn how to script the installation without prompts
|Offline install
|Learn how to manually download the packages for offline installation
For answers to frequently asked questions, see the SQL Server on Linux FAQ.


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Should money for federal student grants for college be cut back?
Should parents be able to spend local tax dollars to pay for private schooling if they don't like their public schools?
Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama agree that a good education for all Americans is essential for democracy, individual success and the national economy.
The areas where they disagree – such as on school choice and federal spending – make education another of the stark public policy choices in this presidential campaign. Their divide was evident Tuesday at NBC's Education Nation Summit in New York.
In an interview for the summit, the president said that the big difference between them on education reform was paying for it.
Romney and his supporters "talk a good game about reform," Obama said, "but when you actually look at their budgets, they're talking about slashing our investment in education by 20 to 25 percent."
Romney, speaking at the summit, said he would not support more federal spending for education but would leave that to the states.
"I think we all know what it takes to improve schools – invest in great teachers," he said.
Romney has said during the campaign that a "world-class education" for American students was paramount to boosting the economy. His top reform would be a dramatic expansion of school choice.
Obama has called education a "gateway" to the middle class, saying the United States must be able to "out-educate and out-compete" every other nation.
He wants Congress to approve more spending for his key reform, Race to the Top, a competitive grant program that rewards schools that improve.
The nation's needs for education improvement are plain.
Federal data shows that a quarter of all high school students fail to graduate in four years, low-income students lag academically, and many students are struggling in reading and math.
Romney wants to restrict Pell grants, the main source of federal financial aid for college, to just the poorest students. "Flooding colleges with federal dollars only serves to drive tuition higher," a Romney campaign education policy paper says.
But campaign spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg declined to provide details about where Romney would set the limits.
Under Obama, Pell Grants have more than doubled, from $16 billion in 2008 to $36 billion last year. The size of the grants increased, as did the number of recipients, from about 6 million to 9 million.
In addition, Congress passed an Obama-backed effort to remove commercial banks from the federal student loan business. The savings, in the form of subsidies that had been paid to the banks, paid for the increase in Pell Grants, Obama has said.
Romney, however, has said he'd let commercial banks back into the student lending market.
"America is fast becoming a society where education is unaffordable, a government loan is an entitlement, default is the norm, and loan forgiveness is the expectation," a campaign policy paper stated.
Neal McClusky, an education expert at the libertarian Cato Institute, questioned the premise of Romney's plan.
"The wording . . . and the way many Republicans talk about it is to say this would return to loans grounded in the free market," he said. "But that's not at all the case."
McClusky said the federal government still would guarantee the loans, meaning that taxpayers – not the banks – would take nearly all the risk.
Romney and Obama also have different ideas about K-12 education.
The federal government provides about 10 percent of the money spent on K-12. State and local governments pay the rest.
The Obama administration has used money and waivers from the requirements in the 2002 No Child Left Behind education law to influence what happens at the state and local level.
The grants and waivers provide incentives for states to agree to improve school, like raising standards, rewarding good teachers and removing poor ones. They amount to less than 1 percent of what the nation spends on education, according to the Obama campaign.
Romney would urge Congress to revise the No Child law to eliminate the federally required steps designed to improve failing schools. Instead, he'd require that states grade the schools so that parents could easily tell how they're doing.
Romney also would push Congress to change legislation to give parents of low-income and special-needs children the ability to decide how tax dollars for their children's educations should be spent. Under his plan, parents could use their child's share of public education funds to send their children to public charter schools or apply it to private-school tuition in states that permit vouchers.
Grover "Russ" Whitehurst, a Romney education policy adviser, but who was not speaking for the campaign, said that while Obama supports regulations, waivers and incentives, Romney favors a market approach to school reform.
"Give power to consumers of the service, in this case parents, and put them in a position to reward effective schools and teachers and punish the opposite," said Whitehouse, director of the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution, a nonpartisan research organization.
Obama supports school choice, but only within the public school system. He has encouraged investments in public charter schools but opposes vouchers.
"They drain resources that are needed in the public schools – where the vast majority of students will always be," said Obama campaign spokeswoman Lis Smith.


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These 14 Entertainment Execs Have A Lot On The Line In 2013
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Teachers! Our books are slowly being uploaded to the Teachers of India platform.
Proposed by the National Knowledge Commission in 2008, the portal, an initiative of Azim Premji Foundation, is a platform for teachers, teacher educators and others working in education in India.
The Teachers of India Portal aims to create a vibrant community of teachers through the sharing of knowledge and experience on a common platform. The range of teaching and learning resources available to teachers on the portal will enrich their knowledge of subject content and pedagogy, demonstrate new approaches to classroom practice and provide concrete support in the form of teaching/learning material.
On why our books were chosen :
The Teachers of India portal creates, collates, collects and disseminates resources which teachers can transact in the classroom to increase literacy rates among India's children. Pratham Books has supported us in this effort by sharing more than 100 titles in five languages. This partnership is sure to yield fruitful results due to the relevance and versatility of their books.The books are being uploaded to their platform. So, hop over and download them for your classroom. You can also find more classroom resources here.


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Email marketing is a wonderful way to build relationships with your customers. In a world where privacy is becoming harder to come by, an inbox is like an online safe haven. It's a place where strangers can't see your messages and posts like they can on social media. While social media marketing has its place, email marketing balances it out. There's a lot of information out there on email marketing and not all of it will be relevant for a small ecommerce shop. So, we've created a useful guide for small ecommerce businesses on how to get started with email marketing.
Create an irresistible offer in exchange for an email addresses
The first thing you should do is brainstorm offers that you can give customers in exchange for their email addresses. Types of offers include: a free downloadable ebook, coupons, discounts, and the promise of product updates. You don't have to give an ebook or other type of product in exchange for their email addresses, but you DO have to provide value of some sort and let them know specifically what value you'll provide. For example, you could promise to keep subscribers updated on new releases when they sign up for your newsletter. This leads us to the next point…
Tell subscribers what they can expect BEFORE they sign up for your newsletter
One of the keys to retaining subscribers is being clear about what they will receive when they sign up for your newsletter. They need to know how often you'll email them, what type of content you'll send them, and if you'll send them discounts. If you fail to mention an important component of what they'll receive, they'll become agitated and possibly unsubscribe. The opposite is also true: if you don't deliver on your promise, they will be unhappy. For example, if you told them you'll email them every Monday and Friday, but no email shows up in their inbox on Friday, they'll notice. They may lose trust in you as well because you didn't follow through on your word.
Write a follow-up email
If you've been wondering how to get started with email marketing, you've probably contemplated whether or not a follow-up email is necessary. After a person has subscribed to your ecommerce email marketing list, he should immediately receive an email from you thanking him for subscribing and covering in greater detail what he can expect from being a subscriber. You've probably noticed that when you subscribe to an email newsletter, you receive one of those follow-up emails that also serves as an introduction to the business. As a smaller ecommerce shop, you should introduce yourself in the follow-up email to help build a relationship with your customers.
Understand how to measure your email marketing success
Most autoresponders come with analytics, so that business owners can monitor their progress and find areas that need improvement. It's important to measure your email marketing success because you need to know what's working, what isn't working, and where you can improve.
Conversion rates, click through rates, and open rates are three metrics you should look at in your email marketing. Your open rate is what percentage of subscribers clicked on your email's subject to read it. Your click through rate is the percentage of people who click a link in your email. Your conversion rate is the number of people who made a purchase after recently receiving your email.
Main takeaways on how to get started with ecommerce email marketing
To get started with email marketing, you must create an irresistible offer in exchange for email addresses, tell subscribers what they can expect to receive, write a good follow-up email, and understand how to measure your email marketing success. These are several of the most important tasks you should complete first when you decide to create an email newsletter. If you already have an email list, but aren't seeing success with it, then going back to the basics can help. Never forget the simple things you learned on how to get started with email marketing because they make a difference.
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Portable and functionalThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.Goldenduffer2 years ago
I work in a pro shop at a golf course where I'm surrounded by high counters. One of my weekly responsibilities is to enter results from the men's association to determine weekly winners. As you can imagine, it's not easy to stand and enter results on the computer constantly standing. Therefore, I purchased this particular table so that I can sit and enter the results on my laptop. When I'm done, I can easily collapse the table and store it so that it won't be in the way for others who work ... there. Thanks so much!This review was originally posted to lifetime.com.
What a wonderful table!This reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.Pat5 years ago
I was not smart enough to buy about four of these when I had a chance. This table is not only stable, attractive, stores in next to no space, and just in general "fills the bill". I use this on my boat dock to clean fish, I want another for the laundry room to fold clothes. Two more for the boat dock for end tables.This review was originally posted to lifetime.com.
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Great crawfish tableThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.chris_houston2 years ago
We have had this table for a couple of years and have used it a handful of times, and every time we pull it out, we get the same reaction from guests..perfect crawfish table. There is a place for your beverage, some spice/butter, and the paper towel rolls. Clean up is a breeze, just hose it down, and it folds down to stick against the wall of garage. We will be getting another one. We have a couple boils a season and it so practical.
Awesome table for our crawfish boilThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.terryberrytx1 year ago
I bought this last month for a birthday gift to a very dear friend that loves to do crawfish boils once or twice a year. This was a hit!!!! The table was so functional, very sturdy and easy clean up. This could also be used for cook outs or party table.
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Lightweight and affordableThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.DawnRene2 years ago
I own a teardrop RV and needed a small table that would fold and store easily. This table was the perfect fit. At 24 ½ inches tall, this is the right size to sit between two chairs. The table is very light weight and sturdy, and sets up and folds down in a snap. The aluminum material cleans up easily and does not stain (red wine anyone?) Other reviews have mentioned the loose end caps, and the photo confirms the issue. I have not had this problem; however, I will be on the lookout for the ... issue. I use this table with my Magellan Outdoors ™ Captain's Chairs and they make for a great seating arrangement. All-in-all, a great table at a terrific price.
Sturdy and lightweightThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.Daif3 years ago
This is a very light yet strong and stable folding table. The only issue is the table slat end pieces that fall out. A cosmetic thing, but still a distraction. If you look at the picture displayed you can see three of the end caps missing. I have only lost one so-far, and I will write for a replacement. All-in-all a very good value, worth every penny! Dave
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Perfect itemThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.lcart003 months ago
Bought for travel trailer use. Exactly what we needed to back up outdoor furniture
great oneThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.catfish2692 years ago
I get me for a gift it best table I had. It's the best one you can buy .
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Best party tableThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.PongPro5 months ago
Sturdy and easy to set up and take down, easily fit 10-12 people around it for flip cup and beer pong, easy to clean dried beer and punch off of. 10/10 would party with it again
Folding TableThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.James42161 year ago
We are enjoying this table, having used it already. It stores away neatly in the laundry room as well.
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Fantastic table for a crawfish boilThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.Mspeer3833 months ago
Perfect table to keep your boil rolling with easy cleanup Several guests decided to buy one after my party
Excellent TableThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.John_G1 year ago
Bought this table a few weeks ago. I have used for 2 Crawfish boils now. Easy clean-up and heavy duty. Would recommend for everyone.
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portableThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.marcomendoza12 years ago
i bought this awhile back. i love it because it is light and very portable! great for camping!
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Decent quality for good priceThis reviewer rated product 4 out of 5 stars.TheTinyOne2 years ago
I purchased this for an art vending show, but I decided to put in use while not needed for the show and used as a table to organize a couple rooms. They fold out well and seem very sturdy for the price. Also I appreciate the handle they give you in the fold, these aren't super light!
Good price, quality is only fair.This reviewer rated product 3 out of 5 stars.HowieP2 years ago
Though the price may be good, only buy this table if you want a light duty item. The construction quality seems to vary from table to table. None I tried folded out completely flat until a load was placed on it's surface. And I definately wouldn't place a 400 pound load on the table (it's load rating), no matter how it's distributed. I would suggest this table for infrequent light duty use only at your home or while on a family outing. I don't believe this table is intended for commercial use.
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Hello all. I have been a pool owner for the past 2 years. I have a 25,000 gallon plaster pool (31x23x3-6) with 9' spa, 2HP pump, heater, 460 sq. ft cartridge pool filter, 1 skimmer, 2 drains, 3 returns ( + elevated jacuzzi ), Navigator Cleaner, and salt chlorinator.
I live in Southern California, and recently experienced a rare dust storm. It dumped what looks like a 1/4 inch of dirt in the entire pool (80-100mph gust removed the cover). I have been running the pump for 16hrs a day trying to get things back to normal, but after 3 days it still looks the same, except now all the dirt that was on the bottom is also circulating in the water. I have washed out the filters each day for the past 3 days with no positive effect. They collect some dirt, but the dirt appears to be to fine to collect neatly.
PH is 7.4, Cl is 7ppm (high), water temps @ 68-72F.
Is there something else I should be doing? I have not been down to my local pool store for advice yet, but I think sometimes they are less than truthful about the effectiveness of products they sell. Help.


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Awards show 'appreciation for forest planting and management'
The Irish Forestry Awards, now in their 24th year, recognise and reward forest owners who employ the principles of Sustainable Forest Management on their properties. The two main categories for which awards are presented are the Farm Forestry category and the Bio-Diverse Forest/Woodlands category.
Speaking at the Awards Ceremony, the Minister highlighted the very significant role that forestry plays in our economy and society in general, noting that "our forests are an extremely valuable and sustainable resource, which form the foundation of an indigenous Irish industry that supports many thousands of jobs. That industry is also playing its part in the country's export performance through its exports of timber and timber products."
The Minister also took the opportunity to announce that his Department would commence issuing financial approvals for 1,500 hectares of new forestry planting for the current autumn planting season. "I know that the sector have been awaiting this announcement and I am pleased that we have been able to facilitate this additional planting."
The winner of the Farm Forestry category was Michael Murphy, Clonmel. In the Bio-Diverse Woodlands category, the winner was Jack Tennison, Castleblaney, Co. Monaghan. Awards were also made to the runners-up in the main categories and to provincial winners. The judging panel also made a discretionary "Special Judges Award" to John Jackson, Donegal.
In offering his congratulations to all the winners of the 2011 Awards, Minister McEntee said "Tonight's awards ceremony is a chance to show our appreciation for those who have displayed the high standards of forest planting and management required to be successful in this competition. I hope that their efforts will be viewed as an example to others in managing our forest resources for the future and for a profitable and sustainable forest industry."


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Antioch College is to close in July 2008 due to money woes and dwindling enrollments. Antioch, founded in 1852 by Horace Mann, graduated Stephen Jay Gould, Clifford Geertz, Coretta Scott King, and Rod Serling. The Trustees hope to reopen in 2012.
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Moontrug is big on adventures – from little ones like climbing the pear tree in the back garden to BIG FAT ones like motor-biking through Burma – because they always throw up unexpected story ideas. And it turns out another author, Allan Boroughs, has been doing some uber cool adventuring in the run up to writing his books. His debut novel for 9+ years, Ironheart, saw him journeying through Siberia to research plot and setting ideas and for the sequel, Bloodstone, Boroughs trekked across Antarctica to find his story. He jumped into the icy Antarctic sea IN JUST HIS SWIMMING TRUNKS and he even wrote some of his research notes next to a penguin!
Apprenticed to notorious tech-hunter Verity Brown, India Bentley has spent the last year travelling the globe, finding and selling long-lost technology and doing her best to stay out of trouble. Unfortunately, trouble has a habit of finding her. Accused of an assassination attempt and thrown in jail, India is rescued by scientist-adventurer Professor Moon: a man obsessed with finding the Bloodstone – key to a source of unlimited energy hidden in the lost city of Atlantis. Now Moon wants India and Verity to join his quest. Pursued by gangsters, lumbered with a stowaway and haunted by ghosts of her past, India must risk everything to uncover Atlantis' secrets. But truth comes at a price…
The story moves at a cracking pace with Chapter One seeing India and Verity escape from an explosion to find themselves perilously see-sawing from the edge of a bridge over a valley dropping away hundreds of metres below them… From there they are catapulted into an adventure just as daring as their first (to find the legendary fortress of Ironheart). The character names are fab, from Sing City bar owner Two-Buck Tim to eye-ball collector Lady Fang (she reminded Moontrug of Mr Carter in Eva Ibbotson's Journey to the River Sea, a sinister man who collects the glass eyes of famous people). And the characters are carried through the story on a number of fabulous modes of transport – Moontrug's favourite was Professor Moon's airship. Very magical indeed.
The stowaway India finds herself landed with – Tito – provides welcome comic relief to the plot's action and he has some of the funniest lines in the book when he gets famous sayings mixed up: 'There is plenty of room in here to swing a gnat' and 'All I have to do is explain that I am the monk of the brotherhood and Robert is your mother's brother,' to which India replies 'I think you mean, "Bob's your uncle." ' Boroughs creates a properly engaging world – where terrifying hellhounds lurk, a Bloodstone lies hidden and ridiculous monks worship recycling gods: 'May your parts be fully recycled and may you always return as something eternally useful' – and a powerful Antarctic setting where great whales arch out of the ocean and eerie monsters brood in the icy depths. Bloodstone is a fantastic middle grade adventure in which, as the author himself says, 'a lot of stuff happens.'


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We've been getting some fantastic reports from Socialize app developers telling us how Socialize has increased app downloads and engagement. Here are a few highlights that we've heard recently.
Nexercise: +551% Install Boost, +103% Impressions, +114% Comments & Likes!
Nexercise is a fitness + gamification app that implemented Socialize in its latest release. CEO Ben Young said "Just in the few days we have released with Socialize our user engagement has increased 103%. I'm very stoked about the possibilities." And when Nexercise implemented SmartAlerts, they saw a 114% boost in comments and likes. Using Socialize, Nexercise allows users to engage with its app more deeply through a very tight Socialize integration.
Here are screenshots of the Nexercise app with Socialize:
And here are screenshots of Nexercise's SmartAlerts integration:
IBEX Droid: 316% Increase in Impressions and 257% Increase in Revenue
Hector Sala, the developer of the popular IBEX Droid app, a finance app for the Spanish stock market, reported recently that adding Socialize into his app increased impressions by 316% and boosted revenue by 257%. "I implemented Socialize on Sept 20th, 2011 and between September and October revenue increased by 257%, and by February 2012 I made 78% more revenue than October 2011." Hector continued, "Users are spending much more time in my app and are viewing many more pages, so impressions are increasing a lot and that is providing more revenue from my ad networks. Before the Socialize implementation, users only checked one or two stocks each time they opened the app, but now they are checking 9-10 stocks per visit, looking for comments and for sharing information through Socialize." Hector also mentioned that his users are loving the Socialize's SmartAlerts functionality.
CouponCloset: 120% Increase in Impressions
CouponCloset is an Android couponing app that implemented Socialize just before last holiday season's Black Friday. Developer Samir Mirza says that Black Friday traffic was huge, and they've also seen a 120% impression gain from Socialize in the months since. "Socialize contributed to a 120% increase in impressions for Coupon Closet. I know the users actively use it to share and post comments and it is a great fit for our apps." We look forward to seeing how much of a boost CouponCloset gets with Twitter & SmartAlerts integration, which is coming.
SuperSpyCamera+ and AwesomeWallpaper: Large boost in installs
Dugin Kim has integrated Socialize into several high-download apps, including Super Spy Camera, Full HD Wallpaper and AwesomeWallpaper. He said, "Our installations and impressions skyrocketed after we implemented Socialize!"


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Artist: Chris LeDoux
Album: Cowboys Ain't Easy To Love
I've been ramblin' out Montana way
Tryin' to live on a cow punchers pay
Been changin' them dams in the new summer hay
Irrigating alfalfa for six bucks a day
I'll tell you my story I'd be on my way
But the savings are slow to come on six bucks a day
Out here in the fields while the water runs down
With the sun high above me and the sky all around
I'm dreamin' my dreams of the Canada line
And the places I'd go if the money was mine
I'll tell you my story...
Come Saturday night well you draw out some pay
Then you go into town just to throw it away
And when the end of the month comes rolling your way
Well you ain't got much left on six bucks a day
I'll tell you my story...
Now if I drew out my time and I paid off my debts
I couldn't get to Great Falls on what I have left
But I've got me no choice when them diesel horns blow
Come a wind from the highway I got to pack up and go
Yeah money or none at all they can't hold me this way
For my blankets are rolled and tied and I'm leavin' today
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It looks like Miley Cyrus's interest in hip-hop extends past twerking, with the pop star now taking a turn at rapping.
The former "Hannah Montana" actress is set to appear on the official remix of rapper French Montana's hit single "Ain't Worried About Nothing," reports Miss Info. Though a release date hasn't been announced for the song, the singer posted a video clip of her verse on Facebook last night.
Though the song bears little resemblance to the Cyrus's pop work, there is a common thread between the remix and the singer's latest single, "We Can't Stop," with both songs mentioning "Molly" – a slang term for a type of ecstasy frequently referenced in rap songs.
Possibly hoping to fend off criticism of her new found infatuation with the hip-hop world – in addition to Montana, the singer is also collaborating with Nicki Minaj, Future, and Big Sean – Cyrus tweeted the following at no one in particular last night: "i know what color my skin is. you can stop with the friendly reminders bitch."
Cyrus's latest album, "BANGERZ," is due out this fall.
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The Los Angeles rap group Odd Future is bristling at accusations one of its members slapped at photographers during a performance at the Voodoo Fest on Sunday, even as photos of the incident and the photographer involved contradict that denial.
A feature posted today, Nov.3, on Venuestoday.com, with the headline "Journalist Amy Harris conducts interview minutes after Odd Future attack," directly disputes the group's claim.
She writes: "I have to admit that my interview with Stephen Rehage, founder and producer of the Voodoo Experience had an awkward beginning. Right after meeting, I informed him that one of the band members in Odd Future had struck me in the face and attacked photographers while playing the main stage at the Voodoo Experience." She wrote this as a preamble to a straightforward Q&A with Rehage about the festival
The group -- full name: Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All -- is known for its explicit language, but members deny being violent toward photographers.
Times-Picayune/NOLA.com contributing writer Alison Fensterstock wrote in a review of the Voodoo Fest show: "Odd Future dislikes polite language; they also apparently dislike photographers. Very much so, in fact. Shooters in the pit were showered with a steady stream of (f-bombs) and at one point, two MCs swung and kicked into the pit to drive their point home, cracking a couple of lenses."
On Nov. 1, the Voodoo Music Experience issued a statement, which read: "The Voodoo Experience does not in any way condone the behavior of Odd Future toward the approved media assembled in the photo pit during the band's set yesterday (Sunday, October 30). Festival organizers would like to apologize to their media guests who experienced and/or witnessed this abusive behavior."
Here's what others are saying:
From OffBeat: Photographer and OffBeat contributor Skip Bolen was in the photo pit at Voodoo when Odd Future's Vyron "Left Brain" Turner struck out at photographers. (They offer a link to his account from his Facebook page)
WWLTV.com: "A member of California rap group Odd Future is under criticism for allegedly hitting and damaging a female photographer's lens during Voodoo Fest on Sunday"
Venues Today (See video of incident here): Amy Harris, the female photographer involved in the incident with Vyron "Left Brain" Turner, was on assignment for the live entertainment and events publication Venues Today. She provided the Venues Today web site with her account of the incident, as well as photos that seem to collaborate her account and those of other photographers.
MusicPix.net: The online site devoted to concert photography has posted several photos of the Voodoo incident, including one of Amy Harris just after her camera was struck and a sequence that apparently shows Vyron Turner slapping away a camera from another photographer's face.
LSU Reveille: A writer for LSU's student newspaper posted an editorial critical of Odd Future's lyrics and attitude. A photographer for the Reveille also snapped a photo of Harris with Turner looming over her.
Rolling Stone: "Odd Future has shot down reports suggesting that group member Vyron "Left Brain" Turner attacked a group of photographers – and slapped a female photographer in the face – at the Voodoo Festival in New Orleans on Sunday afternoon."
NBC33TV: "The show got heated at the close of the first song when the lead vocalist known by his stage name, Tyler the Creator, 20, began addressing the crowd about his disliking for photographers. In his explanation he says that the barricaded area where the photographers work is not fair to the fans. Other members of the group backed up his words."
Billboard.com: "The photographer who shot images of Odd Future member Left Brain getting aggressive towards members of the press at the Voodoo Experience over the weekend told Billboard.com the rapper "exploded" into a vile rant, and without warning, struck two photographers, including a woman."


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Lord Irvine of Lairg: I start from the basic position that it can make no sense at all to compel parties to remain married if the marriage is dead. The law cannot compel people to remain together. The disgruntled
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partner will simply leave, start a new relationship and have more children who are innocent and who are just as entitled to be brought up by married parents as are the children of the first marriage.
Even if people who are determined to part could be compelled to live togetherand I do not believe that that is possibleI rather think that compelling them to live together against their will would cause greater harm to the children since the children would be brought up in a loveless home and be denied the advantage of even one happy parent.
Therefore, I start from the basic position that you cannot compel people to live together. The law can deny divorce but it cannot make people live together. Once that is recognised, what is the point of denying divorce? I repeat, as I have said on previous occasions, that overall the Bill, in the balance of its provisions, is right as regards those difficult choices.
I suggest that the amendments rest on the fundamental fallacy that the law, by denying divorce, can prevent broken homes. I can and do believe that children should come first at the same time as I oppose the amendments.
I find it difficult to see how divorce could ever be described as positively in the interests of children. Of course not. What would be in their interests is marriages not breaking down, but they do. To deny divorce does not prevent breakdown. Therefore, I see no point in denying divorce and denying the regularisation of new relationships after marriages have broken down irretrievably. I recognise that the amendments are well meaning but I believe that they are not well judged and, therefore, we oppose them.
Baroness Seear: Surely if we deny people the right to divorce, they will merely separate and live somewhere else. In that case, they will have none of the benefitsand they are real benefitsof the mediation and conciliation built into the Bill. Despite the good intentions behind the amendments, we shall be creating a worse rather than a better condition for the children. Separation which is unrecognised and unaided in any way must surely be a worse solution than a properly conducted divorce.
Baroness Faithfull: I agree absolutely with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Simon of Glaisdale, and his supporters that divorce is a disaster under any circumstances for any child. Having said that, I must say, not from statistics but from dealing personally with children whose parents are divorced, that to force a child to stay with parents who are warring with one another provides a very bad role model for that child in his daily life. I can only say that teachers find a difference in schoolchildren who come from homes where the parents are at odds with one another. Therefore, I cannot accept the recommendation made by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Simon of Glaisdale. While divorce is disastrous, I believe that to have the role model of warring parents at home affects the children to a serious degree. I do not support the amendment.
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Baroness David: I have a great interest in both the welfare and the interests of the children, as I hope is obvious from the amendments which the noble Baroness, Lady Faithfull, and I have tabled. I prefer the approach that we have taken to the one taken by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Simon of Glaisdale. Therefore, I hope that the Committee will consider sympathetically the amendments that we have tabled and will appreciate that they are a better way of tackling the matter than the way suggested by the noble and learned Lord.
I support the noble Baroness, Lady Elles, who said that there was nothing about children in the Bill. That is something about which I spoke on Second Reading, as, indeed, did the noble Baroness, Lady Faithfull. Therefore, I hope that we can write something into the Bill which deals with children.
Lord Milverton: I cannot support the amendment moved by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Simon of Glaisdale. As some Members of the Committee have already said, I do not see how it would really help. I can think of only two ways to describe what it would do: it would aggravate and rub up the wrong way parents who, for whatever reason, were finding it impossible to live peacefully together and give decent love to their children. In so doing, it would also rub up the children the wrong way.
As my noble friend Lady Faithfull said, the situation also affects the children. I speak with knowledge of what my wife, who has experience of teaching children from homes which are not as one would wish, tells me. People may think that if the children have one loving parent when the marriage has broken up, that is far better. I do not believe that all stepparents are hopeless. Many love and care for their stepchildren as much as, or indeed perhaps more than, one of the previous parents did.
It is going too far to say that one cannot allow a man and a woman to divorce if the child is under 16 years of age. As has already been said, it is asking for trouble. Surely the couple will just separate and then the children will receive far less help and benefit. I agree with the noble Earl, Lord Russell, and the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Liverpool. The Bill could be the basis not for destroying marriage but for helping it.
I put down my name to speak on Second Reading but, as I was right at the end of the speakers' list, I decided that enough had been said. However, what I am saying now is roughly what I would have said then. We are not helping the situation if we make this stipulation.
Lord Mishcon: I believe that noble Lords will agree that the principle behind the amendment is an honourable one. However, the practice, if I may refer the Committee to it, would be disastrous. I ask Members of the Committee to imagine for a moment sitting inside the judge's room if such an amendment were carried. He would have in front of him a child under the age of 16, and possibly more than one. What question could he possibly direct to the child or
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children if the amendment were accepted other than, "Do you want mummy and daddy to be divorced, or don't you?" What answer is the child expected to give other than, "No, sir, I prefer that they didn't"? I see that the noble and learned Lord wishes to intervene. I give way.
Lord Simon of Glaisdale: I am much obliged. I should point out to the noble Lord that there is an amendment which says that the statement "must also state" the ages and "relevant circumstances" of the children. Therefore, if there is a child under the age of 16, the divorce proceedings will not start and there is no question of the child being in the judge's room.
Lord Mishcon: If that be so, I confess to the Committee that I have wrongly read the amendment. I thought that it would mean that no divorce order could be obtained where the court was not satisfied that it was in the interests of the children. Therefore, if an argument were to take place where the petitioner says that it is in the interests of the children, it is a matter that the judge would have to hear. I do not understand how in other circumstances the amendment would have any practical value.
Lord Simon of Glaisdale: I thank the noble Lord for giving way. His judgment in such matters carries great weight, but I believe that he has concentrated on Amendments Nos. 7 and 8, whereas I moved Amendment No. 6.
Lord Mishcon: The Committee will be saved from a speech of mine on Amendments Nos. 7 and 8. However, I regard the matters as being so correlated that possibly I shall not be deemed to be irrelevant if I continue shortly with my remarks.
If the matter is to be brought judicially to the attention of a judge in order that he may decide whether it is in the interests of the child or children that a divorce order be made, the possible interview that I have brought to the attention of the Committee would be one that would take place and is one that would be absolutely fatal in its results. I repeat: the question would have to be put, "Do you want your parents to be divorced?" The answer would probably be, "No, sir". The judge would then ask, "Why don't you want your parents to be divorced?", and the child would say, "Because I want them to stay together". How could a judge then say that it is in the interests of the children that a divorce should take place? Worse still, if the answer is the one that the child is expected to give, what respect in after life would that child have for the judge who decided that presumably it was in the interests of the children that the divorce should go forward?
Baroness Young: I believe that the whole Committee should be grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Simon of Glaisdale, for tabling the amendments and for drawing our attention to the important fact that the Bill leaves out the whole issue of the effects on children. We should also be most grateful to my noble friend Lady Elles who indicated that much of the Bill seems to be based on a completely false premise
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namely, that what is bad for children is conflictwhen all the recent evidence and research show that what is really bad for children is divorce.
Several Members of the Committee have quoted from various documents. I received a most interesting letter this morning from which I should like to quote one paragraph. The writer says:
"I have recently retired as a Comprehensive School Headmaster and I am a family man. I have seen so much distress and disturbance amongst children of divorced parentsI need no convincing that the distress in families which have held together in spite of major problems and conflict is not to be compared with the short and long-term effects of divorce. Furthermore it is very evident that divorce in one generation is perpetuated in the next and the more so as it is made easier".
I believe that that simply confirms what has already been said. In our consideration of the following amendments about children, it is most important that we should remember those facts.
I know that my noble friend Lady Faithfull and the noble Baroness, Lady David, have tabled a number of amendments. I can tell both of them that I support them in principle. I believe that those amendments would be helpful. I hope that my noble and learned friend the Lord Chancellor will also look favourably upon them. It is most important that he should do so.
My anxiety about this Bill is that it will make divorce easier, and the easier we make divorce the greater the army of unhappy and miserable children we shall have. I see that the noble Earl, Lord Russell, is not in the Chamber at the moment. He wondered about the evidence. He should read the Exeter study to which reference is made, rather passingly, in the White Paper where it is indicated that it is considered to be valuable. I quoted at Second Reading from the important study Families without Fatherhood. That document should be compulsory reading for everyone. It indicates that the statistics and the evidence are absolutely clear that children from broken homes where there has been a divorce do less well at school, suffer from more ill health, are more likely to be unemployed and take to crime, and are more likely to repeat the pattern of instability.
Of course we must do what we can in this Bill to try to mitigate the trouble, as the noble and learned Lord, Lord Simon, said earlier, but the idea that somehow, under this Bill, we will save many children from an unhappy life is a mistake. I was disturbed to hear the noble Lord, Lord Irvine, say so categorically that there is nothing one can do about a dead marriage. I am not an expert on this but I do not think that marriages can be divided into those that are blissfully happy and those that are dead. There are many grey areas. There are quite good marriages just as there are good enough parents. Those parents and those marriages are perfectly good enough.
No doubt the noble Lord has come across, as I have, people who have divorced and who have regretted it later. Indeed, there is considerable evidence to show that that applies to many couples. To say categorically that were these amendments to be passed we should be propping up dead marriages, or trying to make dead marriages work, is not necessarily true. I accept there will be some marriages that are over, but they are not
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all over. Surely we should be looking at those that are not completely overin the interests of children, if not in the interests of anyone else. I know that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Simon, and the noble Baroness, Lady Elles, do not intend to press these amendments, but I hope that the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancellor will consider carefully the points that have been made to make quite sure that this legislation does not do even more damage to children who are already damaged so much by divorce.
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TGIF - We've got you covered - what you need to know Real Estate in the 'burbs this week!
Shane's pulling up his realtor socks - it's going to be a busy weekend here for Real Estate!
Our week kicked off with B.C. Family Day, followed by Valentine's Day, and a flurry of closings for our clients! We can't believe it's Friday already. Today, we're in and out of the office preparing for some open houses and incoming multiple offers.
Months after the introduction of the 15% foreign-buyer tax and new federal mortgage rules, our Greater Vancouver housing market has cooled, but we are feeling the heat begin to rise as we inch closer to spring. The detached home market has moderated with the foreign tax and tighter mortgage rules, but townhomes and condos remain strong and steady in many areas.
The influx of young families who have migrated here from Vancouver's downtown core are snapping up our detached homes as well as townhomes and condos in pursuit of a more affordable, comfortable lifestyle for their growing families. Our easy access to our new Evergreen Extension Skytrain station makes commuting and Vancouver hockey game nights a breeze, too! And what about our baby boomers? They're actively seeking their best downsize option - often in pursuit of "one-level living" that's ideally larger than the typical 2 bed/2 bath condo.
Buying or Selling - Your Best Bet in the 'Burbs?
It's important to note that our sales averages vary greatly across our local neighborhoods as well as by property type – if you're wondering if now's a good time to buy or sell in Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Burnaby, New Westminster, Pitt Meadows, or Maple Ridge, contact us to find out the 'sellers best bet' and the 'buyers best bet' in each neighbourhood.
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Anord Critical Power Partners With Tydal Tyme to Bring Award-Winning Switchgear to Florida Data Center Market
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Anord today announced its partnership with Tydal Tyme Solutions (TTS). The Florida-based manufacturer's representative will leverage ACPI's AMS Switchgear, PDUs, and RPPs to meet the demand for sustaining power at mission-critical facilities within the Florida and Georgia markets.
Tydal Tyme leverages its 60 years of experience to help organizations address the expanding data center power needs, fueled by the Internet-of-Things (IoT), digital healthcare records, low-cost mobile devices and cloud-based business services. Anord's next generation of Power Distribution Units (PDUs) will assist TTS by addressing the continuous power needs of regional organizations, while offering a smarter design that exceeds today's complex electrical distribution requirements.
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Social Weather Stations (SWS) estimates unemployment rate at 24.6% .
I don't get it. If that would be the unemployment rate then should we be at a recession?
National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) estimates unemployment rate this January at 7.2%.
I prefer to rely on NSCB data.
I am open for any alternative thoughts.
Energy Sector
Few take the energy security seriously. In the coming years, assuming the Philippine economy continues to grow; there will be an electricity shortage.
How will an individual investor play this opportunity? Invest long-term on stocks that are into electricity trading and electricity generation.
My opinion only.
Ethanol Plant
Gokongwei plans more power and ethanol projects in Negros:
Gokongwei is planning to do what ROX is already doing. Lol
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MER is seeking for more power?
Increase in electricity volume sold by MER means an increase in the revenue of MER.
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SOURCE: Axios Mobile Assets Corp.
April 04, 2014 23:00 ET
VAUGHAN, ON--(Marketwired - Apr 4, 2014) - Axios Mobile Assets Corporation (CSE: AXA) today announces that they have signed a mutual agreement with Ongwehoweh Corp to end their working relationship. Both organizations have decided to pursue alternative business opportunities that align more strategically with market verticals, product offerings and services, allowing each company to focus on core competencies to achieve their long term growth plans. The mutual agreement releases both companies from the terms of the current contact.
About Axios Mobile Assets
Axios Mobile Assets Corp. is a logistics enabler, providing greater supply chain visibility. The Axios Solution features next generation lightweight composite pallet technology. The Axios Solution, when applied with its proprietary tracking and information system delivers actionable data that helps improve the value chain. The Axios Solution is gaining market acceptance based on its unique attributes: lower total cost, longer useful life, and customized configurations. The Axios Solution will increase sustainability performance for its users through the generation and subsequent retirement of carbon credits. It is also possible to monetize the generated credits to provide users with an additional revenue stream, to assist in the overall reduction of cost within their supply chain. Axios was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) and is a reporting issuer in the Province of Ontario. Axios is traded on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) under the symbol AXA.
Further information concerning the Company can be found at www.axiosma.com, www.sedar.com and www.cnsx.ca.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements included in this report and the documents that we incorporate by reference, are forward-looking statements and can generally be identified by words such as "will," "allow," "outlook," or the negative of these terms, and other comparable terminology. Various risks and other factors could cause actual results, and actual events that occur, to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward looking statements, such as whether Axios and the pallet management company are able to agree on the terms of a definitive supply agreement, and whether Axios is able to meet price, performance, quality and delivery requirements. Axios undertakes no obligation to update the information in this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.
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Cell Group Guide
The below video was made for our cell leaders to give instruction on how to use the weekly cell group guide. Sharing with all for a couple reasons. First off, because YOU could be our next cell group leader! And then second, if you're not in a group or if you're at this site just checking out our church, the video describes what our cell groups typicall do and what they are for and what the philosphy behind them is.


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Some examples of sulfate-free shampoos include Aveeno Pure Renewal Shampoo, Bee Mine Moisturizing Shampoo and Curl Curlicious Cleansing Cream. Sulfate-free conditioners include L'Oréal Paris EverPure Sulfate-Free Volume Conditioner and EverSleek Sulfate-Free Smoothing Deep Conditioner. Bumble and Bumble and Nexxus have sulfate-free lines of products as well.Continue Reading
Listed as sodium lauryl sulfate or sodium laurel sulfate, sulfate is a type of detergent found in household items such as laundry detergent, dish soap and toothpaste. Some hair stylists attribute frizzy and unmanageable hair to the use of sulfates found in hair care products. While sulfates rid the hair of oil and product build-up, they have the tendency to also dry hair out. This absence of moisture may lead to split ends. If color treating hair, it is recommended to use sulfate-free products as well as sulfates may strip the hair of its color. Sultate-free products are also advised for those who may have a sensitive scalp.
Sulfate-free shampoos and conditioners, however, may not work for those who are prone to oily strands as the products do not create an abundance of suds to thoroughly clean. Also, if working out on a regular basis, these special shampoos may not clean the hair as effectively as needed.Learn more about Shampoo & Conditioner


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See how concern about pollution led to the passing of major environmental laws in this video from the American Masters film, A Fierce Green Fire. While initially many technological innovations after World War II were welcomed, some of these new technologies had harmful side effects. In her book Silent Spring, Rachel Carson showed how some pesticides were threatening wildlife. After the first Earth Day in 1970, environmental laws like the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act were signed or strengthened and the Environmental Protection Agency was created.
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Today at Mama Manifesto, all of our writers took part in a "ten on ten" experiment: we each posted a photo of what we were doing for ten consecutive hours. It was fun to see the results. My assignment was 2pm:
2 pm, by Kristen: Two siblings, engaged in an epic battle: Will we play princess dress-up, or beanbag spaceship? Finally, a compromise.
To see the rest of the day's compilation, head on over to Mama Manifesto.
In other scenes from our day, the kids playing dress up:
Kembe is a very good sport about dressing up as a princess, having avoided much of the gender stereotyping in American television. Though most of the time, his preferred costume is a set of princess heels paired with a Jedi robe. This combination irks Jafta to no end (JEDI'S DON'T WEAR THOSE SHOES!!), but Kembe does not care. He is a big fan of the clackety noise of those heels. I am NOT.
Karis had to get in on the cross-dressing, too. She loves to wear everyone else's shoes. She also loves to take her clothes off. She is my hippie child.
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School Calendar 2015
The Minister of Basic Education published the approved School Calender for 2015 in Government Gazette 36841 dated 13 September 2013.
The calender for 2015 reverts to the two cluster model, viz an inland Cluster of Provinces and a Coastal Cluster of Provinces.
Members are reminded that the single calender for all provinces approved for 2014 was dictated by the unique circumstances that will occur in that year which made a uniform calender the best option.
Members are reminded of the NAPTOSA Tour to Europe /England - June / July 2014
Delivery of LTSM
Distribution of available stationery to schools commenced on 30 July 2013 . Stationery delivery status as at 05 September 2013 was as follows:
- Stationery Value Delivered to the Warehouse 73%
- Stationery Value Delivered to Schools 53%
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New benchmark details which recently surfaced on GLBenchmark's website could be our first glimpse of the power behind Qualcomm's dual-core Snapdragon processor. The benchmark scores belong to a previously unknown handset named the HTC Glacier. While this is the first time we have heard this name, a few clues indicate that the HTC Glacier could actually be the fabled Project Emerald which is expected to launch on T-Mobile's network in the U.S. this November.
As far as scores go, the HTC Glacier finished the GLBenchmark Pro 1.1 with 1432 frames, nearly three times higher than the scores posted for the HTC EVO 4G. The benchmark scores place the HTC Glacier right in the middle of Samsung's Galaxy S lineup of handsets which are currently the fastest and most powerful Android handsets on the market. While we don't know how big of a screen the HTC Glacier will feature, the benchmark results do reveal that the display resolution is set at 800 x 480 pixels.
While there is no way to guarantee that this is in fact the Project Emerald, AlienBabelTech has put together a pretty good case to prove that it is. The benchmark results for the HTC Glacier appear to have been uploaded by an individual who has only uploaded benchmark results for T-Mobile USA handsets. A quick Google search also reveals that this individual works at T-Mobile as a Senior Interaction Designer. Again, there is no real solid evidence in any of these details, but we wouldn't be too surprised if the HTC Glacier does launch on T-Mobile right before the holiday season kicks off.


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Mexico Retreat with Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche at Yeshe Nyingpo Mexico in Ensenada from February 11-15, 2015(2 hours south from San Diego on the coast)
Tentative Schedule:
Wednesday Feb 11th: 6-9pm Teaching: Heart Sutra
Thursday Feb 12th: 6-9pm Teaching: Heart Sutra
Friday Feb 13th: 6-9pm Teaching: Dudjom Tersar Ngondro
Saturday Feb 14th: 10am-1pm and 3-6pm: Dudjom Tersar Ngondro
Sunday Feb 15th – 10am-1pm: Refuge and Boddhisatva Vows; Transmission
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Commissioner Jason Thompson is on the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners until Monday evening and he's making the most of the time he has left.
Chairman Jonathan Barfield gave Thompson the opportunity to say goodbye in his own special way during Thursday's agenda meeting.
"When I first came on this board it was accused of having P.M.S. They said it was pale, male, and stale," Thompson said.
"Then you (Barfield) came on board
and we weren't quite so pale and we've had a good friendship. Now that Beth's (Dawson) coming on we won't be quite so male and that's a good thing. And with what I'm about to do we won't be so stale here…What I'm going to do is show you a quote from a very famous poet and this is how I feel about today."
Thompson proceeded to play Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" for the group.
Thompson will be honored at Monday's meeting for his service on the board.
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Borderline "Cool"
Coolest thing from the county commissioners in ages.
Good for Jason. I didn't always agree with him, but I'll miss him.


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Here are the 10 companies picked from Asia,
9 Jul, 2017TECHINASIA.COM
Indian ecommerce leader Flipkart and seven Chinese unicorns – including the BAT trio of Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent – figure in this year's MIT Technology Review list of the 50 smartest companies in the world. Two Taiwanese companies complete the contingent of 10 from Asia in the annual list, which is curated by the editors of the 118-year-old magazine published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The editors identify companies that have been "smart" in creating new opportunities in the preceding 12 months. By "smart", they mean companies that best combine innovative technology with an effective business model.
While the BAT trio figured in last year's list too, the four others from China, two from Taiwan, and Flipkart from India are new entrants. Surprisingly, there are no companies from Asia's technologically advanced nations like Japan, South Korea, and Singapore.
Two African companies – internet platform Jumia and pay-as-you-go solar power provider M-Kopa – as well as Latin America's largest online marketplace MercadoLibre make the cut, underlining the weightage given to business opportunity.
Here are the 10 companies picked from Asia, and the reasons for their inclusion:
Flipkart: battling back against Amazon
India's ecommerce leader had a tough time in 2016, as global rival Amazon came hard at it with US$5 billion earmarked for winning this large, emerging market. But Flipkart managed to hold its ground, and finally landed a US$1.4 billion funding round from Tencent, Microsoft, and eBay early this year at a valuation of US$11.6 billion. Flipkart's main Indian rival Snapdeal, on the other hand, lost market share drastically to Amazon.
Flipkart is now negotiating to buy Snapdeal at less than US$1 billion, a fraction of its peak valuation, to further consolidate India's competitive ecommerce sector after acquiring eBay India.
"Amazon's aggressive investments in India have upended the country's ecommerce industry, but Flipkart keeps battling back," observes MIT Technology Review, putting the Indian company 36th on the list, above tech giants like IBM, General Electric, and Alibaba.
The most notable among Flipkart's local innovations is its progressive web app – a website that looks like a mobile app. It's much lighter in the use of mobile data and works better in places with patchy internet. The Indian company has also been hiring AI experts to improve product recommendations and the customer interface. It is expanding its product range with private labels. And the eBay India acquisition has boosted its cross-border ecommerce.
Baidu suffered a setback with the exit of its Silicon Valley import, Andrew Ng, but continues to invest in AI research despite falling revenue growth. It launched DuerOS, a voice-enabled smart assistant like Amazon Alexa, after acquiring Y Combinator-backed startup Raven Tech.
Baidu leads China's national AI mission. It also acquired a computer vision startup to bolster its driverless car initiative.
Alibaba is already the world's largest ecommerce company with a 57 percent share of the Chinese market and a valuation of US$364 billion. It is now taking on its global rival Amazon in cloud computing services. After initially using it for its own ecommerce and payments, Alibaba started offering its cloud infrastructure as a service to other companies.
Alibaba Cloud is now its fastest growing business, expanding globally with data centers in the US, Europe, Australia, and Asian countries. It uses the cloud to offer big data services as part of its initiative called the "electronic world trade platform" to help small businesses with cross-border ecommerce.
Alibaba spun out Ant Financial as a separate company in 2014 amid rapid expansion of mobile payments arm Alipay. Ant now executes more than half of all mobile payments in China with over 450 million annual active users, although WeChat Pay has grown to be a strong rival. It is also pushing into global markets, investing in fintech companies in India, Singapore, Thailand, and the US.
Ant has been building artificial intelligence into new products, such as an insurance claim product that uses machine learning to process images of accidents taken with a smartphone. The company, which holds billions of dollars in escrow at any given time, has also started offering loans based on creditworthiness assessed from spending patterns.
Tencent's social networking app WeChat's model is today cited as often as those of Uber and Airbnb. It's an all-in-one app with chat, ecommerce, payments, games, music, and videos. Its expanding range pulls in new users and keeps existing ones engaged within the app, helping it to sell ads and services.
WeChat is set to cross a billion monthly active users this year, spending 90 minutes a day on average in the app. Riding on its social network, Tencent has also become the world's largest video gaming company, which accounts for most of its revenue.
iFlytek makes an impressive debut in the MIT list, flying in at number 6, the highest ranking for an Asian company, two places ahead of Tencent.
iFlytek dominates the Chinese market in the trendy area of voice-activated systems. These are being used in cars, home appliances, and robots. It also has a joint venture to develop educational products with built-in instant translation. It has set up a fund to invest in AI startups around the world to widen its repertoire even more.
iFlytek is based in the city of Hefei, which is growing into a hub for AI research.
At number 11 on the list is Beijing-based Face++, the world's first unicorn to specialize in facial recognition, after a US$100 million funding round in December.
Face++ analyzes 106 points on a person's face. Its software is used by Alipay to let users log in with their face as ID. Ride-sharing company Didi Chuxing uses it to identify its drivers, and smartphone app maker Meitu uses it to offer photo-retouching features.
Shenzhen-based maker of low-cost, portable drones DJI rounds out the Chinese contingent in the list. Its US$999 Mavic Pro drone can be folded into a backpack and has advanced features to avoid obstacles in flight.
DJI's "latest drone, the US$499 Spark, fits in the palm of a hand, weighs less than a soda can, and can be controlled with hand gestures," observes MIT Technology Review. It has a more rugged drone, the Matrice 200, for industrial inspections and search-and-rescue missions. The company had US$1.4 billion in sales in 2016 and expects revenues to exceed US$1 billion this year.
The Taiwanese company is the leader in contract manufacturing of smartphones in China, including iPhones. It is expanding into other markets, with plans to invest US$5 billion into India for a parallel manufacturing hub to that of China. It is also investing in more advanced manufacturing facilities, like a display-making unit in the US.
At the same time, Foxconn is building its own line of robots, to counterbalance rising labor costs. Already, 40,000 Foxbots are at work. The company intends to fully automate the making of PCs, monitors, and smartphones.
The second Taiwanese company in the list is HTC. MIT Technology Review includes it for successfully pivoting from its declining smartphone business into the hot new field of virtual reality (VR).
Its Vive motion-tracking system lets users walk about in a virtual world, instead of just waving their arms and legs. It's also collaborating with Google to make a standalone VR headset that doesn't require smartphones. HTC has invested in 60 VR startups globally through its accelerator program, Vive X, to build up content for its VR system.


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15th AFCCE in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Remarks of the IACO Secretary General at the Breakfast Meeting of
The Global Producer Forum, 17th February 2017
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I would like to begin by paying tribute to a true friend of the African coffee industry, the late Roberio Oliveira Silva, for his invaluable contribution to the coffee industry. He served as Executive Director of the International Coffee Organisation from 2011 to 2016. May his soul rest in peace.
It is now almost a year, since the idea of a Global Coffee Producer Forum was mooted by our Colombian colleagues. The plan is to hold the Forum in Colombia this year, and the organisers intend to bring together producers from about 40 countries to examine the looming crisis in the coffee industry.
Coffee producers everywhere are currently facing a serious dilemma—to farm or not to farm? Certain dynamics are responsible for rendering coffee farming non-remunerative to the producers, and thus unsustainable. As producers, we need to seriously examine and address the challenges we are facing at different levels of the coffee value chain.
Through several high-level presentations made by scientists, university professors, and various coffee specialists, we have been taught how to attain sustainability as producers. Implementing these recommendations looks appealing and much as this pleases consumers, producers on the other hand are not being fairly compensated, leaving their livelihoods and future at stake. The grave implication might be the risk of neglect of coffee production, which could create a serious deficit that would plunge the global market into chaos.
The purpose of the Forum is to explore ways in which coffee prices could be improved. Although the fundamentals indicate that demand is quite strong, supply is not growing at the same pace. The truth of the matter is that farmers are very concerned about low prices. What I believe should be done, is to draw attention to the producer's dilemma, re-examine the market fundamentals, and agree on the appropriate course of action. A better future for all stakeholders should be ensured by addressing the producers' concerns. This means that the Forum should have a producer-oriented look at the industry, and examine the scenarios that should be considered in achieving the desired state of our industry in the future.
Africa is always keen on collaborating with the other regions in seeking solutions to the daunting problems. The expected outcome is improved livelihoods for the small-holder producers so that coffee could contribute to the transformation of the economies of African nations. The Inter-African Coffee Organisation (IACO) is pleased to be a part of this, and we look forward to a fruitful dialogue in line with the objectives of the Global Coffee Producers Forum.
I hope, Ladies and Gentlemen, that the Forum will attract massive participation from all the producing regions, that the deliberations will move the agenda forward, and that concrete solutions to avert the looming coffee crisis will be adopted. It is also my desire that firm commitments will be made to implement the recommendations for the ultimate benefit of the global coffee industry and most significantly for the survival of the coffee producers.
Thank you!
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Madden Property Consultants – Dublin Sales & Lettings Specialist
Madden Property Consultants are a family run Auctioneers and Estate Agents that specialise in Dublin Sales & Lettings. From our main office, next to the IFSC, we have been providing a fast, efficient and customer based sales & lettings service to vendors, landlords and tenants. Our Dublin Sales & Lettings team pride themselves in exceeding customer expectations and delivering on every aspect of our service. Our customer base has grown mainly through referrals from existing customers resulting in a strong database of both residential landlords and tenants for Dublin lettings. We provide our sales & lettings service throughout Dublin.
Madden Property Consultants – Property Sales & Lettings in Dublin
Over the last number of years, Property Sales & Lettings in Dublin has seen a number of changes. Madden Property Consultants have noticed that further reference checks have to be made on all tenants and the most important part is the selection of tenants. We have built our company to focus on corporate tenants so that we can offer the landlord a strong and reliable tenant. Property Sales & Lettings in Dublin have benefited from the influx of large companies such as Google and Oracle. These companies bring with them strong corporate tenants with which we have a strong working relationship. Property Sales & Lettings in Dublin will continue to grow into the future but it is essential for landlords and vendors to have a trustworthy and hard working Dublin Sales & Letting Agent in their corner. A good portion of our landlords are professionals that have been forced to relocate abroad for a few years and they have put the responsibility of managing their property into the hands of Madden Property Consultants. A lot of people purchasing property in Dublin are investors looking for good opportunities in what looks like the bottom of the housing crash.
Madden Property Consultants – Sales & Letting Agent in Dublin
As a family run Estate Agents we have been able to offer an unrivalled Dublin Sales & Letting Agent service to our vendors and landlords and in turn we have become one of the most reliable Sales & Letting Agents in Dublin. There is no turn over of staff, there is no hiding from responsibilities and as with most family businesses everything is transparent. Being a Sales & Letting Agent in Dublin brings with it many responsibilities. We are fully aware that we are managing our vendors & landlords most expensive asset – their property. Our Dublin Sales &Letting Agent service is open and transparent and the landlords are kept fully informed throughout the entire sales and renting process. Our office, beside the IFSC, is open from Monday to Saturday but our emergency line is on 24/7. This gives great peace of mind to both vendors, landlords and tenants knowing that there is always someone to address a query.Madden Property Consultants is a fresh and innovative sales & letting agent in the vibrant Dublin city area specialising in residential property lettings. We offer a fast, efficient and customer based service to both tenants and landlords.


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Dilatometry / Dilatometer (DIL)
Dilatometry / Dilatometer (DIL)
[Translate to Korea:] Dilatometry (DIL) is a technique in which a dimension of a substance under negligible load is measured (e.g. expansion measurement or shrinkage measurement) as a function of temperature while the substance is subjected to a controlled temperature program in a specified atmosphere.
Linseis produces a wide range of Single-, Dual-, Differential-, Quattro-, Quenching-, Laser- and Optical Dilatometer in a temperature range from -180°C up to 2800°C and a resolution up to 0.3 nm. Thanks to our years of experience (est. 1953), Linseis offers Dilatometers with an unbeaten performance.
Depending on your Application, we offer the perfect solution:
Vertical Dilatometer L75V:
- No friction on expansion
- Push-rod contact is always guaranteed
- possible field of application: samples that shrink during heat up
Horizontal Dilatometer L76/L75H:
- Economic system, very simple and easy to use
- Highest temperature uniformity
- L75H is perfect for research & development
Optical Dilatometer L74 Optical:
- Non-contact - no contact pressure
- Only choice for melting samples during the measurement
- Can be used for many applications (contact angle, heating microscope...)
- Excellent heating behavior
- Best choice for irregularly shaped and soft samples
Quenching and Deformation Dilatometer L78 Rita:
- Unreached heating and cooling rates up to 2500K/s
- Creation of CHT/CCT/TTT diagrams
- Deformation forces up to 25 kN
Certainly Linseis Dilatometers comply with all national and international standards related to thermal expansion measurements, such as: ASTM E228, E289, E831, D696, D3386, DIN ISO 7991, DIN EN 821, DIN 51045.


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Fort Worth Aviation Museum offers a wide range of aviation resources for a variety of interests:
• Our museum, featuring 24 warbirds spanning from 1943 to the present.
• A repository of the Fort Worth's aviation history.
• The B-36 Peacemaker and Forward Air Controllers Museums.
• A resource library with over 1,000 aviation books, periodicals and videos.
• Cockpit and flight simulators.
• "Kiowa For Kids," a trailered Bell Helicopter OH-58 Kiowa available for school and community events.
• A Speakers Bureau serving schools and community events.


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A Spanish man spoke at a press conference on Monday after being the first successful recipient of a full-face transplant.
Identifying himself only as Oscar, the 31-year-old farmer used the opportunity to thank the medical team who operated on him. Oscar seriously injured himself five years ago when he accidently shot himself in the face and since then he's had difficulty eating, breathing and speaking.
The transplant, which took place in March with a 24-hour surgery, meant that a new face, including jaw, nose, cheekbones, muscles, teeth and eyelids, was placed "masklike" over Oscar's.
While the head of the surgical team told the press that Oscar would likely need physical therapy for up to a year and a half, he's expected to regain almost all of his facial functions. Possibly signifying the operation's success is the fact that just a week after the operation he had already started growing facial hair.