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Having acne is worst but having uneven skin is even more worse. This is why today we are going to look at some of the home remedies to get rid of uneven skin tone and that too fast. There are many reasons behind uneven skin tone such as sun burn etc etc. Here is a list of some amazing home remedies by the help of which you can get rid of your uneven skin tone fast.
Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera is an amazing element for skin betterment. Aloe Vera is easily available. And it is 100 % natural unlike chemical filled beauty products. You have nothing to worry as Aloe Vera is a great skin moisturizer, and excellent skin exfoliator. You can get Aloe Vera gel easily from the leaves of Aloe Vera plant. Apply this gel daily to see better results.
Orange is a wonderful source of vitamin C and it work great for your skin as well. Oranges are also known for it's skin lightning properties and bleaching quality as well. Squeeze out juice out of a orange, add honey and lemon juice in it and apply it on your face and neck to get rid of your uneven skin tone and acne scars. Apply this twice a week to see fast results.
Baking Soda
Baking soda is an amazing thing it works for everyone and everything. It is a time and money saver. People use it to get rid of yellow teeth, dirty stains out of their clothes. But baking soda works wonder for skin as well. So, when you have some skin problem you know who to turn to now! Baking soda is an amazing and totally natural bio-exfoliator. Why baking soda? Baking soda is a great scrub for your skin, it scrubs away all the dead skin cells and leaves your skin supple and fresh. Baking soda works wonder not only to get rid of uneven skin tone but acne scarring and hyper pigmentation too. Thinking it might be too harsh on your skin? Not at all baking soda is way better than any of your chemical filled products.
Just take one or two tablespoon of baking soda and add some water, make a smooth paste out of it. Let it become thick and let it settle well. After that gently scrub it on your skin or the affected areas. You can rub this baking soda paste for five minutes least and then wash it off carefully. Repeat this once a week to get rid of uneven skin tone and get a glowing and much fairer skin.
Papaya is great for your overall health if you eat it more than once a week but it is also has bleaching properties that will help you to get rid of uneven skin tone especially if you have hyper pigmentation or melanin patches. If you want a glowing skin you should start eating it too so that it can work internally. If you want to see fast results you can also rub raw papaya on your face or affected areas daily and without a doubt you will start noticing change in your skin tone within a week.
Yogurt mask
We all know that yogurt is really good and beneficial for a person overall health. But as it turns out it is great for skin also. A yogurt mask is excellent to get rid of uneven skin tone. To make a mask out of yogurt, you need yogurt and just a little bit of water add them together and beat it until the paste turns smooth. Apply it all over your neck and face and leave it on for twenty to thirty minutes. This mask will help you not only to get rid of uneven skin tone but acne scars and tanned skin too. Apply yogurt mask at least twice a week if you want to see fast and good results.
It is no secret that turmeric works wonder for skin tone. In India, before wedding every bride and groom bathes in turmeric paste to get glowing skin. Everybody uses it to get fairer and glowing skin. Mix a little bit of turmeric with honey and milk, then apply it all over your face and neck in a thick layer. Let it dry and when it gets completely dry wash it off with lukewarm water. Apply turmeric paste once a week if you want to get rid of uneven skin tone and acne scars too.
Lemon juice
Lemon juice have excellent bleaching properties so it is no surprise that it can make your skin even and also you can get rid of your scars. You can take a lemon cut it half then squeeze the juice out of it, add a little bit of honey and then apply the paste on your whole face properly. Wash it off after fifteen to twenty minutes. You can apply this mask twice to thrice a week and get yourself the clear skin you always desired. You can just apply lemon juice if you want.
Gram flour
Gram flour is an amazing bio-exfoliator which also have skin lightening properties, don't be so surprised. Gram flour is usually available in house as it is a common food item. Just a make a paste of it. Do not worry we are going to tell you how! In a bowl add some gram flour, lemon juice and a little bit of milk, beat it until it turns out to be smooth. Apply this paste all over your face and neck, scrub it gently and then wash it off after a minute or so. Apply this paste twice a week to see great results.
Sandal wood mask
Sandal wood is a ancient way to get flawless skin, it is no secret. But still some people do not know about it's brilliant use. Sandal wood is a great thing to get rid of uneven skin tone and plus the fragrance is just mesmerizing. Nowadays, it is available in market and you can purchase it easily. After you apply sandal wood mask you will notice your skin will be smoother and supple. Apply the sandal wood mask all over your face for about thirty minutes and then wash it off with lukewarm water. You can apply this paste thrice a week and you should if you want to see fast results and get rid of that uneven skin tone.
Milk has skin lightening properties and also it makes skin soft. If you want to get rid of pigmentation and unevenness in skin tone you have to use raw milk. Take a cotton ball and then dip it in some milk, wipe your entire face with it. You can use it every night before going to bed. Let your skin absorb the milk and the wash it off. You can apply it every single day! Thank us later.
You must have heard that cucumber is great for skin well the reason behind that is cucumber binds collagen. Hence, it gives you smooth, supple and acne free skin. You can grate cucumber also. After grating cucumber add a little bit of honey to it and then apply it all over your face. Keep it on foe twenty minutes and then wash it off. Apply this mixture daily for a couple of months to see fast and good results.
Honey is also when it comes to get rid of uneven skin tone. Honey have a fair amount of enzymes thus it helps breaking down or get rid of old skin cells which leaves the skin soft and clean. You can apply just honey or you can add some other stuff to make a even more better face mask. You can take honey and mix milk powder or milk, lemon juice, soaked almonds mix them well. Apply the mask or use it is as a scrub. The honey and lemon will work as bleaching agents and almonds will work as a great skin exfoliator.
Coconut, sugar and lime
Why all these three? Well let us tell you their benefits. Sugar is a great natural exfoliator, lemon has awesome bleaching property and coconut is magnificent natural moisturizer. When you use these three things you have yourself a great scrub and mask for your skin. Mix all these three well and make a smooth paste out of it. Apply this mask all over your face and neck for at least twenty minutes, wash it off with lukewarm water gently. After you apply this mask you will notice your skin to be clear, soft and supple. You can apply this mask twice a week if you want to get rid of uneven skin tone and scars.
Tomato pulp
Tomatoes are great for health and skin as well. They help in lightening skin tone, prevent acne, and also tighten pores. As tomatoes contain vitamin A, C and plenty of anti-oxidants which will make your skin feel fresh, youthful, and amazingly soft. Just apply pulp of tomato daily on your face to see fast and amazing results.
All of these food items or natural beauty products are easily available from market or stores. If you want to get rid of your uneven skin tone then start using and following these methods and you have to be regular with them.


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Mitre Side Table
The Mitre Side Table exudes geometric charm, inspired by the silhouettes of a city scape. The unique pattern of rectangles makes this a beautiful statement side table to use in any style interior. Place next to any sofa, chair, or hallway for both function and style.
Finally, style with a lamp, candleholder, and other decor to complete the look. If not in stock, normal lead time 8 - 12 weeks.
Width (cm) : 46
Depth (cm) : 46
Height (cm) : 56
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People love to share their life events with others through pictures and videos. It is difficult to agree that might be only a very few percent will be interested in your clip. I am telling about your short videos of 5 minutes. If your videos are of above 10 to 15 minutes, then it's a fact that no one that much time to drop on you. No worries, your loving android device is ready to help you. You can make your video shorter and compose it in a way you desire.
1. Imovie Editor
The Imovie Editor is one of the most popular video editing apps. You can edit your video and do much more than editing through this app. If you are a new user then you can start with splice different footage on your device. I am talking about it because it's shockingly easy. Adding titles, voice-over, and music to the video is also with done one this app. You can take add photos and TV-style templates to your art work. It's now possible to make your normal video look like a movie trailer.
2. VidTrim Video Editor
VidTrim Video Editor is a good android app that works on android device and other devices too. You can work with a single clip here and add music. You will be able to trip the clip and try different retro effect on the video. Here your video will be ready as an MP4 format. You are free to choose the versions between free and paid. The paid version will get you some extra facilities like removing the watermark with 1080p support.
3. VideoFx Music Video Maker
The VideoFx Music Video Maker is another incredible app that makes your experience in editing your videos better than ever. The real-time effects are there for you if you are willing to use them in your music DIY video or in-yer-face extreme sports. Trust me; this looks more perfect than ever. This app also provides you a chance to try it for free. If you like the initial tools, you can purchase it to enjoy the advanced tool.
4. VideoShow – Video Editor
This app has been developed very precise to edit and make videos. The features are very useful like you can work with any specified portion of the video. You are permitted to customize the size, style, title and color effect. It's a free app for the Android platform.
5. Pinnacle Studio 19
This editing app can be called the upper level of Imovie. It is widely used for casual purposes. You will be able to make some picture-in-picture effect and can have full control over titles and captions, imports can be used as well. You can use the trial version for 30 days.


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Latest New Year 2015 Shayari Collection in Hindi and English
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Hum doston ko bhulte nahi hain
Magar yeh baat jatate nahi hain
Doston ko hamesha rakhte hain yaad
Hum bhulne ke liye dost
Banate nahi hain
Naya Sala Mubaraka 2015!
Palbhar mein toot jaye
Wo kacam nahi
Dost ko bhuljaya wo hum nahi
Tum hume bhool jao ic
Baat mein dum nahi
Kyon kit um hame bhul
Jao itne bure hum nahi
Naya Sala Mubaraka 2015!
Happy New Year 2015 Shayari in Hindi for girlfriends and Lovers
Kisi na kisi pe Kisi ko
Aetbaar Ho Jata Hai
Ajnabi Koi Shaks Yaar
Ho Jata Hai
Khubiyon se Nahi Hoti
Mohabbat Sadaa
Khamiyon Se Bhi Aksar
Pyar Ho Jata Hai
Naya Sala Mubaraka 2015!
Nee Tu Todh
Ley Beshaq
Assi Nibhavage
Yaad Kari Ya Na Kari
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Naya Sala Mubaraka 2015!
Chahti Hun Sirf Tujhe Zamana Janta Hai
Tu Kab Chahega Nahi Janti Hun
Teri Thi Teri Hun Aur Teri Hi Rahugi
Tu Kab Mera Hoga Nahi Janti Hun Pooja
Naya Sala Mubaraka 2015!
Happy New Year 2015 Shayari in Hindi for Family and Friends
Main Laa Mahdood Thaa
Us Nay Kay Mahdood Hnaa
Meri Ibtadaa Bhi Uss Say
Meri Intihaa Bhi Us Tak
Naya Sala Mubarak 2015!
Mujhy Jeenay Ki umeed dobara day do
Meri doobti kashti ki kinara dy do
Main dard k sahil pay tanha khari hu
Phir aa k apni baahon ka sahara day do
Teri Daaman to bhara hay sitaron say
Mujhy sirf ek sitara day do
Chund lamhy tujhy dekhnay ki hasrat hay bas
Mene kab kaha jeewan bharka saath de do
Naya Sala Mubaraka 2015!
Happy New Year 2015 Shayari in English for Whatsapp, Facebook
Sun rays always surround you, Get Sun rays success
God blessings always healing you, live healthy all the new year
Laugh is always on your face, you are in happy all the new year
Taught bright future, always get bright ideas all the new year
I wish You a Happy New Year 2015!
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New Ideas, New beginnings, New Sun rays, New fruits and New Year give fruits in all your ways in this New Year
Happy New Year 2015!
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To Be honest with you, I have no words to describe of happiness
This New Year brings full of happiness and success fruits to you
I wish you happy New Year 2015!
On this special day
You are celebrate this New Year
Full of happy and success
I am wishing you a happy new year 2015!


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Ship Car To Comoros
Shipping a Vehicle Internationally to the Country of Comoros.
Shipping A Car To Comoro.
Typical Shipping Prices – How Much Does It Cost?
- Car transport costs from the United State to Comoros are most often between $1,500 and $4,500.
- That is a somewhat large range, even in auto transport terms, because of the distance, available methods of shipment, type of vehicle and additional services, all of which can add to the base shipping costs.
As an island in the Indian Ocean, Comoros is a destination that many come to visit. Technically, it consists of three separate islands all very near in distance. All of them are combined, Comoros is still one of the smallest countries in the world.
Being a well-established and densely populated country, the roadways stretch across each island, making travel easier on its inhabitants. A personal vehicle is a wise accommodation to have during a long stay or permanent residency.
A-1 Auto Transport, Inc. ships vehicles worldwide. Click here or call 1-800-518-8708 to get a free, no obligation to buy price quote to ship your car.
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Specific documents will need to be presented prior to transporting a personal vehicle via ship to the Comoros islands.
- Title and registration.
- Proof of ownership.
- Insurance forms.
- Passport and license.
- Proof of Comoros residency.
- Receipt of payment for duties and taxes.
There may be other restrictions and documentation that apply. Contact the Embassy of Comoros to keep current with all regulations. They will help the vehicle owner by providing the necessary steps for shipment.
Shipping Methods for a Vehicle to Comoros.
There are various methods that can be used to ship/import a vehicle to Comoros from the United States. However, two of these methods are more practical and many choose between them.
Container shipping is quite practical especially for those who plan on residing on the islands. It allows a person to fill their vehicle with belongings allowed by Customs. The container can also be filled with property and there are two sizes of containers to select from. A person choosing container shipping can split the container with another person. This can help to reduce the higher costs of shipment.
The roll on, roll off method, also known as RO/RO shipping/exporting, is less expensive than container shipping. The vehicle must roll onto the ship as well as roll off. The automobile must be completely empty other than its floor mats, a car jack, and a spare tire.
Pertinent Information.
At the time of the vehicle's due arrival, the owner must be present. There are several Comoros ports, one on each island, so make sure that the right port is known and the vehicle is sent to the correct island. Some of the Comoros ports include:
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text: "Three tattoo artists, a world famous bike builder, a tattoo shop owner, and an average tattooed biker will set out on a journey via motorcycles to visit some of the best shops in America. We will set out on this 21 day trip visiting 14 different tattoo shops, showcasing some amazing artists and their shops, their lives and their art. Along the way we will encounter several motorcycle builders and also some musicians within the industry. Our goal is to show the reality of our lifestyle, tattoos, motorcycles and rock and roll. We plan to take you on this adventure with us with 16 episodes visiting cities all across America. It will be a look inside the reality of it all and we call it Tattoos & Turnpikes." -T&T


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Friday Night Feels Dress
Friday Night Feels
After some sass and elegance to top off the end of a great week? You're bound to get the Friday Night Feels in this snappy number. With a great, fun floral fabric, this mini dress is ideal for those after 5pm catch ups. With long bell-shaped sleeves, cute mid-thigh hemline, and an adjustable matching neck collar attached, this evening dress radiates some of this seasons' fashion trends.
Embrace the florals. Embrace the confident you. The world awaits. What are you waiting for?
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This Metasploit module exploits a remote code execution vulnerability in the inline request processor of the Ruby on Rails ActionPack component. This vulnerability allows an attacker to process ERB to the inline JSON processor, which is then rendered, permitting full RCE within the runtime, without logging an error condition.
Source: Ruby On Rails ActionPack Inline ERB Code Execution
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Microsoft Windows 2003 SP2 ERRATICGOPHER SMB Remote Code Execution
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Walkthrough Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition
At the beginning of the game, the protagonist wakes up on the stove in Morgam. He is not remember nothing. Suddenly the skull will speak with you.
The skull will introduce itself and call its name Morte and tell about the events. You are locked in the preparatory room on the second floor Mortuary. The whole face is in the scars, the back is filled with tattoos, like some instructions. You need to find a man named Pharod, as well as a missing magazine. But first you need to leave the room, and then - Mortuary.
Morte is the first character to join your squad.
Act 1
The events of the first act occur on a location called Mortuary. This is a kind of training ground, where you will become familiar with the interface and game mechanics. Your first task is to leave the preparatory room. Since all the doors leading to the first floor are locked, you need to find a way to the third level.
Find the key to the Mortuary sanctuary. Apply it to open the locked doors and go down to the first tier, and then leave the location.
On the Mortuary location you will encounter the following creatures:
- Zombie. These are harmless undead representatives who will be safe if you do not give them a reason to attack you. If they become hostile, you still will not be difficult to deal with them. You can not talk to a zombie. Nevertheless, be sure to study them, as some of them will have useful subjects.
- Skeletons. These creatures are also harmless if they are not provoked. There is no reason to communicate with them, but you can learn through dialogue.
- Giant skeletons. You will meet these creatures on the first floor. While you do not touch them, they are completely safe. However, if you awaken a giant skeleton, then it can become quite a dangerous opponent.
- Dustmen. The usual scavengers (women and men) with whom you meet on the second and third floors are pretty suspicious. You have to be careful. After talking with Dhall on the second floor, if you have 13 dexterity, you can break the neck of the guards before they can raise the alarm.


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Good Morning RRG! This is your Dream Director Joyce with today's announcements!
This week is College Application Week. Students throughout NY State will be filling out their college applications and students throughout RRG will be participating in college awareness activities.
Attention freshman, please submit your College For Every Student application to Jeremy or Nicole as soon as possible.
Future Family Adventures Days TODAY at 3:00 in Joyce's room! Please make sure that you are on time and ready! It is going to be great! Please come for the day that you signed up for!
CFES Team meetings continue this Wednesday. Scholars who fail to attend may be asked to reapply to the program.
There will be coffeehouse on Thursday outside of the library!
Yearbook after school Thursday with Teressa room 209.
All juniors and seniors who are going on the overnight college trip and have yet to pay the remainder of the $50 trip fee should do so today. See Pete Cocheo in room 201.
PE uniforms will be available for purchase during 4th,& 5th pd. gym classes for the next two weeks.
Otherwise you can purchase your uniform after school Monday 3-3:30 in room 138 (next to the dean's office) Price list: Tees-$10 Shorts-$15 Sweats-$20 Sweatshirts- $25 See Mayra. All students should have their PE clothes by Oct 26, 2015. If you need an extension speak to your PE teacher. Sweatshirts are in and they are beautiful!
Contest is back! All students that have turned in their completed lunch forms will be eligible to win two movie tickets! That's right- TWO MOVIE TICKETS! Give your completed lunch form to Arlene or Lisa in Room in G03.
Halloween is coming up! Please remember that we do not allow costumes, masks, makeup, wigs or any other Halloween Paraphernalia.
Have a great day and remember how will you change the game today!
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Vestibular disorders include dizziness, balance issues, migraines, Menière's disease, and more. Until they are properly identified and treated, they can be debilitating to live with, but diagnosing them properly is difficult.
We profile the vestibular system deeply, quickly, and comfortably in just a few minutes. That way, patients and doctors know exactly what is wrong and what to do.
The vestibular system controls how we stay balanced, but it also provides critical information to your eyes and head to help you view the world. We examine the behaviour of the eyes and head using a simple test in VR, and then map those responses back to understand exactly what's causing symptoms. The test is non-invasive and takes only 3 minutes, so patients stay comfortable.
Complete Analysis in Minutes
Testing vestibular patients can take over 90 minutes. With ANSTM, you get key metrics on nystagmus, saccades, slow & fast phase tracking, and more in only 10-15 minutes.
This greatly increases patient throughput, making patients happier and increasing your clinic's revenue.
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Our breakthrough algorithms allow us to interpret eye and head movements more accurately than ever before.
With a clear picture of brain function, you can avoid expensive imaging tests or invasive procedures.
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Not only can ANSTM improve the quality and performance on the metrics you already use, it can provide novel metrics based on physiologically-relevant models that aren't available from other software packages. This helps to ensure test-retest reliability.
These can help you unlock the true value of eye and head movement data unlike ever before.
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ANSTM is the product of over 60 years of experience in eye and head movement analysis. Mimi Galiana, our Chief Scientific Officer, is a leading expert in the field, with over 200 publications on the subject in top peer-reviewed journals.
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Two days after Thanksgiving, I posted about this gluten-free Luxurious Pecan Pie—with the photo above—on the gfe Facebook page:
"LUXURIOUS PECAN PIE … my new gluten-free pecan pie has been going fast since I took this photo. Only one piece left now. Mr. GFE, Son, and I might be fighting over it after lunch. Do you want this recipe? Sooner or later?"
Here are some of the replies:
"This impatient NY'er wants it yesterday! Lol"
"Yes!! Sooner!"
"You have to ask??? Seriously. Want it now!!!"
"Sooner … pleeeeeze!"
"Yes!! I want it sooner, please!"
"That looks amazing, Shirley!"
Such a positive response to a new recipe always makes me happy and I have to admit this pecan pie is my new favorite! It gives you the classic pecan pie taste but also offers a bit of creaminess. The sugary factor is not screaming out, and somehow the pie just tastes "softer."
Before I shared on Facebook, Son volunteered his own review.
Son: "The pecan pie is amazing! That crust is amazing!"
Me: "What do you like best about it?"
Son: "Well, I love the crust, and the pecans kind of break away from the creamy filling and give you a smooth velvety finish."
Clearly Son loves it. I love it. Mr. GFE loves it. And so did everyone else when I served it at Thanksgiving. While I'm not sure that "smooth velvety finish" is typically a term applied to pies, I'll take it! And I hope you'll take a piece of this pie, too!
Luxurious Pecan Pie
A pecan pie that's "softer" and creamier!
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cup of full-fat canned coconut milk (or heavy cream)
- 1/3 cup of maple syrup (or honey)
- 2 ½ tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup of light brown sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt (I use sea salt)
- 2 tablespoons of butter (dairy or non-dairy), melted
- 2 cups of pecans pieces (pieces that are smaller than halves)
- Preheat oven to 350F. Have pie pan with unbaked pie crust ready to go. (I use my No-Roll, Never-Fail, Press-In Pie Crust.)
- In large bowl, beat eggs well. Mix in remaining ingredients.
- Pour into prepared crust and bake about 45 minutes, or until crust is browned and pie is slightly puffy.
- Cool to room temperature before serving. As pie cools, pie will deflate and firm up.
Adapted from Richard Bland College's 1963 Luxury Pecan Pie recipe.Using pecan pieces versus pecan halves makes for easier, "cleaner" pie slicing.
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This edition of the Catalyst Making Change series will provide you with the basic steps you need to develop a diversity scorecard that will help you monitor your organization's progress and performance around diversity. It will also give you a better understanding of the links between your organization's diversity strategy and its overall business strategy.
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text: More then 100 people have committed suicide in the past 20 years by jumping off of the Taos Gorge Bridge. This past weekend hundreds of people walked to the iconic site during the 7th annual Regeneration Festival. The Taos Gorge Bridge Safety Network wants to see suicide prevention barriers installed on the bridge. New Energy Economy's Mariel Nanasi is providing legal services onsite at the Standing Rock reservation where thousands of Native Americans are gathering to protest an oil pipeline. And the Taos News' JR Logan joins the program, gleaning light on what is up with property taxes for what was once agricultural land.


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Neurofibromatosis Incorporated Northeast via Crowdrise
October 25, 2012
BENEFITING: Neurofibromatosis Incorporated Northeast
EVENT: 2013 Boston Marathon
EVENT DATE: Apr 15, 2013
This will be the 25th year that Neurofibromatosis Northeast has had a team running in the Boston Marathon. Funds raised will support our mission to find treatments and the cure for neurofibromatosis by promoting scientific research, creating awareness, and providing hope and support to those who are affected by NF. Neurofibromatosis affects one in 2,500 people.
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Friday, October 03, 2014
Iron Webcomic
Here's the first Iron webcomic, which is supported by my Patreon. You can support it if you'd like!
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Labels: Comics, gif comics, Iron: or, the war after, watercolor
Monday, March 24, 2014
Hellboy 20th Anniversary
Here's a piece I did recently for an upcoming show celebrating Hellboy's 20th anniversary.
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Labels: B.P.R.D. Mike Mignola, hellboy, Johann Kraus
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Usagi Yojimbo
Here's my piece for The Sakai Project , a charity book to help Stan Sakai, the creator of Usagi Yojimbo.
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Labels: Dark Horse, illustration, S.M. Vidaurri, Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo, watercolor
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What Does "Active Within" Mean In Online Dating
If you are new to online dating, you may be wondering what "Active within" means for your online dating experience. "Active within X amount of time" just means when the last time the person logged into the dating site. So if it is Wednesday and it says "Active within one day" that means that they logged in sometime between today and yesterday at the same time of day. This information can be used in several ways in the world of online dating.
For example, most online dating sites have a feature that shows how long a member is active within in online dating. There are many different ways that each site displays this information, but what it boils down to, is that each member can look around to determine when someone was last logged in.
What sites have "Active Within"?
Plenty of Fish is one of the most popular, free online dating sites out there. You have the ability to instant message potential dates, as well as check to see if they read your emails or when they were last online. In fact, this site sorts your emails based on when the member checked in last. In addition to that, members are able to view who is checking them out and whether or not an individual wants to meet them. Match.com, OKcupid and many other online dating sites all have the Active within feature, and some even allow you to screen for members who have been active lately. Since people forget about their profiles when they are not dating, this is a good way to find out who is really looking and who is not.
How is Active within used by dating site users?
This tool is used for many different purposes, such as connecting members that are online at the same time; allowing other members to browse for people to chat with. The members that troll will follow other users to determine how often another user is online or the best time to attempt to communicate with the member. It can also be used to see if someone plans to respond to you. If you messaged them, then later see that they have been active since your message, it is most likely that they will not message back and are that you are not their type for whatever reason.
How is active within used by people who are communicating or dating?
After members have been exchanging messages with or dating one another and time has elapsed, some sticky questions begin that relate to "Active within" data. Examples would include, if one should take down their profile, signs that a user is avoiding another one or not interested and the biggest one, wanting to know if the person you're dating is seeing others.
When couples decide to become exclusive early in the relationship, other factors come into play that may bring out abnormal behaviors. Despite being exclusive, some couples may fail to take down their profiles. This can cause insecurities within the relationship. To avoid this, the discussion of when to take down profiles should be established. Whenever profiles remain posted online, it causes individuals to constantly check and spy on their mates to determine if they are still browsing or keeping their options open. Dating books like Not Your Mother's Rules, recommend not taking your profile down if you are a woman, until the man does and asks you to be exclusive. This keeps them from feeling like you are more serious than they are.
If you are avoiding someone that you are not interested in or that is stalking you, some sites have a method where you can block a member.
When you involve yourself in the world of online dating, you should prepare yourself to experience devastating heartache as well as joyful bliss. It's a roller coaster of emotions. It's like setting your expectations high, to avoid disappointments. There are tips, rules and guidelines, that will assist you along the way, however every situation is different. Therefore you can't always rely on what someone else goes through as far as he likes me, he likes me not. However, don't be discouraged since a lot of marriages are instigated by online dating and the matches are usually very good.


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Recovering from a software development project that has 'jumped the rail's' can be expensive, time-consuming and frustrating unless you have the right support. Redgum's Redprint™ solution provides you with a clear path forward. Whether you have an incomplete solution, a homegrown solution you've outgrown or software at the end of it's lifecycle, Redprint™ provides you with a clear understanding of your options, timeframes and costs.
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You'll see a couple of meals leftover from last week's plan because things got a little bit crazy around here. :)
Here's our menu for this week:
Sunday: Leftover Buffet
Monday: Tacos
Tuesday: Easy Excellent Ranch Chicken, Brown Rice, Green Beans
Wednesday: Old World Sauerkraut Supper (I've been trying to make this for almost a month - we'll see if it happens this week!)
Thursday: Chicken and Rice Soup
Friday: Pad Thai
Saturday: Hubby's Chili!
Hope you and your family have a great week with lots of quality time around the dinner table!


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Improvements to Courthill Road Crossing
Local Lewisham Central Councillors Stella, Damien and Joan are delighted that the long-awaited improvement to cross Courthill Road at its junction with Lewisham High Street is currently underway.
Local residents have had long standing concerns about the safety of this crossing and the work will address these concerns and decrease the danger the crossing poses to all of us. The changes to the 181 and 225 bus routes have already been implemented and soon the left turn from the High Street by the old snooker hall will be removed.
The old snooker hall itself is due for a revamp by its new owners, the Tabernacle Church who are renovating the whole building. This received Planning Permission only a few weeks ago and we hope the work will begin within the next six months. All of this work will lead to a new lease of life at this end of Lewisham High Street.


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FBI discovered Hillary Clinton-related emails weeks ago
WASHINGTON — The discovery of a trove of emails from one of Hillary Clinton's top aides occurred weeks ago, law enforcement officials told CNN.
But the FBI didn't disclose the discovery until Friday, raising questions about why the information was kept under wraps and then released only days before the election.
The emails from Clinton aide Huma Abedin were found on a computer belonging to her estranged husband, Anthony Weiner.
CNN reported on September 22 that prosecutors in Manhattan had issued a subpoena for Weiner's communications as part of an investigation into alleged sexting with an underage girl.
FBI criminal investigators soon after stumbled on the Abedin emails.
By early October, it was clear to investigators that the emails may relate to the Clinton email server investigation, law enforcement officials said.
But internal discussions at the FBI about how to proceed continued over the ensuing weeks.
The delay was first reported by the Washington Post.
In his Friday letter to Congress, FBI Director James Comey said he was briefed on the new findings a day earlier. He didn't say when he first learned of the existence of the emails.
FBI officials moved to disclose the development then because they feared the information would leak otherwise, law enforcement officials said.
Comey's notification to Congress of the review is rocking the final days of the presidential race. Democrats are furious that Comey would revive the explosive issue of Clinton's email server so close to the election. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is seizing on the review after spending weeks on the defense, hoping it will be a potent issue he can ride until the end of the contest.
Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta blasted Comey on Sunday for disclosing the review.
"He might have taken the first step of actually having looked at them before he did this in the middle of a presidential campaign, so close to the voting," Podesta said on CNN's "State of the Union."
Justice Department and FBI officials are working to secure approval that would allow the FBI to conduct a full search of Abedin's newly discovered emails, sources familiar with the discussions told CNN.
Government lawyers haven't yet approached Abedin's lawyers to seek an agreement to conduct the search. Sources earlier told CNN that those discussions had begun, but the law enforcement officials now say they have not.
Either way, government lawyers plan to seek a search warrant from a judge to conduct the search of the computer, the law enforcement officials said.
The issue is complicated because the computer is considered to belong to Weiner, and the case may raise spousal privilege legal protections for Abedin.
Government lawyers hope to secure the warrant to permit investigators to review thousands of emails on a computer Abedin shared with Weiner, officials said.
The new search warrant is needed because the existing authorization, covered by a subpoena, related only to the ongoing investigation of Weiner, who is accused of having sexually explicit communications with an underage girl.
Investigators from the FBI's New York field office who are conducting the Weiner investigation stumbled on the Abedin emails while they were reviewing emails and other communications on the computer, which was considered to belong to Weiner, the officials said. They stopped their work and called in the team of investigators from FBI headquarters who conducted the probe of Clinton's private email server.
Abedin's lawyers didn't respond to requests for comment.
The investigators saw enough of the emails to determine that they appeared pertinent to the previously completed investigation and that they may be emails not previously reviewed.
Because they don't have a warrant specific to Abedin's emails, officials have not been able to further examine them. Justice Department and FBI officials view Abedin as cooperative with the investigation.
FBI officials yet don't know how many of the emails are duplicates of emails they already have reviewed as part of the Clinton email server investigation and whether any of them may contain classified information.
Investigators believe it's likely the newly recovered trove will include emails that were deleted from the Clinton server before the FBI took possession of it as part of that earlier investigation.


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Kaolin Clay
Kaolin is the name given to a variety of hydrous aluminum silicate clays. The name is believed to originate from the Chinese "kao-ling", meaning "high ridge" that referred to an area in southeastern China where the clay was originally discovered and used. Kaolin, or "china clay", as it is also called, has been used for ceramics for thousands of years.
As the name implies, kaolin is composed primarily of kaolinite (>90%), mica and quartz (<10%, as impurities). Kaolin clay comes from the hydrothermal alteration of feldspar found in granite and pegmatite deposits. It can be a "primary" kaolin (hydrothermally altered in place) or" secondary" kaolin (hydrothermally altered, transported by water and deposited as sediment). The latter is the case in most of the commercial kaolin clays produced in the US today. Primary kaolin is usually, but not always coarse-grained with some small amount of residual potassic alkali oxides. Secondary kaolin is typically finer-grained than primary kaolin with little or no residual alkali, although secondary kaolin can be relatively coarse-grained or fine-grained.
Kaolin clays are found in many regions of the world, with the largest and highest quality deposits occurring in the United States, Europe (Germany, France and England) and Brazil. In the US, the largest and purest kaolin deposits are found in Georgia, although kaolin clay is mined in South Carolina, Alabama, Texas, and California, in addition to Georgia.
Kaolin is processed for industrial use by either wet or dry systems, depending on the application requirements. For paper, pigment and filler applications, the raw kaolin clay is usually slurried and ground in wet mills, and can be further processed by centrifuging, magnetic separation, bleaching and calcining to increase brightness. For other filler, ceramic and fiber glass applications, kaolin is dry processed using roller or hammer mills and air classification.
Old Hickory Clay Company dry processes its Wilco kaolin products for ceramics and specialty filler applications at its facility in McIntyre (Wilkinson County), GA. The company offers Wilco LPC, a relatively coarse-grained kaolin clay designed for drain and pressure casting applications, and Wilco UPF, a fine grained kaolin clay for use in general ceramic and specialty filler applications. Both Wilco kaolin grades are available in shredded (~20% moisture), semi dried (~10-18% moisture) and air-floated (~3% moisture) forms to meet the needs of our customers. Old Hickory has access to many raw kaolin clays for developing specific solutions to our clients' most demanding manufacturing applications.
Wilco kaolin grades are shipped in bulk and in packages via rail and truck to consumers all over North America and Mexico, and in packages to Europe, Central America and South America. Old Hickory has the experience and expertise with logistics to ship kaolin clay anywhere in the world.
Technical support is important to successful marketing and sales of kaolin clays to the consuming industries. Old Hickory Clay has over 95 years of experience in providing customer support, and the technical team uses the latest technology in characterization, analysis and production control of our high quality clay products for our clients. We provide kaolin clay "solutions" to our clients' toughest problems.


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Greensboro waives yard waste restrictions after ice storm
GREENSBORO, N.C. — After several bouts of winter weather recently, Greensboro is waiving the curbside yard waste restrictions for all residents indefinitely.
All storm debris will now be collected at the curb.
The decision comes after back to back snow and ice storms this month. Officials say they want to make sure everyone is able to get rid of the yard waste caused by the storms.
The restrictions had been put on hold until March 28, but because of the amount of debris, the City of Greensboro decided to waive the restrictions indefinitely.
The city believes there was as much as 8,000 tons of debris caused by the storms.


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Padeswood & Buckley Golf Club is found just outside the village of Padeswood in Flintshire, North Wales, not far from the English border. It is a members' club, snugly nestled between the hills of the Clwydian Range and the picturesque Cheshire Plain, making it a beautiful course in equally beautiful surroundings.
The 18 hole course measures 6809 yards in length, making it a rather sizable course, and offers a par of 72. It is a fairly challenging place to play if you're hoping to meet par, mostly because of all the various water hazards. You can be forced to go for a dip on a whopping eleven holes - the course is bounded by the Afon Alyn, and streams and lakes dot the playing area, so you have to be careful with your shots.
Another challenge comes in the form of the mature trees that line a great many of the fairways, especially so in the first half of the game. These mean that you really have to ensure your accuracy is on top form as you tee off.
The terrain of the course is mostly rather flat so walking the whole course is fairly easy. Buggies are available for you to hire if needed.
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Leave the A55 at junction 25, signposted Buckley and Wrexham. Follow signs to Mold. Padeswood and Buckley Golf Club can be found 0.5 miles after Old Padeswood.
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Wrexham Golf Club was established in 1906, meaning that it has been entertaining both local golfers and visitors alike for more than a century now. However, the club is not the same now as it was then - originally, it was a mere nine hole affair, and in 1923 the whole club moved, from Stansty to where it now sits, on the north east ridge of Wrexham.
Prestatyn Golf Club is a fine example of North Wales golfing and has been as such for more than a century now, having been founded back in 1905. It has, of course, changed a fair amount over the decades, including losing nine of the original fairways during a large-scale development project in 1921, but has, for the most part, been operating with the full complement of eighteen holes for nearly all of its 110-year history.
Rhyl Golf Club is one of the older clubs in North Wales, having been founded towards the end of the 19th century, becoming one of the founding members of the Welsh Golf Union in 1895. In 1908, the course moved down the road, expanding to include a full complement of 18 holes.
Find a cottage in the North East of Wales. Home to the Clwydian Range, Llangollen, Ruthin and Denbigh. Find a base to explore this hidden gem of North Wales.
Take a holiday in the beautiful surroundings of Llangollen on the edge of the Berwyn Mountain and next to the River Dee. Enjoy everything the town has to offer including the Llangollen Steam Railway, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Vale Crucis with Snowdonia easily reached by car.
Find somewhere to let in town. Towns offer the convenience of shops, restaurants and other ammenities whilst you're never far from the countryside.


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They have been performing together for over 10 years as a trio, and Tenors Un Limited never fail to entertain.
As they prepare to come to Alnwick for the third time as part of their latest tour, the Gazette had a chat with Jem Sharples about their inspiration, live shows, beginnings and more.
Made up of Scott Ciscon, Paul Martin and Jem Sharples, Tenors Un Limited have been nicknamed the Rat Pack of opera.
Billed as one of the world's leading classical crossover groups, they recently released their latest album, The Journey, out last month.
For Sharples, coming to Alnwick Playhouse will be one of the highlights of the tour.
"We love it. It's a lovely, intimate theatre, and we love coming to the town as well," he said. "There is such a great atmosphere at Alnwick."
And the boys are also partial to a sip of Alnwick Rum after performing, according to Sharples.
"It's probably one of the best rums I've ever tasted," he said.
"We like to go to the beach at Alnmouth as well."
The trio met whilee performing together and decided, because they complement each other, to launch Tenors Un Limited.
"When we started, there was one wife and one child between us. Now there are three wives and seven children, so we are kept busy," said Sharples.
"When we set up, we felt the public needed to hear the sort of music and sounds we were putting out there, and we have just kept at it."
Their inspiration came from stars such as the late Italian singer Luciano Pavarotti and the other two members of the Three Tenors trio, the Spaniards Plácido Domingo and José Carreras.
They have performed all over the world and with big names including Beyonce and Lionel Richie.
For them, playing with North East rock star Sting, alias Wallsend's Gordon Sumner, was their most memorable collaboration.
"We did a version of his When We Dance and ended up performing with him and supporting him on one of his London dates, and we got to meet him, which was fantastic," said Sharples.
"We sent him what we had arranged, and he really enjoyed it."
At their Venice to Vegas tour show at the Bondgate Without venue on Saturday, April 23, they promise to take their audience on a musical journey between the two cities.
Tickets for the show, starting at 7.30pm, can be bought on 01665 510785 or at www.alnwickplayhouse.co.uk


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I can't believe I'm the only person who's wrestled with this issue: You want to have a note book in your pocket for recording thoughts. You also need one in your car, in your bag, on the nightstand, at your desk, etc. The problem is that you really want to have all your notes in one book – otherwise, it wouldn't really need to be a book, would it?
Or, do you just have a book for each spot?
I've been carrying around a Moleskine for a while, one of several I own, and I use it just for the odd notes. Pretty much writing with whatever is handy, for whatever reason. It may seem silly, but even the most cryptic of entries still make sense to me, and immediately produce flashback to when they were made. I like that, and I don't want to give it up.
But I'm really sick and tired of moving this note book from my nightstand to my bag, from my bag to my jacket, from jacket to pocket, pocket to workshop, workshop to nightstand…you get the idea. It's a pain, and I really, mostly, just need a place to write things down.
Why can't I just have a notebook for each spot? I feel like a traitor – like the "main" notebook is being abandoned simply out of my laziness…
Two things: First, life's gotta be pretty darn good before this kind of thing is a major worry, so I should be happy. Second, maybe that's why Moleskine made those Volant notebooks.


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Skin is the largest organ of your body. Unlike the heart or lungs, the skin is also the only organ which is constantly exposed to the elements of the outside world. Over the years, exposure to the sun, wind and other factors can take a toll on your skin.
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There are several types of chemical peel, each using different chemicals and fruit acids. Medium and deep peels use TCA (Trichloroacetic acid) Peel.
The TCA peel works by causing sloughing or removal of the upper layers of skin. Normally these are the layers that are damaged by the elements and neglect. By removing the upper layers of skin, the overall skin texture is dramatically smoothed, superficial wrinkles are quickly eliminated and colour irregularities are improved. The advantage of this peel is that it's pasty like texture makes the application easy and ensures even uptake into the skin. Patients benefit from regaining a fresher more vibrant appearance.
It has been used for many years to treat facial wrinkles, age spots, pigment abnormalities, mask of pregnancy and other superficial skin problems such as sun damaged skin. (Including pre-cancerous lesions), acne scarring, freckles, appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and the appearance of superficial scars.
The TCA peel is one of the most innovative ways to easily and optimally rejuvenate the skin using a special based formulation. When TCA is applied to the skin, it causes the top layers of cells to dry up and peel off over a period of several days. When the old skin has peeled off, it exposes a new layer of undamaged skin which has a smoother texture and more even colour.
Medium peels can remove skin cells from the epidermis but also the middle layer of the skin. A burning or stinging sensation may be felt during the application, and the skin may change colour slightly in the days following the treatment, but this usually returns to normal after a few weeks. Medium peels usually need to be repeated every 6-12 months.
Deep peels protrude into the lower part of the dermis (skin) and may require a local anaesthetic and sedative. The peel is usually left on for around 30 minutes, but this varies dependant on the individual. You may experience some peeling, redness and discomfort for a few days, but most of the swelling should have subsided after 14 days. It is advised that no make up is worn for 48 hours. A deep peel has lasting effects and therefore only needs one application, unlike medium or superficial peels.


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A bulging disc can cause painful symptoms and disrupt your everyday activities. Symptoms can range from local pain, radiating pain, numbness, tingling, muscle spasms and muscle weakness.
Bulging disc treatment: heat therapy
Heat therapy, also referred to as thermotherapy, can be an effective conservative treatment option for a bulging disc. Heat increases blood flow to the affected area and also increases the amount of oxygen supplied to the area. Increased blood flow and oxygen can help to reduce pain and relax sore muscles. Heat therapy is especially effective at treating muscle cramps and muscle pain. For some patients, heat therapy can provide a mild analgesic effect, decreasing pain and increasing your overall comfort. Heat therapy can be applied using any of the following methods:
- Electric heating pad
- Warm compress or hot towels
- Instant heat pack
- Microwavable heat pad
- Hot water bottle filled with warm water
- Make your own rice or bean sock to heat in the microwave
- Soaking in a warm bath
Never apply heat for longer than 20 minutes at a time and protect your skin to avoid burns or irritation.
Bulging disc treatment: ice therapy
Ice therapy, also referred to a cryotherapy or cold therapy, is also an effective part of conservative treatment for a bulging disc. Ice therapy helps to reduce swelling and inflammation while reducing pain. Cooling the affected area down can reduce the blood flow to the area. Cold therapy can be applied using any of the following methods:
- Chemical or instant cold pack
- Gel ice pack
- Ice in a plastic bag
- Hot water bottle filled with ice and cold water
- Frozen vegetables
- Soak in a cold tub
Always use a cloth or towel between your skin and the cold source to avoid damage to your skin and never apply cold therapy for longer than 20 minutes at a time. Avoid cold therapy if you have circulatory problems.
Bulging disc treatment: combining heat and ice therapy
A bulging disc can benefit from heat and ice therapy being applied in succession. Both offer different benefits that can reduce pain and speed up the healing process. Both forms of therapy are relatively inexpensive and can easily be applied at home or on the go.
Combining heat and ice therapy, along with other conservative treatment, can typically control the painful symptoms associated with a bulging disc. If symptoms persist after a few months, consult with your physician about more aggressive treatment such as bulging disc surgery.


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So far we don't know anything about the look of the product. Everything we know is at a systemic, product-wide level. With the structure of the product now defined, we can dive into the structure of its component screens (or "views", or "pages").
So we jump in, to the screens that comprise the project. But not too far in; we keep the work schematic. This lets us move as quickly as possible while the team figures out how the product will look, without getting bogged down in iterating on time-consuming, full-fidelity designs.
On the graphic design side, we can similarly start to set a high-level direction for the visual aesthetic of the site.
You might see a similar phase referenced elsewhere as User Experience.
The house metaphor
Over in our construction project, we have fully sorted out the background and requirements for our project. We know the project's vision ("a substantial addition to make our kitchen area more functional for our growing family") and the parameters of the land, city ordinances, environmental factors, and so on. We're ready to start seeing what this thing will look like.
In short, we start blueprints.
In our metaphor, this deliverable is perhaps the most direct analog. Blueprints are simplified outline drawings of the project. They're focused on sussing out the shape and structure of the project, always checking against material, environmental, light, and client constraints. As you'll see below, this is an awful lot like wireframes.
Main deliverable
We start laying out our pages with wireframes. They're only as detailed as necessary; sometimes pen sketches suffice, but often we find that a digital format is more efficient. We'll frequently start with pen sketches and get progressively more detailed as we polish our ideas.
Regardless, the goal is to work fast. We stay focused on building a shared view of the product's organization and structure, and each page's layout, functionality and interactions. We want clear navigation, information hierarchy, and interaction.
Wireframes help us answer questions like:
- What is on each page?
- What's the most prominent part of the home page?
- What is in the navigation?
- Do we have a secondary navigation?
- How complex are our page layouts?
- What copy needs to be written?
- How are we connecting different sections of the product?
- How do pages look on mobile screens compared with desktop screens?
The wireframes fuel all subsequent work in graphic design, copywriting, development, and QA. With wireframes in hand, these different groups can productively work on their areas.
Other deliverables
Mood Boards
A mood board is essentially a scrapbook of assets, patterns, colors, photography, etc. that will inspire future graphic design work.
This is where we can start to do some diagrammatic work on the graphic design side of the house. We can start a conversation with you about the look-and-feel we envision and what feels right to you.
Mood boards let us have this high-level conversation well before getting into time-consuming pixel-perfect design.
Content outline
For a templated site build, instead of completing full fledged wireframes, we sometimes create a content outline that establishes the hierarchy of each page on the site. Think of it like the outlines you learned in middle school (0.0 Home, 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1, 2.0, 2.1, etc.); a structured, textual description of the elements on each screen.
The outline adds detail to the structure created in the Site map. It serves as the building blocks from which to build each page of the site in our template system.
For builds that we do on a canned system like Squarespace (our preferred choice), we'll select a Squarespace template for the site that supports the content outline we've established, as well as the intended aesthetics of the site.


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AlwaysON RECOVERY PENDING SQL Server Bugs Enhancement Requests T-SQL Tuesday
This month's T-SQL Tuesday topic is "SQL Server Bugs & Enhancement Requests" and hosted by my favorite and inspirational Brent Ozar.
Here is my bug report:
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/3022019 and it is still in active.
It happen one of my production database, when I tried to remove the database from alwaysON and other important databases went recovery pending and inaccessible. I have no idea what happened to all other databases, then I came to know it is a bug.
The issue is when the database removed from the primary replica, with the secondary disconnection the higher database IDs on the secondary went into "NOT SYNCHRONIZED and RECOVERY PENDING" state, but the lower database IDs are good and synchronous state only.
Merge join Vs Hash join Vs Nested loop join
This month's TSQL Tuesday party is being hosted by Stuart R Ainsworth (Blog| Twitter). I am very glad to write my first blog post as t-SQL Tuesday post on my newly designed website.
SQL server has three types of internal joins. I know most of folks never heard this join type because it's not logical join and it's not often used in their codes.
Then, when it will be used?
Well the answer is "it depends".
This means it depends upon the record sets and indexes. The query optimizer will be smart and always try to pick up the most optimal physical joins. As we know SQL optimizer creates a plan cost based and depends upon the query cost it will choose the best join.
How the query optimizer will choose the join type internally?
Well, there is some algorithm has written internally for the query optimizer to choose the join type.
Let's go for some practical examples and will finally summarize it.
First I will give some basic idea how the join will work and when/How the optimizer will decide to use anyone of the internal join (Physical join).
• It depends upon the table size
• It depends upon the index on the join column
• It depends upon the Sorted order on the join column
The test has done by following configuration.
Server : SQL server 2008 (RTM)
create table tableA (id int identity ,name varchar(50)) declare @i int set @i=0 while (@i<100) begin insert into tableA (name) select name from master.dbo.spt_values set @i=@i+1 end --select COUNT(*) from dbo.tableA --250600 go create table tableB (id int identity ,name varchar(50)) declare @i int set @i=0 while (@i<100) begin insert into tableB (name) select name from master.dbo.spt_values set @i=@i+1 end -- select COUNT(*) from dbo.tableB --250600 select * from dbo.tableA A join tableB B on (a.id=b.id)
Test1: Without Index
Let's create a clustered index
create unique clustered index cx_tableA on tableA (id) create unique clustered index cx_tableB on tableB (id)
Test1: With Index
If either of the table has indexed then it goes hash join. I haven't shown this picture here. You can drop either of the table indexes and test it.
Test2: Without Index
Let's create a medium table
create table tableC (id int identity,name varchar(50)) insert into tableC (name) select name from master.dbo.spt_values -- select COUNT(*) from dbo.tableC --2506 create table tableD (id int identity,name varchar(50)) insert into tableD (name) select name from master.dbo.spt_values select * from dbo.tableC C join tableD D on (C.id=D.id) -- select COUNT(*) from dbo.tableD --2506
Test2: With Index
Let's create a clustered index
create unique clustered index cx_tableC on tableC (id) create unique clustered index cx_tableD on tableD (id)
If either of the table has indexed then it goes merge join. I haven't shown this picture here. You can drop either of the table indexes and test it.
Test3: Without Index
create table tableE (id int identity,name varchar(50)) insert into tableE (name) select top 10 name from master.dbo.spt_values -- select COUNT(*) from dbo.tableE --10 create table tableF (id int identity,name varchar(50)) insert into tableF (name) select top 10 name from master.dbo.spt_values -- select COUNT(*) from dbo.tableF --10
Let's create a clustered index
create unique clustered index cx_tableE on tableE (id) create unique clustered index cx_tableF on tableF (id)
Test3: With Index
If either of the table has indexed then it goes Nested loop join. I haven't shown this picture here. You can drop either of the table indexes and test it.
You can also join tables vice versa like big table Vs Medium table Vs small table
select * from dbo.tableA A join tableC C on (a.id=C.id) select * from dbo.tableA A join tableE E on (a.id=E.id) select * from dbo.tableC C join tableE E on (C.id=E.id)
In this case if all the table has indexed then it goes Nested loop join. If they don't then hash join. If either of the table has indexed then it goes Nested loop join. I haven't shown this picture here.
Still you can force optimizer to use any one of the internal joins, but it's not good practice. The query optimizer is smart it will dynamically choose the best one.
Here just I used the merge hint so the optimizer goes to merge join instead of a hash join (Test1 without an index)
select * from dbo.tableA A join tableB B on (A.id=B.id)option (merge join) select * from dbo.tableA A inner merge join tableB B on (A.id=B.id)
Table 1: Test uses a unique clustered index
From the table diagram:
- If both the tables have NO index then the query optimizer will choose "Hash joins" internally.
- If both the tables have indexes then the query optimizer will choose "Merge (For big tables) /Nested loop (For small tables)" internally.
- If either of the tables have indexes then the query optimizer will choose "Merge (For medium tables) /Hash (For big tables) /Nested loop (For small & big Vs small tables)" internally.
Table 1: Test using clustered index
(create clustered index cx_tableA on tableA (id))
|Table size
|With index (Both)
|Without Index(Both)
|Either of table has index
|Big (Both)
|Medium (Both)
|Small (Both)
|Big Vs Small(medium)
From the table diagram:
This test has done using without a unique clustered index. See if the index created without unique keyword then there is no guarantee SQL will not know its unique (data) so it will create 4-byte integer GUID unique-identifier by default.
Look the diagram there is no MERGE join if the clustered index created without unique.
Thanks @Dave for your email 🙂 . Now the second diagram added.
Merge Join
Merge join is possible for the tables have an index on the join column. The index either clustered or covering non-clustered index. It's best join for this circumstance. Why it's best join? Because it needs an index for both the tables. So it's already sorted and easily match and return the data.
Hash Join
Hash joins is possible for tables with no index (or) either of the big tables has indexed. It's best join for this circumstance. Why it's best join? Because it's worked great for big tables with no index and run the query parallel (more than one processor) and give the best performance. Most of folk says its heavy lifter join.
Nested loop Join
Nested loop join is possible for small tables with index (or) either of the big tables have indexed. It's best join for this circumstance. Why it's best join? Because it works great for small tables like, compares each row from one table to each row from the other table 'looping'.
For more: Read Gail Shaw's blog. It has Craig Freedman's link too. Why I gave Gail's link instead of directly give Craig's link. It's worth reading and most of my readers are from India and they have to read all her posts.
I hope now you can understand how the query optimizer will choose the most optimal join types.
T-SQL best practice SQL server
SQL server T-SQL best practice
This month's TSQL Tuesday party is being hosted by Amit Banerjee (Blog | Twitter).
He is working with Microsoft and see here his online activities MSDN. The topic this month is T-SQL best practice. It's the both DBA and developers Topic/Job.
Transact SQL is the best tool to improve the SQL server overall performance. You write your code efficiently then you no need to spend lots of money to buy extra resources like hardware, RAM etc... So the coders/developers have to know the best practice.
He or She does a good job (writing correct codes) then, There is no work for the DBAs. There is lots of T-SQL best practice available on the Internet. Here I'm going to share mine. The first 15 bullet points are personally I have faced and tuned in my environment. I will have planned to write each post for all 15 points with examples.
T-SQL best practice
DOs and Don'Ts
- Check/Validate your conditions out of the loop (While/If) statement.
- Specify exact data type size
Ask the customer and specify the correct data type size what they really need. Otherwise you will end up with a problem when your data grow larger.
E.X For inserting a 4 digit character don't create CHAR (400) just create CHAR (4)
- Always write a query using seek-able operator in your WHERE clause.
- Try to avoid Functions and date time functions when you write Quires i.e. Sproc .
- Avoid an index hint
Use the index hint if you really know it'll improve the performance otherwise avoid it.
SELECT * FROM emp WITH (INDEX (ix_n)) WHERE n ='server'
- Don't create too many indexes.
Create the indexes it's really useful otherwise don't. I have seen a table has 5 non clustered indexes with mostly same column definitions for a particular table/SP and the table size is 4 GB and the index size are nearly 9 GB.
- Don't use wildcard characters at the beginning of the word
- Always write seekable codes.
SELECT ID FROM <table_name> WHERE NAME LIKE '%kumar' -- use below SELECT ID FROM <table_name> WHERE NAME LIKE 'muthu%'
- Use "order by" and "distinct" - sorting, really when there is a need.
If you have a doubt on that, you can test run the code with/without sorting, you come to know, how it perform well.
- Normalize your tables
The best design will give the best performance. Normalize your tables before going to your project. I.e. my second point (Specify correct data type size etc...)
- Try to write set based queries minimize iteration/Cursors as much as you can.
- Use joins instead of sub query
Use the joins instead of sub query it'll give better performance.
SELECT * FROM TBL WHERE N IN (SELECT N FROM TBL1) -- use below SELECT A. * FROM TBL A JOIN TBL1 B ON (A. N=B. N)
- Use the batch statement if you're going to delete a huge number of records from the table.
Write a batch statement if you're going to delete huge records it'll minimize the log file size. Most importantly inform to the DBA team before going to delete otherwise we will get a call from a customer the DB was down 🙂
- Use ANSI-Standard Join clauses instead of the old style joins.
SELECT e.no,ed.name FROM employee e, employee_details ed, WHERE ed.name ='muthu' -- use below SELECT e.no,ed.name FROM employee e INNER JOIN employee_details ed ON emp.no=ed.no WHERE ed.name ='muthu'
- Test your data and the indexes after migrating one server to another server especially 2000 to 2005/2008.
- Create a filtered index if you know the query often fetch the unchanged data from a big table.
A well-designed filtered index can improve query performance, reduce storage costs, and reduce maintenance too.
CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX I_fi_test ON dbo.test(ID,joinDate,Relievingdate) WHERE joinDate > '2001/01/01';
- Use NO LOCK hint if you have no problem with dirty reads.
See my friend's article http://sqlvibes.blogspot.in/2011/07/beware-of-nolock.html
- Create a clustered index (Primary key) for all mostly used tables
Try to create a clustered index for all the tables. I had seen most of my big tables are not defragmented because of the tables are created primary key with NON clustered index. I asked the reason they said we don't know who has created.
Use SELECT 1 instead of SELECT *
Use SELECT 1 when you're checking the records are available at your table.
IF EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM <table_name> WHERE id=100)
- In general rule retrieve the columns as you want don't use "SELECT *"
- Write a required column in the SELECT statement as you want don't SELECT all the columns.
SELECT * FROM <table_name> -- use below SELECT c1,c2 FROM <table_name>
- Don't write your procedure name starting with "SP_"
SQL server searches all the producers one by one starting with "SP_" in the database including system procedure then finally found yours. It causes minor overhead.
- Use WHERE condition as much as possible
SELECT * FROM emp WHERE Name ='SERVER'
- Use TRY-Catch for error handling
See my procedure has written using Try-Catch.
- Try to avoid dynamic SQL
It'll generate SQL injections if you're not writing it effectively.
- Always write your codes/SProcs with descriptions and comments.
I hope this best practice will help for the developers/coders. Thanks to Amit has given this great topic.
Edit: Drop me a comment or email if you have / find any t-SQL best practice I will add that too.
SQL server Disaster Recovery plan
SQL server Disaster Recovery Options
This month's TSQL Tuesday party is being hosted by Allen Kinsel (Blog | Twitter) and the topic this month is disaster recovery. It's a DBA Topic/Job.
The disaster recovery is really "It depends".
What is disaster recovery?
Disaster recovery is called DR. Hmm...
Disaster recovery is the best option for the business to minimize their data loss and downtime. The SQL server has a number of native options. But, as I already told everything is depends upon your recovery time objective RTO and recovery point objective RPO.
That is how much data can you afford to lose? How long can you wait? How much money do you ready to spend?
If you have answers for these questions then, you can choose your best DR plan.
Who knows what will happen tomorrow?
I have seen most of the company don't have at least simple DR setup, Like keep the backup in safe DR site. The reason is they didn't face any disaster yet.
Truncating and deleting the 'critical tables' also consider a big disaster. So guys keep the backup, backup and backup the database. Before going to set-up your DR plan asks the questions to DR Guru's via online (Like twitter, SSC and MSDN) and also read the DR Guru Paul Randal's white papers it will help.
I have recommended to watch the brentozar's DR video. Its amazing video and it covers the basics DR plan.
Seriously I have no idea about Geo cluster. Thanks to @sqlsoldier and @SQLpoolboy for their twitter reply about the Geo cluster method.
For understandable I will classify the disaster recovery (DR) into three types. I am not going in depth just I will cover the basics of high availability HA and disaster recovery DR.
1. Data center disaster
2. Server(Host)/Drive (Except shared drive) disaster
3. Database/Drive disaster
Backup restore is common method its simplest (less expensive) and good option for disaster recovery but it's depends upon your backup strategy and recovery model. The backup restores will work for all the above three DR methods. The DBA job is keeping the data as much as safe and application availability (Zero down time). That is test and keep your database backups safely try to automate the backup test and move them automatically to the DR site.
The backup restore does not good choose for big databases (TB) in case of any disaster, because the restoration takes more time to bring the database online. However you can speed up the backup restoration using the following SQL native features.
- Instant file initialization is the best option to bring the database online as quickly as possible.
- SQL server 2008 has backup compression technology. It helps to minimize the down time i.e. minimizes the backup and restoration time.
Clustering is a combination of one or more servers it will automatically allow one physical server to take over the tasks of another physical server that has failed. Its not a real disaster recovery solution because if the shared drive unavailable we cannot bring the database to online.
Clustering is best option it provides a minimum downtime (like 5 minutes) and data loss in case any data center (Geo) or server failure.
- Clustering needs extra hardware/server and it's more expensive.
Database mirroring
Database mirroring introduced in 2005 onwards. Database Mirroring maintain an exact copy of a database on a different server. It has automatic fail over option and mainly helps to increase the database availability too.
- Database mirroring only works FULL recovery model.
- This needs two instances.
- Mirror database always in restoring state.
For more details read Robert L. Davis's Pro SQL Server 2008 Mirroring book.
Log shipping
Log shipping is the process of automating the full database backup and transaction log on a production server and then automatically restores them on to the secondary (standby) server.
- Log shipping will work either Full or Bulk logged recovery model.
- You can also configure log shipping in the single SQL instance.
- The Stand by database can be either restoring or read only (standby).
- The manual fail over is required to bring the database online.
- Some data can be lost (15 minutes).
Peer-to-Peer Transactional Replication
Peer-to-peer transactional replication is designed for applications that might read or might modify the data in any database that participates in replication. Additionally, if any servers that host the databases are unavailable, you can modify the application to route traffic to the remaining servers. The remaining servers contain same copies of the data.
- Peer-to-peer replication is available only in SQL Server 2005
Enterprise edition.
For more looks the Microsoft link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms151196(v=sql.90).aspx
Note: Database mirroring, logs shipping and replication also treated as DR if it's located in different data center. We can use both the HA and DR combination to set up the disaster recovery.
Again everything is "It Depends". Read Paul Randal's white papers before going to configure the DR.
Meme Monday: I Got 99 SQL Problems And the Disk Ain't One
Meme Monday: I Got 99 SQL Problems and the Disk Ain't One
I am a bit late to this party. I have seen this post from Grant's blog now only. Thanks to Thomas LaRock such a great topic.
Here is mine:
1. Too many indexes on a table
Developers didn't check their codes and an execution plan too. They just go and create the indexes (Duplicate indexes too).
2. Improper memory setting
Improper min, max memory setting especially for 64-bit servers.
3. Improperly configured transaction log
Whenever I got a new server, I have seen log backups are failing because, there is no current database backup.
BACKUP LOG cannot be performed because there is no current database backup.
4. Poor backup strategy
No SLA for the backups (data) from the customer/Manager.
5. Company didn't believe the DBAs
The important (wealth) project was not running fine. The company suddenly called a consultant even they didn't consider the DBA but, finally the problem solved by the DBA.
6. Rebuilding an index run first then shrinks the database
I have seen in most of the servers a rebuild jobs run first then shrink database runs next.
7. Linked server issue
Often I got called from teams the linked server was not working fine. It's return timeout error.
8. Poorly written queries using a Non SARG-able
9. No Standard operating procedures


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There is a discussion on WVa Red, concerning what was probably a hack job of the WV GOP page. At issue are comments by some cat named Gary Howell. He used some seriously poor judgement in some of his comments. Now, this is the clip from Howell's Facebook page originially posted on WVa Red.
What you see is one "Like" which is not included in the "Comment" total, and "View all 4 Comments". Only 2 comments are displayed, one by Howell and one by Gibson. This suggests there are two additional comments not displayed. Check the order. If Howell's and Gibson's posts ARE displayed, that must mean there are two not displayed.
Now, look at the expanded comments:
What you see here is a total of five comments. Only ONE comment comes before Howells shown above, that being Chandra Gruman's. Then you have a comment by Gibson followed by Howell's and some cat named Smoot. Smoot's comment comes sometime AFTER the post on WVa Red. But, somewhere a post is missing. Howell's response "No clue. Sounds like it," is to Gruman.
The comment order in WVa Red's post should be:
Gruman, Howell, Gibson, Howell, Smoot.
But it isn't. Howell's final comment was clipped for effect. It didn't need to be.


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